Reincarnated as a Side Character: The Villainess is Obsessed With Me

After a sudden death, Oliver is reincarnated into the world of a novel he once read -- a dystopian realm where humans awaken magic and battle monstrous puppets. But he is not the hero, not the villain, and not even a named character. He is a side character, destined to appear in one scene and die in the next. The problem is the villainess. In the original novel, she was obsessed with the hero. In this altered timeline, something has changed -- the villainess's obsession has shifted to Oliver, the insignificant side character who should not matter. Her fixation is terrifying, her power is overwhelming, and her attention is the last thing a man trying to survive unnoticed wants. As Oliver navigates a novel's world with a villainess fixated on him, he discovers that his side character status is both a curse and a blessing. The hero does not notice him. The plot does not include him. And the villainess who should be fighting the hero is instead building a life around a man who was never meant to be more than background noise. The side character who wanted to be invisible becomes the center of a story that was never supposed to include him.