The Side Character Wants to Lie Flat - Chapter 5: She Cannot Retreat a Single Step

[Warning! +18 Content Below!]Williams Everett had it all—Oxford PhD, six-figure salary, respect from everyone who knew him. Yet the successful orphan-turned-businessman felt nothing but soul-crushing boredom from his predictable corporate life.His only escape? Novels.After leaving a scathing review on a trashy erotic academy novel, he wakes up inside it as William Cross, a no-name extra with a catastrophic problem.[You are Cursed][Catastrophic Allure: All heroines and villainesses will develop obsessive yandere tendencies toward you]The catch? Sleep with them, gain overpowered abilities. Refuse? Well, they might just kill anyone who gets too close to you, or worse.Now this apathetic man must survive Celestial Heights Academy—where only the world's elite gather and weakness means death—while being hunted by dangerously possessive women who can't decide if they want to keep him or eliminate all competition.In an academy that only accepts the best, can a lethargic extra with no talent survive the heroines and villainesses?Or can they survive him?----If you are looking a novel that is highly based on smut then this novel is not for you!The novel main mostly one MC character development with some smut scenes in-between.

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In a usurped kingdom , amid a war-torn and blood-soaked Italy, Conradin's battleground is set. To reclaim his birthright the crown of Sicily, he must tread a path paved with blood, learning that he must do whatever it takes to ascend the throne.

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In the year 1266, the tale of Conradin, the last scion of an ancient imperial dynasty, unfolds. His once-great kingdom, Sicily, has been ruthlessly usurped first by his own uncle and now rests in the hands of the cunning French Count Charles. Through a treacherous plot involving the Pope, Charles managed to oust the Hohenstaufen from the Kingdom of Sicily and crowned himself as its king.

In the East, powers such as the Despotate of Epirus are keenly observing the instability in Sicily, poised to seize any advantage that may arise from the chaos. Meanwhile, the small Italian communes are caught in the political crossfire, aligning themselves with one side of the conflict or the other based on the prevailing political party in power and their vested interests. These shifting allegiances turn the Italian peninsula into a powder keg, where all-out war seems inevitable.

As the shadows of history close in around Conradin, the world watches with bated breath. Will he emerge triumphant, his name forever etched in the annals of Sicilian glory as the rightful king who defied insurmountable odds, toppling both the Pope and the usurper? Or will he, in his valiant struggle, become a tragic figure, a symbol of lost opportunities and shattered dreams? The future of Sicily hangs in the balance, and Conradin's destiny remains uncertain, poised on the precipice of history.

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Aria Monroe married the city's coldest billionaire CEO to save her family, only to be betrayed by both him and them.Pregnant and discarded, she vanished without a trace.Three years later, she returns not as the broken woman they once mocked, but as the CEO of a rising empire.Her greatest secret? The child who carries the bloodline of the man who destroyed her.Now, the ruthless CEO who once rejected her is on his knees, begging for forgiveness. But forgiveness won't come easy. Rivals lurk, family betrays again, and temptation burns hotter than ever.This time, she's no pawn. She's the queen. And she'll decide who wins her heart if anyone at all.But when her son looks up at Damien Blackwood with those same ice-blue eyes and whispers “Daddy,” will the walls she's built around her heart finally crumble or will the ghosts of their past destroy them all?

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