It’s Been 500 Years as an Extra, and the Original Story Still Hasn’t Begun - Chapter 138

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500 Years as Just an Extra,

 

The Original Story Still Won’t Begin

 

Episode 138

 

“Miss Sophia, I’ll give you some medicine, so please take it right after your meal. Rest well today and I’ll stop by once more tomorrow morning.”

 

“I understand.”

 

After finishing the examination, Sophia looked completely dazed. The Head Maid, who was looking at her with pity, spoke to Hans.

 

“Hans, you take care of Sophia’s meal and escort her to her lodging.”

 

“Yes, Head Maid.”

 

“Sophia, don’t think about anything today and just rest.”

 

“…Thank you.”

 

The Head Maid patted Sophia’s shoulder and returned to work.

 

“Can you walk? Should I carry you on my back?”

 

“I-I’m fine.”

 

Sophia went to the dining room and forced herself to finish a bowl of soup and even took the medicine. She had no choice with Hans watching her with such an innocent expression beside her.

 

After barely making it back to her lodging and changing clothes, drowsiness began to creep in.

 

Thanks to the medicine, her headache and chills subsided, but her body felt heavy as a thousand pounds and her eyes gradually began to close.

 

“No, I can’t…”

 

She shook her head and desperately tried to fight off the drowsiness. If she fell asleep like this, she would surely have nightmares again.

 

On the first day, she thought it was just a coincidence. The next day was the same.

 

However, on the third day, lying in bed, she couldn’t fall asleep easily and was overwhelmed with anxiety.

 

She comforted herself saying it would be fine, that knowing it was a dream beforehand would be enough, but it was useless. Less than two hours after falling asleep, she woke up screaming.

 

On the fourth day, she tried to stay awake, determined not to sleep at all, but she dozed off just before dawn. This time she dreamed of being chased and eaten by a huge magic beast.

 

‘Please, just for today…!’

 

There was nothing she could do about her gradually fading consciousness. In the end, she helplessly collapsed onto the bed.

 

How many hours had she been asleep?

 

Splash!

 

“Uh… huh?”

 

Sophia opened her eyes with a dazed expression.

 

The water flowing down her hair was bone-chillingly cold. Before she could properly come to her senses, goosebumps rose all over her body.

 

She was sitting alone in a space that was completely white on all sides. Her hands and feet were firmly bound to a chair, unable to move at all.

 

“Have you awakened, sleepyhead Little One?”

 

A kind tone that didn’t match the bizarre voice reached her ears.

 

Sophia clearly remembered this rough voice that sounded like a beast growling.

 

The back of her neck prickled momentarily, then she bit her lips tightly and raised her head.

 

“…It’s another dream, right? I won’t fall for it this time.”

 

“Oh?”

 

The man before her eyes looked exactly the same as on the first day. He was covered in black from head to toe with only his two eyes showing.

 

“Go ahead and do whatever you want, it’s just a dream anyway.”

 

Sophia’s voice was full of confidence. Whether her resolution before falling asleep had an effect, her consciousness was clearer than ever.

 

Most importantly, she could clearly recognize that this current situation was a dream. It was even the exact same situation as the first day.

 

‘When the decisive moment comes, I’ll wake up from sleep. Whatever the opponent does, I just need to endure for a moment.’

 

The Man tilted his head upon seeing her triumphant attitude. With his hand, he was spinning that terrible weapon around and around.

 

“It seems you’re greatly mistaken… Well, I suppose it doesn’t matter.”

 

The Man muttered indifferently, then pressed the saw blade of his weapon closely against Sophia’s thigh.

 

“The higher-ups said something about cross-referencing information and whatnot, but it’s bothersome. I don’t know why they’re so lenient with traitors.”

 

“Tr-traitor? What did I do?”

 

Momentarily forgetting that this was a dream, Sophia asked urgently, but the answer that came back to her was completely unrelated to her question.

 

“If the information you fabricated isn’t false, you should be able to recite exactly what you’ve reported so far. If even slightly different from what you reported before, it would mean you’ve betrayed us.”

 

“Do you think that makes sense?”

 

“Whether it makes sense or not, we’ll know soon enough.”

 

The Man’s eyes twisted grotesquely. Even though his face was clearly covered by a mask, it seemed as if she could see an expression with the corners of his mouth rising up to his cheekbones.

 

“The elbow is uncomfortable, so this time I’ll do the thigh, okay?”

 

“You think someone will be scared by that!”

 

Perhaps because her clothes were soaked with water, the sensation of the saw blade touching her thigh was utterly chilling. However, Sophia instead glared at the Man with defiant eyes.

 

‘It’s almost time to wake up now…!’

 

It had always been like this until now. Just before feeling pain, she would invariably wake up from the dream.

 

When she experienced a similar situation to now on the first day, before her body caught fire on the second day, when she threw herself off a cliff while being chased by a suspicious person on the third day, and just before her waist was torn by a magic beast’s teeth on the fourth day – it was the same every time.

 

“Now, this will sting~”

 

Scrape.

 

“Huh…?”

 

This is strange. I should definitely wake up around now.

 

Sophia stared with vacant eyes at the droplets of blood gradually blooming on her thigh.

 

The pajamas that had been soaked began to slowly turn red. Soon, the area where the saw blade had touched started burning as if scorched by fire.

 

“Kyaaaaaaah!”

 

“This is just the beginning, so it’s useless to make a fuss.”

 

The Man’s rough voice clearly pierced her ears. Just as he placed his hand on her knee and was about to move the weapon again, Sophia screamed as if having a seizure.

 

“Aaaaah! Sa-save me! Please save me!”

 

“If you move, you’ll get hurt. You need to stay still for the bones to be cut cleanly.”

 

“It’s, it’s a dream! This is all a dream, right?!”

 

“A dream? It seems you’re not fully awake, but don’t worry. You won’t die from losing one leg.”

 

Sophia struggled with all her might. The skin bound by rope chafed and her joints screamed in pain, but the chair she was sitting on didn’t budge an inch as if it had grown roots into the ground.

 

“Pl-please save me! Please save me! I’ll do anything, anything you tell me to do, so please spare me!”

 

“Well now, when you’re being so cooperative, I can’t just ignore it.”

 

The Man muttered with feigned awkwardness, then straightened his hunched body. Instead, he thrust the saw blade that had been against her thigh up to her chin.

 

“See this? It came from your body.”

 

“Sob, huhuhsob.”

 

“Now, carefully recall what you’ve been reporting. If there are no wrong parts, you’ll be cleared of betrayal charges, receive treatment, and sleep soundly. Very easy, right?”

 

“I-I’ll tell you! I’ll tell you, so please…!”

 

From her mouth as she shed tears profusely, lengthy words soon began to flow out.

 

* * *

 

Ailesia couldn’t help but admire the scene in the mirror.

 

That masked man was the Senior Knight of the Tigel Knight Order, Lucard Tilane.

 

An Aura Expert and 6th Rank Mage, he was a master of illusion magic.

 

He was radiating an atmosphere that anyone would see as murderous. It felt like a scene from a horror movie had been transplanted directly here.

 

“Is he really a knight? How can he act so well?”

 

“His childhood dream was to be a theater actor.”

 

“What a waste of talent.”

 

“Not really a waste. He’s a master of infiltration and espionage. Now he focuses more on education and inspection rather than frontline work.”

 

I guess he put his talent to good use. Ailesia nodded after hearing Termion’s explanation.

 

That pure white space was a small tent with soundproof magic, and the menacing weapon in his hand was just an ordinary wooden sword.

 

Everything was a creation of Lucard’s illusion magic.

 

‘If the prohibition curse makes it completely impossible to reveal information, then reporting verbally should also be impossible. There must be a loophole.’

 

Those above wouldn’t be able to monitor Sophia 24 hours a day. If such a thing were possible, there would have been no need to send a spy in the first place.

 

Therefore, she speculated that it would activate automatically rather than someone watching and triggering the prohibition curse.

 

The most likely cause for the prohibition curse to activate was physical threat, and the second was changes in the cursed person’s emotions or psychological state.

 

“We just need to deceive her perception itself. I’ll apply one of the dream contents you told me about, Teacher.”

 

“Is that possible?”

 

“Playing with people’s psychology is my specialty. Limited information and fear make people stupid.”

 

Initially, the plan was to interrogate Sophia while suppressing the demonic energy with the Dragon Heart’s magical power. However, after exchanging a few words with Lucard, the original plan was slightly modified.

 

If Sophia herself believed the other party was on the same side, wouldn’t it be fine to reveal information?

 

‘He manipulated her senses with illusion magic to avoid causing injury. And Sir Tilane succeeded in deceiving Sophia’s perception just as he had guaranteed.’

 

As a result, Sophia was perfectly convinced that she was being verified by someone from above.

 

Who she was, how she infiltrated the Retis Family House, what information she had gathered so far, and what she had done.

 

She had fallen into complete panic and was spilling all sorts of information.

 

Termion, who had been silently listening to all of that story, muttered in a chilling voice.

 

“All that’s left is the hunt.”

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