Chapter 1: Prologue

The Butterfly Effect. This phenomenon signifies how an utterly insignificant and seemingly unrelated initial event can cascade into a myriad of incidents, culminating in an outcome that is entirely unforeseen. What is crucial, however, is that this initial event is as inconsequential as the flutter of a butterfly’s wings, occurring with such naturalness that it embodies a pure action, devoid of any underlying intent. Could one truly blame a butterfly in South America for a typhoon erupting in Asia? Any individual who genuinely attempts to assign blame to the butterfly should, without question, be committed to a mental institution. Therefore…

“This ruin naturally falls within the Marquisate of Halland!”

“Since when did this become the Marquisate of Halland? This place is, of course, under the influence of our esteemed Marquis Linea!”

“Nonsense! Do you think we don’t know that you only hastily expanded your territory this way after hearing that the Rogue Dragons (TL Note: 망나니용, a type of dragon often associated with wild or destructive behavior.) appear exclusively here?!”

“Aren’t you the ones trying to monopolize the Rogue Dragon (TL Note: 망나니용, a type of dragon often associated with wild or destructive behavior.) spawning grounds?! This place wasn’t even part of the Marquisate of Halland to begin with! If you insist on being unreasonable to the very end, I will seize it by force!”

Marquises engaging in military clashes, all in a bid to monopolize a rare monster’s spawning grounds…

“Ah, well, well, if it isn’t someone who confidently challenged me only to be utterly crushed. Didn’t I tell you that relying solely on sheer numbers, like a Bugs (TL Note: Referring to a Zerg-like race from a real-time strategy game, known for swarming tactics.), has its limits, especially with your playstyle?”

“Hahahaha! You should be grateful that you can swagger around playing Terran (TL Note: Referring to a human-like race from a real-time strategy game, often perceived as having an easier learning curve or ‘race advantage’.) only in a fantasy world, where you can dominate with cheap 50- and 75-gold units thanks to your race’s advantages. In reality, without such racial advantages, trying to manage only cheap labor like you do will get you nowhere.”

“Have you said all you need to say?! You Bug-whiner (TL Note: A derogatory term combining ‘Bugs’ (referring to the Zerg-like race) and ‘징징이’ (j징징이), meaning ‘whiner’ or ‘complainer’, often used to mock players who complain about other races being overpowered.)!”

“It’s absurd that a Terran-advantage-abuser (TL Note: A derogatory term referring to a player who relies excessively on the perceived advantages of the Terran race, believing it to be their own skill.) thinks that’s their own skill!”

Or perhaps nobles, already harboring animosity towards one another, would clash repeatedly over games, their deepening resentment utterly ruining social gatherings…

“Wow~ I hear our Princess is quite zealous about military training these days? It’s so frightening, I can’t even sleep at night.”

“Overseeing the military is also a duty of a princess. Why are you, a foreigner, interfering?”

“No, you might have played it too, but there’s a game I’ve played recently that left quite an impression on me. It makes me wonder if you, like Princess Adelgard in that game, are just looking for an excuse to raise an army~.”

“Have you said all you need to say!”

Or sparks flying among the heirs gathered at an academy for various nations, all because they had played an SRPG (Strategy Role-Playing Game) together…

“Find that bastard Mariu who picked me up, threw me off a cliff, and made ‘Woohoo~!’ pop up! All the contact records are in this crystal ball, right?!”

“P-please, just hold still for a moment. It doesn’t quite work that way…”

“Find them! How dare they insult a noble! I’m going to die of anger at this rate! Find them immediately! And find that bastard Luwigi who stepped on my head! It was clearly intentional! I won’t let those sons of bitches get away with this!”

Or a noble, playing a wholesome and charming platformer game, suddenly seeing their blood pressure skyrocket and attempting to abuse their power…

The implication is that all these incidents truly have nothing to do with me.

…Damn it, all I ever wanted was to simply play games, even in this other world.