"You can see it too?" Clovis couldn’t believe what he had just heard.
"Too? You an you can see this? What is this?" lody had seen a lot of bizarre things after joining the Libation Fiesta, but this was one of the most unexpected things she had ever encountered.
Clovis nodded. "Yes."
"Looking at your reaction, this is not the first ti you’ve seen sothing like this, right?" lody narrowed her eyes.
"..." Clovis thought for a mont before nodding his head. "Yeah."
"What happened? What do you know? What’s going on?"
"Calm down. All right? I will explain it little by little, but let confirm what you can see. What’s written on it?"
lody took a deep breath before reading it. "Error. Player Integration. Code #0000-. That’s all. It’s broken in that part, so I don’t know."
lody had confird that what she could see was the sa, aning she, too, could see the system.
Clovis sighed before explaining, "Let’s see. How do I start? This is the system, most likely the system that made this world."
"Simulation world!" lody rembered the history. Clovis always wanted to pursue the truth, but with this system, he had confird at least that this world was indeed a simulation world.
Everything was just a simulation. If that was the case, what was actually real?
"So, Kanaria and the others are not real?"
"I don’t know. For , all of you are real. Have I ever treated you like you’re not real?"
"No." lody definitely never felt treated as if she was not real.
"Then, what about this system?" lody asked.
"I don’t know either." Clovis shook his head helplessly. "Even I have limited knowledge about the system. They must be maintaining the world in one way or another. Let recall all the encounters with the system."
Clovis started recalling all the encounters for her. The most morable one was definitely with Mara.
"So, your relationship with Mara..." lody gasped. She thought it was weird for Mara to know him out of nowhere. Even though Clovis was Michael’s grandson, Mara was a walking disaster. She was usually not disturbed by anything, including soone’s identity.
It was surprising that the binding between them was this so-called system.
"Can it do anything?" lody asked. "If you have a system, won’t your life feel ga-ish?"
"Not really. The system hasn’t done anything to other than a few pop-ups here and there." Clovis shook his head helplessly. "For the ti being, my decision hasn’t been influenced by the system."
"I see." lody still felt sothing weird, but she noticed one thing. "Still, this player... What does it an? Am I actually real? It’s not about you, right?"
"I don’t think so. Did you feel any change before?"
"Not really."
Clovis thought for a mont before raising one finger. "There was actually one instance regarding the system according to my grandfather. It was similar to this."
"Really?"
"Yeah. According to my grandfather, when I was born, he saw the system as well. It stated, ’Player 00002, Online.’ But that was the only encounter my grandfather had with the system."
"The way it was worded felt like you were one the mont you were born. And because it was written as 00002, I don’t think there is another digit behind it. In other words, you might be the second player in this world."
"Second player..." Clovis crossed his arms. "But if that system earlier was not about but about you..."
"There were also four ’0’ in there. And if it wasn’t cut, wouldn’t that an I actually have a single digit?"
Clovis couldn’t deny it. There was no way soone who was close to a single digit didn’t know anything.
"Do both of us know sothing about this world? Not here, but..." Clovis pointed up, implying the world beyond this simulation.
"It is possible. No, highly possible." Clovis sighed. "From what I can see, the Prophet might be soone like us as well. And he currently knows more than us."
"Don’t tell , he’s player #1..."
"I don’t know. As I said, I don’t know much about this. Most likely, my great-grandma knows sothing, and the place she points to..."
"Ah. If she knows sothing, she will definitely point you to a clue. This world feels real, but if you think about it from a ga-like perspective, your great-grandma is like either a hidden player or an NPC that points you to a certain truth to discover the main storyline or sothing." lody explained.
"..." Clovis didn’t say anything, as he had arrived at the sa conclusion.
lody continued, "In that case, there will be a clue to what the world is all about in those seven towers..."
"That’s also what I thought." Clovis nodded with a serious expression.
"Still, why would it suddenly manifest on ? Player integration failed... Is the in that so-called ’real’ world almost possessing ?’
"I don’t know." Clovis subconsciously reached out for her head and patted it. "However, I do know that if you change, I will know. At that ti, I won’t just be sitting around."
lody smiled. "You definitely need to do that. If I ever beco an enemy, don’t hesitate to kill ."
Clovis shook his head. "I’m going to save you even if I have to chain you up and extract all kinds of information from the one possessing you."
"But if possess , am I still ?" lody tilted her head in confusion.
"Are you talking in riddles now?" Clovis chuckled. "Well, we can talk about this while we are walking around. What do you think?"
lody nodded with a smile. "Right? Actually, there was a famous food truck not far from here. According to the review, it was good, so why don’t we try it out?"
"I’d love to." Clovis stood up and extended his hand.
lody reached out to his hand. The system stopped them earlier, but her heart beca clearer thanks to the system.
She didn’t let go of his hand even after getting up. Instead, they both just walked away while holding hands.
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