I Made a Game Featuring Constellations

Chapter 49

Chilchil-ah! ᅲᅲSave our Chilchil! Save her, please!

It was a hastily created episode, but perhaps because it was made with the help of the gods and a lot of effort, the player immersion in the new story was excellent.

‘...I was also greatly shocked when I first saw those scenes through a dream within the Goddess of Wisdom. ...Players who witnessed the game story, enhanced with dramatic scenes, would likely find it even more intense, not less.’

I want to tear apart the research director! Why isn’t he added as a boss?!I worked hard to level up my characters, and now we're forced into a story progression—this is too much!Is DreamStory a company of demons?!

Thanks to this, the players had very strong negative feelings toward the research director, and their motivation was through the roof.

At first, I had considered adding the research director as a weekly boss like the previous Abyss creature, so that players could vent their anger on him, but...

‘Personality jelly... How horrifying and terrifying a thought is that?’

If the person from whom the personality was extracted wasn’t the research director, and if the one who extracted that personality wasn’t the victim, the Goddess of Wisdom, I would have stopped it right away... such a terrifying idea.

I decided to break the jelly into pieces and incorporate it into the game.

‘Since it’s jelly, it’s more suitable for use that way.’

To leave a lingering feeling, I killed off the character Muria-13-07 at the end of the story.

To highlight the tragedy, she scattered and vanished into dust before the player's eyes.

It wasn’t possible to release a character who was already dead as a new character.

But what if a character who looked exactly like her appeared, with her memories lost?

Additional Story Update.

Act 3, Chapter 3 release.

***

The Crown Prince Raizeol turned the page of his document with a blank face.

Swish

"Ugh."

A wound appeared, and blood dripped from his finger.

No, I must pull myself together.

I’m the next emperor who will lead the empire.

I can’t waver.

He tried to forcefully forget, but the final moment kept coming back to his mind.

‘...My beloved prince.’

The last words she spoke before vanishing in a burst of light wouldn’t leave his mind.

Raizeol shook his head.

It’s just a game.

Even within the game, it’s just virtual.

She’s not real.

Raizeol tried desperately to pull himself together.

He grabbed the official documents and tried to focus on work, but the words on the paper wouldn’t come into focus.

Heh, heh... waah, my prince!

Her voice echoed in his ears.

Crash!

When he heard the news of the "New Story Update," it was only natural that he rushed out without looking back.

“Are you okay, Zeol?”

The director glanced at the crown prince.

“I’m always fine. Why are you asking?”

“Well, after the last training, you weren’t in a good state.”

“That... huh. It was nothing.”

“Good to hear, then.”

The director gestured, and a book flew into his hand.

“...That book.”

Normally, he wouldn’t have even been able to tell the difference, but this time, the book in the director's hand was different.

“You recognize it?”@@@@

I can’t forget it.

It’s the book with her as the main character.

That book.

“It’s nothing special... It’s just something you need to do as part of your training.”

“Something I need to do?”

“When you went in last time, it was still a perfectly fine story, but then the Abyss began to erode it.”

The Abyss... eroded?

“Think of it as an Abyss assassin sneaking in here. Don’t worry, it’s just one of them.”

“So I just need to deal with him?”

“That’s right.”

“Easy enough.”

Just one.

With his character already reaching max specs, there would be no problem.

He could skip the weekly boss [Abyss Assassin] patterns with the damage output his character now had, since all of Raizeol's characters had reached the highest level with max specs.

‘...How dare you try to defile my memories with her. I can’t forgive you.’

“Why don’t you show me the academy?”

“The academy? It’s famous for being really boring, though.”

“It’s fine. It’s the one you’re attending, isn’t it?”

“...You’re so sneaky, prince. Is there such a thing as sneaking in like this?”

The girl muttered, slightly turning her head.

“What did you just say?”

“Oh, nothing! Shall we go to the academy now?”

The girl grabbed Raizeol’s hand and started running.

“Hey, Versia! Where are you going?”

As Raizeol and the girl were walking around the academy, another academy girl called out to her.

“Ah, Circula!”

“Wait. Are you with a guy...?”

“No, it’s not like that...”

“You always pretend to be so pure.”

“Well, that’s...”

“Sorry to interrupt. Have a good time~.”

“Hey! Listen to people!”

The girl named Circula quickly disappeared after talking to Versia.

Was it Muria-17-06?

Even Muria-17-06 had reincarnated.

Far off, Circula was hiding behind a wall with half-closed eyes, watching the boy and girl.

That must be Muria-25-03.

It seemed like the three of them had all reincarnated and were now living happy lives.

“Hurry up, prince!”

The girl grabbed his wrist again and began to run.

“This is my secret base, my hideout.”

On the rooftop of the academy’s building, away from the main area.

“If you look at the night view here, it’s really beautiful.”

“...I see.”

Raizeol chuckled.

The girl, admiring the view and laughing, looked just like an ordinary academy student.

Finally, free from the research director’s curse, she was now living a proper life.

“Hey, why are you laughing? Is there something on my face?”

“...No. It’s just...”

Because I’m happy.

A proper ending.

A proper life.

From the story updates until now, it felt like all the unnecessary thoughts that had plagued him were finally gone.

If he hadn’t entered the story because of the Abyss's corruption, he never would have expected this outcome.

Hmm?

The Abyss?

Now that I think about it, the story’s Abyss had corrupted...

A large flash of lightning seemed to strike his mind.

Raizeol jumped to his feet.

“Hmm? What’s wrong?”

He ran.

Something jelly-like appeared behind the girl.

Sharp blades shot out from the jelly.

An attack aimed at her back.

The world slowed down.

Perhaps because he was pouring everything into saving her.

In a world where the speed was so fast that he wouldn’t normally have recognized it,

Raizeol activated various abilities and ran.

I will protect her.

No matter what happens this time.

Boom!

“My prince!”

I won’t lose you again.