[Hidden Settings]
While looking at the unconscious man, I continued talking,
“I’ve understood why they were after me. But, what are you doing here?”
“Huh? Hmm… Should I answer that, or should I keep you guessing~?” replied 《The One Who Knows the Truth of This World》, her evasive tone accompanied by a subtle twist of her body. Was she trying to provoke me?
“Well, whatever. You seem to be working harder than I expected, so I’ll throw in some freebies.”
Here I thought she would remain vague, but it seemed she was willing to divulge some information. …I couldn’t quite fathom her intentions, so I decided to listen closely and keep every word in mind, hoping to uncover hidden meanings.
“How much do you know about the people of this world?”
“What?”
I inadvertently replied without fully understanding her question.
“Take your dear Tayte Ehrenberg, for instance. How much do you truly know about her?”
“Um, well…”
“Be it Raul, Jarvis, or other characters—you don’t know everything about them. You only see what they reveal on the surface. Am I wrong?”
“…What exactly are you getting at?”
“Exactly what I said.”
It wasn’t that I didn’t understand what《The One Who Knows the Truth of This World》was hinting at. …But if I accepted her words, it meant…
“Are you suggesting that they have some sides I’m unaware of?”
“Yup. Think of them as ‘hidden settings’, if you will.”
“‘Hidden settings’?”
Hidden settings; that implied… they existed but were never explicitly mentioned in the main storyline.
In that case…
“There’s no way I could have access to that kind of information.”
I was just an ordinary reader.
The knowledge I could obtain was inherently limited.
But [The Rise of the Weakest Holy Swordsman] was one of my favorite stories, so I diligently gathered every snippet of information from the author’s social media and kept tabs on the latest updates on the posting site. Still, if there were settings known only to the author, there was no way I could uncover them.
“…Know only to the author?”
My thoughts and movements ground to a halt at the same time.
The fact that she had mentioned the hidden settings… could it be?
“Are you actually–?”
“Ah, let me clarify this first. I’m not the author.”
“Huh?!”
She preemptively answered before I could even pose the question.
But hold on.
If that was true, then who in the world was 《The One Who Knows the Truth of This World》?
“Just… who are you, really?”
“My bad, can’t answer that question.”
“Stop fooling around!”
I raised the Holy Sword, a foreboding sensation creeping over me.
Despite everything seeming to take a positive turn around me, I couldn’t shake the feeling that this mysterious entity before me might shatter it all.
“You sure are energetic.”
Mocking my unease, 《The One Who Knows the Truth of This World》 turned around.
“Now isn’t the right time… Oh, and be a dear and take care of this fellow for me, will you?”
After kicking the man who was presumably the mastermind behind this incident, the 《The One Who Knows the Truth of This World》vanished with an inexplicable gust of wind.
“Just… what is she scheming…?”
With indescribable anxiety gripping me, I renewed my determination to uncover her true identity.
[Hidden Settings]
While looking at the unconscious man, I continued talking,
“I’ve understood why they were after me. But, what are you doing here?”
“Huh? Hmm… Should I answer that, or should I keep you guessing~?” replied 《The One Who Knows the Truth of This World》, her evasive tone accompanied by a subtle twist of her body. Was she trying to provoke me?
“Well, whatever. You seem to be working harder than I expected, so I’ll throw in some freebies.”
Here I thought she would remain vague, but it seemed she was willing to divulge some information. …I couldn’t quite fathom her intentions, so I decided to listen closely and keep every word in mind, hoping to uncover hidden meanings.
“How much do you know about the people of this world?”
“What?”
I inadvertently replied without fully understanding her question.
“Take your dear Tayte Ehrenberg, for instance. How much do you truly know about her?”
“Um, well…”
“Be it Raul, Jarvis, or other characters—you don’t know everything about them. You only see what they reveal on the surface. Am I wrong?”
“…What exactly are you getting at?”
“Exactly what I said.”
It wasn’t that I didn’t understand what《The One Who Knows the Truth of This World》was hinting at. …But if I accepted her words, it meant…
“Are you suggesting that they have some sides I’m unaware of?”
“Yup. Think of them as ‘hidden settings’, if you will.”
“‘Hidden settings’?”
Hidden settings; that implied… they existed but were never explicitly mentioned in the main storyline.
In that case…
“There’s no way I could have access to that kind of information.”
I was just an ordinary reader.
The knowledge I could obtain was inherently limited.
But [The Rise of the Weakest Holy Swordsman] was one of my favorite stories, so I diligently gathered every snippet of information from the author’s social media and kept tabs on the latest updates on the posting site. Still, if there were settings known only to the author, there was no way I could uncover them.
“…Know only to the author?”
My thoughts and movements ground to a halt at the same time.
The fact that she had mentioned the hidden settings… could it be?
“Are you actually–?”
“Ah, let me clarify this first. I’m not the author.”
“Huh?!”
She preemptively answered before I could even pose the question.
But hold on.
If that was true, then who in the world was 《The One Who Knows the Truth of This World》?
“Just… who are you, really?”
“My bad, can’t answer that question.”
“Stop fooling around!”
I raised the Holy Sword, a foreboding sensation creeping over me.
Despite everything seeming to take a positive turn around me, I couldn’t shake the feeling that this mysterious entity before me might shatter it all.
“You sure are energetic.”
Mocking my unease, 《The One Who Knows the Truth of This World》 turned around.
“Now isn’t the right time… Oh, and be a dear and take care of this fellow for me, will you?”
After kicking the man who was presumably the mastermind behind this incident, the 《The One Who Knows the Truth of This World》vanished with an inexplicable gust of wind.
“Just… what is she scheming…?”
With indescribable anxiety gripping me, I renewed my determination to uncover her true identity.
