“The ga’s story seems a bit strange.”
“Huh? What’s strange? Didn’t the story start properly from the beginning?”
“That’s exactly what’s strange.”
Claire, who had asked the question, and Alice, who was watching us play, didn’t seem to understand what was odd about the ga. But having played through all the previous installnts, I thought the starting point felt off.
By the end of the previous ga’s story, we had already dealt with the Emperor.
Sure, there were a few characters who had died along the way, and the story hadn’t fully wrapped up yet, so it ended on a sowhat somber note, but it had still been concluded.
“Oh, I see. This part is more like the middle of the story, isn’t it?”
Alice, who was sitting next to , said, looking confused.
[Hmm?]
[Hmm hmm?]
[Is this a trap?]
“It’s not a trap. But if anyone tries to spoil, I’ll kindly ban you.”
[Sylvia’s here!]
[It’s really Sylvia!]
Well, of course, it’s really Sylvia.
But I still didn’t get what kind of personality this version of Sylvia had.
I thought she had been hiding her emotions properly at the beginning, though.
“Anyway, in the original, the story had already been more or less settled. We had already stopped the Emperor’s ambitions.”
Back to the ga discussion.
So starting the ga from the beginning again felt a bit odd. No matter how many new systems or characters were added, it seed strange for the story to return to the very start like we were playing in an alternate universe.
Moreover, it wasn’t just a short part of the prologue—it had already been almost seven hours.
I an, seven hours sounds like a lot, but if you don’t get bogged down in the details and just follow the story, this ga series usually takes about 20 to 30 hours. Essentially, we were around the halfway or one-third point, and the story was nearly identical to the early parts of the first entry in this new world.
Well, not exactly the sa, but still...
Still, my answer ca quickly.
“[...No, this is right. To save the people I cared about...]”
Sylvia in the ga mumbled this while sitting in her room, curled up in the corner of her bed.
“Unnie... You’ve been carrying such inner turmoil all this ti...”
“...I’ve never had such turmoil.”
“Probably, Sylvia wouldn’t have agonized over it that much.”
[What’s this? Is it a concept?]
[They’re cosplaying, but now it looks like they’re going for a full character concept, LOL]
[Actually, I like it.]
This translation is the intellectual property of Novelight.
In the ga, Sylvia seed to be harboring sothing deep inside.
Surprisingly, her reasoning might be similar to mine. After all, my ultimate goal was to finish the story without letting the characters I cared about die.
And, I actually succeeded.
*
The ga shifted to Leo's perspective.
Because of this, it wasn’t clear whether the Sylvia inside the ga had the ability to rewind ti, but there was a skill among the playable characters that made accuracy 100%. Using that skill, you could pull the order from the back and bring it forward.
Moreover, the skill was called “Chrono Reverse.”
However, the ga often used skills or magic with the na “Chrono” attached, so just seeing the skill na attached to the character Sylvia didn’t necessarily an she had the power to reverse ti. It was hard to make that connection.
In the ga, when you used a skill, the effect was...
“Wasn’t the background just in the middle of a city? Why did it suddenly change to a mountaintop, and now you’re cutting snowflakes with a sword?”
Alice asked seriously, watching Leo’s ultimate technique.
“That’s ga liberty. It’s like poetic license.”
“...So when I swing my sword, is it also supposed to be so kind of griffon crying in the background?”
Alice definitely had that effect in one of her skills.
“Yes, exactly.”
“Still, my swordsmanship is pretty normal. Aside from the fact that the surroundings suddenly go dark. And the movent is so stiff.”
Claire gave a straightforward evaluation of her sword technique.
But the stiff movent seed more like a problem with the execution rather than a failure to replicate swordsmanship... Or was it? If it’s because of a lack of technique, it might make sense.
[My swordsmanship?]
[Is she admitting it’s herself?]
“So of the people watching the stream are asking if the character in the ga is really you, Claire.”
“Huh? Of course, it’s . It’s obvious, right? Sa na and everything.”
[?]
[???]
[?]
Countless hooks appeared in an instant.
Of course, the expressions on the other side weren’t really confused or genuinely believing what they saw.
They were probably just laughing.
Usually, when soone compares a very beautiful person to another, viewers react like that. Many watch just for the fun of teasing the strear.
[Isn’t this a little too cringe?]
“Endure it if it’s cringe. You’re the ones who chose to watch this stream from the beginning. Didn’t you recognize the characters that looked exactly like the ones in the ga when they first appeared?”
[Agreed]
[LOL If it wasn’t Sylvia herself, why would I even watch this? LOL]
[They’ll probably just talk endlessly while playing the ga, so why would anyone watch? LOL]
Exactly.
The reason this ga wasn’t stread much was because the pacing was slow.
It was fine to play solo and leisurely enjoy the story, but showing it to others was a problem. The ga was turn-based, which made it less flashy, and the dialogues appeared in text form. Each session was long, and the ga was divided into several parts, so once you started streaming, you’d be stuck broadcasting it until you finished the ga.
In the first place, fans of this ga would probably prefer playing it themselves rather than watching soone else do it. JRPGs are like that.
Why would anyone watch if three beautiful girls were cosplaying and playing?
[If they say they're playing, what can you do? LOL Santa exists, so why wouldn’t the heroine in the ga exist? LOL]
“Thank you for the 10,000-won donation, Sylvia’s husband.”
“Unnie’s husband?”
“Claire, that’s just soone claiming it’s their na.”
Alice answered Claire’s reaction. Claire nodded with an “Ah, right?”
“And, they made a good point. Santa Claus exists. If he didn’t, who would put presents by my pillow at midnight on Christmas Eve? Also, the U.S. Air Force tracks Santa’s location every year and reports it.”
[LOL That’s true, LOL Santa Claus exists]
[Sylvia, keep dreaming!]
[If it’s too cringe, just leave.]
When I openly said that, the viewers started defending us.
It’s funny when people co to a concept stream and complain about it being cringe. If you think like that, what do you call VTubers who wear 2D masks and stream? If you don’t get it, you should leave.
Well, actually, the reason that “cringe” can be forgiven is probably because the three of us are pretty enough to compare /N_o_v_e_l_i_g_h_t/ to those 2D girls.
“Ah.”
Just as the ga was progressing smoothly, I was caught off guard.
Aside from the prologue, the main story of the ga would periodically present "relationship events."
And when you saw those relationship events or bought gift items from rchants in the ga to give to characters, you could raise their favorability. As the favorability increased, the character who would be involved in the ending was determined.
After finishing the first week at the academy—after I took the first quest, got tired of Leo and Claire’s earnestness, and won a perfect victory in a mock battle by rewinding ti—on the weekend of that week, Leo could walk around the dormitory in the evening.
“Oh, Unnie, what’s with these heart shapes on the screen?”
Claire noticed the change in the screen in an instant.
There were three heart shapes, all glowing pink.
Each ti you saw a relationship event, the hearts would decrease, and after seeing all three, the event for the week would be completed.
Normally, there would only be two, but since I made sure to complete side quests throughout the ga, I had earned extra points, and now there were three hearts I could use.
“......”
If there’s an event like that, then—Sylvia Fangryphon, the character, is certainly romanceable.
And this ga almost always has a kiss scene near the end if you complete the romance route.
Although it doesn’t feel too erotic due to the graphics and motions—
...I really don’t want to do that.
What excuse should I make to Claire and Alice?
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