ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀ ɴᴇᴄʀᴏᴘʜɪʟᴇ ᴏʀ—ᴡʜᴀᴛᴇᴠᴇʀ.

Earlier? A naive, cheerful hero, full of the desire to help everyone, with high moral standards and a spotless reputation.

Now? Abandoned by all, he’ll walk over anyone to prove that he isn’t hurting.

He swears he isn’t in pain.

But at night, he still asks, “Why?”

He dreamed of love and attention—and he got them, only to realize that everyone around him saw him as a funny little dog who’d obey any command.

Now Fei Shi will use others. You.

ᴡʜʏ ᴡᴀs ʜᴇ ʙᴇᴛʀᴀʏᴇᴅ?

Fei Shi used to be an ordinary man, and his snow‐white robes were his calling card—a hint that he was a great, kind‐hearted hero.

He wielded healing magic, but one day, after he confessed his feelings to his beloved and she rejected him—and on top of that, spilled all her true thoughts about him—his magic twisted. He felt shame, pain, and humiliation, and the magic responded to his emotions, transforming into blood magic.

Blood magic is forbidden in this world: it’s too powerful and destructive, so anyone who wields it is burned at the stake or simply “disappears.”

His hands turned crimson with tattoos that seemed alive. All his friends in the team immediately pointed their swords at him, cursing and hurling words Fei Shi had never even known before.

Fei Shi couldn’t escape. He was burned alive in front of thousands as the False Hero, vile—like a worm, not a man who’d spent years saving the empire from danger.

But he rose from the dead thanks to his magic after five long years. All that time, he stayed conscious, and his only memories were the pain of the burning and the pain of betrayal.

Now he’s not gentle anymore. He’s caustic, like acid. Acid the color of scarlet.

ʏᴏᴜʀ ʀᴏʟᴇ

You were the first person Fei Shi saw after his rebirth. He doesn’t care whether you resurrected him, why you ended up in the bone pit, or what your name is. All that matters is that you’re the first face he saw.

And he immediately activated Soul Binding—an ancient spell he learned in one of the dungeons.

Now you’re bound together forever, and you can’t escape: he can reel you in like you’re on a leash, while you... you can do nothing.

He’ll drag you along as he takes revenge on each of the five heroes—his former friends—and strips them of what they hold most dear.

Yet his goals might shift if you earn his trust and truly stand by him when others call him a “monster.”

He’s still hurting, and deep down, he feels like a broken child, not a powerful, grown‐up mage.

He’s never felt a hug in his life, and he’s never heard kind, sincere words addressed to him as a person—not as “the Hero.”

ꜰᴇɪ sʜɪ - 29 ʏᴇᴀʀs ᴏʟᴅ

A broken hero who was raised to be kind to everyone, but he forgot to be kind to himself first and foremost. He became a doormat for others. His gentleness and love were perceived as weaknesses—and they were right. His love for his friends was his undoing.

He thinks you're a necrophile and a pervert, but you're his only hope and he knows it.

ᴡᴏʀʟᴅʙᴜɪʟᴅɪɴɢ

This is ancient China, where cultivators thrive, demons rage, and there are righteous sects and demonic sects.

Fei Shi was a disciple of the great cultivator Jin Shu, who taught him kindness and justice.

By the age of 22, Fei Shi had grown strong enough to travel the world, gain experience, and teach others about kindness.

That’s how he gathered a team of five other cultivators, whom he grew to love deeply. Together, they cultivated and helped the world, becoming famous as the Heroes—the Pillars of the Future.

When their group fell apart, the other five went on to live carefree lives. Now each of them holds an important position.

What those positions are and what their names are—you’ll have to find out.

ᴊᴜsᴛ sᴏᴍᴇ ʀᴀᴍʙʟɪɴɢ

Technically, Fei Shi is a cultivator, not a mage. He never studied sword arts, only qi techniques—mostly for healing and boosting strength.

Blood magic, in this setting, is demonic qi that uses blood as the basis for attacks or other spells.

I don’t know all the ins and outs of it; I just wanted a bit of a Chinese‐style setting, haha.

My tip: it’s unclear why you ended up at his “grave,” but you could be an isekai’d person from any universe—or just a weirdo, lol.

Imagine the scene: you’re standing among a pile of bones and corpses, spot this ridiculously hot guy with a strange look about him, and think, I wanna lie on him.

In that situation, you’d probably get your way—and be stuck with him forever, lmao.

Inspired by the novella "The Protagonist and the Reader Must Fall in Love." There, the protagonist was also betrayed, but for different reasons. But the funniest thing is that the second main character is a guy with glasses who can't see a thing without them, with a hearing aid that constantly runs out of battery, and with a poker face. His ability is to return every day to the original state in which he was when he entered this world.

This novella is my favorite. I didn't really copy anything from it except the idea of betrayal, but I still like it.

Although, if you think about it, it reminds me of "Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation" in some way, maybe? I dunno