There seed to have been a minor misunderstanding, but when I explained the concept of a “the park,” Lady Es nodded in understanding.
Then, with an expression of exhaustion, she leaned back against the chair and let out a sigh.
“Ha… I doubt there’s anyone else but you, Writer, who would remain so nonchalant after being dragged to the Empire under charges of treason.”
“Is that so? Perhaps it’s because the person sitting in front of is soone I’m very accustod to.”
“Hm? Well, true, the relationship between us is anything but ordinary.”
For so reason, Lady Es’s eyes softened, giving the impression she was in a good mood.
Even her voice seed more relaxed.
“Still, soone like you, who has so much, shouldn’t act recklessly. When soone supported by all the people of the Empire behaves that way, the royal family gets quite startled.”
“My apologies.”
“Phew, but really, the situation wasn’t all that serious.”
Lady Es playfully humd a tune while tapping the table with her fingers.
I couldn’t quite tell what song it was—perhaps it was just a random lody.
“Anyone who knows you, Writer, could guess that you have no interest in power whatsoever.”
“It’s not that I dislike power. It’s just that my priorities lie with literature.”
“That’s exactly what makes you trustworthy.”
“Pardon?”
“If the Empire doesn’t suppress literature… it ans that soone as imnse and influential as you, supported by the people of the world, could always side with them. After all, if the Empire collapses and there’s no one left to enjoy ‘literature,’ wouldn’t that be unpleasant for you as well?”
“That’s… certainly true.”
After pondering for a mont, I nodded.
Lady Es’s words seed to keenly grasp the essence of who I was.
The establishnt of a children’s welfare foundation, the support for the lives of artists, and the operation of orphanages and vocational schools through the foundation—everything I had done was to create an environnt where people could comfortably enjoy literature and cultural arts.
As a result, I had beco significantly beneficial to the Empire’s order.
“Rather, I hope you, Writer, beco even wealthier, stronger, and more celebrated and revered.”
“Hmm?”
No matter how I thought about it, those words were difficult to understand.
When I gave her a puzzled look, she alternated between pointing at herself and with her slender fingers and spoke.
“After all, I’m your first sponsor.”
“……”
“Couldn’t you say I bought in at a pretty low point?”
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Thus, the construction of the “the park” officially began with the Empire’s approval.
Leading nurous mages, rchants, beastfolk, and artists, I stood at the site where the the park was to be built.
Given the scale of the estate being used, it was set to be larger than any amusent park I’d ever known in my previous life.
“Don’t worry about sparing money—let’s craft an entirely different world!”
“Yes!”
The biggest distinction between an amusent park and a the park is that the latter has a “universe” or “worldbuilding.”
A the park isn’t just a practical space composed of attractions. It must be an organic, imrsive space that maintains its own concept and the.
For that, the most important elent is “imrsive content.”
And.
I was the content behemoth that monopolized all intellectual properties in this world.
Not just the novels I plagiarized.
All the writers affiliated with the foundation, students studying literature at the academy, and countless artists supported by the foundation—all of them backed .
“Lucia.”
“Yes-yes!”
Lucia Barton, the illustrator for The Little Prince, replied nervously.
I tried to ease her tension.
“I have particularly high expectations for your talent, Illustrator Lucia.
Your experience in creating countless character designs and illustrating nurous works will be of great help in the making of this ‘the park.’”
“Th-thank you for the kind words! I appreciate the trust!”
Lucia bowed her head deeply.
I turned my gaze to the people around and continued.
“I also have high expectations for all of you. I know that everyone here is incredibly talented. Thank you so much for coming here to help soone like .
I may not be all that extraordinary myself, but I believe this ‘new world’ we’ll create together will beco the greatest space in the Empire.”
It truly would be a remarkable space.
I intended to create a place far greater than any the park I rembered from the future.
Even if new forms of literature, films, or entirely unprecedented content erged in the future, it wouldn’t matter.
This the park would be built as a space capable of infinite expansion.
A place that could forever function as the “most dreamlike destination.”
A place that could eternally embody the dreams and hopes of all children….
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[The New World Opens.]
[A land of dreams and fantasy─, the world’s first the park, ‘Neverland,’ finally opens!]
[Gift your children their dreams!]
The news of the opening of the the park ‘Neverland’ spread throughout the Empire.
In truth, since this world didn’t even have the concept of a “the park,” people didn’t quite understand what it was.
They rely assud it was an excellent and beautiful park built with the massive investnt of ‘Hor.’
Perhaps sothing like a park adorned with sculptures of The Little Prince or Peter Pan.
“Oh, you there. You visited Neverland, didn’t you? How was it? Was it really as fantastical as the Neverland in the fairy tales?”
“…….”
“Hmm?”
“─Neverland is a miracle! Not going there ans you’re missing out on life itself! I want to go again─!”
“…Is it really that amazing? In the end, isn’t it just a park─?”
“Just a park?! Neverland is the land of dreams and fantasy!”
And.
Such thoughts were completely shattered by the testimonies of those who had actually visited Neverland.
What’s more, those testimonies were wildly diverse.
“There was a house of ghosts, and I saw a person with the body of a fish! And there was an eerie lody playing from sowhere─it was so chilling that I ran straight out of the entrance.”
“There was a small train with no roof, and you could feel the wind brushing past as it moved. I held onto the safety bar so tightly, afraid I’d fall off, that my hands cramped up.”
“I saw the real Little Prince!”
“Have you tried the submarine? What? You still haven’t? Oh dear. Hahaha!”
“I was on a small boat going down a waterfall when Cheshire Cat was giggling beside , and then─.”
“Have you heard of escape rooms? I beca Hols, solving riddles to escape. Gosh, you can’t understand the fun unless you experience it yourself.”
“There was an airship passing in the sky!”
“I rode a sled cutting through the snow, and oh, the cool breeze was incredible. How could there be skiing in this season, you ask? Dozens of mages created a snow-covered mountain indoors! You should’ve seen that massive do─.”
“I saw a magnificent parade. Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Captain Hook, and various characters were passing through the heart of Neverland. Hehe. It was a truly fantastic sight.”
“Water park… I want to go again….”
So claid they sledded and skied on snowy mountains inside a massive do.
Others described being swept along waves in a massive pool while hugging a marlin-shaped float.
So swore they saw Cthulhu inside.
And others recounted drifting down strange waterfalls and valleys in a small boat.
All of these stories sounded utterly absurd.
So, so speculated that it must involve illusion magic.
This curiosity drove even more people to visit Neverland again.
“Hor is a god!”
“I-I want to go back to Neverland! I want to go again!”
So people even exhibited severe symptoms of the park addiction.
Thus.
People from all over the world began flocking to the the park that Hor created.
And so.
At a park larger than the largest estate in the Empire, they bought food, souvenirs, and enjoyed the attractions, participating in countless economic activities.
They poured and poured endless amounts of gold into the the park.
“To the land of dreams and fantasy, Neverland!”
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“…No, but why is the revenue so high?”
I rembered how amusent parks in my past life were often criticized for their exorbitant prices at on-site stores.
To avoid this, the prices in Neverland’s shops were set similar to regular retail stores….
Yet, the massive influx of funds into Neverland seed endless.
Even accounting for the high attendance during the park’s opening phase, at this rate, it seed likely that the initial construction costs would be fully recouped within a year.
“This is a bit of a problem….”
Too many people were visiting.
As a result, children had to wait in line for tens of minutes just to enjoy a single attraction.
The joy was turning into labor.
“I suppose we’ll have to expand the thes.”
Simply increasing the number of attractions wasn’t a good idea.
I wanted children to be fully imrsed in the ‘world of literature’ within the the park.
Thus.
The solution was, once again, straightforward.
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[Scheherazade prepared everything necessary to pass the night and spoke to her younger sister Dunyazad.]
[“Dear sister of mine, rember well what I tell you. When I am taken to the Sultan, I shall call for you.
When the Sultan learns of his final rcy granted to , you must say this:”]
[“Dear sister, since you are not yet asleep, won’t you tell us a delightful story to help pass the night?”]
[“By doing this, we will live, and the Sultan will turn away from his bad habits and save himself.”]
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