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A Background Character’s Path to Power

A Background Character’s Path to Power
Waking up in an unfamiliar world with no memories, I had only one advantage—a mind filled with knowledge of fictional tropes, clichés, and common sense learned from countless novels.
At first, I thought I was trapped in a romcom nightmare when I started triggering events like "Helping a Girl on a Rainy Day", "Damsel in Distress", and "Tripping Into the Heroine’s Arms." Naturally, I shut those nonsense down before they could escalate. No forced romances. No misunderstandings. No cringe.
But something was clearly off.
The world wasn’t just a slice-of-life comedy.
Beneath the cliché academy setting, there were whispers of awakening powers, hidden dangers, and a brutal magic academy entrance exam.
And every challenge I prevented or manipulated was an opportunity to grow stronger.
[Title Earned: Background Character.]
[Achievement Unlocked: Firm Mind.]
[New Skill Acquired: Background Character's Aura.]
[New Ability Acquired: Anti-Narrative Influence.]
I may be just a background character, but if fate insists on throwing these events at me, I’ll turn them into stepping stones.
Let the protagonists play their scripted roles—I have my own path to power.
Chapter List
- Chapter 51 - 51: A Desperate Gambit
- Chapter 52 - 52: Crimson Dream
- Chapter 53 - 53: Shadow Blade Waltz
- Chapter 54 - 54: Crimson Black Demon
- Chapter 55 - 55: Exorcist's Gaze [Lv2]
- Chapter 56 - 56: Exorcist Eye
- Chapter 57 - 57: Do You Have An Extra Shirt?
- Chapter 58 - 58: In the Wake of Nightmares, a New Dawn Breaks
- Chapter 59 - 59: A Background Character's Path
- Chapter 60 - 60: Am I an Anomaly?
- Chapter 61 - 61: All Debts Must Be Repaid
- Chapter 62 - 62: I Signed Up for Training, Not a Cosmic Dodgeball Game
- Chapter 63 - 63: I Think the Stars Want Me Dead
- Chapter 64 - 64: Adapt or Be Annihilated (With Style)
- Chapter 65 - 65: Resourceful Survivalist
- Chapter 66 - 66: Brave Hearts Cry Too
- Chapter 67 - 67: Hopeless Background Character
- Chapter 68 - 68: New Training Arc: Bootleg Edition
- Chapter 69 - 69: TMNT: Teenage Mutant Nightmare Trainers
- Chapter 70 - 70: From Cosmic Nightmares to Marketing Warfare
- Chapter 71 - 71: Tiebreaker: How to Accidentally Win at Marketing
- Chapter 72 - 72: Outmaneuvered, Overworked, and Now… Who Was That?
- Chapter 73 - 73: The Art of Not Scaring Off Your Colleague
- Chapter 74: Just Another Day As An Unfortunate Manager
- Chapter 75: The Hero’s Hollow Heart
- Chapter 76: Aeron’s Breaking Point
- Chapter 77: Crumbs of Truth
- Chapter 78: His Mother’s Little Knight
- Chapter 79: Where the Real Story Began
- Chapter 80: All Who Love You And You Love Will Die
- Chapter 81: The Heart That Fears Its Own Beat
- Chapter 82: Those Who Falter at the Threshold Will Never See Beyond the Gate
- Chapter 83: And the Beaten Learned to Strike Back
- Chapter 84: Time To Say Goodbye
- Chapter 85: Common Sense is My Superpower
- Chapter 86: One Piece at a Time
- Chapter 87: A Difficult Choice
- Chapter 88: Apparently I Have a Talent for Suffering
- Chapter 89: The Observer in the Shadows
- Chapter 90: Another Protagonist?
- Chapter 91: His Royal Cleanliness
- Chapter 92: Helping a Girl on a Rainy Day
- Chapter 93: The Right Path
- Chapter 94: Honorary Custodian’s First Night
- Chapter 95: Little Moon
- Chapter 96: Where the Moons Meet
- Chapter 97: The Little Moon Stays Because He Got A Job
- Chapter 98: Daily Life of The Background Character
- Chapter 99: Twisted Ears, Twisted Truths
- Chapter 100: The Art of Delegation (and Deception)
