The silence after the Other Ryouhei vanished was thick, almost ceremonial.
Sera collapsed to her knees, breathing hard.
I couldn't stop staring at my hands… still stained with lunar shadows.
"What did you do exactly?" she asked.
"I didn't destroy him. I just… turned him into meaningless text.
A footnote error no one will ever read."
The Library responded with a creak.
Not of protest… but of approval.
—
The shelves began to shift on their own.
Books whispered.
The air smelled of fresh ink.
And then I saw it:
an entire section labeled "Incomplete Stories" began to change titles.
> Chapter 12: The Wandering General's Ambush – Modified.
Chapter 4: Awakening of the Crystal Hero – Deleted due to inconsistency.
Chapter 8: Beheading of Extra #9,387 – Revoked.
My name was there.
"Sera… this isn't just a library.
It's an editor of the world."
—
At the far end of the hall, a figure emerged.
Not a person. A living tome.
Its pages were wings. Its gaze, a red marker.
> "You have been validated as a minor author.
You may propose revisions to the narrative.
Warning: All changes generate nonlinear consequences."
The book floated closer.
> "Would you like to submit your first official revision?"
—
I looked at Sera. She was terrified… and fascinated.
"If this is real," I said, "we can alter events, prevent deaths… even erase certain heroes."
"Or make everything worse," she added.
"Probably. But for the first time, we hold the pen."
I reached out toward the tome.
"Yes. I want to rewrite something."
The book unfolded a blank page before me.
> "Title of the revision: _______________________"
I thought of everything I'd seen.
And I wrote:
"Revision of Event: The Night No One Heard Sera Veyl."