Chapter 201
Translator: True Detective
Chapter: 201
Chapter Title: 186. The Author's Authority
"Hold on, who's this? The vibe's totally different."
This was definitely pretty strange.
Choi Si-woo had experienced the previous loops and knew about this unfamiliar side of Yoo Eun-ha in this one, so the current Yoo Eun-ha felt incredibly off to him.
"Who are you? Using Eun-ha's body."
"Hmm. For now, I'm Yoo Eun-ha too."
"You are Yoo Eun-ha?"
The "for now" part stuck out.
"Yes. To be precise, you could call me one of her split personalities. I'm normally a shut-in writer who hates going out. But with Yongyong-i in this state, I had no choice."
The heroines blinked in shock at this bombshell revelation.
Was something like this even possible?
"So you're saying there's Writer Yoo Eun-ha and Yongyong-i Yoo Eun-ha?"
Yoo Eun-ha nodded at Han Su-ji's question.
"Yes. I can't go into details, but you can think of Yongyong-i and me as the same Yoo Eun-ha."
The same Yoo Eun-ha, yet the vibes were this different?
"Then why'd you come out?"
"This story's deviated from causality. Sloth Sin probably couldn't control himself and summoned every hellgate he could. We have to stop it."
"Can you even stop it?"
"It's the same body, so I should be able to use her power too, right?"
True. She could wield that White Flame power. But the problem was what came after.
They couldn't forget Ha Jung-seok was in Korea.
"If you use that power, it'll cause issues between Korea and Japan again because of Yoo Eun-ha helping Japan. It's good to owe Japan a favor, but don't forget Ha Jung-seok's in Korea."
To fight the Sins, Korea and Japan needed to be on good terms.
If Ha Jung-seok used this to claim credit with Japan and try to gain something, could they stay friendly?
Even Shinohara Yuzuki wouldn't welcome that.
Yoo Eun-ha wouldn't want it either.
So, with Writer Yoo Eun-ha out, she decided to provide full service.
"From what you're saying, you're not handling it with White Flame?"
"Whoa, Mom's getting serious!"
Writer Yoo Eun-ha chuckled at Han Su-ji and Magnet's words, then raised her hand. A glowing pen of unknown material floated up.
She lifted the pen and wrote in the air at a speed no one else could follow.
"[Rumors say countless hellgates appeared over Japan's skies, but it's just talk. Japan's skies are clear and bright. No monsters, no shadows of demons.]"
⟨ Reality Rewrite ⟩
It happened in that instant.
The hellgates in the sky began vanishing.
As if they'd only been a brief illusion that never existed, they weren't physically erased—they simply ceased to be.
And Japan's skies truly cleared up.
"““......””"
The heroines were speechless.
The hellgates that had blanketed the sky, even visible from that far away, were all gone.
How could something like this even happen?
"Didn't I tell you? I'm a writer."
"That's it?"
"No. I'm a bit pissed now."
She couldn't just let this basement-dwelling prankster off easy.
Writer Yoo Eun-ha wrote a new sentence.
"[The naughty prankster who pulled the hellgate stunt falls bound before me.]"
⟨ Reality Rewrite ⟩
The moment she finished writing, a boy just over 160 cm tall dropped from the sky onto the ground.
He was Cale, the Sin of Sloth.
"Urk?!"
"Messing with causality just makes my life harder. You really went and did it, huh, you basement hikikomori."
Yoo Eun-ha approached Cale with light steps, grabbed his throat firmly, lifted him up, and tossed him aside.
Writer Yoo Eun-ha unleashed merciless violence on Cale.
To the heroines who knew the original Yoo Eun-ha's strength and brutality, this version was bizarre.
Unlike the Yoo Eun-ha they knew, she had an air of elegance, yet beat him indiscriminately—it was scary.
Thud! Crack!
"So you should've known your place when Yongyong-i gave you a chance on her palm. This isn't a horror flick where puppets escape the theater on their own."
"Guh... Ack! Kk! Damn it! Who the he... Kek!"
"Eh, I'll stop here. Yongyong-i's the one who'll bring heavenly punishment on you anyway. Get lost."
Thud! Crash!
After getting beaten by Writer Yoo Eun-ha and rolling on the ground, Cale of Sloth Sin vanished quickly with his ability, looking furious.
This was as far as Cale could go. Better to hand him off to Yongyong-i.
If she caught Cale here, it'd ruin the perfect plan to disqualify him as a stud.
Writer Yoo Eun-ha shrugged as she glanced at the stunned heroines and Shinsengumi.
"Well, I handled it decently enough."
Different from the Yoo Eun-ha they knew, but more composed, smarter in thrashing the enemy—it was refreshing.
And they thought, maybe she was a god. Hadn't she erased the hellgates just by writing in the air?
"Shouldn't we catch the Sin?"
Reina seemed unhappy letting Cale go.
"It's all part of Yongyong-i's plan. I'd just mess it up if I interfered."
"What was that insane power? Basically a god, right?"
Writer Yoo Eun-ha chuckled at Han Su-ji's question.
Well, calling her a god wasn't wrong.
The issue was she couldn't intervene in reality often. Even with this power, handing the body back came with limits.
"Can you erase the Great Cataclysm's history too?"
"Sadly, I can only change 'altered' things. I can't erase the Cataclysm itself. Plus, using this power once means I can't stay manifested long."
The Cataclysm wasn't something she'd directly manipulated.
Creating Azidahaka led to it naturally, like water flowing.
She could force a revision, but who knew what it'd do to the world.
For now, she'd enjoy the fresh air after so long.
Writer Yoo Eun-ha entered the room with the heroines.
"Anyway, let's enjoy this brief break."
"When did you get split personalities, Eun-ha?"
Choi Si-woo, most curious, asked cautiously.
When? Complicated to explain, but maybe she should.
"Yongyong-i Yoo Eun-ha is actually the version of myself I wanted to be. So she was born. I get what you're wondering about Si-woo, but the 'real' Yoo Eun-ha is Yongyong-i."
Writer Yoo Eun-ha clasped her hands to her chest, then spread them like a flower blooming.
The heroines were quite flustered by how different she was from their Yoo Eun-ha.
"Is the other personality Azidahaka? How can two split personalities in one body have different powers?"
"That's complicated to explain. I don't have time for the full story anyway. But one thing's certain."
The heroines seemed a bit anxious, wondering if Yoo Eun-ha would destroy the world like Azidahaka.
The heroines here would follow if Yoo Eun-ha chose to end a tiring world. But they hoped she wouldn't.
Writer Yoo Eun-ha decided to ease their worries.
"What's certain?"
"Yongyong-i has no intention of destroying the world like Azidahaka. Plus, she likes you all way too much."
Way too much.
Physically and as character setups. So she wouldn't do anything the heroines would hate.
Besides, Yongyong-i Yoo Eun-ha falls for any pretty girl.
Where would she get girls if she destroyed the world?
"You a lesbian too?"
"Hmm. Not as extreme as Yongyong-i, but my feelings for you are the same. Like I said, I'm the inner personality."
That sparked Han Su-ji's curiosity.
If true, would she like them too?
"So you like us?"
"Yes. A lot."
A lot? Immensely.
She felt the same affection as Yongyong-i Yoo Eun-ha.
"Like Yongyong-i Yoo Eun-ha?"
"Yes. I'd love a harem too. More girls the better, right?"
More girls the better.
"Wow, same there."
"Hmm, Reina."
Writer Yoo Eun-ha looked at Reina seriously.
That gaze made Reina uneasy.
Too different from the Yoo Eun-ha she knew.
"Why stare like that?"
"Ever thought about mother-daughter rice bowl? I see everything from in here."
Reina's face twisted at Writer Yoo Eun-ha's words.
Yep, this Yoo Eun-ha was still Yoo Eun-ha.
No mercy even with polite requests.
"Oh, you wanna see me and Mom moaning in front of Yongyong-i Yoo Eun-ha?"
"Yep."
"Get lost!"
Failure, as expected. Pity, but Yongyong-i would have to work harder.
"Hmm. Too bad. Yongyong-i seems cared for now, so see you next time."
With that, Writer Yoo Eun-ha closed her eyes.
The familiar ceiling.
"Who am I, and where is this?"
"Don't mess around, Yongyong."
She was shooting a solo third-rate drama, but her oblivious writer was elegantly sipping tea.
"No, I suddenly collapsed. Feels different from just sleeping."
"Maybe you overdid it this time."
"Hmm, with Yuzuki?"
She remembered that, but this much backlash?
"That's the big one. Yuzuki's strong enough to beat an Oni solo. And that Four Heavenly Kings Oni's core was implanted? Rewiring her genes to handle it was inevitable."
"Oh dear."
Even the strongest Azidahaka struggled with that.
Genetic level changes? She'd just brute-forced mana in, never imagined it'd drain her this much.
"Plus, the opponent was Sloth. You worked hard purifying each hellgate and the east. You're strong, but don't underestimate a Sin."
"Hmm, true?"
"That's why I kept you here to rest. Take it easy."
Take it easy? She was fully prepped.
"Wait, the hellgates? The tons in the sky!"
"Oh, I erased them."
"Right, your authority. Wait. Does that mean...?"
Hold on, did that mean she used my body?
No, it was originally Writer Yoo Eun-ha's body, so no grounds to complain.
"Yes. I borrowed the body briefly. The heroines' reactions were hilarious."
What did she say to amuse them?
No way she hit on my heroines. Even Writer Yoo Eun-ha couldn't get away with that.
"Hey, wasn't that too much?"
"Life is like that."
Acting like it was nothing pissed her off.
"Wait, Sloth too?"
Not Sloth. She wanted to fuck him up front and center.
"I left Sloth alone. You wanted to handle him, right?"
"Yeah, but..."
She wanted to pound him like a dog in front of him.
Then impregnate with her mana seed. Sloth might watch his favorite girl get seeded by a monster right in front of him.
Just imagining it was fun.
"Go on. Go fuck Yohana senseless in front of him."
"That's the writer spirit!"
With that, she fell asleep.