Chapter 167
Chapter 167
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 167
Chapter Title: Don Quixote Overimmersion
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[The ideals I believed in within my heart were nothing but illusions.]
[I am no longer Don Quixote.]
“Hmm.”
When it came to knightly literature, the novel that came to mind was Don Quixote.
Viscount Douglas, who owned a vast territory despite being merely a viscount, closed the book.
“The ending is quite realistic.”
“Is that so?”
“It’s a fitting end for a dreamer, isn’t it?”
Don Quixote realizes at the very end that it was all a delusion.
And it concludes with him falling ill and dying.
Viscount Douglas had snapped it up after spotting Don Quixote on the market by chance.
However, the ending left him less than satisfied.
“You’re absolutely right. I couldn’t fathom Judak’s intentions in publishing this.”
His butler nodded in agreement.
What could Judak’s true purpose be in releasing a book like this?
“I fear many knights might fall under its spell.”
The butler was an extremely pragmatic man.
In truth, he had been terrified even when his own master, Viscount Douglas, had encountered it.
After all, it was Judak’s literature.
There was something hypnotic about it.
He had worried that the family he had spent a lifetime building up might waver under the influence of Judak’s words.
“Well, that could happen.”
“But it’s a relief that you, my lord, are not swayed.”
But the viscount was different.
Having pulled his crumbling viscountcy back from the brink after the Great War, he had endured magnificently.
However, the viscount did not respond to his butler’s praise and rose from his seat.
“Where’s my horse?”
“Are you heading out to hunt?”
“Yes, I think I need to do some hunting.”
Viscount Douglas’s hobby was hunting.
“Then I’ll summon the servants.”
The butler prepared an overcoat and moved to gather the estate staff.
But the viscount refused.
“Just you and me will do.”
“Is that so? But won’t you need a page to carry your quiver and provisions?”
“It’s fine.”
The butler felt a twinge of doubt but held his tongue.
Viscount Douglas was an exceptional knight and noble.
No one in the territory could match his skill.
“Then I’ll prepare the horses.”
It was right then, as he bowed without further suspicion.
“Yes, prepare Rocinante for me. We’ll be embarking on a long journey, so feed it well.”
“Yes, Rocinante... Yes?”
Up until the viscount named his beloved horse something bizarre.
Rocinante.
The butler didn’t know what the word meant, but his instincts screamed danger.
He had always steered clear of Judak’s literature.
He believed that writing from an incomprehensible being could manipulate the human heart at will.
“...A long journey, you say?”
The butler was an extremely pragmatic man.
Thus, he felt uneasy—profoundly so.
Yet he couldn’t pinpoint exactly why.
His mind screamed at him to flee the room.
Truth be told, things had gone wrong the moment he entered the study.
“Yes, Sancho.”
“Yes? My name is...”
“Come with me on this journey. In return, I’ll grant you an island to govern.”
“No, fuck off.”
The butler was an extremely pragmatic man.
Which also meant he was perfectly suited to be Sancho Panza, Don Quixote’s squire.
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- Saving Sancho! [3]
- If you become my squire, I’ll give you an island, no matter who you are! [12]
- My Dulcinea, where are you! [3]
- This is fucked, for real [42]
[Title: Don Quixote Review...jpg]
I’m one of the first buyers of Don Quixote itself.
(Don Quixote book proof pic)
Jealous as hell, right, gallery bros?
Anyway, that’s not the point.
(Don Quixote charging at windmills scene...txt)
At first, it was just hilarious lololol
No fool like this fool
From the part where he causes a scene at the inn demanding to be knighted, the guy has zero sense lmao
So I thought Judak was just making a comedy novel for laughs this time lolol
(Don Quixote death scene...txt)
(Frog sobbing meme)
But then I thought about it, and it’s not funny at all.
Don Quixote lived by his own chivalric code, charging forth to realize justice.
Even in a world without magical beasts.
Plus, that old man burned with such passion and sense of justice despite his age.
And suddenly, I saw myself.
Me, lying under Judak’s care, scratching my belly and laughing at Don Quixote.
(Frog charging seriously meme)
How dare a piece of trash like me laugh at Don Quixote?
Hey you, you worthless scum even worse than trash, me.
I swear right here.
Let all you readers bear witness.
I swear to live as a true knight, upholding proper chivalry to aid the weak and vanquish evil.
[Upvotes 512] [Downvotes 1312]
- Ah fuck, Judak, please no!!!
- Another concept post turns into shitstorm, goddamn lol
- No way this text hits like a hate pic?
- No spoilers, you moron
- OP) Recruiting Sancho 0/1
ㄴ Lmaoooo braindead
ㄴ Who’s gonna do it fr?
ㄴ OP) Three meals a day, 1k rations monthly salary
ㄴ Me
ㄴ I was born to be Sancho
ㄴ I’m actually a bipedal horse tbh
“Heh heh.”
The gallery had turned into a total shitstorm.
Sentimental posts were dominating the concept threads.
“I thought they’d adapted somewhat after the fairy tales.”
That was a grave miscalculation.
People—especially knights—were swept up in a Don Quixote frenzy.
[Title: Shhh, Secret Judak Viewing! >u[] (Stretching bunnykin girl with a kind heart meme) (GIF of self-crossing arms and pouting) Judak! Wanna play knight! [Upvotes 8532] [Downvotes 12] - Wtf... sax; - Dulcinea? - Oh, you are my Dulcinea, the most beautiful and noble woman in the world. ㄴ Where tf did this come from? ㄴ OP)]w
- Oh, Dulcinea del Toboso, there you are. My queen, my sun! Your beauty captivates me, your nobility moves me. You are my dream and hope; for you, I will fight and defeat all the evils of the world.
ㄴ No fucking way
ㄴ Goddamn roleplayer moron;
ㄴ OP) Ughhh;;
ㄴ Lmao regrets posting already?
First off, all the horny posts got buried.
Dulcinea is the imaginary woman Don Quixote loves.
Don Quixote pursued chivalry for Dulcinea, lost in delusion.
In other words, a horde of mk Don Quixotes yelling Dulcinea confessions swarmed the bunny beastkin girls.
But that wasn’t the only problem.
[Title: Total Chaos Lololol.jpg]
(Two knights yelling they’re the real Don Quixote meme)
(Fiercely battling each other GIF)
(Dragged-around squires Sancho comforting each other behind the stable meme)
They’re all claiming to be the true Don Quixote and fighting like crazy lololol
Came to the inn for a drink cuz work was tiring today,
Ended up with free hilarious live show lololol
Beer tastes twice as good hahaha
[Upvotes 1232] [Downvotes 32]
- Watching this alone lololol
- Just fuck lololol
- OP) Update: Just got one more
ㄴ Lmaoooo
ㄴ Goddamn lol
- Judak do something ffs!!!
- Knights collectively losing their minds
- But Don Quixote is legendary fr. That grandeur swelling in your chest... that same old nerd?
ㄴ Ugh;
Side effects were popping up everywhere.
“Well, it’s not entirely unexpected.”
They had shown similar reactions to the fairy tales already.
He had hoped otherwise, but the addictiveness was severe—better this way, actually.
High immersion meant plenty of upsides too.
[Title: What’s Going On?...jpg]
(Knight begging forgiveness meme)
(Knight leaving overflowing rations meme)
The local knight who always comes to extort suddenly shows up again today;
I’m internally cursing up a storm, then he hands me money;
Five times what he usually takes, too.
[Upvotes 3011] [Downvotes 12]
- No way fr?
- Don’t lie, you’re a knight right?
ㄴ OP) You don’t believe it either? I don’t either... Getting paid by a knight for once in my life...
ㄴ This is real?
[Title: Update on That Tenant Farmer Post...jpg]
(Goblin horde plowing fields meme)
My place is kinda close to the mountains.
So beasts crawl down every damn day and wreck my fields first, no helping it;
Village guards? Knights? Too busy partying in the city.
They show up occasionally just for taxes then ghost.
Got super pissed off about it once...
(Knight raging and rampaging meme)
(Knight solo diving into goblins windmill-style meme)
Suddenly what the hell?
Shows up outta nowhere telling me to report damages, so I half-give up and do,
Listens all the way then goes full parental vendetta tearing them apart?
Even I felt bad for the goblins fr.
(Villagers staring dumbfounded meme)
Is this a dream?
[Upvotes 1021] [Downvotes 1]
- Yeah looks like a dream...
- Don’t bullshit, a knight leading the charge?
- Same happened to me wtf...
- Why are all these knight posts flooding? Some viral thing?
ㄴ What’s viral
ㄴ Judak used the term lol
Knights.
Those arrogant knights.
Starting from some point, they started flooding into villages en masse to exterminate beasts.
- What the hell, dragon from a well?
Of course, Don Quixote was the life story of an old man lost in fantasy and delusion.
He saw ordinary sheep flocks and windmills as vast enemy armies.
In an ordinary world, he rampaged to protect the innocent from nonexistent foes.
“That’s why the ending was depressing.”
In the end, he faces reality.
Even declares he’s no longer Don Quixote.
But this world was different.
“There are real magical beasts here.”
The knights here weren’t old men.
Only ironclad paragons were selected as knights.
The weak were overflowing all around.
Don Quixote’s delusional love, Dulcinea, overflowed in the gallery with beastkin pics and horny content.
And there were clear enemies to all life: magical beasts.
“Everything lines up perfectly.”
The goals were crystal clear.
Plus, it wasn’t just Don Quixote; orthodox knight literature had been scattered everywhere too.
- The coward gains nothing.
- For honor, courage, and justice.
- Ah these fuckers getting all sentimental again lol
Each setting their own goals, producing positive effects.
“Exactly as planned.”
Just the right level of immersion, with positive outcomes.
So he hadn’t anticipated anything beyond this.
How deep human overimmersion could go.
- Fml someone charged into a rift solo??
“Huh.”
A post went up about some noble overimmersed in Don Quixote charging into a rift alone.