[8-3F Crevon Mainland, Ironblood Duchess' Mansion]
"Follow me."
The Ironblood Duchess led me to her office without any further explanation, unaware of how confused I was.
I absentmindedly followed her. I tried hard to piece together what was happening inside my head but failed, so I took a peek at the smartwatch as a last resort.
...No new message.
Recently, the smartwatch had stopped warning me about changes like this. It was probably because I changed the present too much.
"Hehe, you have a funny face. Were you that surprised?"
I was in her office now.
The Ironblood Duchess offered me a seat in front of her and smiled at me, who was still puzzled.
"S-Stop joking around. Seriously, tell me how you're here."
"Should I explain that first?"
"Yes, please."
She finally began to explain why and how she came to be here.
As her explanation continued, my expression became more and more dumbfounded. The gap between my upper and lower lips widened and my jaw dropped as if it were about to touch the floor.
However, I soon realized that just because things didn't align with my novel, it didn't mean that they were impossible.
But still, the first question that came out of me was an unconditioned response.
"...What? An invitation?"
My question harbored both confusion and astonishment.
Unlike me, who was still bewildered, the Ironblood Duchess just nodded casually.
"Yeah. You came in with an entrance ticket, right?"
"..."
I stared at her who had a perfectly calm expression.
Crevon's Ironblood Duchess
Kim Hajin's past classmate.
The villain that I created and converted to good, 'Tomer', had once again appeared in the main story after a dynamic turn of events.
Was the co-author determined to give a main supporting cast an important role?
"...What exactly is the invitation?"
"An invitation is an invitation, just like the word says. It invited me to the Tower."
This was what had happened to Tomer according to her.
About 4 years ago, shortly after dropping out of Cube, she joined a group of mercenaries. She planned to transfer and become a Hero after gaining some real-life experience.
By a strange twist of fate, the mercenaries discovered an underground Dungeon that winter. Although it was illegal to conquer an unregistered dungeon, the mercenaries decided to proceed in an attempt to evade taxes. Tomer, their best soldier, naturally participated in the mission.
With Tomer's help, the mercenaries successfully conquered the Dungeon.
But with Tomer being Tomer, she met an unfortunate end. The mercenaries had convinced her to take a break and then left her inside the Dungeon. They then ran away after sealing the entrance.
Tomer woke up from her nap and realized that they had betrayed her. She searched for an exit with her life on the line and ended up discovering the 'invitation'.
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The Novel's Extra (101-200)
ActionOFFLINE PURPOSES ONLY! I OWN NOTHING! Waking up, Kim Hajin finds himself in a familiar world but an unfamiliar body. A world he created himself and a story he wrote, yet never finished. He had become his novel's extra, a filler character with no i...
