A Background Character’s Path to Power

A Background Character’s Path to Power
SUMMARY
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. You can also read this novel here: Read free novels online
Chapter list
- Chapter 1: Please Don't Be the Protagonist
- Chapter 2: The Joy of Being a Background Character
- Chapter 3: I am definitely inside a romcom
- Chapter 4: Academy Tour: New Characters
- Chapter 5: First Third Rate Villian
- Chapter 6: Defying the World's Will
- Chapter 7: World's Counterattack
- Chapter 8: Background Character's Counterattack
- Chapter 9: Blank Pages of the Past
- Chapter 10: Signs Of Trouble
- Chapter 11: Into Monster's Den
- Chapter 12: Scholar In Disguise
- Chapter 13: Caught The Fish
- Chapter 14: The Moment Death Failed
- Chapter 15: This world… isn't just a romcom is it?
- Chapter 16: Background Character's Path to Power
- Chapter 17: Another Event Already?
- Chapter 18: Ah! It's The Noble in Peril!
- Chapter 19: Trying to save innocent lives
- Chapter 20: The Ledger of Living Souls
- Chapter 21: Taking Charge
- Chapter 22: A New Way To See The World
- Chapter 23: The Brain They Left Behind
- Chapter 24: Not Bad For A Third Rate
- Chapter 25: My Promised
- Chapter 26: Should I Clap Louder?
- Chapter 27: I Called Her Here as a Bluff—Why Is She a Final Boss?!
- Chapter 28: That Time I Watched a Noble Lady Wreck Everyone
- Chapter 29: Background Character's Aura
- Chapter 30: Already A Promotion?
- Chapter 31: The Mystery Magic
- Chapter 32: Just Another Day in the Magical Library
- Chapter 33: When a Tyrant Plays Cupid
- Chapter 34: A System Update?
- Chapter 35: All This Just for a Pill Seriously?
- Chapter 36: Reforged Through Pain
- Chapter 37: The Matchmaker Duo
- Chapter 38: Gaslighting a Dragon for Peace
- Chapter 39: This Isn’t the Colleague I Was Promised
- Chapter 40: Babysitting Was Not in My Job Description
- Chapter 41: A Background Character’s Guide to Raising A Princess
- Chapter 42: I Was Just Trying to Look Presentable
- Chapter 43: The Curtain Rises
- Chapter 44: The Daring Hearts Trap
- Chapter 45: The Dance Before the Dark
- Chapter 46: Where Love is a Battlefield
- Chapter 47: From Guns To Swords
- Chapter 48: The Monster He Became
- Chapter 49: The First Feather Falls
- Chapter 50: The Sparrow’s Fall