Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint

Chapter 94

Episode 19 – Singularity (3)

It was already morning when I opened my eyes. Han Sooyoung saw me wake up and smiled. She was the last person keeping guard. "Did you have a nightmare?"

"A little bit."

The embers of the firewood burning all night was white. I put out the fire and touched my forehead, which had a splitting headache. The scene that I saw through Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint...

Gilyoung, I didn't know if he was okay. "Where is Yoo Sangah-ssi?"

"She went to scout." Han Sooyoung answered while touching her smartphone.

I asked her, "What are you looking at?"

"A novel."

"Your novel?"

"What other novel would I look at?"

Indeed, it would be strange to read other novels under these circumstances.

"I always wondered, is it fun for a writer to read what they wrote?"

"It is very fun."

"Even though you know all the details?" I actually asked without thinking but Han Sooyoung gave me an unexpected answer.

"I sometimes feel that the story is different despite reading the same thing."

"What?"

"A writer doesn't have complete mastery of the novel. There are many holes whenever I look back. In the end, reading is the process of keeping the irregular holes in place."

"I really don't know what you're talking about."

"...It means that after some time, I can see it as someone else's writing. Ultimately, every human is their own writer."

The words were unexpected and I felt surprised. Han Sooyoung was able to say such a difficult thing.

I told her, "Come to think of it, you are like that. You really wrote someone else's novel."

Han Sooyoung yelled something back but I blocked my ears for a while. Who told her to plagiarize in the first place? Han Sooyoung turned off her smartphone and asked me, "By the way, what are you going to do next?"

"What will I do? I will wait for the start of the next scenario."

"Who would believe that? I'm sure you have a plan."

She seemed to have something to say so I let her speak. In fact, she kept on talking anyway.

"Yoo Jonghyuk is taking charge of the west and the Wanderer King is handling the north. What about the centre?"

"We will stop it all together."

"Isn't there an easy method? Have you forgotten?"

I stopped for a moment and stared at Han Sooyoung. "Did you copy that as well?"

"...When did I do that? I just came up with it in my novel." Han Sooyoung fumbled with her words while pouting. "In any case, aren't I right? As far as I know, there is an easy way to prevent the disaster in the centre."

Certainly, her words were right. If we did that, we could clear the fifth scenario and prevent all disasters without difficulty. Han Sooyoung looked at me with piercing eyes. "Are you going to do it?"

"That... let's think about it on the way."

I looked around and saw Yoo Sangah waving her hand in the distance. Han Sooyoung grumbled, "Why do you look so happy after seeing her?"