Free Web NovelChapter 19: The unexpected visit 1
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I opened my bedroom door. Then I stepped inside before flopping straight onto the bed.
Finally... a moment of peace.
After the struggle it took to get out of the simulation room, with everyone giving me strange looks.
What a frustrating day.
I wasn’t just physically exhausted—I was mentally drained too.
Every time I remembered the nonsense I’d been spouting during the simulation... I felt terribly embarrassed.
What on earth was wrong with me?
I was acting as if I were a woman four or five months pregnant,
"...I must find a way to detach myself from Nero’s feelings. I can’t keep behaving like this every time."
In the end, everything that happened was because of Nero’s feelings.
I know I’m blaming him, but... who else am I supposed to blame?
Myself? Impossible. I know myself well. I’m a mature man. I wouldn’t have behaved like that if I’d been in my real body.
Come to think of it—I really did behave like this sometimes.
I sighed softly. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
It’s not as if I can really do anything about it.
"Oh"
Should I check the glasses?
In my experience, it’s impossible for there not to be a mission related to the simulation.
Clink—
I opened the drawer and slowly took out the glasses, turning them over in my hands for a few seconds, whilst hesitating slightly to put them on.
After what happened earlier with Larshia... I wasn’t entirely comfortable.
But that hesitation lasted only a few moments.
I don’t care. Come what may
—Ding
[ Main Mission ]
Stay alive until the simulation ends: +50 Exceed Points
But... if by some miracle you manage to get the flag, the reward will double. Although we all know that’s impossible... you know, and I know, that you won’t be able to do it.
"In your face, you bastard." fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
I muttered that as I raised my middle finger towards the screen.
Well, I know full well that if it weren’t for a bit of luck and my ability to capitalise on everything that happened at just the right moment, I wouldn’t have succeeded at all.
As Alisa said... the important thing is that I had the last laugh.
Isn’t that right?
[Side Missions]
Show everyone who the real boss is. Let them know their place in society. Act in a manner befitting your name, as the scum of society.
Slap an anonymous student: 10 points
Bully one of the main characters: 20 points
Mock one of the elite professors: 35 points
Forming a gang of bullies: 45 bonus points
Beat someone up so badly their family can’t recognise them: 50 bonus points
"..."
"What on earth is he trying to prove?" "There’s no way I can do this. Who does he think I am, anyway?"
Is he trying to give me ’Young Master Bully’ syndrome?
Damn... Am I going to become a bully from now on?
That’ll make everyone hate me.
But... I really need to collect as many transgression points as possible if I want to carry out my plan... and increase my chances of survival on the day I storm the academy.
They’ll understand that... won’t they? I’m not doing this because I enjoy it.
I’m only doing it... to stay alive. It’s a rather noble goal.
Besides, I’m only doing this for fictional characters; after all... they aren’t real people.
If they really were real... how could they have been, until recently, merely characters within a game I was designing?
So... yes. It’s not that bad.
But... hang on.
If they’re all just fictional characters...
then who am I?
Am I really the Nolan I remember? Or am I Nero... who inherited his memories?
Who the hell am I, again? Am I the fake... or the real one?
I stared at the ceiling for a long while, before suddenly shaking my head.
"Damn it."
If I keep thinking like this... I’ll really lose my mind. And no matter how much I think about it, I won’t come up with any answers.
She sighed slowly.
I have to treat everything happening around me as reality. And that everyone here... is actually alive.
That’s much better... than drowning in a whirlpool of questions that will lead me nowhere.
After stopping to think about it for a moment, I checked how many Overrun Points I had so far.
Current Transcendence Points: 750
"Not bad, really."
The number wasn’t that high, but it wasn’t low either.
Anyway... there’s no need to rush. How many kingdoms have been destroyed because of haste?
"Haaah..."
I let out a long sigh.
To be honest— my feelings at that moment were so complicated that it would be best for me to sleep, just to forget about it for a while.
I took off my glasses and put them back in the drawer, before closing it gently.
I lay back down on the bed and slowly closed my eyes.
I was just about to fall asleep. But suddenly—
—Knock
There was a soft knock at the door.
I ignored it at first, closing my eyes tightly, thinking the person knocking would leave in a moment.
But, contrary to my expectations... the knocking didn’t stop.
In fact, it grew louder.
"Damn..."
I got up reluctantly, more out of obligation than desire, before heading towards the door with sluggish, heavy steps.
When I reached it, I finally opened it and said in an annoyed tone:
"When I don’t answer straight away, it means I was asleep, so—"
My words stopped abruptly. My gaze fixed on the person standing before me, and my eyes widened in surprise.
"You...?"
