“He cut me off mid-sentence,” he uttered with a weary exhale. “To exhibit such flagrant disregard towards a man of the cloth... Does this reflect a broader sentiment of disdain towards our world's holy institution among the populace?”
“I wouldn't take it so seriously,” I reassured him, trying to be delicate. “He may have simply not been intelligent enough to grasp your message.”
“Are you suggesting that my articulation lacked clarity?” he asked, his brow furrowing.
Crap. “Um... Sometimes... you say things so profound that us ordinary folks can't comprehend it...”
He turned his full azure gaze to me. “Us? Then... you, too, have trouble with my words? Did you not mean it when you said they were eloquent?”
Well, yes, but also no...
I desperately looked around at the others and tried fixing them with a mental command. Someone else needs to take over this conversation right now!
“You know she can't answer that either way,” Vernie remarked, much to my relief. “Poor thing's going to call herself stupid or lie to your face.”
When the President said to immerse ourselves in the project, this was NOT what I had in mind!
I really should’ve taken the publisher’s employment contract more seriously…
Rachel and her best friend Nora never imagined their first job at a publishing company would catapult them into the heart of their favorite fantasy web novel. Five years after the story's abrupt hiatus left fans in limbo, they seized the chance to help the enigmatic author complete the tale that had captivated their hearts during their high school days. But what begins as an exciting creative endeavor quickly spirals into a quirky, unimaginable adventure when they're whisked away without consent into the very story they longed to save. Now, the two will get firsthand experience dealing with the destructive demon lord who betrayed and banished the heroine during the story's original cliffhanger.
But what if he isn't the card-carrying villain everyone else seems to think he is?
Cover Art: Raazu692
Additional details:
Genres: Main: Satire - a genre in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement.
Other Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Tags: Female Lead, Magic, Portal Fantasy / Isekai, Progression, Reincarnation, Soft Sci-fi, Supernatural
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