Rise to the Top! Washed-Up Male Lead!

System: The world you transmigrated into is actually a novel. If you complete your mission, I can send you back.

Male Lead: No, no, no! I'm doing just fine here! I'm absolutely not going back!

System: ...Then if you fail the mission, you'll die.

Male Lead: ...You're asking for it...

Gentle, kind mage gong x upright knight shou

_(:з"∠)_ In short, this is a story about the male lead helping the novel's original male lead, who was written out by the author, reclaim his place!