I Was A Supporting Character

Chapter 23

“Leah and Ares follow Bianca to help in the slums and get closer, but Bianca gets jealous…”

Oh, was that how everything was supposed to happen? The three of us were going to help the slums together? But, I was really thinking of going with the two of them, right? Ah, of course, in the original novel.

“Ares comforted her when she was bullied by Bianca’s friends in high society… And then they become closer…”

Ah, it was about how Ares and Leah officially became lovers. But, if I didn’t bully Leah, when would the two of them become lovers?

The ‘author’, who was retracing the original novel by drawing pictures and arrows on the ground, suddenly stopped moving.

“But, Ares was already in love with Bianca? Then why has he been traveling with Leah all this time?”

“Hey, don’t mumble to yourself. Explain it to me properly.”

As I intervened, the ‘author’ lifted her head and looked up at me, who was standing looking down at her.  However, she looked a bit strange. Shouldn’t she be angry rather than being bewildered or confused? No, it was more intense than that.

“… Why is it that this place is made for the golden spoon?”

“What golden spoon? What is that…”

“Why is it always so easy for them to have everything?!”

Her face turned furious. Eventually, she started lashing out on me in a voice full of anger.

“You have it all! A good family, a lot of money, and you’re even pretty! You’re popular with the guys too, so how could Ares fall in love with you even before my novel even started?!”

“What are you talking about?” 

“I came here because I didn’t like that, but is it still the case here? Was this the world I created? Crazy…!”

Didn’t that ‘author’ say that the world she created was perfect before?

“Damn it! Anyway, those born with a gold spoon don’t have to work hard and just enjoy their good fortunes!”

Somehow, it seemed like she was swearing at me, but I decided to only listen for now.

“I didn’t like to see that kind of thing, so in my novels, I killed all the people that were gold spoons. But now, it’s still the same situation?”

So, it seemed that I was included in the group called ‘gold spoons’ that the ‘author’ hated.

I finally spoke to the ‘author’, “You didn’t want me to have everything, so you decided to give Ares to Leah?”

“Yes! It’s not fair! You can get anything so easily without making any effort. You don’t even know how much pain and effort Leah puts into everything!”

Regarding that statement, I have enough words  to defend myself, since everyone assumed I became a socialite without sparing any effort. They would never understand what it took to be the best woman in high society!

“You know nothing! I admit that I was fortunate to be born into a good family. But you were the one who intended so. The same is true of my appearance. It is all your creation. If you;re going to blame someone, blame yourself!”

“Huh?!”

“My family and my appearance are what you gifted me. However, it is my obligation to diligently take care of and maintain my beauty every day, and it is with all my willpower that I studied all night to become an intelligent woman!”

“Why did you have to take Ares as well?! He is Leah’s!”

“Calm down. Ares is not a thing! Why did you say he’s Leah’s? Ares fell in love out of his own free will. I could do nothing about it.”

“Haha, the world is so unfair, isn’t it?”

“That’s what I’m talking about. And you created this world.”

The ‘author’ did not hide her hostility toward me. I didn’t understand. What did I do to her for her to be this hostile?

I sighed deeply and said, “I’ve had an unwanted crush on him. My life up till now has been controlled by you, so shouldn’t I be the one to call out the unfairness?”

“……”

“There are so many things I want to ask you. I want you to answer them one by one.”

“……”

The ‘author’ kept her mouth shut and turned away from me, but I couldn’t let her get away here.

“I’m not going to be a villain. So, explain how Ares fell in love with Leah. When and what happened? Tell me everything.”

“…I don’t know.”

“What?”

I was shocked as I looked at the ‘author’. You were the one who created this world!

“It’s a novel you wrote! And you don’t know! Maybe, you’re not the author?”

Then she gets angry and denied my accusation. “I’m definitely the author! But, I didn’t write when Ares fell in love with her! Everything was written only from Leah’s point of view!”

“…?”

What the hell is this author talking about.

“It’s a novel I wrote! I can’t lie anyway! God sent me to this world and told me to live a good life! How can I lie?!”

Ahh, God must’ve done something to her so that she couldn’t lie.

“But how could you not know Ares’ heart? He’s the main character you created.”

“This novel is…!” She closed her eyes tightly and opened them. Then her feet started fidgeting.

“Oh, I shouldn’t have written it in first person! I should’ve just done it comfortably in third person!”

“…?”

As I still had a blank look on my face, the author confessed in a quiet voice.

“This novel is… written with Leah’s point of view….” the author confessed, seeing my blank look. “I didn’t write a side story from Ares’ point of view…”

My mouth opened wide.

So, this novel was a first-person romance novel written from Leah’s point of view!

Ha ha. I see… That was why the author couldn’t accurately describe Ares’ feelings!

This novel was written only from Leah’s point of view! 

All of the emotions would have been described only by Leah. She must have guessed what Ares felt only by his words and actions.

The judgment of good and evil must have also been made by Leah, and since the perspective of seeing the world and event itself is limited only through Leah’s eyes, there must be many areas that the author did not know.

That was why the events between me and Ares were not written at all.

The most important thing was that I didn’t move like a puppet of the author. It was a great news. And I was happy.

Now I could understand why the author said she was not a god even though she was the creator of the novel. However, there was one strange thing I noticed when it was revelaed that this novel was written in first-person:

Why am I not as free as Ares and my feelings didn’t change?

I decided to ask her to sate my curiosity.

“I want to ask about my feelings. Even before Leah appeared, I had a crush on Ares, but if the novel is written only with Leah’s point of view, how did she know how I felt?”

The author glanced at me and said, “There’s a scene when you and Leah become best friends. You will confess your feelings. You confess to Leah that you fell in love with Ares at first sight.”

Oh my God… how could I do such a foolish thing!

“But I’m not friends with Leah.”

“Well, nobles are considered friends when they call each other by their given name.”

“If I didn’t know my fate, I would be friends with Leah as you wrote in the novel. But I ended up changing the story. I’m not very close to Leah now.”

The author once said that the part that she did not write about was the novel’s characters had thr freedom to act on their own will, and if they do, their actions can change the novel’s flow.

I tried very hard not to be a villain, and eventually succeeded in changing some aspects of this novel.

And Ares’ feelings were not directly described in writing, so he escaped the interference of the ‘author’. At least until Ares says “I love you” to Leah, he is free to love according to his will.

…’Author’ you wrote a novel that was too much to handle.

The novel was solely from Leah’s perspective, and she thought that their romance pregressed one step at at time. In other words, Leah literally misunderstood Ares’ feelings.

The only narrator in this novel was Leah, and the author could only write stories and settings from Leah’s point of view!

The ‘author’ in front of me also seemed very frustrated.

“That’s why I shouldn’t write first-person novels! I’ve managed to come here, but everything isn’t going according to plans!”

Ah. I could see why the author approached me at first. As for the novel with first-person perspective, the narrator of the novel, Leah, was probably a character that reflected the identity of the ‘author.’ The ‘author’ would have projected herself on Leah.

However, if I became a villain who bothered Leah too much like in the original novel, the ‘author’ who entered this world would feel bad upon seeing Leah as she was like the author herself. 

So, it could be that the author came to me because she wanted to make Leah feel less uncomfortable, and since she wrote the novel only from Leah’s point of view, she could talk to me without her knowing.

This damn author.

She only made sure the main character would be happy. She didn’t care about me since I was only a supporting character!

On the other hand, as the creator of the novel, she didn’t want her novel to be completely ruined, so she decided to make the so-called “pillar” of the novel and must’ve signed a contract with God so that it would not collapse!

Come to think of it, there was one important question.

“If Ares doesn’t like Leah, then what happens to all the “pillars” in the novel? Didn’t you say it would never change?”

The important “pillar” of the novel was supposed to appear as romance progressed, but Ares had liked me since the novel began.

He also had made it clear to me that he had no romantic feelings for Leah and only view her as a friend.

Then this novel might not continue at all! The romance between the two main characters had been blocked. Therefore, the important ‘pillar’ of the novel would collapse!

Then, wouldn’t the scene where I die as a supporting villain disappear?

But the author shook her head immediately.

“The ‘pillar’ of the novel never changes. It’ll probably appear soon.”

“The romance between Ares and Leah has never progressed.”

“You’ll see, one of the pillars will soon appear. During the cherry blossom festival, Leah realizes her feelings while enjoying the festival with Ares.”

Cherry blossom festival? That was less than a week away!