Raphael

also known as This Retired Saintess Will Raise Your Property Value or A Retired Saint Will Raise Your Home Value) is a fantasy-romance comedy manhwa adapted from a Korean web novel by authors Dandy and Firestorm, with art by Hackal.Core Premise & SummaryThe story follows a former web novel editor who transmigrates into the body of Shuana, a minor saintess inside a chaotic, dark fantasy novel titled If You Pick Up a Sword, You Might as Well Slit Someone's Throat.In the original plot, the male lead is a mentally broken "regressor" who constantly loops through time. Driven mad by his endless lifetimes, he eventually starts a massive war, massacres civilians, and burns the entire empire to the ground before taking his own life.The Protagonist's Goal: Shuana has absolutely no holy powers, magical abilities, or initial narrative ties to the male lead. Her only plan is to "retire," flee across the sea, and safely avoid the empire's fiery apocalypse.The Cruel Twist: Every single time the unhinged male lead dies and loops back in time, Shuana inadvertently regresses right along with him.The Conflict: Instead of an easy escape, Shuana finds herself trapped in a survival loop. Outside the temple, a fanatical, pseudo-religious bounty hunter chases her on false charges of witchcraft. Meanwhile, as the timeline resets repeatedly, the dangerously unstable male lead shifts from a distant threat to becoming intensely, dangerously obsessed with hunting her down.Main ThemesPsychological Survival Comedy: Shuana becomes highly cynical, detached, and adept at manipulating the people around her because she has experienced death and regression multiple times.Subverted Otome Isekai: Rather than a cozy story about real estate (despite the misleading title), it is a dark comedy focused on a protagonist desperately trying to outmaneuver an unhinged, all-powerful male lead who refuses to let her escape his infinite regression loop. Be whoever you want.