Homelander: New Legacy

[189] : Speculations and Setup

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The deceased author went by the pen name "Sweet Alyssum."

Though it sounded like a feminine alias, the author was, in fact, a man.

Sweet Alyssum was a fan of Luna's work and had written many fanfictions based on the characters she created, most of which were short stories.

When Luna created Andrea, Sweet Alyssum had discussed the rights to create works about the character with her, and, as usual, Luna had agreed.

Although Luna handed over the fanfiction rights to her characters, she didn't actively read Sweet Alyssum's fanfictions.

Initially, she would read them, but as time went on and real-life responsibilities grew, she didn't have the energy to keep up.

It wasn't until Roger's recent arrival that Luna began to suspect that the key to Roger's dimensional travel might not lie with her, but rather with other people. This prompted her to revisit Sweet Alyssum's works.

She eventually confirmed that Roger's experiences involving Andrea closely resembled the fanfiction plots described by Sweet Alyssum.

However, in the final chapters of Sweet Alyssum's stories, aside from briefly mentioning Luna's new character design, Roger was not mentioned at all.

"So, does this count as a prequel?"

Roger skimmed through the novel and asked Luna.

Sipping her coffee, loaded with sugar cubes, Luna replied:

"I'm not sure, but according to your description, it could be considered a prequel. It tells Andrea's earlier life and hints at the newer character designs I later created. But as for what happens after... we don't know."

"So... the trail goes cold?"

Roger raised his head and asked.

With Sweet Alyssum deceased, no one knew where the story was headed. Finding a way back to the Marvel Universe through these stories seemed unlikely.

Luna took a small sip of coffee and said:

"Not necessarily. If your goal is to return to the Marvel Universe, we first need to figure out one thing: did the character designs come first, leading to your existence, or did you exist first, influencing the creation of our works and character designs?"

"How do we prove that?"

Roger asked, puzzled.

Proving whether the relationship between reality and fiction was cause or effect seemed impossible without understanding the link between the two worlds.

While Roger had the powers of Superman, he wasn't an omniscient, omnipotent god capable of understanding everything.

Luna, however, seemed intrigued. She slapped the table and exclaimed:

"Let's do an experiment!"

"Experiment?"

"Yes! I'll post my character designs online, adding some new, reasonable abilities. Once your powers recover, we'll see if you gain similar abilities. If you do, we'll know if the designs came first or if you came first!"

"Why post it online?"

"Have you seen the anime Re:Creators?"

Instead of answering Roger's question, Luna posed one of her own.