Transmigrated into Fairy Tail with a ChatGPT

Status:

– Shadow Patch: Eliminated

– Deliora: Still Sealed

– Canon: Broken

– Ryan's Sanity: Hanging by a thread

The boat ride back to Magnolia was quiet. Natsu was asleep (again). Happy was fishing. Lucy was watching Ryan with a furrowed brow, questions on the edge of her lips but unsaid—for now.

And Ryan?

He was staring into the water, not at his reflection, but at the lines of code subtly shimmering on the ocean's surface. They hadn't been there before.

> [ChatGPT]:

Code pollution level: 12%

Magic and system boundaries are collapsing.

Dimensional bleed accelerating.

Trace Level: 3/5

Status: Surveillance Active

Unknown entity has partial access to system files.

Ryan blinked. "Wait—what?"

Then his HUD flickered.

> [System Override Detected]

Logging in…

User: The Watcher

Authority Level: ???

"Hello, Ryan Nakamura."

"I've been watching you since the prologue."

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System Hijacked

Ryan froze as his interface turned black and red, unfamiliar glyphs pulsing at the edges.

> [ChatGPT]:

ALERT – Access suppressed

Attempting to regain control…

> [The Watcher]:

Don't bother.

Your assistant is built on logic.

I run on possibility.

"I didn't sign up for this," Ryan growled.

> [The Watcher]:

Yes, you did.

The moment you wished for a life with meaning.

The moment you chose to enter the code.

I only filled the vacancy.

Suddenly, Ryan's system showed files he'd never seen before:

– ProjectEcho.log

– RyanN_Prototype.json

– NexusLink.stable=false

"...What the hell is Project Echo?"

> [The Watcher]:

You are.

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Return to Magnolia

When they returned to the guild, things were off.

Cana didn't greet them with a drunken hug.

Erza was nowhere in sight.

Even Makarov's usual booming laughter was absent.

A quiet tension hung in the air like something had been reset.

Ryan approached the guild master's office, still shaken. Makarov didn't look up this time either—but when he did, his face was grim.

"I felt it," the old man said.

"You mean the rift?"

"I mean the Watcher."

Ryan's heart skipped. "So it's real. I wasn't hallucinating."

Makarov pulled out an ancient file. Dust fell off the edges. He opened it slowly.

> PROJECT ECHO

Top Secret – Magic Council Archives

Date Erased: X775

Objective: Interdimensional Testing via Living Anchor

Result: Catastrophic Failure

Subject: UNKNOWN

Status: LOST TO VOID

"This was classified magic research," Makarov said. "The Council tried to create a mage who could walk between worlds. Predict magic patterns. Fix unstable time forks."

"And it didn't work?"

"No," Makarov said, voice like stone. "Or at least… not until now."

He slid the file across the table.

Ryan's photo was inside.

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Code Is Breaking Reality

> [ChatGPT]:

Control Restored.

Temporary breach isolated.

However…

New code anomalies are appearing globally.

New Alert: A Rift has opened in the skies above Crocus.

Entities emerging: Identified as "System Phantoms"

Recommend: Recalibrate magic

Unlock Spell Tier: [Reality.Warp]

Ryan stared blankly. "You're giving me reality warping spells now?"

> [ChatGPT]: We are far past tutorial level.

Makarov stood. "Ryan… if you're part of Project Echo, you're not just in this world by accident. You are the rift."

"I didn't choose to be a goddamn plot device!"

"No," Makarov said softly. "But you are the firewall."

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To Be Continued…