Kono Sekai ga Game da to, Ore dake ga Shitte Iru

For some time after I stopped hearing that demon king, I couldn't move a single step out of my vanity and stood up on the spot.

I can't hear Ena from my ear anymore.

But hearing the demon king means that the proposal event was a success.

At least now, all I can do is believe it.

Recognising the current situation, I can finally afford to pay attention to my surroundings, just a little bit.

"Apple."

Turn around, call your name.

"... soma"

The apple was safe.

It's just that when I call, I get upset for some reason, and I don't try to move.

"Apple...?

Something approached us at an awesome rate when I tilted my neck at that reaction.

"Mitsuki!!

"Good. Are you all right?"

It was Mitsuki who was supposed to have gone to protect Ena.

Mitsuki, who looks at us and breathes relief, but that's more of a dialogue here.

"More than that, Mitsuki was the one who was okay?

You have that thunder... "

"No problem. One of the depths of the ice storm currents is a technique called Thunder Cut" Rakiri ""

"... eh"

Hi, this guy, he cut the curse thunder.

I couldn't help wondering if that was the level of talking, but it's sort of a cat ear, and maybe he was getting preferential treatment from the staff.

At least you should assume that there was some countermeasure than Mitsuki, who was supposed to be a marriageable character in the game, was spared time suspension.

No, the solution of cutting it into boulders was unexpected.

"... Phew"

But thanks to this one thing, I lost my strength.

I know it's selfish, but it's also frustrating to know that my people are safe.

The "Blessing of the Demon King" event imposes a curse of time suspension on the player's wedding partner, and on all marriageable characters in the game.

Kuma... well out of the question.

An apple whose original Princess Shermia is not a marriageable character, but is also out of the game system.

Mitsuki, who is a marriageable character but was also unaffected by marriage events in the game.

I made sure these two were safe.

Finally, Maki, who is supposed to be in Princess Shermia's position, will probably also be fine.

But the others...

"... we have to be sure."

That's what caused this. Mine, minimum obligation.

"What happened?

I came back thinking it was an anomaly, but if... "

"We'll talk later. In the meantime, let's go inside the city"

I try to make my way to the city entrance by controlling the beetles who speak out with their cat ears raised to intimidate them, and by drawing up the upset merchants.

But...

"... apples?

For some reason, the apple isn't following me.

Looking back, the apple did not move a single step from the first place and looked down at his hand with a depressing look.

I don't even try to react at all, even though the kuma on my shoulder is stuck on my face.

"Apples!"

When I screamed, I finally looked up.

When my eyes met me as I was traveling near the city entrance, Apple hacked and hid his left hand behind his back.

I don't know, but it seems certain that something went wrong.

Run back, speak up.

"Ringo, are you okay? Could it be something..."

"... nothing, no"

But the face of the apple that speaks so is obviously stiff compared to the usual faceless expression.

"Really? If something goes wrong…"

"None.... Takeshi"

Even when asked overlapping, the apple just repeated it that way.

You're wondering if I'm going to say anything more.

"... in town, are you going?

"Huh? Ah, oh."

"... then we should get going"

When Ringo took my hand, he stood first and walked out slowly.

"Oh, man. You don't have to pull so much..."

Speak up, but it won't stop.

Hold my hand tight just to see if it's something to let go of, and it keeps moving on and on.

Is it just my fault?

Apple's hand, holding my hand strong and strong, felt faintly trembling.

Of course, soon we'll rendezvous with Mitsuki,

"I see, that's why you came back at that time"

"Yes, I was lost, but I thought it was best to make sure you were safe."

While I was walking, I could hear a few things from Mitsuki.

On his way to the rescue of Ena, Mitsuki also still heard the Demon King.

Sudden thunder, where I set myself up in those ominous words.

Though he managed to cut through that, he decided that something abnormal had happened at this point, and Mitsuki decided to get to me once.

"Besides, the reaction of Ena, who explored with the Explorer's ring, is odd.

I'm sure I'm supposed to be capturing him, but his reaction is faint... "

"... right"

The reaction is strange, I guess, because Ena's time is being stopped.

So that was probably the word to tell you about the success of my attempt.

But I didn't know what to look like about it.

Fortunately, however, the time lost in such a thing soon ended.

"What is that?

We found a crowd ahead of us.

Perhaps that's what I was looking for.

"I'll see how it goes."

That said, Mitsuki cleverly sews the crowd and moves forward.

Soon they sucked me into the crowd and I couldn't see.

I'll just have to say it's a boulder, but we won't be able to imitate it.

I tried to go after him, too, and I looked back before that.

"... apples"

As soon as Mitsuki and I rendezvous, the apples let go of their hands, and ever since, they've just been following a little behind us.

If you ask me if something is wrong, I won't answer anything just by waving my head down.

Even now, you don't try to look at me in a way that's not right.

That's why I...

"Let's go"

Now from myself, I took an apple hand.

"... Thor, Ma?

Beautiful blue eyes like a surprise were looking back at me.

As soon as possible, my tongue freezes.

"Oh, no, so... Follow me, will you?

When he heard my words, which somehow made him feel like an excuse, the apple turned his eyes wide and round again.

And

"... Whatever,"

in the eyes that tended to lay low, with a strong glow of will,

"... to soma all the time, follow"

He shook my hand back tight.

"Whew!"

Relaxed hard in front of me, I raised a strange voice unexpectedly.

Moving desperately through the wild horses, people suddenly disappeared from around them.

Apples and the two of us, jump forward with extra momentum.

"Become!"

But such a surprise also faintly disappeared in front of the thing I saw.

What was there was one finished piece of art, depending on the appearance.

Like a Greek Roman stone statue, he took a musculoskeletal appearance of bending his arms up and boasting of his own flesh.

But it's more than just a sculpture.

The face of this half-naked man, who leaves his raw movements in its appearance like an exquisite wax doll, but does not move with a tingle, is familiar......

"No way, this is..."

As I was solidifying 'it' forward, Mitsuki, who was still here before, stopped by and nodded.

"Yeah. You're absolutely right. This is-"

And I assure you forcefully, to corroborate my conviction.

"This is Front Double Biceps"

"Yes?!

Isn't that baccarat!?

Taking my questionable gaze, Mitsuki made the cat ears decent.

"My father used to do this abominable pose in the bath.

Sure, I thought you said Front Double Biceps, didn't you?

"Who told you to talk posing!!

Something about the shock and the sadness of seeing someone I know cursed, but it all blew up with it.

"Totally......"

As I was spilling, Mitsuki was satisfied with her cat ears.

"Again, the face I've blocked for you doesn't look good.

I don't know how, but if you're depressed, things won't improve, will they?

"Mitsuki......"

Apparently, after seeing me through the grid, you cheered me up to be a mite.

I wondered if that method was a bodybuilding story, or if there was a bodybuilding or something in this world, but for now I felt depressed.

Now it's time to calm down and face the demon king's cursed baccarat.

Baccarat's body is completely solidified and he only feels like he touched a cold stone wherever he touched it.

However, although I can't change my posture, they can move the place.

When pressed hard, its body position shifted slightly back.

Typically, it gets tricky when you stop time or freeze time in SF or something, but this is a fantasy world.

I guess it's a more conceptual and out-of-the-box suspension of time, so to speak, a state of being magically halted from life activities.

Like I caught him, the apple touched Baccarat's body in fear, and Mitsuki didn't like it.

"... pantomime?

"You're completely solidified. It's not going to be a shield."

What a rude thing to do.

Looking around, there was also Alex in the back.

This one has a sword raised above it and is really solidified in a statue like a statue of a brave man.

The kids are going to graffiti me or something, and I'm a little worried.

A little beyond that, I can see Ryden looking back with a frightened eye, smiling bitterly but gently watching the Alexs.

But that Ryden stays solidified, too, and it never moves.

Though I was prepared, my chest ached a little.

And if you move your gaze further from there to the side, there is a temporal small shadow there.

"Southern......"

The magician's boy, unlike the rest of his crew, did not pose particularly unusual.

He just stands up straight, as if staring at the fellows who have become statues.

Why not?

I should have hated Southern, but I felt my chest was tighter than when I saw anyone else.

Slowly, we approach the statue of Southern.

I spoke when I saw a mask that didn't make it slight.

"Hey. Southern.

In the game, I thought you were the worst, and I hated you.

Maybe in this world, with you... "

As I said, I put that hand on Suthern's shoulder.

"Huh?"

The next moment I opened my eyes to the warm, soft, feverish human feeling,

"Yes, what do you do all of a sudden, you!

Suddenly Susan's hand, which didn't even move a tingle, shook my hand away.

"My people... it wasn't, it's good that my servants are being cursed and depressed, what are you going to do to me!

If I'm serious, you'll be wiped out in an instant with the most powerful fire magic!

Oh, really!!

There's something screaming, but it barely came into my ear.

But more than that, I couldn't believe that Suthern was moving.

"Sa, Southern? You, the curse of the Demon King..."

As I said, Susan shrugged her shoulders.

"Indeed, my servant fell to the evil spell of such a man as the Demon King.

But there is great darkness in me, and I am called the son of darkness... "

"Right! I can't possibly marry someone like you!

No, I'm glad you're the one who can't get married!!

Come to think of it, I've never even heard of a Southern wedding event.

Even if it did, I would never do it, but I'm sure it didn't mean I'd never heard of it.

I got tense and accidentally shook Suthern's hand and shook.

"I never thought you'd be so happy you were safe!

No, thank you so much!

Thanks so much for being the guy I can't marry!!

"... do you have any grudges against me?

Suthern at the time had a grudge for some reason. He says things that he doesn't know for no reason in his voice, but he couldn't lower my tension that went up.

And if he asks if there is a grudge, of course there is.

"Yes, how long have you been doing it!

Unfortunately, the hand he was holding was immediately waved away by Southern.

"And you know what's going on?

I heard the voice of the Demon King, but even with my brilliant brains, the situation is refreshing.

These guys... what am I supposed to do to cure these guys?

"Southern......"

I have often lost my word to the unexpected emotions shown by Southern.

But that also determines the mind.

"... right"

Let's not mourn what we've done and grieve or repent anymore.

That's not too late after everything.

Now is the time to move, even for those who have been cursed by the Demon King because of me.

As a start, I ran over to Ryden's.

"Oh, hey!?

Ignore Southern's voice and run near Ryden.

And

"Good. There was."

I picked up the key that was rolling at its feet.

This is a quest item, The Golden Key.

In Cat Ear Cat, when the main character dies or solidifies with the curse of the Demon King, the person's related quest ceases to progress.

Now that it's impossible to complete the game, some essential quest items are dropped at the time of death or curse.

"Ki, you, it must belong to Ryden!?

Daytime grand theft means I look down... "

"Mitsuki! Apples!"

Ignoring the noisy Southern voice, I called two buddies.

At the same time, I think in my head of a character under the Demon King's curse and a list of quest items that that character has.

I'm going to think about the quest I need for the future, and then I'm going to count backwards from it and figure out what I need at the very least.

Over time, someone might pick up a quest item that fell to the ground.

We must act as soon as possible.

To the two of you who rushed me fast, I gave the order.

"We're moving. First, gather items."

Apple, Mitsuki, Kuma, and somehow joined the search complaining to Suthern, and I think the minimum quest items were collected.

I went around in the mandatory order, but there were still items on the last one that someone had collected.

However, in this world of increased freedom, you should be creative enough to make up for it even if you don't have enough items.

As soon as I went around the street, I announced the end of the search.

It's already dark around here.

I just want to go home and sleep, but I don't either.

"Sorry, guys, I want you to work another one.

Ringo, bring the bodies of the Lydens to the Mansion with Suthern.

I feel sorry to leave you exposed to boulders. "

"... okay"

When the apple is over, now we turn back to Mitsuki.

"Mitsuki will go to the castle with Kuma and keep in touch with Maki.

Of course I'd appreciate an explanation of what's happening right now, if you'd mounted your appointment to meet me "

"Okay."

Mitsuki also nodded, dissolved, was supposed to be, but for some reason everyone's gaze was still gathering on me.

When I looked surprised, Suthern came forward to represent everyone and asked.

"So, what do you do in the meantime?

"Me? I..."

Answering, I felt my gaze turn to nature and the south.

What I'm going to do now is, if it's true, I want to be the first to do it, but all the time, I've been patient.

I mean......

I'll pick him up.

Although I can travel at speeds beyond Mitsuki on the flat, when it comes to undulating terrain and long distance travel, I'm still one or two steps inferior to Mitsuki.

It took Mitsuki plenty of three hours down the road he said two hours, and I came all the way to the Lisa Miss Wilderness.

In the dim darkness, once in a while a monster of the beast type strikes,

(Step, Yokogi!

If you're an enemy of this level, you don't even need a small worker.

I searched for her as I struck down the enemy with an agnostic blow.

"... was there"

Tall trees, present only a few on the field.

One of them was her appearance.

"Yikes."

Make one call and climb the tree.

With his improved physical abilities as a game, he told the tree and approached Ena.

"Ena......"

How many days have passed since we broke up in Ramric?

Long time no see, she hasn't changed.

As she remained in her memory, on that tree, Ena wrapped the 'communication ring' around her left hand, as if it were also the most important thing in the world, with her right hand and in a gesture of prayer.

If you glance at your face and take a closer look, was that also seen as part of your body?

Ena had been stopped that time with a big drop of tears on her cheek.

Whether that's a tear of sorrow or a tear of joy, there's no way for me to know right now.

"Ena, I'm sorry"

I try to soak up those tears, knowing it's futile.

Naturally, my hands were only inhibited by a hard feeling, and even if I knew it, I couldn't do it.

But now I can push that sentiment into my chest...

"I'm sorry, but only for ten days, just wait.

Within ten days, I'll never... "

Under the glorious moon.

Before Ena, who answers nothing, with strong determination, I made a declaration.

"- Defeat the Demon King"