Prologue

Prologue

(EP-0) Marriage Proposal

Prologue - Marriage Proposal

The butterfly effect sucks.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with the phenomenon proposed by the theory.

Different conditions give varying results.

However, its existence proved that a small decision has the power to alter a person's destiny.

“My dear.”

Therefore, it sucks. Well, for me at least.

To put it simply.

I've had a few choices I regret in my life.

Choices that led me into this situation.

Why, there's typically that one thing.

I shouldn’t have played that damned game.

[ Savior Rising ]

In short, academy genre shows. The drama between innocent youth, usually featuring complex and multifaceted characters. While, at the same time, retaining familiarity and archetypes.

It’s a good game.

If only I didn't get stuck there.

Does that even make sense? Could someone get dragged in a game for playing it?

I'm completely oblivious as to why this happened. Is it because some God-like being willed it or the attachment I have with the main character?

Like usual, I completed the game, saw through the ending, had my fun and then went to bed.

The next time I opened my eyes, I was already here.

“My dear. Are you listening?”

I didn't answer.

Maybe that person wouldn't notice that I’m here and go away.

Oh, please.

“I already knew you're in there. You’d better open the door.”

“...”

At least, that's what should've happened, if things went the way they're supposed to.

“...”

In the first place, not being involved with this woman was better for me.

More images flood my mind.

The illustrations and CGs I saw in the 'original work'.

A bloodied Elnore building mountains of corpses with her black longsword. Elnore, with her red eyes flashing fiercely, commanding an army of demons and monsters.

Etc., etc.

What's certain though, was that regardless of where you look, she leaves one consistent impression.

She's a ‘frightening villain’.

Yes, that's no secret.

This woman is the ‘Final Boss’ of this Sera World. If the protagonist doesn’t stop her, she'll eventually throw the whole world in a fire pit.

A person of such caliber and significance should have just passed by an extra like me, nothing more.

“You know why I came all the way here.”

However, in the end, it's too late.

The butterfly wings had already fluttered and blew the gust of fate that led me to this current situation.

Her red eyes coldly stared at me, while her grip on the sword's handle tightened.

The heavy atmosphere became even more serious.

Her mouth parted once more.

“I’ll ask you again, Dowd Campbell.”

A ‘storm’ had brewed with the flap of the butterfly's wings.

“Will you marry me?”

“...”

Really...

I still couldn't wrap my head around this simple yet full-of-implications question.

Dowd Campbell.

The heir to a minor lord of a remote region with not the slightest recognition. A freshman-nobody at the Academy. And a bottom dwelling, unrecognized extra of this world.

And such a person now is...

He's being proposed to by a woman who would destroy the world within a few years.