''haah''
I deep sigh left my mouth.
How long has it been, I have been asking myself this question for quite a while now and as the days kept getting longer, I could only lament on how things ended up this way.
I had to accept it now I ended up transmigrating into the world of the novel that I had just been reading up to last week.
...
I had just finished work and was waiting for the train when I got the notification saying that the last 20 chapters have been uploaded there wasn't much to do so I decided to binge it until the train arrived. To tell the truth it was an average work at best, but it was also the first novel I have ever read so it was no wonder that I kept reading it till the end. I wasn't expecting much honestly at this point I was ok with them just getting a happy ending especially with how the last 50 chapters were going things just kept spiralling into a mess as the story went on.
However, the writer ended up flipping everything and killed of the whole main cast I was in so much shock that I was stuck unmoving for 15 min so much so that people around me started to get worried. That being said even with the ending being the dumpster fire that it was I kept holding myself back from raging in the comment section more so while reading the nonsense the writer wrote to explain the ending.
Now that I think about it this is probably that bastards doing.
I can still remember the bizarre comments he left behind saying he was but a messenger who is relaying the story to the one who would change it , it was such a load of bullshit that I almost found myself writing a 5000-word essay to complain about the unfairness of it all but I didn't , I held myself back remembering all those other novels I have read.
I simply gave up, went home to sleep and decided to call it a day that being said isn't unfair that it was me who was transmigrated.
It has been a week since I woke up in this place which I had used to go through the 5 stages of grief in its entirety, I would have taken longer but the foreign memories and two suns in the sky was a nice reality check.
Honestly, I would have been in greater peace if he had transmigrated me as an extra like in those other novels or maybe a butler of some kind, but from all the characters he could have chosen it was none other than this guy that I found myself as the damned third-rate villain Nicholas Arcane whose only plot relevance was to highlight the protagonists kindness and charms to the extras in the novel and the readers.
Currently Nicholos has just ascended the position of head after his fathers untimely death which would later on cause him to abuse his power and get in trouble with the protagonist in the future where he left to study at the imperial academy and left the management of the estate to his vassals who were unable to conceal all the evidence of his corruption.
From what I could tell from the memories that I acquired the true beginning of the story is still three months off and right now should be the early stages of the novel.
Seeing as I am now part of the story going by the butterfly effect theory and the experience of reading multiple novels the future will change depending on how I act from now on but at least for now I have a greater advantage than anyone else in the world.
So, first things first I must make sure I am strong enough survive this world.
Finally opening the door of my bedroom and making sure my tone was the same as the original Nicholos's I shouted ''Head Butler, announce a meeting with our partners this evening and make sure they all now that they must be there''
....
The Arcane family was one of the 14 prestigious Marquis families in the Empire and was the leading figure in the studies of the darkness attribute however unbeknownst to others it was also the core figure of the empires underworld having grown jealous of the ducal families and wishing to rise to greater heights it continuously ventured in illegal transactions and the spilling blood to increase its standing between the noble families but no matter what it did it could never reach the ducal title.
Which brings us to the current situation where the young head of a marquessate was having a meeting with the most notorious criminal heads through a communication crystal and screen wired to the very desk he was sitting in.
Having just started this mad idea, I leaned back and sat casually trying to hide the agitation I was feeling. Faking a cough, I spoke loudly
'' Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you for answering my call on this fine evening, I am sure you are currently wondering why I suddenly brought this meeting up out of nowhere but seeing as how things were going I couldn't wait much longer''
I stated coolly trying to hide the hint of unease in my voice.
'' You guys don't like me and I don't really like you so let us cut the charade, that being said we are essential components for our businesses and so we can't simply cut ties the losses would be too great and I'd rather not go through the headache''
Having said that I started hearing multiple murmurs from the communication crystal it seemed that they were quite displeased with how I spoke to them but right before one of them could speak I raised my voice
'' Some of you have been considering my credibility especially with my track record however I am of house Arcane and the underworld is ours to rule so leaving isn't an option, so I promise you this work with me and I'll guarantee that all of your businesses have an increase of 50% by the end of this month if not then I'll give away control of the my estate to be divided by the ruling heads''
And as fast as the murmurs came, they also disappeared.