Why are you there? (1)

-I won’t ask you to have a child with me right away, but if there is still an empty space in your heart, fill it with my name. From there, I will help you develop a love for this teacher and make it grow even bigger.

-The person I’m thinking of marrying earlier is you.

-I like you, Rudis.

-Ah, yum.

*

“… Khak!”

I was so shocked by the scene where the teacher confessed to me and ate my finger that I jumped up.

Cold sweat and a pounding heartbeat raise suspicions of arrhythmia, but it is definitely not an arrhythmia.

‘Haa, haa… 4:30 in the morning.’

Looks like I slept well today too.

“What the heck… How did it end up like this… “

A week has passed since the Master’s sudden confession attack.

And from that day on, I have been dreaming of my teacher every day.

The feel of a smooth and soft female body.

The Master’s arms were long, thin, and pleasantly cool.

And the aftertaste of our first kiss, which was a bit bitter and sour, whether it was because of the alcohol and cheese or the overeating.

It all happened a week ago, but in my dreams it always felt so vivid as if it had just happened.

“This is driving me crazy… “

And funny enough, my body was reacting to the temperature, scent, and actions of my dream master.

Even now, I feel ashamed at the sight of a tent forming under the blanket.

Damn physiological phenomenon… Self-hypnosis to work even when you sleep.

-Thud.

I lie back down on the bed and stare at the dark ceiling.

The master said that he had been raising me with the intention of eating me for the past ten years.

If that is true, then the actions of my teacher, who took off his clothes and hugged me to sleep or intentionally showed me his underwear, were not the actions of an adult acting defenselessly toward a child.

‘It was plotting? That’s it?’

Was it an act to imprint herself as a woman in me?

Seriously, I didn’t know my teacher was a shotacon…

‘That’s not it either. I said it was ripe…’

The teacher literally waited for me, a child, to become an adult in my twenties and a ripe fruit.

How on earth did someone who is usually known for being impatient manage to wait for 10 years?

Were you waiting for me to notice?

‘Then… I really am a blind bird like Miss Loretta said.’

I thought it was strange.

The teacher, who appeared as a rather cold and indifferent person in the novel, seemed like a gentle and affectionate person when it came to the ‘us’ that I was involved with.

I thought that was something that just applied to everyone within the Master’s fence.

But, if it really was something limited to ‘me’…

“Ahhh… !”

It’s frustrating. It’s hard.

How on earth do harem protagonists in comics and novels overcome situations like this?

The Master’s confession attack happened at this very moment when I was just beginning to realize my feelings for the princess.

How on earth should I respond to this?

I’ve been thinking about it all week, but I haven’t found an answer.

‘The fact that the option of giving up on the princess even after receiving her confession never occurred to me from the beginning means that I still want the princess…’

I like it.

I didn’t just have a crush on her, I really liked her as a romantic interest.

She liked me, and I liked her too.

So I thought this was it.

Spring has finally come to me, who has been single for about 40 years including my previous life.

I also thought I had arrived in a world where I could marry a beautiful woman.

Of course, it could be just my own kimchi stew, but looking at the princess’s reactions and the movements of the people around her, I could be sure that it wasn’t just my delusion.

Above all, the princess’s status window always shows ‘Commoner’ and ‘Rudis’.

That means she thinks a lot about me too, so I thought that if it was mutual love, it wasn’t going in a bad direction.

That’s what it was.

‘I’m done…’

After Master’s confession, I feel resentful of my head for not even being able to come up with the option of giving up on Master.

I used to be the type who would calculate as coolly as possible through self-hypnosis and always simply cut off the wrong side, but now even self-hypnosis doesn’t cut off the Master.

No, not even cutting it…

‘I’m really a fucking idiot who’s trying to find a way to have both…’

To put it bluntly, the teacher is a beautiful woman.

He may seem different from his appearance and act like a brat and old man, but I know that it is just the result of a life of hardship.

And above all.

‘The problem is that I’ve seen my teacher like that since I was little.’

I have memories of my past life.

That’s why, even if I was reincarnated into a young body, I couldn’t live with the mindset of a child.

When I first met the teacher, who was in her early to mid 20s, she was such a beautiful person that my mouth dropped open the moment I saw her.

In this world, people with black hair and black eyes are discriminated against and despised, but to me, who lived in a previous life, such discrimination had no meaning.

That’s why I was able to look at her appearance more objectively than anyone else, and I thought.

If the Master had been born in the same life as me, she would have been a beauty who could have gained 1 million subscribers in a week just by looking at her.

And that beauty would always move around in front of me, defenseless, wearing only her underwear, or she would take off all her clothes and hug me while sleeping.

Isn’t this just plain ridiculous torture that you can’t help but be ashamed of?

However, as a disciple, I realized how ungrateful it was to regard my teacher as a man or a woman, so I obtained self-hypnosis, which was the opportunity to fall for the devil, and placed various restrictions on myself.

If I didn’t do that, there was no way of knowing what mistakes my adolescent body would make against my Master.

Moreover, it is said that even after he turned thirty, the Master’s beauty never declined, and after he became a magician, he regained the youthful and plump appearance he had back then.

This is really too much to give up on…

‘It’s a shame.’

The feeling of guilt is no joke.

I hate myself for thinking that I don’t want to give up on the Master who confessed to me first, and that I don’t want to give up on the princess either.

Please, Solomon somewhere, help me with this choice.

Is there a wise man who can give me an answer to a foolish question?

I’ll give you money, so please someone tell me the answer!!

-Bam!

I kicked the blanket off without realizing it, and in the end, I just groaned and wrapped my head until the sun rose again today.

*

“Is Rudis really okay?”

“Yes, my condition is not bad.”

“And the dark circles under my eyes have come down to my cheeks. Ah. You think decadent Rudis is cool too, sis? But I haven’t been able to sleep well lately… “

If you sleep all night for a week, you’ll probably get dark circles under your eyes.

Even without that, I had black hair, black eyes, and wore black clothes, and even had dark circles under my eyes from fatigue. If a stranger saw me, they would suspect that I was a follower of a demon tribe.

I feel like it’s only natural that Yuri-unnie would be worried like this.

Even I think it’s severe.

“It’s really okay. I’ll finish the first round quickly today, have lunch, and sleep a little more at home, and it’ll go away.”

“Yeah. But if it really hurts somewhere, you shouldn’t overdo it, right?”

“Yes.”

Other people may not know that this moment, when I receive the maternal care of my sister who has no ill intentions, is the most healing time of the week.

Haha. I never thought I’d see a day when I’d be worrying so much about girl problems.

It’s something to live really long and live twice. Of course, laughing isn’t laughing.

After receiving my older sister’s farewell, I headed to the players’ waiting room in the arena where the ranking tournament was being held.

‘Wow, there are really so many people.’

The empire is currently in a state of celebration.

An empire ranking competition where talented young powerhouses from around the world compete.

Merchants and acquaintances who seemed to have been waiting for this moment, as well as cheerleaders who came to support the athletes from their country.

There are tourists who come just to watch the ranking matches, and scouts who come to see the contestants and bring them to their own country’s knighthood or army.

A truly enormous crowd had gathered, forming a sea of people.

But, I honestly feel like I’ve lost a little bit of my life, since I’ve been stuck at home for a week during that season.

Of course, it would be a loss in a good way.

“Yes. Confirmed. Group 3, Round of 64, Rudis. Please wait in waiting room 5.”

After checking in with the players and entering the arena, which looks like a medieval building but is decorated like a modern baseball stadium on the inside,

Even as I was passing by, I could see families and couples coming to watch the ranking matches…

-Rudis~ Ah~ Do it.

-… I’m not a kid, I’ll eat it myself.

-Shut up and open your mouth. Are you saying that you can’t eat chicken given to you by your lover?

-ah.

‘Hot!’

When I overlap my teacher and myself with their appearance, I see an absurd future.

I picture myself walking arm in arm with my teacher toward the stands, eating chicken and drinking a drink.

Just drawing pictures makes me happy and joyful… but also frustrating.

-How is it? Is it delicious?

-Gulp! Yep.

-Hey! There’s a girl too! Get out of the way, the girl will feed you some popcorn!!

-Okay, wait a minute, is it still in your mouth…?!

-Shut up! Open your mouth wide!! There’s popcorn in it!!

In my delusions, I was running around with my teacher in my left arm and the princess in my right arm.

I’m going crazy having to choose between these two beautiful and charming people.

The beautiful woman who was my teacher and benefactor loved me for ten years.

For the first time since I was reincarnated into this world, the fun and beautiful silver princess who has watched over me with sincerity, without ever discriminating based on hair or eye color, has shown affection for me.

Seriously, what on earth am I supposed to do?

“Group 2 has been decided! The winner is…!!”

As I was pondering over my decision, not knowing how I got to the players’ waiting room, I heard cheers coming from outside and the announcer’s voice announcing that the match had been decided.

Next is me in group 3.

“First of all… we have to win.”

Anyway, I’m on a quest right now.

Since the Master hasn’t urged me to confess yet, he must be waiting for me to be indecisive.

So, first of all, I think I will achieve what I initially aimed for.

It’s not like I’m going to abandon my master and choose the princess right now, but I’ll be able to sort out at least half of everything related to the princess in this story.

This is really important.

So I open the door to the players’ waiting room and go out into the hallway of the arena before my name is called.

-Bam!

“Oh, I didn’t know who you were. Sorry…?”

“No.”

The moment I opened the door and stepped outside, I kept my composure by turning self-hypnosis on full blast while apologizing to the person in the staff uniform who suddenly bumped into me.

“Thank you for your hard work.”

“Ah… Yes. Good luck.”

The employee who had bumped into my waiting room door turned around and started moving towards the audience as if nothing had happened, and I tried to calm my pounding heart by gently grabbing it and putting my mind at ease.

‘What the hell, why that kid? How the hell did he get into the empire…?’

[Level: 77]

[Name: Baphomet.]

[Role: High-level demon. Apostle of the demon god.]

[Status: Terrorist, follower of the demon. Human butcher. Unending magical power.]

[Characteristics: (Black Magic Lv. 7) (Blue Magic Lv. 5) (Red Magic Lv. 5) (Physical Arts Lv. 6)]

A status window that appears neatly, unlike other people.

And then the quest window starts filling up with the guy’s name, which is annoying.

No, that’s ridiculous. That kid is the demon we have to deal with in this story?

‘Don’t be ridiculous… Just bring me 10 Cutlass-class guns. That little bastard… !!’

[Quest content is updated when you contact the target.]

[Hear from Princess Coti Royal Labyrinth’s own lips the powers of the Labyrinth. (1/1)]

[Participate in the Imperial Ranking Match and achieve 1st place. (0/1) <[Payment] cannot be used while this quest is in progress.>]

[Survive the battle with Baphomet. (0/1) <98% chance of your own death>]

[The death probability of Yuria Fortward when participating in a battle with Baphomet is updated.]

[Fiana Stone’s chance of dying when participating in a battle with Baphomet is updated.]

[The target Baphomet has been confirmed, and the contents have been updated.]

[Target Baphomet is preparing for an all-out battle during the ranked match.]

[Additional content appears in the quest.]

[New! Protect the citizens from the target Baphomet, the demons, and their followers.]

[If more than 30,000 citizens die, the demon will be summoned immediately. If we fail to stop it, the end of the world may begin…? Fighting! (62/30000)]

A mid-boss monster that appears in the latter half of the story of the Demon Race with the Devil’s Name. And…

-Tiring!

[Ellis Fortward’s story is updated.]

[!! Caution!! If Ellis Portward meets the target ???, Yuria Portward’s death probability increases exponentially.]

-Crack!!

The demon that will be with him is the one that tried to kill Sister Yuria 10 years ago.

At the time, I had no skills, no self-hypnosis, and was mentally weak, so I missed the monster. The status window was reporting that it had entered somewhere in this empire.