Volume 2 - CH 1

Explaining Galge with all my might

“HIDEYORI-KU~N, LET’S PLA~~Y.”

Emi’s voice came from in front of the house.

“Ara, ara, welcome Emi-chan.”

I could hear my aunt inviting her in.

This is weird…….

My plan is to not get myself involved with the characters from the game but one just came over to play at my house……

Is this the game’s correction force?

“Hideyori, Emi-chan came over you know.”

“Came over~”

“Just go back…….”

I was enjoying Smash Bros since my uncle bought me the game the other day and I can’t keep playing if Emi is here.

I only have one controller after all.

Besides, I want to play more games right now.

The elementary school will start in only a few months.

When school starts, I won’t be able to play games all day like this anymore.

Before I reincarnated, I made a vow that I would abandon my games in search of IRL romance though……

To that end, it would be much more preferable if I reincarnated as Juumonji Takeru instead……

There are tons of cute heroines in [Breaking the Chain of Sadness] you know!

Even a supporting character like Emi looks this cute after all.

Among the heroines, there are many cute-type like her but there are also some real beauties too.

I WANT TO MEET THE~~~M!

I WANT TO BECOME THEIR OSHI, MARRY ME PLEAS~~~~E

Even though it’s not on the game’s Hideyori’s level, I actually find the protagonist Takeru to be quite irritating……..

That guy, he’s such a good for nothing but he’s so damn popular.

How come the only woman that Hideyori even has a chance with is Emi though.

Rather, since he dominated her every action from the beginning, Emi’s love toward Hideyori was practically ZERO.

Even this Emi right in front of me might not have any affection toward me either.

“Hideyori-kun, you are playing games again~”

“Uhh….., can’t I……..”

After I played with her at the playground, Emi started actively inviting me to play together.

Somehow, this just doesn’t sit right with me…..

Certainly, in the game, Hideyori was always with Emi.

There’s no doubt that his reason for doing so was to manipulate her every move with his Gift.

However, I have no plan to warp Emi’s will with my Gift at all.

Something is wrong.

If she came over to my house when her favorability with me is at zero then I can’t imagine what she would do when it maxed out.

“Ta-dah! Since Hideyori-kun is always playing video games, I also got myself a controller~~”

“Eh? You bought a controller?”

“Un. Okaa-san bought it for me. Just the controller.”

“She bought a controller just so that you can play games at my house………?”

For a moment, I unintentionally wondered what kind of parent Emi has.

“Un! It’s fun you know!”

“Buying a controller with nothing to use it with is fun for you huh…….”

She’s the kind of woman that enjoys sitting on a still swing and climbing up a slide.

Her idea of fun probably included holding a controller as well.

“But Hideyori-kun has a lot of games right.”

“Yeah, good Galges come out every year after all.”

“Galges?”

I was playing Smash to relieve some stress earlier but at my core, I’m still a Galgamer.

That being said, no matter how much I searched the store, I couldn’t find a game called [Breaking the Chain of Sadness] at all.

There’s not even one result when I searched the name up on the internet either.

“The cover has a lot of girls drawn on it isn’t it.”

“Ah, that game, it has this super shy Ojou-sama you see! In the beginning, she was like [[Uhh……I’m actually bad with men, sorry…..]] but by the end, she was like [[I love you, I love you]] you know. HYAHHH, I love you too!”

(TLN: Ojou-sama = Rich young lady)

As expected, I couldn’t buy the PC version yet so I have to bear with the all-ages version.

Ojou-sama type is so nice!

“……it’s not fun.”

“Eh……?”

It scares me when a woman who had fun just climbing up a slide is saying that something is not fun you know…….

What’s going on!?

“Are you okay, Emi!?”

She might have caught a cold or an illness of some kind.

I placed my hand on my forehead and then touched Emi’s forehead to see if she had a fever.

Our body temperatures are not all that different though……

“What’s wrong, Hideyori-kun?”

“Well, I thought you might have caught a cold……”

“If that’s the case then you do it like this you know.”

“Eh?”

Emi raises her bangs up and places her forehead on mine.

Emi’s face is right in front of me.

J, Just where did she learn to do this……?

“……”

“…..somehow, I feel like Emi’s forehead is getting hotter though?”

“Hau……”

Suddenly, Emi removed her forehead from mine.

I am really worried if she actually caught a cold now.

“W, where did you learn to do that……?”

“F, From the show Okaa-san was watching……”

“Fuu….”

I took a deep breath to calm my chaotic mind.

So a child who has yet to enter elementary school already has this kind of knowledge huh.

This Galge world is scarier than I thought……

If she said something like [When you caught a cold then a kiss would cure it you know] then I might have unconditionally fallen for her already…….

“Hideyori-kun, why did you think I caught a cold?”

“Well, I mean, you always say fun this, fun that so when you said that something isn’t fun, I would obviously think that something is wrong right.”

“But Hideyori-kun said you love this……”

“Eh?”

Saying so, Emi shows me another game package.

It’s a game in which the protagonist transfers into a school for High-class ladies (Ojou-samas).

“Right, you see the girl on the far left of the cover, she isn’t good at talking with people but at the end, she’s a big-time kisser and would flirt with you nonstop you know! [[You are my one and special person]] she says……. Man, I’m crazy for her!”

“…..it’s not fun.”

“Eh? Why?”

For some reason, Emi seemed to be in a bad mood today.

Does she hate playing indoors that much……?”

She seems like an indoor type to me but maybe she’s actually an outdoor enthusiast huh.

“See, this girl on the left is cute right.”

“……no, it’s just a drawing.”

“Nooo! That word is forbidden!”

It’s no good…..

She doesn’t have any opening for me to lure her in at all.

When I’m living in a game world like this, it does feel like I’m living in a painting too though………

“Take a closer look. You might not be able to tell her personality but just look at the illustration! She has a mole under her eye you know. A girl with a mole under their eye is cute right.”

“A mole under their eye……?”

“That’s right, personally, I think that every girl who has one under their eye is super cute.”

“Eh? R, Really?”

“A girl is 100 times cuter when they have a mole under their eye you know! I’m crazy for it!”

“C, come on…..that’s embarrassing……”

Right, I can’t talk to my uncle and aunt like this.

Still, I’m so eager to talk about it since I don’t have anyone to talk about Galges with.

This is it, I completely forgot how it felt when I gave my friends my Galge recommendations!

Are my otaku friends from my past life doing well I wonder……

“The mole is so cute and it’s so wonderful when a girl with one says she likes me too.”

“N, No way! This is too embarrassing, Hideyori-kun!”

“MINT-CHAN IS THE BES~~T!

“……Ha?”

“Eh? Where did all your earlier tension go, Emi?”

Since this mind still belongs to an old man, I might not be able to convey my feelings to a child who hasn’t yet entered elementary school huh……..

Let’s play more Galges, I’m sure I can understand girls better that way.

Another run at Mint-chan route we go.

“I’m throwing this away…….”

“WAIT, EMI-CHAAAAAN!?”

I did my best but it seems I really can’t play this kind of game in front of Emi……….

What a shame…….

Next time I guess I will buy an Otome Game and try talking with her about all the charming bachelors then.

Even Emi should be happy with Otome Games I think.

I swear, next time I will definitely make her understand.