Chapter 2: 02 - START!!!
[Wake up, ---, wake up!!!]
Gasp!
"Haa, ha..." Immediately, a sharp pain appeared, causing Eriu to look down while holding his head. Not paying attention to his surroundings, Eriu hit his head in an attempt to get rid of the pain that suddenly appeared.
Ariadne was shocked and rushed to hold Eriu's hand to keep him from hitting his head. Louise also helped Ariadne by calling him several times while still using Mana Dispeller to heal Eriu, who was surrounded by Red Mana.
The Red Mana stuck and made Eriu's ear bleed for no reason. Although Louise was not sure where the red mana came from, he guessed that it was because Eriu was a mixed race, which made his body unstable.
"Huft, ha..." Eriu panted, his breath coming in short gasps, and yet he could not remember his dream. Everything was blurred and puzzling.
"Eri..." Ariadne called softly to Eriu who was regaining consciousness, as if he was searching for his mind again, Eriu turned his head from Louise to Ariadne with a small murmur, "I'm alive... Right, I'm alive..."
Louise, hearing the murmur, held his hand and Ariadne, sitting next to Eriu, stroked his head, "It was just a hallucination, Mom and Dad are here."
...
This again?
I'm tired of hearing it...
"We are here." Louise added. "...Um," Realizing the situation, Eriu looked down in surprise, trying to remember the intention to get rid of the protagonist from his home, "Sorry..."
Eriu lowered his head, not wanting to show his face, which looked annoyed with his surroundings. He kept his voice as low as possible so that his resentment would not be heard. He himself knew that his new parents were good people and would always be with him when he was in trouble.
It was so good that he felt guilty for almost ruining this family's life.
Looking out, Eriu noticed that his parents were staring at him and he could feel that something was moving.
Now he had a bad feeling.
'No way...'
"Shh..."
Ariadne's code made him realize that his hunch was not wrong. Ariadne, seeing the boy fall back into a deep sleep behind Eriu, went on with what she wanted to say.
Earlier, when she had come home with the boy, he had been trembling with fear, giving her hope that her son might know how to calm a child of his age.
That's when she and Louise noticed that Eriu had fainted, and the boy was clinging to him reluctantly, even when he was unconscious. So Ariadne and Louise were forced to put the two of them in the same place, and that's where the Red Mana suddenly came out of Eriu.
"Today, on our way home, we found this boy. We couldn't bear to leave him alone in the middle of the forest..."
Eriu remained silent.
So they took this boy home and now this boy will be his childhood friend in the future.
It felt like the words were about to come out of Ariadne's or Louise's mouth, "So we took him home with us and I hope you can be good friends."
Hahaha.
As expected...
Even though he had deliberately made his parents go on a date today so that the event of their meeting would not happen. But they met anyway, and to make matters worse, he was already beside me.
Apparently, an event in the game cannot be changed, even if you try.
This thought suddenly appeared and made Eriu's mood even worse.
As his parents had hoped, his head twisted stiffly backwards as he flashed a friendly smile, "..." Eriu looked to his side, his bed, the one he had got from helping his parents for 9 months, his favourite soft and wide bed, now occupied by another person.
Our beloved, brutal protagonist, the beautiful boy loved by the whole world!
Ba-thump-!
Golden, wheat-like hair and a face that was both beautiful and elegant. Just by looking at one side of his face, Eriu himself was able to imagine just how beautiful the protagonist would have been when he was 15 years old.
What the hell-!?
Why now my heart beats and my stomach feels full of butterflies?
Louise, who could not see, was unaware of the situation, while Ariadne, seeing her son, suddenly stared intently at Eriu and the boy again.
Her instinct told her that first love was growing out of this encounter.
"You need to get to know him before you can propose." Ariadne's words surprised Eriu. Eriu shook his head to show his disagreement, "No, no, I just think he's very pretty!!!"
Ariadne just giggled, "I will agree if you want to propose to him." A blush filled Eriu's face as he continued to reject the idea, leaving Louise speechless, not knowing what was happening.
.
.
.
The protagonist next to me...
Ba-thump!
This is reality...
Ba-thump!
Eishh. Stop it!
Eriu immediately covered his ears, hoping he wouldn't hear the sound of his own heart beating.
Think about something... Think about something...
Ah...
How many times has the protagonist I met died? Will I be killed after the protagonist wakes up and realizes I'm not the same person?
Ehh, it seems like dying at the hands of the protagonist wouldn't be bad as long as my head doesn't suddenly explode.
Looks like I'm going to die sooner than I expected... Hah, even though I haven't set foot in other regions and haven't seen the places you want to visit.
I haven't even met a dragon in this new life of mine...
Huft...
The sound of breathing next to him suddenly broke his reverie. Eriu looked at the sleeping boy out of the corner of his eye, 'There's no way I can sleep with this disaster next to me,'
For him, today was the worst day he had ever experienced in his life. His head suddenly hurt like it was going to burst, a buzzing sound that seemed to want to break his eardrums, and even the sound of breathing that made his heart skip a beat.
"Right now, my head feels like it's going to burst!"
Closing his eyes, Eriu tried to calm down and organize his thoughts.
Maybe the headache came from me trying to change the event of their meeting. The protagonist probably repeated it many times. It's not without reason that I think so, considering that the secret route convinced him. Even she and some of the people who played the game thought so.
How could I not think of this scenario.
That's why tomorrow I will intend to look into it. If the protagonist mentions a name different from his real name, I'm done. But, if he says his real name, I'm safe.
In that game there was a unique little detail where if the player got a happy ending for 14 times the protagonist would say his true name and even the secret ending added a strange sentence at the end and ended up becoming the talk of curious people.
('Today is still today'. Because I finally followed your words. Immersed in the spinning circle and always together with you. Even if you leave me, you will still come back to me.)
(My Cosmos.)
Considering that the protagonist in my game always got a bad ending, I even got the achievement [You are a catastrophe that can destroy the world] I already have no confidence in my flirting skills, after all how did 'Eriu Grith' win protagonist heart?
Really, it makes my head ache to think about it over and over again.
'So tired....' Slowly Eriu's breathing stabilized and he fell asleep in the pitch-black darkness.
The boy realized that the person next to him had fallen asleep and opened his eyes.
Eyes like kunzite diamonds sparkled every time light tried to illuminate them. In the total darkness, moonlight could be seen slipping in from the window illuminating the room along with the two people lying on the bed. The light illuminated the protagonist's pale face.
While smiling gently at the place where Eriu was sleeping, his hand smoothed down the brown wavy hair that covered Eriu's entire face.
"I have kept my promise."
"From now on, I will come to you."
Once upon a time, there was a fairy tale about the moon and the sun.
That day, the moon was crying for help, looking for the truth that was always hidden in the darkness.
In order to find out the truth, the moon fought with his friends who told him not to do this. However, the moon did not listen and still tried to find out the truth by sacrificing everything.
The moon who was finally surrounded by darkness finally learned the secret of himself and the world.
'Although I am a calamity, I will not bring misfortune to anyone, because I am only following the path that the world gives to its weak creatures.'
With that he ended up leaving the sun to struggle alone.
'I hate you so much, coward.'
***
'Shine...' Eriu whose eyes were still closed felt aware of the presence of light that woke him up from sleep. He opened his eyes and blinked several times until he finally came to his senses.
Eriu who was still in reverie didn't notice someone sitting near the table with a soft voice, the person called out to him, startling Eriu who immediately jumped back, "Good morning, ah, sorry for startling you."
Sunlight shone on the protagonist who was now sitting near the table that was right next to the bed. The window in front of the bed also illuminated the place where the protagonist was.
His wheat hair exposed to the glare of the sun looks rainbow-colored with his diamond-like pink eyes. It gives a beautiful impression only with a different expression. The protagonist just smiled waiting for his greeting to be answered.
"..."
I forgot.
Eriu with an awkward face returned the protagonist's smile and returned his greeting, "Morning..." The atmosphere became strange again, he giggled and broke this atmosphere, " My name is Eros. I don't have a definite nickname but someone once called me the Son of God."
"Son of God...?" Who the fu-!
Huh, wait, what his name was?
...
Oh my God, thank you!
Thank you so much, my Lord!
I will live my short life to its fullest!
Eros nodded, "She suddenly called me that and-" An outside voice called for Eros and Eriu to come down, making Eros stop his last sentence. "Auntie mentioned your name earlier, can I call you Eri?" Eros got up from his seat, seeing Eriu nodding thinking that was the answer, Eros continued, "I'll tell auntie you're still sleeping, so don't come down, okay?"
"Okay..."
Eros walked to the door and turned the doorknob, "Eri."
Eriu who was like hypnotized, just nodded and said yes without questioning anything. His heart was now beating like a drum. He even thought his heart could explode at any moment, "Yes?"
"I like you."
Eros walked out leaving only one human sitting with a question mark on his head, "...Don't tell me this is the secret ending?"
Now I started pressing the 'START' sign. Today is a world with a new outlook. Today too, I will play this game my way. Because I am the Master of Love!
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