It’s Been 500 Years as an Extra, and the Original Story Still Hasn’t Begun - Chapter 108

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500 Years as Just an Extra,

 

The Original Story Still Won’t Begin

 

Episode 108

 

‘What is this…?’

 

Ailesia rubbed her eyes several times with a bewildered expression and checked the page again.

 

Master’s will, which began with a calm apology, was shocking in itself.

 

-One day you suddenly collapsed and slept for nearly 30 years.

 

-And the moment you opened your eyes again, I could immediately sense it. That you had returned after completing a very long journey.

 

“What…?”

 

She could understand what journey Rubia mentioned without needing an explanation.

 

It surely meant the life she had lived as Seo Hwirin.

 

Rubia had vaguely noticed the fact that she had possessed this world.

 

-After you awakened again, everything must have been confusing for you, yet how calmly you pretended in front of this master.

 

-You wouldn’t have known. That you often acted like a completely different person.

 

“Master… knew everything?”

 

But why didn’t she say anything? Why on earth?

 

Startled by the words that flowed from her own mouth, she turned the page with trembling hands.

 

-No matter how long I have lived, I couldn’t know exactly why such a thing happened.

 

-Even so, do not doubt your existence.

 

-Although you may have lived as someone else during your sleeping time, your essence has not changed at all.

 

-Therefore, after observing this world and you for a long time, I was able to reach one conclusion.

 

-That is…

 

“Conclusion…?”

 

Could it perhaps be content related to the hidden story of the original work that she had so desperately wanted to know?

 

At first, life in this world had started with mere vague curiosity and fan sentiment.

 

To solve the questions she had while reading the original work, and to change the ending to her liking while she was at it.

 

‘…I was thinking that way until just this afternoon.’

 

She realized while talking with Elenora in the evening.

 

The fact that even after starting her life as Ailesia, she had consistently maintained the position of a ‘reader.’

 

She had thought that she was merely an outsider who had intruded into this world and an extra who should have exited the original work long ago, and that her essential identity was ‘Seo Hwirin’ first and foremost.

 

So while actively coordinating and enjoying situations, she had unconsciously maintained a minimum line.

 

The reason she had resolved not to cling to the original work whenever opportunities arose was the same.

 

It was both a determination to protect Elenora and a defense mechanism to protect Seo Hwirin’s identity.

 

‘I was constantly reminding myself that this was a world inside a novel. Like a variety show participant who knows the situation is fictional but still moves while immersed in the script.’

 

After finishing her brief self-reflection, she slowly caught her breath.

 

Now that the current situation has been sorted out, it’s time to check the conclusion Master left behind.

 

And when she checked the next page, she was overcome with the urge to curse at Master for the first time.

 

-It’s a secret~

 

“This old man, really…!”

 

Ailesia raised her arm as if she was about to slam the book onto the floor.

 

Unable to actually throw it, she trembled and fumed for several minutes. Having barely calmed down, she ended up clutching her head as soon as she read the next sentence.

 

-Where do you think you’re going, trying to throw your master’s will around carelessly? Really, such bad manners.

 

“Are you really dead…?”

 

Aren’t you secretly hiding somewhere watching? Or maybe you’re right next to me in spirit form?

 

Rubia had enjoyed pranks even when she was alive, but this time it was truly exasperating.

 

And what was that? Saying she had a good personality for her kind?

 

“If you ever meet other dragons, be careful.”

 

“Why?”

 

“A dragon’s personality is one of three things: crazy, personality disorder, or calmly insane.”

 

“…What about you, Master?”

 

“I’m an exception. I’m a rare person of virtue among dragons.”

 

“Exception my ass! Are all virtuous people dead!”

 

…Well, since you passed away, that’s technically correct.

 

Ailesia unconsciously nodded and eventually turned the page with a grin.

 

Though she had flared up momentarily, being able to reminisce about memories with Master like this was a joyful thing.

 

-I did play a little prank, but it wasn’t a wrong expression.

 

-The time isn’t ripe yet for you to handle that truth.

 

-Before returning to Nature’s Embrace, I considered revealing everything to you. However, I realized that wouldn’t be for the best.

 

-Life cannot be guaranteed by will alone, nor by ability alone.

 

-Your will depends entirely on yourself, so I decided to leave only the power to support that will.

 

-By now you should be able to handle this master’s power with ease. I hope it helps.

 

“You told me not to get beaten up anywhere, then only made me train…”

 

When was it that you worked me so hard, saying ‘I can’t bear to see my child getting beaten by some crazy dragon even after I’m dead!’

 

Perhaps Rubia had anticipated what kind of life her one and only disciple would live after she left this world. No, at this point it should be called foresight rather than anticipation.

 

-This master lied to you.

 

-Do you remember the question you once asked? Those absurd stories about corrective force and causality.

 

-However, those weren’t really absurd stories. That’s why I had no choice but to give you a different answer at the time.

 

-In someone’s life, countless choices emerge and disappear at every moment. The same is true for the world.

 

-Among those countless choices, there exists a path that is rightfully destined to be. If I were to give it a name, it could be called divine providence.

 

-That is something no mere creation can ever control.

 

-Only by facing the phenomena that arrive head-on can one overcome their predetermined fate.

 

“…So that’s why.”

 

She finally understood why Rubia had left her such an absurd inheritance, including the Dragon Heart.

 

Since it was impossible to create a safety device that could perfectly avoid or defuse danger, she had instead left behind tremendous power that wouldn’t yield to any trial.

 

How to utilize it would depend entirely on her own will, just as Master had said.

 

-Please understand your Master who cannot reveal everything in this place. Even if you try to force yourself to learn, you would be constrained by divine providence and crushed, unable to bear your future.

 

-Don’t be impatient and wait. My disciple may not know other things, but her perseverance and patience are the greatest in the world.

 

-Let us continue the remaining story on the day you venture to the deepest place, the most treacherous place, the highest place Within the Veil Spread by the Goddess.

 

-Until the day we meet again, please always be healthy and happy.

 

-I love you. Ail, my Little One.

 

-Never forget that this Master is always with you. I will always pray for you.

 

“Master…”

 

Drip.

 

The welling longing flowed down her chin and moistened the paper.

 

Ailesia read and reread her Master’s final message endlessly, not even thinking to wipe away the flowing tears.

 

The person who had always embraced her with warm love. The person who knew everything yet pretended not to know and only wished for her happiness until the end.

 

‘I miss you, Master.’

 

She suppressed her voice, afraid that if she spoke aloud, she would burst into sobs right then and there.

 

Perhaps sensing her mood, Blanky pushed his nose close and let out a rather cute whine.

 

“Whine…”

 

“I’m okay.”

 

At Blanky’s rarely seen affection, Ailesia’s lips softly curved upward.

 

‘It seems like there’s more content behind this?’

 

She wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and turned the page, finding magic she had never seen before in her life.

 

“My goodness…”

 

When had she created such magic?

 

The principle itself wasn’t very complicated, but it wasn’t magic that could be used carelessly.

 

Magic solely for Ailesia. More precisely, magic for someone Ailesia held dear.

 

‘No one but me can use something like this.’

 

Others might somehow be able to use it. The problem would be that it would have no effect at all.

 

‘Honestly, if an ordinary Mage used this, it looks perfect for sending them straight to their grave.’

 

There must be a reason why Rubia had specifically left it in her will. Ailesia briefly closed the book and bowed her head deeply with her eyes closed.

 

“Thank you, Master.”

 

Her admiration for her Master’s kindness, who still looked after her disciple even after hundreds of years had passed since returning to Nature’s Embrace, was short-lived.

 

After checking the last page, Ailesia finally ended up slamming the precious will onto the ground.

 

-So, did you get a lover?

 

-This master doesn’t particularly care about gender or species, but I’d prefer someone who looks decent.

 

“Why are you being so unnecessarily open-minded!”

 

In the midst of all this, she didn’t even realize that someone’s face had faintly, very faintly flashed through her mind.

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