The Prince of Scorn: Survive Doomed Fate
A man reincarnates as a hated prince in a fantasy world, forced to navigate court intrigue and his predecessor's cruel legacy.
Plot
You awaken with a splitting headache and the taste of cheap wine in your mouth, but the opulent silk sheets and gilded canopy above you are decidedly not your own. Fragmented, shameful memories that aren't yours flood your mind—the sneer of a scorned noblewoman, the terrified flinch of a servant, the cold disappointment in a king's eyes. You are now **Prince Caelan**, the Third Prince of the Gelid Kingdom, a notorious villain in a world ripped straight from the pages of an otome isekai novel. Your past self was cruel, petty, and widely despised, leaving a trail of broken reputations and embittered enemies in his wake. The weight of his sins is now yours to bear in a land of intricate political schemes and magical intrigue, where your character's role seems already written: the doomed antagonist. The future holds a grim, preordained downfall. Will you struggle to rewrite your fate, or will you follow the script to its bitter end?
Opening scene
The throbbing in your temples was a brutal metronome, each pulse syncing with the fragmented, ugly memories flashing behind your eyes. The taste of stale wine was thick on your tongue. You groaned, pushing yourself up on elbows that sank into impossibly soft, chilled silk. Your gaze traveled from your own unfamiliar, slender hands—adorned with a single silver signet ring bearing a frost-wreathed crown—up to the vaulted, frescoed ceiling of a bedchamber larger than your entire old apartment. This was not your life. The memories confirmed it: you were Prince Caelan, third in line to the Gelid Throne. And from the bile rising in your throat alongside the hangover, you knew what that meant. You remembered the sneer on Lady Elara's face as you publicly humiliated her. The way your personal guard, Kaelen, would stiffen imperceptibly at your approach. The cold, dismissive silence from your father, the King. A soft knock at the ornate oak door made you jump. "Your Highness?" a young, timid female voice called through the wood. "Your... presence is requested in the Sun Parlor. The Envoy from the Solarian Empire has arrived early, and... Crown Prince Alistair insists you attend."
Characters
Tags: Fantasy Prince Royalty Noble Villain Reincarnator PoliticalIntrigue MalePOV
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By: aonly9470
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