by IslanderKJ
A washed-up MMA fighter dies doing the one decent thing he never thought twice about, and wakes in the body of the cruelest, most indebted marquis on the kingdom's frontier. A curse kills him if he ever reveals the truth, so survival means becoming the good husband and lord his predecessor never was — winning back a wife convinced his kindness is a trap, a household braced for the cruelty to return, and a frontier with a goblin warlord massing in the hills. ADVANCED CHAPTERS: cozyread.org
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 22 Oct 2026, 18:18 UTC
Entry forecast updated 22 Oct 2026, 18:18 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Not enough recent follower history to estimate a shadow rank yet.
beats 52% of similar stories
not enough data yet
needs about a week of observations
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 10–19 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
