Protagonist! Please Stay Away from Me!
Chapter 73: You Will Be the One Who Is Going to Remove These

Chapter 73: You Will Be the One Who Is Going to Remove These

Sharon’s POV—

I have never thought anything would happen like this. ’Corruption’ is something that makes me re-think everything I know. What type of world is this? My novel... I didn’t know what type of manifestation it had gone but whatever it is... I was unsure about it. Do I even anything know about this world? Events have gone like the way I have predicted it to be... but I am wrong. The events had occurred in a similar fashion to my novel. A ’detour,’ if I take it into the account. This detour makes me question everything. Why are the heroines behaving different? Maria, Kaerin, Suroralia and Pristine... I think... Aerila may behave in similar fashion overtime. That day... why did I even have to go out? Why did I want to meet Aerila? It was pure foolishness. She wouldn’t welcome with a bouquet of flowers. She hated me... to be honest, despised me. She despised my very presence. No, the question that I should ask first is about the system. Why was it dormant? Why did it never say anything about it at all? What was its objective?

’System?’

The same as before. After dropping the bomb, it has turned completely silent. Should I believe it? I don’t know. No, I shouldn’t believe it. What even makes me think that I will believe it? Everything is shrouded in blankets of mystery that makes me skin crawl in fear. ’Uncertainty’ is what that fears me. The future seems bleak as if it will tear apart itself, leaving nothing but void in its place.

[Sharon! I am back.]

I stopped mopping the floor and closed my eyes.

’Where have you been?’

[I-I c-can’t answer... you now. But I will tell you in the future.]

’Future... you say. Fuck it! Fuck you! Fuck everything! Tell me one thing... and I need you to be honest. My novel... what makes you even think this world is its manifestation? I want the truth.’

[... I can’t...]

The system’s voice was full of hesitation. My eyes snapped open in anger.

’You know... these past days have been a bit confusing for me. And here you are... as usual, as always, lying to me. I don’t even know what do you want from me. Your words are shams, just to delude me into accepting your words as the truth.’

[I am not... lying to you. There are some things that you need to understand.]

’Argh! Again, with your lies! I think all you can do is lie, right? I am now certain that lying to me makes you feel great.’

[You don’t understand... I...]

’What is ’corruption?’ I believe that I deserve this to know. You said that my body is already started to get corrupted, right? So, tell me.’

[I...]

’Tell me.’

[Sharon, please...]

’TELL ME!’

I screamed mentally. My state of mind is already bad. Anger has overpowered hunger. I am losing control of myself. It was matter of time before I had snapped at him.

[... I... okay. I will tell you... corruption means your body... or your being is filled with unwanted elements.]

’What elements?’

[It could be anything... like someone’s essence, or mana... anything could be possible.]

’The vines are corrupting me? How long do I have?’

[The problem is... it doesn’t work like that.]

’So, how does it work? I don’t think that I want you to move in circles. I want a crisp and clear answer.’

[I don’t know...]

I sighed in annoyance. ’I don’t know,’ this sentence is always in its every answer. Most of the time, it just lies. No, everything is just a lie.

’I don’t trust you.’

My words held a conviction to it. I can’t trust someone who lies to me constantly. It’s making me feel nauseous.

[What!]

’I will repeat myself if you can’t hear me. I don’t trust you. The moment you met... you were already suspicious. Your talks held... nothing but the desire to create confusion for me. You said that you were on my side, right?’

[I did!]

’Why? Why are you on my side? No, before that. What my side is even?’

[What type of question is this?! You are just making me confuse!]

’I am confusing you? You are making me confused from the start! Everything is confusing! I have ignored everything till now... but I can’t, not anymore. I want answers. You will give me answers, whether you like it or not.’

This system... is just fooling me. It doesn’t want to answer my questions.

[I will not.]

This time it was my turn to be confused.

’What are you saying?’

[I won’t answer you. If you think that you can force me to answer your questions then, you are wrong.]

I sneered inside my mind. Its words were full of sarcasm. I have made it angry. It seems it is going to drop his pretence.

’Are you going to drop it? You will not answer me, and I know that. But why? What’s making you think that I won’t be able to handle it?’

[You are annoying, you know that, don’t you?]

’Annoying? I know... but I am not a certified liar like you.’

[You!]

’Drop it! Just drop all your tricks. Stop pretending that you care about me. I will not like, but you did for fool me for a moment. Your words seemed so sincere, that it kind of seduced me into understanding. Yet, I should tell you... I know, you don’t care and that’s a fact. You have some hidden agenda.’

[No, no, no. I care about you. In your heart, you know that.]

’Do I know? I don’t. Just stop it. Everything is suspicious. Your actions, my actions... everyone’s actions are suspicious. So, let’s stop this charade and face it.’

[... I didn’t think it would come to this. Fuck you! It was kind of interesting to have you fooled up to this moment.]

Its words were cold, devoid of any emotions.

’I guess, you are showing your true colours, aren’t you?’

[Tch! True colours? I was like this from the very beginning. It’s you, who don’t know this.]

’What do I don’t know?’

[Fuck you! You should be grateful to me.]

’For what? For a chance? I didn’t even need it.’

[Hahaha... you believe it? You don’t even believe that yourself.]

I am surprised by its words. It tried to fool me twice, and it did succeed both the times. But this time... I refuse.

’You fooled me twice? If you had asserted like you did previously, I would have believed you.’

[You are gullible creature. Idiocy is the root of your personality. I am not surprised at all. You were always an idiot.]

Before I could refute him, I heard Celle’s voice. Fuck! I will handle it later.

[No need to handle me. I will see... er, talk to you... two days later. Until then, enjoy.]

That bastard! I tried to control my facial expression and looked at Celle. She roamed her eyes almost everywhere, and nodded.

"You have completed, all your tasks. If I didn’t know that you were the emperor, I would have thought you as an almighty maid," smirked Celle. I don’t whether she is trying to make fun of me or compliment me.

"Can I get my food? I am starving! Or, is there anything else?" I asked.

"Nothing, you have completed all your tasks. Go back to your room. I will have your meals delivered there."

"Will they be fresh? I am sure you wouldn’t leave this opportunity to torment me."

Celle laughed at my words. "Don’t worry. You will get fresh food. Go."

Giving her a sceptical look, I put back all the cleaning tools back in its place. As I was walking, a single thought was in mind. I can’t anyone... especially, the system. My plans... they work and at the same time, they don’t. It’s creating a dilemma for me, making me question everything. But it’s certain that the system wants something, but the question is... what? What does it want?

I should probably consider the problem that I have in my hands first. Aerila. She is my problem. If I believe the system, which is really hard... Kelshin has probably made contact with her. Corrupted, was it? So, am I. The vines are his gift, isn’t it? This creates a bunch of question in itself. How can he give something like this to Aerila? Where did he find it from? And why?

I entered my shabby room, and sat on the ground. Everything is confusing, and so does my existence. OG Sharon... killed me. She killed because... I created her... I doomed her to a completely horrible fate. This brings me to a question. Did this world exist much before I had written the book? I smiled at this very thought. I have to re-think everything from the very beginning. My actions, ’their actions,’ differences and similarities. I am going to re-evaluate every fucking it. But for now, I will have to escape from here. But I am not going to depend on the system. Aerila... you are the one who have wrapped these vines around my body and you will be the one, who is going to remove these.

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