ORV Fanfiction [UNNAMED] (Hiatus)

Chapter 43: Jade Crown of Silla (4)

Just as we were about to conclude the talk, I raised my hand to ask her to pause,

"Before you go, I just wanted to know: is this the battle of Hwangsanbeol?"

"No, it is not." Min Jiwon spoke as such.

My initial guess on the background of the scenario was thrown out of the window, but I still couldn't help but doubt it,

"What makes you say so?"

The troops around Min Jiwon seemed exasperated at my question, but Min Jiwon raised her arm to settle them down again.

"If it was, then the scenario name would be as such, and the advantage would be on Baekjae's side as history dictates as such. However, the scenario has to be 'fair'. Therefore, this is not the battle of Hwangsanbeol."

I studied Min Jiwon during my contemplation, realizing Min Jiwon probably had gotten more information about the scenario than me.

That makes sense. Min Jiwon wouldn't come unprepared, after all.

So then, was there some other meaning to a scenario like this?

I couldn't help but feel deep down that there was more to the scenario than meets the eye, but my superstition was usually wrong.

Nevermind, no use thinking about it now.

I nodded my head to show that I understood Min Jiwon's explanation.

Noticing that there were no more questions, Min Jiwon did not dally.

In a moment Min Jiwon and her allies shot out and disappeared as if they never appeared in the first place, except for the rustle of the trees.

With the others gone, Lee Jihye and Na Bori stepped up to question me.

"So what did she mean?" Lee Jihye asked first, referring to the 'outside the scenario'.

"Well, we're not part of the scenario right?" I began.

Na Bori nodded her head, "Yeah, so we can't interfere."

"Um..." I swerved my head upwards, feeling like that was a wrong inference, "So where does the scenario set its boundaries, exactly?"

"Well, of course-" Na Bori paused, and suddenly understood something, "Wait a second, where DOES the scenario end?"

Lee Jihye looked back and forth at us, not following the conversation.

"Exactly." I snapped my fingers, glad that my question guiding actually worked, "The scenario only talks about the "five battles" and "picking a side", not anything about "outside the five battles". In this case, there are two possibilities I can think of." I paused and looked at Na Bori and Lee Jihye.

"So, we can sort-of do something without doing something about the scenario?" Lee Jihye seriously tried her case, gesturing with her hands.

On the other hand, Na Bori gave more specifics, "Yep, there are no scenario restrictions on our actions. We can attack anyone, except we can't interfere during the 5 battles."

I nodded my head.

"And so the other possibility-"

"The other possibility is that we can't." Jung Youngho added to the conversation suddenly.

We looked at Jung Youngho in surprise.

"As outsiders, we won't be able to interfere with anything directly, so if we went to attack now, it would be counted as invalid and we'll be stopped." Jung Youngho surprisingly gave out the other answer I was looking for, but his posture was as slovenly as always.