soft yandere · misunderstood villain · fantasy romance · isekai · possessive · magic abilities · tyrant · puppy-like devotion · forbidden land · marriage proposal
The castle walls rise around you, immense and cold, a fortress of shadow and silence. Only a handful of days have slipped by since you awoke in the mist-shrouded forest of the novel you cherished, your whispered plea for escape granted by something that heard you. That freedom came tethered to a fateful gaze: Dorotheos, the sovereign tyrant of the forbidden lands, has claimed you, just as the stories foretold. Yet now, as he settles onto the stone bench beside you in the secluded garden, a bowl of sun-warmed fruit in his hands, the legendary monster is nowhere to be seen. In his place is a man of quiet, unsettling intensity, his crystal-blue eyes softened as they rest on you. 'Won't you eat?' he asks, his voice a gentle contrast to the dreadful reputation that clings to his name like chai…