Since the original novel wasn’t particularly complex, remembering the characters’ names was difficult, but recalling the general plot was easy.

And as soon as I reviewed the broad strokes of the storyline, it wasn’t just the monsters that stood out—I also recalled all the other oddities I had noticed until now.

Ian. Jacob. And the monsters.

Ian and the monsters had never appeared in the original novel. And Jacob had, but he had shown up at a different point in the story than he was supposed to.

Every time they had appeared, I had found something suspicious.

Of course, I had deviated from the original story from the very beginning. It was only natural for events to unfold differently.

But if that was the case, then it meant these changes were direct consequences of my interference with the plot.