chapter 1
1. I can’t stand my childhood friends
1. I can’t stand my childhood friends
“What setting would you like?”
Druck.
I scrolled down the mouse and carefully inserted the settings of the character I would like to play.
“The same name.”
[Han Si-jun]
[other]
I wrote my name, which I continued to use when playing the academy-style RPG game V. AGE, in the character window.
This was done to increase immersion while playing the game.
V. AGE. This RPG game, so-called ‘The Age of Villains’, was different from other games in terms of immersion than any other game.
First of all, it’s great to be able to designate the character’s growth background, initial stats, and fate at will.
If you want to play capital, as the son of a good family.
If you want to play Munchkin, maximize your stats.
Flowing episodes through the fate system.
V.AGE boasted an insane degree of freedom in character customization.
With such freedom, I put a lot of settings with my own hands to maximize immersion.
That was one of the reasons I was able to play for 2,000 hours, and that’s what got me hooked.
“I can’t stand the concept.”
Concept quality called the end to the deceased.
I was creating the 127th character for a new concept.
Numerous character backgrounds passed before my eyes.
[Ordinary household]
[Child of the final boss]
[Disciple of A-Class Hero]
[TS as a woman]
[Sleep alone in the back alley]
…
Hmmm.
Hundreds of settings went through, but most of them were done, so nothing really impressed me.
“Huh? Has it been updated?”
The moment I was looking at the letters passing by with my gloomy eyes.
It was the first setting I had ever seen before my eyes.
[S-class childhood friend]
This is a setting that did not exist for me, who looked closely for the concept.
Obviously, the game update has been paused for a while?
I hovered my mouse cursor over the setting I saw for the first time.
[A boy who has lived as a childhood friend of a girl with the fate of an S-class hero.]
A childhood friend
It is also an S-class hero equivalent to ten fingers in the game.
It was a material that attracted quite a bit between concepts that were gradually falling apart.
“There’s nothing to worry about.”
Click.
I put the background of being an S-class childhood friend as if I had picked it up in my shopping cart.
“What, why is the cost so high?”
V. AGE boasted extreme degrees of freedom, but not everything was allowed.
When creating a character, you have to control it so that it doesn’t become too deceitful.
The total cost of all three must be 10, and the background of being an S-class childhood friend occupies a whopping 15 cost.
That number is a size that is very burdensome for character creation.
“I can’t.”
The only choice is to give a minus in stats and fate.
I couldn’t give up on that childhood friend.
Because..
“Aren’t childhood friends the best?”
The childhood friend I saw in the video media was very attractive.
Waking up every morning, going to school together, realizing love through puberty, and eventually getting married.
The element that puts the romance of all men.
That’s a childhood friend.
If this isn’t the best, what is it?
Can you give up some stats for romance?
I moved the mouse to the stat selection window.
[Strength 5]
[Agility 5]
[Health 5]
[Magic 5]
[will 5]
With a maximum of 12 stats, 5 means the stat of the average academy student.
However, if I go on like this, I will not be able to get a childhood friend.
“It’s for my childhood friend, stats. Take it sweetly.”
For the sake of my romance, the status spear began to be mercilessly slaughtered.
[Strength 2]
[Agility 3]
[Health 2]
[Magic 0]
[will 8]
A total of 13 stat drops and 3 stat increases for a total of 10.
0.4 cost each.
With that, I was able to lower the cost by 4.
“…I couldn’t help it.”
These were horrendous stats, but for my own childhood friend, this can be considered enough.
Physical ability was absolutely essential, so I invested as much as possible in strength, agility, and stamina.
I still have to move.
Not to mention the will.
If the will is low, the event will not be held, and death is too close.
‘I’m so scared..!’
If you see a message that the character you cherished because you can’t stay calm due to lack of will, you have no choice but to raise your will.
How much love I have raised…
That trauma is still unforgettable.
By the way..
What if there is no magic?
A situation where you need to reduce the stat of 10.
I’m in a wheelchair to reduce my physical abilities, and the stat I removed for physical freedom is magic.
I’ve never tried to start without magic.
It is questionable even if this will proceed normally.
“It’s a game after all. It’s good if it’s good or not.”
Restart doesn’t matter.
I have an S-class childhood friend, right?
Maybe you’ll protect me
It is a situation that must be believed.
“Then, the other one is…”
What to do with this
I finally checked the selection window of ‘Fate’.
[Fate of the victim]
[The fate of the main character]
[The Destiny of Exhaustion]
…
In the case of fate, I mean the episodes given to me.
You may be forced to make sacrifices, or you may shine only on me.
Mostly positive fates.
They unfortunately had to add 1 cost.
The current cost is 11.
Only 1 cost left.
I had to choose my fate as negative.
“hahaha. What is it? It’s not [TS’s fate], [destined to be stolen]? This is absolutely not.”
No matter how you look at it, there are no proper fates.
I looked into the screen more carefully.
“There will be at least one.”
Found.
Fortunately, fate with normal episodes.
I put it in the settings window.
[Villain’s Destiny]
The fate of being misunderstood as a villain. That was the fate I chose.
If this is the case, will I also have a childhood friend?
So, without being able to control my joy, I clicked the Create Character button.
Click.
Click.
What.
Why don’t you press
Even if I clicked the mouse continuously, the character creation window stayed still.
Why not?
Obviously, all conditions were met.
Oh
I caught my eye on the text above the character creation window.
[Total cost 10.5]
..is it a submarine patch?
Obviously, the villain’s fate was 1?
As my anticipation cooled, a feeling of urgency welled up in my heart.
Prudence has long been consumed.
How long are you going to just look at the character creation window?
I wanted to quickly meet my childhood friend.
‘Cause that’s a dream
“Adds one more fate.”
Up to 3 fate systems are allowed.
Between opposites or non-overlapping fates.
Then I chose the fate of cutting the cost by 0.5.
“[The Playboy’s Destiny] I decided on you.”
Playboy’s fate was rarely used.
Because it didn’t end well.
‘You’ve been so excited.’
Literally, I used to poke and flirt with talented characters.
The end is, of course, death.
He was stabbed to death by the heroines.
But this time I was different.
“Isn’t it okay if I don’t flirt even if it’s a flirt?”
I must have had an S-class childhood friend who had great looks anyway.
Doesn’t it matter?
Destiny can be reversed.
I just hit the total cost of 10 and clicked Create Character as it was.
[Character creation complete. Do you want to start the game?]
[Y/N]
Of course yes
My childhood friend is waiting for me.
Staring at the monitor, I pressed Y and waited for the game to load in earnest.
[Loading…]
A loading window where the gauge goes up.
It rises and disappears like a mirage.
Why?
Why doesn’t the game start?
It’s already too late to worry about that.
Han Si-jun looked at the monitor with his last gaze.
[Please, save her]
Suddenly, the loading window quietly disappeared with only the text remaining.
***
In the morning, the household moved busier than expected.
An old lady preparing a meal for four people.
Uncle getting ready to go to work.
One thank you to each other.
Awkward to sit still on her own, she asked the woman who was rolling eggs.
“Ma’am, can I help you?”
“Um, I don’t have anything.. Then, will you go and wake my son up?”
“Yes! Leave it to me!”
After answering her courageously, she walked towards the tightly closed room.
‘What time does he go to school and he’s still sleeping..? This is just…’
Her stomach was boiling, but she calmed her heart with her innate mental power.
I’ll be patient.
I’m not feeling well, so I need to understand.
‘Yoo Ha-yeon’, thinking of him, who was born with weak physical strength, stumbled upon his visit. opened
“Aren’t you going to excuse me?”
Since they came in without knocking every time, Yoo Ha-yeon opened the door and found ‘Han Si-joon’, who was immersed in a dreamland.
“Ugh, without me, he’d be in trouble. He must have been late for school every day.”
Also, because I really need it.
Ha-yeon Yoo looked at Si-joon Han, who was sleeping with a blanket on her face.
Han Si-joon, who has no cheeks, stimulates his protective instinct with his slender appearance.
Ha-yeon Yoo is a childhood friend, but I had to admit that I had to admit it.
“He was handsome. Badly.”
A look that makes a woman look too twisted.
Seeing Han Si-joon like that, Yoo Ha-yeon’s heart began to wriggle with a sense of playfulness.
“..is it your fault for waking up late?”
Yoo Ha-yeon climbed on top of Han Si-jun’s body and shouted his name out loud.
“Wake up..! Si-Jun Han..!!”
“What. What…?”
A childhood friend-style morning greeting.
When he woke up, his eyes were full of confusion.
“Who..Who are you..?”
Han Si-jun, who was sitting at the monitor a while ago.
The scene he saw when he got up was a strange woman sitting on his body.