The morning sun filtered softly and warmly into the room through thin, almost transparent leaves pasted on the window.

A refreshing woody fragrance permeated the entire room.

A cool breeze from the courtyard gently caressed his body, sending a shiver down his spine and causing him to open his eyes.

What caught his attention wasn't the modern European-style furniture in the room.

But the handsome face reflected in the mirror not far away, its clear, cool emerald green eyes betraying a hint of drowsy confusion.

It was as if trying to keep people at arm's length while appearing utterly harmless.

He raised his hand and touched his face.

And the black-haired, green-eyed boy reflected in the mirror made the exact same movement.

"Where is this...?"

Lan Qi murmured.

He seemed to have transmigrated.

The familiar appearance in the mirror was all too familiar to him, a character from his company's new game, *Thornheart Lion*.

As the game's lead artist, he had originally been organizing colleagues at the company to offer incense to the planner’s mother, when he felt a blackout, like his brain disconnecting, and when he opened his eyes again, he saw everything before him.

At the same time, a flood of information poured into his mind, and he tried to understand the situation.

Then, his brow furrowed deeper and deeper.

Because he hadn't... transmigrated into some hero with unlimited potential or a villain with unforgivable sins.

But into a cannon fodder character who was quickly defeated in the game's side story, *Talia's Rise*.

This young man named "Lan Qi" had no special qualities other than being good-looking, rich, and not very bright!

Since he had been assigned to create the character art for the important character "Talia" in the game, all the characters in the "Talia" related storylines were also drawn by him, including "Lan Qi".

He never imagined that he would become the cannon fodder Lan Qi...

Fortunately.

He had drawn Lan Qi to be very handsome out of professional spirit.

He stroked his chin and began to think.

"Speaking of which, why did this young master fall?"

Although he belonged to the art department, he had played the game and had obtained the character design documents for some characters.

Soon, he remembered—

Someone would target the life of "Lan Qi, the young master".

And that person was the protagonist of the side story, and also the game's pre-determined late-stage villain—Talia, the last princess of the demon race.

At this point in time, the great demon Talia had not yet risen to power, and appeared to be just a fallen refugee girl, but her strength was already great.

In order to survive in the human kingdom, she had been trying to disguise herself.

It was only when pushed to the extreme that she couldn't suppress the violent and brutal nature in her heart.

And in the side story.

"Lan Qi" was the first human to make Talia, after her exile, burst into anger.

The fuse of the feud was that "Lan Qi" shot down Talia's dark pigeon, a familiar used for reconnaissance, mistaking it for prey.

When Talia found "Lan Qi" two days later.

The young master, who had not yet realized the seriousness of the problem, not only did not apologize, but also mocked Talia, who looked like a beggar.

He even threatened to roast her other familiars together and hold a super—awesome barbecue party for her!

In the end.

The death-seeking "Lan Qi" got what he asked for, was instantly killed by Talia, dropped a lot of gold coins, and had the ancient relic [Hymn of Compassion] treasured by his family taken away.

These plundered riches also became a very important start-up fund on Talia's road to restoring the demon kingdom.

In a sense, our living bodhisattva Mr. Lan Qi is indeed Talia's great benefactor.

"I don't want to be Talia's top fan—!"

Sitting on the bed, Lan Qi covered his head, as if waking up from a nightmare.

Calm down.

Think on the bright side.

Things aren't actually that bad.

Since he knows "the feud between Lan Qi and Talia", then just avoid it!

Don't anger this demon boss, and safely send her out of his territory, okay!

At this moment, in this brand new world.

Lan Qi felt a long-lost motivation and ambition!

It must be the reward for his law-abiding and good deeds in his previous life.

Next, the wonderful life of a rich young master begins!

Financial freedom, no more overtime! Rich and powerful, so dreamy!

Just then.

A soft knock on the door interrupted his thoughts.

"Young master, are you awake? You told me to wake you up earlier yesterday..."

Hearing the movement inside the room, a weak female voice came from outside the door.

"I'm awake."

Lan Qi replied, got out of bed, and almost tripped over a pile of wine bottles by the bed.

He was stunned.

That's right.

Since the previous owner of this body turned 16 and came of age last month, he had developed the bad habit of drinking.

Therefore, the memories of the past month always felt a little discontinuous.

It seemed that the previous owner of this body often went on drunken rampages and did stupid things after getting drunk.

It was unknown if "Lan Qi provoking Talia" in the original plot was because he was drunk.

So drinking is harmful.

Lan Qi sighed as he changed his clothes.

As soon as he walked out of the bedroom.

He noticed the maid standing beside the door, trembling.

The maid seemed to have no choice but to complete the young master's task, but was also afraid of being scolded by the awakened young master.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Lan Qi said peacefully.

"Eh?"

The maid looked surprised and subconsciously made a sound.

Seeming to be judging Lan Qi's mood today.

Then she reacted and quickly said to Lan Qi:

"The master is already waiting for you in the dining room."

Lan Qi nodded.

He knew that the parents of the previous owner of this body were still alive, and he was not an orphan.

It's just that they were busy managing the Chamber of Commerce and had adopted a laissez-faire strategy towards Lan Qi for almost the past few years.

Even these days, his father returning home could be considered a rare event in the previous owner's memories.

Thinking, Lan Qi walked along the corridor of the mansion.

All the servants would shrink back without exception, bow deeply, and then leave quickly as if running away.

It seemed that the previous owner of this body had caused a lot of trouble for the people around him.

Lan Qi sighed in his heart.

Although he didn't have many memories of being drunk, the previous owner of this body seemed to become irritable and smash things when he was drunk, so it was inevitable that the servants were afraid.

……

Soon Lan Qi arrived at the dining room.

He saw a middle-aged man sitting at the end of the long table, who was Lan Qi's father.

"You're late again today."

The father did not mean to reprimand Lan Qi, but was merely stating a fact.

"Sorry, I won't drink anymore in the future."

There was no need to be self-destructive anymore.

Lan Qi was very satisfied with the life of a young master.

He only had one goal in life—

To live freely, stably and peacefully.

"Sit down."

Obviously, all the servants in the hall were surprised by Lan Qi's attitude.

And the father nodded in reply after a slight daze.

"Okay."

Lan Qi looked at the rich food on the table that did not match his definition of breakfast and sat down in his seat.

For some reason.

He felt something was weird.

Then, he subconsciously looked up and stared at a cooked food in the center of the long table.

—On the plate was a golden and crispy roasted pigeon.

It was evenly coated with a fragrant seasoning, and still had a perfect shape after being cut.

"This is..."

Lan Qi looked strange, slowly raised his finger and pointed at the pigeon and asked.

The more he looked at it, the more he felt a sense of déjà vu.

The father did not respond immediately, and the servants in the distance also looked at Lan Qi with puzzled expressions.

Today's Lan Qi was very strange in their eyes, in short, he was very gentle.

"It's the pigeon you shot down yesterday. The servants made it into today's breakfast according to your request."

The father raised his head and glanced at Lan Qi, and said lightly,

"You were too drunk last night, don't you remember?"

Lan Qi: "¿"

Yesterday?

The pigeon I shot down?

Lan Qi, who felt extremely wrong in an instant, quickly stretched his fork towards the dish he didn't recognize, pretending to be calm.

Even though the roasted pigeon on the plate was already unrecognizable.

But carefully observe its shape and outline.

Finally, Lan Qi was very convinced that it was Talia's pigeon.

After all, Talia's familiar was also drawn by him.

"Are you okay?"

Lan Qi's abnormal behavior could not be hidden from his father's eyes.

"I'm fine, it's the after-effects of drinking, drinking is harmful."

Lan Qi smiled and looked at his father, and continued to eat breakfast.

Seeing the miserable appearance of Talia's familiar, Lan Qi only felt as if he had a fishbone stuck in his throat.

Previous owner, you are really an asshole...

Making other people's familiar look like this.

And you still wanted to mock her like that.

She wouldn't be worthy of being a demon king if she didn't kill you!

Lan Qi couldn't help but wonder, is there any way to save this charred pigeon in front of him?

The answer is no.

So the most reasonable thing he should do now is very clear.

He should completely destroy the evidence, and cheer up and recover from the hangover.

So he finally stretched out his hand, picked up the pigeon leg and put it in his mouth, biting off a bite of crispy roasted meat that was salty and absorbed the oil, and just like that, the wonderful taste spread in his mouth.

Satisfied.

I'll take the bones to feed the dog later.

……