Appearance: Black hair, gray eyes, above average face.
Titles: Champion of Celestial Great General Lyra, 1st year student of Avaron, Inquisitor of Ashes and Lightning, Monarch of the Storms, the one who got into 1-1 through bribery.Powers: Wield Lightning, Wind, Space, and Time magic. Has [V - World splitter] battle art. Very proficient with the sword. Semi-proficient with the crossbow and gun. Average with every other weapons.
Relationships:
Son of Karin Gray, adoptive brother of Krista Nightshade, 'rival' of Arthur Kilvillain, half-brother of Lucy Fertilus, very hated acquaintance of Ria Pyrian, 'enemies' with Marie Evien, best friend of Raun Serus, acquaintance of Amelia Helot, barely knows Evelyn, 'business partner' with Eleanor Salvant, absolutely hated by Max Vermillion, have a not-really ambiguous romantic relationship with Sylvia Ecertold, Araceli's mentor, adoptive father of Alicia Gray, reluctant and unwilling father of Glacia
Illustration (Imagine him wearing 4 sunglasses at a time, and then imagine how ridiculous that would look to other people)
Appearance: Silver-white hair, light-blue eyes (pink if her Eyes are activated), an almost perfect face.
Titles: Monster of the Ecertold duchy. 1st year student of Avaron. Little lizard (by Semier). The white Witch. Sovereign of the Stars
Powers: Wield Time, Space, Star, Ice, Lightning, Water magic. Has [V - Cosmomancy] magic art. Very proficient with the spear. Above average with the Scythe. Bad with every other weapons.
Relationships:
Daughter of duke Evanos Ecertold. Has a not-really ambiguous romantic relationship with Theodore Gray. Best friends with Ria Pyrian. Acquaintance with Arthur Kilvillain, Lucy Fertilus, Marie Evien, Raun Serus. Cousin of Eleanor Salvant. Close friends with Alicia Gray and Krista Nightshade. Hates Max Vermillion. 'Rivals' with Lyn Blitz. More-than-willing 'mother' of Glacia
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Volume 6 Sylvia:
Appearance: Black hair (Silver hair after chapter 70), golden eyes, and a perfect handsome face.
Titles: Champion of Goddess of Light - Lumaria. 1st year student of Avaron. The 2nd Hero of Light. Pushover (by Theodore)
Powers: Wield all kinds of magic. Specialized in Holy magic. Has [V - Holy sword dance] battle art. Very proficient with the Greatsword. Above average with everything else.
Relationships:
Childhood friends and boyfriend of Marie Evien. Close friends with Raun Serus. Sees Lucy Fertilus as a little sister (But he acts like a stereotypical Japanese MC so you can guess how that goes). Acquaintance of Krista Nightshade, Ria Pyrian, Sylvia Ecertold, Amelia Helot, Eleanor Salvant. Master-slave relationship with Evelyn
Illustration:
Appearance: Red hair that sways like flame, vermillion eyes, pretty face.
Titles: Daughter of duke Freywright Pyrian, 1st year student of Avaron, the arrogant arsonist.
Powers: Wield Fire and Plasma magic. Is very bad at using weapon but is quick at casting spells.
Relationships:
Best friend of Sylvia Ecertold, somewhat hates Theodore Gray, in a romantic relationship with Noah Ecertold, 'master' of Amelia Helot, acquaintances with every other main characters
Illustration:
Appearance: Green hair, green eyes, pretty face, long ears.
Titles: 1st year student of Avaron, lost daughter of Duchess Marcela Evien, the Wind hunter.
Powers: Wield Wind magic. Extremely proficient with the bow. Proficient with the dagger.
Relationships:
Childhood friend/lover of Arthur Kilvillain, rivals with Lucy Fertilus, 'enemies' with Theodore Gray, acquaintances with every other main characters
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Appearance: Pink hair, blue eyes, horns (but it's hidden). She's a child, I don't want or know how to describe her face without sounding like a creep. Instead, I'll put the illustration here.
Titles: Descendant of Grandmaster Elysia, the Illusionist of Light, disciple of headmaster Alan Heritas
Powers: Wield Light and Illusion magic. Very proficient with making and activating Runes on the fly.
Relationships: Adoptive daughter of Theodore Gray, adoptive niece of Krista Nightshade, best friends with Ellen, disciple of headmaster Alan Heritas, either acquaintances or strangers to every other main characters.
Appearance: Black hair, golden eyes, pretty face, black cat ears and tail.
Titles: 1st year student of Avaron, Arthur Kilvillain's slave (But it's okay guys bekause he treats her like a proper human being instead of a disposable rag!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! !!), racist cat (by Theodore)
Powers: Wield Earth magic. Very proficient with the short sword and claws.
Relationships: Slave to Arthur Kilvillain, Maria's sister, acquaintances with most of the main characters, and she hates every humans (especially males)
Illustration (you don't know how many images Krypton has to go through before he can find a non-lewd one. And even this image is somewhat lewd):
Appearance: Silver hair, ruby-red eyes, a pretty face, white angelic wings.
Titles: 1st year student of Avaron, the Imperial princess, Eleanor of the Light,
Ice-cold Imperial princess, Ruthless duelist, Blood-stained tyrant, regressor of Chronzeit
Powers: Wield Light magic. Her magic specification is giving every type of Light a solid, tangible form. Very proficient with the rapier.
Relationships: Master of Kasumi, 'business partner' with Theodore Gray, protects Arthur Kilvillain from the shadow, cousin of Sylvia Ecertold,
hates Chronzeit, who trapped her in this loop of regressions
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Appearance: Silver hair, gray eyes, cute face.
Titles: The one blessed by the Spirit queen. The last Archwyrm.
Powers: She's friends with the spirits :D
Relationships: Daughter of Sylvia Ecertold. Daughter of Theodore Gray. Wind spirit Sylph's best friend.
Illustrations:
The concept of an extra trasmigrating/reincarnating into a novel/game is nothing new, but the author gave his own unique spin on it. Although some story arcs seem to drag on just a little (I'm looking at you, volume 4) [Edit at chapter 93: Okay I take back what I said. Volume 4 had just turned into the best thing I've read in a while]
The grammar of this novel is good enough. It's readable and there are not many mistakes. True to what the author said, the first 20 chapters or so have subpar writing. But I like that I can see him improve with each chapter. (He also said that he will revise the first and second volume, so that's that I guess)
Now onto the characters. They are... hit or miss. Some characters like Theodore and Eleanor are really well-done. (though Theodore - the MC's personality shifts back and forth a few times but I guess there's an in-universe explanation for it?). Some... not so much. I think that the author added more characters than he can handle since some don't even have any screen time at all like Evelyn and after-volume-1 Krista. (But that remains to be seen. He can develop their characters later for all I know)
The MC - Theodore Gray, is not the strongest, nor is he the smartest. The best way I can describe him is that he's the 'second-best' at everything he thinks he does best, and is above average at everything else. I like seeing him actually using his knowledge of the novel to solve problems.
Also, he has very little plot armor >:)
The story is interesting. Spoiler here:
You got 1 (or 3?) regressors, 1 transmigrator, and one cynical 16-year-old kid (the MC) who got the memories of the transmigrator. The best thing is you get to see how they interact.
I considered dropping the novel when I got to the chapter where the MC kills the orphan but I'm glad I stuck with it.
Overall, the story is one of the best I've seen when it focused on the MC trying to keep the novel's plot and interact with the original protagonist and heroines. The story fell a bit when the author stray away from his already well-established characters (I'm still looking at you, volume 4) [Edit: Volume 4 had just turned good, but my point still stands. It turns good only after the POV changes back to the MC], but it still remained intriguing enough to keep me reading.
===The section below is my personal opinion, take it with a grain of salt===
Sound-effects, onomatopoeia, or whatever you want to call it. It still breaks immersion for me. It's good that the author uses them a bit sparingly in normal chapters, but he uses them a lot in combat-heavy chapters. [Edit: He uses them less now, even in combat chapters. An author actually listening to the reviews!!!!???? What kind of black magic witchcraftery is this!?]
There's no Harem tag in the novel. The author claimed in the comments that this story is not a harem. And he keeps his words. Somewhat, anyways. It's borderline harem in some of the interactions (especially when a good chunk of important and side characters right now is female) but the MC is cynical enough toward them at least for me. Also, the number of girls that hates him (because of his own actions he took out of his own volition) is much higher than the number of girls that likes him (I can think of 3 on the top of my head right now)
And I also like that he adds some references to popular web novels (though most of them are KR novels for some reasons)
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Overall, great read. I recommend. Good luck on your future writing, Author.
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Theo is not perfect like most cool MCs in Korean or Chinese novels and stories. The guy has flaws he knows about and doesn't, some he tries to fix... Some he will have to.
The guy isn't like those I wanna be alone but ends up with a harem type.... At least no harem signs yet.
Hell I think the reason he seems unstable is because he doesn't have anybody to be honest with.
To bad both outside forces and his own personality renders him unable to.
The only ones that know him best are his enemies or those who use him.
But He ain't a indecisive JP cuck... Or a CN Nihilistic sociopath. So that makes him 90% better than most MCs. His more of a self aware KR MC.
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One of the best Storys I have read on here so far!
Plot: 4.7/5
Grammar:4.9/5
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This novel started out really good. However, I am going to drop it because it is just not enjoyable. In fact the last chapter I read is downright distressing.
While the whole thing is rife with grammar and spelling errors that doesn't bother me too much. Such things can be overlooked when it is still obvious what is trying to be portrayed. It is distracting but not enough to make it unreadable.
The first arc makes is exactly like the synopsis. Theodore uses memories from some strange ritual that was supposed to replace him with his grandfather to accomplish his goals. There were a couple rough parts like the goblin village but they were over quickly enough to not really be too much of a bother.
The first 'speedbump' as the saying goes would be sylvia's arc. It is important to note that straying away from the main character's perspective causes readers to be much less forgiving. Sylvia's mini arc contains things that most everyone would find hard to stomach.
1.) Loss of agency
2.) Diabolus ex Machina
3.) Torture
4.) Killing of children
I didn't enjoy it but figured things would get better. However, more of the same kept popping up. I was hoping things would get less painful... but it didn't.
There was a big POV shift to an unknown character. It felt like the Sylivia arc all over again only with someone who isn't one of the heroines that are connected to Arthur. I was hoping it would be only a chapter or two but I was wrong. If Sylvia's arc is the speed bump then Araceli's is a sink hole in the middle of the road.
I figured I'd skip ahead. However, I thought the same thing about the Sylivia stuff and realized that if I can't stomach the content I should just stop.
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5/5 Story, loving it so far
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