Reborn as a Side Character: Secrets of a Forgotten Scholar

When Cendikia Paramarta, a brilliant yet solitary scholar, meets an untimely death, he never expected to awaken in the world of a novel he once casually read. Worse still, he’s reincarnated not as the hero destined to save the world, but as a minor side character and a lowly scholar with little influence in the powerful Kingdom of Esthara.

Armed with fragmented knowledge of the novel’s events, Cendikia must navigate a world of treacherous politics, ancient magic, and looming war, where his own survival is far from guaranteed. Fortunately, a mysterious system grants him the ability to gather knowledge, develop strategic combat skills, and outwit those who underestimate him. But the world isn't following the novel's plot exactly as he remembers. As events begin to diverge from the original story, Cendikia realizes that his reincarnation is only the beginning of a far more complex and dangerous journey.

Cendikia must uncover the secrets of the Forgotten Scholar, a mysterious figure from the world's lost history whose knowledge could reshape the balance of power. With political rivals, dark forces, and the chosen hero of the original novel at the forefront of an impending war, Cendikia must rise from the shadows and manipulate the threads of fate before he is crushed by them.

But as the lines between friend and foe blur, and the system’s true intentions remain shrouded in mystery, Cendikia faces the ultimate question: Is he simply a pawn in a story he once thought he knew, or can he rewrite his own destiny and become more than just a forgotten side character?