Chapter 2 – The Traitor Is Nearby (02)

“Then excuse me. I have somewhere to go.”

Now that the tutorial is over, it’s goodbye with Ophelia.

In the two battles, which can be considered an early tutorial, you and Ophelia will have to go through them alone, but you should focus as much as possible on the main character, that is, me.

It may seem cruel, but it can’t be helped.

After Ophelia receives the boss correction, she becomes a crazy bitch who replaces 3 friendly characters per turn.

So, in order to lower the difficulty of the initial battle, it was important to leave as little room for growth as possible.

No matter how much you increase your favorability, the biggest thing in the story is that when Ophelia’s birthday comes, you unconditionally betray her.

“Aren.”

Ophelia’s voice stopped me as I turned around to build up my goodwill as I had missed a day.

Even now, time was passing by, so for the sake of efficiency, I had to ignore the conversation and leave, but I stopped in my tracks when I saw those sad and regretful eyes.

Is it because in her first half, she was always bright and active, influencing the atmosphere around her, but for some reason, in her second half, I felt a sad energy that was only felt in Ophelia.

“It’s a little late… But happy birthday to her.”

“Ah…”

Come to think of it, the main character’s birthday is early, so the game starts on the day of her coming-of-age ceremony.

Unfortunately, she transferred to Celestial Academy that day, so no one was able to celebrate her birthday.

Even when I spoke to Ophelia in the first round, she only said sorry for passing her birthday and nothing else, but I wonder if it was a special for the second round or …

‘It may have been omitted and passed over in the game’

In Ophelia’s hand was a small brooch.

It is an item that looks hideous with scratches here and there and the jewels have fallen off, but this item was originally an item that Ophelia did not drop from her body even when she declared treason from the duke’s daughter and pretended to be the queen when the duke, or rather the duke, died.

There is a scene where the protagonist, after finishing the silent event, picks up this old brooch and stores it with his own hands.

Since I didn’t go through the treason route, I don’t know the details, but there was usually a hidden story behind these special items.

“You’re giving me this…?”

“Why? Do you hate it because it’s too old?”

“No, that’s not it…”

“Then I think I would be happy if Aren accepts it.”

I thought for a moment as I looked at the hand held out while smiling.

“Yes. Thank you, Ophelia.”

Looking at Ophelia smiling brightly, she felt that knowing the future was not such a good thing.

Still, I won’t go the treason route.

*

Listen to the conversation of the female student NPCs chatting near the fountain at the academy where they parted ways with Ophelia.

In the game, a dialogue window pops up as an event when you go nearby, but not now, so I had to pick up the dialogue myself, so I collected information by passing between NPCs to the point that people around me looked suspiciously.〈 Br〉

Fortunately, after waiting for about 5 minutes after laying the iron plate, I heard a rumor that a birthday party was being held for Class F.

‘Third-level cafe inside the academy…’

Originally, other areas were off-limits due to the fact that I had just transferred to the school, but in the first episode, I was curious as to why only this place was banned. I guess it was created for this event.

Oh, and here, level 3 is the level 3 of level 1, level 2, and level 3.

In the first place, Celestial Academy strictly divided levels, so classes A and B could only use level 1 facilities, classes C and D could only use level 2 facilities, and classes E and F could only use level 3 facilities.

The higher you go, the better the facilities and the better the services and goods provided, but of course, it was an area that could not be used unless you achieved a certain level of achievement.

‘They say life is a comedy when seen from afar, and a tragedy when seen up close. Look at how old the level 3 facility is…’

When I looked at it on the monitor, I tended to prefer third-class facilities because of their antique feel and all.

However, when I actually used it, the chair was creaky and the table had bug holes here and there, so it was quite uncomfortable.

‘Even if I work hard from now on, it will take me the second semester to use a first-class area.’

Even if you compete against each other and win every mid-term and final exam, it takes at least two semesters to move up from level 3 to level 2, and from level 2 to level 1.

Well, that was for later, and I saw three students exchanging gifts with each other with happy expressions in this shabby cafe.

Perhaps because today was a holiday, we were all wearing civilian clothes, but since we often see them in the game when we meet on holidays, the moment I saw them, I felt a sense of welcome.

The smiling, slightly lively white-haired female student in the center is the class president, Marian.

The tall male student clapping across from her said, “Holy Oh.”
The childlike female student next to her who was having fun as if it was her her birthday was Seri.

Marian has the [Sword Master] Skill, so when she lifts her sword, her attack power becomes stronger and her evasion and defense rate increase.

Thanks to this, she was able to quickly raise only the necessary abilities from the beginning, so if she leveled up a lot in the beginning, she could be useful in the later stages.

Hollyona Seri’s performance she wasn’t very good, but she naturally follows you when you attack Marian, so there was no harm in getting to know her in a situation where each and every one of her forces her she was precious.

However, if there is a problem.

‘How do I intervene?’

In the game, an event naturally occurs and you join the birthday party, but when you actually try to join in, there is no way to approach you.

When she was glaring back at Marianne’s group observing her in the cafe, she made direct eye contact with Marianne, who was receiving her her birthday her present her her.

“Oh, you’re a transfer student joining our F class, right?”

Fortunately, while she was wondering how I should intervene, Marianne noticed the class F sign on my clothes first and started talking to me.

“Are transfer students coming to the academy, which has a direct line from admission to graduation?”

“They say it’s a special case that only applies this time as an exception. I don’t know why…”

“If you’re alone like that, would you like to have a cup of tea with me?”

Marianne called me out of her friendly nature, and of course I had no reason to refuse as I had come to get to know her.

“It’s Marian.”

I already knew her name her, but she pretended not to know her, so I accepted her greeting her and briefly introduced myself.

The moment they introduced each other’s names, a status window appeared next to Marian’s face, just as a status window appeared next to Ophelia’s face.

‘Surprisingly, I’m lower than Ophelia now.’

Since Ophelia had to play the role of two people, she received initial compensation, but this level was not low, and due to the mastery of the sword, her abilities were multiplied by 1.3 when she held the sword, so her actual performance was very high.

However, if there was something that bothered her, it was that the blurry letters at the bottom of the characteristics that were not visible in the original game window were gradually becoming darker on Marian.

‘Inclination?’

Lawful good, neutral good, chaotic evil… Something like that?

She kept her eyes wide open, wondering if she would see anything if she concentrated, but she could only see the explanation and not the content, so she gave up for now and wished Marianne a happy birthday.

“I heard it’s your birthday. Happy Marian.”

Tiring.

At that moment, along with a cheerful system notification sound, red letters written [?] Appeared next to the taste.

– Marianne’s experience feature has been unlocked –

What the fuck is this? This is why she shouldn’t change a foreign language into a foreign language and translate it into Korean.

Then, for some reason, Marianne’s skirt rolled up, and her original skirt her, which normally reached just above her knees, became short enough to barely cover her thighs, and her cleavage began to clench deeply.

Marianne’s civilian clothes were loose-fitting clothes like those of a schoolboy, but she suddenly noticed that her waist was pulled in tight as if someone was tightening it, and in comparison, the fabric on her breasts became tighter, revealing the texture of her breasts little by little. It has begun.

Originally, Marian had a dark chest that was exposed through her clothes, but if her outfit her her was like ‘hidden glamour’, she was now openly emphasizing her breasts and narrow waist, and below that, her Her well-trained and firm her. Thighs.

‘Ah… That’s right. Come to think of it, I… I installed adult mode…’

I didn’t know until now because there were no changes to the other characters, but it seemed like Marian’s outfit changed the moment she was congratulated on her birthday and certified as an adult.

Of course, this civilian clothes were not stripped down to the point of being vulgar, but when she changed like this right before her eyes, her breasts were so big and her skirt was so short that she did not know where to place her eyes her her her her.

“What’s wrong? Are you uncomfortable?”

“No… It’s nothing…”

It seems that the unlocked function is a function related to adult mode.

As the function was unlocked, five three-dimensional painted hearts in black appeared next to her status her window her her her, as if to reveal something was empty, and one of them was now being seen filling up in real time.

‘Are you showing your favorability?’

However, likeability indicates that the relationship has changed through a system explanation when a conversation or event ends.

It goes in the following order: enemy – hostility – inconvenience – neutrality – acquaintance – friend – best friend – lover?

If this heart is meant to reveal favorability, it should be divided into 8 spaces, but why is it divided into 5 spaces?

Or is it segmented favorability due to various convenience modes?

“Please continue to take good care of me, Aren.”

The moment I held her hand, the game system’s unique ringing sound rang again.

– Marian’s favorability has reached the ‘Friend’ level –

– Hollyo’s favorability has reached the ‘Acquaintance’ level –

– Seri’s favorability has reached the ‘Acquaintance’ level –

As the event was successfully implemented, it was heard that the favorability of Marian and her group increased, but hearts were still being filled in real time.

“Aren seems like Marian’s younger brother when he’s next to me like this!”

‘If you think about it that way, you’re like Hollyo’s younger brother…’

Seri was teasing me about similar small topics anyway, and I didn’t want to hear this from her little boy who also had the slowest birthday of hers.

At best, there is a difference of about 9 months.

‘Huh?’

While chatting, Marian’s first heart was almost filling up.

‘Oh, one is full’

When one heart was finally full, a small pink heart appeared in Marian’s eyes for a moment and then disappeared.

And the red letters that had been hidden by ? Until just now appeared.

[Namdong Life Lover]

Marian only has a younger sister who is a first-year student at Celestial Academy, so she loves her younger brother?

As expected, I installed the mod at random and there seemed to be a bug.

If you think about it, if you were to classify Marian, she is an older sister-type character. Anyway, it doesn’t mean much since the character is the same age as the main character.

– Love of younger brother: I like my younger brother. Little brother: I have no interest in anyone unexpected –

And the speed at which the hearts were filled was getting faster and faster, and while I was wondering if this would be the same, the second space was already being filled.

“Huh?”

And as new red letters hidden by ? Appeared, the speed at which hearts were filled accelerated even further, and the second heart was already completely filled.

“Ah!”

With Marian’s short moan, a heart larger than before appeared in her eyes, but this time it disappeared, leaving a slightly longer afterimage.

Along with that, the red text that had been covered with ? Like before was revealed, and the moment I saw it, I immediately got up and left the place.

“Well, then, no more uninvited guests!”

As I looked at Marian’s status window, she seemed to run away before her heart could be filled any further.

The newly revealed red letters were [Desire to be confined].