[The ship's hull will now enter the stabilisation process.]
[Please be on standby.]
While listening to the system messages, my companions dazedly looked out of the windows.
The house that got swept away by a tornado, and entering a brand-new world…. Surely, some of them should've realised what exactly was going on here.
“….Ahjussi, this, this is 'that', right? That 'Wizard of Oz'?”
Rather unexpectedly, the one to ask me first was Yi Ji-Hye.
“You heard about it?”
“Ng. An old friend of mine used to love a musical related to it.”
Yi Ji-Hye was bragging a bit, but then her expression suddenly became gloomy.
Jeong Hui-Won noticed that and quickly took over from there. “By the way, isn't the 'Wizard of Oz' a relatively modern literary work?”
“If I remember correctly, it was created in the year 1900, I believe,” said Yu Sang-Ah.
“As expected of Sang-Ah eonni. You really do know everything.”
Yi Ji-Hye raised her thumb up.
Jeong Hui-Won carried on. “But, that doesn't make sense, does it? This world is only around one hundred years old, but… I heard from Hyeon-Seong-ssi that the 'Master of Steel' is a far older Constellation than that.”
“You're correct, Hui-Won-ssi.”
She was asking a valid question. All Fables would go on to construct 'existences' sooner or later. Yet the age of the Fable in question that could've constructed an existence was too short, so it was only natural that questions would be raised.
“What do you think about the 'Journey to the West'?”
“Pardon?”
“Do you believe that the 'Journey' came about first, or the Great Sage was around way before that?”
That brought about the moment of realisation to my companions.
“Does that mean the 'Master of Steel' existed before that story?”
“It might, or might not.”
“What the heck?”
It was as I said.
The ages of those beings that became Fables would gradually get harder to distinguish as time went on. A Constellation would start from a source Fable, but even such a Fable would minutely change as time elapsed.
[The ship stabilisation process has concluded.]
[Exit will now open.]
“Well, we'll find out once we get there,” said Han Su-Yeong, as she lightly leaped out first. Yi Ji-Hye and the two kids, looking clearly excited, quickly followed after her.
“Let's get going, as well,” said I.
The remaining companions nodded their heads and exited from this 'ship'.
If my memory was correct, the scenario of
“What the hell is this?!”
Chapter end
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