[BL] I Will Be Your Number 1 Devotee!

Eriu went straight into the guest room and threw himself into the warm embrace of the bed.

"Haaa, what warmth..." Eriu muttered, clearing his mind.

He admitted to himself that he was very embarrassed when he remembered his behavior in front of a child who was so much younger than he was.

Even if the 'theory' about his age had been in the air, Eros was still a child in his own eyes. 

'Homey.' Eriu picked up a pillow and placed it in front of him, lying on his stomach, he looked up at the large window that was directly above the bed. Warm light shone through the window, orange replacing the slowly fading blue, and with his eyes closed he buried his head in the white pillow.

After Eros' arrival, he decided never to open his diary, afraid Eros would notice something strange and that Eros could read everything in the book, especially since this world was magical. So anything could happen, and if his hunch was right, it would be a weapon that could kill him. 

And out of all this, the strangest thing was the fact that the memories from the time when he was 1 year old to the time when he was 5 years old were slowly becoming vague and he was even forgetting half of them.

This should be natural since that's life, but for Eriu it's very strange considering his soul is 25 years old, and worse, he barely remembers 001's sound or even their past conversations.

All he could remember was the memories of his past life. Everything 001 had said about his past life and what must have been related to the game.

Because these were all memories from his first life.

Now that he was an adult, he should not have any forgetfulness about his experiences in his new identity.

Satisfied with burying his face in the pillow, Eriu slowly sat down before shuffling the bag beside him. One by one, objects emerged from the small bag and his hand came to rest on a small book with a wooden cover.

"Why is this here?" Eriu lifted the book in front of him and looked at the right and left side of the book with narrowed eyes.

Of course he knew this book, that day was the reason why Eros sneaked into his room and told him the story of the Amiley family, just to give him this book. Unfortunately Louise realized Eros existed and scolded him and when they were left alone in the room Eros immediately took out this book.

Eros' explanation was that this book was an protective charm. While picking up 'garbage' he got it for free. He also said: This book has something special that no other book has.

This book has two pairs, so when one writes something, the owner of the other book can see what's written in real time, like a common chat application, but without quota.

"..." Honestly, if that kid said that, would people in my position believe him?

Yup. 98% of them wouldn't have believed it, including me.

That's why when Eros gave it to him, Eriu rejected it right away without giving it a second thought.

There's no way he would take the book out of the garbage, who would throw something so valuable in there? I wouldn't question it unless it was a King or a God.

Eros did not give up. His eyes filled with tears, he stubbornly hoped that Eriu would take it.

"C'mon, just take it!" The small cry and sob sounded at the same time, but the little boy in front of him shook his head: "No."

"I won't listen, you still have to accept!" 

Eros pushed the book in front of him but Eriu held it back, "But I don't want to!" 

The hardness of the head vanished as he heard rejection after rejection, Eros bowed his head, "Why?"

"Since this is your stuff, you said you found it before you came here..." Eriu, who felt bad, squeezed his finger, "Isn't that like a protective charm for you?" Eros immediately lifted his head, and his eyes blinked a couple of times. The look he was giving him made Eriu feel uncomfortable.

"..." Why is he looking at me like that, it makes me feel guilty somehow...

"Because this item is precious, that's why I want to give it to you." Surprisingly, Eros took another one out of his pocket.

... Huh? How? How did these two books fit into that pocket? On top of that, this book uses wood as its cover...

Question marks kept appearing, even jumping on top of Eriu's head, as if they were dancing on that empty head. 

"Look, I have another one!" Eros pushed the book in front of him again, "And this book is incredibly useful, we can communicate with each other just by writing something in this book!"

"So you don't have to worry about me anymore and we can keep in touch with each other even if we are far away from each other!"

Gulp...

Eriu swallowed as his imagination was on a wild goose chase. 

He had a pair of extraordinary books. The books can make people who have the book communicate. This book was also found in the 'garbage'. And this book was found before he came here. Strangely enough, he already has two. 

...

Isn't it possible that he used this book to communicate with Ramiel? Did he steal it?

"Ehh..." Eriu froze and pushed the book back, "No."

In order not to hurt Eros' heart, Eriu smiled, although his smile was stiff, terrified that the god behind Eros would get angry because the object was in his hands.

"I am sorry, but still no." Before Eros cried, Eriu immediately gave an explanation why he had refused him, even though it was half a lie and half true, "Still, it's a precious book for you, aren't you in trouble these days, and if it's an protective charm for you, wouldn't it be good to have two? I still want to hang out with all of you, and I don't want you to get hurt. Uh, and I also want to show you the results of my hard work when I come back, more like a surprise?"

Saying that, Eriu sighed nervously like a student defending his thesis.

When Eriu looked elsewhere, Eros stared at him coldly, but started to cry as soon as Eriu looked back at him.

"Huuu, you mean!" Eros shouted. He immediately got up from Eriu's bed and went back to his own bed. On the other hand, Eriu stared at the shoulder facing him.

"..." Have I gone too far...

In a very low voice, Eriu said, whether he hoped the words would be heard or not, "... Sorry."

Then, as before, they fell into a deep sleep. Louise came to his room to wake him up, and Eros encouraged him.

Eriu realized that he had a very unique ability, that his vision, hearing, smelling and tasting senses were better than other children and himself in his previous life. So if there was even the slightest sound, he would definitely hear it, especially since his bag was being held by his mother, so if Eros wanted to go out, the sound of the wooden crane would be heard.

Did Ariadne put it there? No, that was impossible. Eros would be scolded if he woke up too early, but if it was Louise, he would probably let him put the book in his bag, and usually Louise would tell him afterwards.

What was even stranger was that he had never found this book during his journey here. Not once or twice had he rummaged through his bag.

...

Before returning to the bed and searching for his diary, Eriu carefully placed the book as far away as possible from the forbidden bag.

Having found it, Eriu opened the first page, starting with a completely blank page with a single text, Notes.

The second page explained the prologue of the game. It started with the protagonist receiving the invitation, followed by his friend.

The protagonist began to be recognized when they were all still children, at Anastasia's ceremony they all gathered together, they all met in the Loss Paradise, but in the game the Loss Paradise was still guarded by Guardians. 

When the protagonist is told to come forward to see who's chosen him, a strange force destroys the entire building and he disappears instantly, above the sky is an image of a banyan tree with a hand trying to protect the tree.

In each target character's POV, there are those who hate him for stealing the show, and there are those who are amazed to fall in love at first sight.

The moment the protagonist sets foot in the school with his childhood friend, Eriu Grith... Everyone feels immense pain. 

The first kidnapping ends with Eriu Grith rescuing the protagonist, and then the headmaster gives the protagonist a task. And that's where the capture targets meet and get to know the protagonist, but the day of his return is also the day of his friend's execution.

The first theory was that his roommate had a grudge against him because it was common knowledge that he was in school thanks to the protagonist's help.

The second theory is that the targets are working together to kill him.

And the last theory is that his parents have enemies.

At the beginning of the game, everyone thinks that the protagonist is an ordinary person with an ordinary god behind him, before he starts a duel and makes everyone look at him.

They realize that there is not just a common god behind him, but a Deus that has long since disappeared.

The first arc ends with 'I am going to embrace you'.

Then just play and choose who to approach and who to suspect.

From a genius prince who chose to kill his love only to be deceived, but in the happy ending he was abandoned by the protagonist. Then there's his Enemy, who's a great manipulator and always does whatever it takes to benefit him.

Friends killing each other, one hating his parents, the other protecting his family. What's worse, the trusted friend already knew about his parents' heinous deed.

Twin brothers, but seemingly incompatible, and the supposedly good ones often oppress the bad ones.

Add to that two people who are enemies of each other, one destroying his clan and the other enjoying his wealth. 

They have different opinions and dislike each other. For him, they are the friendliest and there is not too much drama, it can be said that having one of them as a friend will be very helpful, especially to get a secret ending and even a bad ending for each character.

As for the two strongest, they suddenly disappeared and one was said to have never existed, even though it was written in the game that they still contained capture targets.

Confusing, isn't it? It's what makes players think that these two characters are still in development...

With a secret ending that ends with 'Eriu Grith' being killed by the protagonist.

Eriu, who was reading the diary, couldn't concentrate on it. All his attention was on the small book he had placed on top of the forbidden bag. Well, if Eros was going to try so hard to give it to him, shouldn't he make use of it?

There was no way that a Deus as kind and friendly as Ramiel would get angry just because their book was scratched out.

Eriu, already too lazy to think, closed the diary, intending to continue later. 

He picked up the book again, walked over to the bed, and leafed through it once more before opening it.

The fragrant smell of wood wafted from the book, like a new book sold in a bookstore.

Blank pages with brownish white color mixed in. Inside the diary was a magic pen, this pen was a package with the diary, so they were inseparable, even if he put it away, the pen would return to the diary.

This was the gift that Quella gave him two years ago.

Eriu picked it up, his heart beating slowly as he began to write on the blank page.

[Hi...]

[How are you?]

Eriu looked at what he wrote and wanted to cross it out before Eros saw, but the answer immediately appeared underneath what he wrote.

[0.0!]

[Eri!]

Seeing that the answer appeared, a question naturally crossed his mind, "... Isn't this too soon? Does he hold the book around the clock?" Question after question popped up before he could answer it.

[Have you arrived yet?]

[Did you eat yet?]

[How is it? Are you okay?]

[Is there something on your mind?]

And so on, until his name was written there.

[Eri?]

His consciousness returned and Eriu answered one question after another, [I'm fine and I just arrived at Aunt Amiley's residence today. No one bothered me on the way. In fact, they were all attentive to me. But my meeting with Aunt Amiley and her daughter was quite a miserable one...]

...

What happened to me?

Looking at his own writing, Eriu was confused by the stiff handwriting.

Is it because three months have passed?

[Oh...]

?

[Hang on!]

"Pftt..." Eriu chuckled as he read it. He could suddenly picture the time when Eros, who was walking and not concentrating on the road in front of him, was hit by a tree.

In the early days of their meeting, Eros often did that and his eyes would tear up because of it.

Whenever this happened, Eros would stare at him and he would end up blowing his forehead. 

His mouth couldn't stop curving. Every time he remembered this vague incident. Suddenly, his mood changed when he smelled a red color with the smell of blood on the pages of the book.

...