The white room, I had seen this before, right before the survival game began.
This place felt like both the starting point and the ending point, where every time we finished and wanted to start a new game.
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I rose from my seat and stood tall.
"How long do I have to be trapped in this world, Weinz!?" I shouted.
Since Weinz was the game master of this world, everything I did should be seen by him.
That meant if I shouted in his world, he should be able to hear me.
"I really don't want to forgive you for what happened to Cyve, but I want to get out of here soon!!"
"I have to meet Yuu-chan and also Hime, I want to see their faces again—"
Before I could say more, a hologram appeared in front of me. And it was a hologram belonging to Weinz.
I could see his body sitting on a chair, playing with some cards.
"...I also don't want you to forgive me...hah, let's do this, after this is the last game you have to complete."
"If you succeed in rescuing the hostage in this last game, then you will leave this world with the status of a winner," said Weinz.
He just said last game, huh?? From his voice he sounded reluctant, just how much did he want to see me suffer?
"Could it be, you have feelings for that girl? I know that girl likes you, but what about you?" asked Weinz to me.
I understood very well what Weinz was talking about. He must want to know how I saw Cyve.
Cyve, she did like me... at first I couldn't even be sure of my feelings for her, but after fighting with Cyve, I finally found what I really had to say.
"I don't know if I like her or just think of her as a close friend... but one thing is certain," I said.
"What is that?" asked Weinz to me.
"Cyve, she is one of the precious people to me," I said with full confidence.
Even though I couldn't return Cyve's feelings, at least I still considered her precious.
I wanted to always be with her, I wanted to keep talking to her, and only that kind of relationship.
No more, no less... I just wanted to spend time with Cyve, that's all.
"I see... I thought you liked Cyve too, then are you ready for the last game?" Weinz asked me.
"I'm ready," I said.
"I want you to be truly ready when you enter this last game."
"You will enter a kingdom in a fantasy world, there you have the task of marrying the princess who lives in the castle."
"But... I can't guarantee who you will become when you enter that world... so, that's it, not complicated right?" said Weinz with a very wide smile.
"O-Oi, at least make it a little easier—"
That magic circle appeared again under my feet and finally I was transferred again.
When I arrived in that room before, I couldn't find the human book I had taken from Cyve's house.
Hopefully that book was stored somewhere by Weinz and not damaged.
For me, that book was an object full of memories and affection.
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As Weinz had told me, I was transferred to a world whose name I didn't even know.
What was certain, this world had a huge and magnificent castle that stood firmly.
Its yard looked very spacious, maybe many times bigger than a football stadium.
The trees were neatly arranged along the road leading to the entrance of this great castle.
The castle was green in every part, and the interior walls were light brown.
But... why was I holding a broom and a mop here??
——
More or less, I already knew what work I had to do in this castle. And my mission was to marry the princess.
According to the people I met, the princess of this castle was someone very beautiful and graceful.
Her yellow hair flowed long, making any man who saw her want to marry the princess.
There were many engagement offers from other kingdoms, but the princess refused with the reason "I already have a fiancé."
Even so, she was a princess who was kind and friendly to her citizens.
It was not uncommon for the princess to be seen playing with children in the city, regardless of status.
Because of that nature, the citizens had considered the princess as their family.
Thus this made no more engagement offers come to the princess.
The citizens had truly protected the princess so that her body could not be touched by anyone.
——
"Oi, old man, are we just cleaning this castle floor?" I asked.
"Yes, that's all," after that the old man immediately went off and started sweeping the floor.
In this world I played the role of a cleaner in this castle. This was very dangerous, especially if I wanted to marry the princess.
Surely because I was just a cleaner, she would refuse to live with me.
I wasn't stupid either, I would find a way to raise my status. At least until my name could be known by everyone here.
"Work! Don't just stand there!" said the old man shouting at me.
"Yeah, yeah!!"
That old man had said earlier that he had worked in this castle for more than 6 years, which meant he had become a senior here.
His age was very fragile, especially his physical condition which looked rather messed up. But even so, he said he still wanted to keep working here.
He had no partner, he also felt grateful for his current condition.
He said, he wanted to spend his last time working as a servant in this house.
If that's what he wanted, then it's up to him. What's certain is I would help him if he had trouble.
"Don't become like me," those were the words he said when he first met me earlier.
I was sure he didn't want anyone else to have the same fate as him.
He was the type of person who wanted others to be happy, even though he himself was not happy and I greatly respected someone like that.
It wasn't easy to find someone as good as him, even this meeting must have been very extraordinary.
Well... even though it was just a game, I always took it seriously.
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I immediately started using the broom to clean the castle floor of dirt.
For the size of a castle, the floor here was very large.
I also didn't really know why there was a character who wanted to play the role of cleaning a castle like this.
At that time, I looked at a window on the other side of this long corridor.
Because I was curious, I immediately looked through the large window.
"Crazy," I muttered.
This castle seemed to be located at a different height from the small houses in the city.
The houses in the city were built very neatly, as if they had been arranged in such a way. Well, it was made by Weinz anyway...
The point was I wouldn't start my mission today.
Why? I wanted to enjoy a peaceful day like this, so I would start my mission tomorrow.