A Reincarnated Man Unknowingly Plunges the Highly Humid Heroines Into a Chastity-Reversal Death Game World ~Saving All the Heroines Who Are Destined for a Death Ending in a Death Game World, and Making Them All Gloomy~

The Last Peace

“…I lost.”

“Ehehe. I won.”

She’s strong.

Damn… I’ve been doing pretty solid muscle training, but the raw specs are just too different.

“…Next round. Show me the basic attack magic [Magic Arrow] again.”

“Ehehe, you really do love this stuff~ Guys have no magic power so it’s pointless—”

“Please…!”

“Uhh… that look is unfair… Geez, Licht, you’re hopeless♡ Here, this one actually tires me out a bit~”

Nia sticks her index finger straight up. In that instant, blue light gathers at her fingertip and quickly changes into the shape of an arrow.

Damn, it’s way faster than the [Blood Arrow] formation I’ve been secretly practicing every day… So this is the difference between fake and real.

The foundation of magic, just like the name says—basic attack magic [Magic Arrow].

When measuring absolute magic power, the number of these [Magic Arrows] you can fire during combat is the standard.

Normal people manage one or two, while S-rank adventurers or first-class mages are said to hit a hundred or more.

In the game too, all the female characters used [Magic Arrows] as easy long-range attacks.

Even the demon race bosses, especially the twelve god-killing demons, would unleash enough [Magic Arrows] to cover the sky.

“…How do you do that?”

“Hm~? It’s like spreading that tingly feeling from below your stomach through your blood vessels all over your body?”

Typical genius answer.

She has no idea how much trouble I’ve had learning [Blood Arrow].

Guess I’ll double my secret daily practice.

“So guys really aren’t suited for magic after all.”

“Hm~ yeah, pretty much~ Magic is all about imagination, or more like moving a part of your body called magic power. Without any magic power, it’s tough for guys, right~?”

Imagination is key. Makes sense.

It’s not too far from what I expected.

But digging too deep into this topic feels dangerous for later…

“Alright then, no choice. Let’s do the usual training.”

“…Is there even any point in doing this~?”

“There is. When I’m fighting alongside you, the enemies will probably use magic too, right?”

“Huh~?♡ Fighting? What do you mean~? Are you saying you’re gonna protect me or something~? Even though you’re a guy… whoa, that look in your eyes is so dirty… ehehe, fine then, I’ll go easy so you don’t get hurt too much♡”

Training.

The training we’ve been doing lately is—

“I’m holding back, but if it hits you’ll still get hurt normally~! So give it everything you’ve got, Licht.”

[Magic Arrows] fly from Nia, straight at me—those lumps of magic power.

“Fuh!”

Roll!! Roll!!

I tuck my body and do a forward roll.

This is the classic Grey Trash fighting style—rolling dodge!!

In Grey Trash, characters can evade enemy attacks with either rolling or stepping.

“Take this!”

And then comes the parry!

The advanced Grey Trash technique where you time it perfectly with your sword to deflect attacks and create openings!

I’m trying to recreate it in this world too—whack!!

“Ow!!”

“Yep, in a real fight you’d be dead~ Licht, one death, nice try.”

A lightly powered [Magic Arrow] slams straight into my rolling body.

My parry timing was off and it hit me right on the nose.

“Hah… hah… hah…”

This is exhausting. Damn, I do HILT training, bodyweight exercises, and a 10k run every day!

Nia still looks completely fine.

Her stamina—no, her whole biological performance is on another level.

“Alright, break time~ Whoa, you’re sweating so much. Seriously, don’t let other girls see you like this♡ Come on, your wholesome childhood friend will wipe you down~ Stay still, stay still…”

Nia rubs a towel roughly over my head.

If I refuse, she’ll get in a bad mood, so I just let her do it.

We’re on a small empty hill that overlooks the whole town.

The sunset dyes the trading city of Karel red.

The outer walls surrounding the city, the earthen houses with smoke rising from their stoves.

All of it slowly turns a deep crimson.

I don’t hate this view.

It feels peaceful.

“Licht, setting aside that rolling and parry stuff earlier, your swordplay… it’s strange.”

When Nia calls me Licht, she’s being serious.

“It’s like… I feel like I’ve seen it before… Your movements are still bad, but… it’s as if you know the correct sword technique and you’re trying to copy it…”

Nia mutters with a serious face. No bratty tone this time.

This girl really is amazing…

She saw through the fact that I’m imagining sword techniques from the game.

There are two important elements in Grey Trash’s combat system.

“Unique magic skills” and “sword techniques.”

Skills can only be used by women, but I’m researching whether sword techniques—the way you handle weapons and fight—can be recreated from the game…

“Ehehe, but you’re still super weak~ total noob~♡”

The reality is I don’t see any sign of ever beating her.

“I heard from the big-boob trio~♡ Your flea market with Rice seems to be getting good reviews~♡”

The big-boob trio is that B-rank adventurer party of beautiful older sisters who once hit me with a sexual harassment stream attack.

Lately Nia has apparently started teaming up with them.

Their skills seem solid. They’ve handled all kinds of requests and are even called heroes of the frontier or something.

They’ve been away from the city for about ten days and even entered some fighting tournament in the imperial capital.

“Eh, s-so what about it?”

“Hm~ apparently the reason it’s popular is because a super friendly black-haired guy smiles and handles customers the whole time. Doing portrait services and stuff. While Rice is drawing, that black-haired guy is flirting with the customers the entire time, I heard.”

“That’s way too much of a misunderstanding. I’m not flirting. I’m just doing normal customer service.”

“Your version of normal makes girls get the wrong idea~ Well, whatever. No matter what, you’re mine.”

Nia keeps rubbing my head with the towel.

“…”

Suddenly Nia hugs me from behind.

Her grip feels a little weaker than usual.

“Nia…?”

“Hm? Mmm… sorry, I’m a bit tired~ break time~ ah~ you really stink♡ Whoa, your pheromones are crazy. Is this the smell of the adventurer guild waitress? You’re all messed up, I’m gonna ravish you.”

Nia’s words don’t have their usual bite.

Something must have happened.

…Maybe I should change the subject.

“Hey Nia, can I ask you one thing?”

“Hm? What is it~?”

“Why do you want to go to the [Moon Palace]?”

It’s the dream she once told me about.

The Nia who was the protagonist in Grey Trash had the same dream.

“…I want to see the angels from the fairy tales. The mythical creatures that live in the [Moon Palace].”

Nia answers quietly.

“Not just angels. Faraway places and things… no, I want to see this entire world. …I’ve felt that way since I was born. I want to search for and go see things far beyond the horizon, things still unknown sleeping in this wide world. I’m arrogant and greedy, so I want to see the whole world.”

Nia mutters while looking up at the sunset sky.

“Yeah, I think I just like adventuring. Probably no deeper reason.”

Ah, just as I thought—she really is the protagonist.

The world she lives in is completely different from mine, where my only small wish is to find peace.

“But you know, my dream probably won’t come true. Because I’m not actually a genius.”

“…Nia?”

“You know, right? I went to the imperial capital the other day.”

“…Yeah.”

“I was invited to the fighting tournament in the capital as an A-rank adventurer from Karel Trading City~ but the result was awful. I lost in an instant to a kid ten years younger than me…”

Nia is smiling.

But it doesn’t look happy at all.

“The stronger I get, the more I train, the more I understand. The fact that I’m just ordinary. I used to love how wide this world is, but now that vastness is starting to feel hateful. I don’t have any talent as an adventurer.”

Nia mutters with a serious face.

“It was pretty miserable… that whole thing.”

No bratty tone now.

“I wish I was immortal.”

Nia whispers softly.

Immortal. The name for humans who don’t die.

In this world they’re feared and hated. A hundred years ago they were even the cause of the big Immortal War.

But the protagonist Nia in the original game is also immortal.

No matter how many times the player loses and kills their character, they can try again from the save point because the protagonist is “immortal.”

“Ehehe, well, something like that could never happen♡”

Wrong.

Nia Riseravelta is immortal.

Because she’s the protagonist of Grey Trash.

Ten years from now, at the start of the main story, Nia gets killed during the royal capital attack event and comes back to life.

That’s when she realizes her fate of being immortal.

“Well~ a country bumpkin who doesn’t know the world, a loser like me should just live a modest life—”

“You’re not a loser.”

The words slipped out before I could stop them.

“Hm?”

“I don’t think of you as someone defeated.”

“L-Licht?”

Ah, damn. I’m getting too worked up.

But it’s true. Nia is the protagonist of Grey Trash. All those heated gaming experiences I had were with her.

I don’t want to see the protagonist looking this down.

“True defeat isn’t falling down. It’s not standing back up. Even if you get knocked down, you stand up quickly and keep going as an adventurer. You’re not a loser at all.”

“B-But I lost to a kid ten years younger…”

“I know.”

I say it firmly.

I know the strength of Nia, the protagonist I’ve cleared that trash scenario with countless times.

“You will definitely reach it. No matter how much despair you face, you’ll stand up again and again.”

“Eh…?”

In my mind is the image of Nia as the game protagonist.

No matter how many times she dies, she stands back up, grips her sword, chants her magic, and challenges the boss.

“You will absolutely make your dream come true and go to the moon.”

“…Ehehe.”

Silence.

Then Nia speaks.

“…You really don’t laugh at people’s dreams.”

She looks at me with a face so beautiful it takes my breath away.

“You’re seriously such a weird guy~ wanting to learn swordsmanship even though you’re a guy, and letting other girls put their scent on you, such a loose guy~”

Nia gently sits down beside me.

Then she leans her shoulder against mine.

The sweet floral scent coming from her green hair.

“But I like it.”

The shoulder she pressed against me was clearly smaller and slimmer than mine.

“I like you, Licht Tetogman.”

In a voice like ringing bells, she laughs.

“When I eventually leave this city, I’m definitely taking you with me~♡”

Must be because of the sunset.

Nia’s face is bright red as she smiles, showing her double fangs.

Until the main story begins—another 10 years.

《Once you have selected your Destiny》