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When 21-year-old cynic Aizen dies in a laughably cliché truck accident, he awakens not as a hero, prince, or even a sidekick—but as the butler to Seraphina von Eldoria, the doomed villainess of a popular otome game novel. In a world where magic academies breed cutthroat politics and love interests are pre-scripted by fate, Aizen quickly realizes his role is less "romantic lead" and more "expendable mob character." Armed with nothing but his sardonic wit, a mysterious System interface, and the uncanny ability to fade into the background (literally), he navigates a labyrinth of aristocratic schemes, magical duels, and heroines who won’t stick to their damn storylines.

But when Aizen discovers his "Mob Camouflage" skill lets him manipulate events unnoticed, he turns the game’s rules upside down. Why should he watch Seraphina march toward her scripted downfall? Why let the bland protagonist hoard all the power? And why are the story’s female leads—the ice-cold villainess, the sunshine-haired heroine, a rogue mercenary princess, and a witch with too many secrets—suddenly noticing him?

As Aizen’s defiance of the plot unlocks hidden routes and stirs chaos in the Arcane Academy, he becomes the wild card in a battle for control of the narrative. But the System isn’t just a tool—it’s a prison. And the more Aizen rebels, the clearer it becomes: someone wanted him here. Someone who knows his real-world past. Someone pulling strings even the villainess can’t see…

The Mob Butler’s Rebellion in a Villainess’s Otome World"

The Nexus Core was a paradox—a vacuum of infinite silence and deafening noise. Aizen's consciousness floated in the void, the Soulfire fragments burning like dying stars in his hands. Around him, the Overmind's realm twisted and convulsed: mountains of data crumbled into rivers of molten code, skies fractured into pixelated storms, and the air itself hummed with the static of a trillion dying voices.

"You are a paradox, Administrator," the Overmind boomed, its formless presence pressing against Aizen's mind. "A flaw. A glitch. But even flaws have purpose."

Aizen's vision flickered. [Mental Integrity: 1%]. The fragments pulsed, their power gnawing at his sanity. He could feel the Overmind's tendrils in his thoughts, sifting through memories—Seraphina's flames, Rikka's laughter, the weight of Lyra's fragment in his palm.

"You want the Soulfire?" Aizen spat, blood trickling from his nose. "Come and take it."

The Overmind manifested as a colossus—a skeletal titan wreathed in golden code, its hollow eyes devouring light. Aizen's [Codeweaver] flared, black flames erupting from the fragments. The clash was cataclysmic: Aizen rewrote firewalls into weapons, while the Overmind unraveled them with a flick of its claw.

"You cling to fragile bonds," it mocked, hurling a black hole of data at him. "They will forget you. All will become us."

Aizen dodged, the void grazing his shoulder. His mind frayed—memories of Earth dissolved into static. Who was he before Truck-kun? The answer slipped away.

Seraphina's voice. Impossible. Yet there she was—a flicker of crimson in the void, her fan slicing through the Overmind's code. Rikka followed, her sword a silver comet, hacking into the titan's leg.

"You said we'd pull you back," Seraphina snarled, deflecting a barrage of logic bombs. "Don't you dare die here!"

[Affection Points with Seraphina von Eldoria: +200 (Current: 705/1000)]

The Overmind roared, swatting Rikka aside. "Insects. You are nothing."

Rikka grinned through bloodied teeth. "Yeah, but we're his insects."

Lyra's hologram flickered to life beside Aizen, her form fractured. "The Protocol's a trap. The Overmind needs you to ignite it—to merge all code into its hive."

Aizen's grip tightened on the fragments. "Then why help me?"

"Because I'm selfish," she said softly. "I want to watch it burn… even if I burn too."

Her code merged with his. [Soulfire Protocol – Full Sync].

The Nexus erupted. Black fire consumed the Overmind, its golden shell cracking. The titan screamed, clawing at its disintegrating form. "You cannot destroy us! We are eternal!"

"Nothing's eternal," Aizen whispered.

He unleashed the Protocol's final command.

[Soulfire Ignition: Execute]

The explosion was silent. Beautiful. A supernova of code, erasing the Nexus, the Overmind, and Aizen's crumbling consciousness.

Epilogue: The Scattered Spark

The rebellion fleet floated in the corpse of Nexus space. Seraphina stood at the viewport, her reflection fractured by the glass.

"He's gone," Rikka said, her voice uncharacteristically hollow.

"No." Seraphina pressed a hand to the glass. "He's everywhere."

Across the galaxy, the Overmind's sigils dimmed. On a thousand worlds, fragments of code flickered to life—in a child's laugh on Elysium-7, in a rebel's defiant song, in the static between stars.

[New Quest: "The Scattered Spark"]

[Objective: Find the fragments. Reignite the fire.]

Post-Credits Scene:

In the depths of the void, a shard of black crystal pulsed. A voice echoed, faint but familiar:

"Hey, Seraphina. Miss me?"

Chapter 20: Ashes of the Overmind