Hellhounds of Providence

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Ayaka Fukuda finds herself transported into the world of an otome game as the villainess Olivia Ordrin. Destined to meet a bloody end, Ayaka aims to change her fate as Olivia and live a long and happy life. But her fate is tied to the future, and possible destruction, of the Empire of Arlexia that is loved by its creator god Zulm. Through the machinations of gods and man, one who will stand beside Olivia shall be born. A gift and a curse. A friend and an enemy. Thus begins a twisted yuri romance carved by the bloodied thorns of the briar that ensnares itself around the lily from another world.

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Status: Completed
Year: 2023
Author: Zeptora

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Rating: 4.4/ 5.0
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Community Reviews(10)

13 SparksRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
It’s a bit of a slow start, but once it gets going this story is adorable. I’m looking forward to how the two leads grow up and into their friendship and eventual relationship. It has an interesting magic system and I’m not quite sure where it’s going yet.
I totally recommend this story!
CestarianRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Thia story is really good. It has one or two major plotholes that are the only thing that brings it down, but besides that it is great.
The story starts as a typical isekai, until the moment it is revealed that the protagonist is in fact someone elsem someone who originates from the world the story happens in, someone who is not in the traditional sense a reincarnator.
The protagonist is not op, the isekai'd character is also not op, her primary weapon is foreknowledge which she wields like a broken toothpick. (Honstly I think she made good use of it only once in the whole story)
And that sets the stage for a hell of an interesting story. And interesting it was.
RielleRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
So, you know the drill. A saintess, a prince, a reincarnated villainess, and some mystical infamous duke. You get it all, right? Nah. Not this time.
Genre was kinda twisted here (in a good way). Starting with the fact that our protagonist is not a reincarnated villainess at all, but her evil duke (but Yuri edition)... and they will be children for at least a third of the story, so, yeah, we will see how and why they became people they are.
Anyway, there will be a lot of incompetent fathers and broken families, child soldiers and PTSD, doomed Yuri, twisted love
BUT not a bad ending, not a bittersweet one. Perfect happy ending. Its kinda spoiler, but if I hadn't read the epilogue from the start to see if we have HE, I wouldn't even start reading it. I'm sure there are many people like me.
Anyway, while I recommend reading this, thats not really 5 star story.
1 At the beginning, people were upset woth worthless fathers and sceming nobles, but I remained silent. Yes, it sucks, but that's life.
Then people scolded the uselessness of the villainess, but all her actions and motivations are kinda understandable is some twisted way.
But when the after-credits chapters began (second half of the story, maybe a bit less), the plot was very forced. The author had a plan for what they wanted from story, but they couldn't make it believable. So much plot holes really damped my mood.
2 Although the author described many "dark" topics quite well, they never delved deep enough to create a really strong emotional impact on the reader. I'm not usually a fan of the dark and I prefer lightheaded novels, but here I'd prefer the author to give a little more, otherwise kinda wasted potential.
3 About romance... well, again, thats wasted potential. If you want to write toxic yandere romance, then please, give it your all!!! But here we got only half toxic, that quickly become standart one at the end.
I dont get it. Mc was supposed to be dominant yandere, but then, FL somehow turned tables an
StoicLRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The is everything you never knew you wanted in a girls love villainess otome story.
This starts off exactly the way I enjoy reborn as the villainess stories to start the promptly takes a sharp right turn into awesome. The majority (so far) is told through the eyes of the villainess’s best friend/hopeful future love interest. Who’s going through a few things and is delightful. Honestly Lucina (the best friend) gives off major protagonist/main love interest vibes while Olivia (the villainess) hits that perfect oblivious female lead tone. Given that it’s told from mostly Lucina’s pov I’m left squealing in delight and excitement at every hint Olivia knows more than she’s letting on. I’m so used to the reborn villainess being the pov character. It’s such a breath of fresh air for her love interest’s pov to take the lead. It’s also thrilling to see those issues that tend to get glossed over in this trope being addressed. Like how they actually develop a relationship through communication. Overall, it’s just a really great read and I look forward to more!
Tommy_DudeRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
I have read and watched many isekai and most that I have experienced are just empty of real threat or drama.
I would say this one effectively captures the emotion between two people who are fighting against fate the best they can. The protagonists actually have well-detailed motivations and reasons for what they do. I cannot wait to see more.
TryagainzRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The writing is great and gives you an emotional tie to the characters.
A different take on the old story type and I'm really enjoying that aspect. The main character has a lot of different depths that aren't thrown in your face and you get to discover them on your own
Would love to see more chapter posted during the week :)
Smilodon_primeRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
A story that does not shy from a complex theme notable in the writing ever since the classical mythology- predestination and prophesy. It works great to keep the reader on the edge of the seat. The choice to focus on the inherent to the world character was a bold one, especially with the high level of maturity and reasoning she displayed. The unchildlike behavior in multiple characters caused me to lower the character score. She played well of the isekaid girl and the clash of their agendas was a delight to experience. The author masterfully navigated the suspense inherent with trying to avoid the events of the future while chained to the knowledge and the premise that the prophecies of the head god have always been fulfilled. I liked the tension both on sociopolitical and interpersonal levels since the worldbuilding was immersive and the lifestyle of the cast was believable. The dissonance between our societal mores and how the traumas impact the characters decisions is understandable but still plucks the heartstrings. The romantic lines have been a pleasure to read through, and sexual scenes were not overshadowing. The ending did not disappoint and tied up all loose plot threads. Finished by a subtle implication of greater theological history with a bleak bittersweet undertones. A specter of unease looms in the future of humanity.
Soskice1Royal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
Very well written and engaging. Vet dark but it does have its fluffy lighthearted moments.
Only real problem with it is that I just don't like Olivia.
I mean she knows Lucina is going to be sent into a war where she will likely be traumatised and abused, she does barely anything to stop this and in the end only sends her some supplies. And when Lucina does come back cold and traumatised Olivia is surprised she doesn't look at her. It doesn't feel like she actually cares about Lucina it just feels like she's using Lucina to prevent her own death. But that isn't really a problem with story, I imagine the author meant the characters to be flawed and at times unlikeable.
Story is a must read
agt124Royal Road
★★ 2.0
Storybuilding and world setting were great, but the actual characters themselves, the main characters especially, were terrible.
It started out fine, but then random discrepancies started occurring. Olivia was training to become stronger and basically prevent the endings where she would suffer terribly, yet when the pivotal moment came, she become a weak greenhouse flower—she accepted it, becoming powerless and accepting the fate. This is then justified later on by the god that sent her there that this was all predestined. However, initially the story implied that she was meant to change the world’s endings, but not really much changed.
For Lucina, her characterization stayed pretty consistent, and the actions that caused her to become who she is made sense. What didn’t make sense was the romance between the two. I’m all for a Yuri story, but this seemed forced.
(especially because Olivia was straight, given no indication that she liked girls until Lucian straight up kidnapped her) and became a very twisted Stockholm situation. Yes, the synopsis said this love was twisted, but for Olivia to basically have her mind twisted (under a slave collar nonetheless) and then accept Lucina and then want to have kids with her was a lot.
Lucina never stood on Olivia’s side when the prime plot really kicked off—she only wanted to possess her, never actually communicating with Olivia to get a better ending. Olivia on her part never tried to really break free of her own fate.
In my opinion, this was not something I enjoyed reading in the slightest, but the stubborn completionist in me didn’t let me drop the book. I guess I had expectations for what the story entailed and instead the story shattered those expectations in the worst ways possible.
All in all, not my cup of tea, but the worldbuilding was pretty nice (that’s what the two stars were for).
ZentraxiusRoyal Road
★ 0.5
Its not LitRPG, it's an isekai where the entire story is told from the pov of the love interest instead. Also I didnt come to read a book about children.. isekaid into an infant and POV changed to different infant, and the time skips are infrequent, still just reading about 6/8/10 year old girls getting publicly and blatantly getting abused, neglected, and exploited.
Tldr came for LitRPG found loli angst