I Give Up on Conquering the Heroines

15 – Episode 15. Retry (1)

[If you clear the game and meet the escape conditions, the game ends immediately and you return to reality.]

[Escape Condition 1: The attack rate of all heroines must exceed 95%.]

[Escape Condition 2: You must defeat the final boss ‘Draken’.]

[If you do not meet the escape conditions when clearing the game, you will return to the starting point.]

A system window appears before my eyes that makes me feel dizzy just by looking at it.

It’s the same window I saw one day.

“Keeek! My father’s enemy! Keek!”

“Haa…”

And then I heard a voice that I had longed for a little bit.

“I’m sorry. This time, I’ll let you go in one fell swoop.”

Suddenly.

Blood sprays into the air as soon as he strikes.

I step aside and the goblin’s corpse, his head severed, falls at my feet.

There was not a single drop of blood on my body.

[Achievement achieved]

[First monster hunting success!]

[‘Selected stat buff potion’ x1 will be given as an achievement reward.]

The achievement window you saw once appears again.

It looks like the achievements are being reset.

Then what about the stats?

[Stats]

[Strength: 9(-5) *Guardian knight penalty in effect]

[Stamina: 7(-5) *Guardian knight penalty in effect]

[Magic power: 12(-5) *Guardian knight penalty in effect]

[Agility: 18(-5) *Guardian Knight penalty in effect]

[Luck: 4(-5) *Guardian Knight penalty in effect]

Of course, the stats were also reset to their original state.

My physical condition is much more lethargic.

It is literally a return to the past.

“The initial characteristics are the same.”

Guardian knights who give terrible penalties are still the same.

It seems that the initial characteristics are not given randomly each time, but are fixed to Guardian Knight.

If you look at the fact that the window that says Guardian Knight is given as an initial characteristic does not appear, it may be a return to the time after the initial characteristics were set in the first place.

But the situation is not completely hopeless.

Because the memories and sensations are the same.

And above all…

[Characteristics with a synchronization rate exceeding 90 percent are automatically restored.]

[Characteristic: Dacia (lv.9)]

[Learn the forgotten ancient one-handed sword technique. Your understanding of one-handed swords increases.]

I succeeded in salvaging one of my swordsmanship traits.

Out of the three sword skills, the Dacian style alone exceeded level 9.

This is a natural phenomenon as long as you return with your memories intact.

The remaining two sword techniques were not fully ‘mastered’ by me, but were at the level of clicking and firing the techniques, so it seems that they were not restored.

It’s a little annoying, but you have to go through the trait acquisition event again.

‘The benefits of regression are quite large. I can break it with this.’

Pour the stat buff potion into your stomach to increase your luck stat.

If the swordsmanship attribute is level 9 or higher, it can be brought to the next round.

The starting point does not change every time you restart, so there are no variables.

This is worth breaking.

‘I was so foolish the first time.’

My play in the first round was full of tricks.

In the first place, the idea of seducing a heroine with just speaking skills was wrong.

Of course, if you do that, you will be able to capture several heroines in a short period of time.

Because I wrote the story myself, I know all about the heroines’ personalities, tastes, personalities, etc.

It’s like solving a test by looking at the answer sheet.

But if they do that, Jill will become a spoiled brat, Yulia will become a stalker with a dark side, and Yerina will have anger management problems.

Standard operation without tricks is necessary.

Naturally participate in events guided by the game and come into contact with the heroine.

You need to slowly get closer to the heroine by getting to know her through likability.

Only in this way can I meet the heroine as a lover, not as a psychopath who only relies on me or is obsessed with me.

‘I have to play the standard way the game requires.’

In the first round, I was a very suspicious person.

He’s skilled enough in swordsmanship to be suspicious, but his stats are poor, and his fighting skills are even worse.

But there is so much information.

Whoever saw it, wouldn’t he have looked like the final black man or something similar to it?

The reason the achievement window did not appear at some point was probably because I skipped the entire beginning.

This time is different.

I plan to play the main character, not the final villain.

I have confirmed that there are no other possessors in this world other than me, so there is no need to hesitate.

As a rule, you start from a low-level hunting ground and gradually build up experience.

Become strong, earn money, and become famous.

It is better to hunt properly in the first place when targeting heroines.

The game system allows hunting to be used as an excuse for an affair.

For example, if you cut the head of a minotaur in advance, which takes about a week to hunt, you can earn a week later.

“Let’s go. Oh, Blin almost forgot his club.”

[Achievement achieved]

[Obtain your first loot!]

[The attribute ‘Inquiry’ is given as an achievement reward.]

I made a rough plan.

Now let’s go.

The strategy has changed a lot since the first time, so honestly, I don’t have much confidence.

But wouldn’t it be clear if I hit about 3 hits?

“Hey you bastards! Why don’t you understand what to say?”

“Sir, please leave.”

It was blocked from the low level hunting ground.

I forgot for a moment, but these adventurers are not ordinary idiots.

I said I’d go catch the werewolf first, but he keeps telling me to catch the slime first.

Since it is a tutorial area, there seem to be remnants of the required prerequisite quests in the game.

It was crazy for me.

With the level 9 sword skill, I cut slime, cut transformed mushrooms, and cut giant rats…

I thought there would be no end if I continued like this, so I ended up quickly escaping from the low level hunting ground.

“Hu…”

In the end, we reached the dungeon, a high level hunting ground.

The setting is that dungeons are sparsely distributed across the entire continent.

No one wants to go in because it is full of monsters and traps.

However, what cannot be left alone in the story is that the source of the final boss’s power is the dungeon.

As you explore the dungeon and obtain treasure, you destroy the dungeon’s core.

And the basic gist is to go catch the final boss who has been weakened because all dungeons have been destroyed…

‘Am I crazy? ‘Go and die yourself.’

As long as the escape condition called harem ending exists, I will never have to go to catch the final boss.

But you have to clear the dungeon to get the harem ending.

I’m nervous because it’s not safe inside here at all.

I only worked on parts that had not been completed, so I had no idea what would come out of the dungeon.

“Phew. If this continues, there will be no end. Let’s just go.”

“Hey, are you going to challenge the dungeon?”

“······Yes. Who are you?”

“I’m just a traveler passing by. From what I can see, your equipment looks decent, but I can’t feel any magical power in your body.”

“······.”

Just as I was trying to muster up the courage to enter, I was caught by an old man.

mana.

Now that I think about it, there is something called magic in this world.

I’ve seen heroines use it many times, but I’ve never actually used it.

They say you have to meditate to feel magical power, but I got stuck from there.

“I don’t think I’m good at magic.”

“hehehehe. If I go in without knowing how to use magic, I’ll die right away, right?”

“······.”

Although it smelled a bit like a fake story, it was a story that could not be ignored.

The usefulness of magic in this world is beyond imagination.

I’ve ignored it until now because it’s annoying, but now may be the time to catch up and learn.

“I’ll teach you some basic magic to survive in the dungeon.”

“How much will it cost?”

“That’s it. This old man is now accepting money to enjoy some kind of wealth and glory.”

I learned miscellaneous magic from my grandfather for three days.

For reference, the first day I had to spend the whole day meditating and getting beaten with a cane.

The magic learned in that way is ignition magic (for lighting torches), unlocking magic (for opening locked doors and boxes), clairvoyance magic (for seeing traps through walls or floors), etc. ····.

It was nothing special, just miscellaneous things, but they were magic that would be helpful in small ways.

“I think I can now move on to great magic.”

“You idiot. Give up. You are bad at magic. If you don’t want to be embarrassed in front of others, like a petty thief, only learn magic that is invisible.”

“······.”

You are talking nonsense again and again.

I will have to learn the sparkling and cool magic later in a place where there are no grandfathers.

Should I learn some cold magic from Yerina?

The way I see it, I have exactly the constitution of a wizard.

I don’t like being sick.

“I have nothing to teach you now. Get out of the dungeon.”

“Grandpa. May I ask your name?”

“Even if it doesn’t work out well.”

“······.”

I feel like I’ve seen this old man before somewhere.

Just looking at him, he gives off the force of a former warrior or an archmage, but since he doesn’t want to know, I decided to stop asking questions.

Well, I found out later that he may have been a homeless person who used to be a petty thief.

I will have to go back and infer the identity of this human being.

Anyway, after four days, I left my grandfather’s side and headed to the dungeon.

Just as Grandpa said, the inside of the dungeon was rough and unfriendly.

If it were a game, the thorn trap, which only slightly wears down your stamina, was a killing machine that would give you excessive bleeding and infection if you got stabbed even once. If you opened the wrong door, you would be surrounded by monsters and had to fight all day, and if you took the wrong path, you would end up in a maze. Trapped.

If I hadn’t learned magic, I probably would have died here.

‘f*ck. I’ll have to memorize everything.’

Too much time was wasted in clearing just one dungeon.

The good news is that our company does not have the technology to change the structure of the dungeon every time you enter.

Even if there are repeated regressions, the dungeon always has the same structure in the same location.

The time will be dramatically reduced during the next regression.

I guess I should consider throwing this episode out.

“Next person please come in.”

“Hello, saint. My name is Eugene.”

“Okay, let’s get started.”

“······.”

“You want me to start?”

Escort driver interview day.

The moment I face Jill again.

I can’t forget the half-hearted look in Jill’s eyes as if she were looking at any other commoner.

It was Jill Diner whose memories with me had all disappeared.

The moment our eyes met.

I think Jill flinched slightly as if she recognized me, but maybe it was just her mood.

Jill pulls her lips away, trembling.

“What are you doing?”

“······.”

I guess it’s my mood.

It looks like she’s become attached to Jill even though she’s been swearing at her so much.

I hoped deep down that you remembered me.

It breaks my heart to see Jill completely forgetting about me.

I think I understand why returners lose their minds.

It’s a difficult dungeon. It’s okay to repeat it over and over again, but the pain of the person I knew coming back as a different person continues to accumulate in my heart.

“······Let’s begin.”

I decided.

From now on, I will not give affection to anyone.

Because it is better for my mental health.

The three main heroines also act as thoroughly in love, but are careful not to become romantically involved.

Only then can you try again in the next round without breaking your heart.

The moment when your heart breaks and you cannot lie to the heroine.

At that moment, I am trapped in this game.