The Storm (1)

Why is The Chronicle of Xenon hailed as the true masterpiece of this era, regardless of national borders?

There are many reasons, but the main one is that The Chronicle of Xenon is a novel that anyone can easily read, regardless of class, age, or gender.

It is not filled with difficult words, nor does it beat around the bush.

It tells a single story in a concise yet clear manner, stimulating the imagination. Through that imagination, it unfolds another world inside the reader's mind.

This one trait alone fulfills the conditions necessary for The Chronicle of Xenon to become popular throughout the world. On top of that, it has an exciting story, so its popularity naturally soared.

Even illiterate people learned to read so they could read The Chronicle of Xenon, which shows just how high its standing had become.

In fact, when they encountered an unfamiliar word while reading The Chronicle of Xenon, many people would look it up in a dictionary or figure out what the sentence meant for themselves.

But when popularity rises to such dizzying heights, side effects naturally follow.

Quite apart from the fact that hardly any books besides The Chronicle of Xenon were selling, countless people had been injured after running around claiming they would become the protagonist of the book.

In a way, it was only natural, but unfortunately, this world had never experienced anything like it. There had never been a 'culture' that became popular among people of every age and gender, class, and race...