The Curse of the Sub-Male Lead

I died.

I was electrocuted while playing a game.

‘Ha… hahaha.’

It is clear that there is no god in this world.

He could not do this to someone who rolled like a dog and only worked just to earn a bit of money.

I studied until my nose bled just to enter a decent company.

I went to a good university and worked to death to maintain good grades.

Thanks to graduating with top-tier grades, I was able to proudly land a job at a place others called a major corporation.

I thought a truly happy life would unfold after that.

But it did not.

As a rookie full of passion, I did the one thing I should never have done: I stepped forward to do everything possible to show off my skills to my superiors.

Leisure life, my *ss.

I literally became one with the workplace, devoting almost all my time to the office.

Even when I took annual leave, I was constantly contacted to help with this and that.

There were countless times I was called into the office because of some supposedly urgent matter.

It reached a point where I could not even estimate when I last had a proper rest.

After rolling along like a hoop, I finally took a real vacation and turned off my phone completely to enjoy a happy gaming life, but…!

Of all things, the moment I turned on the game, I died a futile death.

In that fleeting moment when I sensed death, I thought to myself.

‘Please… in my next life, let me be born as a wealthy person who can just play and eat.’

In the next life, let me live without meeting bosses who act like life mentors while making me work like a dog.

Let me live without meeting irresponsible colleagues who dump all their work on me while spouting nonsense about how they trust me the most.

Immediately after, a flash appeared before my eyes.

[You who wish to live a new life! Your strong will has activated System R: Possession Project ٩(の̀ᴗó)و!]

In a pitch-black space that could have been heaven or hell, the man who had prayed for his wish over and over met System R.

“You are going to let me possess someone?”

Realizing he could speak even in this dark space, the man spoke to System R without hesitation.

As soon as he heard the word possession, his heart began to flutter.

He had died after rolling like a dog, but at the moment he heard those words, he forgot all about it.

Who could refuse an offer for a new life without hesitation?

There might be such people, but it certainly was not him.

[If you accept, you will undergo the procedures for the Possession Project!]

[Do you accept? (YES/NO)]

“I just have to press this…?”

The blue window floating right in front of him was incredibly interesting.

With sparkling eyes, the man touched the YES button at the bottom of the window.

He knew nothing about what this system was or where it came from, but he absolutely did not want to die like this.

[System R: Possession Project is beginning!]

[The world to be possessed will be selected at random!]

[╭(^o^ )╯ Spin, spin, the spinning wheel! ╰( ^o^)╮ Please pull the lever!]

A lever made of blue pixels popped out above the system window.

The man, blinking blankly, asked tentatively.

“Is it not the current meta to possess a character in the game you were playing when you died?”

[Not at all! A system that uses such cliché methods would become obsolete and could not survive (｡•̀ᴗ-)✧.]

…I do not know what kind of nonsense it is talking about, but I pulled the lever for now.

It clearly looked like data made of zeros and ones, but the lingering sensation beneath my hand was strange and unfamiliar.

A ringing sound began to echo.

It was a noisy sound reminiscent of a 777 slot machine in a pachinko parlor.

[Drawing the world…]

[Complete! The world you will possess is, drumroll please…]

[The high-stakes tragic BL novel, <Never Ending>!]

Confetti exploded around the system.

The atmosphere felt like one where I had to clap immediately, completely dazing the man.

And so, the man…

Ended up possessing Baek Seohan, the representative crazy person and irredeemable sub-male lead of the high-stakes tragic BL novel, <Never Ending>.

“You son of a b*tch! You said you would let me possess an extra!”

Inside an empty room, the man who was now Baek Seohan shouted.

With a cute popping sound, the system window appeared.

It was an emoticon dripping with tears.

The man remembered the system pushing another spinning wheel in front of him while explaining various things about possession, saying a target had to be chosen.

He thought he had prayed until his hands were worn out, asking not to get a core character of the novel.

The moment he pulled the lever with his eyes squeezed shut, a loud sound effect followed.

[♫͙◟̊₍ꃓ₎◞ Congrats! Winner ◟₍ꃔ₎◞̊♫͙]

[Extra number 328!]

[Preparing for possession…]

His fate was decided along with an emoticon dancing joyfully.

Before his eyes was a number that looked like it would lead a life completely detached from the novel’s plot.

Holding his legs that were trembling from tension, he let out a deep sigh of relief.

While he was exhausted, the corners of his mouth kept twitching upward uncontrollably.

It felt like only a happy life remained now.

However, the man was grandly stabbed in the back by the system.

[An unknown error occurred during synchronization џ(ºДºџ)!]

[Reason: Line-cutting]

[Searching for another target for smooth possession.]

After such notifications popped up in succession, he suddenly possessed the body of the sub-male lead, Baek Seohan.

Line-cutting? Possession line-cutting!

It was a story he had never heard of before.

Going from an extra unrelated to the plot to a sub-male lead who holds a large stake in why <Never Ending> is a tragic novel made him feel like his world was splitting in two.

Seohan silently covered his face with both hands.

He felt like the future was completely pitch black, wondering how to overcome this hurdle.

When he first received the guidance message, he had asked questions like, ‘Is that BL the same BL I know?’

But it was indeed the BL he knew, and he had to learn extra information he did not want to know, like main lead, sub-male lead, and main protagonist.

While his mouth hung open, the rough plot of the novel came to mind.

[The rough plot of <Never Ending> is ‘a story where the main protagonist rolls around miserably between the sub-male lead and the main lead.’]

There was not a single piece of useful information to be gained.

When he struck the system window, complaining that it was too abbreviated, a proper answer finally appeared.

[The main protagonist, Lee Dohun, suffers from financial difficulties due to the debt his father incurred and lives a life frequently threatened by loan sharks. During this, he meets the sub-male lead, Baek Seohan, and the two grow closer day by day. However, Baek Seohan, who feels a different kind of interest in Lee Dohun, buys him from the loan sharks. Lee Dohun hates Baek Seohan for the fact that he was treated as a mere toy. But in the end, without being able to do anything, he gets XX and heavily XXX…]

I skipped over the strange parts with blurry eyes.

The rest was simple.

The sub-male lead Baek Seohan tormented Lee Dohun until he was on the verge of death and committed sexual abuse.

And just before his ravaged mind completely broke, the one who saves Lee Dohun from Baek Seohan is the main lead, Jin Yeono.

[To be continued… (´▽｀ ʃƪ)♡]

With that absurd remark, the system’s explanation ended.

Seohan felt very uneasy, but there was only one important fact he needed to know.

The sub-male lead, Baek Seohan, is destined to be executed by the main lead, Jin Yeono.

“It is okay… I just have to do well.”

For now, let us be satisfied with being alive again.

Is there not a saying that even if you enter a tiger’s den, you can survive if you keep your wits about you?

Seohan soothed himself several times.

After repeating it for a bit, his consciousness, which had felt like it was floating, seemed to calm down.

And he asked the system one thing he must not forget.

“Who is the b*stard that cut in line?”

[If you successfully pass the trials given to Baek Seohan, you can access information about Extra number 328!]

Trials? Seohan’s brow narrowed quickly.

Possessing a dog-like sub-male lead is already a trial, so what more trials are you going to give?

As soon as he thought that, emoticons whispering as if sharing a secret filled the status window.

Quickly ignoring them, Seohan began to examine the letters appearing at the bottom.

[There is one fatal flaw in Baek Seohan’s body.]

[The flaw is…]

Knock knock.

Suddenly, a knocking sound was heard from beyond the closed door.

At the same time, the system window disappeared as if it were a lie, so Seohan pressed the back of his neck where the heat was rising.

Of all times, why now?

Ding.

In an instant, the system window flickered very rapidly.

[The sub-male lead Baek Seohan uses polite speech.]

I do not know what kind of nonsense that is, but I understand that I use polite speech.