Another World Mall-Chapter 939: If Me Possess Me, Am I Still Me?

"You can see it too?" Clovis couldn’t believe what he had just heard.

"Too? You mean you can see this? What is this?" Melody had seen a lot of bizarre things after joining the Libation Fiesta, but this was one of the most unexpected things she had ever encountered.

Clovis nodded. "Yes."

"Looking at your reaction, this is not the first time you’ve seen something like this, right?" Melody narrowed her eyes.

"..." Clovis thought for a moment before nodding his head. "Yeah."

"What happened? What do you know? What’s going on?"

"Calm down. All right? I will explain it little by little, but let me confirm what you can see. What’s written on it?"

Melody took a deep breath before reading it. "Error. Player Integration. Code #0000-. That’s all. It’s broken in that part, so I don’t know."

Melody had confirmed that what she could see was the same, meaning she, too, could see the system.

Clovis sighed before explaining, "Let’s see. How do I start? This is the system, most likely the system that made this world."

"Simulation world!" Melody remembered the history. Clovis always wanted to pursue the truth, but with this system, he had confirmed at least that this world was indeed a simulation world.

Everything was just a simulation. If that was the case, what was actually real?

"So, Kanaria and the others are not real?"

"I don’t know. For me, all of you are real. Have I ever treated you like you’re not real?"

"No." Melody definitely never felt treated as if she was not real.

"Then, what about this system?" Melody asked.

"I don’t know either." Clovis shook his head helplessly. "Even I have limited knowledge about the system. They must be maintaining the world in one way or another. Let me recall all the encounters with the system."

Clovis started recalling all the encounters for her. The most memorable one was definitely with Mara.

"So, your relationship with Mara..." Melody gasped. She thought it was weird for Mara to know him out of nowhere. Even though Clovis was Michael’s grandson, Mara was a walking disaster. She was usually not disturbed by anything, including someone’s identity.

It was surprising that the binding between them was this so-called system.

"Can it do anything?" Melody asked. "If you have a system, won’t your life feel game-ish?"

"Not really. The system hasn’t done anything to me other than a few pop-ups here and there." Clovis shook his head helplessly. "For the time being, my decision hasn’t been influenced by the system."

"I see." Melody still felt something weird, but she noticed one thing. "Still, this player... What does it mean? Am I actually real? It’s not about you, right?"

"I don’t think so. Did you feel any change before?"

"Not really."

Clovis thought for a moment before raising one finger. "There was actually one instance regarding the system according to my grandfather. It was similar to this."

"Really?"

"Yeah. According to my grandfather, when I was born, he saw the system as well. It stated, ’Player 00002, Online.’ But that was the only encounter my grandfather had with the system."

"The way it was worded felt like you were one the moment you were born. And because it was written as 00002, I don’t think there is another digit behind it. In other words, you might be the second player in this world."

"Second player..." Clovis crossed his arms. "But if that system earlier was not about me but about you..."

"There were also four ’0’ in there. And if it wasn’t cut, wouldn’t that mean I actually have a single digit?"

Clovis couldn’t deny it. There was no way someone who was close to a single digit didn’t know anything.

"Do both of us know something about this world? Not here, but..." Clovis pointed up, implying the world beyond this simulation.

"It is possible. No, highly possible." Clovis sighed. "From what I can see, the Prophet might be someone like us as well. And he currently knows more than us."

"Don’t tell me, he’s player #1..."

"I don’t know. As I said, I don’t know much about this. Most likely, my great-grandma knows something, and the place she points me to..."

"Ah. If she knows something, she will definitely point you to a clue. This world feels real, but if you think about it from a game-like perspective, your great-grandma is like either a hidden player or an NPC that points you to a certain truth to discover the main storyline or something." Melody explained.

"..." Clovis didn’t say anything, as he had arrived at the same conclusion.

Melody continued, "In that case, there will be a clue to what the world is all about in those seven towers..."

"That’s also what I thought." Clovis nodded with a serious expression.

"Still, why would it suddenly manifest on me? Player integration failed... Is the me in that so-called ’real’ world almost possessing me?’

"I don’t know." Clovis subconsciously reached out for her head and patted it. "However, I do know that if you change, I will know. At that time, I won’t just be sitting around."

Melody smiled. "You definitely need to do that. If I ever become an enemy, don’t hesitate to kill me."

Clovis shook his head. "I’m going to save you even if I have to chain you up and extract all kinds of information from the one possessing you."

"But if me possess me, am I still me?" Melody tilted her head in confusion.

"Are you talking in riddles now?" Clovis chuckled. "Well, we can talk about this while we are walking around. What do you think?" 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Melody nodded with a smile. "Right? Actually, there was a famous food truck not far from here. According to the review, it was good, so why don’t we try it out?"

"I’d love to." Clovis stood up and extended his hand.

Melody reached out to his hand. The system stopped them earlier, but her heart became clearer thanks to the system.

She didn’t let go of his hand even after getting up. Instead, they both just walked away while holding hands.