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Calanthe just wanted to file soul-records in peace. After a century of quiet bureaucratic afterlife in the liminal Library, she’s unceremoniously dumped into a fantasy world with one mandate: become the protagonist. But Calanthe has no interest in saving kingdoms or slaying dragons: she just wants to heal, stay off the main plot, and maybe open a quiet apothecary by the lake. Too bad the world has other plans. Armed with a “Golden Handshake” that grants her eight weeks of plot delay and a healing class so underpowered it’s practically a joke, Calanthe tries to fly under the narrative radar. But when she saves a half-dead Cinder-Fury Warg instead of harvesting its parts, she accidentally unlocks a hidden path: Monster Healing. Now branded a “Monster Healer,” Calanthe draws the attention of orcs on pilgrimage, fanatical paladins, and an ancient oracle who guards the Petalorian Archive: a living library that devours intruders and remembers every soul it consumes. When her compassion sparks a chain reaction that rewrites the rules of magic itself, the Narrative Causality Engine declares her an audit-level anomaly. With a ragtag party of misfits; including a fire mage who believes magic is just “narrative permission,” a disillusioned soldier with a sister turning into a monster, and a gatherer who refuses to be a background character; Calanthe must decide: will she keep patching wounds in the margins… or rewrite the story entirely? *** Progression System: Classic LitRPG leveling, XP from healing monsters and subverting tropes. Content Notes: No harem, slow-burn romance, healing-focused protagonist who avoids violence when possible, meta-commentary on narrative tropes Tags: LitRPG, Progression Fantasy, Female Lead, Reluctant Protagonist, Comedy, Healing Magic, Low-Power Start, Worldbuilding, Slice of Life, Found Family Updates: 3-4 per week except Holidays