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My Dance Becomes Swordplay, Book 1

The Disgraced Heir

He trained to command a stage. Now every step can kill.

At the height of his career, K-pop idol Han Seojin falls from a collapsing stage—and wakes beneath a stranger’s blade.

In this world, he is Aaron Vale, a baron’s disgraced son with enemies, debts, and a reputation he never earned. The Aurelian Empire is rotting around him. Its nobles feast while ordinary people go hungry, and nobody expects its most useless heir to survive.

But years of relentless rehearsal have taught Seojin how to read a body before it moves. Balance becomes footwork. Timing becomes a counterattack. An eight-count routine becomes the beginning of a sword style this world has never seen.

To win a knight’s place, Aaron must turn that instinct into power—and give people a reason to trust the man wearing their tormentor’s face. His first audience is armed. His first mistake could be his last.

Begin a five-book progression fantasy of explosive sword fights, hard-won allies, courtly intrigue, and a slow-burn love story, where an idol’s greatest skill becomes a knight’s deadliest weapon.

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