31 – The Cheating Girlfriend Gets F**ked

 [From Christa’s perspective]

“It’s, it hurts… Hideto… P-please stop this… I’m gonna die, I-I’m comin’!!”

Oh!

I remembere now…

Events from a past life that appeared in a dream.

Haa… It seems I was killed by Hideto and reincarnated into another world that’s like a girls’ game.

Tomo-kun never paid any attention to me, so I got lonely and ended up having an affair with his boss at work, and he ended up choking me to death… Tomo-kun was a good guy, but my boss might have been better as a romantic partner.

After finishing my minimal morning routine, my father from this world asked me to do some chores.

“Christa! Go fetch some water from the river.”

“…”

“What’s wrong? You’re fifteen years old and still can’t even respond? Christa, you’re really something…”

“Now, now, dear. She does the work when asked, so let’s cut her some slack.”

“I guess I have no choice.”

Apparently, fifteen years have passed since I was reincarnated into this other world.

But why as a village girl?

I’ve never really talked to my parents here out of frustration. Living in such a remote village, one without even a well, feels unbearable. A world without smartphones or even a television—I’d go crazy.

“Seriously, with no entertainment whatsoever, it’s just so frustrating…”

They say the capital city of Liebenlasia is bustling, but it takes two months to get there on foot.

How remote can you get?!

Despite all this, I did have something to look forward to. After fetching water, I would head into the forest to gather wild herbs to help with the household expenses.

*****

Inac Forest.

“Mushroo~m~ He~rb~ Come to me.”

Hehe, but there’s still something fun to do!

After all, when I got cozy using the dangerous medicine the manager gave me, things got… interesting.

“In another world, I can’t get arrested for using drugs.”

I took a mushroom growing on a tree stump and slowly roasted it over the fire…

A suspicious purple smoke began to rise in front of me, and I inhaled it deeply through my nose.

The sensation was so intense that it felt like it was burning not just my nostrils, but all the way down my throat. However, after enduring the pain for a while, a sudden wave of euphoria hit me.

“Iiiizawa Iiiizawa Kaaaaazuuuuwa Kazuhaaaaaaaaaa..YESYESYESY ESYESYESYESYEYES SO GOOOOOOOOOOD!”

Power surged through my body, and I felt the urge to take off my clothes. I ran around the forest naked, yelling the name from my past life.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh?

My foot got caught on some disgusting, squishy thing and it felt like a small child.

But maybe because I was high on mushrooms, it didn’t hurt at all. I scraped my knees and elbows, and blood was soon dripping down my wrists and ankles.

“What the hell is this?!”

I turned around to see a mushroom-shaped monster lying on the ground, bleeding from its rear.

Ugh, gross! I’ll just leave it alone!

“…Help me, please… someone… help…”

“The monster is talking like a human! Gross, gross, gross, gross!!!”

I grabbed the cedar stick I had brought for self-defense and started whacking the dying monster’s butt with all my might.

“Take that, take that, take that! Die, die, die!”

“Stop, stop it! I’m not a monster—I’m a human! My name is Maximilian, a nobleman.”

“A nobleman?!”

Could it be that if I save this gross thing, I might have a chance to marry into wealth?

With that thought in mind, the disgusting monster started to look more like a source of money, and I stopped hitting it.

“Fine, I’ll help you, but don’t even think about betraying me!”

I pulled some medicinal herbs out of my pouch and tossed them toward the gross monster. The mushroom picked up the herbs and, like a monkey, quickly gobbled them down.

“Hahaha!. My strength is recovering! Woman! What I said earlier was a lie! I, who is starved for women, will embrace you. You should be grateful!”

“Huh?!”

When he stood up, his face was swollen like an orc’s, and a man as ugly as a goblin grabbed me by both my shoulders and attacked me.

If this keeps up I’m gonna get f**ked!!!

[Brad’s Perspective]

I was gazing out the window at the knight corps’ barracks.

That’s strange…

By now, an event where Maximilian distinguishes himself at the frontier and gets scouted by the knight corps should have happened…

Feeling uneasy, I asked the knight commander, Graetz, about it, but it seems no one named Maximilian has shown up. For context, in the original story, Graetz is the one who recommends Maximilian as the next knight commander.

Should I put Maximilian aside for now and be wary of the other “Super Darlings”…?

I was deep in thought, arms crossed, when there was a loud knock on the academy dorm’s door. A messenger from the royal palace was arrived, so I permitted entry.

As soon as I did, a stern man with a shiny bald head, reminiscent of an instructor shouting, “Offer your heart!” entered. By chance, the messenger was none other than the knight commander, Graetz.

“Your Highness, Brad! We have an urgent matter!”

“What is it? As you can see, I’m thoroughly enjoying my student life.”

“I understand, but by order of His Majesty the King…”

“My father!?”

“Yes… It seems a horde of monsters has surged onto the Braginol Plateau, and His Majesty commands you to ‘make your debut in battle’ by subduing them.”

This is bad…

The monster subjugation at Braginol Plateau is supposed to be Maximilian’s moment of glory.