Villain Path

Chapter 25. Sweet steam buns

The previous evening Shen had a clarifying dialogue with System:

"Why is only this week given to acquire the immortal sword?"

[Because in the original novel it is written that Al acquired his sword before he came of age. And the main character's birthday is in a week and one day.]

"And all this is hidden behind "days passed by". Fucking writing cloud of graphomania, I want to strangle you!!"

[It is nowhere specified how the protagonist found his immortal sword.]

"But do you ever know where exactly to look for it?"

[No. Perhaps he, like everyone else, went up the mountain of swords. But no exact information is given anywhere.]

"Maybe the sclerotic graphomaniac will clarify his thoughts. Oh, exactly, I needed to clarify one more point with him!"

With these thoughts Shen went down the Deep Darkness Hall.

A dark haze did not protrude from the crevice, humming some melody mournfully and quietly.

"Ahem. Writer Yer, come out a minute. I have a couple of questions."

The Darkness swayed with interest and crept slightly out of the crevice.

"In general, I am still dealing with your endless events hidden under the canopy "day by day", and I have a question. How did the main character find his immortal sword?"

"Oh, what's the difference?" the hack writer Yer waved with a tentacle. "He will still have a much cooler sword in the future! And this will be described in detail."

"I remember that," Shen agreed patiently. "The only catch is that at the moment my life depends precisely on the acquisition of this sword."

"... T-that's how it turned..."

-"Is that all you can say?!"

"But I didn't really think about exactly how he got that sword. It does not matter!"

"When I die you'll have to move the plot! Then you will understand what your "it doesn't matter" is!"

"But he's the main character, right? He is destined by fate itself to receive this sword, right? So, soon there will be events that will allow him to receive it! Why are you making a fuss?"

It sounded logical, but there was a point that made Shen doubt.

"That's right, but there is a variable that goes beyond the canon in the form of me. What if I accidentally disrupt the course of the original plot by my actions? Due to some minor detail the course of the plot will change and he will not receive a sword. In addition, now the story follows me, not the protagonist, which means that I have to be with him at a key period of time so that he is imprinted in the plot! And after all this, you suggest "not to make a fuss"?"

The dark cloud listened to him with enviable composure.

"Yeah," it confirmed. "Do not worry. System, do you have a piano in the bushes prepared for such an occasion?"

[Bonus pianos in the bush are generated in unlimited quantities.]

"Here you see! And you were worried."

Shen pursed his lips frowningly. Somehow he didn't think that everything could be that simple.

"Okay," he said, mastering himself. "Then let's move on to question number two. Do you have a large pearl in your ... so to speak, "bowels"?"