Ch.528Chapter 20. American Doblin (18)

When you look at regression, possession, and reincarnation stories, there’s always that cliché.

“I’m a regression/possession/reincarnation character.”

When a character reveals this about themselves, most readers immediately open the comment section.

“Has the author finally lost it? They’re actually saying it.”

And the results usually don’t go in a good direction.

Being a regression/possession/reincarnation character is the protagonist’s most important weapon, and revealing it is like exposing all your weaknesses and vulnerabilities.

Of course, sometimes it leads to gaining allies, deepening relationships with heroines, or scenes where they murder someone who heard the leaked information with a “just wanted to tell you before killing you” line.

But what’s clear is that it’s generally better not to say it.

That was true for me too, as someone who appeared in a Korean nationalist light novel. From the moment I abandoned Do Chang-nam and became Do Ji-hwan, I thoroughly concealed that I was a possession character.

“Why Do Ji-hwan?”

“Because Do Chang-nam sounds a bit…”

“True. How could someone’s name be Chang-nam?”

The plausibility of changing my name was sufficiently explained by my pre-possession name.

And as long as I wasn’t subjected to mental attacks that brainwashed me, or acting implausibly to steer events from the original work in a better direction, I wouldn’t be questioned about being a possession character.

But that wasn’t the case.

What I had been “suspecting” became reality.

If there is an omniscient and omnipotent being.

Would that “omniscience” have the power to break through the fourth wall?

When a being from a completely different world overlaps with an existing character in this world, would an omniscient and omnipotent being notice?

They did notice.

From the moment they discovered I was a possession character, the omniscient being came to know everything.

That I had possessed someone in a fictional world.

That the content of that novel was about the future from the point of possession.

That everyone falls for the protagonist, and the Goblin who gets NTR’d becomes the Creator God’s—that is, the author’s—demon of resentment, becoming the catalyst for the world’s destruction.

And that the story would end with the Earth exploding from a meteor thrown by the protagonist.

So when I was first confronted about it, I was genuinely shocked.

“When you first told me about my true identity, do you know what my first thought was?”

“Murder.”

“Yes. I thought you were going to kill me to prevent the trigger for world destruction.”

It’s the simplest solution.

Since the decisive factor in the protagonist throwing the meteor was ultimately the evil Goblin’s rampage, eliminating the Goblin could remove one trigger for the protagonist’s meteor.

“But you didn’t make that choice. Instead, you promoted the Goblin to an executive position and took him into your embrace.”

“…Whether in a novel or virtual reality, there’s a cliché line that characters say when they discover this.”

The Chairman smiled leisurely and pointed downward.

“Whether it’s a novel or a game or whatever, this is reality to me and this is my world! Hahaha.”

“Didn’t your mental state collapse?”

“Does it matter? Even the ‘real’ you might be living in a world that’s just a marble being played with by some omnipotent aliens.”

The Chairman just laughed.

“What matters to me is protecting my world, and I don’t care if you’re a possession character for that purpose. Even if I use that possession character, and even if that possession character is one of the beings that will destroy this world.”

“Because it’s a future that hasn’t arrived yet, we can prevent destruction by doing our best in the present and suppressing the conditions.”

“The planet’s owner and an alien possessor. Our interests aligned at that moment.”

I didn’t want destruction, and neither did the Chairman.

“I really didn’t expect you to say that.”

“Hehe, I’m a bit special, aren’t I?”

“Yes. And…”

One thing I didn’t expect.

“That someone who claims they’ll become the Earth’s owner would kidnap, imprison, impregnate, and blackmail me.”

“Hmph.”

The Chairman made a “V” sign with both hands and smiled broadly with an extremely proud face.

“Since I took your first time, isn’t that good?”

“Your intentions are impure. You made me a father to prevent me from leaving this world or returning to my original world.”

The Chairman launched a pregnancy attack against me.

Using her ability to restrain me, she called her executives to physically subdue me, laid me down, and forcibly extracted my genes.

“Threatening me with a positive pregnancy test. Where else in the world would such blackmail exist?”

“Right here. What? Did you not expect a character from a novel to launch a pregnancy attack against you?”

“Who would think that? You already knew I was a possession character and a sign of destruction.”

“But.”

The Chairman spread her arms toward me and smiled broadly.

“In this world, only you can understand me. How could I not embrace you?”

“……”

“It’s not just because you’re a possession character. If you were a terrible person, I would have tried to drive you out of this world, possession character or not. But the reason I went as far as launching a pregnancy attack… ah, this is a secret because it’s embarrassing.”

“Because you love—”

Tap tap tap.

“You already know that without me saying it, right?”

The Chairman rushed over and covered my mouth with her hand.

“Anyway, you know with what feelings I’ve kept you in this world. And how long I’ll keep you here.”

“Either you escape from this world, or I live in this world forever.”

The former is impossible.

It might be possible in some stories, but the “omniscient and omnipotent” of this world has firmly established that it’s “impossible.”

It’s funny to say that omnipotence is impossible, but if the precondition for omnipotence is “on this planet,” then it can’t be helped.

“You haven’t told anyone else, have you? That you’re a possession character.”

“Not at all.”

I have no reason or thought to tell anyone.

“Someone pounced on me before I could even talk about it. What would happen if I told others and the same thing happened?”

I had no intention of revealing to anyone that I was a possession character.

In the first place, the Chairman didn’t learn it from me telling her; she figured it out herself.

“I already had trouble when I just slightly mentioned animations from another world to Taotie, and he nitpicked asking what kind of creative work it was. Why would I talk about it?”

I never talk about it.

Not of my own accord.

“Hehehe. True. If Baek Seol-hee or Ymir knew, they’d do worse things than me, right? Like creating a barrier that prevents your soul from escaping, keeping you imprisoned forever, feeding you personally, and preventing you from meeting other people.”

The Chairman was fine.

But what about others?

“This world is a novel…? This sense of justice I have was created by someone? Haha, then what have I been fighting for…? I’ll erase this false world…!”

Someone might launch a meteor due to distrust in their sense of justice.

“You’ve been approaching me knowing everything all along? What I like, what I hate, you knew it all? You deceived me? Traitor. Everything, everything is a lie…! Aaaagh…!!”

Someone might feel betrayed by my actions and cause an ice age.

“If this world is going to be destroyed by a meteor anyway, let’s kill Ymir first? Even if she’s not a man, Ymir can still throw the meteor, right? So let’s kill her. Ah, it’s not that I want to monopolize you, teacher. It’s for… the peace of Earth.”

Someone’s sense of justice might go berserk trying to escape a predetermined fate.

Of course, they probably wouldn’t react that way, but you never know with these things.

So I decided.

I would never reveal that I was a possession character.

If I keep my mouth shut and don’t give anyone a reason, no one will know.

“I’d appreciate it if you’d refrain from saying such things. You’re already showing those tendencies.”

“I know. Hehehe. But isn’t it nice?”

The Chairman spread her arms and began walking precariously and playfully as if on a railing.

“Hiding that your legal wife is a possession character, giving you money, allowing you to have affairs with other women. Where else would you find such a wife?”

“You allow affairs because you can’t handle it yourself.”

“I decline such cowardly factual attacks.”

“I’m just stating reality.”

“Tch.”

Nothing changes even if the Chairman complains.

The fact that the Chairman can’t handle this body.

“But isn’t it good to have taken and impregnated the most beautiful woman in the world?”

“Are you leaving out how you deceived me and what happened in the process?”

“Wow, that’s harsh. More precious than wild ginseng—”

“I was actually going to bring that up, so this is perfect.”

Since she brought it up herself, I want to make something clear.

“People keep labeling me as a pedophile. How long do I have to keep this secret, self-proclaimed 17-year-old?”

“……I am 17—”

“Should I add something after the 17, or add a new unit in front?”

“……Are you trying to expose your wife’s shame?”

“Shouldn’t there be no secrets between spouses?”

I am a possession character.

But considering the Chairman’s true identity, my being a possession character is a trivial matter.

“No matter how much you like young women, you should commit age fraud in moderation.”

“Look, even if it’s just us here, aren’t there some things that shouldn’t be said directly even between spouses?”

“Some things need to be said. Because of this, I’m now called a ‘pedo-goblin,’ and people who think I’m really like that are misunderstanding me, affecting reality.”

“Uh, umm….”

The Chairman fidgeted with her fingers, showing anxiety.

“Chairman.”

“Yes.”

“What ‘number’ 17-year-old are you this year?”

“……”

The Chairman’s face turned bright red as she kept her mouth shut.

“Everyone in the world is suspicious. Even Ymir thinks I’m a criminal.”

I.

“I know judging by appearance alone is prejudice and bias, but if it’s causing problems, don’t we need an explanation?”

I say this multiple times.

“Because of your preference, I’m being accused of molesting minors. Thanks to your twisted taste, I’m about to get an electronic ankle monitor.”

I am not a pedophile.

I only spoke the truth.

It’s this world that doesn’t believe it.

“How did it feel to devour a young 20-something isekai man?”

“Well. At least we’re both adults….”

“Shall we compare the ratio?”

“Um, that’s, well. I mean….”

The Chairman looked at me nervously, fidgeting with her thumb on her lips.

“……But you were my first, so can we call it even…?”