Chapter 1: Did You Deceive Me?

Everyone has left the classroom.

The warm colors of the sunset illuminate the two people in the classroom.

[Ed, actually, I’ve liked you for a long time….]

A blonde female student confessing her shy feelings.

Her face, filled with excitement and anxiety, was flushed red.

And hanging on the ear of the male protagonist who turns around at her confession.

[Huh? What?]

White Bluetooth earphones.

“Ah, sh*t.”

I was f*cked.

I kept rubbing my eyes at the unbelievable sight.

But, alas, the content on the screen didn’t change at all.

I had my doubts sometimes…

But I never thought it would really drift into a harem.

The scene just now turned my previous suspicions into certainty.

The author decided to turn this comic into a harem.

Otherwise, there’s no reason to waste the most important confession scene in the comic like this.

It was clearly a normal romance fantasy comic at first.

The sweet and heart-fluttering atmosphere between the two was satisfying enough, and so we reached the final chapter of the story.

Finally, the two of them, who have confirmed each other’s feelings, are starting to date properly.

That kind of content should have been drawn.

But.

Suddenly, a bunch of new female characters started appearing around the main character.

The heroine, Elena’s, screen time started to decrease little by little.

But at this point, I thought they were just supporting characters who would strengthen the relationship between the main character and Elena.

Something big is coming soon.

With that one thought, I endured the meaningless episodes with the other female characters.

And finally, the important confession scene that marks the end of the emotions with Elena that have been going on since episode 1.

But here, out of nowhere, the main character starts acting like a moron.

“Wait, wasn’t this a fantasy?”

Where did those damn Bluetooth earphones suddenly come from??

There are so many things I want to criticize.

To think of putting Bluetooth earphones, which haven’t even been mentioned until now, in the main character’s ear.

Of course, the author’s world-building was sloppy, and there were many loose ends.

Despite the mention of traditional fantasy, the designs of the clothes and buildings in the comic were extremely modern.

There was even a world with air conditioners and refrigerators.

It’s a good thing it was a romance genre where detailed world settings weren’t very important.

If it had been a normal fantasy comic, the ratings would have plummeted long ago.

Still, the only reason I ignored those parts and read this comic was one.

The heroine, Elena, was exactly my type.

Because I wanted her to be happy.

But.

“You’re going to stab me in the back like this?”

I rubbed my tired eyelids.

Let’s calm down for now.

The episode isn’t over yet.

Yeah.

I’m already very angry.

But if they can fix it properly now, I can let it go as a simple happening.

Holding back my anger, I continued to scroll down.

[It’s nothing.]

“Ah.”

Please.

[It wasn’t anything important.]

This f*cking…!!!

Seeing Elena’s expression, trying to smile as if nothing was wrong, I jumped up from my seat.

I thought it was the bottom.

But what awaited me behind it was an even greater abyss.

Author, you son of a b*tch!

Did you really choose this kind of development??

Khaaaaaak! ( this word is used to express strong disgust, frustration, or shock in a dramatic way.)

I couldn’t hold back my boiling anger and grabbed the back of my neck.

But Elena in the screen was making a desperate expression.

This is why I hate harems.

They play with people’s hearts and make the characters miserable.

Except for the main character, who is loved by everyone.

A world where no one is happy.

Harems are too cruel for someone like me who gets overly immersed.

It would be fine if it were a harem where everyone was harmonious and friendly.

But such harems are not common in the first place.

Most of the time, the girls fight for dominance.

Some characters become air.

The feeling of my favorite character slowly being forgotten is indescribable.

I should have just watched a shonen manga like usual.

I don’t know why I started reading this because I was craving a sweet romance after a long time.

I accidentally found this comic while passing by and fell in love with Elena’s appearance and started reading it….

The result was the worst.

The author has shattered my heart, which had been expecting the pure love written in the work description and tags.

If you were going to do this, you should have made it a harem from the beginning!

I’m impressed by the author’s drifting skills. I think you’ll win if you retire and enter a racing competition. 

Suppressing my anger as much as possible, I opened the comment window and wrote a comment.

Still, I adjusted the level so I wouldn’t get sued.

It’s not enough to express my current feelings.

But I feel like my head will explode if I don’t do this.

But as my excitement subsided to some extent, a thought suddenly crossed my mind.

“Am I going to be possessed?”

A development that often appears in web novels that are popular these days.

It’s not realistic at all, but I’m starting to feel anxious for some reason.

Hey, no way.

…Right?

Actually, this isn’t even considered a malicious comment.

Of course, there’s no possibility of that happening, but I still feel uneasy for some reason.

“…Let’s delete it.”

I decided to delete the comment.

I immediately went back to the comment window.

But many people sympathized with my comment, and the number of recommendations was already soaring rapidly.

It’s a situation I should have been happy about normally.

But I couldn’t be just happy.

Because I might get caught and become the author’s sacrifice.

I quickly deleted the comment.

“Phew….”

Safe?

I confirmed that the comment was successfully deleted and sighed in relief.

But then.

Ah, why is this happening all of a sudden?

My vision suddenly became blurry and my head started to throb.

Wait a minute, could this be….

“Ah, f*ck.”

Leaving only that short scream, I lost consciousness and collapsed.

“Author, you crazy bastard. You really possessed me….”

I thought it couldn’t be.

But who knew I’d really be possessed.

I felt dizzy and closed my eyes, and when I opened them, I saw an unfamiliar space.

If I’m not mentally ill.

Given the circumstances, this can only be possession.

Interior decorations with familiar designs.

Even the fancy clothes I’m wearing now.

Everything I see in front of my eyes matched the scenes that appeared in the comic exactly.

I looked at myself in the mirror.

A handsome man with striking white hair and blue eyes.

I know the face of the man in the mirror well.

“Louis.”

Real name, Louis  Vermore

The troublesome youngest son of the Vermore County family.

An insignificant extra that appears briefly in the comic.

I can feel the author’s sinister intention of sending me here.

“I rather like it.”

Being possessed by Louis’s body is not a bad situation for me.

Rather, he’s one of the people I’d want to be possessed by.

An unfortunate character who flirts with the heroine, Elena, in the early part of the comic and is defeated by the main character.

After that, he doesn’t appear once, and only later is there a brief mention that he is living a dissolute life, addicted to drugs and women.

Just looking at this, it can’t be anything but the worst.

But there’s a reason I welcomed being possessed by Louis.

“He had the setting of being a swordsmanship genius.”

The character I’m possessed by, Louis, was actually recognized as a swordsmanship genius from a young age.

There was even talk that he might become the next Sword Master.

But later, Louis, intoxicated by his own talent, becomes lazy.

Of course, no matter how much talent you have, it’s meaningless if it’s not supported by effort.

Eventually, Louis, who fell behind others, became a bit twisted.

So, it’s not just a desperate situation to be possessed.

It’s almost fortunate to be possessed by the body of a person with great potential.

Besides, since the genre was romance.

Basically, this world is peaceful.

There are occasional incidents at the academy, but it’s not the kind of comic that talks about the end of the world.

Just the right amount of peace and a moderate level of disturbance.

The world itself is not at a dangerous level.

Except that it suddenly turned into a harem at the end.

But there’s one problem.

“Ah, I don’t want to go to the academy.”

That I don’t want to go to the academy.

As someone who has graduated from elementary, middle, high school, and even university, the fact that I have to go to school again is too burdensome.

I’m sick and tired of it.

I’m so sick of studying.

I just want to swing my sword comfortably and enjoy my fantasy life to the fullest….

“Wait a minute.”

…Do I have to?

This world is basically fantasy.

That means there are many fantastic things happening all over this world.

Magic and adventure.

Friendship with colleagues.

The ‘fantasy’ daily life I dreamed of.

A place like the academy is not important to me at all.

Yeah, forget about the academy and let’s go on an adventure.

Without hesitation, I immediately packed my things and ran outside.

I was caught.

Not even a day after I ran away from home.

I was caught by the family’s knights and dragged to the office of Count Vermore, Louis’s father.

“What is this sudden act?”

“…….”

“I thought you were quiet for a while, but you ended up causing trouble.”

I sat in front of him, tied up so I couldn’t run away.

I don’t have much to say.

I never imagined I’d be caught so quickly.

“Just stay put and go to the academy.”

“I don’t want to.”

“…What?”

“I don’t want to go to the academy.”

I just want to travel and be free.

Not a screwed-up place like the academy.

The wide meadows and vast forests are waiting for me.

“Then, are you going to enlist now?”

“…What?”

What’s that all of a sudden…?

“Nobles who haven’t graduated from the academy must enlist, don’t they?”

I was taken aback by Count Vermore’s words.

For noblesse oblige, nobles must fulfill their duty as soldiers.

Therefore, as a member of the County family, I am also in a situation where I have to bear that duty.

Sh*t.

Was there such a f*cked up setting?

What kind of military service is there in a country without war?

And I haven’t even enjoyed any benefits as a noble.

It’s the so-called responsibility without pleasure.

I wondered why young men and women in their prime were gathered at the academy.

It seems that they put such a ridiculous setting behind it.

I don’t want to enlist.

Unless I’m crazy, I’ll never go to a place like that.

But if I run away secretly.

The end of a noble who evades duty is too obvious.

I’ll probably be wanted all over the country.

Then I have only one choice left.

I returned to my room and thought.

I was unexpectedly forced to go to the academy.

If I don’t graduate, I’ll be immediately dragged to the military.

So I have to graduate somehow.

The academy period is 3 years.

So I’ll just suffer for that long and leave on an adventure as soon as I graduate.

And since I’m going to the academy anyway, I’m going to see the end of the comic that I couldn’t see.

The way I wanted.

I want to see Ed and Elena end up together.

So from now on.

I’m going to interfere with the main character’s harem.