Chapter 0: Marriage Proposal

Chapter 0: Marriage ProposalThe concept known as the butterfly effect was a motherfucking piece of shit.

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

It went without saying that changing conditions could lead to different outcomes.

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

“My dear.”

'Therefore, it's a fucking piece of shit. Well, for me, at least.'

To put it simply...

I have made some choices in my life that I regret.

Choices that led me into this situation.

Why, there was typically that one thing.

I shouldn’t have played that damned game.

[ Savior Rising ]

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

It was a good game.

If only I hadn't gotten sucked into it.

Did that even make sense? That someone would get trapped inside a game just because they played it a bit?

I was completely oblivious as to why this happened. Was it because some God-like being willed it, or was it because of the attachment I had with the main character?

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

And then, the next day, I woke up inside the game.

“My dear. Are you listening?”

I didn't answer.

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

'Oh, please.'

“I already know you are in there. You’d better open the door.”

“...”

“I have already talked with Dorm Supervisor Ophelia. You have no classes scheduled today.”

“...”

They were like a stalker.

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

More images flooded my mind.

The illustrations and CGs I saw in the original game.

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

Etc., etc.

What was certain though, was that she left one consistent impression regardless of where you looked.

She was a frightening villain.

Yes, that's no secret.

This woman was the Final Boss in this world known as Sera. If the protagonist didn’t stop her, she would eventually throw the whole world into a pit of fire.

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

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

But in the end, it was all too late.

The butterfly's 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 dizzying question.

Dowd Campbell.

The heir to a baron 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 was now...

...Proposed to by the woman who would eventually bring about the world's destruction within a few years.