I became the secret mastermind ML in a romance fantasy novel. Not just any male lead, but the one who ends up with the villainess-possessed protagonist.

I was lured by an invitation email to the beta test of the sequel to the game I’ve been playing for the past 10 years. To my surprise, all the mods I’ve installed over the years were still there. Everything from enemy enhancement mods to NPC gender swap and appearance retouching mods were intact. Even mods for changing the characters’ outfits were still in place. *Takes inspiration from Sekiro + Soulsborne series.

I complained that the play script in this other world was terrible. But then they told me, ‘If you don’t like it, write it yourself.’” I got so mad that I plagiarized the lives of famous people and made them into scripts. ⌠Your Highness, I still have twelve battleships.⌡ ⌠The die is cast.⌡ ……But it ended up being way more popular than I expected. Somebody, help me!!!

The game spoilers turned out to be fake. The characters I gathered thinking they were heroes are actually all villains. In other words, I accidentally created a villainous organization.

I dreamed of a life filled with romance¹ and romanticism, but I didn’t dream of a romance fantasy… —- ¹ The “Romance” here means a feeling or atmosphere of something new, special and exciting, e.g., a hero’s adventure.