Episode 172
[1st Round]
"Die... you damned bastard..."
"...Who are you? Who are you to cause such chaos?"
A chilling atmosphere permeates the Demon King's Castle.
On its topmost floor, someone is fighting against the Demon King.
- KUGWANG!!
"For a little brat... you're quite something."
What the Demon King was looking down at was a little girl in an extremely young state. But her burning eyes were not something that could be said to match her age.
"Eurgh...!"
- Udeudeuk...!
The little girl who rushed at the Demon King with all her might had her wings broken.
"Because of you... because of you, the world is...!"
"But you cannot defeat me."
Soon, the little girl aimed for the Demon King's heart, trying to land a decisive blow with all her might, but.
- KUGWANG!!
Right at that moment, a loud explosion echoed everywhere, and the little girl was sent flying into the air.
"...Cough, cough."
"So you're just a little kid? What is your name."
As the little girl lay face down on the ground and started vomiting blood, the Demon King, who had already grown new wings, began approaching her with an interested expression.
"If you reveal your name and swear to submit, I'll specially make you my confidant..."
"Wait, Ruby."
"What?"
But the little girl, looking at such a Demon King, whispered with a sinister expression.
"...Because I will definitely give you hell."
"Wait, how do you know my..."
The Demon King, looking at such a little girl with a flustered expression, sensed something strange and urgently began approaching her, but.
"Re-try."
The little girl, Perlotte, whispered in a voice filled with deep resentment.
- Pajijik...!
The next moment, the world turned upside down.
[7th Round]
"Did you hear that news?"
"What news?"
On the first day the Academy opened, Class A students were gathered together discussing the hot news that shook the empire.
"Well, I heard Lord Frey collapsed last night!"
"...What?"
It was news that Frey Raon Starlight had suddenly vomited blood and collapsed the day before the opening.
"What a shame... I wanted to see how handsome he was."
"...What does she see in such a scoundrel."
Among the students who thought of such news as mere gossip and chatted about it.
"Surely... surely it's because of my memories from previous rounds..."
Perlotte was.
"...after awakening the system, do you unconditionally receive a penalty?"
Muttering with a pale, blood-drained face.
"That, that can't be...?"
[25th Round]
"Ah, no..."
The endless hordes of magical beasts rushing into the Academy.
"...Ugh."
Frey and Perlotte were blocking that horde of magical beasts.
"Just a little, just hold on a little longer... so let's try a little harder..."
"Don't worry about me! Just focus on the enemy in front..."
Perlotte, who had been taking all the attacks behind Frey who was breathing roughly, shouted with a bright voice, but.
- KUGUNG...!
"D, Dark Golem..."
When a massive Dark Golem appeared in front of Frey, she was at a loss for words.
"...Perlotte."
Frey, looking at such a Dark Golem with an expression of deep darkness.
"Go first. I'll handle this place."
"Frey..."
He said to Perlotte who was hesitating, showing a bright smile.
"You can only handle one enemy, right? Look at the countless enemies lying in front of the Dark Golem."
"But, if you do that, your life force will run out...!"
When Perlotte rebutted to such Frey.
"You have to choose the lesser evil over the worst."
Frey answered like that.
"F, Frey...!"
He jumped into the wave of monsters without even a moment to stop him.
"........"
After a while, a massive silver explosion erupted from the middle of the wave made of monsters.
"As expected..."
Perlotte, watching that sight with dead eyes.
"...I have to deceive the Demon God."
Finished speaking with a determined expression.
"Re-try."
[159th Round]
"...Cough!"
"Ah...?"
Frey collapses in front of Perlotte, vomiting blood.
"Again..."
Perlotte, looking blankly at such Frey while receiving warm sunlight.
"Failed again..."
She mutters while looking at the brightly shining sun with resentment.
"I need to deceive the Demon God's eye that stole control of the sun... but ordinary suggestions won't work at all? What on earth should I..."
"Eugh..."
"F, Frey!"
Perlotte, who was doing that, when Frey who was lying on the ground let out a groan.
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry..."
With a face full of guilt, she hugged him and whispered.
"...So you won't hurt, starting next time I'll do re-try before you collapse."
"Eugh..."
"I love you, forever."
"......"
"...Re-try."
And the world turned upside down.
[574th Round]
"Remember... I must remember..."
A room shrouded in deep darkness.
"The Demon God... is watching everyone through the sun..."
To Perlotte sitting at the desk inside, the burning eyes shown in the very beginning, the will, the spirit were nowhere to be seen.
"That's why surveillance weakens at night... it becomes easier to deceive... so, whatever you do, you must do it at night... the Demon God... doesn't perceive my re-try..."
Just holding deep guilt and a twisted sense of purpose.
"Not even an inch can be off. I must deceive even my own emotions. I must deceive even myself."
She was just muttering while holding her head.
"When the Sun God has no light, she covers for me to some extent... so, act to return to my right mind only when there's no sunlight..."
After muttering like that for a while, Perlotte suddenly opened her eyes wide.
".....Ah."
Through a small crack in the wall of the dark room, a tiny ray of sunlight came in and illuminated her.
"Ahhhhhhhh."
Perlotte, making a dazed sound while blankly staring at that sunlight.
"...Haha, hahaha."
Soon, she burst into laughter and muttered.
"Got caught again."
[1045th Round]
"Frey... I love you..."
"P, Perlotte? W, wait a minute..."
>> Skipped.
[1269th Round]
"...Ah, he died again."
".........."
"Re-try."
.
[??? Round]
"Perlotte-ssi..."
A space filled with mysterious energy.
"......"
"Please come to your senses..."
The Sun God, tightly bound in black chains, was looking down at Perlotte who appeared before her with a sad expression.
"Hello!"
Perlotte, looking at such a Sun God with soulless eyes, suddenly greets her with a bright smile.
"Wow! You're truly a beautiful person!"
"Um..."
"But where is this place? It's an amazing place! And why are you tied up in that position..."
Perlotte, asking questions while tilting her head with a dazed expression.
"...I'm the Sun God."
"...Ah."
When the Sun God spoke with a dark expression, she had a blank look for a moment then shook her head.
"So, why did you call me."
After a while, Perlotte, with a chilly expression on her face, asked a question.
"I think I've found... a way to break through this situation."
The Sun God, who was bound in chains with a painful expression, answers with a struggling voice.
"Haha."
At that, Perlotte lets out a hollow laugh.
"So in the end, what I've done until now... was all pointless?"
"N, no... Thanks to your countless challenges, I gained time and energy. So..."
"...Enough, what is that method."
When Perlotte asked, the Sun God carefully waves her shackled hand.
- Pajijijik...
Then, the space filled with darkness next to them was torn apart.
"...Hmm?"
Through the torn gap, a blue-glowing planet began to appear.
"So, what does that signify?"
Perlotte, looking at that planet with an expressionless face, asked, and the Sun God, clearing her throat, began to explain.
"That's... a planet from another dimension."
"Yes, it looks like it."
"And... it's a planet in a dimension with 'normality' where supernatural abilities like magic, divine power, mana, or divine beings don't exist."
Saying that, the Sun God glances at Perlotte who still has a cold expression.
"So, many divine beings from various dimensions interfere with that dimensional planet. Since it's a dimension without divine beings... it doesn't matter if they interfere."
"Why do they interfere?"
"They use it as a resource. To create energy to maintain the world and divine power..."
Hearing those words, Perlotte's eyes grew even colder, and the goddess hurriedly made an excuse.
"T, that doesn't mean they're exploiting! It's a fair trade!"
"Trade?"
"Yes... Divine beings provide copies of their worlds as 'creative works' to that planet. Then the people of that world consume those creative works and naturally feel various emotions like joy and sadness."
"....."
"Using those generated emotions as energy, they create power and divine power to maintain the world. Once again, it's fair..."
As the goddess's words grew long, Perlotte quietly frowned.
"Ah, anyway... anyway..."
Quickly changing the subject, the goddess looked at the blue planet and began to speak.
"On that planet... a boy discovered a 'bug'."
"...A bug?"
"Yes, a bug that could literally become a 'game changer' if slightly modified and applied to our world."
Saying that, the Sun God continued while swallowing dry saliva.
"Sometimes, accidents happen on that planet."
"Accidents?"
"Yes, I mean accidents where residents of that planet enjoying creative works due to the gods' mistakes... get sucked into the world of that creative work."
At those words, Perlotte made an absurd expression, while.
"...I'm going to use the power I've gathered so far to intentionally cause that 'accident'."
"What?"
"I'll summon the boy who found that bug to our world, make him a hero from 1000 years ago, and create a DLC... no, it's a game term so you wouldn't know. I'll create a new turning point."
The goddess answered with a serious expression.
"...So, you're saying you'll kidnap someone from another world to save our world."
Perlotte, who had been lost in thought for a moment, asked, and the Sun God shook her head.
"N, no... it will be a fair trade."
"......."
"Really, I'll give them a choice too. Originally, what's most precious to that person..."
"So, when will you do it?"
Perlotte asked again, interrupting the goddess's words.
"...Now."
The goddess bound in chains began to emit light in all directions with all her might.
"If the operation succeeds..."
The goddess, who had an expression full of agony.
"...many things will change starting from the next round."
Leaving information to Perlotte in a struggling voice.
"Since I'll have used all my power after this time, I can no longer give such direct help like this... I'm truly sorry, but Perlotte-ssi will have to..."
"...Leave it to me."
Perlotte, looking at such a goddess.
"I'll turn it back however many times, and figure everything out."
Truly after a long time.
"Though a long time has passed... my goal is still firm."
She spoke with burning eyes.
"...To give him, a happy ending."
And the world turned upside down.
.
[??? + 1 Round]
"Good... the goddess was right."
In the now quite familiar dark room.
"Frey's 'Book of Prophecy' changed from a 'game strategy guide' to a 'hero's strategy guide'..."
Perlotte was muttering with shining eyes.
"The previous hero's name... changed to 'Hanbyeol'."
At the same time, Perlotte, who was naturally scribbling something on paper in the room where she couldn't see even an inch ahead.
"Of course, there will be more changes... DLC or whatever she called it? Anyway, since the world has changed to be even more advantageous..."
She muttered while glaring at the wall that had a crack blocked by a wooden board with nails.
"...Starting now, that's the first step."
And from that point.
"The first step to bring you a happy ending."
The biography of Perlotte shown in the black video began to play even faster.