Chapter 316
Chapter 316
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 316
Chapter Title: Siwoo; Romance Manipulation Squad (1)
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Truth be told, I could have played around a bit longer, but I decided to settle for an A rank. What was urgent for me was Sophia, not Harin or Hana. Of course, for something so urgent, I did drag it out longer than I should have... but you have to enjoy these moments, right? Otherwise, you're not a man. That's the excuse I gave myself.
And besides... a pervert like Harin was a first for me. She slurped up my saliva, cock, and semen like it was one of the world's three great delicacies... that sight turned me on so much that I indulged a little extra.
But anyway, what matters right now is Sophia.
Having finally cleared the emergency mission, I immediately used the Forced Return Ticket. I could check what skill I got later. I'd just pop in and out anyway. My goal was to boost Sophia's favorability and bring her back to reality, so the extra skill wasn't pressing.
Perfect, just like that!
The time to meet Sophia had finally arrived.
Yeah... I thought it had come...
But instead of time with Sophia, what actually came was an unfamiliar space I'd never seen before.
Where... the hell is this?
I'd naturally assumed I'd return to the inn where I'd been staying, but I opened my eyes in some suspicious space instead. No way... the Royal Road Hero Tale world didn't collapse while I was gone, did it? Gripped by unease, I ran around like a madman in the blindingly bright white space, shouting Sophia's name.
Then... a voice echoed from above me.
"Wh-what the hell? Where is this place, and who are you? Did you drag me here?!"
"...What? Dimensional Wanderer?"
"Hold on... shared your power?"
What... what the hell is going on? Aria?! Her unexpected appearance left me breathless. Aria is the goddess who made Sophia a Saintess! She's also the one who gave me skills like 'Aria Goddess's Power' and 'Aria Goddess's Shield'... I never dreamed I'd meet her like this.
"What... what do you want with me?"
"Huh? What do you mean all of a sudden... Gahhhh!"
"Huff... huff... what the hell was that?!"
"What the hell is this?!"
Damn it, the unknown entity was the Aria Goddess?! Furious at the revelation, I yelled at the goddess whose location I didn't even know. Even if she was the goddess who shared her power with me, she couldn't interfere like this.
I need to meet Sophia!
I didn't know why she was trying to stop me, but goddess or not, I had no intention of giving up on Sophia. She was that precious to me.
"...This world will collapse?"
"Hmm... so to sum it up, this world is going to collapse because of me?"
"Hey, why?! What did I even do? I just fell in love!"
To be honest... I listened, but I couldn't really follow. Higher dimensions, lower dimensions, the goddess rattled on about all sorts of things... but none of it made sense. I thought the world in 'Heroine NTR' would just pause when I returned to reality?
So I hadn't worried much, but apparently, bringing a heroine to reality creates a multiverse with various 'possibilities.' In other words, taking Sophia to reality would spawn a possibility where Siwoo goes on his hero journey alone without her.
Sure, even if that happened, so what? But according to the goddess, Siwoo's mental state is so fragile that he'd go berserk and die if left alone.
But... Siwoo's the Hero, right? And the Royal Road Hero Tale world has... the Demon King, doesn't it? So her claim was that leaving things as is would create the 'possibility' of the Royal Road Hero Tale world—one that shouldn't exist—collapsing.
"The Hero dies without Sophia? Come on, that's a stretch."
"No, that's too much! I didn't know!"
"Well... ahem, no, uh... at first I planned to adventure together... haha, people change, you know. This and that... ahem!"
As expected of a goddess? Once I got somewhat strong, I lost interest in Demon King subjugation and only wanted Sophia... and she knew it. But there was something even the Aria Goddess didn't know: this world wasn't just about Sophia.
"Not exactly... there's this knight named Louise... I have to see her sometimes too... haha."
Damn, she knew. A goddess is a goddess, after all.
"H-hey, you're not thinking of killing me because I'm troublesome, are you?!"
"Then... what do you want from me? You didn't summon me just to complain, did you? You must want something."
"How?!"
"How do I do that?!"
The more I listened, the more irritated I got. Why not explain from the start? She blocked my world entry without a word, tried to exile me the moment we met, and when that failed, blamed me? It was absurd.
So I channeled some old-school sass and pushed back a bit, and the Aria Goddess, sounding slightly flustered, finally explained how to resolve this.
"...Use it in reverse?"
"What... that's simple. Just break that contract from the start."
"Huh? What... if even a goddess can't do it, how am I supposed to?!"
"...Yeah, that makes sense. You're a genius, Goddess?"
Oho... so in other words...
Steal the previous life's Sophia from the previous life's Siwoo?
Who'd have thought I'd get an NTR commission from a goddess? I pondered briefly but saw no reason to refuse, so I nodded and accepted. The dazzling space lost its light, and soon everything went dark.