For days now, Gerah had been haunted by dreams.
The same figure in all of them—hooded, quiet, standing at the edge of the castle gate. Watching her. Always watching.
She shook it off as stress. After all, her life had turned upside down—she wasn’t even supposed to exist in this world.
But on this particular morning, as she walked through the palace library with Anya, she froze.
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteZ49vFY9d
He was there.
The man from her dreams.
And he was real
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCW8SwAEnm2
“Princess Gerah,” the hooded man said smoothly, pulling down his cloak.
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Sh2cUqeKE
He looked… familiar. But unfamiliar. His eyes, a deep gray, looked straight into hers like they knew something.
“Do I know you?” Gerah asked cautiously.
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87ci46aVlO
“You will,” he replied. “But not yet.”
They sat in a hidden study room, away from curious ears.
Anya waited outside, nervous.
“My name is Aelric,” he finally said. “I’m the keeper of written fate.”
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5VlCKVZot
“Written… what?” Gerah blinked.
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjn7yYcgj8
“I know you’re not from this world. You wrote it. I read your drafts. I watched you type them in cafés and in your lonely room.”
Gerah’s heart dropped. “What—how?”
“This world is alive because of you. But the moment you entered it, you altered its spine. You’re not just here to witness. You're here to be rewritten.”
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDieHAFcUs
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7YcDBVmzm
Meanwhile…
Prince Xavier stood by the balcony, staring down at the training field, where Jiru was sparring. He wasn’t focused.
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GFqW3pDG6
“You’ve been distant lately,” Jiru said, noticing his brother’s silence.
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJzLxs7EKK
“Just thinking,” Xavier muttered. “About… her.”
“You mean the ‘side princess’?” Jiru teased.
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwvB30YUbO
Xavier didn't deny it.
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZvv3sjejv
Jiru laughed, shaking his head. “Seems like everyone’s story is changing lately.”
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAioZf2hkX
He glanced toward Dahlia, who was talking to the palace gardener and smiling—something she never used to do.
So many people were beginning to feel things they never felt before.
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnQXh4Og49
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRITQNu6pF
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgeutqpqeL
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSFqiTFLRM
Back at the library, Gerah leaned in.
“Tell me the truth,” she whispered. “Why me?”
Aelric stood up, voice calm but urgent.
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvk08mW9L3t
“Because, Princess Gerah… if you don't find the end of your rewritten story, you’ll be trapped in it forever.”
Aelric disappears, leaving behind an old, bound copy of The Side Princess.
But this one’s title page is different.
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYZNLwkacf
It reads:
38Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKys4QHlqnI
“Version 2.0 – Authored by the Story Itself”
And the last chapter… is missing.
ns216.73.216.206da2
然後按「加至主畫面」