How the Villainous Consort Avoids His Death Ending - Chapter 46.1
I hurried to open my mouth.
“Anyway, remember the reward we kept after wiping out the pirates last time.”
The reward for the pirate extermination was a safe voyage.
It feels like the System wants to work less and less. Especially whenever I ask it to check the original work, it drags its feet like it wants to avoid doing it. As I change the future, the System seems annoyed because it has more to update.
“Stop saying useless things and check the original work. Search using the keyword sea chart maker and show me the first result.”
Still, I had no choice. If I followed events only by trusting the System, I would not avoid the brutal ending, I would be running straight toward it. The System did not seem like a bad presence, but it did not seem very capable either. I had to find my own path forward.
…Checking content…
Watching the System search the original story while creaking along made me feel a slight sense of guilt. It was like watching an office worker forced into overtime every night because of a demanding customer who has endless requests.
It reminded me of my past life, when my filming schedule was always delayed, and night shoots were normal because the writer kept changing scripts and handing us last minute pages right before shooting.
“Sorry. Still, let us work hard for a bright future, System. We are on the same ship.”
…
I offered the apology and encouragement in an awkward voice, but the System did not respond. It seemed to have decided to ignore my words.
Talking alone felt embarrassing, so I closed my mouth. I waited quietly.
After some time, the System finally projected the main content into the air.
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Tristan and I traveled with knights to a small rural village near the Port of Belforte. We departed to find the maker of the sea chart. Maybe because my explanation was lacking, Tristan had a faintly troubled expression the whole time, as if something bothered him.
The journey to the village was long along a dirt road. We hurried our horses in silence for a while and arrived at the entrance of the village. From afar, a few farms appeared with worn huts and shabby stone walls. When we entered the village, the curious eyes of the people focused on us.
It seemed rare for them to see nobles. The farmers returning from their fields quickly stepped aside and lowered their heads with frightened faces. Tristan, who was looking around the village, glanced back at me and asked,
“This village is where the new maker of the sea chart lives. How did you know?”
“…”
How should I explain this? I fell into thought, unable to think of an excuse.
The truth is, I was a somewhat known actor in twenty first century Korea, and I happened to receive an offer to play your role in that story. But when I woke up, I was not Tristan, I had possessed Ruellin’s body…
Who in the world would believe that.
I did not have the nerve to say such a shameless thing. More than the possession itself, saying that I had been offered the role of Tristan was worse. How could I ever dare play that face. The production team really went too far. It was not that I was that ugly. It was just that Tristan and I were in different genres, different worlds.
Anyway, I could not tell the truth. I cleared my throat and said something vague.
“Well… It is someone I knew from childhood.”
Tristan raised his eyebrows slightly.
“In your childhood, you knew someone who lived in a place like this.”
“Well, before I was adopted, I was a commoner too.”
“Adopted.”
I spoke without thinking, then realized my mistake. Tristan stopped walking. The faces of the knights behind us also changed in surprise.
Ah, was that a secret.
I had guessed that Ruellin had been hiding the fact of his adoption from the people of Hezekia. But I did not really care, so I had forgotten completely. It made sense that the original Ruellin, with his pride, would not easily reveal something like that.
But it was already said. There was no reason to hide it further now. I started walking again and answered casually.
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