Speaker

The thought that all my trials had been a do-or-die situation arbitrarily decided by God filled me with rage, but the word ‘causality’ at the beginning sobered me up. Causality. It was what Conrad, the coordinator of the world, had been most wary of.

Conrad had said that even a small leaf drifting into another world could drastically shake the balance of the world and affect causality. Then why was God trying to obtain causality?

I asked in a calm voice.

,Is causality that important? Isn’t it just a concept like probability?

Jin Shian chuckled at my question.

,Probability is an absolute law of the world. It’s the foundation of a novel. Causality is the power to deviate from probability.

As Jin Shian clapped, the walls that formed the living room disappeared, and suddenly a vast universe appeared.

,Your world especially needed causality to an excessive degree. Because it’s the final game that will determine everything.

At Jin Shian’s words, I looked out at the vast universe and pondered for a moment. Where in my world was causality needed?

After a moment of contemplation, I muttered to myself the thought that came to mind.

,Could it be because of the discarded settings?

Jin Shian didn’t answer. Instead, he looked at my face with a strange gaze, as if observing me. Somehow, I had a bad feeling about that look.

,It seems your talent is focused on reading the flow of probability. That’s correct. Among the countless worlds, there weren’t many where discarded settings were used.

,Not many?

,Yeah, most of them couldn’t cope with the variables created by the discarded settings, and Ross met his end in places with lower progress than before. So, except for the beginning, there were no worlds where discarded settings were used.

At Jin Shian’s words, I thought back to what I had heard so far. In a situation where God was using me as a piece on a chessboard, what was the reason for taking out the discarded settings card that hadn’t been used until now?

I didn’t quite grasp it yet, but I had a feeling that this could be a crucial hint to saving the world. As I said this, Jin Shian stroked his chin with a smile.

,The revival of the discarded settings was requested by the Ross of Hope, who recently reached the ending, to the Saintess.

,Requested by the Saintess…?

Was the Ross of Hope in a cooperative relationship with the Saintess…? Maybe he rescued the Saintess and recruited her as a companion. If other Rosses did it, maybe I could too. As I looked at Jin Shian with expectant eyes, he said in a voice filled with laughter.

,You’re thinking of recruiting the Saintess, I see.

,If I can recruit her as a companion, she’ll be a great help.

Jin Shian scoffed at my answer.

,You dumbass. The Saintess is just a spokesperson for God. If there’s a way to save the world, she’ll drop us into hell for an eternity. A puppet without will can never be a companion.

At Jin Shian’s sharp remark, I scratched my forehead, speechless. I felt stupid for simply thinking of recruiting the Saintess as a companion to increase my power.

In the first place, if she wanted to cooperate, she would have approached me first. The Saintess was hiding and making her own plans, and there was a possibility that those plans would be an obstacle to reaching the ending I wanted.

,…You’re right. Sorry, that was a stupid thing to say.

Jin Shian laughed loudly and put his arm around my shoulder.

,It’s okay, I know why you’re so eager to recruit companions. Filling in the gaps with other people is an advantage of human sociability. Recruiting Eunice as a companion was also a good choice. If you recruit Laelan later, it will be a great help to your stupidity. After all, the two best strategists in the world are assisting a stupid lord.

,…I’ll take that as a compliment.

As I said that and removed his heavy arm from my shoulder, Jin Shian, who was frowning, said with a bright smile.

,The Ross of Hope was a great mage who had reached the realm of the Sage. He saw through all the truths and realized the role of the Saintess himself. After negotiating with the Saintess and receiving a promise, the Ross of Hope checked all the Akashic Records that the Saintess had recorded until then, and chose to give up his world and be trapped in a shackle on the condition of reviving the discarded settings.

At Jin Shian’s explanation, I asked with an unbelievable face.

,He chose sacrifice…?

,Not sacrifice, but hope. He laid the foundation with the hope that the next Ross would break all the shackles and save all the Rosses.

I felt my hands trembling. Could I have made such a choice? Could I give up all my relationships and life for a Ross in the next world that I didn’t even know? I could never do that.

Jin Shian shrugged when he saw my expression harden.

,You dumbass, don’t take it so seriously. It’s not like you asked him to, and the Ross of Hope chose it himself. He believed that choice would save everyone in the multiverse. Just think of it as he’s betting all his chips on you, okay?

I turned my head and glared at Jin Shian, who had a nonchalant face. It was my face, but I didn’t expect him to think so differently from me. As I shook my head and sighed, Jin Shian frowned.

,I can’t stand it like this. I feel like my conversation with you, who hasn’t regained your essence, keeps going astray.

Jin Shian showed me his palm and reached out his hand. Not understanding the meaning, I looked back and forth between his palm and his face with a dumbfounded expression. Jin Shian said with an annoyed expression.

,Show me the magic book of the Farrell family. It seems like another place where causality has been applied is there.

At Jin Shian’s question, I tilted my head. If it’s the Farrell family, it’s the person Estelle said was her ancestor. I didn’t have the Farrell family’s magic book.

,Are you talking about the Patool family’s magic book?

This time, Jin Shian tilted his head. Jin Shian, who was looking at me as if I was talking nonsense, suddenly flashed his eyes eerily.

,Wait, don’t tell me the Patool family’s magic book you’re talking about is the magic book with space magic that Rosalyn gets?

,…? Of course, it is. The name of the space magic book that Rosalyn gets is the Patool family’s magic book, right?

Our gazes tangled in the air. And I could tell from Jin Shian’s eyes. Jin Shian thought Rosalyn’s magic book was the ‘Farrell family’s magic book’. But something was strange. Could Jin Shian be confused about that?

I hurriedly took out the setting book and checked the name of the magic book that Rosalyn gets once again. The Patool family’s magic book. I wasn’t wrong.

,It’s right! The Patool family’s magic book! It’s in the setting book!

Jin Shian suddenly burst into wild laughter. His eyes were smiling. Jin Shian said with a truly joyful face.

,Puhahaha, the name Patool has never appeared even once in all the multiverses. It’s a name that doesn’t exist even in places where discarded settings have been revived. It’s something that only exists in your world!

Jin Shian, who started walking around the living room with a cheerful gait, smiled to himself and turned to me. I thought Jin Shian was misunderstanding something and recalled my memories of the Patool family’s magic book.

Come to think of it, I had never mentioned the Patool family’s magic book in other worlds either. I had only explained that I had obtained Rosalyn’s space magic. I had never heard that Rosalyn’s magic had the name Farrell family’s magic book.

Estelle was the only person who had read the Patool family’s magic book besides me. But even then, Estelle seemed to have said to herself that the Patool family’s magic book couldn’t exist.

What’s the difference…? Jin Shian, who had been cheerfully walking around the living room, approached me as I scratched my head. And then he grabbed my shoulder out of the blue.

,Quickly show me the Patool family’s magic book! I need to find out right away what differences exist from the original!

Jin Shian’s eyes looked dangerous. This is… longing. A look mixed with longing to get everything. So, Jin Shian had been watching everything from here. I was slightly worried about whether I should hand over the Patool family’s magic book willingly, and Jin Shian tapped his forehead as if he was frustrated.

,If I use my power, I can manipulate everything in your head as I please. The reason I haven’t done that is because I’m worried about what variables my intervention might create. But if you don’t cooperate, I’ll have no choice but to forcibly open your head.

Jin Shian, growling like a beast, looked like he was about to lose his mind any moment. It seems his longing was stimulated by the joy of being able to find out something he didn’t know. I had no choice but to take out the Patool family’s magic book from the space warehouse. Because I was sure that if Jin Shian really used force, I wouldn’t even be able to resist.

Jin Shian, who received the Patool family’s magic book from me, immediately sat on the sofa and began to read the contents diligently, like a devoted reader who had read a new work by his favorite author after years. And then he stopped at a newly added page, stared at it for a long time, and looked at me with a dumbfounded expression.

,What… is this?

,It’s a page that describes how to create a passage to another world.

At my answer, Jin Shian looked back and forth between the Patool family’s magic book and me with an unbelievable face.

,You, you can read this? This thing that’s not even letters?

,No, I don’t know either.

At my answer, Jin Shian distorted his face hideously and said.

,Puhaha, you liar! Then how could you use something you don’t know to cross over to another world! I’ve been watching you ever since you possessed this body! You’ve never practiced this in the original world even once! How dare you lie to me!

An enormous sense of oppression was felt around Jin Shian. It had power as if it had a form. The living room floor cracked with a creaking sound, and the sofa that Jin Shian was sitting on was pushed back. I desperately answered under the pressure that seemed to crush my whole body.

,That suddenly appeared in the rift of dimensions! Of course, I didn’t have a chance to practice! I kept traveling to other worlds because I didn’t know how to use it either!

As soon as I finished speaking, the surroundings became peaceful as if nothing had happened. Jin Shian, who had been emitting an overwhelming sense of oppression with a hideous face, had changed to a face full of curiosity, and the pressure that had been crushing my whole body disappeared without a trace.

Jin Shian asked with a soft smile.

,A rift of dimensions? What does that mean?

,What…? You said you’ve been watching me all along, right? When I was trapped in the rift of dimensions because of the Mad Jamie, the Patool family’s magic book suddenly popped out of the space warehouse on its own, and a page that didn’t exist until now was added. What was written on that page was the formula for creating a passage to another world. Didn’t you know that too?

As I explained in a flustered manner, Jin Shian shook his head and laughed.

,Keuheuhe, I saw you killing Jamie and immediately crossing over to the world on the verge of destruction. Was there some kind of contact in the unobservable rift of dimensions?

Suddenly, Jin Shian reached out and grabbed my head. I struggled in panic at the magic power that was heating up my scalp, but I couldn’t escape his hand. Along with the feeling that something like liquid was flowing out through the crown of my head, Jin Shian took his hand away.

,What did you do!

,It’s nothing. I just read the traces of the memories you recalled about what happened in the rift of dimensions just now. This much is okay.

After saying that, Jin Shian grabbed his stomach and laughed with a face that couldn’t hide his joy, and then leaned his body against me.

,My meeting you wasn’t a probabilistic coincidence. This is a huge cosmic destiny that transcends God’s will. The administrator was already intervening.

Jin Shian, who covered my face with both hands, shouted with eyes full of madness.

,Don’t you get it? I, Ross of Longing… existed as a speaker to deliver all this information to you! Puhaha!