17 "Keep Acting!"

Gary was stunned by Theo's question for a moment, but he quickly recovered.

[This is only the second round…]

Theo raised an eyebrow and inquired. [Second round? What do you mean?]

[Ah, it means that this world has completed the original plotline once and is now entering the second repetition!]

[The world had completed the plotline of more than one million words novel?] Theo was a bit surprised at this discovery.

He was different from other hosts because of his special identity, and that's why he could get more data compared to other hosts.

He saw that this world was born not too long ago. Maybe less than a decade!

[The plotline's word count had no relation to the flow of time...the book's first volume with 50.000 words was actually only a week's worth of flow of time.]

Gary pointed out the fact that Isabella died a week after Erick slapped her at the banquet.

After all, the world was born following the novel, and all the characters inside, including passerby and no-name characters were born exactly the way the plotline wanted.

[When the world starts functioning, all the characters are already at their prospective ages. They will have memories when they're children, but that's it.]

They didn't actually go through the supposed childhood...because this world was still semi-false and unstable.

Theo nodded at Gary's explanation before looking at Isabella, who was sitting on the queen's throne.

[Well then, why don't you guys send a host to replace Isabella and save her fate? She's the biggest child victim here.]

If Kian had him to save his fate and break off from the original plotline, how could someone as important as Isabella didn't have any help?

[Maybe the department will send a host when it's the third round? Sometimes, we can't fully break the plotline in just one round and need several more rounds.]

[What will happen to Kian after the third round begins? I would have saved him, right?]

[Well, his role will not appear, and there will be no 'Kian', the prime minister's genius son.]

[What about the real Kian's soul?]

[The real Kian would have been reincarnated somewhere in this world.]

[I see...so, without the character 'Kian', the plotline in the third round will deviate more than the plotline in the second round, right?]

Theo rubbed his chin as he gradually understood how these systems worked.

It turned out that's one of the tricks to break the original plotline and let the world function normally as a normal world without the novel influence.

Gary quickly answered Theo's question while adding another piece of information.

[You guessed right, young master. This is why we generally send hosts to possess important characters with a bad fate.]

It's easier to break the plotline when they change an important character's bad fate rather than changing an important character who already had a good chance.

That's why there would be no one replacing Duke Fez, the protagonists, Erick, the other three dukes, and all people who had a good ending.

[Hmm...miserable fates...if we can't fully break the plotline in the second round like now, will there be someone replacing the prime minister too?]

Theo wasn't too fond of the prime minister because of his domestic abuse.

But maybe the prime minister also suffered from the original plotline's force.

[There will be...but too many hosts in one world isn't that good. Maybe the host replacing the prime minister will come in the third or fourth round.]

But Gary hoped that this world would be saved in the second or third round at most.

Character 'Kian' alone couldn't break the plotline completely, but if someone replaced Isabella…

When Gary was thinking about this, Theo suddenly looked at the Duke Fez who was standing behind Isabella, and a trace of surprise flashed through his eyes.

He suddenly recalled something, and his face instantly changed.

[Say, Gary. Is there a scene where Isabella and Duke Fez are this close? Isabella adopted Duke Fez...is this scene in the original plotline?]

Gary had memorized the original plotline, especially the first volume, to break the original plotline.

He racked his brain to answer Theo's words, and he suddenly gasped in the young man's mind.

[No. There's no scene like that. This...this is a plot deviation!]

Gary had a much higher authority than Monica, so he had a tool to measure the plot deviation.

Right now, the plot deviation has reached 10%! That's such a huge change!

Theo immediately squinted as he watched the little tyrant.

[Do you think...there is another host, and they're now replacing Isabella? Their mission should be the one influencing the plot deviation.]

Gary also thought the same, but he quickly told Theo whatever came into his mind.

[I can't be so sure, young master. We, systems, can't detect each other's systems or hosts when we are in the mission worlds.]

Theo looked at the floating monochrome in his mind with a slight surprise.

[Why? Isn't it easier to break the plotline if two or more hosts work together?]

[If the characters are detected to be OOC, the world's consciousness will be suspicious and might harm the hosts…]

That's why it's better for the hosts to not know other hosts or systems and focus on their mission.

[It's fine to act differently from the plotline but going OOC such as talking about systems to other characters...that's a big taboo.]

Theo's face sunk at Gary's words. He silently sighed in disappointment.

And here he thought he could talk to a fellow 'victim' who had to be children when they might be adults inside…

[Okay, okay. No OOC and no disclosing true identity. Let's just focus on the mission.]

Forget about making friends and keep acting!

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