NXT_MARVEL

Our MC was an extreme introvert in his past life — a bookworm who avoided people like the plague, focused only on his studies, and had zero interest in anime, games, or romance. The only time he ever touched anime was when his one and only friend forced him to watch a single episode of some fantasy academy drama — and he hated every second of it.
So when he wakes up in an unfamiliar, lavish room and finds himself in the body of Lucien von Zephyr— a rich, handsome academy student — things seem… pretty okay. That is, until memory floods in and he realizes who  Lucien is: the pervy, obsessive side character doomed to die in Episode 7 for going too far with the main heroine!

Survive the Death Flag! (Or Die a Simp)

Lucien paced in his dorm room, his nerves in shambles. "It's Leon, isn't it? It's always Leon."

"Maybe it's not Leon!" Ignis piped in, ever the optimist. "Maybe it's someone weaker! Someone you can finally beat!"

Lucien stopped pacing. "That would be a first."

[Don't get your hopes up. It's definitely Leon.]

Lucien groaned and flopped onto his bed. "We need a plan. If it's him, I'm finished."

[Correction: You're extra crispy.]

"I can take him!" Ignis flared up in the air. "Just let me loose! I'll turn that smug jerk into barbecue!"

Lucien raised a brow. "The same way you turned my shoes into barbecue yesterday?"

"That was practice!" Ignis huffed.

Before Lucien could respond, there was a knock on his door. He opened it to see a familiar figure standing there — the academy's messenger.

"The match is scheduled for tomorrow morning," the messenger said. "Your opponent…" He glanced at the paper in his hand. "...isn't Leon."

But Lucien wasn't convinced. "Then who—"

"Wait, isn't that—?" Ignis started.

"Yes," Lucien cut in, his face pale. "She's the top-ranked first-year. The prodigy."

"We're gonna die." Ignis whispered.

Lucien stared at the door long after the messenger left. Tomorrow was going to be a disaster.

The Perfect Match