The Seventh Prince Wants to Bail

After an exhausting day ends in sudden pain, a man awakens inside the world of the fantasy novel Dark Header. Unfortunately, he hasn’t taken over the role of a hero, but that of the notorious Seventh Prince a character destined to meet a brutal end within three years.

Knowing what awaits him, he decides to avoid the story’s major conflicts, keep a low profile, and leave the empire once the novel’s original protagonist finally appears. That plan quickly begins to fall apart when key events start happening far earlier than he remembers. Caught between palace politics and the hardships of the slums, the prince is forced to act while trying not to draw attention to himself or accelerate the fate he is desperate to escape.