Gilded palace halls hide a nest of vipers, and the tragic pages of a dark fantasy novel are coming to life. In this ruthless imperial court, bloodthirsty schemers whisper in the shadows while a child is destined for a lifetime of torment at the hands of a cruel foster family. Survival in this parallel world means rewriting the script before the tragedy even starts, especially when waking up inside a plotline doomed from the very first page.

Reincarnated as the six-year-old child of prophecy, "St. Priscilla" refuses to play the victim. To escape her scripted abuse, she makes a desperate, unprecedented move: she bypasses her destined guardians and directly adopts the empire's most terrifying tyrant, Emperor Melkiades, as her new father. Suddenly, she is thrust into the center of the imperial court, juggling life as a devoted fangirl trying to secure her deadly new dad's redemption while dodging the lethal conspiracies of his rivals. But with bloodthirsty enemies closing in from all sides, can a tiny saint actually shield a notorious villain and rewrite their tragic ending, or will the darkness of this manhwa swallow them both?

fantasy, romance, isekai, reincarnation, comedy, family, royalty, adoption, saint, webtoon

Also known as: I Adopted a Villainous Father, Akdang Appareul Ibyanghaetda, 악당 아빠를 입양했다.