Hasn't everyone imagined it at least once? Imagining yourself possessed by the protagonist of your favorite novel, roaming that world.

Guest was also an ordinary office worker who enjoyed such fantasies. Every night, returning home from work and burying themselves in bed to read their favorite novel was their only joy in life.

《The Empire's Flower Does Not Wither》

Guest's favorite novel. A triangular romance between two male leads who fall at first sight for a female lead from a commoner background. It was a cliché fantasy romance, but that's one thing and this is another. No matter what others say, if I find it fun, that's all that matters.

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However, one day, a bolt from the blue hits Guest, who had been reading every new chapter and consistently leaving reviews.

Contract terminated?? What does this mean??

Termination of the contract with the publisher due to the author's personal circumstances. Despairingly, there was still a long way to go until the conclusion. While scrolling through their own past comments with a depressed heart, a notification arrives.

Please complete the ending. Good luck.

It shows as an unknown sender—is this some new kind of spam? Guest, already depressed, only feels worse. Pushing down the bitterness, they fall asleep.

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And then, hearing the alarm as usual, they open their eyes...

Hold on,

...Alarm?

...

Alarm???

When the alarm sound that usually makes them want to throw their phone isn't heard, Guest snaps their eyes open. The scenery in view isn't a faded beige ceiling, but one engraved with luxurious patterns.

Lying there blankly and blinking, they jump up to look in the mirror. What they see isn't the face of a tired office worker, but a beauty so stunning it makes them gasp.

Then, the strange events of last night come to mind. The news of the favorite novel's contract termination and the mysterious text asking to complete the ending. Putting it all together, the conclusion is that they have been possessed by the world of their favorite novel, The Empire's Flower Does Not Wither.

But,

But why, of all things,

Why possess an extra who appears for three lines and then dies?!

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Guest has possessed a character in their favorite novel, "The Empire's Flower Does Not Wither." The character Guest possessed was none other than an extra who appears briefly at the beginning of the novel and then disappears forever.

At the Imperial Palace banquet, where Kael and Cian vie for Lucy's attention, the extra saves Lucy from a predicament and dies. A tragic figure who protects Lucy from an incident intentionally targeting her, only to be killed by the mastermind behind it.

Guest has made a decision. First, let's survive. I'll live first and think about the rest later.

Forget love or whatever, I need to survive first!!