“You know what, Yuno.”

“What?”

“How do you know you like me?”

Yuno frowned, not understanding.

“You’ve only known me for a few days. Okay, it’s been ten days and today is the first time we’ve spoken, so how do you know you like me?”

“I just know who I like.”

Yuno said in a way that suggested why I didn’t know that.

“I know because my heart tells me.”

“Aha…….”

This, too, was a line from the tower lord  to the heroine.

It’s a strange overlap in the story.

…What would you say to the heroine if she appeared?

I got goosebumps, but I shook my head to clear my mind.

“Then how did you know I was the author? Didn’t that freak you out?”

As I stroked his hair, Yuno snuggled up to me. He buried his nose in my neck and breathed in and out, then spoke obediently.

“We all know there are other worlds besides the one we’re in now. The places where dragons or fairies live are different dimensions from where humans live.”

“Yeah.”

“Dragons live in different dimensions, and so do fairies.”

…I see.

Since I never detailed such settings, I didn’t know, but I pretended to nod as if I did.

“So, I assumed that there could be multiple worlds where humans live.”

“Ah.”

“Around that time, I saw two books.”

“…Books?”

“They were books written in a language I didn’t recognize.”

Yuno, who had mastered all languages of this world, didn’t know a language?

“Well, I was eventually able to read them. The books contained the names of me, the Chancellor, and the knight commander.”

…No way…….

“Most of the letters were blurred, and the latter part was missing, so I couldn’t grasp the overall content.”

Please, please, please.

Let it not be what I’m thinking.

“However, on the first page, there was a preface written: ‘This originated from my grand delusion.'”

Aaaahhhhhh!

Why is that coming out of there!

Is it one of the printed books? Why is it wandering around here?

“I don’t exactly know the meaning of ‘grand delusion,’ but-“

“-Aaaargh!”

Stop talking!

I know!

Ah, hearing it directly from someone else, I feel like I can regain my composure right away. Additionally, I could be sure that the book Yuno found was genuine.

When I suddenly screamed, Yuno widened his eyes.

“What’s wrong? Are you hurt somewhere?”

“Huh? No. Continue the story…”

Ah, I feel so weak, as if I’ve been starving for three months.

Yuno continued the story while giving me a questioning look.

“That book was used to summon you, and it disappeared as soon as the summoning ritual was completed.”

Phew, that’s a relief. Imagining someone seeing that embarrassing creation again is too dreadful!

But it’s strange.

Ding-dong, ding-dong!

The red alert, which had been quiet for a while, started beeping frantically.

Oh well, what could possibly go wrong here?

“Well, what about the other book?”

“…….”

“What kind of book is it?”

“A book related to you.”

“…What?”

“A retrospective, a book about your life.”

In a writing class, I was asked to write a one-page essay about myself.

It was definitely not the length of a book.

“Who was the author of……?”

“Litrie Extri.”

There’s no way I would have turned in a liberal arts assignment under a pen name!

It’s a biography I don’t know, and I don’t even want to imagine what it might contain.

“Can I see that book?”

Even though I asked carefully, Yuno overtly showed caution.

“No. Do you know what would happen if I showed it to you? What if it’s the ‘key’ to your escape?”

“Then you can show it to me from a distance.”

“Magic can be triggered regardless of the distance, so no.”

“But I can’t perform magic.”

“You can’t because you’re a writer.”

…Being called a writer, what should I say, it feels so insignificant and pitiful.

“Why don’t you just tell me what’s in the book? I’ve never written a book like that.”

Yuno stared at me, then slowly parted those pink lips.

“It was an autobiography; with a small list of things you’ve been through.”

“Really?”

How come I don’t remember writing that?

As I showed interest, Yuno blushed and explained earnestly.

“I found this in the Imperial Library, but the back cover was damaged.”

“That, the book from earlier, was also like that.”

“That one got damaged from being left alone for a long time, but this one seemed to have the back part missing as if someone had torn it. Even with tracing magic, I couldn’t determine the details.”

“Ah…”

Could it be that the person who saw that book was the Crown Prince?

The one who disappeared from this world.

“But can we really not do this?”

“Ugh, huh?”

“I mean, I´m curious about it.”

Oh, that!

“You’re still!”

I patted Yuno’s shoulders, leaning in.

“You’re young!”

“I’m coming of age this year, I mean, I’m an adult.”

Yuno, with a pout, pushed me again, and I toppled over.

I felt a small, uncomfortable knot in my stomach, but I tried to ignore it, pushing the tall mage away.

“I was really curious about you.”

“…….”

“What you look like, what color your hair is, how tall you are.”

Slowly, a certain emotion built up inside of him.

“And what kind of voice you would have and how you would talk.”

“…….”

“How you feel. Is your blood red?”

“Yeah.”

I answered casually to avoid any dissecting-like questions.

“I’m curious about you.”

“Why would you be curious?”

I asked in a bewildered voice.

If I didn’t appear when summoned, one could dismiss the contents of the book as a coincidence.

He mentioned a door on Atel Hill´s, but that’s not a setting I created.

Perhaps Yuno knows why this world turned out this way or has some clues.

In that case, I just need to solve it and return to my world!

“You created the world.”

Huh?

“Creating a world is something only a god can do. It’s like a story from mythology.”

Why are you saying something different than Dietrich?

“I didn’t believe in God, but I had to change my hypothesis when I realized you were real, but that’s okay.”

“…Why?”

“Because you made me realize that everything, I thought I knew was prejudice!”

Golden eyes flickered, and I slowly moved my body backward.

“A god, a god existing in this world.”

Uh-oh.

The obsessive mode of the wizard, determined to uncover the truth of this world, was activated.