Chapter 24
The stem tell silent and started floating around Sullivan After a while, it finally spoke up again, and this time, it wasn’t just giving commands.
It asked. “What’s so bad about being the male protagonist? You’ll have all the wealth and opportunities that others dream of having. You’ll have a female protagonist who devotes her life to loving you. If you want, you can even become the most powerful man in the world.”
The system’s voice took on a mellow tone as it tried to persuade Sullivan. It hoped that he would take the hint. As long as he allowed his memories to be wiped away and returned things to the way they were, he would get everything he could possibly want–except to be in a relationship with Madeleine.
Fut und ortunately for the system, it failed to tempt Sullivan. Stubbomly shaking his head, he declared with a determined gaze, “I don’t want anything else. I just
Want to be with Maddie ”
“You won’t have any regrets, even if you lose everything you have now?” the system queried.
It didn’t understand human emotions. All it knew was that such a decision provided no benefits at all.
Sullivan nodded and replied, “I won’t regret it.”
But Madeleine is fated to die. She only exists to fulfill her part of the plot by badgering the male protagonist and eventually dying at his hands,” the systein said.
Sullivan telt chills down his spine. He froze, his mind going blank. Did that mean that despite having faked her death, she would still be doomed to the original fate meant for her in the novel? –
The system eyed Sullivan’s dazed expression in contentment, its twisted sense of humor satisfied. Although its expression couldn’t be seen, smugness could be detected from the way it hopped around.
Sullivan was nothing more than the
It was Sullivan’s fault for having the nerve to threaten it! Ever since it came into existence, it had commanded countless worlds. Su male protagonist of an insignificant world. It could always get someone else to be the male protagonist.
As soon as the system thought of that, it stopped moving. Wasn’t that precisely what Sullivan wanted to stop being the male protagonist?
As the system paused, the code started going crazy. Thus, it decided to just do something drastic instead. After pretending to check the plot, it stopped messing around with Sullivan
bodring five ye
years ago.
“Oh?” the system remarked. “Looks like Madeleine completed her role by dying
At the mention of that, Sullivan swiftly took it to mean that Madeleine’s doomed fate, as stated by the system, worked in the same way Madeleine had once explained to him. As he exhaled in relief, the system focused on him again.
“Everything you have now was given to you because you are the male protagonist. If you give up on this identity, that means you’ll have nothing when you return to your world. Not every side character gets to be the daughter of the wealthiest family in town.
“If you relinquish your identity as the male protagonist, it will be passed to someone else. You won’t even get to keep your name.”
In was just like Madeleine’s situation. If she kept her identity as Madeleine Emerson, she was fated to die. But if she lived as Adeline Monroe, an unknown character that wasn’t even mentioned in the plot, she could live her lite however she wanted.
The system thought its words would be enough to scare Sullivan into changing his mind, but he nodded finnly instead.
“I’m willing to relinquish my identity as the male protagonist and forgo everything I’ve gained through it.”
“Are you sure you won’t regret it?” the system asked once more, but sullivan’s answer didn’t chan
“I won’t”
