The moment Steni activated Reality Bug, the world… glitched.
Not metaphorically.
Actually.
The air fractured like broken glass.
Time stuttered.
The glowing S-Class Administrator hovering above her suddenly froze mid-sentence.
"Host Steni—"
CRACK.
His voice split into static.
The golden armor surrounding his body flickered violently as thousands of code fragments spilled into the air like sparks.
Steni's eyes widened.
"What… did I just do?"
The system screamed inside her mind.
[CRITICAL ERROR]
[REALITY BUG ACTIVATED]
[WARNING: UNAUTHORIZED CODE ALTERATION DETECTED]
The Administrator turned slowly toward her.
But something was wrong.
His face—normally calm and godlike—twitched.
Like a broken hologram.
"You… shouldn't… possess… that…"
His sentence broke apart.
CRACK.
Another fracture spread across the sky.
Steni watched in disbelief as the Administrator's body began dissolving into floating numbers and symbols.
01011001
11001011
00011100
Reality itself was rewriting him.
"This… is impossible," he whispered.
Steni stepped back.
"I didn't mean to—"
But the system cut her off.
[Host has rewritten Administrator authority.]
Her heart skipped.
"…what?"
The Administrator's eyes suddenly snapped open.
For the first time since she met him—
There was fear in them.
"You… rewrote… me."
The sky darkened.
Even the system seemed confused.
[Analyzing…]
[Analyzing…]
Then the result appeared.
[Reality Bug Effect Confirmed.]
Steni swallowed.
"What effect?"
The Administrator's voice came out weak.
"…role reversal."
Steni blinked.
"Role… what?"
The system answered.
[Administrator Authority Transferred.]
Silence filled the air.
The golden throne behind the Administrator shattered.
The glowing crown above his head flickered…
Then slowly floated toward Steni.
Her eyes widened.
"No way…"
The crown landed above her head and merged into light.
[Host Steni has temporarily gained Administrator privileges.]
The former Administrator dropped to one knee.
His body flickered like a corrupted file.
"No… this shouldn't be possible…"
Steni stared at him.
The S-Class Administrator… was kneeling.
To her.
Her voice trembled.
"So… you're saying…"
She pointed at herself.
"…I'm the administrator now?"
The system paused.
Then responded calmly.
[Correct.]
The Administrator clenched his fists.
"You fool… you don't understand what you've done."
Steni crossed her arms.
"Then explain."
He looked up slowly.
His expression dark.
"Administrators are not supposed to exist in human reality."
A cold chill spread through the air.
"If the Overseers discover this…"
Steni frowned.
"Overseers?"
The Administrator's voice dropped to a whisper.
"The ones who created the systems."
The sky suddenly trembled.
The system alarms exploded.
[WARNING]
[MULTIPLE HIGH-LEVEL ENTITIES DETECTED]
Steni looked up.
The clouds twisted.
Then four enormous glowing eyes opened in the sky.
Watching.
Observing.
Judging.
The Administrator whispered in horror.
"…too late."
Steni felt an overwhelming pressure crash down on her.
A voice echoed across reality.
Cold.
Ancient.
And angry.
"Unauthorized Administrator detected."
The sky tore open.
A massive figure of pure light began descending from the void.
The Administrator looked like he might faint.
"…an Overseer."
Steni swallowed hard.
"So… they're the bosses?"
The Administrator shook his head slowly.
"No."
His voice trembled.
"They're the ones who delete worlds."
The Overseer's voice thundered again.
"Reality Bug user… identified."
Steni's heart dropped.
"How do they know that?"
The Overseer raised a glowing hand.
"Initiating world reset."
Everything froze.
The city.
The sky.
Even time.
Steni's system spoke urgently.
[Emergency option available.]
"WHAT option?!"
The screen flashed.
[Use Reality Bug again.]
Her eyes widened.
"You want me to break reality twice?!"
The system answered instantly.
[If not… this world will be erased.]
The Overseer's hand began glowing brighter.
The Administrator shouted.
"Steni! Decide now!"
Her mind raced.
If she used the bug again…
Reality might collapse.
If she didn't…
Everyone would disappear.
The Overseer counted.
"Three."
Steni clenched her fists.
"Two."
Her heart pounded.
"One."
And just as the Overseer unleashed the world-erasing command—
Steni activated Reality Bug again.
The world went black.
Then a new system message appeared.
[Reality Rewrite Successful.]
Steni opened her eyes slowly.
But something was wrong.
Very wrong.
Because standing in front of her…
Wearing the Overseer's crown…
Was someone she recognized.
Someone who should not exist here.
And he was smiling.
"Welcome back, Steni."