Mighty Novel X

Tale Of Origin 2

(Poppy's POV)

I quickly hurried to the coin parking lot.

Once upon a time, there was a house where a boy named Emu used to live.

As I approached the coin parking lot, I took out my Buggle Driver II and attached it to my waist. I could do it with the Gamer Driver, so I'm sure I could do it with this...

"Mighty Novel X! Event Start!"

Just as I had expected. I heard the system voice announcing the event.

I'll definitely save Emu.

Eventually, the scene around me distorted into a mosaic, and I accessed the special space of Mighty Novel X. The special space was the same as when Emu and I first came here together.

The three-bedroom house where Emu lived.

The wooden furniture in the living room. A clean space without a speck of dust.

It was the second time I had seen this scene, but something suddenly caught my attention. I don't know what it was. As I looked around the living room, it wasn't like anything had changed since the first time. I just felt that something was a little strange.

Oops, I guess now is not the time to worry about that.

There is one place I need to go.

I headed straight for the stairs leading to the second floor without looking at anything else.

At the top of the stairs, I opened the door at the front and found Emu's childhood bedroom.

There was still Emu as a child at his study desk, writing fan letters. He was in the exact same position as the first time I came here, still happily talking about the game ideas he had come up with.

I see. It seems that if I try the event again, I'll have to start over from the exact same situation.

I had the same conversation with Emu-kun as the first time, and continued the story until I arrived at the turning point in the game.

Emu-kun said in a casual tone, like a child strumming the keys of a piano at random.

"Hey. My future dream. What do you think it is?"

Emu-kun stopped moving, like a music box that had stopped playing.

A holographic monitor appeared in front of me, displaying three choices.

It's going to be okay. There's only one possible answer.

《Doctor》 《Pro Gamer》 《Other》

My answer is...

"Pro gamer... right?"

That's when Emu-kun's eyes, which hadn't moved, popped open and looked at me.

Please. Please tell me I'm right.

Maybe not even a second had passed, but I was so nervous that my heart was about to burst. I couldn't stand the silence, so I spoke up.

"You sent the fan letter because you wanted Genm Corp to make a more interesting game, didn't you!? You wanted to play that game yourself! You wanted it to come true! You wanted to fulfill your dream of completing that game as a player!"

At that moment, Emu-kun smiled innocently.

"That's right! That's why I put the game idea in the fan letter!"

I knew it. I was relieved. My idea had been right.

The sound system of the game could be heard throughout the room.