save1. Happy Ending: A Peaceful World
save1. Happy Ending: A Peaceful World
[Thank you. You are the hero who saved the world from the brink of destruction.]
A long time passed.
It had been seven years since I fell into this world, which felt like a mix of a medieval fantasy and a game, in the body of a woman.
Finally, after seven long years, I defeated the Demon King, saved this world, and saw the ending.
The proof of that was the system message window that appeared right before my eyes.
The system window, which I had seen almost every day since being dragged into this game world, was now notifying me that my duty was over.
"That was fucking exhausting."
I wiped my dust-covered face and collapsed flat on the floor.
"Now that the job is done, I should throw off this heavy armor."
While fighting the Demon King, it had been a reassuring piece of armor, but now that the fight was over and I had reached the ending, it was just a heavy lump of iron that made me sweat like crazy.
The armor was thrown far away.
As the armor was cast aside, what was revealed were slender arms, thighs with feminine charm, and voluptuous breasts—features that made it hard to believe I had just defeated the Demon King.
My chest rose and fell with every breath I took.
Ah, now I feel like I can breathe.
That armor had great performance, but it didn't fit my breast size, so I felt like I was suffocating every time I breathed, you know?
But such discomforts also end today.
[Would you like to return to your original world?]
Y/N
"Can I go back now?"
The message asking if I wanted to return to my original world appeared before my eyes.
To see that message, I had worked my ass off in this mysterious world for seven years.
By the way, my dick had already fallen off as soon as I crossed over to this world, so I couldn't literally work my dick off.
"Though I say this, it wasn't actually that hard."
Of course, I was quickly discovered by the priests of the Church of the Goddess and practically kidnapped to be employed as a hero.
I grew up receiving all kinds of support, so there were no major issues in that regard.
However, the monsters in this world were somewhat lacking in the brain department, and there were many times I was caught off guard by weaklings, so there were many things to watch out for.
Naturally, there were so many types of monsters that it was impossible to memorize them all.
And there were so many status-ailment monsters that if this world were a game, I felt like the director's and developers' parents would have all been sent straight to heaven.
"But who cares? I'm going back to my original world now anyway."
Whatever happens now has absolutely nothing to do with me.
All I have to do is press Y on the message asking if I want to return to my original world.
[※ Upon returning to the original world, your body will also return to its original state.]
"...My original body."
I thought about the message sent by the system for a moment.
Returning to my original body meant discarding my current female body and returning to a male body.
It meant that the male genitalia, which I had lost and forgotten about for the past seven years, would be attached to my lower body once again.
"I was originally a guy, so that doesn't really matter."
Returning to a man.
That was a good thing, regardless.
I had lived as a man for over twenty years, and just because I came to this world and lived in a woman's body for about seven years didn't mean I suddenly didn't want to go back to a man's body, nor had my identity completely become female.
"But discarding this body without even enjoying it is a bit of a waste... It's a pity."
However, apart from returning to a male, it wasn't that I disliked my current body.
No, in some ways, it was much better than my previous male body.
First, the face.
It was embarrassing to rate my own face so highly, but...
"I was prettier than any woman I've ever seen..."
When I first looked in the mirror, I almost fell in love with myself.
"On top of that, my body is great too."
When I was a man, my back and waist ached everywhere.
But what about this body now?
Far from hurting, it is extremely healthy.
On top of that, slender arms, greatly swollen breasts, and luscious thighs.
Even if I cover my face and just walk down the street, it's a perfect body shape that cannot be hidden.
It was only because the priests of the Church of the Goddess blocked people from approaching me due to my title as a hero, and people shrank back.
Since I was formerly a man, I knew that men who saw this body would have no choice but to look at it with sexual eyes.
"I still don't understand why they gave me such a female body, though."
Given that the system message only returns me to my original world after defeating the Demon King, the reason I was summoned to this world must have been to defeat the Demon King.
I wondered if there was really a need for me to become such a beauty with a sexy body.
"Of course, since this is a world where everything is determined by the stats in the status window, the difference between male and female doesn't mean much."
Even so, with the same stats, a muscular male body would be more advantageous for fighting.
Thinking about it this way, I really don't know the reason for changing my gender.
"Haa, as expected, it's a waste. To think I have to return to my original world without using this body even once?"
It's a waste.
That word 'waste' contained many meanings.
Of course, as a man who became a woman, I had masturbated in secret.
But that was only to the extent of masturbation.
As a member of the Church of the Goddess in exchange for growing comfortably and being protected, I always had to be a holy existence in public.
A holy existence meant an inviolable existence.
In other words, let alone having sex with this body, I had never even touched a man.
On top of that, I always had to maintain my dignity as a hero.
I was busy having to catch monsters and grow.
Sometimes, I even had to handle requests given by the Church of the Goddess.
"Since I got this kind of body, I want to enjoy it before going back..."
I glanced at the status window message.
The guy who was still asking if I wanted to return to my original world without any tact.
I carefully avoided the Y/N box and pushed it to the corner for a moment.
As expected, I didn't want to return to my original world just yet.
It wasn't that I had grown attached to this world.
Rather, I was sick of it.
As for food, well, I ate plenty of meat.
But no matter how delicious it was in this fantasy world, could it be more delicious than chicken ordered for delivery at home?
There are no computers, no communities, let alone games or manga.
Thanks to that, the eroge and doujinshi I enjoyed before coming to this world still flicker before my eyes, and I still use the last works I saw as masturbation material.
There were novels, but they weren't fun.
Just about the level written by nobles to brag about their literary standards.
The biggest problem was the toilet.
I miss the bidet so much.
If only I were a mage, I would have implemented something similar to a bidet with magic, but unfortunately, because I class-changed into a paladin tech tree as a hero, the toilet was always an ordeal.
Ah, damn, now that I say this, my desire to return to my original world is slowly starting to disappear.
Should I really return to my original world?
"If I return to my original world, do my abilities remain?"
I muttered to myself in the empty air.
It wasn't because I was mentally ill.
The system used to give me answers in the form of a TIP when I talked to it like this, so I asked.
[TIP: Upon returning to the original world, your abilities will be automatically returned.]
In other words, if I go back to my original world, this body and my abilities will all disappear.
'Ah, I'm suddenly getting angry.'
You worked me like a dog for seven years and you're sending me back with nothing?
No matter what, isn't this crossing the line?
[TIP: Upon returning to the original world, cash proportional to the returned abilities will be deposited into your bank account. The cash paid at this time will be processed as profits generated from stock investments.]
"Huh? Is that true? You're giving me money? How much?"
[TIP: Based on your current abilities, the estimated payment amount is 74,130,011,789 won.]
"...Wow."
Cancel that.
With that amount of money, it's more than enough for the price of rolling around for seven years.
Even if you calculate it as an annual salary, it's over 10 billion won a year, right?
This is more than enough compensation.
On top of that, the money given isn't money from an unknown source, but clean, laundered, safe money.
If the service is this solid, I have nothing more to complain about.
"But I don't plan on returning to my original world just yet."
Going back to the original world right now and spending money like water wouldn't be bad.
But as expected, leaving this body behind and returning without doing anything felt like it wasn't polite to this body.
[...Additional options are provided for you.]
1. Continue Playing
2. Inherit stats and equipment to start over from the beginning
"The first one is to continue in the current worldline, and the second one is to start over from the beginning in a strengthened state?"
I always thought this world was like a game...
Looking at it like this, it's definitely a game.
Especially the choices often seen in Tsukur eroge.
If I choose the first one, I can look around the world in my current state while putting off returning to my original world for a while.
Conversely, the second one would be a choice to return to the moment right after I fell into this world, with only the time rewound while maintaining my current state.
If I choose this, I will be able to save this world in a strengthened state. I would be able to solve problems that I couldn't solve before due to lack of time and stats.
"But neither of them really appeals to me."
I didn't like the new options provided by the system.
It seemed like the system provided these options to accommodate my convenience after seeing me unsatisfied, though...
"From now on, I want to roll this body around roughly. But maintaining my strength? Then I won't be able to enjoy it."
Before I came to this world and became a woman, I had almost only one hobby.
Eroge, R-18 novels, and even hardcore doujinshi.
I played normal games too, but if there was an R-18 mod, I installed the R-18 mod first and enjoyed mod play more than the main game.
It's a bit much to say it myself, but I was a man who liked genres where women roll around roughly and get humiliated.
Just the tags I liked included NTR, hypnosis (mind control), possession, ryona, and so on—really a lot.
Even back then, I thought I was an S (sadist) who liked bullying women.
But after living in a woman's body for seven years in this world, it seems I like being on the receiving end.
"The 1st playthrough was too boring, so wouldn't it be okay to roll this body around roughly for the 2nd playthrough?"
Originally, in eroge, the national rule is to clear as a virgin in the 1st playthrough, and from the 2nd playthrough, purposely lose to collect events and see bad endings.
Of course, the fact that this is a real world and not a simple game is a bit concerning, but...
"Well, if it's me, there's no problem at all."
"Save 1."
[Overwriting Save 1.]
save0. Start [Fixed]
save1. ★Happy Ending [Fixed]
save2. ....
...
Because I have the special ability of [Save & Load] that I got as a hero.
Without any misunderstanding, it is indeed that system commonly seen in games.
The ability to designate a desired point in time to save, and load that point in time through loading.
It's a simple ability, but thanks to this ability to change important turning points and the results of battles, I was able to come this far easily.
"If I save like this, even if the 2nd playthrough gets messed up or I get tired of it, I can return to the original state."
Even if something happens to the 2nd playthrough world, I can just return to the Happy Ending point fixed in Save 1, so a safety device is firmly established.
Even if the 2nd playthrough world is destroyed by the Demon King, I can just load Save 1 at any time.
"Load Save 0."
[Loading save data.]
- save0. Start
Smiling with the corners of my mouth raised slightly, I decided to load Save 0, which was automatically saved as soon as I crossed over to this world.
To those days when I had just crossed over to this world and was out of my mind.
To that time when I was a weak woman without any power or equipment.
To a world with bad endings waiting for ruin, not the path to a happy ending.