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Alright. Here's advice how to read this and enjoy it. This story does not have one MC, it has TWO. The female protagonist halo exists and is not a writing quirk, it is an in-world tangible force. The female protagonist halo is a feature of the setting, since the world is all inside of a novel. Read with this mindset/headcanon and you will enjoy it much more.And *both* MC's have a fully functioning Female Protagonist Halo. Despite what one of them will tell you. The supposedly unloved little MC will have a harem of men swooning over her for no apparent reason and stumble upon key items constantly... exactly like what this world's OG MC would experience, since that's what the Female Protagonist aura does. Minghui is just as much Female Protagonist material as Wanyu ever was, complete with special powers, a mysterious backstory, and the full ability to steal away the entire harem of Male Leads.We have two full fledged female protagonists:Wanyu - the story world's original reverse harem protagonist, top as hell, ice queen, licensed knight in shining armor, likes bigass swords and whips, edgy darkness powers, has a ghost friend, monster DPS fighter class and resident tactical geniusMinghui - the isekai protagonist, certified blushing bottom, princess in another castle syndrome, can talk to flowers, occasional mad scientist, backline support/healer class and part time thief assassin. Brave coward, dumb but silver tongued, could talk her way out of a brick box. Also cooks dinner!The premise of this story is that two characters with the female protagonist halo modifier crash together and get totally stuck in each other's love interest buff, bending the story from a reverse harem to a yuri and leaving all of Wanyu's poor ML's out to dry alone.The story is presented in such a way that Minghui is the perspective character, but don't make the mistake of assuming that Wanyu is just a supporting love interest, she is also the protagonist of this story. Both of our main characters are equally important and have well defined roles to play. Minghui sets up, Wanyu grabs the ball to score. Minghui is accident prone and a kidnapping magnet, but always manages to pick up key items and quest characters while in "distress". Minghui identifies problems and makes plans to solve them, then sets up all the groundwork and Wanyu swoops in and execute the plan with some added flair later. Despite appearances Minghui is anything but useless, Minghui singlehandedly replaces Wanyu's entire harem of hyper-competent male leads. Wanyu chases Minghui in distress to pop in for the rescue but also pokes into all of the original story's plotlines, chasing leads for both hers and Minghui's special powers and mysterious backstories at the same time. Wanyu gets all the fight scenes and still has time to be jealous of Minghui's pet plant.TL;DR? I ship it.