[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist":3,"chapter-this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1379":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","This Life, I Will Be the Protagonist",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1533190,1991,"Chapter 1379 1379: 1379 A Hundred Year Fairytale","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1379",1379,"\u003Cp>One hundred years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita gave everyone one hundred years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She personally froze the Order Clock, then restored the flow of time for all living beings. Not just the players and gods aboard Cat's Ideal, but the worlds themselves as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The worlds were scattered across the grassy field before Cat's Ideal. Each one became a luminous portal. Players could return to their own worlds at any time and live normal lives, while Cat's Ideal itself became a dedicated place for learning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though gods could travel freely on their own, Rita still opened a portal connected to the Demon Tavern so the teachers would have somewhere to rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, everyone had more time than they knew what to do with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No conflict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only a clearly defined deadline ahead of them, as if someone had calmly announced: this is how many days you have left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And so, all living beings silently chose routine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Monday through Friday were spent studying aboard Cat's Ideal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weekends were spent back in their worlds, enjoying peaceful days with their people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dreamlike life everyone had once longed for day and night was finally real.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could anyone resist experiencing what it truly meant to live?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita herself no longer stayed aboard the ship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every day, she traveled back and forth between Quiet Mountain and BS.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lived inside the magical palace Smoke Tune had personally designed and decorated. Just as Nivalis once said, the current cat courtyard behind the house was already as large as Rita's old villa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The palace itself had more than enough rooms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enough for one dragon, two teachers, three little robots, six cats, one council member, and even two Vineborne.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita ate the carefully prepared breakfast Y128 had made and asked BS Cicada irritably,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When exactly did you move in?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BS Cicada pointed at Smoke Tune.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wherever she is, I am.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadow.Q, who was eating quietly nearby while reading from a tablet, suddenly remembered something and looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh right. Sanchez said she bought a new sports car recently. She asked whether you wanted to go street racing with her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She also said she's angry because you haven't replied to her messages for days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smoke Tune shook her head seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm not interested.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BS Cicada said coldly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your flowers are blooming happily enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smoke Tune: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BS Cicada spoke in exaggerated imitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"War and tragedy prevent me from blooming~~~ Ah, but racing cars with idiots is apparently fine? Why didn't you say so earlier?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smoke Tune: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shadow.Q cleared her throat and quietly returned to burying herself in work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita finished breakfast in a few bites and immediately fled with Nivalis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, she had promised to take Mistblade to the mahjong parlor Nivalis used to frequent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mistblade firmly believed Nivalis became good at mahjong because she had excellent teachers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two walked through BS dressed in completely ordinary clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pedestrians on the streets already seemed accustomed to seeing world leaders casually wandering around in person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The oak owl leader and the two Vineborne leaders occasionally went shopping with the Adjudicator too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nobody needed to bow or salute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adjudicator neither cared about such things nor demanded them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The war had ended, but the lives of BS players continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What happened when people possessed limitless talent for causing chaos but no more war to fight?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They invented games and competitions themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People with ambition and dreams would always create new forms of glory for others to obsess over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Modern BS felt increasingly like Binast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were magical academies, magical shops, magical games, and more species than anywhere else in all of Starsea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the strangest thing about BS was still the cookies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All kinds of little cookies lived here now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita lightly adjusted her step to avoid stepping on a passing cookie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cookie immediately shouted in disappointment,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Adjudicator! You were supposed to step on me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her abilities absolutely could restore these cookies to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And she genuinely had done so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But some of the cookies had very strange ideas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that the war was over, they wanted to continue living as cookies for a while just to experience it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They could still use their skills anyway, so it did not interfere with anything important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita stopped trying to force them back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone could spend these hundred years however they wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, she had already established a proper application system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any cookie could request restoration to normal form, and Rita had even thoughtfully included a mandatory three-day cooling period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mistblade nodded sympathetically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't really understand it either. Some of my citizens occasionally make similar requests.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita stared at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's insane.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We should respect every request our people make,\" Mistblade said seriously, as if discussing state policy. \"As long as it's harmless, granting small wishes isn't a big deal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita looked at Mistblade with increasing disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Mistblade somehow sounded even more insane than the cookie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So... you actually stepped on them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, not yet.\" Mistblade spoke thoughtfully. \"I simply assigned missions to any moon foxes who requested it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For example, kill a certain number of enemies or grow a certain number of tails within a set number of years. Then they can come find me and I'll step on them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"......\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita stopped walking entirely and looked Mistblade up and down several times with genuine concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mistblade suddenly pressed her lips together and laughed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You actually believed me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita snorted sharply and resumed walking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...You seriously don't act like someone over a thousand years old.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And you do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Halfway there, a notification window appeared before Rita.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Lania Kaia Maple Syrup requests communication]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the words inside the [Adjudicator] bullet had once declared, after she halted the Order Clock, she became not only BS Adjudicator but Starsea Adjudicator as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now she possessed the highest authority across every world in Starsea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Quiet Mountain too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita casually accepted the call and configured the display so only she and Mistblade could see it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A screen unfolded before them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maple Syrup sat behind a desk on the opposite side, fingers interlocked beneath her nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked... oddly troubled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Mistblade noticed something was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She leaned closer and asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened to you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maple Syrup was silent for a moment before speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does BS have a concept called adolescence?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can you explain it to me in detail?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at Moonlight Marsh, Rita used to throw that word around constantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually to describe Maple Syrup herself whenever she was in a particularly bad mood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita raised her eyebrows high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened? You explain first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maple Syrup rubbed her forehead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maple Mu wants to lead armies into battle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But now the war is over, and there aren't even any dungeons left to grind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She keeps trying to find excitement every single day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yesterday she left behind a letter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maple Syrup paused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then continued expressionlessly,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The letter said she isn't Maple Mu at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She's actually BS Zoey.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And if I'm capable, I should try hunting her down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zoey had deliberately shattered the unspoken understanding between herself and Maple Syrup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just to inject excitement into peaceful life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rita: \".........\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had this kid completely lost her mind from boredom?\u003C\u002Fp>",1206,"2026-06-06T06:15:33.929Z",1,"novelbin.me","8f8755076fbfe746800b6b6090d5ede4decd5306fccb09f24fb5f15dbef56240","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1380","this-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-chapter-1378",1404,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthis-life-i-will-be-the-protagonist-cover.jpg"]