I Was A Supporting Character

I will show that ‘author’.

How Bianca Uranos in her novel, whom she has downplayed and thought of as insignificant, will not, as she would expect, die because of her vicious jealousy.

I will turn the development of this novel upside down to the point where she will be surprised.

Even if my death is imminent, I will not commit the deeds you wrote in the novel and face retribution.

Having met Ares Jupiter, I returned home earlier than expected. 

I closed the door firmly and began to refine the sketch.

It would be nice to complete it soon, I thought it would be better to draw everything first and store it somewhere because I don’t know when I’m going to die.

I hope that this painting and my letter will be found naturally later while they’re cleaning up my room. 

I hope that my parents, who must be devastated, can be at ease after looking at this.

… … Is it not possible? How can I expect that a mere painting can ease my parent’s hearts? 

However, it would be much better than leaving suddenly.

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A few days after visiting the river, I went to a tea party at the salon hosted by Metis Nereid.

Metis held these tea parties for the members of her salon regularly to strengthen her connections. 

Originally, Metis’ salon was popular with both men and women. Of course, I was at the center of it. 

Of course, the invitation to the salon’s tea party was sent by Metis. 

She also gained popularity by taking care of the existing members as well as the new members. However, if any of the members of the salon caused a scandal, that person was undoubtedly not invited to the next tea party.

Only one person was allowed in that invitation. So I used to go out on my own to the salon.

The size of the tea party was usually 30 to 40 people. It sounds like she’s sending out more invitations than that this time, but only Metis knows the exact number.

I’m not very interested.

As one of the important people who is always invited to Metis tea party, I was invited again for that reason. But I’m also Metis’ best friend.

Since there was no reason to arrive late and make a fuss for nothing unless I’m from the royal family, as always, I finished my makeup perfectly and headed to the salon alone without a companion.

I also arrived fairly early, but there were some people who already arrived before me.

“My dear Uranos! Welcome.”

“Oho, I didn’t know you would come earlier than me.”

I exchanged simple conversations with people who greeted me with a smile on my face.

It was very nice because I was familiar with them so I didn’t need to be so rigid.

Metis walked around the table, greeting the guests who had arrived. 

If I was the flower of the high society, Metis was the queen.

At Metis’ tea party, there were no fixed seats. 

As at the tea parties held by other noble ladies, they fight each other because they sat according to their factions. 

Metis was extremely wary of such factions in the salon, so the seating arrangement at the tea party was naturally free. 

So all they have to do is go to any seat they like and just sit down.

Do you think I have any special treatment for being the flower of the high society and Metis’s best friend?

No, there is no such thing.

At least for Metis Nereid. 

If you want to receive special treatment from her, you can go to the ‘author’ and ask that you’ll be reborn as someone from the royal family.

After meeting the ‘author’, I always had death in mind, so I thought that maybe this might be the last time I came to this tea party.

The faster Ares and Leah progress, the closer I’m to my end. 

When we met before, Ares re-emphasized that Leah and he are just friends, so it seems that their feelings haven’t bloomed.

That meant I still had time.

I went and sat alone at an empty table. 

Remembering my death, I reminisce a lot about this tea party.

I used to arrive this early and will be busy talking to people, but now I sit quietly and watch people leisurely. 

Maybe it was difficult for them to get closer to me than usual, so people seldom approached me.

But I had no intention of beckoning them. 

Because I was like a kite whose strings are about to be snapped. 

To build a network, it would be better to find someone who still has a bright future ahead.

At that moment, the door to the salon opened and the people became a little noisy.

I was reading a book, so I didn’t feel the need to respond to the buzz around me. 

As I was reading the book, the footsteps approached me and the room went silent. 

It seemed that someone wanted to sit at the same table as me. 

I slowly lifted my head and checked who was present.

It was Leah and Ares. T

These days, I seem to run into Ares Jupiter a lot, am I mistaken?

When I saw the two of them again, my heart sank heavily.

Seriously, I wish you could get away from me. 

I’m not a babysitter, and why does Leah Saturnos keep following me!

To be honest, I don’t hate Leah. 

But when she comes, Ares Jupiter will always follow, like a thread on a needle, so that’s the problem!

It’s hard for me to see Ares. 

Just like before, I just wanted to leave. 

I didn’t want him to enter my life anymore so that I could leave this world peacefully without regrets.

But why are they always together? 

Maybe it’s because the ‘author’ designed the two to stick together.

I smiled and greeted them anyway.

“I didn’t know you two also received invitations.”

Leah answered in a bright voice.

“This is my first time having a tea party at the salon! As expected, the capital city is different!”

Seeing her revealing her stated such a thing, I smiled sincerely without realizing it.

Wow, as expected of the heroine, she had the power to make even a supporting villainess laugh.

Ares sat quietly next to Leah with a gentle face as always.

I said to the couple with a smile on my face. 

“The two of you are always together. Both of you look good together.”

Then, the expressions of the two of them changed in a very surprising way. 

Were they embarrassed because I pushed them too openly?

Maybe they got tired of explaining it to people.

After the two of them get along well, people seemed to assume a lot of things about them.

It seems that people often thought both of them are dating. 

The two main characters are heavily directed by the ‘author’, so it is almost impossible for them to overcome the novel’s setting. 

Especially when they don’t know that they are characters in the novel.

Perhaps the ‘author’ wrote both of them to go together everywhere throughout the first half of the novel. 

That’s how romance flourishes. 

Even if the two of them don’t like it, they will have no choice but to go together. 

From now on, as long as I don’t interrupt them, they’ll happily be together according to the settings.

To be honest, I was very envious of them. 

The whole world will move for their happy ending. 

Even if they do nothing and standstill, the world will make them love each other and stay together forever.

I also want to have a love that receives the blessings of the world. 

Ares and Leah don’t have to put in any effort, but fate will move on its own and make their relationship strong, so how could that not be enviable? 

Of course, the ‘author’ had prepared various adversity for Leah, me, Bianca Uranos being one of them. But as the ‘author’ said, if I become the villainess, this novel will go as planned. And if I run wildly and say that I’m not a villainess, this novel will possibly be more peaceful.

Either way, it means that the two will live happily ever after. 

…… Even though I did either of them, I will die without gaining anything. 

Anyway, the two of them will walk around together, so I’ll just avoid them.

However, there are times when it is unavoidable like today. What do I do in this case? I just have to accept it.

And I’m happy in the presence of someone I like. 

Even if I force Ares away from Leah as a villain, there is no way for me or Ares to be happy.

I didn’t want to be like that, and I want to move according to my will.

Really, that ‘author’ is mean.

It’s my opinion, but isn’t it intentionally written so that I and the main couple meet so often? 

So that I can get jealous quickly?

… … Then, there is one strange thing. 

Was the meeting with Ares in the river a scene in the novel of the ‘author’?

I became dizzy.

If it is a scene in a novel, is there any need to include such a scene at the beginning of the novel, when it should be about the main couple’s progress? 

if I was the ‘author’, I probably wouldn’t have done so.

Then it was probably outside the realm of the ‘author’. 

The fact that I met Ares in the river meant that the scene was not influenced by the ‘author’. 

Yes! That’s why Ares wasn’t with Leah. 

If it was written by the ‘author’, they would always appear together wherever they were!

In other words, if there is a scene in which the two appear together, it means that there is a high probability that it must be described in the novel!

This tea party scene with Ares and Leah sitting together right now must be one of the scenes in the novel! 

Here, I have to be alert as I don’t know how the story will develop.

I will remake this scene with my will, not the ‘author’ words.

“Bianca? Are you okay?”

I was lost in thought then I raised my head at someone’s calling. It was Ares, and he was looking at me worriedly.

“Your face is pale. Are you not feeling well?”

“… … I’m fine.”

It’s just my heart hurts because you don’t know anything. 

Then an interesting thought occurred to me.

If I leave this tea party right now, will it be a scene that the ‘author’ has described in advance, or will it be a sudden situation where I ruined the scene?

What if instead of sitting between two people and feeling jealous, the villainess walked away so that they could talk to their heart’s content?

What am I hesitating about? I can try it once.

Either way, I guess it doesn’t matter to me. 

Only the ‘author’ will get a headache.

As soon as I made up my mind, I got up. 

Ares and Leah looked at me with bewildered faces. 

“No, honestly, I am not feeling well. I’d rather go and rest. The tea party will start soon, so please enjoy the gathering.”

Even a smile appeared on my face. 

It wasn’t a fake smile, it was real. It’s fun thinking that I might not follow the novel and twist the flow.