Animation Producer in a Fantasy World

Deneb El Grinewald was a very pure person.

How pure, you ask? To the extent that even today, having passed the age of twenty, he still had the hobby of writing his own setting notes.

But Deneb himself was not at all ashamed of his hobby of writing setting notes.

Is this something to be ashamed of?

No, not at all.

He was just writing down in his notebook the fantasies that every man dreams of at least once.

To be honest, something like the magic eye that sees the death of objects in the form of lines and dots, isn’t that super cool?

The only difference between Deneb and other ordinary people was:

Deneb maintained his pride to the extent of showing his self-made setting notes to the Imperial Princess.

Ordinary people just sealed their own romances deep in their hearts, that was the only difference.

That must have been why.

Deneb felt a strong attraction when he saw Louis, the protagonist of “Book of Life and Death”.

Louis was a model student who was purer than anyone else, loved justice, and hated evil.

Because he was so pure, Louis could not forgive criminals and evil who harmed others without a second thought.

That’s why after getting his hands on the Book of Life and Death, Louis killed countless criminals.

Because he thought such trash had no right to live in this world.

At the same time, to let everyone know that a ‘god’ who judges such trash exists in this world.

To remind everyone that a transcendent being who hates evil is always watching over the human world.

Louis willingly used the Book of Life and Death and stained his hands with blood.

Wasn’t that image somewhat similar to Deneb, who still writes setting notes even after turning twenty?

That’s why Deneb firmly believed that Louis was a much smarter and superior human than Alpha.

He’s the protagonist I’ve chosen.

How could he not be the strongest?

So he readily accepted his father, the Duke’s bet.

Because the Louis he believed in would never lose in a battle against someone like Alpha who didn’t know his place.

And now.

“Indeed… I was… not wrong…”

Seeing the scene where this battle concludes with Louis’s victory and Alpha’s death, Deneb smiled with satisfaction.

“Heh.”

And naturally, a scornful laugh escaped from Deneb’s mouth, and.

“It seems this bet has ended in my victory, Father.”

“…This can’t be… Such a thing… shouldn’t be possible-”

Meanwhile, Duke Grinewald, who refused to acknowledge the result of the bet, continued to act pathetically until the end.

Seeing such an ugly sight of his father, Deneb unknowingly let out a sigh.

“Father, please accept reality now.”

“…What did you say…?”

“From the start, how could a detective of unknown origin possibly defeat an excellent model student from the Academy?”

Deneb clicked his tongue at the Duke, speaking as if teaching a child who knows nothing.

“Decisively, Louis is the protagonist of the work called ‘Book of Life and Death’. And in any work, it’s only natural for the protagonist to ultimately win. In other words, Louis’s victory was determined from episode 1 of ‘Book of Life and Death’-”

But just then.

Step-

After Alpha’s death, Louis was trying to conclude everything by killing the people at the investigation headquarters.

Towards such a Louis, a figure walks out from the darkness.

“…I regret that we couldn’t become friends, Louis. I really didn’t want to meet like this.”

“Alpha…! But you definitely died just now…!”

Alpha, who should have died just now after having his name written by the Shinigami, appears.

And seeing this, Louis doubted his own eyes.

This is impossible.

The power of the Book of Life and Death is absolute.

In fact, even the Empire’s great magician, who was called the Absolute One, died instantly when his name was written in the Book of Life and Death.

At least for a living human, it should be impossible to escape the influence of the Book of Life and Death, so how did Alpha-

“…Alpha, you don’t mean.”

“Yes, that’s right. As expected, Louis, you’re smart. Really… it would have been good if we could have become friends.”

“The first rule of the Book of Life and Death. If you write the name of a living person, that person dies.”

“But if we reverse this and say it-”

“…It means that if you write the name of a person who is not alive, that person doesn’t die, right?”

Saying so, Alpha unbuttons the shirt he was wearing.

And where his heart should have been.

It was empty, as if nothing had existed there from the beginning.

“…I see, so you were already a dead corpse. I thought you had written your own name in the Book of Life and Death, but that wasn’t it.”

“I asked the magician. To kill me. But, not to die right away, I asked for some time.”

“And Louis. I won’t use the Book of Life and Death. No, no one in this world has the right to use such an evil thing. That is my belief.”

“Such a belief is nothing more than simple hypocrisy!”

Louis opened his mouth with an almost growling attitude.

“Do you know how much the crime rate has dropped since I used the Book of Life and Death to kill criminals? Thanks to me judging criminals, this world has become a better place to live than before!”

“I’ve already told you. Even so, no one has the right to arbitrarily take the life of another human.”

“You are not the god of the new world. You’re just a villain who, after luckily obtaining the Book of Life and Death, thinks of himself as a god.”

Alpha looks at Louis with an utterly indifferent face.

Even though he knows well that his own death is already certain, there is not a single trace of anguish on Alpha’s face.

Seeing this fact, Louis realized.

That he had been defeated.

Not just in terms of intelligence or mental agility.

Even as a human vessel, he was no match for Alpha at all.

“…This is as far as it goes. Well, it was just a pastime, but it was a somewhat interesting battle.”

Leaving those words behind, the Shinigami disappeared from the human world, and.

Alpha, who witnessed the despairing Louis and the vanished Shinigami, hands over the Book of Life and Death that had fallen to the ground to Louis’s father.

“Please burn this Book of Life and Death. You can do it. Such a thing is of no help in the human world.”

“…Alpha.”

“I don’t know about parents as I don’t have any. But… I know well that you are an excellent father.”

“You haven’t done anything wrong. In a way, the same goes for Louis. It’s just that the bad thing is this object that grants the power to kill others.”

Saying so, Alpha shows a faint smile.

“It seems this is about as far as it goes. Would you leave now? For the last moment, I’d like to be alone.”

“…It was an honor to work with you.”

As Louis’s father bows his head with the utmost respect and leaves the room.

As Alpha drops his head and slowly closes his eyes.

The work called “Book of Life and Death” quietly came to an end.

“…This can’t be.”

And seeing that ending, Deneb unknowingly made an expression of despair, and.

“…How unsightly, son.”

Seeing Deneb’s expression, the Duke twisted up the corners of his mouth.

“What? You said how could a detective of unknown origin possibly defeat an excellent model student from the Academy? But what about this? He won. And he won in a head-on battle? Hm?”

“…..”

“Moreover, Louis’s end was utterly unsightly. I’d like to record that voice and use it as an instrument if I could. Yes… it seems endlessly similar to you right now.”

“Ugh, ugh…!”

Deneb, clenching his fist at the Duke’s merciless words.

But at this moment, he was a complete loser, so he could only keep his mouth shut.

“So this bet… becomes my victory. I’ll be taking the lottery tickets you’ve worked so hard to collect until now.”

“…N-No!”

They disappear.

The 5 lottery tickets obtained by investing all his free time after handling the backed-up work as a young duke vanish in an instant.

“With this, one Super Lottery Ticket has come into my hands. If I get my hands on the Book of Life and Death replica, I’ll write your name first as a reward. Along with the word ‘loser’. Kuhahaha!”

With such an unpleasant laugh, the Duke left the reception room, and.

“…..”

Left alone in the reception room, Deneb dropped his head.

But.

“…No, it’s not over yet.”

Just now, losing 5 lottery tickets due to losing the bet was undoubtedly a huge loss.

However, nothing was over yet.

The time left until the draw for the Book of Life and Death replica takes place is about a week.

That’s enough time.

It was enough time to hit the back of the head of his father, who took away the deck… no, the 5 lottery tickets more precious than his life, and was laughing triumphantly.

“The person who gets their hands on the Book of Life and Death replica in the end… is not you, but me.”

So, please don’t resent me too much later.
I’m just in the process of inheriting the title of Duke.

Young Duke Grinewald, Deneb El Grinewald.

In order to someday write his father’s name in the Book of Life and Death.

Activity.

Commence.