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Chapter 3 - Charmer/ssǝɹdɯƎ

Part 1

reside.

hermit country.

And exactly because of this, a bunch of people came forth with abnormal

Jibril parted the sea, and the place she teleported to was a tower high enough

The depth was about two hundred meters, and if that amount ofseawater

“Something like this would happen…”

at was – the other side of the air bubble Jibril had created.

turned as though they were in a gigantic blender.

to the limitations of the 「Oaths」.

caused to anyone…

“No, not at all. The 「Ten Oaths」are absolute, so it’s fine. There won’t be a

Sora attempted to comfort himself as the tides calmed around him. The sand

“- Oh, this really is something.”

Sora and Shiro spoke their thoughts regarding the huge and wide city below

Completely different from how fairytale-like and simplistic Sora thought it

Immeasurable amounts of buildings that appeared to be built from stones from

The walls that were giving off a pearly glow had shells and corals pasted on

the buoyancy of the water, complex formations and reverse cone-shaped

“…Hmm? Why isn’t everything blue?”

reach. The person to answer his question was Shiro.

Shiro pointed to the countless glowing seaweeds and jellyfish – completely

- It was no wonder that the city itself was glowing.

city?”

Plum replied with a bitter smile that carried hints of defeat and humiliation.

…Sora couldn’t find any words to say to her, and instead turned around.

Miko appeared as composed as ever.

“- Sora-san…what is the meaning…of this…?”

“I did adhere to your request since Izuna and Miko appear to be fine, so you

“…Ah~ I have no problem with that, but could you just let me say

Miko looked at Sora, Shiro and Jibril in turn, and took a deep breath.

“Eh?”

“Oh, does the carnivorous subgenus of a mutt have something to say?”

While the few with some common sense – Steph spoke loudly as though

“P-parting the sea like that, no matter how you look at it it just seems like an

at this rate?”

so since we’re running out of time and in a hurry we came here ourselves.

with song and dance, shouldn’t they?”

they shut their mouths half-heartedly.

pain.

But as they heard Plum speak, everyone looked in the direction she was

Countless people began darting out of the city and hurriedly began

- Females with the lower half of their bodies covered with scales and

Their breasts were shielded with small wraps of cloth, and their necks and

Their resemblances were exactly the same as fairytale beings - 「Mermaids」.

planned.”

ready to flip tables, but he felt relieved at this development.

“G-guys look over there, all those people are panicking… they really must be

Steph spoke uneasily while looking at the Seirens standing in front of their air

“Eh, eh…?”

The Seirens were gracefully swimming while spinning round and round in the

Their incredibly colorful jewelry made of corals and pearls displayed on their

No fixed rhythm could be detected from their movements.

varying colors, not to mention the mermaids gracefully swimming –

meant –

“- Apparently so… l-look here, Steph, didn’t I say there wasn’t a problem!”

After a while, a Seiren that appeared to be wearing the most beautiful jewelry

She waved both her hands, and her mouth opened and closed randomly.

going on, while Sora realized what was going on.

sound probably won’t travel.”

power from that to cast a spell that will allow all of you to breathe in the

As she finished her sentence, Plum immediately sprinted forward, broke

They glanced at her as she left.

“- They still welcomed us this warmly after the gates to their city were forced

Hearing Jibril and Miko’s whispers with sharp glances on their faces, Sora

“…The Seirens, are they really idiots? Or –“

“Hello~ everyone~, hehe ☆ I am Her Majesty the Queen’s representative,

They’re idiots.

After Jibrilremoved the air bubble, a Seiren had rushed up immediately.

the scary part was they probably could be – she was the sole representative

She had silky green hair, snow-white skin that was almost transparent, and

She wore coral jewelry all about her, but she didn’t give off a vulgar air.

dressing, but her personality was –

the only way I can express my feelings right now would be through a kiss~!

“...No thanks, I’ll cherish your well wishes though…”

could be considered as Imanity, everything about it was strange.

around busily.

reached here as well~ ☆The miraculous king here to save the Imanity sounds

suit Amira’s preference as well~!! Right ☆”

It was the first time that he was called handsome by a girl… but why was it?

in agreement.

the ocean~ hehe☆”

shaking her head in sadness.

with a smile plastered on her face:

Or•perhaps•have •me? ♥”

While Ino accidentally revealed a lecherous expression on his face, and his

“First let us see 「The Empress」, your welcome can wait until after that.”

But Amira didn’t seem to mind.

even more, you know ☆”

“OK~ ☆ So let’s swim into the city~ follow me, over here~ phew~ ♥”

headed in the direction of Oceande.

“…Sora-san, it’s amazing that you could reject her so quickly.”

“No, in the ocean even the senses of us Werebeasts will be limited, so I can’t

seduced by such an attractive woman you still can remain composed, Sorasan,

However Sora glared at Ino coldly in response, and he spoke as though

“Old man, are you that desperate, even though I’m a virgin, what do you

“…Mm…”

carrying Shiro –

Immediately as they stepped into Oceande, they were welcomed by

Every single Seiren had joyfulsmiles on their faces, and were dancing

As for the language – there was probably no need for them to speak Imanity

definitely sense their welcoming intent.

female Dhampirs could be seen occasionally.

from Plum’s.

Sora’s bunch seemed to say 「Thank you for coming this far」.

were to assist the Queen in reproducing.

mutualism, but now their relations were like a candle in the wind – however –

their race is nearing extinction?”

slightest.

happening to them.”

“Because the Seirens are so incredibly dumb that their stupidity has reached

their species have become synonymous to 「Idiots」, and even that term itself

sentences.”

- Walking in water.

this new sensation, while Sora walked forward while carrying her just the

Ino and Izuna, not to mention Miko – they truly were Werebeasts.

were bounding forward naturally.

“- Or should I say, Imanity are even more inferior to the idiot Seirens?”

underwater were obviously Sora and Shiro.

eloquently, they’re only ranked higher because they have special abilities, but

Jibrilspoke allsmiles, while Plum continued wearily:

more… fish do contain nutrition that can make people smarter, but the fish

- This world really doesn’t have species that can get along with each other…

“…That’s true… even their representative is someone like this.”

enough…”

When faced with Sora’s gaze, Plum’s expression immediately turned into that

“Because we’re all in the same boat… I sincerely plead Sora-dono and

suggested previous methods were Dhampirs… since the Seirens don’t have

“…It’s really been hard on you…”

During the course of their journey, Sora raised a question that had come to

“Speaking of mating, Jibril, the Seirens mate with males of other species

“Yes, you’re absolutely right.”

- Although Sora and Shiro were only in this world for a short period of time,

「Hybrids」, they had yet to hear of.

“The reason why they don’t exist is because although the sixteen races all

- Souls again?

appeared to be commonplace knowledge in this one.

continued:

Seiren hybrids?”

“Even though they are two different types ofsouls?”

obtain souls from mating and carry out 「Metamorphosis」, creating their own

beings」, sapping the other party dry in the process as well.”

“Really? According to textualrecords – the act itself brings 「Joy paralleling

“So they really go through assumption quite literally… and it’s a 「Journey of

But forget it – no matter how you put it.

characteristics of two different species is impossible.”

Races」 since they can’t produce hybrids.

Sora noticed that Jibril was staring at him intently.

“Yeah, you said that your species aren’t 「Living beings」 but 「Life」 right.”

you extract a part ofsomeone else’s soul and combine it with mine, you could

coitus, but in theory it’s still possible to transcend species and produce a

“- I still don’t get what you’re trying to say.”

her head, and folded up her wings –

together tightly and spoke as though a prayer:

anytime –“

Shiro’s razor-edged words, forced Jibril to shut her mouth.

Sora heard a loud and bright voice all of a sudden, and looked up.

Amira stretched out one hand and pushed open the door slowly –

The Empress’ room was rather wide, and the carpets and atrium were pink.

decorative woven patterns lit up the room.

reached the floor of the ocean to spill into the room.

right below them, there was a gigantic, beautiful crystal glowing noticeably.

“-……”

At this point Amira solemnly – or at least attempted to act solemnly –

“Now I will introduce to everyone… this is the Empress of the Seirens…

- A beautiful woman was sleeping within the block of ice.

Her snow-white body was decorated with blinding strips of gold and the

Those scales reflected the light in the room, appearing extremely colorful.

ice, silently sat on the bivalve throne with her eyes closed.

speechless.

the rest said that they wish to challenge everyone here to a game… is that all

Hearing Plum’s words, Amira appeared momentarily troubled, but then she

“Alright, no problem☆ But do you have any issues over your side?”

spells involved.”

“OK ☆ So I’ll be off to make preparations for Her Majesty’s awakening~

Hehe ☆ Amira will go get everyone else, so I’ll leave everything to Plum for

“Alright… t-then I’ll make preparations for the spell to enter Her Majesty’s

She took a bow and left the room with Amira.

They were merely focusing on the block of ice with the Empress sleeping

“W-what a beautiful woman…”

complimented her passionately.

Ino’s reaction, while Jibril, Miko and even Izuna felt the same way.

“Hmm…? Is she that pretty? Shiro?”

“”What!~~~?”

“A-are the both of you not right in the head!? I-if this woman isn’t a beauty,

“…You’re the one that needs to calm down, she’s not beautiful to the extent

Faced with Steph’s protests, Sora merely spoke with his forehead wrinkled in

He looked at the Empress once again.

Her appearance was certainly beautiful.

For example, her beauty was different from Jibril’s that could shame even a

It was different from Miko’s bewitched, almost holy beauty under the

It was different from Izuna’s pure, untainted cuteness as well, not to mention

“…? Nii…?”

thoughts.

“…F-flattering me that obviously, even I’ll get angry you know!?”

Sora looked at her in irritation, while Ino patted him on the back.

He continued kindly:

turtle steamboat next time…”

Sora pointed to the block of ice and yelled.

likes of Miko-san, Jibril, Izuna and Shiro, is she really something to fawn

Steph and Ino continued to look at Sora pitifully, but –

“Amazing, Master… this is what I was referring to earlier, the Seirens’

“- Ah?”

“The Seirens don’t have special bodies or magic, but the fact that they’ve

weapon, which is –“

“As long as they’re in the water – they have 「The ability to attract anything」.”

reason why they stay in the ocean and cannot leave it is because of the large

all other spirits.”

“Ah, I see.”

understood what was going on.

other species.

leave the sea, how did they survive?

This would explain why they could swim along with the fishes and could

“Isn’t that like seduction magic?”

using magnets to attract them, which is the ability of their species… which

Jibril glared over at the Empress, and once again averted her eyes.

considered an 「Anomaly」.”

While the other person who should’ve known what was going on as well –

Changing the subject –

Jibril asked curiously.

“Yeah, you did say that, everyone in this world has spirits within them, but

When they had first met, to prove to her that they were from another world,

If their ability was to attract spirits like magnets, the fact that it didn’t work on

“No, as long as there are souls, there should be spirits presents. Maybe

undetectable – but ifso, why would there be no effect – this is strange.”

Shiro, and she looked at them excitedly.

“Or is it simply because Sora-san can’t get erect as a man?”

body, don’t you, but I am a man of reason.”

- Plum and Amira returned noisily.

The two of them approached the block of ice where the Empress was

“So now we’ll use Plum’s magic to let you all into Her Majesty’s dreams.”

Amira nonchalantly continued:

Oaths」 and bet all that you have, then touch the crystal~”

“Huh? Hey, what did you say?”

Amira replied with another question in shock:

“Of course there’s a problem, what are you talking about!?”

Does that mean in the sense where the person’s wealth, identity, freedom, life

“Is there a need for that? We came to help you upon your request!!”

“Um… I’m sorry…”

insistently apologized.

“Calm down, Steph, you’re the one that doesn’t understand.”

Seeing how calm he was, Steph turned around and observed everyone’s

Not just Sora and Shiro – but Miko, Jibril, Ino and even Izuna had

“We were invited here to – awaken the Empress through the 「Empress’

“The third of 「The Ten Oaths」 states that in games, wagers will be made on

Oaths」 to hibernate, since the requirements of the 「Game」 to awaken her is

for her love – right?”

is handsome as well!”

Only Sora had noticed, which was when Miko and Shiro revealed thin smiles

Steph who hadn’t noticed still couldn’t agree.

- She continued to question them.

why do we have to face that kind of risk!?”

“Plum did say earlier, to interfere with relationships and dreams should’ve

Empress agreed on it – but her agreement is merely within the game itself.”

“If we don’t begin the 「Empress’ Game」, allsorts ofspells wouldn’t be able

rights to play a game against her, the 「Bet」 she requires is –“

“「If you want my love you must have the drive to sacrifice everything!」…

Steph remained stunned, while everyone else appeared defeated.

“Co~rrect~ an~swer! Ah~ I really don’t want to give you to the Empress,

Ignoring Amira, Sora spoke:

us, there shouldn’t be a problem.”

“S-something like that – what if the magic doesn’t work!?”

“Just leave that to Amira~”

“Even if you guys can get into the game successfully, the Empress in charge of

doesn’t work I’llreturn everything, so there won’t be any risk ♪”

Sora interrupted her mid-sentence.

Steph felt something was amiss.

conditions only be mentioned now?

affair?

Steph once again surveyed her surroundings.

have anything to say.

Plum then began explaining the rules of the game.

Oaths」and touch the block of ice… after which the Dhampirs under the

dream… to perform the 「Love Magic (cheat)」 I’llfollow you as well…”

time:

you want… so – Sora-dono will decide right? I will try and go according to

correspondingly… no matter the situation – the victory condition remains.”

“As long as someone makes the Queen fall in love with him and awaken her it

while the loser will leave the game and give away 「Everything」 according to

“Y-yes… b-but…”

“I get it, we have Plum’s love magic (cheat), and even if we lose we can just

Take it easy.”

Steph sensed something amiss about that smile, however, while Sora

“With our current lineup and the conditions provided the possibility of us

“A-alright – so Sora-dono, please imagine how you want the dream world to

Hearing her words, Sora began imagining it.

“Please swear to the oaths!”

Sora, Shiro, Steph, Jibril, Miko, Ino, Izuna and Plum.

◇◇◇

◇◇◇

As though just waking up from a dream, they slowly regained their

Throughout their lethargic bodies, blood began circulating normally, their

“Aaaaahhhpfffffftttt!?”

In the middle of the sea, Sora and Shiro, Izuna, Ino and even Miko were

They could only smell the burning odor of the tides, and pain assaulted the

As their calm thoughts were being flung into a distance – a video began

“-With every end there is a beginning-“

stars collapsing.

“There are meetings and there are separations –“

RIGHT!?”

“Which bloody universe’s version of 「Toki〇 Memorial」 starts with the

[15]

But Sora didn’t want to use the term 「Heartbeat」 to describe the dying

“Ah, s-sorry… I confused Sora-dono and Her Majesty’s imaginations of

please wait a while more…”

Since they were able to interfere with the Empress’ dreams, this world

Of course, Sora’s imagination needed to be combined with the Empress’

“…Nii…I lived…a good life…”

Shiro closed her eyes with a blissful expression on her face, while Sora

“- Ah, ah, the spell is complete, I’ll construct the setting now!”

The original 「Setting (scene)」 of them drowning in the ocean was removed,

The 「Stage」 switched from the ocean itself to the sea floor, and unnecessary

Like flipping over poker cards face down one by one, various changes to

able to accept 「Unreasonable」 settings.

Hearing Jibril’s loud cries, Sora returned to his senses – not realizing that he

“…T-that was…horrifying…”

sweat on his brow」.

while complaining dissatisfiedly.

you please not use that sort of weird plot settings here?”

“The 「Sea」 that caused the Masters harm… it appears there is a need to

“Wouldn’t it be fine if you were to just learn to swim…”

eyes half open.

with Jibril’s words.

anyway?”

“Also the sea is so stinky… if only the sea could just disappear and leave

Everyone had completely entered the dream, and even though they were

- Sora, Shiro, Steph, Jibril, Miko, Ino and Izuna.

them constructed slowly.

clouds were moving about on the water’s surface.

sea floor originally filled with rocks and corals.

nameless normalstudents (NPC).

built.

Oceande –

“What shocks me is that Her Majesty actually knows about 「Schools」… did

Plum who had appeared to have snuck into the game (dream) successfully,

Understanding the meaning behind Sora’s glance, Plum smiled wearily, and

“Haha… Oceande doesn’t have anything like schools… what would those

As the scene around them stopped changing, Sora and others began showing

First – countless signs lit up, entering their field of vision.

Steph wanted to touch the signs that appeared, but grabbed air instead, and

“That’s the UI (User Interface)… the 「Command Selection Screen」.”

It brought back memories, like the title screen of 「Toki〇 Memorial」, but

“…Since you could generate something like this this perfectly, then you

“Because this only causes any effect on the players… when the scenes are

Majesty’s memories, something that took us quite a lot of effort to do, but –“

“Where did Sora-dono get your information? I’ve never seen anything like

Plum didn’t know that Sora came from another world, and indicated curiosity

“Speaking of which since what you’re doing is reflecting the imaginations of

“Ah, yes, because the spell is being constructed… so as long as Sora-dono

Plum continued:

- The Empress was hibernating in wait of a 「Prince」.

was completely different from the character in her dream, like a photo scam –

They didn’t have any problem with that, but what was important was:

“…Nii, setting all base stats…to 573 is cheating…”

Facing his sister’s accusing gaze with her eyes half open, Sora shook his hand

“Using official cheats are technically allowed according to the rules, and also if

neurosis, causing you to miss the entire first year and all the flags in it… so it

stats?)

[17]

As they were conversing – Sora and others’ appearances changed according

Sora’s dressing was merely an extra uniformed suit over his usual T-shirt

“…Oof, this clothing is rather stuffy.”

bulging muscles spoke beside him.

going to have nightmares tonight.”

(playground) – which was essentially the female members of their posse.

black uniform – but instead a brightly colored female uniform.

was a sailor uniform slightly more revealing than Sora had expected it to be.

uniforms –

“Do you have something to say about it?”

identical to Shiro’s.

legs underneath were extremely attractive, but –

“Didn’t anyone tell you that asking for a lady’s age is extremely rude?”

was Miko-san right?”

“You kept saying things like since you were matured or whatever, Izuna’s

prospered rapidly within fifty years (half a century) – even when you leave out

to be about fifty-eight –“

Werebeasts – especially in their 「Blood Devastation」 form, age extremely

Miko interrupted Sora’s accurate deduction, and spoke with a dazzling smile.

“If you dare to call me 「Auntie」, you know what will happen, don’t you ♥”

Sora met her smile head on, and replied:

actually is because of her actions and tone of voice, but appearance-wise you

is no more than a title, which is what we Imanity believe.”

Despite clearly hearing Steph’s words, Sora excellently ignored her, and

“Also there’s someone here who is 「Over six thousand years old」, so there’s

“Ah, Master, to be precise I’m 「Six thousand four hundred and seven」 years

Jibril who was looking at her garb curiously since earlier, replied with a smile

Her shirt was lifted up slightly by the wings on her waist, revealing a short

On the other hand –

“Hmm – is there a problem? Steph.”

clothes?”

Shiro, Jibril, Miko and Izuna.

uniform identical to Sora and Ino’s.”

“Good question – this is what is known as 「To kill a general, first shoot his

“…What?”

“- First, there are 「Two」 reasons why I didn’t let everyone wear male

Sora continued while lifting up a single finger.

friends – the girls.”

Miko spoke her thoughts on everyone else who was glaring at Sora coldly.

“Secondly – I considered the possibility that a trap like the Empress 「Never

“…I did say earlier that the Empress was looking for a fertile male…?”

Sora rebutted Plum who objected while staring daggers at him as well, and

“Next up is the reason why I let specifically Steph wear male clothing – Steph

If they were only looking at political power, Miko could be a stand-in for her

But according to Sora’s instinct, Steph was the correct choice as she could

“I want a male comrade that has the socialskills and ability to collect

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“…But compared to Saotome, you’re more of a… someone like Ijuuin…”

“- What? I don’t really understand…”

She looked like a rather high-classed handsome teenager – the male-dressed

Her attitude was nonchalant as she hadn’t particularly noticed her

being a decent homemaker.

blue eyes.

gentleness and resilient personality – she was quite literally a model teenager.

Sora wanted to punch her, as she was the enemy of unpopular people (the

[20]

“…It’s first-gen… don’t bother about it…”

“…Speaking of which, how about we not bother about Gramps over here

“What? No, for me to go talk to the girls – and about that… S-Sora and I –“

Part 4

infiltrate the Empress’ subconscious.”

air.

made an encore accompanied with relaxing background music.

classrooms were shown on screen, the image cut to the courtyard, where a

extending in all directions was shown with the camera angle slightly tilted.

“Marinal Kagayaki High… there is a legend that as long as one confesses

[22]

“…Hey, I wouldn’t care if it was like a magical tree or something, but what

To confess under an ancient tree was somewhat understandable.

blowing around would be acceptable as well.

bit too over-the-top, don’t you think?

the ocean…”

The opening cutscene continued to play, disregarding Sora’s inner thoughts

- After a while.

Under the pink-colored 「Magical coral」, a mermaid with blue hair flowing

- The empress.

as though dancing.

side unpredictably in the water brought out her naturalsexiness and charisma

skirt while flapping about in the water was attractive.

out to the sky as though earnestly waiting for something –

She began singing.

“Ah…!”

Steph and Ino began praising her.

Her beautiful voice brought a sensation to the listener’s soul that was almost

…Except for Sora and Shiro.

“Even I’m beginning to think that there’s something wrong with our taste…”

The song and video that was playing were completely mismatched with her

But before that, the Empress wasn’t suitable to wear sailor uniforms at all

It was like a thirty-year-old woman (laugh) pretending to be a female high

“Well it’s true that everyone’s preferences are different… but you want me to

I can’t seem to get excited… Sora took a small breath.

- All of a sudden, the words 「The First Day」 appeared in front of everyone.

explain it to the others.

everyone, if you use those you can perform specific actions… like giving

Hearing Plum’s explanation, Sora tilted his head in curiosity instead.

shouldn’t be a hidden affection meter…”

As Sora was complaining, Shiro quickly passed something to him.

Shiro’s eyes appeared to be expecting something, while Sora smiled bitterly

“Sorry, sis, my affection for you is already at maximum levels, so even if you

“So Master, if you allow me to, I will –“

Plum looked away from them and continued her expression.

well.”

immediately.

There was a normal heart shape and another heart shape with a 「+」marked

“That heart is the confession command…it’s up to you how you wish to

「Loss」… while the one with a + on it is…”

it… yep.”

“So Gramps, since you’ve married thirty wives, the amount of people you’ve

that even Ka〇 Taka can’t beat to quickly conquer the Empress and get her

[23]

Ino wrinkled his forehead, but after that –

Hatsuse Ino.”

“Yes! As Miko-sama orders…!”

turned towards Sora.

about shooting generals and horses, helpers, scouts for information and others

“…What?”

continued:

forcing one’s own preferences onto them – even stooping to the point of

…He got me, Sora thought.

Noticing that Sora was unable to answer, Ino looked at him solemnly.

all, it seems that just like how being good at fighting games doesn’t make one

romance and love.”

probably came from the fact that he’d slept with many women.

incurable man now?”

universe.”

“Some say that 「Love is the art of reading hearts」- ifso, why can’t Sora-san

“…Hmm?”

Then Sora who was way above himself (Ino) should be able to do it.

leaving Sora speechless.

「Convey one’s feelings to the other」, and –“

- His eyes didn’t carry any hint of condescension.

It was a look that Sora – knew all too well.

world – Ino continued:

power to convey one’s feelings at all!”

“But, it’s true, if it really is about reading hearts, there’s only one way, which

Ino spoke while glancing towards his own command screen.

Unhesitatingly choosing the 「Confession Command」- Ino dashed forward.

Leaving behind Sora and others who were stillfrozen in shock –
Using his physical ability as a Werebeast

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