So, I'm the protagonist?

Shiritsu Megumi Garden Academy.

The premier private Ability User academy in Tokyo, and indeed, the world.

Inside the girls' dormitory.

[Beep--]

[You have a new short message, please check it.]

[Beep--]

[You have a new short message, please check it.]

"..."

The sweet, intelligent machine female voice, disturbing her dreams, was so piercing it felt like it could reach into her very soul.

"So annoying--" a pale, slender arm slowly emerged from the covers. The groggy girl grabbed her phone from beside the pillow, blankly staring at the screen.

"Ex-excuse me..." a soft, girlish voice sounded from the phone.

"Senior Su."

"I'm Saotome Yukina, a first-year student in the healing department at Shiritsu Megumi Garden Academy."

"May I ask..."

Without waiting for the girl on the other end of the phone to finish speaking.

The moment she heard the other person's name, the girl sat bolt upright in bed, cutting off Saotome Yukina with a rapid-fire response.

"No time."

"Not going."

"Impossible."

"Beep, beep, beep--" On the other end of the line, the girl holding her phone with both hands, looking bewildered, seemed completely unaware of what had happened.

"Saotome..."

"Yukina." The slightly biting cold wind of the early morning swept away the last vestiges of sleepiness from the girl's mind.

The name Saotome Yukina was like the final piece of a puzzle, confirming the guess in the girl's heart--

She, Su Youzi, had truly transmigrated.

And... into the world of an eroge.

"This really isn't good news."

"Especially..."

The girl turned off her phone screen, looking at her own delicate face reflected in the dark display.

"When I might become the 'protagonist'..." or rather, one of the 'protagonists'."

Seventeen years ago.

Su Youzi, who had once criticized eroge, got up to get takeout. Due to weak legs and a slippery floor, the back of her head made an unfortunate, intimate contact with the ground.

Before she completely lost consciousness, Su Youzi's last thought was...

"If there really are gods in this world--"

"Could they please help me clear my computer's history logs and study materials."

"I'll pay any price."

"Even... transmigrating into the world of an eroge."

Clearly--

She had gotten her wish.

She arrived in this world, a world of superhumans, without any cheat abilities.

Even... her superpower was the pathetic Psychokinesis-Level 0.

The former Su Youzi had once clung to the faint hope that this world might just be a world based on an eroge's worldview.

But--

The name Saotome Yukina shattered her last shred of hope.

Because... Saotome Yukina was the game's first heroine.

A sweet and adorable, well-behaved underclassman.

While pure and healing, the soft timidity that flickered in her watery, beautiful eyes always made Su Youzi's heart roar like a tiger.

But she was the game's first heroine--

Su Youzi knew the survival rules of eroge all too well.

In a standard eroge, no matter how vast the world-building, getting close to the protagonist would inevitably bring 'misfortune.'

Su Youzi had no desire for her name to appear on anyone else's walkthrough list.

After all... not everyone plays fair when trying to conquer someone.

There are quite a few who prefer forceful methods.

Su Youzi, possessing only Level 0 Psychokinesis, could only manage to bend aluminum spoons with all her might.

She didn't want to add such a dramatic stroke to her life.

"No matter what--"

"Stay far away from Saotome Yukina."

Su Youzi warned herself.

"But..."

"Didn't I receive two text messages earlier?"

Just as Su Youzi thought this.

[Ding--]

[You have a new text message, please check it.]

A familiar notification sound, and the upper right corner of Su Youzi's vision suddenly lit up.

A small, cream-colored envelope with a red exclamation mark gently swayed in her view, announcing its presence to Su Youzi.

"Damn it..."

Su Youzi's cheat, seventeen years late, seemed... maybe... finally... belatedly arrived.

She shook her head vigorously.

Took a deep breath.

Buried her small face in the bedding that seemed to carry a milky scent.

"Calm down--"

"Youzi..."

"Calm down--"

The eagerness to become the protagonist had long been worn away by seventeen years of hardship... or so she thought!

The girl now just wanted to roll around on the bed, tangled in her blankets.

She reached out, gently touching the envelope in the upper right corner of her vision.

[Ding--]

The familiar intelligent machine female voice sounded in her ear.

[Congratulations on unlocking the achievement: If Life Could Be Restarted.]

[Congratulations on unlocking the achievement: Prodigy.]

[Congratulations on unlocking the achievement: Child Prodigy Who Faded.]

[...]

[Congratulations on unlocking the achievement: Survived Seventeen Years Safely.]

[...]

It was just like an eroge that had just enabled its achievement system. For a moment, the ding-ding sounds and the sweet intelligent machine female voice almost filled Su Youzi's vision and ears.

The girl's eyelids twitched. She felt like these achievements, strung together, were a bit too mocking.

Ding ding ding ding--

The notifications continued to pour in.

[Operative Cultivation Module has been activated. Game is starting--]

The familiar light blue interface from Su Youzi's memory appeared in her vision.

Besides the conspicuous "Operator Compendium," "Operator Cultivation," "Operator Log," and "Material Procurement" modules on the right side of her vision, the most prominent... was the girl's character illustration on the left.

A girl with black, shoulder-length short hair and crimson eyes gazed lazily at the screen.

Just raising an eyebrow, a "bad woman" aura seemed to emanate from her.

But... the name in the lower left corner of the illustration undoubtedly confirmed that this girl was Yuzi herself.

[Once you successfully sign a Contract with your first Operative, you can choose to change your assistant.]

As Yuzi looked at her own illustration, the sweet yet emotionless voice sounded in her ear.

[And...]

[Depending on the progress of the assistant's affection points, you can freely choose different illustration art or CGs from various affection levels as the assistant's outfit.]

"It's exactly the same as in the game--"

The fear and anxiety from before seemed to vanish in an instant.

"So... I'm the protagonist."

Take a deep breath--

Slightly calming her mood, Youzi opened the "Operator Compendium" on the right side of her vision.

Besides a picture of herself that looked like a bad woman, a gray silhouette of a young girl also caught Youzi's attention.

[Saotome Yukina]

[Level.2 - Water Ability User]

[Talent: Dragon King.]

[Talent: Money User.]

[Eldest daughter of the Saotome Family, currently a first-year student at Shiritsu Megumi Garden Academy.]

[...]

[Initial Affection Points: 40 (Favor).]

[Note: Affection points can be increased by feeding or nurturing an Operator.]

[While increasing affection points, you will receive random rewards. And... as affection points increase, the resources you expend will yield additional returns.]

[Note...]

[Additional returns can only be obtained by increasing affection points.]

[...]

[Sign Contract?: No.]

"Ding--" The phone in her hand vibrated, and the screen lit up.

"I'm so sorry!!!"

"Senior Su."

"I'm sorry to disturb your rest."

Su Youzi looked at the message on her phone.

A girl like a rabbit. No matter what she does, she makes you feel like she's worth bullying. No wonder she's the main heroine.

[Ding--]

[--Game officially begins--]

[--Quest being issued--]

[Part 1: Having successfully survived your 'long' seventeen years of life, you are now in urgent need of signing a contract with a new Operator.]

[Quest Content: Sign a contract with an Operator.]

[Quest Reward: Beginner Combat Record.]

[Finally~~~ Welcome to... the New World--]

[Hello--]

[Su Youzi.]

Erasing all the options before her, she looked at her phone. The corners of the girl's lips curled up in an almost malicious grin.

"This is Su Youzi--"

"May I ask... is this Yukina, junior?"

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