After Elciase stormed through, the mansion remained silent.

I was lying on the bed, doodling with a pen.

To avoid being seen by anyone, everything written on the paper was in Korean.

Elciase cannot lift the curse.

Kashaar goes on a rampage without me.

These two had become established facts.

‘One more thing.’

If I don’t grant Dnuaar’s request, I will vanish.

This was the most dreadful part.

‘If the magic stops for a certain period, I’ll disappear.’

As the impact I have on this world diminishes, the extremities of my body turn translucent and eventually disappear.

I can stay in this world if I fulfill three requests.

‘In exchange for fulfilling the requests, I can make one wish.’

Still, it felt unjust to have to fulfill requests forcibly.

‘No choice.’

Kashaar is suffering from separation anxiety, and I had a job to do.

So, the conclusion today was that I have to stick with Kashaar in everything.

‘Just in case… I have items.’

The cute duck-shaped sticker was always in my embrace.

Perhaps because Kashaar was always close, Hayang remained consistently calm.

‘He’s not helpful.’

Staying still like this, there was a risk of me disappearing. The slouching bear doll seemed quite content.

That was annoying, so I pinched the doll, and a voice came out.

“What’s that writing?”

Kashaar, pulling me from behind, was like a lazy beast.

Even though I had been muttering for a while, it was the first time he asked directly, making me feel uncomfortable.

“Just doodling.”

Since it was all written in Korean, which I had written without much thought, he might consider it doodling.

“Doodling, huh.”

Following my words, he embraced me firmly with his strong arms.

“The paper is crumpled!”

“That’s why you can’t be left alone.”

He didn’t care about my rebellion.

Eventually, exhausted, I declared surrender.

“Let’s go to the kitchen together.”

“Together?”

“Yes, together.”

In response to my words, Kashaar obediently got up.

Lately, the magical spell I heard from Kashaar was ‘together.’

I went down the curved spiral staircase with Kashaar.

Today, for some reason, the spiral stairs felt unusually long.

I slowed down for no apparent reason.

Whether it was because of my wonder or not, Kashaar turned around.

Then, surprisingly, my mouth moved before my thoughts.

“Do you believe in fate, Kashaar?”

In response to my words, Kashaar stared at me inquisitively.

“A bit out of the blue, isn’t it? Just suddenly crossed my mind.”

I scratched my cheek, feeling uncomfortable with his gaze.

‘Let’s stop unnecessary thoughts.’

The words left by the black rabbit kept bothering me for some reason.

Even after meeting the female protagonist, Kashaar continued to stay by my side.

With a gaze that loved me more than anyone else.

However.

‘If the original work has a predetermined fate?’

Finding true happiness from the book was only for Elciase and Mikael.

‘Too protagonist-centric.’
From the reader’s perspective, it seemed obvious.

The female protagonist and the male protagonist must be happy.

What I learned from becoming a supporting character in the story was that everyone’s future, except for the two protagonists, would be filled with their own deficiencies and emptiness.

‘Was the suggestion to change the original work about this?’

When the words that Hayang mentioned in passing crossed my mind, he responded.

“No.”

A smile mixed with firm denial.

Nevertheless, I couldn’t easily accept those words.

‘I wish he could have been more honest.’

I recalled Dnuaar’s “Law of Incompleteness” he told me.

Before leaving the bookstore, he said something like this to me.

‘It’s better to be cautious about revealing your true intentions. Not everyone can accept that this place is inside a book.’

‘What does that mean?’

‘If you deny the truth, the “Law of Incompleteness” may cause a crack in your soul.’

It was a rare situation, but it was enough to shut my mouth.

“If you were going to say that, you should have said it sooner.”

His gaze, as if reading my mind, narrowed.

Soon, his twisted eyes were filled with mischief.

“If there was fate, I wouldn’t have met you back then. You breaking my head and me fainting…’

“Stop, stop! I didn’t do that on purpose!”

I didn’t bring up that topic to hear this story. Even as I waved my hands while blushing, he kept looking at me.

“I get it. So.”

Kashaar paused for a moment.

He caressed my hair and then kissed the end of it.

“Don’t worry about trivial things. Nothing will change.”

The slightly bloodshot eyes observed me. It was an uneasy restraint.

Why did I feel relieved at words without a subject?

As I nodded slowly, Kashaar reached out his hand.

“Shall we go again?”

“Yes.”

I held his hand, and we descended the stairs.

But the direction Kashaar took me in was towards the main kitchen.

“Oh, is it completed?”

“Yeah.”

Due to the expansion construction, we couldn’t use the original kitchen.

While I heard plans to build a new kitchen, it didn’t feel real until now.

Finally arriving at the kitchen, it was thoroughly modern.