So, before going to the story, I just wanted to clear a few things out beforehand, since the lengthy Synopsis' Author's Notes weren't enough for me.
1. Yes, this novel is indeed inspired by "The Conqueror's Path" novel. The author there had created a very interesting setting and I decided to use the base and create my own version of a story. If I had to pinpoint a popular case that's similar to mine(that I know). It'll be "The Author's POV". That novel was a similar case— as in, it was an inspired work too— but it built a new world and had its own storyline. (And it's one of my favorite reads on this site!) I hope to do something similar, but in a much humbler way, since I'm a noob author. (Also, the novels I point at here are all Platinum grade novels, while mine is Bronze or Copper grade at best.)(A reference you'll understand more when you learn about Foundation Grades.)
2. I am not creating this novel to spite the Author of TCP or to prove I can write a better story. (I can't.) It truly IS NOT my intention, regardless of what others may feel from my words later on. I wrote this story because I felt inspired to create my own spin on the potential-rich setting. So, if you somehow see me saying something rude about TCP later in the comments or somewhere, please ignore me. They were my comments as a dumb WN reader. I was a bit ignorant, immature even unjustly angry at the time and it created deep trouble for me later. Gosh, I was such a dummy dum.
Again, I wholeheartedly think TCP has a pretty interesting world setting, but AS A READER, I struggled to read the novel due to its bad grammar and sentence structure and I didn't really like the MC's ways. That's all. That's just my thoughts and opinions as a reader. Feel free to ignore them. They don't matter to others, really. Hopefully, I'm not digging my grave right now saying all this…
(Sigh. I'm not doing a good job of explaining it and diffusing the situation properly, am I? Welp, I hope I got my point across at least. Just ignore anything remotely critical I said about TCP. And focus on my story and not my possible ramblings as a reader coz they don't matter.)
3. Since this is an "original" novel and not a fan fic or an "improvement" of TCP, this story will NOT FOLLOW the said novel and will have its own unique(sort of) MC and storyline, even though there will certainly be many similarities in the setting of the two novels. I've tried my best to create a somewhat rich and different world (and I have some lore and world-building elements noted down, but they'll be added as the story progresses. For the most part, I'll be winging stuff, hoping it makes sense.). But expect to see some similarities initially and once in the later chapters. That being said, I'll NOT be using TCP's approach to doing things. At all. (Or at least I don't think I've done so, so far.)
4. Reiterating the first and third points, my MC "IS NOT" the same as Austin from TCP, so don't expect to find a copy of Austin in my MC or any similar behaviors. Any similarities you do find later are kind of unintentional. Alex(MC) is his own person, with his own thought process and character development. He is not really in the same boat as Austin(TCP's MC)(other than both being reincarnated into an Eroge, of course). He doesn't have a crazy loser god of games who threatens to kill/torture him if he doesn't steal all the girls from the original MC. (Not really a spoiler, you literally learn that at the novel's start) He does what he does because he wants to and feels like it, or when the situation forces him to. Not because some ROB ordered him to. Of course, as for the deeper plot for his transmigration… yeah, I won't say more than this since it might be a spoiler.
5. This novel is amateur work done by a SINGLE NOOB WRITER WHO IS DOING THIS AS A HOBBY(keep that in mind, please) and for the sake of my personal entertainment and nothing more. Expect to find some mistakes, in the grammar or in the story. I'll try to fix the grammatical errors and typos and take some criticism about weak/bad plot points. But I can't promise a flawless story. Nothing even close to it. It's my first published work and I'm a noob, and it's not easy to write a web novel. (I've learned that from my past 3 months of being an Author.) I also don't have an editor or proofreader and do everything on my own.
That being said, I'm still "trying to"(keywords) give enjoyable and quite readable work. That I can somewhat guarantee. You at least won't lose brain cells reading this work due to horrible grammar or absolutely crappy sentence structure. But don't expect a flawless Shakespearean level of English and godly storytelling either. I'll hopefully learn as I write more. So, cheer me up and motivate me to continue writing! :D
6. (Important!!!)MC might seem immature and perverted at the start, but that's MOSTLY because I was still hashing out the story, character, and pretty much everything, so I kinda screwed his character… Sorry. I'm in the process of editing the starting chapters and hopefully improving his behavior and reactions. (Most of my cringe and crappy jokes and humor at the starting chapters instead made him look terrible. God, maybe I suck at writing great MCs. XP But that's okay. Live and learn, as they say.) That being said, I've tried to give him a decent character growth and he is hopefully a lot better from Vol 2 onwards.
A little bit about him: He's just your regular guy. No alpha, no beta, no gamma. Nothing! He does turn a bit alpha-like later in the story for various reasons given in the story, but don't expect a know-it-all, genius MC with a godly mind and characteristics of a God of Women and Sex. He tries to be somewhat cautious and use his mind, but as they say, an MC can be only as smart as the Author… or something like that. And I'm definitely not that smart. Just above average. But I'm still trying to grow him into a better and more likable main character. Be kind and patient with him, please. :)
He's still a human. And will have some imperfections. That's normal to have. I personally think he's a decent guy and has the potential to grow(still growing at chapter 70 or something) since he's still fairly new to the world, and his adventures and turmoils are yet to fully begin. (Oops, was that a spoiler?) Give me some time and please don't be too critical of him just from reading the first few dozen chapters.
7. I WRITE A LOT OF A/Ns(Author's Notes), which later turn into A/Rs(Author's Ramblings). This is because I am a blabber, through and through. Sorry about it beforehand. Hopefully, they'll not be too distracting. I've tried to put most of them in the Author's thoughts section in my last edit and only put relevant or important A/Ns in the chapters. To allow for a more distraction-less read. But if you find a stray A/R, I apologize for wasting your time. Feel free to skim or skip them. :)
8. Vol 2 will have much more lemons and the good kinda stuff that some of you(probably most of you) are here for. Be patient until then with the rather sparse lemons and fluffy scenes. ;)
9. The novel is going through a minor Edit/Rewrite of starting chapters, to fix some of the bad writing and MC's poor behaviour. It won't be anything too crazy or plot changing, but I hope to improve his first impression for the newer readers. (Started editing on 20 Oct, 2022)
10. Uhh, I think that's it for now. I'll add more stuff here if I feel the need to. So, if you're fine with all of that above, you're probably good to go ahead. I hope you enjoy my humble read. Please be kind to me! :D