After Binding Myself to a Comic Forum, I Quit Being a Boss

Du An Feller is a double agent. He's been lying low at Kefalonia Academy for ages, all so he can steal the Holy Crown of Light and take it home. But after an accident, a strange forum appears in Du An's mind for some reason. The people on the forum are discussing a manga that resumed serialization after being abandoned for eight years. The manga's contents look almost too familiar: all the protagonists and supporting characters are his classmates! And in the latest chapter, which had just updated a few minutes ago, Du An sees himself rushing forward to stop a villain, only to somehow merge with the Holy Crown of Light. The top comment makes a stunned exclamation: "Du An Feller was chosen by the Holy Crown of Light? Then who's going to be the villainous demon king who destroys the world at the end???" Du An: "???" Who did you say was going to destroy the world??? "Eleanor's Blessing" is an eight-year-old manga that was abandoned mid-story. It began with a bang, then went completely off the rails. Just after the first volume ended, the author suddenly fell ill, skipped the timeline ahead by several years without warning, abruptly cut the morally ambiguous second male lead from the story and turned him into a deranged villain who starts destroying the world, then announced the ending and disappeared. Readers who had followed it went crazy. And Du An is that second male lead, the demon king who will destroy the world. All his fans have abandoned him, and he now holds the title of the most hated character in the entire manga. Now that the manga has resumed serialization, Du An, a future villain who has realized that his actions will be drawn into it, decides to save himself. He's going to change his fate of becoming a world-destroying demon king in the disastrous ending. Legend tells of an organization that emerged from the abyss, hidden in the darkness, carrying a blood feud and searching for the way home. They are a light in the night, saviors to those in pain and without a home. One by one, they fell before the dawn, using their own flesh and blood to push open the gates of hope. They are known as the City of Dawn. [Waaaah, my Cecil! The little bird can't speak, but it loves you so much. My little white bird will never fly again. Author, do you have a heart?] [The little prince couldn't even return home. He didn't even have a name of his own. Who remembers that he never got to call anyone Mom...?] [The Moon Goddess, an elf as beautiful as moonlight, never made it back to the Eternal Forest before she died. I don't understand. Is no one in the City of Dawn allowed to have a happy ending?] Many years later, Du An, a savior who has played nearly half the characters in the City of Dawn and is doing wonderfully for himself, reads the forum posts. Readers are mourning his secret identities while begging the author not to kill off his next one. His hand, about to fake his death, trembles slightly. What should he do? Has he tried too hard? [I'm busy with work, so I'll post two or three times a week. Chapter length will follow the rankings. I'll do my best to update and won't abandon the story, muah.] Warnings: 1. No CP, unconventional secret identity story. The protagonist is a truly saintly, beautiful, strong, and tragic character, not pretending (he really does suffer terribly). He's hated by the whole forum early on, but will become the undisputed most popular character later. 2. The protagonist is a confirmed bachelor. No romance, and no romantic interest directed at him. There are a few forum-style chapters. 3. A little tabletop role-playing flavor. You don't need to have played to follow along. 4. A healing story (probably). There's angst early on, but the ending is happy. Family, friendship, and an ensemble cast. The author is very protective of the protagonist. Everyone grows, and the characters are imperfect at first. The story is fundamentally the author's personal preference. Warnings are in the blurb and the author's note before the premium chapters. If it's not for you, feel free to stop reading at any time. 5. The cover features the protagonist's three secret identities, commissioned from a friend. Please don't use it for anything else! Theme: Don't be bound by fate. Take control of your own destiny