Sep 16, 2025
To:Japanese🌹Rose
Thanks so much for the kind words, you're so sweet. 🥰
I rlly love reading your comments, and sorry in advance for leaving so many open questions in the chapters haha.
Tbh, while I was reading your comment I was itching to explain everything, but I'll have to hold back to avoid spoilers hehe.
What I can say is:
1 — Yup, Aria is Ruru. Katou calls her Rule of Thunder in the past (Ruuru obu Sandaa). So when she introduces herself that way in the forest (chap 6), he just repeats her pronunciation and thinks it's funny to keep using it, even though he knows her name is Aria.
Later on I'll go back in time to make some things clearer and show how the two of them ended up here, two years after the events in the capital.
2 — Haha, Katou as a prince talks the same way because it's literally the same person. (Confusing, right? Promise I'll explain that later.) The difference is, the version you see in 336 actually has the game memories lol.
And before I say too much, I'll let Katou answer the last part for me:
"H-how can that be?" Rose propped her chin on her hand, lost in thought. "I-is this really a game, or… an alternative reality?"
I turned to the side and muttered, so softly I doubted she even heard me:
"Well… that's what I'm trying to figure out."