Late at night.

The girl was in a daze.

It's been a few days since Princess Bina went missing. The thought that she might never see this confident and brave girl again made the girl's heart twitch again and again. Under the strict orders of the emperor and the prime minister, the intelligence services of the empire did not disclose this secret to the public. With only a week left until the New Year, the mood that pervades the upper echelons of the empire is even more restless and restless.

The suspect is Peter? Cliff. One of the most unlikely to commit this series of crimes.

Over and over again, the girl thinks about the plot of Cliff in her "original". If she could have detected Cliff's betrayal in advance and failed to do so - then it was her responsibility. However, no matter how she thinks about the creation of the character of Cliff, and the real Cliff she has met here, she can't find the reason for his crime. Why did he ......?

Peter? Cliff. Known as the "Sun of the End Country", it is the symbol of the younger generation of the French state of Elrios, the embodiment of justice and light. He is more like a paladin than a mage, sticking to the most simple and old-fashioned ways of goodness.

But it is such a person who arranged a mysterious origin for him in the original work: the eldest disciple of Mr. Palamedes, the Lord of the Black, and the leader of the Black Apostles. At the peak of the conflict between the Black Floating City and the major forces on the mainland, Cliff, who had a clear conscience, turned his back on Mr. Palamedes, leading to the defeat of the Black Floating City. After that, people saw not the Black Apostle "Emperor of the Night" Cliff, but the "End Day" Cliff of Elrios's golden generation.

So, has Cliff been hiding himself all the time?

Maybe Cliff was taken away by something; Perhaps he was controlled by a legendary mage with a powerful Confusion Control spell; Perhaps the two titles he had arranged for him in order to highlight his special status as a senior brother, "The Day of the End" and "Emperor of the Eternal Night", meant a dual personality in the real world, the girl thought sadly.

In the empty setting, the details of the world and the deep hearts of the characters are extremely imperfect. In the real world that the bald star chooses for himself, which is closest to his original work, everything he has not designed is completed according to some kind of self-justifying "rationality". So far, the world and the characters have not been much different from what they had originally written – right up to the time of Cliff's betrayal.

How much brutal truth is hidden behind the simple narrative of the original work?

……

[Hey.] Feed! 】

Xiaowei's call woke the girl from her deep contemplation.

[You've been in this position for an hour and a half.] Xiaowei said softly.

......The girl sighed and got up from her seat by the window. After all, it's not a way to be so stunned.

[It's none of your business. Xiaowei said thoughtfully, "You've worked hard enough. 】

[Xiaowei,] the girl said, "Can I ask a question?" 】

[What? Xiaowei was confused.

[Do you believe it......]

[Well, I'm listening.] 】

[This world...... Was it designed by some kind of intelligence? 】

【……】

[Answer me, Xiaowei.] Why don't you speak? 】

[Is this some kind of theological question?] Xiaowei said dissatisfied.

"I want to ask about the sun and moon above our heads, the earth beneath our feet, the magic and mysteries we use...... Are they out of something, like God's design? Or were they there? 】

[Hmm......] It seems that she was affected by the girl's serious aura, Xiaowei thought for a long time before saying her answer, [I am a mage. To me, God, if he exists, is only a powerful, eternal creature greater than we are......]

[Go on.] 】

[But I think there must be some reason why this world exists here.] Something above this world is at work. As for whether it has intelligence ...... I do not know. 】

[Anything else?] 】

[Before I met you,] Xiaowei said, "I thought that all intelligent beings in the world had souls. However, your presence has subverted my common sense. So...... How many worlds exist outside of our common sense? 】

The girl was silent for a moment.

"Maybe the existence of the world itself doesn't need a reason," the girl said slowly, "And we exist here because this is our world." 】

…… This goes back to the principle of anthropic.

[It's the theory of some of your high-level spellcasters, right?] Xiaowei said.

[Can't you believe that this is my original?] The girl is dissatisfied.

【You won't ......】

[Can't you have a little confidence in me......] The girl held her forehead, [Forget it, let's continue to practice spells.] 】

[Do you want to continue the cultivation plan?] 】

[Of course.] 】

"I'm going to Jessica tomorrow." You should rest early. 】

......The girl patted her head, "I remembered." It turned out that earlier, the Jessicato people had sent a letter to the maiden, inviting her to be a guest tomorrow.

[Okay.] We practice for a while, and then we rest. The girl replied. Jessica is a cheerful girl, and being with her may be able to relax her depressed mood a little.

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"Father. I came in. ”

Outside the quiet room in a corner of the palace, Katerina? Glexia gently pushed open the wooden door.

It's a small room ten feet square. The room was spotless, but almost empty. The supreme ruler of the empire, Emperor Dietford III, dressed in a plain teal robe, sat cross-legged with his back against a wall, his eyes slightly closed.

"Father." Lin Na said cautiously.

Whenever Dietford III was in a bad mood, he would come to this small room in a daze. Two of his friends, Duke Hywell and Chancellor Friedrich, would have avoided the emperor at this time. Of course, Lin Na has not lived with her biological father since she was a child, and she knows nothing about her father's habits. She didn't know it...... My father had never seen anyone in this room before.

But this time, the emperor called Lin Na here.

"Linna." Dietford III opened his eyes. He looked at his daughter in front of him with a somewhat complicated expression.

He couldn't remember what he had said the last time he met his two daughters. Probably just official business.

Emperor Dietford III knew that there was a gap between himself and his two daughters. I'm afraid that in the hearts of the two daughters, they still regard their adoptive father, Duke Hywell, as a "father". After all, if you don't get along for a long time, your relationship can only be rootless.

The Emperor didn't know if he would ever see Bina again. He didn't really pay much attention to the marriage between Bina and Cliff. As long as the bloodline of the empire can continue in their own country, it is up to the daughters to choose who they want to be their husbands.