I ended up transmigrating into the body of the Black Flame Dragon, a heinous villain in a mass-produced fantasy novel.

And, of course, it had to happen at the worst possible time: just as the subjugation force was closing in.

I tried to escape before they could hunt me down, but fate had other plans—I ran straight into the hero’s party in the forest!

“Then how about you join us? We’ll need to set off again if we’re searching for the Black Flame Dragon anyway.”

I’m the Black Flame Dragon…

I was just pretending to be an ordinary person to avoid suspicion, but somehow, I ended up becoming their companion.

And to make matters worse, they mistook me, the Black Flame Dragon, for the weakest member of their group and began acting overprotectively toward me.

To top it all off, the hero, Kyle, has an almost bizarre obsession with me…

“I don’t even understand these feelings myself. But if there’s one thing I’m sure of, it’s that you’re an incredibly important person to me, Lycian. So please, don’t make me worry.”

To survive, I must uncover the veiled past of the Black Flame Dragon…!