I Just Wanted to Avoid a Gruesome Death, But Everyone Keeps Holding Me Back

I was a doomed extra, destined for a gruesome death in an R-rated, dark fantasy novel. Not just any extra, but the insignificant one fated to die meaninglessly at the hands of the male leads, becoming the catalyst for their awakening.

Having finally reincarnated, I refused to let my life end so pathetically. So, from a young age, I ran until my feet ached. I used my background as an orphan raised by the temple to build close relationships with the soon-to-be paladin male leads.

I also sought out the female lead, who was meant to grow up struggling in the back alleys, and ensured her path was paved with roses. Time passed, and the day of my supposed demise finally arrived.

Before the entire empire, the glorious heroes who saved the nation, those incredibly sexy and virile male leads, confessed their love not to the princess, but to me.

…I honestly just wanted to avoid a brutal death, but everyone—the male leads, the female lead, their families, even this world itself—seems determined to hold me back.