In This Life, You’re the Dog

About In This Life, You’re the Dog

A woman sacrifices her pride to save her doomed homeland and loses everything she holds dear, only to awaken seven years in the past with a fierce determination to destroy the empire that ruined her. In her first life, she submits to becoming the emperor's mistress in a desperate bid to protect her failing kingdom from ruin, placing her own dignity on the altar for the sake of her people. Instead of securing salvation, her sacrifice leads to utter devastation when she is stripped of her husband, her child, and ultimately her own life. The tragedy she suffers is no mere misfortune of war, as both the emperor and the empress stand behind the cruel plot that engineers her complete downfall and leaves nothing of her world intact. Death does not mark the end of her story, for she opens her eyes to find herself returned seven years earlier, before her losses come to pass. Carrying the full memory of the betrayal that awaits her, she abandons any hope of appeasement and swears to take vengeance upon the imperial couple who orchestrated her destruction. Pursuing her vow from the shadows, she aligns herself with rebel forces working against the throne and moves in secret among the insurgents. Her covert path brings her into sudden danger when she crosses the deposed crown prince and nearly has her true allegiance exposed before her plans can take root. Rather than let the encounter undo her, she resolves to turn the fallen royal into her very first hunting dog and bind him to her cause. Caught between imperial forces and the insurgency, she must bring the prince under her control, topple the empire from within, and survive a perilous entanglement where a single misstep between enemies and allies could cost her everything once again.

Alternative titles

In This Life, You Are the Hound / 이번 생엔 네가 개다

Status

Ongoing

Genres

RomanceDramaHistorical

Theme

Drama

Type

Manhwa

Artist

Studio Pudding

Released

2023

Chapters

51

First chapter

Chapter 1

Latest chapter

Chapter 51 · Nov 6, 2026

Released

Sep 26, 2026

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Characters

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  Belita

  Main character

  A noblewoman from the Kingdom of Gores who loses her family, homeland, and life after becoming the emperor's mistress. Returning seven years into the past, she joins the rebels and vows revenge against the imperial couple.

• A

  Aaron

  Main character

  The deposed crown prince of the empire who nearly exposes Belita's ties to the rebel insurgency. Perceptive and fierce, he becomes the target Belita intends to tame as her first hunting dog.

• K

  Kairos

  Supporting character

  The emperor of Canavan who takes Belita as his mistress while bringing ruin upon her family and homeland. Along with his empress, he is one of the primary targets of Belita's vengeance.

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  Drusilla

  Supporting character

  The calculating empress of Canavan who engineers Belita's downfall behind the scenes in her previous life. She stands alongside the emperor at the center of Belita's plot for retribution.