"Finally, I got it!! The latest edition of the [Curse and Love in Six Acts] diaries" I speak excitedly as I leave the store, this is the best Otome Game in the world! At least for me. I almost have all the diaries already.
They are notes from the author himself that tell the story of each route of the game in more detail, and there is a route that I've always wanted to know the truth about the Esther route, the most enigmatic character in [Curse and Love in Six Acts].
"I can't wait to play this game again and see the addition of the diary" I say, hugging the game with great joy, this game makes me the happiest girl in the world right now.
"Hmm, hmmm," I hum quietly as I walk. I'm usually shy and would never leave my room. I've got some not-so-great issues with people, so I keep to myself.
As I walk down the street, I see the schoolgirls passing by. It makes me feel bad, and I lower my gaze to the ground. It reminds me that I dropped out of school because I was antisocial and couldn't handle their stares and whispers.
It's not like I want to be a failure living with my parents and mooching off their money while hiding away in my room. It's just hard dealing with social pressure and judgmental looks. What's so wrong with being unemployed and basically living off video games and instant food?
My parents complain sometimes and might kick me out soon, but this is the only way I can live. Games are all I have.
But putting that aside, I had to go out and buy the next part of the game. There was no way I was going to miss this amazing story. Finally, the story of Esther will be revealed.
'I can't wait to get home!!' My heart is racing, maybe from too much joy, or maybe from the complete lack of exercise and too much caffeine in my blood.
I stop at the traffic light, waiting for it to turn green to cross, and in the meantime I look at the cover description.
"Route number 6! I could hardly wait to play this" The original game has all the routes, but with the addition of the diary you can see 100% of what the route really means and the story of the 6 romantic targets in the game.
I see the pedestrian signal turning green and start to walk, but I hear the sound of tires and look, seeing an incredibly fast truck, it looks like a transport truck and I see symbols for flammable material.
'T-That's dangerous!!' I quickly return to the sidewalk, narrowly avoiding it, it shouldn't be driving so fast in the middle of the city, and the traffic light for cars is red, it should stop.
"How careless..." I mutter to myself, my voice is hoarse and even a bit unpleasant to hear because I barely use my voice, I should stop isolating myself in my room.
"..." I hear a loud sound and look in the direction the truck went, and see it skidding so fast and sliding as it hits a pole, the impact immediately results in a chain reaction as the truck explodes.
"H-Huh?" A huge explosion occurs, but out of nowhere the door is thrown in my direction, I don't even have time to react as the door hits my waist.
'I'm...falling?' I feel like I'm falling, but as I fall I see my legs, which is immediately strange, because my legs are standing still? How am I falling and my legs are still in place?
But fate, with its cruelty, gives me the answer as I fall further, I see blood and immediately notice that I have been split in half while my body falls to the ground.
'A-Am I going to die? H-How? Am I really dying? B-But I...' My brain only has a few seconds to try to process the scene, a clean cut that perfectly divided my body in two.
Everything seems to darken, I don't even have time to lament my miserable life or time to feel pain, everything just starts to fade as the cruel scene of my body brutally split in two remains in my mind.
I didn't even have time to fulfill my last miserable wish to see the complete story of the game.
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"..."
"...And with that I give you the title of [Tragedia]" A voice speaks as my vision suddenly opens.
The voice speaking to me is cold and inorganic as I just look confused at everything without understanding anything at all.
"W-What?" I see an image, like a hologram, the image is of a being too large to be human.
It is wearing a large black armor that covers its entire body, what stands out are its imposing 3 pairs of horns, its visible red eyes through the completely dark helmet, and its huge black wings, as well as its physical stature of almost 3 meters.
Soon the image disappears as its words are left with a vague interpretation.
"..." I look at my trembling hands, my brain can't process everything, so it tries to recap everything.
First I went to buy the last part of my favorite game, then I bought it and left the store and finally a runaway truck crashed, exploded and because of the door thrown at high speed I was split in two.
But suddenly I appeared here, sitting on a strangely comfortable bed in front of a "hologram" that has already disappeared.
"H-Hahaha I-I guess the caffeine finally couldn't keep me awake? Am I dreaming?" I speak nervously, getting up from the soft bed, noticing how my voice is strangely beautiful and sweet, but suddenly I am hit by a sudden amount of memories.
"O-Ow" I fall to the floor, holding my head, feeling a strange pain as a good amount of memories come to me.
"..." I look at my hands when the pain stops, noticing only now how they are ridiculously beautiful and soft with a milky white skin tone, not pale just a very pretty white tone.
"L-Lie? A-Am I dreaming? I guess my addiction to this game finally made me forget the boundary between reality and fantasy?" I say to nothing, I have a strange amount of memories of a girl.
Evelyn Ashcroft, one of the six romantic targets of the game, but what's strange is that they are memories of scenes that don't exist in the game or in the diary version of the game, they are things from childhood, daily life, noble etiquette, studies, etc.
"I-I'm going to pinch myself, this is just a fantasy, look...it won't hurt!...Owww!!" I pinch myself hard, which immediately creates a red mark on the clear skin due to the force used.
This makes my face immediately change from disbelief to pure horror, I can't believe it.
"I-It's not possible!! I-I can't have reincarnated as the most hopeless character in the game!!!" I speak frightened, there's no way this is real.
"It's j-just a dream, I must have passed out, a-after all I haven't slept for three days and was literally living on instant noodles and energy drinks..." I see that this room has many mirrors, I run to one to see my body, and as imagined, it's the body of Evelyn Ashcroft.
An undeniably and absurdly beautiful girl, white eyes like the most beautiful pearl in the world, long purple hair that is like the most beautiful silk of royalty, milky clear skin as if bathed in the pure light of the moon.
Medium but well-proportioned breasts, like two beautiful perfect fruits, and pointed ears as her only demonic characteristic.
It's cool and all that she's beautiful, the problem is her extreme narcissism and her absurd weakness, she even has an alternative route to become powerful, but in general she is incompetent, underestimated by her family and considered a failure among demons.
"H-Hahaha...I-I've gone insane?" I say, kneeling in front of the full-length mirror.
"A-Am I really dead and reincarnated? WHAT THE HELL? WHY JUST EVELYN!!!" I yell angrily, not because I'm in Evelyn Ashcroft's body, but because I didn't finish the game.
Okay, maybe my obsession with the game isn't healthy, but it was all I had, in my family I was a failed and average girl.
Brown hair, black eyes, low grades, wore glasses, very ordinary appearance, I had nothing special, and I isolated myself in my room because I'm antisocial, I wasn't ugly, but I was literally someone totally forgettable that you look at and then forget after a few minutes.
Evelyn is literally a goddess of beauty compared to my failed self, but that doesn't change the fact that she is also considered a failure.
"W-Why couldn't I at least reincarnate as the protagonist! W-Why a damn romantic target???" I speak angrily.
"W-Wait...that hologram...WAS THE DEMON KING??!" I yell in shock, how could I have been so blind to only realize it now? That was Lysaon Ashcroft, the powerful current Demon King.
"I-If it was Lysaon t-then that means...this is the world of [Curse and Love in Six Acts]?" This immediately increases my despair.
"N-No!! Why the hell did I end up in this damned game that seems more like a SSS+ difficulty world!!!" I speak frustrated, besides having died, reincarnating as the weakest character, I'm also in this doomed world.
"I-I need to do something!! I-I need to immediately do something!!" I mutter desperately as I get up, running away won't help, I can't run away, I need to stop Esther Ashcroft, another of the romantic targets in this game.
It happens that this Otome Game stood out in the market for a very simple reason, this damned game always ends with the world being destroyed by Esther Ashcroft.
Or rather, Esther will commit a global genocide as soon as she becomes Queen, the game is basically very simple.
There are 6 characters who will do anything to become the Demon King or Queen, it's basically a battle for the throne.
The game takes place in various locations, but the main and starting point is the Demon King's castle, if the Demon King has already given me a title, it means this is the beginning of the game.
The Demon King is abdicating the throne to give it to a successor, but it's a competition for one of us to become the King in a few years, of course the romantic part is the heroine trying to conquer one of the 6 she likes the most.
Depending on the route, the game is a normal Boy x Girl or a pure Yuri Girl x Girl romance.
The real problem is, regardless of the chosen route, Esther becomes the Demon Queen and then commits global genocide, killing everyone, even in her romantic route she still does that.
It means that my days are numbered, if I'm not killed by the other romantic targets due to the competition for the throne, Esther will destroy everyone in the end.
"I-I can't let Esther become the Queen!! I-I need to get the throne!" Being the Demon King or Queen greatly increases the personal power of the title holder, so Esther basically just wants the position to increase her powers before wiping everyone out.
"I-I need...I need to think! I don't want to die...again" My brain seems to be frying with nervousness, I didn't even have time to lament my death.
Although I...don't care? I mean, it was a failed life, I had no friends and my family hated me, all I had was my beloved game.
"T-This...isn't this a good opportunity? It's the game I love the most of all! Forget the heroine, if I can become the Queen, wouldn't it be a dream come true!?" I'm in the game I loved the most, it's the dream of any player.
"And even though I apparently merged with Evelyn, I'm still me! I'm not a complete narcissist with a syndrome of being the best of all!" Evelyn also didn't have an easy life.
'I-If the game has started, then the banquet will be soon...' I know the game, I can survive, I just need to prevent Esther from becoming the Queen in some way.
"..." I try to calm down and slow my heart, Evelyn may be a failure in the game, but her alternative route is my best chance of survival in this doomed world.
"I-I can do it! I know the game..." I murmur, looking at my reflection in the mirror, Evelyn is undoubtedly an impressively beautiful girl, I've never seen anyone as beautiful as her, even modern models would die of envy looking at this perfect girl.
'M-My god she's so beautiful' I look around the room, it's simple, but the various mirrors stand out.
"W-Well, it's my body now?" I have Evelyn's memories, and I feel that my personality has changed, it seems that Evelyn and I have become one, she didn't disappear and I didn't steal her place, it was literally a fusion, although I don't know why I reincarnated.
"..." I see the mirror becoming hypnotized by my beauty, I approach the glass pouting, but suddenly the door opens.
"..." I see a maid and the maid looks at me but her gaze soon goes to my lips almost touching the mirror.
"I-I can explain! I-I swear I wasn't going to kiss my reflection!!" I speak urgently, the maid looks at me then looks at the mirror and runs out.
"W-WAIT!!" I get up to run after and explain this misunderstanding, but I stumble on my feet and fall face-first to the floor.
"G-Great start..." I mutter, lying on the floor, I was killed by a killer door from a crazy truck, reincarnated into a doomed girl who is in an equally doomed world, and I just possibly tarnished my noble image.
"I-I should calm down...and remember the game..." I murmur to myself without getting up off the floor, I need to be smart and remember everything about the game.