> "We saved timelines, broke genre, overthrew an Outer God, and emotionally disarmed an entire school.
And yet… we still don't know whose name goes on the cover."
— Kazuma, halfway through his 4th soda
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[Location: A Dimensional Café Outside All Stories]
A warm-lit table sat under a moon that didn't belong to any world.
Ten chairs.
Ten travelers.
Each a legend in their own chaotic right.
Kazuma, sipping cola with exaggerated slouch
Deadpool, in a sombrero, because why not
Rimuru, nibbling cookies, pretending to be emotionally detached
Batman, reading a menu like it's a tactical dossier
Serafall, throwing sparkles in everyone's drinks
Buggy, yelling about royalties he never earned
Artoria, sipping tea like a proper queen
Nick Fury, taking notes, probably for multiverse taxes
Bruce Wayne, still denying he's Batman
And of course… MC, sitting calmly in the middle, sipping tea
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[The Debate Begins]
Kazuma:
> "Okay. So. Who's the actual main character of our story?"
Deadpool:
> "It's me. I had the best one-liners and at least five emotional breakdowns in a comedic format."
Serafall:
> "Excuse you, my magical girl arc broke three timelines and one karaoke record."
Rimuru:
> "I slime-dived through 47 alternate worlds and hugged trauma out of people."
Buggy:
> "I sued the system. And won.
That's called protagonist energy."
Batman (flat):
> "I had contingency plans for this conversation."
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[Artoria sips quietly]
Artoria:
> "The main character… is the one who carries the weight no one sees."
Everyone slowly looks at MC.
He blinks.
MC (calmly):
> "I was the blank page.
You were the ink."
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[Dead Silence]
Kazuma:
> "God I hate how poetic that was.
Also, I still say it's me."
Nick Fury:
> "You literally died during the shopping episode."
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[Final Toast]
MC raises his cup.
> "Maybe… we all were."
They clink glasses.
Laughter follows.
Outside, the stars rearrange into a question mark.
Because the story?
Was never about one.
It was always about the chaos they made together.
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End of Epilogue: The Blank Belongs to Everyone