Prologue: The Interworld5TH DIMENSION, OFFICE OF THE MUSE

  Oh, hello~

  And, yes, I am talking to you. Don’t pretend this is your first time hearing someone break the fourth wall.

  You might have seen the cover and thought, “Oh, goody! Another crossover fanfiction full of LitRPG stats and one-dimensional harems!” Let me be clear: this isn’t that kind of story. It may look that way, but we also have bad jokes, vague references, and waifus getting brutally murdered left and right by six of the most frustrating girls in the Multiverse.

  But who am I? Why, I am the Muse, or rather, a Muse. I am a Cosmic Being, one of the most powerful type of entities in the multiverse! Kneel before me, mwahahaha!

  Hee-hee, I’m just kidding~ Don’t be afraid; I’m not one of the bad ones.

  Now, let me let you in on a little Cosmic secret: did you know that every work of fiction in existence is also a parallel universe?

  Everything from a thousand-page novel about magic children to an insurance commercial is actually a window to another reality. And new ones are being created all the time through imagination.

  This is where I come in. As a Muse, my job is to manage the retionship between creators and creations. It was fun for the first thousand millennia, but honestly, I’m kinda over it.

  Still, a Cosmic Being can’t just abandon her post. I need someone to take my pce, and it can’t just be anyone. Luckily, I can choose my successor along with how to choose them. That’s why I took pieces from many types of universes and assembled them like a hodgepodge.

  This way, I can observe how many different types of people will interact. Hopefully, one of them will be worthy of being the next Muse.

  And, I want you to witness this story with me!

  Now, as for what to call my creation, how about…

  “The Interworld!”

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