In the meantime, a shadow entered an unknown magic circle and touched the book handed by the cloth doll, gradually transforming into vivid colors.

A fluttering white dress, disheveled light brown hair, straight eyebrows, round eyes, weary green eyes, a high nose, and tightly pressed lips. It was someone he knew well.

‘…What, it’s Miss Kana.’

Seeing her standing in an unfamiliar place felt both out of place and natural.

While Kiriel was feeling the incongruity of this contradiction, the cloth doll’s mouth began to move.

“Good luck, then.”

The shadow in Kana’s form was enveloped in light and disappeared. Other shadows followed the same sequence but did not transform like Kana.

After sending all the shadows away from the strange library, the cloth doll suddenly stared straight ahead.

“Hmm? Is the scene leaking from somewhere?”

With a whispering voice and a view covered by a cloth, the dream ended.

Kiriel frowned while recalling the strange dream in the workshop of the Magic Tower.

Despite this, his hands did not stop meticulously crafting a special magic tool related to Letie’s healing water.

“…Hmm, what could it be?”

“Master, is there a problem with the magic tool you’re making?”

Kanto, who was waiting in a corner of the workshop and observing his superior’s condition, sent a worried glance. Kiriel finished his task skillfully and responded.

“No. The magic tool is being made smoothly, but it’s because of a dream.”

“Did Miss Round appear in your dream again?”

“Yes. But the content was strangely unsettling.”

Kiriel pouted his lips as he thought about the dream that left him with a peculiar feeling. Kanto gave his superior a sleepy-eyed look and asked.

“Could it be that you had a strange dream because of that odd question you asked last time?”

“…Kanto, be quiet. That question just slipped out.”

Kiriel’s face twisted in discomfort. He was already regretting why he asked such a question.

‘I must have been crazy. Why did I ask Miss Kana something like that?’

Even though it was impulsive, mentioning love was really out of character for him. Just as he had always found such people ridiculous, Kana might have thought the same about him.

Kanto, watching his superior roughly ruffle his hair, cautiously offered comfort.

“…Miss Round is a generous person, so she probably didn’t think much of it.”

“Really? Somehow, that sounds even more pathetic.”

Kiriel tilted his head, feeling a strange emotion. Kanto, flustered, cleared his throat and changed the subject.

“Ahem, so what kind of dream did you have this time?”

“A suspicious library I’ve never seen before appeared. Miss Kana was there too.”

Kiriel briefly explained the contents of the dream.

Kana, who usually enjoyed reading books on spirit summoning, didn’t look out of place in a library, but his intuition whispered that it wasn’t a dream to be taken lightly.

Kanto couldn’t find anything unusual in his superior’s words.

“A library… It doesn’t seem to have any special meaning.”

“Never mind, I’ll think about it slowly. For now, let’s send the completed magic tool to Lady Letie Serade.”

“Yes.”

Kanto packed the completed special magic tool and left. Kiriel watched his subordinate’s back and then moved to the Magic Tower’s library. He planned to look into something since he had finished his work.

* * *

Kana, who sent a usage review and report of the auxiliary magic tool to Kiriel, provided Letie with the promised amount of magic stones within the deadline.

Soon after, she received a message from the female protagonist that the healing water sample had been made. Kana immediately coordinated a schedule with Letie and set a date.

On the promised day, Letie visited the Round mansion.

Kana greeted the female protagonist in the drawing room. They exchanged greetings with smiling faces as they sat facing each other.

In the relaxed atmosphere, Letie took out a heavy chest from her subspace pocket and placed it on the table. She opened the chest and pushed it towards Kana.

Inside the chest were neatly arranged samples of healing water in transparent bottles with a bluish aura.

‘Even though it’s just a sample, she’s giving it to me filled to the brim? She provided more than I expected. The protagonists of this novel are really generous in many ways.’

While Kana was admiring inwardly, Letie spoke with a proud expression.

“Miss Kana, this is the healing water sample I mentioned through the communication sphere. Please take it.”

“Wow, you’ve given me so much. I’ll store it well and use it when needed. Thank you for your consideration.”

Kana responded with an appreciative smile, closed the chest, and carefully put it away. Letie tucked her falling hair behind her ear and smiled broadly.

“Don’t mention it. Miss Kana is a key partner and a friend, so of course, I should give it to you. How do you feel seeing it in person?”

“Hmm, it feels mysterious. How was its effect?”

“It was good. Although the cost-effectiveness is slightly lower, it’s not a large-scale quantity, and those who will buy it will accept the cost, so it’s fine.”

“Oh, that’s good news for those who contributed. It really worked out well. I’m sure everything will go smoothly according to your plan, Lady Letie.”

Kana sincerely congratulated Letie and clapped her hands. Encouraging and praising her work subjects was not difficult for her.

Letie, a bit embarrassed, fiddled with the ends of her hair.

“Thank you. I’ll keep going and work hard.”

“Yes. As the supplier of magic stones, I’ll support you. Also, be careful of any potential sabotage.”

“Yes.”

Letie’s eyes turned serious. Kana wasn’t too worried. No matter how hard the villains tried to block the female protagonist’s path, it would eventually work out, as she knew.

As their conversation reached a lull, Letie, after drinking her tea, took a deep breath as if to gather her thoughts.

Kana instinctively felt that the female protagonist was about to say something important. She summoned Celia, placed her on her shoulder, and used spirit summoning to create a soundproof barrier before speaking.

“Lady Letie, please feel free to speak without being too nervous. It seems like an important story, so I’ve also done soundproofing.”

“Thank you. Then I’ll continue the story I couldn’t finish when we were the boating.”

“Yes, please do.”

Kana accepted readily. Letie, with a serious expression, slowly opened her lips.

“Miss Kana, do you perhaps know what will happen in the future?”

“…Pardon?”

Kana blinked at the female protagonist’s sudden question. Occasionally, key characters in the novel would demonstrate sharp insight, but it was rare for that scrutiny to reach supporting characters.

Background role players were like small parts temporarily fitted to stabilize an unstable world until it became stable. Who would pay attention to temporary parts?

The unstable form being refined into a novel was to facilitate the smooth progress of work.

Taking ‘Fake Saint’ as an example, the biggest reason for the world’s instability was the female protagonist’s regression and the resulting butterfly effect.

Celia usually remained silent while her contractor was engaged in important matters, but this time she was startled and mumbled.

[What’s this? Is the female protagonist building up to reveal her regression?]

‘Right? Kiriel was the most serious, but Letie also subtly exudes an atmosphere that deviates from the flow. Usually, such things are shared with the male lead, aren’t they? In a one and only way, knowing each other’s secrets exclusively.’

[Yeah. This novel’s characters are milder than the set keywords… But they have a strangely three-dimensional feeling, which makes it complicated.]

‘I agree.’

Kana and the spirit exchanged puzzled thoughts. Meanwhile, Letie revealed the secret she had been hiding for the first time.

“To be precise, have you experienced future events before? I have.”

“Um, that’s a very sudden statement. What aspect of me made you think that?”

It was quite surprising for the regressor female protagonist to reveal her regression to a supporting character instead of the male protagonist. Kana maintained a faint, professional smile without showing her surprise.

Golden eyes shone sharply as if seeing through her inner thoughts. Letie, undeterred by Kana’s indifferent attitude, answered.

“Your actions, Miss Kana. Your thorough preparedness as though you anticipated it, and your calm demeanor no matter what happened, gave me confidence.”

“…Ah.”

“And oddly enough, my memories of you are blurry. If someone as distinct as you existed, I wouldn’t forget, but…”

Letie trailed off. She still felt uneasy about not being able to recall Kana from the first timeline.

Kana became serious for a different reason than the female protagonist. The first part of the statement was laughable, but the latter part couldn’t be dismissed.

In Letie’s first timeline, the supporting character ‘Round’ didn’t exist, so it was natural she didn’t notice. However, the fact that she vaguely recognized it in the second timeline was surprising. Kana’s eyebrows rose.

“Is that so?”

“Oh, don’t misunderstand. I didn’t mean to belittle you. I was also a nobody. Anyway, I thought you, like me, had experienced the future and changed the situation.”

Letie hurriedly explained, waving her hands, thinking her words had offended Kana. Impressed, Celia spoke.

[Wow, didn’t the original novel’s characters fail to notice this? Letie must have sharp intuition. Is this situation okay?]

‘Considering my star rating hasn’t dropped, it doesn’t seem to be recognized as a serious issue.’

[What will you do?]

‘Depending on the direction of the conversation, I can either share some information to build a rapport or pretend not to know until the end. I’ll have to choose one of the two.’

Kana, while conversing with the spirit, carefully weighed the options that could smoothly get through the situation.