Chapter 2
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 2
Chapter Title: First Meeting from Naked Dogeza (1)
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I'm fucked.
Meaning my life.
When I came to, I was in an unfamiliar place.
A room filled with subtly luxurious items against antique wallpaper.
At first, I thought I'd collapsed while gaming and been rushed to the hospital...
But that notion didn't last long.
Why?
A glance at the mirror revealed a handsome young man with a dark aura staring back at me.
...I know this face all too well.
It's the face of Eugene Calliope, protagonist of Academy's Tamer, one I've seen to the point of nausea.
In the face of this unbelievable reality, I pinched my cheeks and yanked my hair, but I had no choice but to accept it.
I'd become Eugene Calliope.
"...That fucking director bitch."
I slumped into a chair, pressing a hand to my forehead.
I reflected on how I'd envied all those novel protagonists falling into game worlds.
...Who'd have thought I'd end up in a game packed with death events?
I'd always thought protagonists were whiny despite having it good, but now that it was my turn, I got just how bullshit it was.
My teeth ground together.
That devil of a woman. Sure, I'd sent some nasty emails, but did that justify dumping me into this trash game?
If I ever got back, I'd make her pay.
At first, after opening my eyes, I'd denied reality—yelling into the void to send me home, threatening to jump out the window if she didn't, all while getting nothing but silence.
Whatever. Time to face facts.
I'd been dropped into a game world, and I'd have to survive here.
No—not just survive. I'd need a happy ending in this world.
Not for justice or that director bitch's pleas, but because my life depended on it.
Why? Fail to clear it, and I die.
Simple, right?
"First things first—let's make a plan."
If this world matches the game, tomorrow's the academy entrance ceremony.
That means maximizing the time I've got.
Once I'm enrolled, there won't be breathing room to think.
Sure, I could flip off the director by ditching the academy and living elsewhere, but that'd be suicide.
Most events I know happen inside the academy.
Flip side: I know next to nothing about the outside world.
Surviving in an unknown isekai with zero intel?
...Terrifying just to imagine.
And even if luck pulled me through outside, a bad end awaits at the finish line.
Bottom line: To leverage my knowledge and grow strong, I need to stick to the academy.
I sighed, gazing out the window at a grand, elegant building that'd be a tourist draw in the real world.
Carnea Academy
The top prestigious academy in the Academy's Tamer world.
With scions of targets, high nobles, and even imperial royals enrolling, its fame speaks for itself.
No mere power, wealth, or talent gets you in.
Well, as the protagonist—me, Eugene Calliope—third son of my house, I did make it in. There are backstories, but not worth dwelling on now.
What matters is how I clear this world.
"Obviously..."
Raising my stats comes first. This insane game has combat difficulty tougher than most RPGs despite being an ero-game. Don't want to get one-shot by a random mob? Level up those stats.
But here's the catch...
Behold these pathetic stats.
Every single one's at 10.
That's thug A level—you know, the early-game punk outside the academy who picks a fight and gets schooled.
I let out a hollow laugh.
After seeing the normal ending on my first playthrough, I hadn't expected much in stats or traits.
But this is overkill!
Now that the game's real, shouldn't there be some protagonist correction? Otherwise, it's just "go die."
Fine, stats aside—I can raise them with memorized events and items, as long as I don't die first.
But grinding endlessly for stats alone?
"...No way."
Most main events require heroine taming levels above a threshold just to join.
A main event without the protagonist? Sounds nuts, but this trash game makes it work.
Right after enrollment, the first boss fight demands sufficient heroine taming or you're benched.
Yeah.
Taming.
I have to tame the heroines.
Me—a guy who's only touched ero-games and never even held a girl's hand IRL—taming women.
Last convo with a woman I recalled? Convenience store clerk asking, "Need a bag?" And that was ages ago—I'd been ordering delivery for a year straight, zero words exchanged.
"...I'm screwed."
What lunatic makes an ero-game otaku tame women? Games and reality are different, lady.
I rubbed my throbbing forehead and grabbed the pen on the desk, jotting down essentials for the happy ending on paper.
-Choose a job
-Pick a heroine to tame
-Acquire traits and titles
-Avoid death events
-Hunt growth events
Plenty of minor stuff too, but priority one's the job.
Events come whether I dodge or not, and heroine taming...
Who knows. Gotta do it, future me'll figure it out.
Job first.
[Please select a job.]
▶[Knight] ▶[Mage] ▶[Unique Ability User]
See? Even the status window's nagging me to pick a job.
Academy's Tamer jobs split into three main branches.
Knight: physical fighter.
Mage: magic user.
Unique Ability User: mental/special ability.
First playthrough—normal ending with Lucia—I picked Knight.
Balanced with her being a mage, and safest overall.
Naturally, it's the one I know best...
"Knight's out. No question."
Picking it now would be insane.
Back then, as a game character, I could tank gut stabs and lost limbs.
Now? One finger—or hell, one harsh word—and I'd be screaming on the floor.
...And above all, it's the job I already cleared.
No happy ending as Knight.
My conclusion.
Safe enough to scrape by to the normal ending, but that's it.
Normal? More like "not a bad end." I ain't living in that world.
Mage?
Better than Knight, but still iffy.
Memorize chants per element, allocate mana precisely—can I pull it off?
Memory's decent, so chants maybe, but mastering mana sense in combat from scratch? How long?
Harder than learning to walk then becoming an Olympian.
That leaves Unique Ability User.
Similar to Mage, but where Mages are versatile with elements, UA's specialized.
No chants needed for unique powers beyond elements, but nothing else.
"...Mage or UA."
Balanced or pinpoint specialist?
Hesitating before the status window, I spotted a blinking icon in the corner.
▶✉
A tiny envelope icon winked, begging to be clicked.
I clicked it like a moth to flame, and text appeared.
▶You have 1 unread message.◀
"...Check messages."
A flood of messages poured in.
『Congratulations. You've become Academy's Tamer. First clear confirmed.』
『Measuring score. Please keep status window open and wait.』
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『First Clear Bonus +300%』
『Normal Ending Bonus +33%』
『Heroine Capture Bonus +25%』
-『Lucia Ursula Full Capture Bonus +200%』
『Special Event Bonus +37%』
『Forced Transfer Bonus +150%』
...
『Total Bonus: 774%』
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『Searching for perks matching score. Please wait.』
『Search complete. No matching results found.』
『Analyzing error...』
『Analysis complete.』
-Cause: Score exceeds projected range.
『Error fix proposed』
-Upgrade reward rank.
『Approved: First Clear Perk (Rank S) upgraded.』
『First Clear Perk (Rank EX) granted.』
『Accept First Clear Perk?』
▶Yes. ▶No.
Never heard of a first clear reward. Duh—I'm the first clearer; who was gonna tell me?
Anyway. Perk time. An EX-rank one, no less—the name alone gets the blood pumping. Any edge in clearing this game? No reason to refuse.
Tense-faced, I selected Yes.
◆◇◆◇POP! Congratulations!◆◇◆◇
Messages scrolled down with fanfare. As I checked the first clear perk, I swallowed hard.
This EX-rank wasn't "a little helpful." This was...
"Looks doable."
I could see a way to survive this godforsaken luck-based trash game.