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The Viscount Who Fixed the World's Stupid Economy

Alex Chen was a 28-year-old systems analyst whose true passion was tearing apart bad fantasy novel logistics. He read the 50-volume epic Chronicles of the Starfall Kingdoms not for the romance, but to internally scream at their inefficient steel production and absurd tax systems. Now, thanks to a leather-bound collector's edition and a nasty head cold, Alex has transmigrated into the novel's world—as Viscount Arren, a forgotten, sickly, and catastrophically indebted minor noble whose only purpose in the original plot was to lose his land by Chapter 50. Faced with a crumbling manor, a handful of thieving servants, and two months until foreclosure, Alex has one goal: Survival via superior economics. He won't use magic; he'll use double-entry bookkeeping. He won't train a dragon; he'll build a better blast furnace. He must navigate the treacherous, magic-fueled, and unbelievably inefficient medieval court, fending off greedy barons, sabotaging merchant guilds, and an entire world whose plot logic is trying to push him back into poverty. Can a cynical systems analyst build a functioning industrial economy fast enough to survive the coming war between the Main Hero and the Final Boss, or will the sheer stupidity of the fantasy world finally bankrupt him?