"I'll save the heroes."
"…What?"
Her expression shifted—confused, intrigued. Just the reaction I was aiming for.
"Did I hear that right?" she asked, brows slightly furrowed.
"Yeah," I nodded.
"You want to save the heroes?"
"All of them. Across the world, if possible."
"That's… quite the ambitious goal. Unusual too."
"I know."
Every word I said came straight from the heart. It wasn't for show.
Too many characters had died for no good reason—pointless sacrifices, cheap emotional payoffs, or just because the plot demanded it. And most of those deaths? They were heroes. People who deserved better.
I always hated it when my friend—the author—went on one of his killing sprees. But as a reader, there wasn't anything I could do about it.
Now, though… I had the chance. And I wasn't going to waste it.
At the very least, I wanted to save the ones I could.
Especially Ryen and Leo Taylor.
