Quest Rejection
Suddenly, I gazed up at the sky. In the cloudless blue expanse, a single bird soared freely. With just one flap of its wings, it glided through the air, slicing across the wind as if declaring to the world that no one could ever hold it back. It flew with such utter freedom.
"Envious..."
I envied that bird so much. Unlike me—a mere human shackled by iron chains, squandering nearly a century in futility—it flew unbound by anyone or anything.
"...Hah."
But soon enough, as if refusing to forgive even that envy, a massive ripple erupted in my serene field of vision. Where there had been no clouds moments before, an enormous one now loomed, and the bird that had been wheeling through the sky had vanished without a trace.
This sky was beautiful too, no doubt. The gigantic cloud exuded a sense of grandeur, and the vast heavens remained unchanged in their breadth. But... to me, this was a sky I never wanted to see again in this world.
[Prevent Childhood Friend Ceres's NTR!]
[Prevent Female Knight Zenovia's NTR!]
[Prevent Saintess Prin's NTR!]
[Prevent Maid Lianne's NTR!]
Like the strumming of a harp, the alarm rang out, and a translucent panel materialized before my eyes along with text all too familiar. Why in the world did it have to inflict this torment on me?
NTR. A word I didn't even know at first, but now, just seeing it made bile rise in my throat. Grind. My molars clashed in my mouth, emitting a grotesque sound.
This marked the start of my seventh life.
"Again... you want me to watch that spectacle?"
An ordinary person couldn't even imagine regression, but I always met a wretched end. In my first life, I defeated the Demon King only to be betrayed by my fellow male party members. In the second, after marrying Ceres and settling in a village, the Second Prince came and stripped me of everything, exiling me to die at the claws of street monsters. In the third, while serving as an Imperial Knight alongside Zenovia, her sword pierced my gut. In the fourth, after heading to the Holy Kingdom with Prin and rising as saints together, her official declaration of corruption—where I stood as witness—led to the mob burning me alive. In the fifth, while living as family head with Lianne, she leaked our secrets to a neighboring house, dooming our line; I ended up a slave, fled, and starved to death.
I hated it. Despite running harder than anyone, every ending was utterly miserable. Yet I didn't give up. Up until my sixth life, I truly believed I loved them, and that they loved me back—fool that I was. That's why, through five regressions, I kept searching for new ways.
This time, I became a hero. Not some half-baked one like in my first life, but a flawless hero. Mobilizing every scrap of knowledge from five regressions, I toppled the Demon King's army and earned the title of the strongest hero in history, basking in the world's acclaim. After four whole years, I slew the Demon King, convinced I could finally live happily with them.
"I'm sorry, Hero."
But who could have foreseen it? They discarded our four years together for men from another party they'd met just once at a village tavern.
I never imagined this. The betrayal after years of partying in my first life had nearly driven me mad, but this? Denying my entire life over a single encounter? I loved them, but they never loved me. I'd just been the clown insisting they did, clinging to their side.
Their Love
"Fuck off."
This sham of love, full of deceit? I reject it.
And so, at the end of my sixth regression, I refused a quest for the first time in my life.
Quest rejection confirmed!
Protagonist awakening event confirmed!
Route change confirmed!
Main quest changed from [Prevent NTR!] to [Seek True Love!]
Accordingly, [Childhood Friend Route], [Noble Knight Route], [Pure Saintess Route], [Novel Love Route], [For Everyone! Route] terminated.
Termination in progress...
Complete termination of 5 routes confirmed!
New quest granted to protagonist!