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She gets pulled into this world by a faerie who is under a dragon's orders to bring "something" that can help the ML. She ends up absorbing a scale of said dragon when the faerie accidentally tripped her down the stairs. Unfortunately, this meant that she died in her original world and it made said faerie feel super guilty.
The body she inhabits is initially just a wood/nature mage but due to the dragon's power, she can access all types of magic provided she has the right circles. This leads her to being able to grow whatever she wants and to cook it relatively easily. She also tends to be rather c*cky and will eat random things to test their tastes even if they might be poison.
[collapse]The ML is the Crown Prince of one kingdom who is wandering as a mercenary. While written as a bit of a softie at times, he's still a bit jaded and kind of wary of the MC but this quickly wears off when he realizes he can taste her food. He also discovers fairly quickly that she can use more magic than she should be able to. The food plus plot armor makes him fall in love with her fairly quickly but it takes a little bit before he truly realizes his feelings for her. Then the story suffers from whiplash as he quickly becomes very yandere like.SpoilerLike his change is super fast. He goes from hoping he could taste a meal properly with her to getting upset that she even looks at another guy. The story gives the reason that he had imprinted on her as his mate (being that he and his family line are all descendants of the black dragon). He also does not tell her about this imprinting until the last chapter and then it's kind of glossed over cause apparently she's totally okay with the fact that he can no longer live without her.
This change is also super jarring as this is the guy who split his emotions into faeries because he was tormented and alone as a child. He, of course, forgot he did this and believed the faeries were from the dragon. It's pretty heart wrenching later when they start to disappear when he becomes happy being around the MC.
[collapse]Everything in the story is easily solvable and I would say that this is almost closer to an adventure slice of life kind of story as opposed to romance. While the MC does find the ML attractive and he really enjoys her cooking and the fact that she is nice, there just doesn't feel like there is anything to their romance. It's a "decided they were romantically involved" kind of plot.It doesn't help that there will be points where the story will have a bit of whiplash. The ML's change in personality is the most noticeable. While I did like the change and the reasoning why, it just made a light-hearted story become so much more intense. Which was weird for it to happen in the final portion of the story. I was also not expecting the final three chapters of the main story to be smut.Even the fates of the villains seemed rather anti-climatic. Not that they were really doing much to impede the ML and MC anyway. Then there is a last chapter twist that just leaves me scratching my head.SpoilerIn a bit of a meta moment, we read from the perspective of a writer and their publisher. The writer flat out says that they felt their original ending wasn't good which was why they rewrote it. Leaving us all to consider that the story the MC was part of was the rewrite of the story the MC read.
It added nothing to the overall story.
[collapse]While I can't really go and say that this would be a story that'd come to mind when people ask for recommendations, it's still an okay read. Her magic and tattoos are nifty, the faeries are cute and will tug on your heartstrings, but that's about it for this story.