Due to a conflict with the moderation of this site, Mad World will be deleted shortly. Before it is, I shall show you how I responded to the takedown request.

“I will take the story down myself. I am its creator and owner. If anyone is going to put it out of its misery, it will be me, not you. Unfortunately, the story does not work without the offending content you found in it. I will also cease all activity on this website and take my services elsewhere.

Off the record, I want to just say, even though it will have no impact on your decision, that at no point did I ever glorify or encourage such disgusting acts upon children, and anyone who does should not only be removed from Royal Road, but reported to the authorities. My views on what should happen to pedophiles and rapists were made very clear when Ruka shoved her sword into her rapist’s mouth and when she wanted to kill Hideo after what he did to Hana. They deserve no mercy from God, society, the justice system, or their victims, fictional or real. In the future, if we cannot even state or show *why* or *how* bad things are bad, we will be in a world of trouble when future generations grow up with completely sanitized media with zero nuance or shades of gray morality.

Stolen novel; please report.

I recognize that perhaps this is not your choice, and the whims of out-of-touch lawmakers and financial company CEOs, some of whom themselves may partake in pedophilic acts despite saying they hold such conservative beliefs, are more at fault. This rant is not aimed at you or your website in particular, but at the people who made these restrictions a necessity. I respect your decision to take down the story as it is in violation of your rules as you see fit, and I will not protest it.

Respectfully

Lacedaemon.”