Chapter 2: Academy Life (1)

The protagonist of this game, Osian, is from a villain guild.

He has an ability to infiltrate the academy, capture heroines with his power, and make them defect to the villain guild.

However, I heard the game has a high degree of freedom and multiple endings.

Therefore, I can’t predict how the game’s plot will unfold.

It depends on the player’s hands.

Yes, the player is the problem.

Is this protagonist a player right now?

“…Let’s go.”

“Wait, wait! You’re not going to wake him up?”

‘No, I’m not waking him up.’

‘I don’t want to make a good impression. I don’t want to become a target for capture.’

I turn my back on the sleeping Osian and head to the exam hall.

“Not waking hi—”

Flinch.

‘Didn’t he just say something?’

I turn back and check on Osian again.

He was sleeping in the exact same position as before.

‘I must have misheard.’

“Ah, by the way, what’s your name?”

“Eeeh! Miss…! I’ve told you twice…. It’s Jia, Min Jia? Please remember?”

We chatted as we completely left the auditorium.

“…So cold. Nayun.”

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Yesterday, I was late, so I didn’t even take the exam and was assigned directly to C-Class.

The problem is Osian, who was sleeping with me.

He was also late and ended up in C-Class.

‘Why?’

‘If I were Osian, I’d think I need to find talented people and would have tried to get into A-Class somehow. I can’t understand it.’

‘Is he not a player?’

‘What’s his purpose for coming to C-Class?’

Ah.

‘Is it me?’

“Miss, the dorm is really nice!”

“…Yeah. That’s a relief. The bed is good. The pillow too….”

“Oh, Miss, you only see the bed~.”

The dorm is definitely nice, but… my house is more….

No, maybe it’s better since the bathroom is closer.

The dining table is close too.

‘First, I need to lie down. I’m tired. I thought too much today.’

My head touches the pillow.

The headache from thinking too much, which is so unlike me, subsides, and my eyelids grow heavy.

“Ahh! You should lie down after dinner…!”

“Yeah, feed me…. Jia.”

“……Miss. You’re too lazy.”

“Hee…”

“That’s not a compliment!? Ahaha.”

When I feel this kind of heartwarming emotion, sleeping becomes even better.

When the tightness in my chest clears, a smile forms on my face, my worries disappear, and I fall asleep.

That’s why,

I like people who warmly accept my childishness.

That’s why I like Jia.

“Miss~? The food is ready~.”

“…Uung.”

“Really…, cut…, okay, okay. Sit up. I’ll feed you?”

Munch, munch.

I feel like I’m going to pass out while eating….

I have to brush my teeth too….

It’s a pain….

She’ll probably brush them for me….

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First day of school at the academy.

Morning time.

Jia always wakes up early.

An hour earlier than others.

She wakes me up, saying it’s obvious I won’t be able to get up and will be late.

She doesn’t just get herself ready; she gets me ready too.

When I ask if it isn’t a bother,

‘It’s fine since I’m ready by the time you wake up and are dozing off.’

But Jia must find it a bit troublesome….

Jia combs her own brown, short hair.

‘I sleep all the time, is there any need to get ready?’

After some time, Jia finishes getting me ready too.

Soft hair.

Neatened eyebrows.

Moist lips.

Thankfully, she doesn’t apply any powder.

It would smudge when I sleep.

I hate that.

But….

“You have to take care of me like this every day. Isn’t it a bother? Won’t you get tired of it later…?”

Feeling sorry and curious, I ask.

Normally, I’d just let her since it’s comfortable….

But, well, what if she quits because it’s too hard?

“To be honest, before I started serving you, Miss, I thought, ‘It’ll be a bother~’.”

“Yeah. And now?”

“If I were to raise… a child, would it feel like this? Ahat.”

“What… is that….”

‘Wait a minute. I thought it was a joke and laughed along, but seeing her warm expression, it feels sincere.’

“Besides, the condition is that my tuition is paid for, so I’m totally okay with it~.”

‘Ah, she’s a kid who came here for the money.’

“Then, see you later! Don’t skip class, okay?”

“Yeah, see you later.”

‘What a shame. It would have been easier if we were in the same Hero course.’

Screech, I open the classroom door.

An empty classroom.

I’m too early… I should sleep.

I’m dead tired.

I sat at a back seat by the window.

Just as I was about to put my head down, I heard the classroom door open.

‘Who….’

“…You’re early.”

‘Ah…, really. I’m always going to be early. It’s a problem if he comes early too….’

‘Should I answer?’

‘…Why should I? It’s a bother.’

I put my head down again and face the desk.

“…Going to sleep?”

He comes next to me and speaks softly in a cold voice.

“…”

‘This is when I pretend to be asleep. Go away.’

‘If he’s a player, he’ll know. Waking a sleeping person lowers their favorability.’

‘…I wonder if favorability even works on him. Maybe ignoring him completely isn’t a good idea.’

Screee, the sound of a chair scraping the floor.

Osian sat down next to me.

Whether he did or not, I fall asleep.

Murmur, murmur.

The classroom has become noisy.

How much time has passed?

Seeing how noisy it’s gotten, about an hour must have passed.

Ding-dong-dang-dong.

The bell signaling homeroom rings.

Screech.

“Nice to meet you! Sprouts! I’m Zion.T, your homeroom teacher! I look forward to working with you!”

Ugh, a loud voice that pierces my ears.

It seems a troublesome teacher has become our homeroom teacher.

-Hero Zion.T!
-Who’s that?
-You don’t know? Are you even a hero aspirant!? He’s the hero who grows as big as a high-rise apartment!
-I’ve seen him in person! He was huge!
-I heard he retired after injuring his leg.
-Even after retiring, he’s a teacher~. As expected of a hero.

“Alright, alright! As for seats! Just sit where you are! Shall we do self-introductions!? You have to say what kind of hero you want to be in the future too!”

‘That’s right. Troublesome. Then I have no choice but to do this.’

“…Teacher, I’ve been feeling sick since this morning, so I’ll go to the nurse’s office.”

“Oh, okay! Let’s have you do it in front of your friends later!”

‘Wow… I really hate this.’

“You don’t seem to be in any pain. Why did you come?”

I’m using a trick I used often in middle school, now at the academy.

“…Period cramps.”
“……Ah. Lie down and rest.”

The nurse’s office teacher was a man.

Even so, I said it bluntly.

I’m not embarrassed.

It’s for a comfortable rest.

And so, I skipped the first period and kept sleeping on the bed in the nurse’s office.

The bell signaling the end of the first period rang, and I woke up.

Where did the nurse go?

I don’t feel any presence.

Just as I was thinking of lying down until the second period, someone entered the nurse’s office.

‘Is it the nurse?’

The curtain is drawn, so I can’t see who it is.

“You’re not sick, are you?”

‘That voice.’

‘It’s Osian again.’

‘Is he saying he’ll conquer me first? The thought of him being a player doesn’t leave my mind. I hate it…. Who does he think is going to be conquered? Just try talking to me. I’ll put you to sleep.’

“…”

Swish.

When I don’t answer, he pulls back the curtain.

“……Excuse me.”

‘Is he revealing his true colors because we’re alone? Osian reaches out his hand to me. Reaches out his hand…? No way.’

I quickly use my ability to put him to slee—

“You’re even using your ability. …By any chance, do you remember?”

“…?”

‘It doesn’t work.’

Osian stops reaching his hand out.

Remember what?

“…It’s nothing. I’ll continue what I was doing.”

He extends the hand he had stopped.

He places his hand on my head.

Crackle.

A feeling like electricity covering my brain.

It didn’t hurt.

That’s right.

Osian’s ability is.

Two.

Normally, only one ability exists, but Osian has two unique abilities.

One is Ability Nullification.

The other is Enslavement.

This was the reason this game was an adult game.

However, there were restrictions.

Ability Nullification only works if he knows the opponent’s ability and is conscious of it.

Enslavement can make the target a s*ave.

He can copy that s*ave’s ability.

But its power is weak.

Depending on the number of slaves, the failure rate increases.

Because of this restriction, he can’t control all seven heroines.

That’s why I thought he had to be cautious…

This bastard used it on me right away.

Without even looking at the other heroines.

I didn’t know he was this crazy.

“Hand.”

Thump.

At the gesture asking for my hand, I placed my hand on Osian’s palm.

“Do something cute.”

“…?”

‘How can I, when I’ve never done it before….’

Contrary to my thoughts, I lie down on my back on the bed like a dog showing its belly.

“…”

“……”

Drip.

Tears stream from my eyes.

“…Ah.”

I cried out of shame.

“Sorry. I wanted to try it after a long time….”

‘A long time? Does he have other slaves besides me? Did a player enter this world and try it for the first time in a while? Or… did a previous s*ave die?’

“…I’m going to sleep. Get out.”

“……Okay.”

‘He listens well.’

‘Is he really sorry? Why? He doesn’t apologize for forcibly making me a s*ave, but for treating me like a dog….’

‘He apologizes?’

“I know you’re faking it. You only get to rest until this period is over, okay?”

“…Okay.”

‘Well… what can I do? I should listen when he’s being reasonable. I don’t want to lie on my back like a dog asking for a belly rub like just now.’

‘Ugh, I really hate it.’

Thump, thump.

In the empty nurse’s office, I kick the blanket and fall asleep.

“Haam… I’m, Nayun…. Um, I want to be… a diligent hero….”

The words ‘diligent hero’, spoken with my eyes half-closed, lacked credibility.

It’s because my mom and dad want it.

“Alright. Now that all the class members are here, we’ll have a sparring session! All of C-Class, come outside!”

‘Thankfully, he didn’t hear ‘diligent hero’ and decide to push me around saying, ‘I’ll make you a diligent hero!’ That’s a relief.’

“Uung….”

A bench on the field.

I lie in the sun and wait for my turn.

-Wow! That guy is pretty cool!
-Yeah, to subdue someone without even using his ability.
-Isn’t that just toying with them? I don’t want to spar with him.
-He’s the top student. I heard he got into the Hero course with his grades despite being ability-less.
-What? Hehe, he should probably give up on being a hero.
-Hey…, that’s a discriminatory remark. It’s forbidden at the academy.
-Right. If you want to be a hero, at least pretend to be nice….

‘…They’re noisy. Why are they talking where I am? It’s probably about Osian. I don’t like it.’

‘Should I put them all to sleep?’

“Next! Nayun, and! Seri!”

‘Seri, that’s not a Korean name…. Light pink short hair and crimson eyes. …With this appearance in this game. She is’

“Nice to meet you! Yun!”

“…Yeah.”

‘She calls me by a nickname right after meeting me. It’s a nickname my mom often used when she called me.’

So she is.

“Then, spar, begin!”

Thud.

“……Spar over.”

As soon as it started.

I put her to sleep.

No, starting and ending it right away is a bit much, but you know?

She’s Lust….

Come to think of it, I was surprised because I only thought the heroines other than me would be in different classes.

Lust’s ability is, literally, related to lust.

Another reason why this game is an adult game.

If she uses her ability, it makes the opponent so sensitive they might break, and what else was there….

‘Anyway, I have to be careful.’

My ability to make people fall asleep immediately by raising their desire for sleep is strong.

How strong would hers be?

She could become a ‘yes, yes’ machine in an instant, so I had to put her to sleep right away.

‘…Scary. Her ability is strong too, so why is she in C-Class?’

At the spar that ended in one second, the murmuring from the surroundings disappeared.

And, a single phrase broke the silence.

-Why is she in C-Class?
-Dunno.

My thoughts exactly.

Seriously, why is she in C-Class.

Evening.

I came back to the dorm and was eating the food Jia made.

“Miss-! How was your first day at the academy?”

“Yeah, well. I had no trouble sleeping.”

It was actually more comfortable than middle school.

Today was all about ability checks and sparring.

No matter who I sparred with, I finished in one second and went back to sleep, so it wasn’t bad.

And, since the nurse’s office incident, Osian hasn’t talked to me for some reason….

…Could it be, he’s trying to enslave Lust to copy her ability….

“Ah, for me, for me, we had a session where we presented the items we submitted for the exam! All of them were such innovative items, it was great…. The items they had were…… … …

… …Later, when I learn more, I’ll make an item for you too, Miss?”

It took her five minutes to say all that.

“Yeah…, thank you….”

‘Jia, she’s a good kid…. For some reason, it makes me feel warm…. But I almost fell asleep listening to everything she said….’

“Miss, thank you for listening to everything I had to say…. It must have been hard for you.”

“Uung…? It’s okaaaay……”

We haven’t known each other for long, but it seems she’s already figured out my personality.

How did she know it was hard?

“Miss, you closed your eyes.”

‘No, would it be strange if she didn’t know?’

‘Ah, anymore… I can’t take it….’

I drop the spoon I was holding and fall asleep while sitting in the chair.

“Miss…!”

“Food, later….”

I thought I wouldn’t have good dreams today because of Osian.

Thanks to Jia…, I’ll have… good dreams….

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“Uung…? What are you doing up…. Everyone… should be asleep….”

She asks me in her sleep.

“……What does it matter to you. You wouldn’t understand. You just sleep all the time.”

I throw cold words at her.

“…Maybe so. Still, it’s better to sleep.”

Even after hearing my cold words, she comes closer and leans on my back.

And then.

“You…, what the… Just because you made me a s*ave, you let your guard down….”

She uses her ability on me.

I didn’t think she would use her ability.

How can she use it?

If she had malicious intent, she shouldn’t even be able to touch me….

‘I don’t want to sleep. Another nightmare….’

“…So you don’t have nightmares, I’ll sleep next to you too. I don’t know if it’ll help…, but don’t punish me, okay…? I’m doing it out of goodwill….”

‘How does she know my thoughts….’

She holds my hand as I drift off to sleep.

“Sweet dreams….”

…I had a nostalgic dream.

Is it because I met her again?

Anyway, why is she being so guarded?

Her favorability towards me dropped steadily in the nurse’s office.

I didn’t do anything.

Why.

It wasn’t like this before.

I was anxious.

If it drops to an irrecoverable point, I’ll be hated forever.

So I judged that I first needed to let her know I was harmless, and made her a s*ave.

Because a s*ave’s favorability doesn’t drop.

‘She was cute…. For her ‘cute act’ to be lying down like a dog….’

Ring, ring.

A phone call sound comes from the cell phone.

“Why are you so late to answer? The phone must have rung at least 10 times.”

“…I was sleeping.”

“You? You were sleeping? Heh, what a joke. How’s the infiltration going?”

“No one’s noticed anything, so. Shut up. I feel like I’m going to get caught because of you.”

“Right, find our allies there. Those who can be of help…. Our own heroes.”

“…Okay.”

Click.

He hangs up the phone.

“Our own heroes who can be of help….”

Sorry, this time, I won’t be looking for allies, for slaves.

This time, for sure…, I’ll do it alone.