Reborn as the Most Popular Student at the Magic Academy [Western Fantasy]

Loris's life was one never-ending tragedy.

Pain kept him awake night after night, while one person after another left his side. Desperate to uncover the truth behind his brother's death, Loris made a deal with the empire's lofty Third Prince, Eseherz:

Eseherz would help him find the truth, and Loris would remove the obstacles standing in Eseherz's path to the throne.

He disguised himself as an innocent, flawless prey, dealing with the nobles who coveted him and luring them little by little into the traps he had carefully laid.

This came easily to Loris, because his beauty was enough to leave anyone who saw him speechless.

Yet even after Eseherz ascended the throne, the truth remained elusive.

Tormented by nightmares, Loris was in unbearable pain. Only in the decadent nights, wrapped in a feverish embrace, could he find a moment's respite.

He let himself sink into it, but when he woke again, he was alone, facing an empty room and countless nightmares.

Loris died without ever learning the truth.

When he opened his eyes again, he discovered that he was not dead. He had been given another chance, reborn at nineteen, when his brother was still alive.

This time, he chose to stop living in his brother's shadow. He left home for the empire's foremost magic academy.

The moment he made a choice different from the one he'd made in his previous life and picked up a man named Sen, who claimed to be a servant, the wheels of fate had already turned in a completely different direction.

This time, his brother would never die, and he would live for himself.

Content warnings

1. The love interest seems gentle and kind on the surface, but is naturally dark-hearted.

2. There will be a protagonist-centered group, and every member is sweet on the outside but dark within.

3. A universally adored beauty as the love interest. His beauty is in a league of its own. The main male supporting characters and the love interest are all sexually pure.

4. No forced pairings and no secondary couples. The love interest's older brother is an extreme brother-con.

5. One-on-one ending. The male lead has a double identity, and is a loyal, obsessive, love-addled dog. He gets to be the male lead because he's strong and loves the love interest more than anything.

6. The love interest is frail in the early story and was not sexually pure in his previous life.

7. Please don't suggest edits, coin new terms, or offer writing advice.

P.S. The cover and character cards are commissioned art and custom-made BJD dolls. Feel free to take a look if you pass by!

Theme: Strive hard to realize your own worth