The interview was conducted with Cuttlefish That Loves Diving at the Shanghai CP26 Anime Convention Lord of Mysteries Book Promo Event on July 27th, 2020.
Questions are selected from fans who posted their questions under the designated post on LoM Weibo
Interview[]
Question 1[]
Then the first question, from Username "奇想宇宙志" - Leonard's background and story, I'm begging you to tell me, please! Does he really have an eighty-year-old grandmother? (also why did Pallez choose him to parasitize? Don't tell me it was really based on looks, is it?
Cuttlefish: Emmh, to be honest, in regards to Leonard's initial settings, I decided to set him as an orphan.
Hostess: Ummah, then that means he doesn't have an eighty-year-old grandmother?
Cuttlefish: I think he's supposed to have grown up living in an orphanage managed by the Evernight Church.
Hostess: Ah, then why did the old man choose him to parasitize? Was it really because he's handsome?
Cuttlefish: No, not that. Possibly, it's more due to a case.[Note 1], Leonard just so happens to get hold of a coin due to that case, and then he was parasitized.
Question 2[]
Hostess: Alright, let's look at the second question, from Username "山荷" - For characters who haven't been given "3D modeling"[Note 2], such as Mr.Door and others. In the future would you consider releasing their physical appearance descriptions? The historical events and settings in the Third and Fourth Epoches, will you further flesh them out down the road?
Cuttlefish: This is because, in regards to these characters' settings, for me, in the very beginning I only thought of their names. As I started writing, I gradually filled in the settings when appropriate until their settings were completely presented and finished. Currently, I've already completed Mr.Door as well as Alista Tudor's physical appearance settings, and I may release them in the WeChat Side Story.
Hostess: Then we will wait for Book 2 or future Wechat Bonus Story Chapters with anticipation. We look forward to seeing more characters getting their appearances and settings fleshed out.
Question 3[]
Hostess: Now, the third question comes from Username "人民的眼鏡是反光的" - Can you please elaborate and tell us more about our "big Beauty" Ouroboros? Every time he resets, does he have to start over as a baby as well? Or can he reset and start as an adult? Why is he such a good boy? How did True Creator raise him as a kid?
Cuttlefish: Well, you definitely could tell the answer to this question from Will Auceptin's current status. Ouroboros, if he chose to reset, he also must start over from a fetus. Ha, it should be called a "Snake Egg".
Hostess: So every time he has to slowly grow back up, and eventually grow back into his former form right?
Cuttlefish: Yes.
Question 4[]
Hostess: Then let's look at the next question, from Username "石燈獻詩" - I want to ask about Lawyer Pathway's Mythical Creature Form. Based on the After Book Bonus Chapters[Note 3], many of us see suspicious signs of our guess being true. I want to take a guess, a wild guess, is it Curly Baboon?
Cuttlefish: Actually, in the very beginner, the Mythical Creature Form of Black Emperor Pathway I set it to be a human-like/humanoid form. But after that, you guys all started self-proclaiming as Curly Baboons, I thought Curly Baboon was also very human-like, and that's how it has changed into Curly Baboon now.
Hostess: Ah. Is that so, alright alright.
Question 5[]
Hostess: The next question still comes from Username "石燈獻詩" - Does Medici and Alista know each other in the past? Did Medici frequently visit the Solomon Empire?
Cuttlefish: In the very beginning. Alista Tudor is a very high-ranking noble in the Solomon Empire, he and Medici are co-workers.
Question 6[]
Hostess: The next question comes from Username "偕千歲" - Is there true love between Blood Moon Queen Auernia and Night Emperor? Or has it always been a political marriage for them?
Cuttlefish: In the beginning, it was a political marriage, but after being husband and wife together for so many years, there's eventually bound to be a few true feelings formed between them.
Hostess: I guess that's what we call "Love will come in time", right?
Question 7[]
Hostess: Next question comes from Username "北年D" - I want to know when is the starting point of the next LoM Book about the first book on the timeline? What is the Pathway of the Next Main Character? I think this is also the most cared about question of everyone present here today as well, right?
Cuttlefish: Ummh, the story of the next book is definitely, is probably starting 1 year BEFORE the last, or 8th Volume of LoM 1, The Fool Volume. It will develop events starting from 1 year before the 8th volume of LoM 1, eventually, it will cross paths with the series of characters from LoM 1 and together they will merge into a series of stories. As for the final decision on the new MC's pathway, I currently, temporarily, have not made that decision. Because after all, aside from a few sparks of scenes and ideas, I do not have a fully conceptualized story in mind for LoM 2, the only thing I made right now are pieces of history and past that serve as placeholders for connecting the stories.
Question 8[]
Hostess: Ah, okay. then let's see the last question from fans, from username "都別調皮了_209" - He stated that Ancient Sun God and Evernight Goddess's respective stories, as well as fleshing out their characters, will these things be included in the Book 2 that we just talked about?
Cuttlefish: Book 2 will have parts about their respective stories, But, creating stories for these very powerful characters, I personally feel it's better to show and present their stories than directly describe them indirectly. Otherwise, there's a possibility that their "cool factor" will decrease.
Question 9[]
Hostess: Do you guys want to ask our Cuttlefish sensei more questions? Since this is such a hard-to-come-by opportunity to ask in person. Then let us get more questions from Weibo. Let's ask Cuttlefish sensei to answer a few more questions on stage, shall we?
Hostess: When did Amon find out his brother is his father?
Cuttlefish: From a story perspective of the whole book, I think it's approximately at the start of Volume 7.
Question 10[]
Hostess: Let's find a more serious and proper question, we want to know at the end of Book 1. Does Melissa find out Klein is still alive? Also later on, Does Danitz have the possibility of becoming a demigod?
Cuttlefish: Actually from the conversation in the very last scene of Book 1, it is very easy to decipher that Melissa, at the time, already knows Klein is "The Fool", she knows that he's approximately in that kind of status/existence (Wind: So not the details). As for Danitz, I think, probably the next time you guys meet him in the next book, he will be an actual Saint Danitz.
Question 11[]
Hostess: looking through pages of Weibo submitted questions, Why no more Klein questions.
Cuttlefish: probably because as the protagonists there are way too many lines about him compared to others.
Hostess: Then let us give the mic to an audience, whoever has a question about Klein, you can ask now. gives the mic to a little boy
Boy of Culture: In the current WeChat LoM Side Story, will Klein continue to go further down the Demoness Pathway? (Crowd Cheers: YES!)
Cuttlefish: This question, to be honest, is actually great. Because, how should I put it, right now I'm in a state where I can conclude the WeChat Side Story at any point in its story. Because, right now, at any segment of the WeChat side story, I can write this line about "A train arrived in this urban city, and a few individuals exited the train", and these individuals are the second book's main characters as well as the main side characters.
Cuttlefish: Because, this current series of side story chapters, rather than just being a side story, it's more like a crucial "video game dungeon" that the second book (characters) has to experience. Kind of like that.[Note 4]
Translator Notes[]
- ↑ crime case handled by official Beyonders?
- ↑ A 3D animation term, in the context of "novels", it means author giving characters their facial and physical feature descriptions, solidifying their appearance
- ↑ Refering to An Ordinary Person's Daily Life
- ↑ Remember Cuttlefish stated on QQ that this side story is a dreamscape battlefield between LoM Klein and Original LoM? That would make this "dimension" a "dungeon" that Book 2 Characters will have to "enter" eventually, maybe even Tarot Club members. To help LoM Klein beat the "dungeon" ahhhhhhhhhhhhh