In Star Stream, everything exists as a fable.If you defined it strictly, Incitement was a skill that imitated the shell of such fables.How that person spoke, acted, smiled—the surface mannerisms that could fool incarnations, and even Star Stream itself.But this skill could never truly reproduce the essence of a fable.[The skill synchronizes with your memories.]The awakened Incitement, however, made that impossibility—partly possible.And the skill I was using now was proof of it.[Exclusive skill, Taming Lv.9, activates!]“Following the path of aura extended toward Queen Mirvad, Shin Yooseung slowly approached the queen’s body.”To read someone’s lived fable, internalize it, and then incite myself into becoming that person.Crackle—It was, in a way, a form of staging—with my body as the stage.As the sentences Shin Yooseung had once endured streamed through my mind, I relived that scene anew.“The queen looked at Shin Yooseung, and Shin Yooseung looked at the queen.”The difference was that this time, the ones reenacting the story weren’t “Shin Yooseung” and ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ “Queen Mirvad”—but me and the Ancient Nagak.With a hiss and rush, blood burst from my nose.So this was what it felt like to connect with a monster.The sensation Shin Yooseung must have felt every time she repeated Taming.Kuoohhh—The Ancient Nagak lashed its claws wildly, resisting. I dodged each blow, but didn’t let go of the thread of empathy between us.[Exclusive skill, Advanced Multi-Empathy Lv.3, activates!]“Stopstopstopstopstopstopstop—”It was as if a single mind had been split into two bodies.In that instant, I was the Ancient Nagak, and the Ancient Nagak was me.My will to tame it, and its fear of me, coexisted.Like the time I once heard the language of the mole crickets, countless sentences flooded my mind.“Aaaaaaaaah—”Cries that were closer to screams than words.“Scared-of-goblins-scared-of-goblins-scared-of-goblins—”For the first time, I could read its expression.Until now, I’d thought it mocked or threatened me.“Don’t come.”But it wasn’t afraid of me. It was afraid—“I hate it I hate it I hate it—”—of this scenario itself.[Constellation, The Prisoner of Gingoa, wonders how Nagak meat tastes.]A grade-6 monster was terrifying to early incarnations, but from a constellation’s view, both incarnations and grade-6 monsters were mere insects.[Constellation, Bald Militia Commander, says he could handle a hundred Nagaks in his day.][Constellation, God of the Sea, retorts that there was no Nagak’s Chapter back then.][Constellation, Black Flame Dragon of the Abyss, laughs at the chatter of young stars.]Constellations were constellations, after all.They existed only to watch the story.Both I and the Ancient Nagak had to spend our lives for their sake to survive.We were the same. The same.“Don’t come don’t come don’t come—”At last, I began to understand it.[Exclusive skill, Taming Lv.9, activates!]Blood gushed from my nose again. The overwhelming fear felt by the creature split my skull open with pain; my breathing grew ragged.This was the hell of enforced empathy Shin Yooseung endured every single time she used Taming.To tame something different from herself, she listened to them, understood them—until she became them.“Beast Lord, Shin Yooseung.”Only a beast can truly understand another beast.Though she was a child, Shin Yooseung understood the inhuman better than anyone.That she had recognized the god-turned Kim Dokja before anyone else was, perhaps, inevitable.“Don’t worry.”I spoke to the Ancient Nagak as if imitating her.“I won’t hurt you.”Even if I’d incited myself into Shin Yooseung, who tamed Queen Mirvad, I didn’t expect to truly tame the Ancient Nagak.[Character Shin Yooseung has succeeded in taming a Nagak!][Character Shin Yooseung has succeeded in taming a Nagak!]All I wanted was to buy a little more time—long enough for Shin Yooseung to tame a hundred Nagaks, so we could escape this dungeon together.[Taming failed.][Advanced Multi-Empathy maintained.]The creature didn’t submit to me, and I didn’t subdue it.We simply faced each other.Neither friend nor foe.[Grade-6 sea-type creature, Ancient Nagak, fixes its gaze on you.]This tense balance was the only way we could both endure without harming each other.How long did we stare at one another like that?[Grade-6 sea-type creature, Ancient Nagak, shows no hostility toward you.]For the first time, something shifted between us.[Grade-6 sea-type creature, Ancient Nagak, feels curiosity toward you.]Maybe it sensed reassurance from my demeanor. Its limp claws touched the ground, and the air it had gathered for another ensemble slowly leaked out.A flicker of hope rose in me.Maybe—just maybe—it was possible.[Your mana is running low.]But my mana was almost gone. A potion could’ve helped, but there was no time to take one.Even maintaining this Incitement state was becoming unbearable.I wonder what the Reader Mister is doing now.At some point, the sentences streaming through my mind began to change.Does he ever think about us?Shin Yooseung’s height, weight, what she liked, what she wanted to eat, what she hated. Her hobbies, her favorite comics, novels, the person she liked—how she felt watching that person…The longer Incitement persisted, the more those data values consumed me.Crackle—When my mana finally ran out, both Taming and Advanced Multi-Empathy were released simultaneously. Yet Incitement remained active.“Mister.”No matter how I tried to think of something else, I couldn’t stop it.This Incitement was a skill far beyond what I could handle.The Ancient Nagak, freed from empathy, approached.“You know,”Was this Shin Yooseung’s inner voice—“I really want to see you.”—or a story that had never been written?“But you know,”What had become of Shin Yooseung?Had Taming finished?Could we escape?We—“I really hate you.”Shin Yooseung.“I hate you so, so much.”Me.[Grade-6 sea-type creature, Ancient Nagak, prepares Area Ensemble!]I thought I had to stop it, but no sound came out.My body wouldn’t move.My thoughts fragmented.My body, unable to withstand the Incitement, was collapsing.Someone approached me—and then a voice.“Mister, I did it. I tamed them all.”I turned toward the sound.“Who…”A child stood there, smiling faintly.“Me? Shin Yooseung!”“Shin Yooseung is… me.”The child tilted her head.[Side effect of excessive Incitement has occurred!]“…Mister?”She peered at me for a while, then smiled faintly.[Grade-6 sea-type creature, Ancient Nagak, begins Area Ensemble.]“Oh, you were trying to tame that one.”Humming, the child clasped her fingers over mine and stretched her joined hands toward the monster.“But that’s not how you do it.”A faint thread of light extended from her fingertips—and connected to the Ancient Nagak.I could only stare, dumbfounded, unable to comprehend what was happening.[Character Shin Yooseung has tamed the Ancient Nagak!][No sea-type creatures remain in the Nagak’s Chapter.][Dungeon will forcibly terminate shortly.][All personnel will be ejected to the lobby.]How—I couldn’t believe it.She’d done what even I couldn’t—so easily.Just moments ago, she’d struggled to tame a single Nagak.My mouth moved on its own.“Shin… Yooseung…”The girl nodded brightly.“Yes! That’s me.”“I am… Shin Yooseung.”“You, Mister?”She tilted her head again, then smiled. Raising both hands, she cupped my cheeks and began smacking them lightly from both sides.“No! I’m Shin Yooseung! Snap out of it!”[Incitement’s influence weakens slightly.]I stared blankly at her.“Then… who am I?”Who was I again?Surely, I was something too.Why couldn’t I remember?I—“You mean, who are you?”She gripped my face firmly, her golden eyes gleaming.Then, bringing her lips close to my ear, she whispered in a low, uncanny voice:“Mister, you’re Kim Dokja.”[Incitement is released.]I lost consciousness.***“You still faint all the time, huh, Mister.”Shin Yooseung laid Cheon Inho neatly on the ground, brushing aside his disheveled hair.“But why Cheon Inho, of all people?”She studied his face from various angles and pouted.“Maybe because you went inside? He looks kind of handsome now.”[Constellation, The Insidious Strategist, glares at you.][Constellation, The Insidious Strategist, asks when the hell he possessed anyone.]“Sounds like a bug whining somewhere.”[Constellation, The Insidious Strategist, fumes!][Constellation, The Insidious Strategist, complains this is unfair!]Shin Yooseung smirked and mouthed silently—Then become a character yourself.[Constellation, The Insidious Strategist, says he can’t—there’s no one left to possess.]“So noisy. Don’t the dokkaebis moderate these channels?”When she glanced upward, faint sparks flickered in the air.[Constellation, God of the Sea, grumbles that the broadcast’s been cut for a while.][Constellation, Bald Militia Commander, says he thought only his feed was broken.][Constellation, Black Flame Dragon of the Abyss, threatens to request a refund from the Bureau if this keeps up.][The Bureau is inspecting the affected channel.]While messages filled the air in chaos, Shin Yooseung quietly looked down at the fallen Cheon Inho.His face looked exhausted.He even muttered in his sleep, as if trapped in a nightmare.After a moment’s hesitation, she leaned close to listen. And then—“Save me… Joonghyuk.”Shin Yooseung’s expression went blank.“Is Joonghyuk Mister a bit violent in this world?”[Constellation, The Insidious Strategist, says that black-hearted bastard is violent anywhere.]Watching him mumble the same words again and again, Shin Yooseung gave a small, wry smile.“Guess a lot’s happened while I was gone.”More would happen still.Events more vivid than any fable they’d once shared might fill his life yet.She hated herself for thinking that.“Mister.”There were so many things she wanted to ask—but she already knew she wouldn’t get an answer.[Constellation, The Insidious Strategist, says this guy isn’t the Reader we know.]Shin Yooseung nodded.“I know. I know that—but still.”Biting her lip softly, she thought of the star that had always watched over her sky, and of the dreams he must have had.“He’s still Mister.”The two of them watched the unconscious Cheon Inho for a long time.Then, from the tamed Ancient Nagak, something shimmering drifted toward his body.[A new Fragment is recorded.]It was faint, almost imperceptible, yet it glimmered softly.Shin Yooseung realized what it was.“A fable?”It was indeed a fable. She stared at Cheon Inho in shock.“The reason Mister came to this world is…”[Fragment recorded upon The Last Wall.]Her face froze.Something was watching them.The solemn, distant Wall that recorded all things in this world was gazing down upon them.[Constellation, The Insidious Strategist, growls.]As if to shield her, Lee Gilyoung stepped forward.A towering gaze bore down upon them.The world spoke:This place is not your allotted page.As the dungeon collapsed, everything was swallowed by light.

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