Chapter 142: Words in the Letter (1)

I climbed the island’s lighthouse and looked around the entire lake. It was snowing; a mystical pure white paint splattered over the dark green. Primienne followed me in a hurry.

“If your reasoning is correct, it would be amazing.”

My thoughts were simple: this book interfered with reality.

“Is that possible?”

“It’s not impossible.”

Of course, this book alone couldn’t, but if countless people had read its contents, the story could become an origin and manifest as a magic equivalent to a miracle.

“Then the male wizard ‘Damian’ who was fishing here will be you. It’s the lead role, so congratulations.”

The only problem was the book’s ending.

[…She told the wizard everything she knew. And then, she pierced his heart with her blade.]

The end of Volume 1. It was almost a trailer for Volume 2, so the ending didn’t even go into much detail.

“Who ‘she’ might be is also a key factor.”

Here, ‘she’ was the main character. She had no name and was referred to only by identifying pronouns. Also, I didn’t know who this wizard she stabbed was.

“Primienne. Have you ever thought that this book was strangely popular?”

“What are you talking about?”

“Even Her bored Majesty has read this book.”

How a book of fewer than 150 pages became a bestseller. In terms of aesthetic sense, the book itself was not lacking, but to have been so widely read so quickly, it required more…

—I can feel the magic in this book.

What Sophien told me when she gave me this book was right. There was literal magic in the sentences on the page. It was that power that captivated the readers.

“This is the first time such a thing has happened.”

The story holds the magic, and the magic makes people read the story. With more people reading it, it gained a type of existential power and eventually could interfere with reality. It was a cycle of amplification.

“Is it a demon’s work?”

“No. If that were the case, my blood would have reacted.”

It wasn’t a demon. But who, why, and for what purpose remained unknown. At least, until now.

“I wonder what will happen.”

“Forget that. Watch the shores of the lake from here.”