Reborn as a Max-Level Mage, Yet I Have to Win Back My Wife

A Note Before You Begin:

This is part of the "woman transmigrates into a man, saves the original heroine, and ends up giving herself away" series.

Ambitious catlike princess and a secretly passionate, doglike familiar

Perhaps this was karma for playing too many soul-crushing otome games: Zhong Ling transmigrated into one, a soul-crushing Western fantasy otome game.

The System she was bound to told her: The game is about to launch in China. Go in and turn it into a wholesome game suitable for the whole family.

Zhong Ling fell silent.

There was barely a normal person in this game. How was she supposed to do that?

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Bad news: The game's most twisted, most despicable, yet strongest male lead, Mirage, was responsible for eight of the heroine's ten death endings.

Good news: She had transmigrated into Mirage.

Worse news: She was too late. The heroine, Xiya, had already been dragged to the gallows, about to enter a bad ending for good...

Zhong Ling wiped her sweat. Can I really save her? Maybe I should just start another run...

The System said ominously: This is your last chance. If the heroine dies, you'll die too.

Zhong Ling: ...Aaaaaah!!!

*

All right. The process was full of twists and turns, but judging by the outcome, she succeeded.

Somehow, she not only saved Xiya, but helped her all the way to the throne...

And so, Queen Xiya eventually forgave the evil archmage Mirage. The two were married and achieved a harmonious happy ending, and the game launched right on schedule. A cause for celebration.

The System looked over player feedback and suddenly understood: This is the most popular kind of story these days, the groveling-after-the-breakup trope! Right?

Zhong Ling: ...Give it a rest.

If the real Mirage showed up, that would be a proper groveling-after-the-breakup story.

Does he look like Mirage to you?

*

Actually, the heroine Xiya had a secret of her own.

At the gallows, she caught a fleeting glimpse and knew from the very beginning. This foolish creature running toward her while shouting, "Aaaah!" could never be Mirage, the man who had personally brought about her demise.

Yes, this really isn't a groveling-after-the-breakup story.

It's a match made in heaven.

Reading Guide:

1. A woman transmigrates into a man!

2. One-on-one pairing, female love interest. Please note: the male lead is a virgin, but the female lead is not.

3. Low-magic Western fantasy setting. As the phrase "soul-crushing otome game" suggests, the heroine has a rather tragic past. Read with caution if that's not your thing.

Coming Soon: After I Was Forced to Inherit the Dragon-Aotian System

After being reborn, Jiang Yao realized that she had been a disposable supporting female character in a male-oriented harem novel.

She was the protagonist's twin sister, a willing accomplice to the plot. Brainwashed by her brother, she had committed countless atrocities. In the end, her little junior sister, gone dark, ran her through with a sword, ending her life of sin.

Given a second life, she resolved to be a good person-

But the person who was supposed to be cursed during the massacre of her family and embark on a Dragon-Aotian tale of blood-soaked vengeance had somehow become her.

Jiang Yao: ?

Jiang Yao: HELLO? Brother? Are you there?

No one answered.

Perhaps Heaven pitied her for having died so unfairly in her previous life.

This time, her brother Jiang Fu took her place as the critically wounded, comatose patient.

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There's an idiom about forcing a decent woman into prostitution. Jiang Yao felt she had been forced from an ordinary supporting character into a Dragon-Aotian protagonist.

She didn't think she had what it took to be a protagonist, but Jiang Fu's Dragon-Aotian System wouldn't leave her alone.

Refuse?

Then die.

And so, after being electrocuted to death and reborn N times...

Jiang Yao tearfully accepted her brother's System.

She was also forced to inherit her brother's duties, his inner demons, his master, his fiancee, and his childhood sweetheart-

Wait!

Did she have to inherit his romantic entanglements too?

But she's straight!

Good news: To preserve the story's male-female romance category, her brother's harem was gender-swapped.

Bad news: The rules that govern harems of women in male-oriented fiction don't apply to these men...

The nature of this world hadn't changed. It was still a biased, male-oriented novel.

As a female "chosen one," she was naturally seen as a thorn in the side of her gender-swapped harem.

Winning them over was out of the question.

Just surviving the double pursuit from the villains and the harem was hard enough!

At the time, Jiang Yao had no idea that the pressure of this double pursuit would turn her into a legend even more formidable than her brother had been.

But if you asked which of her brother's "legacies" would shape her future most, it wasn't the System, the harem, or even the aura of a "chosen one."

It was her master-

Chu Huaiyu, the man everyone in the cultivation world called a traitor who had murdered his master.

Years ago, Chu Huaiyu, the top disciple of the Xuanwu Sect, was out on a training journey when he rescued a pair of twins from demonic cultists.

Amid a mountain of corpses, a frail little girl staggered forward, carrying her unconscious brother on her back.

At that moment, Chu Huaiyu was certain he had found a piece of uncut jade.

Even after he discovered the child was a crybaby and a coward, he still thought she was the best child in the world.

All she needed was someone to shape her.

And he would raise her to be a confident, strong child.

However, after discovering the love letters Jiang Yao had secretly written to him, Chu Huaiyu began to wonder if something had gone wrong with his teaching methods.

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The central premise is set.

A heroine who grows, an unconventional female lead with phoenix-like confidence.

Pairing with her master: a cool and aloof older man who is warm beneath the surface and knows how to guide her.

The overall tone is light and cheerful.

A story about a tearful little girl with low self-esteem gradually growing stronger and regaining her confidence.

Theme: We make our own fate, and only sincerity can be met with sincerity.