Reincarnated as the Final Boss of an Eroge, but I Just Want a Peaceful Life After the Game Ends - Chapter 01: Royal First Academy – Junior Division

Act 01: Saintess and Witch

Chapter 01: Royal First Academy – Junior Division

This was the year I turned twelve and would soon be thirteen.

And with that, I was entering the Junior Division of the Royal First Academy.

For the past three years, I had attended the Elementary Division, which was exclusive to nobles.

But starting from the Junior Division, exceptional commoners with a noble’s letter of recommendation could also enroll.

Even students from the Elementary Division weren’t guaranteed a spot in the Junior Division.

Only the top performers were allowed to move up.

Among this year’s incoming students were Ars—the one fated to become a Hero—and Saintess Hanna, both entering as external students.

Still, if the game was anything to go by, neither Ars nor Hanna would end up in the same class as me.

Now that I thought about it, there was an event that happened before the entrance ceremony.

Might as well go check it out.

Sure enough, just like in the game, Hanna passed right in front of Ivelia Milenitrum, a noble lady from a ducal house, near the entrance to Class S—my classroom.

In the game, it had only appeared as a cutscene triggered by the Thud sound effect when they bumped into each other, but seeing it live made something very clear:

Hanna basically charged in out of nowhere like she was trying to pick a fight.

The expression on Hanna’s face, just for a second, was downright unpleasant.

Which was why the upright and prideful Ivelia immediately snapped at the girl who had suddenly burst into her path.

“What kind of person crashes into someone and then glares at them like that?”

“I-I’m terribly sorry! I didn’t mean any harm! Please forgive me!”

Ivelia spoke in a cold, composed tone, quietly but clearly angry.

Hanna dropped to the ground, bowing low and apologizing.

Then Ars came running over.

He knelt beside Hanna and started apologizing alongside her.

“Oh noble lady, please calm your anger. I’m sincerely apologizing as well, see?”

(Did… did he just say “noble lady”?)

I couldn’t help but grimace at Ars’s choice of words.

In the game, this was where the first choice popped up:

>>Intervene

>>Ignore

If you picked Intervene, it would raise Hanna’s affection level and lead to the first erotic event during summer break.

This was the very first heroine event for Ars in Violation of Eternia I, and that summer break scene served as the game’s tutorial conclusion.

By the way, if you chose Ignore, it was an instant bad ending.

Tutorial or not, the story was already in motion.

And calling her “noble lady” like that? Yeah, it clearly came off as sarcastic.

Which is why—

“—Was that supposed to be an insult? If you’re here to mock me, I’m more than willing to cut you down right now.”

Naturally, it was taken as a direct affront.

And that line—“cut you down right now”—was the first spark in a series of confrontations that would eventually lead to a duel between Ivelia and Ars’s group at the end of the first game.

Ivelia’s hand moved to the hilt of her rapier, but her maid quickly stepped in to stop her.

“Please, my lady. Let’s not cause a scene.”

At her maid’s desperate plea, Ivelia seemed to lose interest.

She let out a soft sigh, her expression settling.

“Very well. Had you not stopped me, Julia, I might’ve actually gone through with it.”

Leaving those words behind, Ivelia handed her rapier to her attendant and walked into the Class S classroom.

Our eyes met as she passed by.

Wait, weren’t those two from Class D?

And Ivelia… she’s in the same class as me—Class S.

Still, I had no clue why Hanna and Ars would go out of their way to come here and start trouble.

Now, Class S was a special class made up of the very best students even within the elite Royal First Academy.

Besides me, there were other top nobles here, like my fiancée Luna Faustler, the earlier-mentioned Ivelia Milenitrum, and Princess Fina Eternia herself.

Most of them were recognizable from the game.

And as expected, the rest of the students included NPCs who had adult scenes in the game too.

“I apologize for earlier. It seems I got in your way as you were trying to enter the classroom.”

The moment I stepped into the room, Ivelia bowed her head to me.

“No worries. It’s fine. Still, talk about bad luck—getting dragged into that mess right on your first day.”

“Indeed. But… I’m used to this sort of thing, so it’s quite alright…”

She stood a little taller than me, and honestly, she was far too graceful and beautiful to be called just a twelve-year-old girl.

Once she grew up, she’d be absolutely stunning.

But if the game followed its original course… I’d never get to see her grow up.

With that thought, I looked straight at her.

(It would be such a waste to let her die.)

If things went as they had in the game, Ivelia would continue clashing with the Saintess time and again, and eventually face a two-on-one duel against the Hero and Saintess together.

In the final cutscene of that event, she took a fatal blow and died instantly.

But I already had the item needed to prevent that.

At some point, I had to find a way to give it to her.

Preferably before summer break—before I left the academy.

Ivelia and I had known each other since I was born.

Even before I had proper awareness of the world.

By the time I had that vivid dream—when my memories as Tasuku Takamura returned—she was already one of my childhood friends.

Speaking of childhood friends… there was one more.

“Oh my, good day to you. You both look awfully gloomy, don’t you? It’s the entrance ceremony, you know. Why not lighten up a little?”

This was Fina Eternia, the second princess of the Kingdom of Eternia.

Rather than just a childhood friend, she was technically my cousin.

My mother—Sheena Meltrix Eternia—was the king’s younger sister.

So Fina and I had known each other since before we could even speak.

Incidentally, Fina and Ivelia were cousins too.

The queen and Ivelia’s mother were twin sisters, both from a slightly distant border marquis family.

Thanks to that connection, and because of my overly doting, overprotective, and overinvolved mother, I often got dragged along to the castle whenever she paid a visit—meaning I’d spent time with both Fina and Ivelia since before I could even remember.

By the way, Princess Fina Eternia was one of the main heroines in Violation of Eternia IV.

In the game, she was kidnapped by the final boss—Sidol Meltrix—and after Ars defeated Sidol, he rescued her, bringing the main story to an end.

But Fina?

Her adult scenes only unlocked after the main game was cleared.

What’s more, there wasn’t a single romantic or affectionate scene.

Despite having the most erotic body in the entire series, you couldn’t even get her fully naked.

The whole social media exploded with fans venting their frustrations over that.

Now, in the real world, here she was, smiling brightly as she approached us with light steps, cheerful as ever.

“Oh, good morning, Fina.”

“Morning, Fina.”

Ivelia and I both returned her greeting, and the princess—grinning mischievously—gave us a teasing look.

“I heard about it, you know? You had a little run-in with the Saintess.”

“Yeah…”

Ivelia lowered her eyes and gave a weak reply, probably feeling a bit embarrassed.

Fina let out a soft sigh, just loud enough for Ivelia to hear.

It was probably her way of showing some subtle sympathy—trying not to make Ivelia feel worse than she already did.

“I don’t really like that Saintess. I’ll be careful not to let her pick a fight with me like she did with you.”

“…You’ll be fine, Fina. Right?”

“Oh, you never know. That Saintess isn’t to be underestimated. Sidol, you be careful too. I’d hate it if I couldn’t graduate together with you.”

It had been ten years since I got reincarnated into this game world, but Fina’s affection toward me had definitely gotten pretty high.

From a little ways off, Luna Faustler cast a wary glance in our direction.

She was a noble lady from a ducal house, and technically my fiancée.

Back when I was eight, there was a formal meeting between our fathers—with the king himself present.

They agreed that it would be best for me to marry Luna, and so our engagement was arranged.

Well, that’s how things went for nobles. It wasn’t like we had much freedom when it came to marriage.

But for Fina, that engagement had apparently been a huge shock.

When the arrangement was finalized, she cried so hard they had trouble calming her down.

Even though she stopped saying anything out loud once she came to understand what it meant to be born into royalty…

She still never really hid her feelings.

You could hear it in her voice, see it in her actions—her affection for me was obvious.

Still, “I’d hate it if I couldn’t graduate with you”—

That line was a huge flag, wasn’t it?

Even if it was never written in the official text or character materials, it was all surprisingly well put together.

In the game, she never got to graduate with Sidol.

After Sidol’s death and the main story ended, things moved into Eternal Mode, the post-game free-play mode where all the adult content unlocked.

In that mode, Ars approached Fina—

But she coldly rejected him.

Then, if the player selected the “Force it” option, the first adult scene with Fina would take place in a room inside the royal castle.

To put it bluntly—it was rape.

The scene completely ignored Fina’s dignity as a princess, treating her with relentless cruelty.

You could use various items and skills to keep going and assault her repeatedly, but she never truly submitted.

Later on, a new option would pop up: “Take away her freedom.”

If you chose it, the story moved into a twisted scene involving a dismembered Fina.

And even in that condition, Fina never yielded to Ars.

She never accepted him.

The only adult scenes with Fina were all violations—because no matter what was done to her, she never broke.

She never surrendered her heart.

That was her strength.

And now… that very same Fina was showing affection toward me.

A heroine who could never be won in the game—

And yet here she was, directing those feelings at me in real life.

Honestly, it didn’t feel bad at all.

But… she was royalty.

Wearing her feelings on her sleeve like this could cause problems.

Just as I was thinking that—

Ivelia leaned in and gently scolded her.

“Fina, wouldn’t it be wise to learn how to hide your feelings a little better?”

“That’s impossible! I’m fine with everything else, but this one thing—I just can’t keep it in. Do you know why?”

“How would I possibly know?”

Ivelia sighed in exasperation and gave a small shrug at Fina’s blunt reply.

These two really were close.

Their mothers were twins who had both married into the royal capital from a frontier region.

That bond gave Fina and Ivelia a connection that made it easy for them to talk like this.

Unlike the game, where their personalities were mostly conveyed through static text and portraits, here I could see their expressions, their emotions…

It made me feel attached to them—not just as characters, but as people.

That’s exactly why I didn’t want to see them die.

I didn’t want them to be crushed by despair.

I’d used everything I remembered from the game to build toward a different future.

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Let’s go back a bit—

It happened just as I became aware of the world around me.

That was when I realized…

I had been reincarnated into the world of an eroge called Violation of Eternia.

And not just as anyone.

I was reborn as the final boss of Violation of Eternia IV, the last title in the series.

This fourth entry broke away from the command-style battles of the previous games and launched as a full-fledged action RPG.

Thanks to its exciting, fast-paced gameplay, it became more popular than ever.

But since Violation of Eternia IV was the developer’s first attempt at making an action game, the overall difficulty was extremely low.

Despite Sidol Meltrix, the final boss, having a wide variety of techniques, he was still known as the weakest final boss in the entire series.

In the game, Sidol Meltrix’s character wasn’t really explored.

His first appearance in the original game gave off the impression of a fat, ugly, lazy, and arrogant noble’s son.

And by the final game, even though he could use every element of magic and had mastered various martial arts, he was still portrayed as a chubby guy with no stamina.

In the end, he got swallowed by the demon he summoned and was sliced to pieces by Hero Ars.

And now, I had reincarnated as that very Sidol Meltrix—

Armed with all the knowledge of the game.

If the story followed the original timeline, I’d die at seventeen.

And in the worst possible way.

But now, I was alive.

A real human.

A living, breathing Sidol Meltrix.

I wasn’t about to just sit around and accept death at seventeen.

If I wanted to live, I had to become strong enough not to be killed.

I had to be someone who could fight.

That was the thought that sparked everything.

I started by training the one thing that others couldn’t easily see—my magical power.

I focused on learning magic.

I read through every magic-related book I could find in the family library.

I studied each one carefully, understood the theory, and practiced activating spells.

At this point, I still wasn’t gaining experience points, so all I could do was learn and memorize the magic itself.

Since my level wasn’t going up, my maximum MP didn’t increase either.

And without enough MP, I couldn’t cast stronger spells.

That meant I could only raise my proficiency within the limits of my current MP pool.

By the time I turned five, my status looked like this:

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Name: Sidol Meltrix

Gender: Male Age: 5

Class: None

Level: 1

HP: 100 MP: 200

VIT: 5 STR: 5 

DEX: 5  AGI: 5

INT: 10  MND: 10

Skills: Magic (Fire: 3, Earth: 3, Wind: 3, Water: 3, Light: 3, Dark: 3)

Non-Elemental Magic: 3, Magic Sense: 3, Chant Omission: 2,

Lockpicking: 2, Presence Detection: 2, Perception Disruption: 2

───

Non-Elemental Magic was a separate category from elemental spells.

Once you had access to multiple elements, you could learn it.

And when your Non-Elemental Magic proficiency hit level 2, you’d unlock Chant Omission.

But the method for leveling Non-Elemental Magic was pretty unusual—only a select few could even use it.

With Chant Omission, I could shorten incantations just a little.

But even that wasn’t enough.

As for Lockpicking, Presence Detection, and Perception Disruption—

I learned those on accident after sneaking into the family library and binge-reading magic books.

Lockpicking aside, I planned to eventually max out Presence Detection and Perception Disruption using special items.

Each skill could go up to level 8, but if you used certain items, it would gain a ★—making it equivalent to a Unique Skill.

For example, once Chant Omission reached level 8, I could cast magic by simply muttering the spell name.

But if it turned into a ★ skill, I wouldn’t even need to say the name anymore.

Just think it—and the spell would trigger instantly.

I had to get to those key items before the protagonist—before Ars, the one destined to become a Hero—got his hands on them.

But I wouldn’t be allowed to leave the estate until I turned ten.

Once I hit ten, I’d be permitted to go outside under escort.

So until then, I decided to stay home and focus on learning martial arts.

After all, I’d need actual combat skills to collect some of those items.

Some could only be found in high-level, late-game dungeons.

And since I needed to secure all the best items before the protagonist got to them, that meant one thing—

I had to become stronger than the Hero of Violation of Eternia IV before the timeline of the first game even began.

“Father, I want to learn swordsmanship.”

On my fifth birthday, I made that request to my father, Duke Dorm Meltrix—

And just like that, he happily allowed me to join the knights’ training sessions.

From that day on, I trained not just in magic but in martial arts too.