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Kim Hanwoo was just your average 25-year-old office worker-exhausted, underpaid, and living vicariously through the pages of his favorite fantasy novel, The Blade of Aether. A seven-volume epic filled with magic, war, ancient secrets, and one unstoppable main character: Han Jinho, a Korean high schooler who gets isekai'd into a new world and becomes its greatest hero.
Hanwoo? He preferred to read from the sidelines with a warm drink and zero stress.
But after finishing the final chapter and falling asleep, Hanwoo wakes up... not in his bed, but inside the world of The Blade of Aether-specifically, in the body of Cael Ardent. A third-rate noble. A background character. A forgettable footnote who only appears in Volume 1, says a few lines, and dies unceremoniously off-screen.
Great.
Still, it's not all bad. Hanwoo, now Cael, remembers the entire plot of the series. He knows how the world ends. He knows every major twist, who dies, who lives, and when things go horribly wrong. So what's the plan?
Simple: stay out of trouble and let the protagonist handle everything.
No sword fighting. No heroics. No destiny. Just a quiet life filled with soft beds, good food, and not dying.
But there's one tiny problem.
By surviving his "off-screen death," Cael has unknowingly set off a chain reaction. Events begin to shift. Characters act differently. The plot refuses to stay on track.
Now, Cael has nobles watching him, mercenaries chasing him, and ancient powers whispering his name. All he wanted was to live quietly in the background... but the story? It seems to have other plans.