A World Controlled by Dice

While playing a tabletop role-playing game with friends, He Jiayin transmigrates into the body of Silas Noel, a professor of literary history at Lafami University. Meanwhile, the city of Lafami is in an uproar due to the escape of a heretic…

…Wait, isn’t this the storyline of the tabletop game he was running?

But he’s the Game Master, not a player?!

He Jiayin becomes the Keeper of Secrets in this world.

A student’s exam is laid before him: [Professor, please roll the dice to determine if this student passes.]

A colleague’s paper is handed to him: [Professor, please roll the dice to decide if this paper gets published.]

A heretic is fleeing from pursuit: [Professor, please roll the dice to determine if the Church’s pursuers find him.]

A transcendent being is advancing in rank: [Professor, the dice are ready.]

A man is confessing his feelings to him: [Here, take the dice.]

He Jiayin: “…”

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[You catch a glimpse of the Divine.]

[You must make a Willpower check.]

[99/100]

[Alas, you are destined for a critical failure.]

[…You gaze at the Divine with obsessive, fervent eyes.]

[You will become the first follower of the Divine. You will follow the great God of Time and Fate—the Keeper of Secrets, Silas Noel—toward a new world.]

[…By the way, you should confess first.]

—The Keeper’s dice, reserved.

One-Line Summary: Roll the dice—the kind that decides fate.

Theme: Rely on yourself rather than others.

1. Main focus: HE (happy ending), cold and aloof attack (top) x outwardly arrogant but inwardly submissive and obsessive receive (bottom). The attack is a god, the receive is a follower. Plot-driven, slow-burn, with the receive appearing later.

2. Tabletop role-playing game: A game where dice determine outcomes. Players have character sheets, and attributes combined with dice rolls decide results. The Game Master narrates the story and rolls the dice.

3. Compared to real-world tabletop games, the rules in this story are significantly simplified and modified. See in-story settings for details, and do not apply real-world tabletop rules to the novel.