I stare at the underground of the mansion. Somehow Hades got me a map of it, and somehow I had to find Bria in this labyrinth. ARGH THAT WOMAN!!! I SHOULD'VE NEVER WRITTEN HER INTO THIS STORY AAAAAAAA-
EHem. Back on topic.
The mansion feels so familiar yet foreign. What the fuck?? I LIVED HERE FOR A FAT FOUR YEARS WHY DOES IT FEEL FOREIGN??? I KILLED PEOPLE IN THESE MAZES FOR GOODNESS SAKE-
I stare at the trails, and then at the map.
I hate myself.
WHY DID I MAKE IT A LABRYNTH?? WHY DID I DESIGN EVERY SINGLE DAMMED HOUSE IN THIS UNIVERSE?? YOU PUT IN ALL THAT EFFORT ONLY TO END UP WITH A 9-5 JOB WHY?????
I wander down a hall. If I'm not wrong, this house was designed during my Solo Leveling phase. Which meant monsters, leveling up, and... I don't even know anymore. I gave up understanding what went down in the manhwa at some point. I just know there's hot men, dilf energy, and... adorable ass shadow monsters that I would 10/10 adopt.
So...
Clang
I stare at my vines and the monster hanging from the vines.
Wait genuine question... can I arise this shit and get soldiers.
"Arise..." I hold a hand out to the monster, and it comes back to life. THE BODY AND EVERYTHING ???????? WAIT YEAH IM THE MAIN CHARACTER LMAO-
[Perks of being the main character: Everything revolves around you]
HELL YEA!!
I have my vines kill, and eventually, I reach one end of the labyrinth.
"Vynnie do you think I should..." I stare at the monsters I revived. "You half. Stay here. You other half, follow me. We're going to find a human to kill. If you half staying here find a human girl bring her to me."
The monsters stare at one another and I grin. "Let's go."
Half of them stay, and another path is cleared.
You know what would be hot? If I started writing fanfiction in this universe. Idk like... Crown Prince Zach x reader or something. Oh my god I can exploit the nobility... HELL YEAH-
EXPLOIT THE RICH LET'S GOOOOO-
At this point I think I'm just stealing plot from other manhwas and webnovels ngl <3
What can I say? Your girl just wants to live out her inner fantasy~
ARGH I WANT TO GO BACK TO MY WORLD TO READ ALL THE MANHWAS I CAN UWAHHHHHHH
The monsters stare at my tears, and my vines wipe them off.
"Thank you Vynnie..." I sniff. "NOW ONWARD TO KILL THAT BITCH SO I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET BACK TO MY WORLD!! I WANT TO READ AND WRITE MY FANFICTION!!!"
On that topic though, can I invent a truck here and isekai myself back home?
We weave through the labyrinth, and we continue killing everything off. At some point we cleared every single path in the labyrinth. I... I don't know if it's supposed to be this easy or something is just telling me that it's going to get worse. Maybe it's main character perks who knows.
I... I hate it here... AND I STILL CAN'T SPELL LABYRINTH KFHSD THE LAB. THE LAB. I'LL JUST CALL IT THE LAB DAMMIT.
So... I stare at the monsters. "Any of you guys have a good campfire story?"
One of the monsters perk up, and I hand him an orb. He creates a story from the orb, and we all watch intently.
"Once upon a time... my reports were due... and I had less than an hour to do them... when I pressed submit... it had already turned twelve..."
"ARGH-" I hug a monster beside me, and we cry together. How scary.
"And then... I received an email..."
"AAAAAHHHH," I hug the monster tighter and tears form in my eyes. DEADLINES ARE THE SCARIEST SHIT ALIVE WAAAHHHHH-
I wipe my tears and cry into my palm. "I want to read fanfiction..."
The monsters stare at one another and then at me.
"What... are fan... fictions?"
"OH-" I grin. "ok so fanficiton is basically..."
I fall into a long conversation about what fanfiction is, and the monsters stare intently. I explain the genres, the author notes, the comments, and then I explain how it's all charity basically and how you don't exactly get paid for it either. I continue to talk about it, and the monsters all listen carefully. I wonder if that's what Jinwoo felt while talking to his shadows. Not that I would know though, I never read the novel.
"And then!! And then the best part is that whatever you want to happen can happen in the story!!" I grin. The monsters gasp.
"Anything?"
"ANYTHING!!" I grin. "YOU COULD GET RAILED BY WHOEVER YOU WANT, AND IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO BE REALISTIC!!"
The monsters all cheer.
I genuinely feel like I'm talking to a group of first graders.
"What's your favorite genre,"
"To write?" I tilt my head.
"Both."
"I like reading smut." I deadpan. "I like writing angst <333"
The monsters nod amongst themselves.
"What about fluff?"
"It's lovely but angst just hits harder"
They nod in understanding.
"Will you send us copies if you ever decide to write them?" One of the monsters stare at me.
"Of course." I grin. "So... how about you guys?"
The monsters in the lab were all based off of internet accs I used to follow. All of them wrote fics at some point, and some of them grew toxic while others remained the same. But there was one thing in common, they were all people that I followed or followed me. Ah... and in the center was the best smut writer I had ever met... for reasons I am not giving away their name <3
All of us hear shuffling nearby, and a couple of them draw their swords. I hear light whispering, and then I hear someone start sniffling.
"... Crystalia..." Bria sobs. "Crystalia what are you doing here? I thought I'd never see you again!"
She runs toward me, but one of the monsters block our way.
"Bria..." I smirk. "It's been a while,"