Synopsis
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When the President said to immerse ourselves in the project, this was NOT what I had in mind!
I really should’ve taken the publisher’s employment contract more seriously…
Rachel and her best friend Nora never imagined their first job at a publishing company would catapult them into the heart of their favorite fantasy web novel. Five years after the story's abrupt hiatus left fans in limbo, they seize the chance to help the enigmatic author complete the tale that had captivated their hearts during their high school days. But what begins as an exciting creative endeavor quickly spirals into a quirky, unimaginable adventure when they're whisked away without consent into the very story they longed to save. Now, the two will get firsthand experience dealing with the destructive demon lord who betrayed and banished the heroine during the story's original cliffhanger.
But what if he isn't the card-carrying villain everyone else seems to think he is?
Additional details:
Genres: Main: Satire - a genre in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. Other Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Tags: Female Lead, Magic, Portal Fantasy / Isekai, Progression, Reincarnation, Soft Sci-fi, Supernatural
Content Warnings:
Disturbing content: This includes, but is not limited to, the slavery of fantasy humanoid races (uncelebrated and fought against by the protagonists), along with the MC’s thoughts and actions stemming from past trauma, self-doubt, and unequal relationships, with humor (including self-deprecating humor) used as a coping mechanism.
Graphic Violence: physical harm (protagonists and antagonists alike)
MC Key Descriptors: Amnesiac, caring, female, reincarnated, reluctant, flawed, straight, slow growth (but increases over time with some backward progression)
Story/Plot Devices:
Author as Goddess
Banter
Breaking the fourth wall (some Author’s Notes contain Post-Chapter Omake/Extras)
Broken, ill-defined, and unfair world system
Emotional disparities between obligations and motivations
Enemies to friends? Friends to enemies?
Evolving character relationships
First Person POV (MC)
Impending world threat
Possession (temporary possession of MC by past lives)
Relationships span a variety of romantic and platonic connections
Self-care techniques (both successfully and not so successfully executed)
Systematic improvement
Other multiple tropes (both straight and satirizing)
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Table of Contents
- 1Prologue: How Did I Get Here?2024-11-13
- 2Book 1: Chapter 1: Hiatus Announcement2024-11-13
- 3Book 1: Chapter 2: Cliffhanger2024-11-13
- 4Book 1: Chapter 3: Confronting the Villain2024-11-13
- 5Book 1: Chapter 4: Closure?2024-11-13
- 6Book 1: Chapter 5: Time [Skip] to Get a Job2024-11-13
- 7Book 1: Chapter 6: No Backsies2024-11-13
- 8Book 1: Chapter 7: The Interview2024-11-13
- 9Book 1: Chapter 8: Eura 'Euphridia' Abrams2024-11-13
- 10Book 1: Chapter 9: Ren Faire2024-11-13
- 11Book 1: Chapter 10: Inspiration2024-11-13
- 12Book 1: Chapter 11: Arrival2024-11-13
- 13Book 1: Chapter 12: Raeonna2024-11-13
- 14Book 1: Chapter 13: Morning After2024-11-13
- 15Book 1: Chapter 14: Pack Your Bags2024-11-13
- 16Book 1: Chapter 15: Since You’ve Been Gone2024-11-13
- 17Book 1: Chapter 16: Same Sky?2024-11-13
- 18Book 1: Chapter 17: Fake it Until you Make it2024-11-13
- 19Book 1: Chapter 18: Overleveled2024-11-13
- 20Book 1: Chapter 19: Get me to the Church on Time2024-11-13
- 21Book 1: Chapter 20: Book of Origins2024-11-13
- 22Book 1: Chapter 21: Sunday School Lessons2024-11-13
- 23Book 1: Chapter 22: Respite2024-11-13
- 24Book 1: Chapter 23: Memo from Human Resources2024-11-13
- 25Book 1: Chapter 24: Paradise Lost2024-11-13
- 26Book 1: Chapter 25: A Tale of Two Tiny Towns2024-11-13
- 27Book 1: Chapter 26: Time with Tetora2024-11-13
- 28Book 1: Chapter 27: Raelina2024-11-13
- 29Book 1: Chapter 28: Memories of Mother2024-11-13
- 30Book 1: Chapter 29: First Encounter of the Demonkind2024-11-13
- 31Book 1: Chapter 30: Sickbed Confession2024-11-13
- 32Book 1: Chapter 31: Dreaming of You2024-11-13
- 33Book 1: Chapter 32: A Walk in the Woods2024-11-13
- 34Book 1: Chapter 33: Laverna2024-11-13
- 35Book 1: Chapter 34: Demon Debrief2024-11-13
- 36Book 1: Chapter 35: Inventory and Expectation Management2024-11-13
- 37Book 1: Chapter 36: Oh Captain My Captain2024-11-13
- 38Book 1: Chapter 37: Fetid Foothills2024-11-13
- 39Book 1: Chapter 38: Malodorous Mustelid Meltdown2024-11-13
- 40Book 1: Chapter 39: Secret Tunnel2024-11-13
- 41Book 1: Chapter 40: Rebranding2024-11-13
- 42Book 1: Chapter 41: Targe Tutorial2024-11-13
- 43Book 1: Chapter 42: Party of Five2024-11-13
- 44Book 1: Chapter 43: Fireside Chat2024-11-13
- 45Book 1: Chapter 44: Kopria2024-11-13
- 46Book 1: Chapter 45: The Hero Appears?2024-11-13
- 47Book 1: Chapter 46: Prelate Pandemonium2024-11-13
- 48Book 1: Chapter 47: Making Amends2024-11-13
- 49Book 1: Chapter 48: Successful Getaway2024-11-13
- 50Book 1: Chapter 49: The Stories We Tell [Ourselves]2024-11-13
- 51Book 1: Chapter 50: Paltering2024-11-13
- 52Book 1: Chapter 51: Call of the Order2024-11-13
- 53Book 1: Chapter 52: Chivalry is Dead2024-11-13
- 54Book 1: Chapter 53: About Face2024-11-13
- 55Book 1: Chapter 54: Fall Back2024-11-13
- 56Book 1: Chapter 55: Rescuing Captain Lightbringer2024-11-13
- 57Book 1: Chapter 56: A Hero’s Worth2024-11-13
- 58Book 1: Chapter 57: Stand Down2024-11-13
- 59Book 1: Afterword2024-11-13
- 60Nora's Journal Excerpt #1: The Many Reincarnations of Rae2024-11-13
- 61Book 2: Prologue: Q1 Report: Special Projects, Cooperative Universal Publishing (CUP)2024-11-13
- 62Book 2: Chapter 1: Preparing to Negotiate2024-11-13
- 63Book 2: Chapter 2: Deliberations2024-11-13
- 64Book 2: Chapter 3: The Turri Accords2024-11-13
- 65Book 2: Chapter 4: Private Girl Talk2024-11-13
- 66Book 2: Chapter 5: The Reveal2024-11-13
- 67Book 2: Chapter 6: Forbidden Names2024-11-13
- 68Book 2: Chapter 7: Conversing with Captain Corwin2024-11-13
- 69Book 2: Chapter 8: A Blessed Good Night2024-11-13
- 70Book 2: Chapter 9: Adolescent Angst2024-11-13
- 71Book 2: Chapter 10: Relias2024-11-13
- 72Book 2: Chapter 11: The Accursed One2024-11-13
- 73Book 2: Chapter 12: Oliver2024-11-13
- 74Book 2: Chapter 13: Knight Patrol2024-11-13
- 75Book 2: Chapter 14: Opening Up and Shutting Down the Lines of Communication2024-11-13
- 76Book 2: Chapter 15: Let’s All Just Get Along2024-11-13
- 77Book 2: Chapter 16: King Me2024-11-13
- 78Book 2: Chapter 17: A Masterless Demon2024-11-13
- 79Book 2: Chapter 18: Battle in the Shadow of Midnight2024-11-13
- 80Book 2: Chapter 19: Accepting a Gift and Then Some2024-11-13
- 81Book 2: Chapter 20: Welcome to Ecclesia2024-11-13
- 82Book 2: Chapter 21: Ecclesian Entertainment2024-11-13
- 83Book 2: Chapter 22: Improvising2024-11-13
- 84Book 2: Chapter 23: The Legendary Tale of Raelynn Lightbringer2024-11-13
- 85Book 2: Chapter 24: Bringing Down the House2024-11-13
- 86Book 2: Chapter 25: The Panicked Priest2024-11-13
- 87Book 2: Chapter 26: Recruiting the Duke2024-11-13
- 88Book 2: Chapter 27: Admiring Amantia2024-11-13
- 89Book 2: Chapter 28: King Saulus2024-11-13
- 90Book 2: Chapter 29: The Expectations of Others2024-11-13
- 91Book 2: Chapter 30: Prince Mito2024-11-13
- 92Book 2: Chapter 31: Late Night Confessional2024-11-13
- 93Book 2: Chapter 32: HR Complaint2024-11-13
- 94Book 2: Chapter 33 Wellness Check2024-11-13
- 95Book 2: Chapter 34: A Previous Evening with Oliver2024-11-13
- 96Book 2: Chapter 35: Hop, Skip, and Jump to Conclusions2024-11-13
- 97Book 2: Chapter 36: All the World's a Stage…2024-11-13
- 98Book 2: Chapter 37: Market Stalls to Castle Halls2024-11-13
- 99Book 2: Chapter 38: It's More Complicated Than You Think...2024-11-13
- 100Book 2: Chapter 39: A Stunning Appearance and Presence2024-11-13
- 101Book 2: Chapter 40: A Service Derailed2024-11-13
- 102Book 2: Chapter 41: The Regressional Recessional2024-11-13
- 103Book 2: Chapter 42: Confidence, Trust, and Faith2024-11-13
- 104Book 2: Chapter 43: There's Always One2024-11-13
- 105Book 2: Chapter 44: No Dinner but a Show2024-11-13
- 106Book 2: Chapter 45: Anhinga's Lesson2024-11-13
- 107Book 2: Chapter 46: Interim Measures and Event Investigation2024-11-13
- 108Book 2: Chapter 47: Holy Celestia2024-11-13
- 109Book 2: Chapter 48: Action Planning2024-11-13
- 110Book 2: Chapter 49: The Best Friends Act and the Girl Code2024-11-13
- 111Book 2: Chapter 50: Waking to a Nightmare2024-11-13
- 112Book 2: Chapter 51: Temporarily Relieved of Duty2024-11-13
- 113Book 2: Chapter 52: Confections and Conjectures2024-11-13
- 114Book 2: Chapter 53: Remembering What Was Once Forgotten2024-11-13
- 115Book 2: Chapter 54: Taking the Reins2024-11-13
- 116Book 2: Chapter 55: The Cost of Trying to Placate Others2024-11-13
- 117Book 2: Chapter 56: A Delicate Dance2024-11-13
- 118Book 2: Chapter 57: Finding Comfort in an Uncomfortable Truth2024-11-13
- 119Book 2: Chapter 58: Hello: My Name is Rachel2024-11-13
- 120Book 2: Chapter 59: Approaching Chairo Cautiously2024-11-13
- 121Book 2: Chapter 60: Subtlety is not My Specialty, Either2024-11-13
- 122Book 2: Chapter 61: The Crimson Corporal’s Crappy Conundrum2024-11-13
- 123Book 2: Chapter 62: Through the Gates of Deception2024-11-13
- 124Book 2: Chapter 63: Opening Arguments2024-11-13
- 125Book 2: Chapter 64: Crisis of Faith2024-11-13
- 126Book 2: Chapter 65: The Chase2024-11-13
- 127Book 2: Chapter 66: An Unpopular Decision2024-11-13
- 128Book 2: Afterword2024-11-13
- 129Book 3: Prologue: FY Q2 Report2024-11-13
- 130Book 3: Chapter 1: The Path Forward2024-11-13
- 131Book 3: Chapter 2: Situation Under Scrutiny2024-11-13
- 132Book 3: Chapter 3: The Unlikely Confessor2024-11-13
- 133Book 3: Chapter 4: Nora Knew2024-11-13
- 134Book 3: Chapter 5: Pinky Swears and Secrets2024-11-13
- 135Book 3: Chapter 6: Questionable Inheritance of Trust2024-11-13
- 136Book 3: Chapter 7: Brewed Reflections2024-11-13
- 137Book 3: Chapter 8: Documental Deception2024-11-13
- 138Book 3: Chapter 9: Vital Communications2024-11-13
- 139Book 3: Chapter 10: The Prince's Dilemma2024-11-13
- 140Book 3: Chapter 11: Never Meet Your Heroes2024-11-13
- 141Book 3: Chapter 12: Clash of the Captains2024-11-13
- 142Book 3: Chapter 13: Imposters Don’t Get Imposter Syndrome2024-11-13
- 143Book 3: Chapter 14: Labels Lie2024-11-13
- 144Book 3: Chapter 15: Whispers and Wimples2024-11-13
- 145Book 3: Chapter 16: Kitchen Camouflage2024-11-13
- 146Book 3: Chapter 17: Playing with Perspectives2024-11-13
- 147Book 3: Chapter 18: Signals and Signets2024-11-13
- 148Book 3: Chapter 19: Reconciliation Phase2024-11-14
- 149Book 3: Chapter 20: An Absurd Algebraic Diversion2024-11-15
- 150Book 3: Chapter 21: The Rooster's Wake-Up Call2024-11-19
- 151Book 3: Chapter 22: Tales from the Fringe2024-11-21