How to cancel an .htaccess rewrite to a subfolder? - .htaccess

I want to cancel an .htaccess rewrite that redirects people from mysite.com to mysite.com/blog.
I previously wanted to bypass the main page and send users straight to a subdirectory, so I added a rewrite. Now I want people to be able to access mysite.com, but still be able to reach mysite.com/blog (but only when they follow a link to mysite.com/blog, not by default). I'm a beginner to .htaccess, so I appreciate the patience and help.
Here's what was in my .htaccess:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?dreamybeast.design$
RewriteRule ^(/)?$ blog [L]
I thought that just commenting out my rewrite code in the .htaccess file would stop the site from redirecting mysite.com to mysite.com/blog, but I'm still not able to land on mysite.com at all.
I also tried deleting the .htaccess file (there was nothing else in it) and I still can't land on the root url.
--- edit ---
There's an .htaccess file in the blog subfolder (which contains a Wordpress install) with the following code in it:
# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /blog/
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /blog/index.php [L]
</IfModule>
# END WordPress
Is it possible that this is what's causing the redirect, not the .htaccess file in the root?

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I removed http://example.com but it doesn't work, I get Page not Found.
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RewriteBase /
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As for the page not found, is there another RewriteRule somewhere that tells just 'page' to be processed as 'page.php' or something of the sort? Do you have your PHP files saved without extensions?
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# BEGIN WordPress
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If someone wants to explain what all the above does also, that would be appreciated as well.
To do what you requested, you want to add:
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