Chapter 1
Chapter 1
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 1
Chapter Title: Inciting Incident (1)
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I realized just two days ago that this damn world was inside a game.
A batshit crazy place where you could slice a small hill flat with a single slash of sword aura or carve out a massive crater with magic.
And yet, amid all that, the era felt like some contrived backdrop from a medieval RPG adventure.
Monsters and dungeons that could never exist in reality. An empire that raised students in academies to fight them.
A world where even ten-year-old kids swung wooden sticks around, dreaming of getting into an academy. So why did it take me until two days ago to figure out this was a game world?
Because that's when I finally recovered my memories from my past life.
"Ugh..."
And the even more horrific truth was that the character I'd reincarnated into was Lilith—one of the most pathetically treated characters in the entire game.
Lilith Rosewood. Nicknamed the Foolish Maid Lilith.
In the story, she suffered every miserable treatment imaginable. It was so bad you had to wonder if the developers had some personal vendetta against her.
I couldn't even count how many debuffs were slapped on this girl. And they were the kind of sleazy tags you'd only see on an adult comic site, plastered all over this heroine.
The later you romanced her, the worse her treatment got.
If the protagonist's "salvation" came too late in the route, she devolved into the game's absolute worst ragdoll character, broken beyond repair.
I might've been better off never remembering.
The moment I laid eyes on that loathsome pig's face, my blocked meridians cleared like a floodgate, and my past life's memories poured in. Whatever the cause, I'd been bedridden for two straight days, nursed by my fellow maid.
"Haa... My head feels like it's splitting open..."
Not sure if it was a side effect of regaining my past life memories or just the agony of realizing what a clusterfuck my situation was, but I clutched my throbbing skull and dragged myself up from the bed I'd been lying in.
It wasn't like I was eager to get back to maid duties. I just didn't want to keep burdening Isabel by lazing around all day.
Even though my past life's memories had rushed in all at once, they hadn't completely overwritten the ones I'd built living as Lilith in this world for over a decade.
Especially my friendship with Isabel, the colleague who'd started as a probationary maid with me about a year ago. That bond meant so much it stuck with me even after remembering I used to be a guy.
I couldn't in good conscience keep dumping my work on her for two days straight and make her nurse me on top of that. Anyone with a shred of decency would've gotten up by now.
"...And why the hell are these so damn heavy?"
The moment I sat up in bed, I felt that awkward weight pulling at my chest.
After cramming fifteen years of memories from my male life into my head, the alien sensation of those two blobs of fat on my upper body hit hard.
Size-wise, maybe an E or F cup? How the hell had I lived with these things attached to me all this time?
And I'd have to keep living with them. Every thought just led to more bullshit.
Whatever. Right now, I needed to get out of bed and back to work. No time to gawk at this body I'd turned into.
To protect it—no matter how messed up it was—I couldn't afford even a second's hesitation.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ Luminor Academy: Age of Sword and Magic
The SRPG I'd sunk a ton of time into in my past life. More precisely, an adult game blending SRPG mechanics with erotic visual novel elements.
Nobles born with magical talent and commoners relying on swordsmanship and stamina—these two main types of students gathered at the academy, grew stronger, and navigated various events in this romance game.
But you couldn't skip the character growth, so it demanded grinding like a beast.
It blocked branching paths even in save files to force you through every step—pure evil design. And yet, its online sales were solid.
The reason? Obvious. The heroine companions were hot as hell.
Adult games sell like crazy if they nail even one or two sexy female characters.
Even with some divisive elements, Luminor Academy was a solid title in my book.
That's why I'd poured nearly two thousand hours into it back then, grind and all.
Seeing new branches meant restarting from scratch every time, which sucked. But the growth stories had choices, so they stayed engaging.
The plot delved deep into each heroine's salvation arc, making it decent viewing by my standards.
Above all, the female characters' designs were killer—eye candy central.
Especially the personal events in individual routes. They were packed with male fantasy fuel, making the harem route a one-and-done unpopular path.
...Including the character I'd possessed: Lilith Rosewood.
"She really is fucking gorgeous, though..."
Lustrous black bob haircut swaying with shine. Round, cute face. Big tits, slim waist, perky hips.
Anyone could guess from the mirror, but yeah—Lilith Rosewood, the girl I'd possessed, was a romanceable character in Luminor Academy.
One of the main heroines, prime "salvation story" material. She consistently ranked top three in official polls, with a diehard fanbase.
But she was one of my least favorites, public opinion be damned.
Not because her looks or personality sucked. As a born unicorn, I just couldn't vibe with her baggage.
This character started the main story—at the academy entrance ceremony—already not a virgin.
She wasn't the only non-virgin heroine, but she was the only one you couldn't romance any other way.
Other non-virgins had paths: revisit her hometown village in the childhood growth phase and promise to meet again, prevent the protagonist's actions from letting another guy take her first time, unlock special choices in New Game+ after her route's ending for a different story.
The other non-virgin heroines in Luminor Academy all had virgin routes if you tried.
...Except the Lilith I'd possessed.
No matter what, you couldn't meet Lilith Rosewood before the entrance ceremony. And when you did, she was always non-virgin. It felt like some unicorn-hater designed her.
And in my past life, I'd learned that way too late.
"Just thinking about the time I wasted trying to romance Lilith... Haa..."
Out of two thousand hours, I'd probably burned five hundred fruitlessly hunting her virgin route. Never found it.
As a unicorn, I'd sunk the most time into the non-virgin heroine—which sealed Lilith as Luminor Academy's worst character for me.
...Or maybe not the absolute worst.
The real reason I hated her? The bastard who took her first time. Every single playthrough.
Ethan Richard Blackwood.
Just picturing that early-game villain—her original master—made my head throb already.
"The thought of working under that pig's face makes me wanna puke."
Ethan Richard Blackwood. Nicknamed Pig Prince Ethan.
If this asshole hadn't stolen Lilith's first in every route, I never would've wasted five hundred hours on her.
Forgetting him completely during a decade-plus in this life, only for his face to trigger my past memories? Yeah, I'd built up serious grudge against that pig in my old life.
No surprise—he was always top three least popular in the academy.
For starters, his looks killed any goodwill.
Pudgy from head to toe, unmanaged since childhood. Short as hell, always with filthy stains around his mouth and clothes. Peak disgust in a game where most characters were above average.
Even if he lost the weight, his scumbag personality ruined it.
This guy treated his exclusive maid Lilith like his personal slave for five whole years before entering the academy at nineteen.
The bullying was so extreme it defied description point by point.
What hadn't he done to her? Every sleazy act in the game.
...And that exclusive maid was me. Fuck.
If I was gonna possess someone, make it the protagonist. Or if a girl, at least my fave, Natalie.
Sticking me in the most wretchedly treated Lilith? That's crossing a line.
All I'd done was shitpost on the Luminor Academy forums for three years calling her a trashy slut...
"......"
...Okay, not blameless. But was that worth forcing me into Lilith? Hell no.
Anyone would've raged. Sink five hundred hours into a character, only to find she's non-virgin no matter what.
Anyway, no time for whining. I needed a survival plan.
Top priority: avoid becoming that loathsome pig bastard's exclusive maid.
Better to hang myself than suffer like in the original. No bluff—dead serious.
"...Wait, no way."
A chill hit me. I slipped a hand into my underwear to check. Thankfully, Lilith's virgin seal was intact.
Makes sense—Ethan had woken from his curse just two days ago. No time for him to do anything.
I'll keep it this way. Especially not get stupidly dragged around by that pig like in canon.
With two thousand hours in Luminor Academy, now as Lilith Rosewood, the Foolish Maid Lilith is gone from this world.
I'll make damn sure of it.