The Side Character Wants to Lie Flat - Chapter 32: Courting Death

Amakawa Haruto died before he’d the chance to reunite with his childhood friend who disappeared five years ago. Rio, a young boy living in the slums seeks revenge for his mother who was murdered in cold blood in front of him when he was only five years of age.

There exists the earth many knows of and there exists an alternate world. Two people, each with their own backgrounds and values. For odd reasons, the memories and personality of Haruto, one who should have died resurrects in Rio’s body. As the two are confused over their memories and personality fusing together, Rio (Haruto) decides to live in this new world.

Along with Haruto’s memories, Rio awakens an unknown but special power. If he’s to use it, it looks as if he can live a better life, but before that, Rio encountered a kidnapping which results in involving the two princesses of the Bertam Kingdom.

After saving the princesses, Rio is given a scholarship to attend the Royal Academy, a school for the rich and powerful. His background being a poor orphan who once lived in the slums, the school full of nobles was rather a detestable place to stay at.

“Loyalty? I am loyal, but only to myself.”“Friendship? Only the dead are my friends.”“Love? it's but an obstruction.”....If given a chance, would you walk the path of a righteous hero who is blessed by heaven and earth or an unrighteous Demon who seeks to wipe out the heavens itself?This story follows the journey of a villain, Bai Ming. Transmigrating into this cruel yet beautiful world of cultivators, where strength is always absolute and killing is just a way of living. In a world where right or wrong is insignificant and only an individual's ability matters, be it strength, wisdom, luck, or status, we follow Bai Ming as he lies, cheats, schemes, and slaughters his way to the apex of power.Ruthless and amoral in his ways, Bai Ming has no need to hold back in his pursuit of strength. Only the desires of his tainted heart matter to him and for his goals, Bai Ming shall be heartlessly cruel to the world and even more ruthless towards himself.To achieve his goals, Bai Ming shall walk the path of an unrelenting demon.A demon who shall laugh crazily in the face of death and never regret, lament or grieve in the hour of failure.He shall stand alone against the world and embrace the waves of loneliness with acceptance in his heart.

After a shocking reincarnation, our hero opens her eyes to a new (and messy) world the last thing she remembers is reading Lady Viper’s Vow, a dark fantasy novel about a cruel, misunderstood villainess and her path of doom. But when our protagonist finds herself reborn right in the heart of an attack, she’s moments away from a second, way-too-soon death. Just as she’s about to face the end, a mysterious “system” pops up with a single mission: Level Up or Die Trying. It’s bossy, snarky, and her new best friend. As she levels up into a borderline-cheater powerhouse, she discovers her fate isn’t to be a hero, a princess, or even a sorceress, but to protect the one person no one ever expected her to side with: the villainess herself.

An AI calling itself Schema has assimilated earth into its system. As a consequence, everyone gained access to status screens, power-ups, and skills. This AI turned these concepts from fiction to fact. It's easy to become intoxicated with leveling up and becoming stronger. To some, it's too good to be true like living out a dream.

For Daniel, however, it's closer to a nightmare.

He's in a bit of a predicament. Cracks in our dimensional fabric have unleashed terrifying beasts from dark, abyssal places. Schema organizes these cracks into dungeons, giving the native species of the planet a chance to fight back. Daniel finds himself trapped in one of these dungeons. Not long after, he discovers there's only one way out.