Animation Producer in a Fantasy World

It’s a well-known fact, but Deneb el Grinewald, the eldest son of the Grinewald Duke family and Serika’s older brother, is an extremely devoted sister lover.

To describe how much he loves his sister, you could say he would start building a tower if anything happened to Serika.

But for Deneb, this was unavoidable.

Because even in Deneb’s eyes, Serika’s appearance was at a level that far surpassed that of humans.

To give you an idea of how much, swarms of flies from all over the Empire had been buzzing around Serika since she was young.

Eventually, the Duke and Deneb, disgusted by this, sent Serika to a magic tower where the entry of outsiders was extremely limited, to evacuate her.

…Well, thinking about it now, sending Serika to the magic tower and letting her meet ‘that bastard’ seems to have been the biggest mistake.

Anyway, it was undeniable that Deneb’s way of thinking revolved around his lovely sister Serika.

What Serika likes, Deneb likes too.

What Serika dislikes, Deneb dislikes too.

If Serika is interested in something, Deneb will be interested too, and if not, he will at least try to be interested.

However, there was one exception to all of this.

‘Ragna Tersion, that bastard!’

A parasite that clung to Serika while she was sent to the magic tower in the past.

And a dog-like bastard who keeps hanging around her using his status as Serika’s childhood friend.

If it were the usual Deneb, he would have immediately ‘cleaned up’ such a parasitic guy so that he could never approach Serika again, but.

Very regrettably, he couldn’t use such methods on Ragna Tersion.

Because.

“Serika. You look particularly happy today. Did something good happen?”

“…Hmm. Does it look that way to you too, Brother? Indeed, something good did happen.”

Serika muttered so, lifting the corners of her mouth in a grin.

“You know there was a script reading session for episode 27 of “Machine God Chronicles” today, right?”

“…Ah, yes. Of course I know.”

How could Deneb not know that.

If nothing else, every time Serika went to see that bastard Ragna, Deneb felt a pain as if his heart was being torn apart.

“And during the script reading session today, when Ragna was giving me acting guidance, he held my hands and shoulders, you know?”

“Wh-What!”

For a moment, Deneb felt as if his head was spinning.

So that bastard Ragna dares to make advances on Serika?

But unfortunately, Serika’s thoughts seemed a bit different from Deneb’s.

“How many children do you think we should have?”

“…What?”

“I think a daughter who looks like me would be nice, but a son who looks like Ragna would be good too. Ah, maybe this is a problem that can be solved by just having two children. What do you think, Brother?”

“…..”

Like this, Serika was already head over heels for that bastard Ragna.

Therefore, if one were to forcibly try to separate Ragna from Serika’s side, it was unknown what kind of side effects might occur.

That’s why.

“”Machine God Chronicles”? To be honest, it’s not worth watching if you take out Serika’s voice.”

“That bastard Ragna is clearly making “Machine God Chronicles” without any thought, just as he pleases. Otherwise, there’s no way such a mess of a story about blowing up the Earth or destroying humanity would come out, right?”

This was the reason he indiscriminately criticized the animation “Machine God Chronicles” that Ragna was making.

For Deneb, the animation “Machine God Chronicles” was entirely a subject of criticism, except for Serika’s voice.

Of course, he had to deliberately ignore the fact that the Duke was a crazy fan of “Machine God Chronicles” and that Serika was at the forefront of making the animation, but.

Deneb, who had been living with his ears closed to animations made by Ragna, including “Machine God Chronicles”, like this.

One day, he received a piece of news from Serika.

“”Book of Life and Death”?”

“Yes, it’s the new work Ragna is making following “Machine God Chronicles”.”

Saying so, Serika opens her mouth towards Deneb with a sigh.

“I know you don’t particularly like animations, Brother, but I recommend you watch this one at least once.”

“…Why is that?”

“Because “Book of Life and Death” is quite a different work from “Machine God Chronicles”. It has a lot of thriller and mystery elements that you like, so I recommend you watch it at least once.”

“…Hmm.”

To be honest, Serika had said such things to Deneb out of pure goodwill.

Serika could only think that Deneb was staying away from “Machine God Chronicles” because it didn’t match his taste.

And knowing well what kind of tastes Deneb usually had, she was confident that he would like “Book of Life and Death” at least.

‘Brother likes logical and deductive stories. Especially since he’s very interested in supernatural mysteries, he’ll surely like “Book of Life and Death”.’

As far as Serika knew, Deneb, being a magician who had reached a high level, had shown tremendous interest in mysterious phenomena that couldn’t be explained by physical laws or magic.

As such, he would surely like this animation where a Shinigami (death god) appears and the ‘Book of Life and Death’ that completely deviates from the laws of the human world appears.

Thus, Serika recommended “Book of Life and Death” to Deneb.

Deneb couldn’t ignore Serika’s request, so he watched the first episode of “Book of Life and Death”, pretending to go along with it.

And, some time after that.

Serika heard some absurd news from Ragna.

“…A Shinigami summoning ritual?”

“Yeah. Recently, there’s been a big increase in people making strange claims after watching “Book of Life and Death”. They say they’ve made a contract with a Shinigami and obtained a Mystic Eye. Anyway, just in case something happens, Lady Kaya is in the middle of talking with some of them.”

In fact, 99% of the people making such claims were harmless individuals, so there was no value in talking to them, but.

Among them, there were a few real magicians mixed in, so Kaya had no choice but to attempt interviews.

“…But why did you call me? You said Her Highness is already trying to talk to them, right?”

“Well, you see-”

Just as Ragna was about to explain with a somewhat embarrassed face.

“…I’ve told you several times already, Your Highness.”

A voice all too familiar to Serika reached her ears.

“I was merely interested in the setting of “Book of Life and Death” and did some personal research related to it, I never plotted anything that would harm the Empire.”

“…Brother?”

It was none other than the voice of Deneb, Serika’s older brother.

Realizing this fact, Serika couldn’t help but make a surprised expression.

So now, Deneb has ended up in this situation of being interviewed by Kaya because of some research he conducted related to “Book of Life and Death”?

What kind of research did he conduct for the Imperial Princess to personally step in?

“I know that too. I know that you don’t have any ill intentions, Viscount, and that you just got strongly inspired after watching “Book of Life and Death”.”

Saying so, Kaya let out a low sigh.

“But… even if we put everything else aside, I just can’t overlook the content you wrote in this notebook.”

“Th-That, surely not!”

Deneb’s face turned pale when he saw the notebook in Kaya’s hand.

“S-Surely you… didn’t read that?”

“Yes, of course I did. How could I overlook something that could be considered important evidence related to this matter?”

Saying so, Kaya reads the letters written on the cover of the notebook as if it’s very interesting.

“Original Setting Notebook… It’s a research journal with a very unique title. I guess nowadays magicians give such titles to their research journals?”

“…..”

“Hmm, let’s see. Original Setting #17, Copy Eye. The eye that reflects the mind, passed down through the bloodline limit of the Grinewald Duke family. When the Copy Eye is activated, the eyeball turns red and a strange pattern appears around the pupil.”

“Ugh…!”

“It basically has the ability to cast illusions on others, and under the condition of consuming a large amount of magical power, it’s possible to activate the higher level ‘Ouroboros Copy Eye’.”

“Arghhhh…!”

Deneb’s reaction, as if suffering some kind of mental damage every time Kaya read the research journal named ‘Original Setting Notebook’.

But unable to do anything to Kaya, Deneb could only bow his head, his body trembling.

“But the activation conditions for the ‘Ouroboros Copy Eye’ are terribly cruel. To awaken it, one must personally kill a loved one. Moreover, the more you use it, the more you lose your eyesight, so it can be called a truly inhumane power.”

“…..”

“Viscount. No matter how important magical research is, I recommend you stop researching such inhumane Mystic Eyes. No matter how powerful the power is, what meaning is there in a power obtained by killing family?”

Although Kaya was trying to persuade Deneb in a very gentle and soft voice.

That’s precisely why it was an unbearably cruel scene.

Even Ragna, who was watching this scene from the side, was experiencing pain as if his heart was being torn apart, so how must Deneb, the person directly involved, be feeling?

“…Let’s go now.”

“Huh? Why? Maybe Brother really did do something wrong? Her Highness is saying such things…”

To Serika’s innocent question, Ragna silently grabbed Serika’s wrist and left the place.

He didn’t want to see the scene of a person’s dignity being destroyed in real-time anymore.

That was the last consideration as a fellow man.