After Failing to Win Over the Evil Fiend

[The main story is complete. The comment section has been closed because of arguments over hzc. Please refer to the free chapters and the completed-story rating.] Tali transmigrates into a brainless fantasy romance novel. In the story, she is the second daughter of a family of witches who have served the emperor for generations. Because her magical power was unevenly distributed at birth, she was branded a "useless witch," a foil to her beautiful, genius older sister. Tali is destined to take her sister's place, be sacrificed to the arrogant ruler, and become a victim offered up to preserve the royal family's dignity. To escape this fantastical otherworld alive and return to her own world, Tali has two choices. Kill Deritz, or win him over. She chooses the second option. Unfortunately, she fails. * Being ignored, humiliated, and hated. Tali can bear all of it. The passionate kisses, their fingers entwined, the embraces without regret. It's all for the chance to go home. But when she firmly and coldly pries open, one finger at a time, the five fingers he has clamped around her wrist, his eyes redden. His voice sounds so humble and pitiful as he says: "Stay. Stay by my side..." * Let it be nothing but a lie. Even if I'm being deceived, I would gladly accept it. 1. Cold-blooded ruler x resilient witch 2. Slow burn, not a conventional hzc 3. Please don't discuss other works or unrelated events in the comments. ------ Next Novel ------ I Thought I Had the Crematorium Plot This is an old-school tragic cultivation romance with a bad ending. Zhaoxue's older sister is the story's moonlight: gentle and resilient. Zhaoxue's younger sister is the heroine's stand-in: cute and willful. And Zhaoxue is an unwanted daughter the family picked up from the snow, a nameless background character. After the older sister dies, the male leads seek out the younger sister, who has the same face, and treat her as a substitute, tormenting her as they please. The once-willful and carefree junior sister descends into madness and is forced to prove her Dao through death. After that, the family falls, and her loved ones leave her one after another. Only Zhaoxue remains. [You cannot escape your tragic fate unless you achieve the predetermined bad ending.] The System tells her, [Your mission is to take over your older and younger sisters' roles and die in their place.] Zhaoxue thinks, Then I'll offer myself to the demon. * The greatest genius sword master of Cangjian Sect knows nothing of love. When he looks at her, his eyes hold only ice that has not melted for ten thousand years. The spirit nurtured by a ten-thousand-year-old secret realm has a wicked nature. It burns away the first decade or more of her life in a single blaze. The sickly, innocent young Demon King is pure and guileless. After falling to the demonic path, he forgets their childhood friendship, and when they meet again, they are strangers. Her fellow disciple, who rose from the mud, is sickly and gloomy. He brings down her family to bury them alongside the one he loves. In the original story, they rise to exalted positions later on, descend into madness, and lay waste to the world. But the System looks at the crematorium plot it prepared for its Host, then at the men before Zhaoxue... The cold and aloof sword master sets aside his pride to blow on the bitter medicine in her white porcelain spoon. "I secretly brought you two candies." The sickly, languid young man struggles to raise his sword and shield her. "Zhaoxue. Close your eyes." The sharp-tongued, wicked spirit rests in her sword and clicks its tongue impatiently. "Hey, I told you I'd stay in your sword for the rest of my life... So, who's that guy?" Her sickly, gloomy junior disciple kneels obediently before her. "Lift your foot. I'll put your shoes on." ...Huh? Where's the promised deranged, tragic romance? Where's the promised crematorium? Why are you all spoiling her and acting so obediently around her?! This isn't the right script! * Offer yourself to the demon, and the demon does not become a demon. Later: Zhaoxue: They all hate me. System (exhausted): Sure, sure. #The Beloved Host Who Thinks Everyone Hates Her# Please note: 1. A harem-style, beloved-by-all story. The heroine is a gloomy, sickly little white lotus. Theme: Never give up, even when faced with adversity