Chapter 44

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Translated by Jinmu

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[This journal is the story of my time existing as Camon. I intend to bury my regretful life and name in these records and fulfill my responsibilities. I pray that I can achieve my will as a nameless corpse.]

– *shiver*

– Nameless corpse;

– Who is Camon?

– Is he Ria’s family?

– There were more NPCs in Edlen;

The first page of the notebook began with a heavy and resolute introduction.

Han-bit slowly turned to the next page.

Rustle-

[The man named Camon was a tragic human being. A hideous face, a hunched back, and skin covered in burn scars. Whether adults or children, people avoided him with expressions as if they had seen something disgusting. It was an unchanging life for over 60 years.]

[One day, a person who did not abhor such a Camon appeared. A blonde-haired little girl whose eyes he coincidentally met. Their first encounter was when she was tiptoeing down the alleyway where his workshop is located. The child introduced herself as Ria with a gaze that held not even a spec of disgust.]

[Ria came to visit every single day, saying she was being chased by a man named Cowen. Though Camon panicked not knowing what to do, as time passed, he gained immense comfort. How many decades has it been since he had such conversations with someone? Filled with gratitude, Camon gifted the girl play dolls that he had painstakingly crafted.]

[It was one day. The child came to visit Camon together with a man named William. He introduced himself as the girl’s father and the Mayor of Edlen. The surname of those two was Northon. The child’s name was Reventia.]

– Reventia?

– Ria is Reventia?

– Didn’t she say it was her room when she came in?

– Yep. Reventia’s Diary is right next to it too.

– Then is she really of the Northon family?

– She’s even the daughter of the former mayor. Lol.

– Tanghulu at Gwanghwamun fighting

The viewers showed shocked reactions at Ria’s confirmed identity.

Han-bit turned his gaze backwards.

“Ria, come and take a look at these.”

“… Okay.”

Ria, who was fiddling with the toys, slowly lifted her body.

“What is it?”

Standing next to Han-bit, she stared at the two notebooks placed on the table.

And when she saw those titles, Ria’s eyes widened.

“Huh…?”

The flustered girl quickly opened ‘Reventia’s Diary (Don’t Read)’.

[Today I sneaked out onto the streets and played. I liked it because people gave me lots of snacks. But I got caught by Cowen and returned home early.]

[I met a grandpa named Camon who works hard to hide his face. Is he a shy person? He looked like he was about to cry, so I shared one of my snacks with him.]

[Grandpa Camon listens to my stories well. But why does he say thank you every day? It’s fun because he is so different from Cowen.]

[I received a whole lot of birthday presents. There were a lot of toys too, but the doll Grandpa Camon gave me was the prettiest. I have to brag to dad. Ah, Cowen gave me a wooden sword as a present so I got a little sulky.]

[Today I went to meet Grandpa Camon together with dad. It seemed like he was asking to make something at our house. I wish a playground would be made.]

– That’s cute.

– But Cowen and Ria were acquaintances;

– Are they people with the same name?

– Didn’t he look for the Guild Master when Plona went missing?

– Did he even know Ria was alive in the first place?

The overly childlike diary continued on.

And from the moment a few years passed, the atmosphere changed.

[Dad fought with Uncle Brooke. I’m scared of Uncle because he yells. I wish he wouldn’t come to our house.]

[Uncle Brooke came visiting again. Dad asked Cowen to take me outside.]

[I went to play at Camon’s workshop together with dad. But he kicked me outside saying they had something to talk about. I was a little sad because they talked leaving only me out.]

“…”

The diary ended on that page.

Ria saying nothing for a while.

Only her hands gripping the notebook were trembling slightly.

“Read this too. It’s written by a person named Camon.”

“… Camon?”

Han-bit handed over Camon’s notebook.

Ria, receiving it, examined the contents with a slightly bewildered expression.

[When he came to his senses, Camon found himself in charge of renovating the Northon family’s mansion. It was his first time receiving such a massive job, so he was flustered. However, he was glad to be able to express his gratitude to the Northon father and daughter who treated him as a human being. Was the request to make a secret passage for the daughter’s play?]

[Shortly after the mansion’s construction ended, the Northon father and daughter visited the workshop. His Excellency William sent Lady Reventia outside. Then with a darkened face, he handed over a request. Asking to create a space to preserve his daughter’s memories, wishing for it to be a place no one could discover. His Excellency’s sad expression as he said so was difficult to describe in words. Camon nodded his head saying he would uphold the order.]

[A few days later, an official document descended stating that William Northon and his relatives would be executed. The charge was national subversion and treason. It was a nonsensical affair. The shocked Camon ran barefoot to the Northon mansion. However, everything was already too late.]

[Camon collapsed on the floor and wailed. He genuinely felt disgusted with himself for failing to do anything. He would have gladly thrown away this light life of his at the very least. At that time, a man named Vares approached closely.]

– Vares?

– Why are you coming out from here.

– The GOAT of backstabbing

– He should have started after killing this bastard.

The viewers expressed their anger at the appearance of the name Vares.

A powerful assistant in the Edlen Episode, and a villain who continuously makes things difficult for the players in subsequent episodes.

Even though it was known information, the players had no choice but to follow Vares’s words.

Because nobody could find physical evidence that he was the mastermind at this point in time.

“Vares…!”

The trembling in Ria’s hands amplified.

Biting her teeth tightly, she suppressed her anger and turned the page.

[Vares, who took Camon somewhere, introduced himself saying he was the confidant of the new Mayor Brooke. But for some reason, he delivered an order to build a Holy State temple in the underground waterway. A detailed blueprint was included as well.]

[A monotonous threat that he would be killed if he didn’t comply. Camon never placed any value on his own life anyway. His lingering regret was just one. That he couldn’t help the Northon father and daughter. Everything was already too late, but he had to fulfill His Excellency the Mayor’s request at the very least.]

[The work that started from that day ended up accompanied by some odd dolls. They seemed to be labor force created with the Holy State’s technology. Though absurd, it was better there were no people for Camon’s plan.]

[There are no secret spaces in Edlen. If so, hiding it inside a new space was the best direction. A space that could preserve Lady Reventia’s memories. That was the room in the mansion where she would have spent the most time.]

[The structure of every room he confirmed during the mansion’s renovation was vivid in his mind. Plus, there were the reference materials provided by His Excellency the Mayor as well. The important thing was a magic tool ring, one of the Northon family’s heirlooms. It was important to insert an authentication procedure using that. It was an incredibly meticulous item, but he succeeded in deciphering it by even importing ancient texts from across the sea.]

[Like that, Camon created a space underground beneath the temple altar. He did his absolute best to match it down to the tiniest details. He decorated the entrance wall with the young lady’s playful doodles, and faithfully crafted and placed the toys he had gifted her identically as well. And at the end, he carefully placed Lady Reventia’s diary given by His Excellency the Mayor on the table. Along with this notebook detailing his own story.]

[If there is someone who reached this space through the ring, they must be an associate of the Northon family who followed His Excellency the Mayor. If you wish to know the truth, if by any chance you wish to judge the despicable and filthy gang of Brooke and Vares, head to my workshop.]

The record that switched to the writer’s perspective finished there.

What remained was a hidden message on the back of the final page.

[I now leave behind the words of a father that can no longer be delivered to my daughter.]

“…?”

Seeing that sentence, Ria slowly dropped her gaze.

There, words were inscribed in a completely different handwriting from the records.

[To Reventia]

The birthday present was far too late.

It is fine to resent your inadequate father, and it is fine to cry as much as you want to cry.

My beloved daughter Reventia.

I pray that happy days will accompany you.

“Ah…”

Ria stroked her missed father’s handwriting.

Tears that quickly welled up in her pupils flowed down her cheeks.

That soundless weeping was showing the life she had lived all this time.

– T. T

– That son of a B Brooke.

– Vares is the mastermind.

– Both are the same bastards.

– Hey Black Dragon, let’s kill them all.

– This side was the real main story;

– A player who progressed the story without the protagonist exists?

– Everything is Adventurer A’s fault pfft.

– Agreed.

The viewers sympathizing with the emotions began to rage.

The Edlen episode they had experienced was merely an extreme fraction of the whole.

Progressing while excluding Ria in the first place was a nonsensical story.

“This was the real story?”

Yeon-woo, who had progressed the exact same way as other players, also showed a bewildered reaction.

However, it was a place anyone could reach if they invested time and effort meticulously.

Ding-

[Main Quest #3 has been completed.]

[You have received 80,000 gold.]

[4 Stat Points are distributed.]

[Experience Points increased by 40,000.]

[Level increased by 1.]

[1 Stat Point is distributed.]

[Progress Rate drastically increases.]

[Main Quest #4: Evidence]

You have discovered the Holy State temple existing in the underground waterway and Reventia’s room hidden inside it.

The name Cowen that appeared in the diary and Camon’s records.

It seems he might be aware of something.

Objective: Hear the story from Guild Master Cowen.

Reward: None

*Current Progress Rate: 43 Percent

– Is that progress rate real. Lol.

– It went up by like 15 percent.

– You normally have to get to around Main Quest 16 to be at 40 percent.

– It’s my fault for trusting the guidebook and community.

– Newbies are not guilty.

Regardless of the familiar viewers’ reactions, the progress flowed rapidly.

Han-bit turned his gaze towards the crying Ria.

“Ria, let’s head outside for now. Bastards from the Holy State might be around.”

“… Okay.”

Ria, who wiped her tears with the hem of her clothes, nodded her head.

Taking the notebooks and coming outside, they closed the secret room and headed out of the waterway.