Falling in Love at the Academy Means Death

prologue

There are paintings on the ceiling. A picture of a dog and a wolf sleeping side by side.

It was strange.

Because that picture is familiar.

Where is this? Lying on the bed, I turned my head and looked around.

An exotic bedroom.

Drawers dug up as if thieves had swept them away.

Duvet full of dust when I did laundry.

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No matter where I looked, it was hard to think of the room I was staying in. However, there was no memory right before coming here. It was embarrassing rather than scary. I wanted to ask someone about this situation, but I couldn’t feel a handful of people.

I thought as I got up from the bed.

maybe this is a dream

But when I opened the door, that thought was immediately destroyed. It was because the reality was too vivid to be a dream.

With the wheezing sound of the passing wind, her bangs swayed slightly. The direction is to the right of the hallway.

I moved in the direction where the wind was blowing. I thought there might be an exit there or a window.

Before long, what appeared before my eyes was the veranda on the second floor of the mansion. I stood holding onto the railing and watched the scene beyond.

It was night.

A rural night street with no streetlights.

There was a light flickering through the alley. The identity of the light was not a flashlight, but a torch. And those passers-by had a common singularity.

They were dragging the wolves one by one on a leash.

Memories awaken little by little with a throbbing headache.

I’ve seen this sight before.

“This… .”

I tilt my head and look up at the black sky. Countless floating stars are a sight rarely seen in the night sky of a city in the 21st century.

And among those countless stars, there was evidence floating around explaining where this place was.

Three moons of different sizes and brightness.

Little by little, the empty space in my memory was filled.

Only then did I remember where I had seen this landscape.

This was the scenery of the game.

A game that was never released.

The name of the game came out of my mouth.

“A savior from another world… .”

My voice sounded muddy. It was bizarre, wonderful, surprising and absurd. The world in the game is unfolding before your eyes.

Since there are 3 moons, there are also 3 shadows. I stared blankly at my feet. Collecting memories that rise to consciousness little by little.

Then I realized. The reason I know this game never even released.

Because I was the developer of this game.

A game developer armed with stubborn stubbornness.

“Whoa-.”

My breathing was unusually loud in the quiet mansion.

And now I know exactly where this place is.

This mansion was the starting point for ‘The Savior from Another World’. Although there is a difference that it is three-dimensional, the structure of the hallway of the mansion and the decorations located here and there matched what I had designed.

I checked this all over the mansion.

Animals’ heads are hung intermittently on the walls of the hallway. The heads of rare game animals caught by this family. And the fact that the walls were torn in places was a symbol of the ruin of this family.

There were two uncorked bottles of wine in the third drawer of the kitchen, and leather booties for beginners that fit my feet perfectly in the shoe rack in the entrance hall. There was a ring with a picture of a dog and a wolf under the pillow on the bed when I first woke up.

These are all items that can be obtained at the beginning of the game.

Memories came rushing in like fragments of a shipwreck carried on calm waves. And no matter how much the pieces were reassembled, it could not become a complete ship.

Because the character who should be the key to the ship did not appear.

A character that must be present at this starting point in this game.

Johann Esperts.

He is the main character of ‘Savior from Another World’.

And I found the main character in an unexpected place.

The bathroom to wash up.

It was in the rugged mirror of the sink,

“… .”

thoughts stop Maybe I was unconsciously avoiding this important confirmation.

The reason I looked at my shadow for a while under the moonlight.

It seemed that my height had subtly changed. It was because the length of my hand holding the railing was awkward. It was because my stride, which led me to walk, had changed.

“That, so… .”

Even his voice didn’t sound like mine. I looked down at my hands in front of the mirror. Even the palm lines on my palms were unfamiliar. When I touched my face with that trembling hand, the ‘protagonist’ in the mirror followed my movements exactly.

“I’m the main character… .”

It felt like the back of my head was tingling. like being hit by something.

It probably took half a day. To admit that this is not a dream.

It took a fortnight. To accept that there is no going back to the original world.

And on the day of just one month, I started thinking about drinking wine alone in broad daylight.

There was a woman who bumped into beer every night with me.

I had to recite her name.

“Jeong Mi-ri… .”

She was a woman who had been with me for a long time and made games with me. So, the woman who shared the joys and sorrows of the creation.

And if I remember right, she left a mark on the world.

“I have to go there… .”

Fortunately, I already knew how to move. Because I am the developer who created this game, Yohan Jeong.

After thinking about it for a while, I packed the small items I could get from the mansion. Then, I packed my backpack and went out to the carriage station of this estate.

***

Dalgrak. Dalgrak.

A beautiful girl is riding in front of me to get a luxurious four-wheeled carriage.

It was a scene that could be regarded as an illustration. A blonde woman turned her head out of the carriage window.

Even though she was in a running carriage, there was no slight movement in her upright posture. Following the inertia, the yellow hair just waved back.

Through that wavy blonde hair, the profile of a delicate girl was revealed.

Sensing my gaze, she said without turning her head.

“Why does John look at me like that?”

“… How do I see you?”

“Abba… No, like a father looking at his daughter?”

It is a surprisingly sharp expression. Because she is also a character born from my fingertips.

Princess Adrine.

A character who is involved in the protagonist’s path from the start. So, the character was designed with more care.

In fact, my gaze at her must have resembled paternal love.

“Excuse me.”

I turned my head the other way.

Everything I see was born in my hands. If the girl in the carriage is the character I designed, the scenery outside the carriage is the world itself I designed.

A city that never sleeps.

Frantimo.

Even though it was late, the light leaking from everywhere is the energy of this estate.

A towering clock tower that can be seen from anywhere in the territory.

Walls that run up and down the ridge like waves.

Vendors standing beside torches and babbling touts.

Long processions of slaves walking naked on leashes.

Workers carrying various goods, shops, advertisement flyers blowing in the wind… .

After a while, Adrine opened her mouth again.

“Can you believe John? That this is the front line.”

Of course, I know all the settings of this game. The liveliness of this city is comparable to that of the capital.

“It must be a little different from the front line.”

“how?”

“Because Frantimo is the place where the reserve troops are stationed and at the same time the supply corps depart.”

“Oh yeah?”

“So rather, it’s the safest place in the Empire.”

Adrin nodded, saying yes.

Literally. This is not just a place where munitions come and go. The academy, called the ‘money-eating hippo’ of the empire, is located here.

Imperial Academy.

In other words, a cradle for training swordsmen and wizards to be put into the battlefield.

Take-Take-Take-Take-

The sound of horses’ hooves pushes back the scenery outside the window. The carriage rolled comfortably along the well-maintained road. Before we knew it, we were entering our destination, the entrance of the academy.

A large semi-circular arch placed at the entrance. The academy’s slogan is engraved there.

‘To enter the Empire, step over our corpses.’

A gurgling sound was heard. It was Adrine’s voice. Her husky voice continued.

“I am, John-”

A blush appeared on her cheeks as she glanced at her. She spoke in a tense voice.

“… Now, if someone confesses, I think we will date.”

With the [smell of death], laughter comes out. It’s really the same as the character setting I did.

The comment she threw after only 7 hours of meeting can’t be her true intentions. These are the words that the anxious woman spit out for practical purposes. At the same time, this line is a line that announces the foreshadowing that you can ride the [Adrine route] in the game scenario.

Of course I can’t accept it.

If you fall into that route incorrectly, you may face the sword of a guardian knight tonight.

I extinguished the embers of that danger.

“It’s the complete opposite of me.”

“… the opposite?”

“I don’t think I will go out with anyone even if they confess.”

“ah… that’s right? … why?”

because

After thinking about it for a while, I recited something I didn’t even want to say.

“Don’t you know when we might be formed as a reserve force? A love affair in a situation where you might be sent to death. It is nonsense.”

“… is that so.”

Adrine laughed helplessly.

Even at a glance, his expression looked awkward, but he couldn’t help it even if she was disappointed.

“It’s become like I complained about being anxious for no reason.”

I kind of ignored her.

Because you don’t have to answer.

She is my means, not my end.

to come here.

And her seduction is a risk, not an option. leading to the death of the main character.

A savior from another world.

All love routes in this game have bad endings.