MTL - Pirates: Your Emperor is Back! - Chapter 20 Inside and outside the chessboard

Okay, so let me get this straight. I wake up and BAM, I'm inside the body of Valerian Thorne—a third-rate villain. I mean, come on? Out of all the characters I might have been reincarnated as, it had to be him? This man was literally a stepping stone for the actual hero. So why him? Why not someone with a little more. potential?Now that I have a system that can unleash Valerian's hidden potential, who knows? Perhaps this third-rate villain will get a second chance, alter his destiny, and prove the world what he is truly capable of. And if I happen to get to keep the gorgeous fiancée in the process. well, I'm not complaining.

Arakawa Kouki is reincarnated to a Japan with a different history than the Japan he knows with the memories of his previous life still intact. Kouki was discouraged, “Aren’t reincarnation stories supposed to be at some fantasy world filled with swords, magic and elves?!”

On a drowsy night, I stumbled upon the princess's secret side.But what began as a chance encounter soon spirals into a dangerous and intoxicating game of desire, secrecy, and power. The story follows Eldric, a low-ranking palace guard, whose routine night patrol is forever changed when he discovers Princess Elena indulging in her most private, forbidden pleasures. Far from the image of a distant, pure royal, Elena reveals herself to be bold, mischievous, and insatiably curious about the world outside her gilded cage.Drawn into Elena’s clandestine world, Eldric finds himself caught between fear and fascination. Each secret meeting pushes the boundaries further, as the princess demands new forms of submission and intimacy, both as a means of escape from her royal duties and as a way to explore her own identity. Their relationship evolves from awkward encounters in moonlit gardens to passionate, risky trysts behind locked doors, where Elena’s authority and vulnerability are laid bareFantasy | Harem | SMUT | R18 | Elves | MILF | Romance

In a romance novel called “The Secret Lovers of the Academy” the male lead would often torment his fiancée–but wait, why did she cross into this world to become his fiancée, the villainess, instead of the heroine?