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System Error: Locating user’s soul entity.

-Location confirmed.-

TRAPPIST-Id, Posnia, Teheran.

Warning: Abnormal access detected.

Protection system activated according to Dimensional Decree Article 5, Clause 6.

My head felt like it was about to explode.

Warning: Connection is unstable.

You are too far from the network service area.

System shutting down.

As soon as this message appeared, the diary snapped shut with a thud.

No, why did you show up if you’re going to do this! I held my forehead. A groan escaped involuntarily.

The diary disappeared, saying that the absolute being’s intervention is impossible in the space of the Goddess of Fate.

And then the system appeared.

This time, without any broken characters, in a perfectly normal state.

“What is this, really……”

It said to completely block external interference energy to install the vaccine.

Did it automatically block because I came in here now?

‘Moreover, ‘TRAPPIST-Id’, what on earth is that!’

Posnia and Teheran are place names here. But that was a word I’d never heard or seen before.

“Ha, my fate is truly something else.”

I sighed deeply and took a step toward the inside of the temple’s main gate.

Alright.

It seems there’s no trap activation like in any other cliché.

The temple was very splendid.

‘Is emerald the theme stone of Isis, the Goddess of Fate?’

The floor, walls, everything was covered in green.

It had a different feel from the temple in Posnia.

How should I put it?

Should I say the building style is more modernized?

“Is anyone there?”

I passed through the front yard and knocked on the building’s main door.

As expected, I couldn’t hear the answer I was hoping for.

Creeak- The door opened with an old sound.

The scene that unfolded before my eyes elicited an involuntary exclamation.

A size much larger than it looked from the outside.

A large staircase leads down to the basement.

And I felt overwhelmed by the bookshelves that densely filled the inside of the building countless times.

‘Was this what the Temple of Fate was like?’

It was closer to a library than a temple.

No, it was no different from a book storage room.

The inside of the building was brightly lit by floating emerald cubes emitting light.

I slowly entered the interior of the temple.

“Crazy.”

I’m going to lose my mind. I really had no idea what was happening to me.

“Is there no one here? Hello!”

I trudged deeper into the interior.

If, as the diary said, only chosen people can enter, am I the only one here?

Then how do I get out?

There was no one to ask for directions.

“I’m lost and want to get out? Can’t anyone come out?”

Maybe because there were so many books, it seemed like my voice was being absorbed. Like a soundproof wall.

“What on earth are these books?”

I looked at the books neatly arranged on the bookshelves as I walked step by step.

<The Will of Elescas>

 <Yurgel>

<Sisyphus’ Equation>

I wondered what on earth those books had to do with fate.

I needed to get out of there as soon as possible, but no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t find an answer.

I was worried sick about Aaron.

All I could do was pray that he had escaped.

The books differed in color and cover by section.

Some were brown, some were red, but in the center of the temple, a book shining golden particularly caught my eye.

“What is this……”

When I confirmed the title of the book, my head went blank.

‘Empire of the Blood Moon.’

It felt as if the whole world had stopped.

Is everyone playing a joke on me?

‘Why is this here?’

It’s the novel I read before I died.

I swallowed hard and pulled the golden book from the shelf.

My hands were trembling.

‘A mad tyrant lives in the imperial palace.’

It was exactly the same as the first line of the book I had read.

I looked at the space where the book had been with shaking eyes.

There, a small dark blue vortex was spinning.

Without realizing it, I reached out toward the vortex.

“Oh my. If you don’t want to be disintegrated on the spot, you’d better take your hand away.”

“Uh, uwa ah!”

Suddenly hearing a strange voice, I screamed and threw the book I was holding.

After hearing a thud, I looked behind me.

“Ah… It seems I unintentionally startled you.”

“Oh, an octopus is talk-, aaaaargh!”

I grabbed and threw as many books as I could from the shelves.

What was in front of my eyes was a huge, translucent blue octopus.

Moreover, looking at the tentacles underneath, it was clearly the one that had dragged me here.

“You, you!”

“Ca-calm down! I have no intention of harming you!”

“What kind of octopus beatboxing is this? Get lost!”

The translucent blue octopus writhed its body greatly at my attack and spoke urgently.

“I’m not an octopus!”

He really wasn’t an octopus.

The translucent octopus twisted its body greatly as if shedding its outer shell, and soon changed into a human form.

A handsome man with blue hair, that is.

I finally calmed down enough to face him.

“I am Estiago, the caretaker of this temple and a servant of Lady Isis.”

Ignoring his polite greeting, I glared at him with a frown.

“Don’t tell me you’re the one who called the monsters to the forest and brought me here? Speak. What’s your relationship with Morisias!”

At my words, Estiago waved his hands as if troubled and said,”It’s true that I brought you here, but I can assure you that I did not summon the undead in the forest.”

“Then what is it!”

At my words, his expression strangely hardened.

“The undead are cursed humans from the Magic Era. They’re creatures who foolishly borrowed power from another world and, as a consequence, lost their sanity and live in eternal agony.”

“Just answer my question.”

I picked up the golden book again and pointed it at him.

Since the original work was a four-volume series, binding it into one book made it quite thick and heavy.

“It seems one of the Absolute Beings has appeared in the forest.”

Absolute Being? One of those dragons, gods, or spirit kings had manifested in the forest? I stared at him, mouth agape in disbelief.

“The goal of the undead was to kill the Absolute Beings and save humanity, after all.”

“Get me out of here right now!”

Aaron was in danger.

I had to save him immediately.

“That’s a bit difficult. There are things you need to know.”

Enraged by the former octopus’s nonsense, I threw the book right at him.

“I said let me go, you bastard!”

“…Hahaha. I said no. You have quite a temper.”

“What?”

He smirked and frowned as if annoyed.

At that, I took a cautious step back.

“This book you threw is one of the most influential prophecy books in the current empire. So it might be better to handle it more carefully, don’t you think?”

Prophecy book? What does that mean?

“Don’t try to understand with your common sense, just accept it.”

The man laughed nervously and started putting the fallen books back in their places one by one.

“Lady Isis is currently imprisoned by Kamesis.”

The blue-haired Estiago said with a very serious face.

Of course, I wanted to say ‘So what?’

“No one can change a predetermined fate, but like the methods used by humans in the ancient Magic Era…”

He pointed to the dark blue vortex inside the empty bookshelf and said,”It’s quite possible for a being from another dimension.”

My blood was boiling.

This story was nothing but an admission that they had brought me here.

“This hall connects to the subconscious of someone from your world. Ah, you could say it’s the author of the book you read.”

I seriously considered.

Right now, the dagger Calix gave me was sleeping soundly in my bag.

Should I kill this bastard?

No. He said he was a priest of the temple.

In other words, a lackey.

I decided to suppress my anger for now and calmly listen to the octopus’s nonsense.

“Bringing a being from another dimension is quite difficult.”

“……”

“First, we need to build a bridge connecting this world and your dimension. The first step is to create a connection between you and this world by flowing the most influential fate among the numerous fates of this world.”

He smiled proudly as he continued.

“Among them, Calix Posman’s fate was a very good material. A fate that’s moderately interesting and engaging. Plus, he has the strongest soul in the empire.”

And he opened the golden book in question and laughed, “Kekeke.”

“Ten years. In this world’s time, we waited 400 years. It takes that long to deceive the god of your dimension.”

Estiago’s hand touched my pink hair.

“If it weren’t for the body prepared by Lord Morisias, you would have already breathed your last in that world anyway.”

He looked at me with eyes even bluer than mine, narrowing them slightly.

“So you must work with us to resurrect Lord Morisias and liberate Lady Isis.”