The Author's POV

Staring at Donna's departing figure, I bitterly smiled.

"I probably got blacklisted"

As the author of the novel, I knew Donna's personality the best. Her likes and dislikes, I knew them all.

For example, although she tries to hide it, she loves sweets. Especially ice cream, with hazelnut being her favorite flavor.

She also hates a lot of things, such as annoying men, typically the ones that look at her with lustful eyes, and lazy or stubborn people.

I had already noticed Donna by the time she was talking to Kevin, but in order not to gather any attention on myself, I feigned ignorance and pretended to be surprised by her sudden appearance.

"She probably thinks I'm a stubborn student who doesn't listen to advice"

I pretended to be flustered and made her impression of me as low as possible. The excuse I used about my sword being stuck in the scabbard was a lie, but it was the best way to make her think I was incompetent.

Although she's not the type of person that would snitch, if someone were to find out that I was practicing the 5-star module [Keiki style], I would definitely attract a lot of unnecessary attention.

Simply put, I don't want that.

The more attention I get, the more the likelihood of me and the main characters interacting.

Moreover, if people were to find out I was practicing a 5-star module my safety would be in jeopardy as a 5-star module was something that was highly coveted.

Thinking thus far I decided that since I was reborn as a mob I may as well use the only privilege given to a mob and live a nice and peaceful life. I'll become strong enough to defend my family from the third cataclysm, and patiently wait for the protagonist to solve everything. Then I will find myself a stable job and get myself a wife.

Such was my plan.

Don't get me wrong, I also thought about using my advantage as an author to help myself reach the peak.

But I can't afford to do that. If I were to somehow or accidentally change the course of the story, then the ending of the story might change too.

Wait...

Hold on.

It seemed like I forgot something extremely crucial

I just remembered...I didn't write an ending to the story

I died before I could even finish the novel

"Oh no no no..."

Pacing around the training ground, I frantically started thinking of solutions.

This is a big problem.

I stopped writing right before the MC would clash against the Demon king. The plan was, MC fights boss, MC wins by hair breath, MC becomes a hero.

Simple right?

Well, now we have a problem and a huge one at that. Because I was too caught up with the [Seed of limit] and the [Keiki style] I completely forgot about the inconclusive ending!

Glancing at Kevin who was now training in the gravity room, I let out a long sigh.

"I guess I have no choice then"

It seems that I will have to discard my previous plan.

It seems that I will have to become as strong as the MC, or at least close to his level. Of course if possible I will try not to interact with him and the main characters, at least not until the story is near the end. But if in case the MC does not defeat the last boss, only then will I step in and help him.

'This is really troublesome.'

Thinking thus far, using a towel I wiped the sweat accumulated on my forehead.

Thinking about all of this has made me lose my motivation to train.

a shower and go think

This was truly annoying.

I

washing I hopped on the bed

things first, I obviously needed to

how was I supposed

protagonist, as that would directly change the flow of the story. Moreover, I already feel guilty about taking

items, I

what would that

chin, many ideas came into my

hunting for beasts in the outskirts

I have

increase my training speed without exposing myself

"Ah!"

didn't think about it

acquiring cheat items that I completely forgot the fact

Stocks.

the future events that would

could utilize my advantage carefully I could quickly rack in some cash, which would

example, if I were to consume a [Stamina recovery potion] coupled with a [Muscle recovery potion] I could train double the normal amount without the risk of being

enhancement potion], [Mana enhancement potion], [Agility enhancement potion], [Stamina recovery potion], [Muscle recovery potion]

have not thought about

price of each potion was simply too expensive. A low-quality [Strength enhancement potion] went for 20,000U on the market which goes to show how expensive this type of training was. But if I were to utilize my knowledge correctly,

way to purchase high-quality potions below the market value. Moreover, the source was

it feels so

since I know what to do, I quickly went to grab

events that will happen in the future before

I

and right, I looked around the room for

the useless pile

big pile of items in the corner of the room,

"!"

-Thud

mind momentarily blanked as the book slipped from

up the book and looked at the cover where three words were deeply engraved

'The luminescent swordman'

hands, I slowly

the book, I look through

"H-how is this p-possible..."

while the subsequent pages were all

But...

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"Huuu...That was tough"

He was fairly exhausted as he had just used the gravity room at 2g

advice he had gotten from Donna today, it felt as if a new road had opened up to

training in the gravity room, he already felt some results. When swinging the sword he could feel his swings becoming faster and more precise as he practiced against

"Good"

at his watch. It was about 9:00 pm, which meant that the canteen would close soon. Thus he quickly

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weirder was the fact that the words inside of the book looked handwritten,

the words were shocking...what really troubled me was not how words were magically appearing inside of the book but the title of

'The luminescent swordman'

novel that I created and now

in the novel. It starts

the diary in my hands, a sudden thought

"Can I change it?"

tried erasing the last few words 'Thus he quickly changed

"!"

It worked!

erase the contents of

"Huh?"

the words which I had erased

words reappearing in front of me, I