Read The System Runs on Magic (OS)

Summary:

Ryo thought moderating online drama was the worst part of his job.

After years of night shifts, caffeine, and defending the Internet’s most polarizing figure—Llewellyn, the world’s most famous hero, the System’s golden boy, and the only person alive with Transcendent-level Elemental Mastery—Ryo figured he’d seen it all. Conspiracy theories? Fan petitions? Cult-like followers? All in a night’s work.

Until the System decides that arguing online at 2 AM now counts as combat experience.

Ryo’s unwavering defense and obsessive threat tracking apparently make him the ideal partner for Llewellyn himself… so the System sends him straight into battle. His role? Magical crisis management, unstable Elemental forces moderation, and surviving long enough to reset whatever magic is currently warping reality. Easy, right?

Except that now he’s neck-deep in Dungeons and Distorted Realms—and just a little too fixated on Llewellyn’s mastery in battle. And everything else.

It would be fine if the System’s matchmaking algorithms didn’t keep pushing them closer.

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💡 What you’ll find:
System | Magic | BL | Magical Apocalypse

Character-driven
Feral partnership Emotionally repressed chaos (slow burn-ish + mutual pining/attraction)
Banter Combat System mechanics Elemental magic
VR games The apocalypse is already happening, and the Internet is not handling it well

🚫 What you won’t find:
Instant power-ups
Love triangles
Harem anything
Sappy anyone
A protagonist who’s ever had a normal sleep schedule

🌶️ Content Note: Expect mutual attraction, sexual tension, and explicit scenes between consenting adults. Current chapters are non-explicit — but the rating will likely go up as the story progresses. (Warnings will be updated as needed.)

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Author's Note:

Welcome, welcome!

Thanks so much for checking out The System Runs on Magic (OS).

This webnovel updates three times a week: Mon - Wed - Fri — with extra chapters during launch week.

If you want to read ahead or support this story, you can find more chapters on patreon under scribblingpancake — updates Tue - Thu - Sat.

Thank you for being here!

I’m so excited to share this story with you.

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P.S.

If you’d like to see the official cover with Ryo and Llewellyn in their trench coats—which shows a scene from Chapter 25 (coming soon!)—it’s available on Webnovel and as a public post on Patreon (linktree link in my bio, or you can click on the banner below). Tapas guidelines mean I’m keeping this version text-only for now. Thanks so much for reading!