I Supported My Fiancé for 10 Years After He Said, 'Let's Get Married When I Succeed,' but When He Finally Did, He Dumped Me. By the Way, I'm a Witch and Turning 30 Next Year!! - Episode 42
“This world is exactly the same as the setting of the otome game from my world! The people, the places—everything!
The only difference is that the two-dimensional drawings have become three-dimensional, but it doesn’t feel strange at all.
It’s like the perfect live-action adaptation!”
I couldn’t understand a single thing she was saying.
More than that, when she called me the “Dark Witch,” I felt the bl00d drain from my face.
But this wasn’t the time to panic. I wasn’t the Dark Witch, and I had no intention of becoming one.
Right now, I needed to focus on what Saint Sui was saying.
If I had to compare it to something, it was like a world from a novel she had read became real, and she had taken over the body of one of the characters.
“The main hero is the Holy Church’s top knight, Ie.
The game starts with him divorcing his evil wife, Alyssa, and rescuing their child.”
From what she was saying, the world and its characters were similar to the game, but reality seemed different.
“There are also eight noble suitors to choose from, so the heroine has plenty of options.
But my favorite wasn’t even a romanceable character—it was the background character, Rymer!”
Apparently, in the Saint Jewel game she knew, Rymer only appeared in comedic scenes, always clumsy and messing up in silly ways.
“He’d fall into a ditch instead of the heroine, get a pot stuck on his head, or trip and fall spectacularly…
Every scene with him was amazing!”
I thought she had a rather unique taste, but I kept that thought to myself.
“So, as soon as I realized I had reincarnated into this world, I went to meet Rymer!”
Rymer probably never imagined that Saint Sui would be interested in him.
But since she already knew everything about him—his likes, dislikes, family background, and worries—he naturally started to fall for her.
“I knew everything about him!
Not just from the strategy guides, but also from fan books.
I even memorized all the hidden details about him!”
She deliberately played the role of the delicate and fragile Saint Sui, which was exactly the kind of woman Rymer liked.
Her acting skills were probably on par with professional stage actors.
“But I was really shocked to find out that you were engaged to Rymer!”
“You mean, in the story you know, Rymer and I weren’t engaged?”
“Exactly!”
According to her, the version of me in the game was obsessed with Ie.
I was a ruthless villain who would do anything to make him mine.
“You used the power of the World Tree to summon the Demon King.
At the same time, you hid your identity as a witch and pretended to be a tragic heroine, like a kidnapped princess.”
“Wait!
Tell me more about the World Tree!”
“You want details?
The World Tree is like a key that seals the Demon King.
It uses its vast magical energy to keep him locked away, right?”
That was the first time I had ever heard that.
I thought the World Tree absorbed the magic from the moon—a giant magic stone—and distributed it across the land.
Could it be that fifty years ago, when dark magic users rose up in rebellion, they were actually trying to revive the Demon King?
“But it’s weird, isn’t it?
In this world, it looks like the Holy Knight Ie is the one obsessed with you instead.”
“Ie? Obsessed with me? That’s impossible.”
“Oh, come on!
At my and Rymer’s engagement party, he gave you roses and then carried you away like a princess.
It was just like a CG scene in the game!”
“CG scene?”
“A CG is a beautifully illustrated image that appears during key moments in the story.”
“Like an illustration?”
“Yeah, something like that.
Anyway, it was so romantic!
I almost started shipping Holy Knight Ie × Witch Rei!”
As I listened to her talk, something clicked in my mind.
“Hey, do you remember my full name as the Dark Witch?”
“Of course! It’s Rei Darkness.
Why do you ask?”
“It’s nothing.”
Just learning the Dark Witch’s full name was a big breakthrough.
I silently thanked her for her good memory.
“Carbuncle told me that dark magic users kidnapped you.
How did you manage to escape?”
“Oh, yeah! That was an event in the game too!
I was asleep the whole time, so I didn’t even realize it happened!”
Naturally, none of the sisters or Holy Ministry officials knew about the incident.
The dark magic users had snuck in quietly and kidnapped her without anyone noticing.
“So that means…
No one knows how they got in or how to prevent it from happening again?”
“Exactly!
I didn’t even know that event happened!”
I had hoped she might have some kind of clue, but it seemed like a dead end.
I sighed in disappointment.
“Wait…
That wasn’t something your subordinates did?”
“No! Of course not!”
“I thought you had them do it to punish me for getting close to Rymer.”
I would never do such a thing.
I had no intention of seeking revenge over Rymer.
“But if you knew that event was going to happen, why didn’t you warn the people around you?”
“Wouldn’t it be more exciting if I didn’t interfere?
The story needs drama!”
“Listen.
This world is real!
You might think of it as just a story, but for us, this is our actual lives!”
Once you die, that’s the end.
There are no miraculous resurrections.
When I told her that, she widened her eyes in shock.
“Wait, what?!
The church can’t revive people in this world?”
“There’s no such thing as a miracle that brings the dead back to life.”
“No way!”
“Why would I lie about something like this?”
At that moment, I truly wished someone would give this girl a proper education.