A construction worker forced into a college dropout's life never expected gaming to change everything. When his sister pushes him toward Echoes of the Crimson Throne—a romance simulation game—he discovers an unexpected escape. He completes it. Then wakes up inside it. But he's no hero. He's no love interest either. Instead, he's become the personal attendant to Alice Draken: ruthless villainess, the Prince's betrothed, and the iron-fisted Ruler of the North. Her fate is written in tragedy and ruin. Her downfall is inevitable. Unless he rewrites it. Now, caught between court intrigue and destiny itself, he must navigate a world where one wrong move could shatter Alice's throne—or forge an unexpected alliance that defies the game's very narrative. As the villainess's most unlikely confidant, he discovers that sometimes the most dangerous positions offer the greatest chances for change.