Huh? Why is this place so weird?

Short Description:

Ren Kaelith is a struggling manga artist famous for his fantasy BL stories — tales of forbidden romance between masters and servants, princes and their stepbrothers.

But when his latest masterpiece flops because of a “horrible ending,” he finds himself waking up inside the very world he created.

To fix the plot and escape, Ren must rewrite the ending from within… but the characters are no longer his puppets.

The male lead, Duke Adrian Dargan, is nothing like Ren’s scripted noble gentleman — he’s possessive, unpredictable, and dangerously obsessed with Ren.

What starts as a lighthearted quest soon spirals into a web of jealousy, control, and desire.

The Duke will stop at nothing to make Ren his — in mind, body, and soul. And this time, Ren isn’t holding the pen.

Introductions of the characters:

Protegnist: Ren Kaelith

Career: a manga artist

Height: 1,68 cm

Male Lead: Duke Adrian Dargan

Career: The Duke of the Dargen family.

Height: 1,84 cm

Back to the present:

Rain pattered softly against my apartment window. He leaned his back in the chair, groaning at the sight of his screen —

“my latest manga, The Duke’s Moonlight Servant, had just taken a nosedive from 4.9 stars to 2.3 overnight.”

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I buried my face in my hands. “It wasn’t that bad…” I mumbled. Sure, I’d made the duke end up with the female lead instead of his loyal male servant, but… it made sense. Right?

Apparently not. Thousands of furious readers thought otherwise.

“I’ll fix it tomorrow…” I muttered, shutting my laptop. Sleep. I needed sleep.

When I opened my eyes again…

The ceiling was wrong. The bed was wrong. The air smelled like lavender and old books.

“Huh? Why is this place so weird?!”

I sat up, my hands gripping silk sheets embroidered with the crest of House Dargan. A butler bowed at the foot of my bed.

“Sir Kaelith, the Duke is expecting you.”

Sir… Kaelith? Wait—this was my pen name.

No. No way.

I stumbled to the mirror. The face staring back wasn’t mine — it was the “side character” I’d drawn as the duke’s new scribe in Chapter 18. The one who gets fired after two scenes.

My heart dropped. I was inside my own manga.

“Please,” the butler said, “follow me to the study.”

I was still trying to breathe when the heavy doors opened. And there he was — Duke Adrian Dargan. Tall, sharp-eyed, every inch of him radiating the same cold authority I had written… yet his gaze when it fell on me was not cold.

It was… unsettling.

“Ren Kaelith,” he said, voice low. “You’re finally here.”

I forced a nervous smile. “Uh… yes, my lord. I look forward to working with you.”

His lips curved slightly — but it wasn’t a smile. “Work?” He stepped closer, each boot click echoing. “No… you’re here to stay.”

My throat tightened. This wasn’t in my script.

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