IRFVS 86

Chapter 86

Ever since she first saw the mail function, Elegia had thought this might not be a crisis but an opportunity.

If it was the mailbox that the administrator managed…

“Then maybe there’s some useful information here.”

Secrets about the company, or information the administrator hadn’t managed to hide yet.

But when she clicked around the mailbox, an unexpected notification popped up.

Warning! Unauthorized access detected.
Elegia, you may only use the ‘Inbox’ and ‘Compose Mail’ functions.

Tch, overly strict.

With this, she couldn’t even check deleted emails in the trash, let alone see how the administrator had replied to other messages.

Even the ‘Inbox’ only showed emails that arrived after the administrator disappeared. The past history—were those deleted and sent to the trash, or had they never appeared in the inbox at all?

She was half giving up.

And then…

“Compose mail…”

It was when Elegia clicked ‘Compose Mail’ to reply to a promotional request email.

A small notification appeared.

You have 1 draft email saved. Would you like to load it?

“…!”

A draft email.

Draft emails are, by definition, mails left halfway through writing. But Elegia had only just used the ‘Compose Mail’ function today.

So that saved email must be…

“It’s an email the administrator was writing!”

It might contain no useful information, but she had to check. If she didn’t click ‘Load’ now, the draft would disappear.

“Load it! I’ll load it!”

The moment Elegia urgently clicked.

Loading draft email…

Ding!

With a cheerful notification sound, letters appeared on the blank screen.

To Elegia, who will someday see this mailbox

Hello, this is the administrator.

Were you surprised?

Honestly, I’m not sure this letter can reach you properly even though I saved it as a draft.

But if there’s no better way, I have to try it this way! The boss always taught me to do it this way.

Reading this far, Elegia lifted her head in surprise.

“…Huh?”

Could it be that the administrator left this message intentionally?

Both the title and the content were full of nuances suggesting it was deliberately left for Elegia, seemingly written to bypass system restrictions.

“This might… be an even bigger find than I thought.”

She quickly scanned the next paragraph.

By now you’ve probably guessed, but conveying all the truths to you while avoiding the laws of the world is extremely difficult for me as well.

Sometimes, the laws of the world are so strong that even gods…

Ah, this isn’t the time for that. I don’t have time to write all of this now!

“What the—! Why stop mid-sentence!”

Elegia frowned. Suddenly talking about gods and the laws of the world—an ordinary player might ask, “Is this some kind of cult?”

But that made it seem all the more important.

“What are the laws of the world? Why are they applying now? Who are you anyway?!”

“I’m not an idiot. By now, I roughly know.”

In a normal game, she wouldn’t have been possessed like this.

And a normal game company employee wouldn’t stay calm in front of a possessed player.

“….”

Elegia quietly skimmed the mail window.

She had suspected something was off from day one. The administrator casually introduced a ‘dimension-travel item’ that could let her go home, and Elegia had suspected that this calmness meant she was being deliberately trapped here. That memory returned to her.

She read the next paragraph. Perhaps the administrator was truly in a rush, because the next sentence was full of typos:

I don’t want to explain everythingㅣbut I’m too busy, so I’ll get straight to the point!

In fact, this placeㄴㄴis ■■■■■■■■■■■.

■■■■■■■

So in the end, Elegia is actually ”“;■■ㅇ어’ not.

Do you understand what this means?

“…Understand what?!”

Why were all the important parts redacted? Was this also classified information? Or if the system automatically filters important content, then even the draft was useless.

But we can make inferences.

Especially the next sentence:

Elegia, you’ve often asked: “What does it mean when you say there’s a risk of player removal if the main quest isn’t completed within the time limit?”

But as I said, Elegia, you are ■■■…

So maybe, really, deletion may not occur.

Despite the warning about “risk of player removal,” deletion doesn’t happen.

According to that logic, the redacted part might say:

“…Elegia is not a player.”

So she could evade the “player removal” penalty.

Muttering the word under her breath, Elegia whispered to herself.

“Of course I’m not a player. I…”

She’s just a ‘person’ unfairly trapped here, unrelated to this game.

But contrary to what she thought, she couldn’t feel completely certain. Could she even consider the version of herself using swords and magic here as a normal person?

“….”

She shook her head. Spending time thinking about unanswered questions is a waste. What mattered was that there might be a way to avoid that dreaded “removal” penalty she’d always worried about.

How much she could trust this was unclear, but Elegia continued reading the suspicious administrator’s mail.

Anyway… that you’ve seen this email means I can no longer communicate with you via chat.

The things I can do are limited.

But I’ll do my best. From now on, the company itself will take action.

“The company will take action too?”

The game company had rarely answered inquiries before. The CEO’s whereabouts were unknown, and even viewer inquiries went unanswered.

What did it mean that they would start acting now?

I want to tell you more!!!!!! But now noooo…

[The last message begins to break apart like corrupted pixels.]

Ding!

Warning: Unauthorized access detected.
File corrupted!
Error code: ??0_?

All text in the mail window distorted, and then the mailbox itself crashed. Elegia clicked ‘Compose Mail’ again, but…

Compose a new mail?
Draft emails: 0

“Hah…”

The draft she had just seen was gone. She looked toward the camera.

“I think it was still recorded… Did any viewers capture the mail?”

She asked, hoping someone might have taken a screenshot, but the notification popped up ominously:

Be advised: To prevent confidential leaks, the broadcast will stop when the mailbox is opened. The broadcast is currently paused. Would you like to resume?

“…Wow, that’s brutal.”

The laws of the world or whatever—it was a serious system. She’d have to find multiple workarounds, or it would be impossible to bypass. Even a well-running broadcast was stopped. How shocked must the viewers be?

“Nasty system. But there’s always a way.”

She smiled and spread her hands.

Whoosh!

Light spread from her fists—this was the magic she had set while reading the mail.

“I used Illusionist magic to replicate what I saw in the mail!”

She had copied the mail’s window using magic and hidden it beneath her hands, fearing the mailbox might crash mid-read. Fortunately, the screen was made of light, so it was an easy task.

“Then let’s read the last part we missed.”

…주세요…주 와 하러 구 발제 어요있 지실에하 실사는저

“….”

Elegia stared at the sentence blankly. Quests to read messages or solve puzzles were common in games, but this one was unusually simple.

“Am I actually in the basement?”

…So simple it almost felt like a trap.

Meanwhile, a viewer watching Elegia’s broadcast exclaimed in shock:

“Did the broadcast go off again? Why does this happen so often?”

“Might be equipment… graphics rendering on the computer isn’t easy.”

The viewer saw a notice stating the broadcast would resume in a few minutes and scrolled through the comments:

• “Unfortunate but can’t help it~ waiting a bit.”

• “Been a long time since a broadcast, honestly disappointing. Company-operated channel and this is it?”

• “Could be personal.”

• “ㅋㅋㅋ Are you serious? Company-run 100%.”

• “Don’t fight over this, there’s no proof they belong to the company yet…”

• “Evidence just appeared. (Link)”

“Huh?”

The anonymous viewer paused. Rumors that the Remegold company ran Elegia’s channel were widespread, but the company had never officially stated anything—until now.

The link led to the official Lady Marigold homepage, with a massive golden popup:

Notice
From Lady Marigold

Thank you for supporting Lady Marigold.

The Elegia version play channel is an official channel run in cooperation with the company.

For collaboration, proposals, or inquiries, please contact us via the channel’s mail. Channel link: (click image below)

Mail: Ell!ieJia@GM_ladymarigold??.com

“Whoa…”

The viewer froze, astonished.

“This was really an official channel?”

Everyone would be in an uproar.