“That’s the thing, I transmigrated into a male character, but my body is female.”

I bowed my head low.

“I followed exactly what was written in your email. But something must have gone wrong. I never thought I would transmigrate into a male character.”

“Muziel turned into a woman?”

Lumi still looked at me suspiciously.

But right now, Muziel’s real gender wasn’t the main concern. I had to get back to the main point.

“Anyway, Lumi. Let’s go back. Your parents are shedding tears of blood while you’re here.”

But Lumi, wearing a stranger’s face, flatly refused.

“No.”

“Huh?”

I asked stupidly. What did I just hear?

“I said no. I like it here. This is the perfect world for me.”

“Lumi, wait!”

My heart clenched. Why was she so stubborn?

But her next words were even more outrageous.

“Don’t call me Lumi!”

“!”

Her voice, filled with anger, echoed in the greenhouse.

“I am Lady Elphriede! The one with the noblest bloodline in the empire! And soon to be the Crown Princess…!”

“Hold on, Lumi.”

I quickly interrupted her, still insisting on using her real name.

“Get a grip. This isn’t reality, it’s a novel. You are Lumi, a citizen of the democratic Republic of Korea…”

“Now, this is my reality!”

Lumi’s eyes sparkled intensely.

I stared at her, dumbfounded.

Was she insane? Thinking of a novel as reality? This level of over-immersion was a disease.

Lumi firmly continued.

“I’m much happier here than in that miserable world! Jin, if you’re a true friend, you should support my happiness!”

I was momentarily speechless.
For a moment, I was at a loss for words.

Honestly, Lumi had lived an unhappy life up to this point. It must have been extremely difficult for her to shake off the depression that had plagued her for years.

Her family and friends, including me, had tried everything to make Lumi feel happy. We included her in group chats for trivial chit-chat and sometimes forcefully dragged her out for outings.

Yet, Lumi’s condition hadn’t improved much; her depression was deep.

“Jin, I want to be happy too. Like others, I want to live well and normally. I’ve just started to breathe freely here…”

Lumi’s voice was now mixed with sobs.

“You don’t know anything. You don’t know how hard it’s been for me, how much I’ve struggled in agony!”

I remained silent.

When I first arrived here, my sole thought was to take Lumi back to reality. But now, my resolve wavered slightly.

Is it right to leave Lumi in this world?

From Lumi’s perspective, it seemed right.

In Lumi’s reality, there was nothing but unhappiness. Endless despair, demoralization, and the self-loathing felt while watching others living their lives fully, unlike her.

Honestly, I couldn’t entirely say I didn’t understand why she insisted on staying in this world.

But Lumi has parents waiting for her with tearful eyes, and her life isn’t completely shattered yet.

Lumi still has a lot left. Modern medicine could help treat her illness, and there are people like me willing to help her.

So, my conclusion remained unchanged.

“Still, let’s leave, Lumi.”

“!”

Lumi glared at me with fiery eyes. Her grey irises seemed so unfamiliar.

We needed a compromise now. I didn’t want to give up on Lumi, but neither did I want to force her to leave.

So, I proposed.

“I’m not saying we should leave right away. If you conclude that you can’t find complete happiness here, then let’s leave together. How about that?”

Though I said this, I was certain of one thing.

Happiness in a dream, not reality, is nothing but a facade.

Lumi might view this fantasy world as a utopia, but that’s because she doesn’t fully understand the world she belongs to.

In time, Lumi will realize that no world exists where one can be completely happy.

So, with a bit of patience, Lumi will wake up from this illusion on her own.

When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem

This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.

Synopsis:

“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”

Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.

Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.

While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the  Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…

Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.

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