Becoming a Cannon Fodder, I Got Famous by Writing Harem Drama - Chapter 3

Chapter 3

The next morning, Arya was already gone when I woke up. The living room was still a mess, and her door was locked, so I couldn’t get in.

After washing up, I went back to my room and noticed something like a Bluetooth earpiece attached to my ear when I looked in the mirror. I summoned the System and asked, “Didn’t you say yesterday you could grant me three wishes? I’ve thought it over today. I need…”

Before I could finish, it cut me off.

[Didn’t you already state them yesterday? I’ve already provided what you asked for.]

Me: “…?”

I did? When did I say that? A bad feeling washed over me.

The System prattled on: [You said you wanted unlimited WiFi, a computer with blazing-fast internet, and a keyboard with perfect spring-back for typing.]

Me: “…”

I’d spoken my heart’s real desires! Those were things I wanted before, not now!

The System cheered me on: [This is your weapon, right? On this planet, I couldn’t find a one-to-one replica from Earth, but I upgraded it into a top-tier Smart Brain.]

[And your Smart Brain can achieve human-machine integrated input, vastly boosting your typing speed. It’s basically three wishes in one!]

Great. Now I’m truly a keyboard warrior.

This morning, while washing up, I’d been mulling over a question: what matters most for survival?

A powerful patron? Money? Hunters who abandon their targets? Self-preservation measures that cover all bases?

I went over the whole novel’s plot again. The beloved female lead and her four backup lovers-every one of them was devoted only to her, and they had no idea the others existed.

I pulled up the background materials and studied them carefully. This world revered monogamous relationships, backed by explicit legal statutes. No wonder the female lead ended up on the guillotine sent by one of the Four Great Families at the end. Trying to pull sea queen antics in a pure love story? That’s criminal. Absolutely criminal!

So what should I do?

1. Report the female lead’s multi-beastman entanglements to the police and wait for them to arrest her? I’d probably be killed by one of her backup lovers before the police even showed up.

2. Pack up and flee this city? My annual salary is only a few tens of thousands of Alliance Coins. A ticket to leave the star system would take two years of nonstop work without eating.

3. Hide and not let them find me? I’m the child adopted by the female lead’s parents and grew up with her. No beastman knows her identity better than I do, and no one is a more suitable substitute. Do you think any of those backup lovers would willingly let me go?

4. Get the backup lovers to tear each other apart. That way, no one pays attention to me. This one’s not bad-pending.

But… how do I make them fight? Do I go up to one and say, ‘Hey, Backup Lover Number Two, your wife’s got you wearing a green hat. Happy?’ Or, ‘Number Three, there’s someone at your place right now. Hurry back and enjoy the surprise.’

Do I even qualify to say that? I’m just an insignificant nobody. Would they even see me? Besides, the female lead doesn’t bring someone home every time, and I don’t remember what those backup lovers look like anyway!

I searched my memory and found a complete blank about those backup lovers. I only recalled their features, but their names, appearances, addresses? No clue.

Cannon fodder, oh cannon fodder, you fool. Who else deserves to die if not you?

I sat down at my computer desk. The System asked, [Are you finally ready to begin your battle?]

I typed serenely: “No, I’m writing my will.”