Reborn as a Hero but I Chose the Villain’s Path
In the modern world, Ethan is an ordinary, yet deeply frustrated, reader. At the most pivotal moment of the fantasy novel The Journey of a Rising Hero, he is left bitterly disappointed. Crown Prince Areth forgives his treacherous mother, fiancée and rebel nobles, earning the title of “noble” hero. To Ethan, however, this is not nobility; it is weakness. The story has been written wrongly.
Then a single question appears on his screen, changing everything:
“The hero was written incorrectly. Would you like to fix him?'
Ethan accepts.
When he opens his eyes, he finds himself in Areth's body, chained in a dungeon and awaiting execution. According to the original story, Areth would be blessed by the Goddess of the Moon, survive and emerge as a forgiving, righteous hero.
Ethan chooses a different path.
He refuses to become a naïve hero, instead embracing the role of the villain. His plan is simple: to eliminate every traitor at the first opportunity. To him, the best revenge is swift revenge. The innocent and idealistic Areth that the world once knew is gone. In his place stands a calculating, cold-blooded and ruthlessly pragmatic prince.
This is the story of a modern strategic mind reincarnated in the body of a hero, rejecting destiny and choosing villainy in order to shake the world to its very foundations.