Chapter 155: Loved One
「Brynhildr hugs you, asking if you are Sigurd?」
「Will you answer truthfully, or pretend to be her lover?」
"What kind of random event is this again?"
Eikou asked in confusion.
Tristan was also a little doubtful, but quickly gave an answer: "Sir Eikou, your luck is really good, Lady Brynhildr's eyesight isn't very good, and it seems today she forgot to wear her glasses, so she mistook you for Sigurd."
"Heavens, she could mistake me like that? I don't look anything like Sigurd."
"Sir Eikou, don't you know… Lady Brynhildr has a special attack called 'Loved One,' which includes both men and women, and even the horse Red Hare. Until now we still don't really know what her definition of 'Loved One' actually is, we can only put it down to her poor eyesight."
"I see, then this works perfectly for me,"
Eikou muttered.
"It's not that I have any wicked thoughts about her, it's just that right now I only want to complete the quota so I can quickly finish this trash game, even if it's fake love, it doesn't matter."
I'm just a heartless efficiency gamer!
He pressed the confirm button.
「You say that you are Sigurd.」
「Brynhildr seems to have mistaken you as her lover.」
「Between you and Brynhildr, it has now become an irreversible relationship...」
「You encounter no obstacles, Sigurd does not seem to be present here.」
"Very good, this is a perfect start! Just stepped out the door and I've already formed a special relationship with the second main wife character, next I just need to conquer one more 'emergency food' and it's done. Only the final character left."
He thought it would be a troublesome process, but unexpectedly the mission was about to be completed so quickly.
But Eikou hadn't had much time to feel pleased when Tristan suddenly remembered something.
"Sir Eikou, run quickly, once you've formed a relationship with Brynhildr she'll become extremely dangerous!"
"Wait, you mean…"
Eikou also immediately realized something wasn't right.
Why was it that he had already established a special relationship with Brynhildr, yet Sigurd was still nowhere to be seen?
Could it be because…
Since Brynhildr had the special attack skill 'Loved One,' which kills her own lover, she had already stabbed Sigurd to death?
And the next one on the Loved One list was me!
"Damn it, why did that troublesome trait of hers have to be carried over into this trash game too?!"
Eikou thought to himself, finally seeing through it: this game, whenever things seemed to be going smoothly, would deliberately emphasize that so-called 'sense of realism.' Did it think it was Dragon's Dogma 2 or something?
In short, he had to run right now, otherwise he'd have to restart from the beginning!
Without hesitation, he threw all his strength into pushing the control stick, making the main character turn and sprint away.
Brynhildr then drew out a ridiculously oversized spear, chasing right behind him.
Shit, Brynhildr is still chasing me!
"Bryn-nee, I'll give you 5QP, can you spare me?!"
But he quickly discovered that indeed, the Valkyrie's eyesight wasn't good. As long as he ran a few turns around the school, she would get dizzy and lose her bearings, her speed gradually slowing down as she struggled to tell the paths apart.
This gave Eikou enough time to escape.
After a long chase—hiding in closets, circling around to evade—in the end, he completely lost sight of Brynhildr.
"Phew…"
Confirming that it would be very difficult for her to keep pursuing, Eikou outside the screen finally let out a sigh of relief.
"Feels just like a horror game, but I can count this as having met the quota. Now there's only the last character left…"
He wiped the sweat from his palms and guided the pixelated character straight toward the final wife character.
That was Kriemhild.
"From the previous round's trial, I've gathered quite a lot of information about her. Hopefully within half an hour I can enter her romance route."
His pixel character stepped into the classroom where Kriemhild and Siegfried were.
The classroom should have been lively, but at this moment it was empty.
In the spacious room there was only Kriemhild in black mourning attire, and Siegfried lying on the ground.
"At last you've come, Mochizuki Eikou. I've waited here so, so long, until my eyes grew weary from waiting…"
Kriemhild spoke in a voice full of resentment.
"Huh? Why is there dialogue like this right at the start, did I have some prior agreement with her? And why is Siegfried still lying on the ground?"
Eikou was a little doubtful, but still controlled the main character to approach her, moving to Siegfried who had fallen, and selected the option 'Investigate.'
「This Dragonslayer passed away very peacefully, and seems to have been lying here since the previous round until now.」
"Brother Siegfried, why is your body still lying here?!"
Eikou was deeply shocked.
So this so-called second round didn't just unlock new routes—it also carried over all actions and relationships from the previous round?!
In other words, once an NPC character accidentally died, even moving to the next round wouldn't bring them back to life!
It was over, hopeless, and Siegfried's wife was none other than the Queen of Revenge, famous for her obsession and hatred—Kriemhild!
If she didn't kill Eikou, it would be hard for her to calm her fury!
Clang!
Kriemhild's pixel character once again drew out the Noble Phantasm Balmung.
"At last I've waited long enough for you to appear, Mochizuki Eikou. This time I will definitely use your blood for the sacrifice!"
"..."
"What's wrong, are you going to run away again this time… Huh, why did I say 'again'? Never mind, either way I'll have to kill you first!"
As she finished speaking, Kriemhild charged, wielding that massive, sharp, ferocious sword, lunging straight at the game screen!
"Eek, Kaguya-sama have mercy!"
Eikou was so terrified he hurriedly shut off the console, forcibly cutting the game.
"This isn't the dating game I was expecting aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!"
Panting, still not recovered:
"It's over, this save is completely ruined. No matter how many rounds I go through, Siegfried will never revive in the game! And damn it, his wife's most famous trait is avenging her husband—so the moment I log in, won't she just kill me right away?!"
"There's no other way," Tristan frowned, "you can only wait a few days before opening the game again, then find a way to earn her forgiveness."
"Don't say a few days—even within a century I wouldn't dare open this game again!"
Eikou let out a heavy sigh.
But if he really didn't open the game anytime soon, he wouldn't be able to complete Tristan's 'assignment.'
Which meant… in the next few days, did he really have to think of a way to conquer a furiously enraged Kriemhild?
Clearly he was only one character away, yet now he couldn't even enter the game.
"Listen carefully, Sir Eikou,"
Tristan solemnly patted his shoulder,
"Up till now you've overcome countless trials; a mere little game surely can't be what defeats you.
"The secret to conquering another man's wife in Love Sleeping is companionship. Because the time in the game syncs with the real world, as long as you persist in staying by her side—eating, sleeping together—then one day you'll be able to move her heart, to pull Kriemhild out of this swamp of revenge!"
"I… I'll try my best."
But Eikou honestly didn't feel any confidence at all.
[If you want to save Yu Ji, you must thoroughly study this game Love Sleeping 2.]
[Therefore, you must find a way to establish a special relationship with Kriemhild in the game.]
[The final deadline to save Yu Ji is only 15 days away.]
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Note: Kriemhild, Kaguya and Paimon have the same seiyuu