I died, then came back to life.
I died from exhaustion on the operating table, and came back to life after transmigrating into a historical romance novel I’d read eight times.
The Six Princes’ Battle for the Throne: The Eunuch of Nine Thousand Years Keeps Trying to Kill Me was the pinnacle of absurd historical romances. Every time I recommended it to someone, I laughed until I sounded like a goose.
Now I’m the cannon-fodder daughter who doesn’t make it past Chapter Three.
The good news is that I’m bound to a life-extension System: I can stay alive just by touching people.
The bad news is that when I woke up, I was touching the face of that cold-faced prince, the arrogant tsundere who later realizes he loves her and chases her through hell and back.
Even worse, the “sinister and ruthless” Eunuch of Nine Thousand Years from the book is smiling at me. His smile is giving me chills.
And the senior fellow disciple in the corner, a mere “extra” with hardly any scenes in the book, is looking at me as if I were a long-lost lover.
Me: ...That’s not how the original story goes!!!
The System calmly announced: [Welcome, Host, to the “Original Novel Extra Episode.” A friendly reminder: the plot you know from the original novel is for reference only. Actual events may vary.]
Me: ???
[Also: Three targets’ affection levels have been detected as abnormal. Host is advised to prepare herself.]
Me: Prepare myself for what?
The System fell silent for a moment. [You may have bought the wrong edition of the book you read eight times.]
Me: ...