A Record of Ash & Ruin: The Grieving Lands - Chapter 3Book 2: : Preparation

Only I know the end of this world.

One day our MC finds himself stuck in the world of his favorite webnovel. What does he do to survive? It is a world struck by catastrophe and danger all around.

His edge? He knows the plot of the story to end. Because he was the sole reader that stuck with it. Read his story to see how he survives!

Tsinghua University's top law student, Ji Xizhi, accidentally enters a book and becomes the naive secondary character in an entertainment story. Bullied online and pushed to the brink of quitting the entertainment circle, she fights back.On the day of the court hearing, Ji Xizhi goes to court alone and defends herself, completely outwitting the opposing lawyer and winning the case.Tsinghua Law School Professor Jiang Qianli tweets in her support: “Congratulations to my student on winning her first case.”Law School students chime in: “Junior, the Law School is waiting for you!”Her agency, which had been making threats, is left stunned: “????”Her fans are in disbelief: “?!!!! The idol I just started following suddenly got into Tsinghua?”[Entertainment Circle + Super Scholar + Various Variety Shows + Sweet and Empowering + Strong Female Lead]

Cairn is a prince who is already tired of ruling. Faced with an imminent coronation and an overbearing father, he wants nothing more than to drown his responsibilities in cheap liquor and poor decisions. With the help of his sister, he hatches a plan to escape the clutches of the throne once and for all. It all goes terribly wrong, and Cairn finds his priorities shifting in the face of unimaginable tragedy. The change of heart comes too late, however, and Cairn dies. He reawakens to find himself transported ten years in the past. He immediately begins to plan for the future, only to discover his killer has somehow followed him. To succeed, Cairn must unite the kingdom and discover the motivation of his killer, using as many tries as it takes. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++I exhausted pretty much every time loop story ever written and decided to write my own. You'll see a few similarities here between this story and some existing stories, at least initially. There's a lot of inspiration drawn from both MoL and Re:Zero, though in terms of pathos and darkness, this story leans more towards the latter. Be warned, it is something of a slow burn. The main character will grow and become powerful, but a theme of this story is that power comes slowly and often at great cost.