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,Are you trying to get the jump on things?”

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At Raellan’s question, his one lip corner twisted, I nodded. Ever since my conversation with Roel, who had suddenly visited the clubroom, I had this nagging feeling that Roel would act faster than expected.

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We absolutely have to move one step ahead of Roel. If the overpowered Roel catches wind of things and interferes, the chances of our plan failing will increase, no matter how strong a force we build.

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,…The most significant part of Roel’s salvation plan is the immortal Roman. I plan to eliminate Roman’s immortality ability before Roel gets his hands on it.”

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Yunis raised her hand as if she had a question. Perhaps flustered by the sudden attention, Yunis, her face slightly flushed, lowered her hand and spoke softly.

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,If Roman dies sooner than expected, the great flow will be twisted, and causality will definitely occur. If that happens, events that are supposed to happen years later might be brought forward. Perhaps the cult leader might even gain causality that allows him to act directly.”

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I nodded in satisfaction at Yunis’s insightful words.

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,I know. But I think it’s a necessary thing to do, even to stop Roel’s plan. The cult leader and the Demon King are also powerful enemies, but… the biggest threat to us right now is Roel, the only hero who can defeat the Demon King.”

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Estelle, who had been listening quietly, asked with a serious expression.

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,Even if we kill the immortal Roman… can we persuade Roel?”

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Silence fell in the reception room. Everyone knows. Roel, who has devoured countless worlds with his own salvation method that he believes is the right answer, won’t easily accept that he’s wrong.

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Yunis, slightly lowering her gaze, put her hand to her forehead, grabbed her curly hair tightly, and continued.

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,Roel has already found his own answer. He’ll act blindly, no matter what persuasion we offer. We’ve even confirmed through Ilia in another world that he’ll kill his lover if they interfere with his plan.”

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After saying that, Yunis bit her lip and glanced at Bella. Bella, receiving that gaze, glared at Yunis once before turning her head and looking straight at me with a heavy gaze, asking.

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,That Roel… can you persuade him?”

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Everyone’s eyes turned to my face. It’s a look more of suspicion than trust. I chuckled and said.

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,I have to somehow. I can’t just sit still and wait to be eaten alive.”

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Everyone seemed disappointed by my unconvincing answer. It seems they had some expectation that I, the author who created this world, would have some amazing way to persuade Roel.

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No, the expression ,everyone’ is wrong. Raellan, his eyes shining and one lip corner pulled up forcefully, was looking at me.

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,It seems our lord already has a few decent methods in mind.”

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At Raellan’s words, everyone’s gaze went to Raellan, then back to me. I answered with an awkward smile.

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,…I’ve been found out.”

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At those words, everyone looked relieved. Estelle, wiping her chest and sighing, yelled at me.

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,You sly pig! You should tell us everything! We’re gathered here to help you!”

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As if agreeing, Yunis and Bella nodded simultaneously. I spoke clearly to everyone looking at me.

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,I didn’t particularly intend to hide it. I have no intention of creating another secret from those who have shared all of my memories.”

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,Then why didn’t you say so?”

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Raellan asked with a smirk. Even though we’ve become comrades, it seems that putting me in a difficult situation hasn’t changed.

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,Because it’s not perfect enough to persuade Roel yet.”

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Seeing their uncomprehending expressions, I added an explanation.

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,Right now, I’ve only gathered the materials to persuade Roel. And I haven’t even decided how to combine those materials yet. That’s why I didn’t bother saying anything.”

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Estelle and Yunis nodded as if they understood, but Bella didn’t let it go easily.

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,Persuading Roel is an important issue. It’s an issue that everyone here should put their heads together to think about. Even if it’s just materials for persuasion, I think it’s right to disclose that information to everyone.”

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Bella, with her arms crossed, stared at me silently. It was as if she was telling me to prove in this place that I was someone who could lead everyone. I looked at everyone once with a relaxed smile and asked.

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,Then what do you all think Roel’s goal is?”

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,His own selfish salvation, I guess. He’s a crazy bastard who thinks he’s the only hero who can save everyone.”

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Before Estelle could finish speaking, Bella said in a chilling voice.

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,How foolish. Roel simply made a choice to protect everyone like a hero. If Roel hadn’t chosen to suffer alone for eons, we would have been destroyed as planned by the God of Chaos.”

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Ignoring Estelle and Bella, who were once again engaged in a staring contest, I turned my gaze to Yunis. The freckled girl, frowning and pondering, opened her mouth after much deliberation.

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,…Isn’t the goal itself victory? He thinks his victory is connected to salvation, so he decided that if he couldn’t win against the God of Chaos, he would endlessly continue the stalemate.”

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I nodded and finally looked at Raellan.

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,The greatest happiness for the greatest number.”

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At those short words, I couldn’t help but smile. There was no better way to express Roel’s actions in words than that.

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A utilitarian hero. That is the root of Roel that will never change.

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,That’s right. That’s why Roel endures the eons of time alone, choosing to live in an ideal world where everyone who has become one with him is happy. Because that was the only way to achieve the greatest happiness for the greatest number against the God of Chaos.”

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Understanding the intention behind these words, Yunis nodded and burst out excitedly.

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,Yes, Roel isn’t just a blindly crazy bastard who wants to save everyone. He’s just a utilitarian hero fighting for the greatest happiness for the greatest number. We don’t need to make Roel admit that his salvation method is wrong. We just need to present a new method for everyone’s happiness!”

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Bella, with a surprised face, continued Yunis’s words.

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,If we can make Roel accept that this world is the last one… then Roel will definitely accept his mistakes for the sake of everyone and find another way to save the world. Because he’s someone who will never give up.”

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,You sly genius pig…!”

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,As expected of the author who set the characters, he perfectly understands Roel. It’ll definitely be easy to manipulate Roel if we approach him that way.”

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As everyone’s admiring gaze reached me, I shrugged my shoulders without a word. Everyone is so smart that they tend to overinterpret things if I throw anything at them.

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Even if I’ve never hidden any messages in my novels, there are always readers who somehow find them and interpret them. It’s an author’s duty to only explain what’s disadvantageous to me.

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Now that I’ve raised their expectations of me to the fullest, I threw out the words that would drive the decisive wedge that I am a great lord.

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,We no longer need to worry about the Demon King.”

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,…?”

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Everyone looked at me with puzzled expressions. Even Raellan tilted his head, albeit very slightly.

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It’s a natural reaction. If it weren’t for the God of Chaos who intervened under the pretext of plausibility, the final boss of this novel would have been the Demon King.

The Demon King is driving the continent to the brink of destruction. It would be strange if someone didn’t express their bewilderment at the statement that we don’t need to worry about him.

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,What, what do you mean?”

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To Bella’s question, I said this instead of explaining.

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,Yonghari.”

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That was the activation phrase of the authority to view the setting book of [The Hero’s Harem Can’t Help But Win]. Although they couldn’t see it, everyone who knew about the setting book through my memories waited silently for my next explanation.

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,I think everyone remembers from receiving the memories that the setting book contains the settings I wrote while writing the novel and the things that the readers have organized.”

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Having experienced another world, I constantly thought about ways to save this world. Even while eating, training, and resting, I was constantly pondering ways.

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After checking the setting book countless times to see if I had missed anything, I was finally able to find something I hadn’t noticed before.

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,The reason I wrote this novel was because of my immature jealousy. Wanting to write comfortably like others, I roughly threw in whatever was popular at the time and started serializing it.”

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After saying that, I paused for a moment and turned my head to Estelle.

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,Because I threw in popular things haphazardly, the writing became too messy, and I ended up abandoning several settings. The bratty Estelle was one of them.”

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,You stupid pig! A heroine as charming as me would definitely have been popular!”

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Calming down the flustered Estelle, I continued my explanation.

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,This world is a world where abandoned settings have been revived. Loss of Hope gave up his own world and asked the Saintess for a favor. So I wondered for a while. Could there be another reason why Loss of Hope revived the abandoned settings? And I finally found the answer in the setting book.”

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Loss of Hope knew that I, who could understand the flow of twisted plausibility, could create a new story. So he used the abandoned settings to give me a chance to create a new story that didn’t go against plausibility.

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Yunis, swallowing hard at my explanation, said with a nervous face.

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,…The answer?”

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,There was a sentence written with a strikethrough in the text organized by the readers. I used to think it was useless noise, but now I realize it’s a crucial hint.”

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Thanks to regaining the essence of the author, I was able to belatedly realize the value of the text that I had previously dismissed as insignificant.

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I said in a low voice.

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,It was a sentence that said, ,I naturally thought the Demon King would be a woman, but surprisingly, he was a man.'”

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,What does that…?”

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Bella, Yunis, and Estelle all had expressions of complete incomprehension. But Raellan, like a scholar who had made a great discovery, stood up from his seat with a rare excited face and shouted.

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,In the abandoned setting, the Demon King was a woman!”

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When I nodded, Raellan slumped back into his seat and burst into laughter alone. The women, who still didn’t understand, sent me gazes demanding an explanation.

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,Just like how the academy, a popular setting at the time, was incorporated into the hero story, the setting where the Demon King becomes a heroine belonging to the hero’s harem was quite popular at the time.”

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Yunis’s eyes widened as if she belatedly understood.

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,W-wait, does that mean…?”

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I smirked and said.

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,The Demon King of this world, where abandoned settings have been revived… is a ,woman’ who can join Roel’s harem.”

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Just because I’ve possessed the novel doesn’t mean I should forget the title. Because the title is the theme that runs through the story.

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The hero’s harem can’t help but win.

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If the former final boss, the Demon King, joins Roel’s harem, wouldn’t we have no choice but to win even against the God of Chaos?