It's Actually Not Easy Wanting to be a Supporting Male Lead

Chapter 3.1

When Sui Yuan opens his eyes for the third time in a new world, he is all alone, and this body feels as though he was smashed by a large object. Everything hurts.

Fortunately, he had already experienced the agony of sustaining a mortal wound once before, so this pain is miniscule in comparison and easy to ignore. Enduring the fire in his muscles, Sui Yuan pushes himself up to a sitting position, then shifts a little so his back is leaning against the cave’s wall.

Squinting to take in his surroundings, he can see that it is indeed the depths of a cave or a cavern of some sort, with the entrance covered by a curtain of thick vines. Although light can shine through the gaps between, it is unable to fully dispel the darkness within. What is worthy of rejoicing over, however, is the fact that the interior of this cave isn’t damp or moist. Otherwise, it would surely not be suited for recuperating.

Although this place is simple and crude, it is kept neat and clean, with no junk cluttering the ground. The area Sui Yuan was originally lying on has been covered by some sort of animal skin, its fur soft and warm to the touch. It is clear to see that the owner put their heart and soul into tending this place.

After ensuring nothing requires his immediate response, Sui Yuan closes his eyes and begins sorting through all the information about this world, as well as its plot.

A moment later, he turns to regard the swaying 5237 emotionlessly. "...You did this on purpose, right?"

5237 emits a smug scoff. "Of course, I did it on purpose. Bite me if you have the ability ~ lalala ~ "

Sui Yuan: "......Has anyone ever told you that you are very petty?"

5237: "......0007 often tells me that."

Sui Yuan is left speechless.

This new world can be classified as a western fantasy, and Sui Yuan has to play the role of a hybrid. A half-light, half-dark elf villain BOSS with powers of darkness.

...You heard right. A supporting male lead villain BOSS. Handling this kind of role for the very first time makes Sui Yuan feel extremely pressured.

This villain BOSS’ name is Nardred. Due to dark elves facing persecution throughout the entire land, they were all driven to the edge of the continent, where it is constantly dark and the conditions are harsh. As a hybrid living amongst the light elf tribe, his had passed an extremely difficult life. Frequently bullied, humiliated, mocked and even the target of murder. Time and again, he wandered on the verge between life and death. When the story began, he is suffering from the aftermath of an attack, critically injured and left to die. But as the Heavens will it, he manages to step away from death’s door when the kind and honest human female lead named Aurora happens to stumble upon him and nurse him back to health.

During his period of recovery, Nardred naturally falls for her, and mistakenly believes that by paying him undivided attention, it means she held affection for him too. However, he is well aware of his status. Hence, he buries his feelings deep in the bottom of his heart. As for Aurora, it was only her ’Holy Mother’ heart that made her unable to ignore his plight. Contrary to Nardred’s wistful thinking, she doesn’t have a sliver of affection for him.

After his wounds heal, the Nardred who has a goddess in his heart loathes to keep living such a tragic and miserable life any longer. With great effort, he forces himself to get back on his feet and seek a way to become stronger, harbouring the hope that one day, he can finally be worthy of Aurora’s love.

Following the dark elf race’s inborn instincts, Nardred leaves the light elf tribe and heads towards the dark lands where all other races are forbidden to set foot in. After many close encounters that almost takes his life, he swallows the source of darkness itself, finally transforming into a once-in-a-generation villain BOSS. In the meantime, however, the goddess in his heart, Aurora, has already begun developing feelings of love for the Holy Son of the Heavenly race, Osmund.

Although swallowing the source of darkness allows him to obtain immense power, it erases his ability to feel. Nardred becomes cold, detached and merciless. The adoration he holds for the female lead is twisted into dark possessiveness and the desire to monopolise her. Naturally, he quickly becomes a thorn in Osmund’s side that the latter wishes to remove as quickly as possible. And so begins Nardred’s path of vengeance and his career in trying to poach the female lead from her fated man. In the end, this villain BOSS...dies under the male lead’s sceptre, of course...

...Long story short, the relationship between the supporting male lead Nardred and the male lead Osmund can be summarised as such: meet for the first time, fight, villain runs away, meet again, and fight again. Sui Yuan, who has been looking forward to colluding with the male lead, can only choke and splutter when confronted with a plot like this.

"Hahahaha...let you not listen to me! You so desperately want to conspire with that bastard but never expected the decision to enter a world is in my hands, right? Hmph, I’ll let you fall into despair! You two can only fight whenever you meet in this world!" 5237 cackles heartily, cheerfully somersaulting in the air. "Even the places you two end up at the start of this world is totally different! I want to see how you will sort this out!"

Sui Yuan can only stare at the wanton system dejectedly. "...In the end, I will still have to die in this world..."

"You’ve already experienced dying once." 5237 glances sideways at him disdainfully, not the least bit moved. "I wasn’t going to let you die last time, but you sought death on your own! Serves you right!"

"...Even if I did that by my own will, I still don’t want to taste death again so soon as second time..." Sui Yuan rest his chin on his hands and sulks.

He has always been optimistic. Since he cannot cooperate with the male lead now, he will not force things to go his way. There will always be a second way out. It’s just...5237 chose a storyline based around revenge, which is something that makes his heart itch in irritation.

From the beginning to the end, Sui Yuan’s character is always being oppressed, bullied, put through various hardships, suffers disasters and hangs on the brink of death countless times. Sui Yuan’s gut instincts tell him that after this world is over, he will most probably not be able to remember what ’pain’ feels like anymore. Because he would already be numb to it!! QAQ

"......Do you not love me anymore?" Distress bleeds into his eyes.

5237 stiffens for a second, then deflates. "......Aiya

...just endure it for a while now. I will definitely pick a better world for you next time. You can’t expect to live comfortably every time, isn’t that so?"

Managing to guilt-trip 5237 and wrangle a promise from it, Sui Yuan nods in satisfaction, no longer pursuing this matter.

Any further discussions are put on hold, for Sui Yuan’s ears suddenly twitch as he picks up the sound of footsteps coming from the direction of the cave’s entrance.

This person’s gait is steady and unhurried, neither fast nor slow. The sound of a long robe dragging on the grass behind them drifts into his sensitive ears. His golden eyes narrow, head turning towards the sound. At this moment, a figure nudges the vines covering the opening aside, stooping slightly to enter. As the lighting is rather dim, Sui Yuan cannot make out the person’s facial features clearly at this distance. But according to the script, this individual should be the female lead who saved his life.

With rays of sunlight shining in from the disturbed curtain of vines, it seems as though she is shrouded in a layer of golden light, pure and holy beyond comparison. Platinum-gold hair cascades down to her waist in glorious, dazzling streams. The long, white robes wrapped around her frame emphasises her slender physique, her every move exuding lazy grace.

As that gentle gaze falls on his person, Sui Yuan feels as though warm sunshine envelops his entire being, giving him a sense of safety and security. Right this moment, Sui Yuan can roughly comprehend why Nardred falls so deeply in love with Aurora, to the point that he wouldn’t hesitate in sacrificing his own life if it means never letting go of her.

The goddess has indeed descended.

Seeing Sui Yuan already sitting up and staring absently at the entrance, that person remains standing near the entrance for a couple more seconds as though scanning him for visible injuries. Afterwards, she slowly opens her mouth, voice gentle and soft. "You’ve finally woken up. Being unconscious for five whole days really makes one worry..."

Sui Yuan and 5237 instantly fall silent.

Half a day later, Sui Yuan hesitantly questions his system: "......Those lines...doesn’t it belong to the female lead?"

5237 slowly turns to face him, equally hesitant. "Indeed, those are the female lead’s lines."

Sui Yuan & 5237: "........."

What the fuck! How did the female lead become a male?! It’s not logical!!

The author has something to say:

Aurora: ......The female leads in the other worlds all manage to go on stage at the scheduled time. So why was my introduction scene stolen?! This is not logical!! QAQ