The First to Reach Floor Twelve

Jaein woke to the scratch of a stiff new uniform and the shock of knowing he had gone back three years. He remembered the life that ended in ruin, the marriage of alliance that began cold, and the death waiting for him at the old end of the path. So he did the one thing the original Jaein never would have done. He kept his head down, learned fast, and chose every polite answer that left his enemies with nothing to grab. The problem was Haneul, the husband he had married for a guild deal, who kept noticing the small ways Jaein had changed. A cup of water, a torn school ID, and a folded silk pouch all began to mean too much. Jaein wanted survival, but the man beside him was starting to look li...