The Impact of the Author's Intervention on a Blank Page - Chapter 28
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Though he’d somehow ended up trapped in this body, he was still a god from his world and retained his divine seat.
However, due to being in a role-playing contract state, he was blocked from accessing not only the universal knowledge repository available to administrators and the Akashic Records, but also all his original abilities. He’d tried various tests just to be sure, so this was certain.
There was one thing he could still do, though. Not that it was particularly useful.
That was the ability to enter his mindscape. Similar to lucid dreaming, perhaps. Creating a world in his mind and entering it wasn’t really that impressive of an ability. He’d once gotten trapped there due to a minor mistake, and his brother had rescued him. Since then, he’d been able to use this ability.
Though that was all it could do, it was somewhat useful for temporarily distancing himself from his body’s pain. And unlike sleep or true suspended animation, he could still perceive what was happening to his physical body.
He roughly recreated the appearance of the room he’d shared with his brother.
‘Is this… right?’
Apparently, he had no talent for interior design…. Though it was a bit messy, he flopped down on his brother’s familiar-feeling bed. Though fake, perhaps because it was drawn from his mind, it felt wonderfully soft and somehow seemed to carry a pleasant scent.
Having settled in, Ja-hyun finally focused on the system window. A quest had appeared earlier when the servants were making a fuss about an important guest coming, but he’d been too distracted to check it properly.
[Plot Detection triggered by trait ‘Author’s Intervention’ – Sub-Quest generated.]
[Quest Generated!]
[Important Guest Visiting the Grand Duke’s Mansion]
[Content: Meet with the royal family member visiting the Grand Duke’s household and activate Plot Detection.]
[Reward: Modification Points – Random amount between minimum 100 ~ maximum 1000 points]
Upon reading the last line, Ja-hyun’s smile vanished.
Wait, a random point box? Are they serious?
And 100-1000 points at that. These numbers seemed familiar…. It had that ominous range where you’d definitely get 100 points no matter what. If the system window were yellow, he might hope for 200 points, but something about the blue system window felt foreboding. For some reason, he felt certain he’d be cursed with 100 points.
Whether it was 10 points or 100 points, he’d do it anyway. But he couldn’t shake off this unsettling feeling.
He turned his attention from the quest to check his own information. It was similar to what he’d seen before, except for one change in the [Reputation] section.
[Kwon Ja-hyun (Raijin El Izatrix)].
[Reputation: As the illegitimate child of the previous Grand Duke taken in by the current Grand Duke of Izatrix, you are dependent on the Grand Duke who cares for you and rarely leaves the mansion due to health reasons. Some members of the upper class believe you possess the power of the Dark Dragon.]
The contents of his reputation—he’d seen similar information in both his brother’s character information and plot detection.
[Character ‘Ludwig El Izatrix’ will kill his younger adopted brother ‘Raijin El Izatrix’, who is presumed to possess the sealed power of the Dark Dragon, in order to obtain dragon powers that he himself lacks.]
He’d also been implanted with similar content in his setting guide.
[‘Raijin’ will not refuse when his ‘brother’ offers him poison one day, and will not resist when his heart is extracted.]
The guide assigned to him wasn’t just arbitrary settings. Everything was connected.
‘So I… became the role of someone taken in as a child by a Grand Duke surrounded by dangerous rumors, only to have my abilities extracted and die.’
He thought he’d become the terminally ill younger brother of the Northern Grand Duke, but in reality, he’d become the terminally ill medicine for the villainous Grand Duke…. Sounds like the title of a melodramatic web novel. Being a Swordmaster would’ve been much better.
Though he understood the situation, nothing had really changed. The future he’d seen in his brother’s memories was unlikely to happen. His brother’s memories would return soon, and he wouldn’t stay idle until then. That would change the future.
‘No, there is one thing that’s different….’
He now knew one of the reasons why his amnesiac brother showed him ambiguous kindness.
His brother, who had neither memories nor shared experiences with him, wouldn’t be kind just because he was sickly. He’d been confused whether some emotions remained despite the memory loss or if his brother was just biding his time, but now it was clear.
His brother was keeping him close for his own benefit. But this didn’t discourage him. It was natural for his brother in his current state. It was actually more comforting to know there was a reason for the kindness rather than not understanding his brother’s thoughts at all.
