Yo but the crane the emperor unfolded said "three people" I have a suspicion he has some correlation with the GM or is even the GM himself and I'll agree that there are probably three players. I wonder if the third one is the childhood friend and his mission is sth like to save someone cause his crane said "remember your name"
the part im interested in is whether the other 2 players are under the same circumstances as the mc (aka transmigrated/isekaid and the only way out is to fulfill the GM's orders) or are they actual npcs who gained consciousness outside of the prescribed game rules, and this is their opportunity to enter the real world. sort of like yuri from beware of the villainess, who is aware that she is a character in a book and can't escape from the game rules which were originally set for them
Truthfully i feel like there might be some plot twist where the emperor is the GM. It just really makes zero sense to me how he able to see the system but other npc can’t. We know the main 2 players is the villainess and heroine. I don’t believe the spy is a player but the guard could possibly be a player once they “remember their name” This lowkey is kinda similar to sword art online but clearly very different lol.
That's a great idea but what is troubling me with this is that MC said the game is multiplayer so I'm assuming all the other players are from earth as well. And we've seen Lily use many game like features our MC can't even summon, I wonder if Lily hasn't tried logging out yet so she doesn't know if it's possible or not. Lily seems to have better control of the game so she definitely has different circumstances. I wonder about the third player though...
wait this is quite smart. instead of being only one person transmigrated there are 3 "players" competing for the throne. its really like an actual game