Prologue
<strong>Prologue</strong>
Tap Tap
The steady rhythm of hard shoes striking the floor reverberated through the hallway.
''Myst day, huh''
Even though it was myst day as a professor at the academy, I didnt feel a single emotion of agitation.
It was as if watching something happening to someone else from afar right, thats exactly how I felt.
One might call it an escape from reality, but I genuinely felt nothing other than that level of sincerity.
Tap. Tap. Tap
I walked some more and at the end of the long hallway, by the entrance, a woman stood waiting for me with her arms crossed. She had blonde hair that was tied at the ends in a ponytail, which rested over her shoulders anding down to her bosom
...Looking closely, it seemed the warm sunlight shining down on her was a y of nature solely to further enhance her already beautiful appearance.
Erica Bright.
I spat out her name as if vomiting.
Erica crossed her arms and put on a twisted smile that was close to ridicule on her lips.
How do you feel?
Hmmm.
I was a bit troubled; What kind of answer would satisfy her?
But Erica, who still had her arms crossed, spoke again, tapping her fingers on the sleeve of her dress.
How do you feel about being fired from the academy? That, too, because of your fiance.
Yeah, thats it-
I felt sorry for not finding the right words to satisfy her. But as the emotions were so worn out, it would be difficult to describe my feelings so clearly other than this:
-I feel relieved.
I smiled slightly and said so.
Grind!!!
Erica, twitching her lips, gnashed her teeth and exhaled a hot breath
Oh, you even know how to have fun?
.
Good; smile a little in the future. Maybe then you wouldnt have to be betrayed by a woman like me.
With her arms undone and her fists clenched, as she said that and walked past me, the refreshing scent of oranges hit my nose.
Get out of my way, and please dont evere into my life again.
I nodded at Erica as she walked away while turning her back on me.
"I''ll try."
Tap. Tap. Tap
Again, with the rhythmic sound of shoes hitting the floor, I left the academy.
Perhaps because the vacation was still going on, the usually crowded academy was quite calm.
Slowly turning around, I stared nkly at the ce I had spent 3 months in.
But unlike the calmness I just spoke of, dozens or hundreds of demons were roaming chaotically around the huge academy.
They all started waving at me in unison, giggling andughing.
[Ugh!! I wanted to eat your eyes! No!! I should have made your cursed ck eyes mine!]
[Someday I will cut off your limbs and drink your blood like wine!]
[Finally!! Its freedom! Liberty! Haah. So, that''s how it feels!!]
[Kihehehe!]
[Someday, I will dig out your intestines with my six hands, put them in my mouth, and then chew them with one hundred and eighty teeth!]
[Finally! This ce will finally be a dwelling ce for ghosts, a resting ce for the dead!]
What a pitiful ce.
''Robern'' Academy A famous ce where the game - [Retry] - took ce. It was the ce where the games protagonist, other main characters, and supporting cast came together for the first time.
Unfortunately, it was built over the cemetery of those who passed away and were buried without a name, and now the same nameless ghosts haunted it.
ording to what Id heard, such a strange ce was chosen to teach students to not be bound by the pastand always strive toward the future...
Tskkk.
My tongue got cold as I recalled how much I''d struggled to stop those evil spirits... and the games main story hadnt even started yet.
Whatever.
Hearing the demons curses, I turned around and left.
Yeah, with every choicees responsibility.
As soon as I stepped outside the main gate of the academy, I heard the screams andughter of the evil spirits from behind.
As someone who had memories of ying [Retry] before, I knew how the game wouldhave properly expressed this situation;
[Event unsessful: The restriction on the demons is broken.]