“We need to call Mr. Wood. Or bring the mana stone.”

“Who’s Wood?”

“He’s in charge of me. Did you ask him to bring food to the room?”

“No?”

I raised an eyebrow at his seemingly clueless handsome face. He really lacked delicacy.

“The elevator here requires magic to operate.”

“If it needs magic, what’s the problem?”

Dietrich replied with an expression of genuine incomprehension, which only I could discern.

“I have magic too.”

“Oh, right!”

Dietrich also had plenty of magic, so there was no problem using the elevator. Although the way they operated magic was different, he knew how to use magic.

“I understand why you said not to bring food to the room.”

“Writer.”

“Yeah?”

“Aren’t you frustrated?”

Dietrich, who smoothly operated the elevator, suddenly asked.

“What about taking a ride or going for a walk? Don’t you want to go to a cafe?”

“Oh.”

Why did Dietrich suddenly come up with such a good idea?

“That’s a great idea. Should we invite Yuno too? I wanted to go to that island over there.”

Dietrich suggested, knowing that he only dislikes Seth, but he has no hostility towards others. I also wanted to go out.

Fortunately, Dietrich agreed, and we called Mr. Wood and headed to the Tower Master’s library.

Yuno, who was working, spoke firmly.

“…I’m fine being with Liri, but I don’t want to be with you or go out with you.”

I closed my mouth at his resolute answer. Cute nicknames didn’t suit me, but Yuno seemed determined not to withdraw his statement.

There was a moment of silence in the room.

To salvage the situation, I chuckled and brought up an interesting topic.

“But if you fight, who would win?”

“What?”

“Hmm?”

“Both of you are at the pinnacle of your respective fields, right? They say you’re evenly matched, but who would come out on top?”

They both stared at each other.

“Well then, let’s settle it.”

“Sure.”

“Wow, seriously?”

They nodded eagerly as I spoke with a twinkle in my eye.

“There’s a place where they hang reinforcing spells, stronger than the ones in the tower, and it’s usually where mages practice their magic”, I suggested.

This is the part I had envisaged but not described.

“The tower itself has reinforcing enchantments, so you’re saying they have stronger enchantments there?”

“That’s right.”

The fact that the tower is enchanted with reinforcing magic is also something I only have in my head and haven’t actually written down.

Yuno wasn’t surprised, as he took it for granted that I knew these things.

“Liri, stay here. You might get hurt.”

“I’m curious too!”

“Look at this.”

Yuno led me over to his wooden desk and placed a very classic crystal ball in front of me.

“Can you see well through this?”

“Yes, but I can’t hear anything.”

What the hell, that’s not funny!

After saying that, Yuno took Dietrich and disappeared.

A moment later, the orb reflected the two of them, and I sprang into action.

While in the tower, I checked several things, and the biggest discovery was that I had a resistance to magic.

Using the mana stone I obtained from Yuno, I wandered around areas where Wood couldn’t reach. I could enter areas blocked by magic without any issues.

Hmm, it’s more like the ability to nullify magic, isn’t it?

Seems like a typical author’s privilege.

However, I worry that Yuno’s magic might be special or strong enough to nullify my abilities.

With a pounding heart, I opened Yuno’s desk drawer. He always kept it locked with a locking spell, so he favored the top drawer.

Clack.

It opened right away, and there it was, what I had been expecting. I stretched out the hem of the sleeve, wrapped my hand around it, and picked it up.

Just in case my fingerprints were left behind, and Yuno might notice.

As I flipped through a few pages, my breath caught involuntarily.

“Heuk.”

It was my handwriting.

In Korean, with even the roughly written ‘ㄹ’.

Quickly scanning the book while checking the movements of the two, I hastily flipped through the pages.

I wasn’t worried about them fighting and only ending up with minor injuries; I already knew that. The issue was when they would stumble upon this.

The book was like a collection of essays, similar to a diary but without dates and weather.

Fortunately, there was nothing too scandalous in the contents, just mundane stories from my original world.

“…Hmm.”

I didn’t remember writing down such records.

“Hmph.”

Beyond the crystal ball, blue and golden light flashed.

Wow, there’s an explosion happening around, but Dietrich is fine? And Yuno’s movements are faster than expected?

I couldn’t tell how much time I had been allowed, so I couldn’t thoroughly examine the contents.

From a quick glance, it was clear that the record left by whoever it was intended for wasn’t anything special. It was just a record of my daily life.

There were no discomforting contents that someone might hope for. The lack of interest was actually the peculiarity.

However, there were a few intriguing parts, and I could understand why Yuno didn’t want to show me.

– This is a key. Something that could open the door between worlds.

– I must write it all down before the memories of the past sink into the present.

Although the ‘ㄹ’ was hastily written, overall, the handwriting was very neat. It meant I was serious when writing.

Why did I write this?

As the missing parts drew closer, my breathing quickened.

Beyond the crystal, the two stopped fighting and caught their breath. It signaled the end of the confrontation.

They’re coming!

As I tried to close the book, one phrase caught my eye.

– This story is written for two people.

There are four male protagonists in this novel.

The Crown Prince, the Chancellor, the Knight Commander, and the Tower Master.

The existence of the Crown Prince has been erased, and there was never an original story with one male lead. There has never been a side story called ‘What If.’

Without time to organize my thoughts, I reverted the book to its original state.

Dietrich and Yuno have fought quite a few times, but unless it’s related to the protagonist, they usually stop fighting after a while.

Their actions didn’t deviate from my predictions, and the two stopped fighting and soon revealed themselves in the study.

My heart beat fast as I surreptitiously had rummaged through Yuno’s drawers.

“Oh, writer. Why is your heart beating so fast? What surprised you?”

The human lie detector asked me.

“I guess Liri was very surprised.”

Yuno, who approached, hugged me tightly as I sat there. My trembling pupils were hidden thanks to him.

“I heard someone holding their breath through the crystal ball earlier.”

“…Huh?”

“This, the crystal ball. I can hear the sound from there, but it’s only audible to me.”

For a moment, a chill ran down my spine. I quickly skimmed through what I had said in my mind.

Phew, luckily I didn’t say anything out loud.