"Ah ah..."

I let out a deep sigh, placed my hand against my forehead and then moved it down along the contours of my face and finally I patted my own cheeks.

Alright, calm down.

I rested my hand on Nana's shoulder, then looked directly into her eyes.

"My dear flower fairy Nana, don't just think about the shortcomings of me the prince. Think carefully, what are the advantages that I, your older brother, have?"

"Advantages...?"

Nana nibbled on her finger with a cute expression of confusion.

"How can my brother, who doesn't even have the meaning of existence, have any advantages?"

The feeling of blood rushing to my head surged again.

Ah! Don't say such heartless words with such a cute face! It hurts! Are you naturally cruel or something?! Even though I know you're not referring to the true me directly, my self-esteem has still been completely shattered!

The ability to fly, to pierce through a tentacle with the ability to get sick, to spit blood, and to make my face turn pale...

What else should I do?! Starting as a fairy, and relying on my luck and courage to finish the game!?

While I was troubled and thinking of strategies, the girl in front of me suddenly looked up with her eyes shining.

"Oh right, brother you can also tell stories!"

Tell...stories?

"Tell stories...tell stories...right! That's it! I can tell stories!! Nana, do you remember? As long as I tell a story to that black mud, it will be immobilized! Isn't that right!?"

"Huh? Um...yeah."

The girl nodded in a daze.

Alright, perfect! What a successful indoctrination, I finally managed to gain a bit of power from the World owner.

What a genius idea!

"Um...why don’t just let her give you the ability of directly defeating the mud by telling stories?"

Emile's words left a deep mark in my heart as if it got cut by a knife.

"Ptah --"

"Ah! brother you are spitting blood!?"

"Don't...don't mind me," I held the girl's shoulder to prevent her from panicking, "isn't this my ability? Right, Nana, what other advantages do I have?"

"Brother...can still...still..."

Her anxious expression as she pondered made me feel guilty...

Hey, is it really so difficult for you to find another good thing on me...? After all, currently I am your real brother, am I not?

"Right! Brother you can also make flowers bloom beautifully!"

Make flowers bloom beautifully?

My mind quickly spun, immediately coming up with a plan.

Heh, making flowers beautiful, at first glance, it seems like an utterly useless ability.

Confidently, I patted my chest and stared straight into Nana's eyes.

"Ah! That's it! I am naturally close to flowers, and any flower that comes in contact with me becomes vibrant and delicate, right!? Through contact, I can restore the polluted seven-color flower to its original state! Isn't that right!? Once the seven-color flower is recovered itself, it will automatically disperse that puddle of black mud! Isn't that right!?"

"Huh!? Uh, yeah, it seems like that..."

"No more ‘seems’! That's how it should be! Alright, Nana, I understand my abilities very well now. The next step is to find out where the seven-color flower is in the lake. Let me think... oh, since it was swallowed by the black mud, it should be inside the black mud, right? So all we need to do is... and then..."

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"Ah! I understand, dear brother!"

Nana obediently nodded with her colorful wings fluttering softly behind her.

"Alright, it’s decided. Wait for me a moment..."

I walked a few meters away from Nana and softly called out Emile's name.

"Hey,my top three sorceress, do you think my plan is available?"

To my surprise, I received a chilling and ambiguous response.

"Molly Ann sweetheart...you are so terrible..."

...Huh?

"What's that all about? I was just trying to guide the plot . Since I have a GM (Game Master) by my side who can control the world unintentionally, why not make good use of her!? Actually, it's strange that as someone who traveled to this mental world, I can’t even cheat, right?! Right? Isn't it strange?!"

Ah... why do I feel so sad and want to cry as I speak... Hey, I also have my own cheat, don't I? That thing called "I am the most..."

Ugh... so disgusting... something like enchantment...

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Nana carried my body in her hands and flew back to the lake.

From a distance, it still is the calm and serene like that reflects countless magical pictures on its surface.

I took a deep breath and slowly walked towards the lake.

As I approached, bubbles began to emerge from the surface of the lake.

A tentacle immediately shot out—

"Nana!"

"Yes!"

The beautiful girl, like a fairy descending to earth, immediately appeared from behind me and tightly grabbed the tentacle.

Alright, now it's my turn—

Tell it a story... tell it a story... tell it a story...

Oh no, at a time like this, I actually have no ideas at all!!

"Um... uh... once upon a time, there was a mountain, and on the mountain, there was a temple, and in the temple, there was..."

What am I actually saying!?

The tentacle in Nana's hand started to struggle fiercely.

Story... story... story...

"Ah... I got it! You forced me to say this one! Damn black mud! Listen carefully to me!!"

"Once upon a time, there was a lonely sixteen-year-old boy..."