I Was Reincarnated as an Incompetent Leader With Zero Popularity Who Met His Downfall Early On. Instead of Banishing the Hidden Cheat Protagonist, I Decided to Embrace Him, and Somehow, I Ended Up Being Treated Like a Hero Instead

Takumi Haimura, a 35-year-old single office worker, is devastated when his mother casually tells him she burned the novels he passionately wrote during his student days, dismissing them as tr*sh. While drowning in despair, he’s fatally attacked by a random assailant. In his final moments, Takumi recalls his dream: to become the protagonist of his own story. When he awakens, he finds himself in a familiar fantasy world—not as the hero Chrono Knightley he idolized, but as Alva Grayblood, the incompetent leader of an adventuring party destined to betray the protagonist and meet a pitiful end early in the story. With his pride already in tatters, Takumi feels no jealousy toward Chrono and inst...