She defeated a Demon King. She reshaped the laws of magic. She lived for one hundred and twenty-seven years as the most powerful being in her world.
Then she slipped on a wet floor and hit her head on a teapot.
Now Talia the Inexhaustible — legendary Arch Mage, destroyer of gods, terror of dragons — has been reincarnated as a five-pound Persian kitten named Ms. Fluffokins.
The indignity is bottomless.
Her new owner is Princess Sophea of the tiny mountain kingdom of Highellow: restless, stubborn, secretly brilliant, and completely unaware that her cat is a reincarnated arch mage with infinite magical power and an absolutely unreliable spellcasting system. When Talia attempts a minor cantrip, there is a fifty percent chance of success, a thirty percent chance of nothing happening, and a twenty percent chance of something structural being destroyed.
When a dangerously charming prince arrives with a marriage proposal, a trained shadow assassin, and a meticulously organized murder plot, Talia quickly realizes that the only thing standing between Sophea and catastrophe is one very small cat, with very large feelings, and absolutely no thumbs.
Armed with a cracked mana focus pendant, a velvet carry pouch, and the accumulated fury of a being who once bent reality and is now routinely defeated by closed jars, Talia must navigate court politics, diplomatic dinners, and the deeply inconvenient personal crisis of realizing she has fallen in love with the girl she was supposed to be protecting.
Featuring:
- A System that awards XP for plate-licking and docks dignity for everything else
- Soup weaponized as a diplomatic instrument
- One (1) signal tower destroyed via cat mouth
- A quest titled “Operation Cockblock” that the System named without consultation and does not apologize for
- The single most improbable bond in recorded magical history
THE UNFORTUNATE ENGAGEMENT is a wildly funny, surprisingly heartfelt LitRPG fantasy about power, powerlessness, the particular indignity of being underestimated, and the specific kind of courage it takes to stand between someone you love and everything that wants to hurt them.
Even when standing between them means doing it as a cat.
Perfect for fans of Dungeon Crawler Carl, He Who Fights With Monsters, and The Reincarnation of the Strongest Exorcist in Another World. If you enjoy LitRPG comedy, isekai reincarnation fantasy, and found family stories with genuine heart, Ms. Fluffokins is waiting for you.
She is not happy about it. But she is waiting.
About the Author
NotThat Obvious
NotThatObvious has lived the kind of life that makes for good storytelling — which is fortunate, because that is precisely what they intend to do with it.
Over the years, they have worked across an uncommonly wide range of fields: newspapers, education, finance, and publishing, collecting experiences and perspectives that have quietly been finding their way onto the page for more than twenty-five years. Much of that writing waited patiently in drawers and hard drives for the right moment and the right audience. That moment, it turns out, is now.
Recently taking the leap into self-publishing, NotThatObvious is finally putting their own stories into the world — the ones that were always theirs to tell. From the comedic reincarnation chaos of The Ms. Fluffokins Chronicles, to the grimdark survival and fractured mythology of Veil Fall, to the consciousness-bending mysteries of Bound of the Unbound, each series represent
When not writing, they live in the northern United States with a cat who bears a striking resemblance to a certain five-pound calico arch mage of your acquaintance. Whether this is coincidence or destiny remains under investigation.
The corporate nine-to-five is on notice.
Thank you for reading. Every review, every rating, and every reader who comes back for the next book makes the next book possible.
More is coming. The beetle is already there.
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