Episode 1
“Finally, things have settled down a bit…”
From the moment I received the news that both my parents had died in an accident, I was thrown into a whirlwind of activity – the wake, the funeral, various procedures – without even a moment to grieve.
With no siblings or close relatives, I would have been completely overwhelmed if Section Chief Kiriyama hadn’t helped me with everything. I’ll never be able to thank him enough.
Then there was the question of what to do with the family home, my parents’ house. I couldn’t bear the thought of selling it off and having it demolished. Fortunately, it wasn’t too far from my workplace, so I decided to give up my apartment and move in.
Now that that’s done, I can finally take a breather. I don’t want to do anything.
“Ah… Oh, right.”
As I lay sprawled on the floor, blankly staring at the ceiling, I remembered something I’d been meaning to do ever since I decided to come back to my family home. I sluggishly got up and headed to my old room on the second floor, rummaging through the shelf where I kept my games.
“Let’s see… Ah, there it is. I think this one sells for around twenty thousand yen.”
I’d stumbled across a feature online about rare, old games that had become valuable. I happened to own one of them, and I’d been planning to retrieve it and sell it off whenever I got around to coming back to my family home.
I hadn’t played it in fifteen years, but I still remembered it vividly – I was completely hooked on it back then. It’s no wonder it’s worth so much now.
“Ah, the nostalgia. This one was fun too… Hmm? …Fantasy Legend?”
Hoping to find other treasures and reminisce about old games, I continued to rummage through the shelf when I found a game that didn’t immediately ring a bell. Fantasy Legend.
I don’t remember playing this game… No, wait, I do. It was an RPG, I think. A standard, turn-based RPG, if I remember correctly.
The package featured a boy who looked like the main character in the center, surrounded by seven girls. A harem party in all its glory.
But I don’t remember anything about the story, and I’ve completely forgotten the characters. Unlike the masterpieces that fetch a high price, this one… well, to put it bluntly, it probably wasn’t very good.
I was about to reach for the next game when my eyes landed on a girl with light blue hair drawn next to the protagonist.
“Wait, that’s Millie. The legend of the doujin scene is here…”
This character, Millie, has an episode in the story where she is kidnapped and imprisoned by a villain.
In reality, she was supposed to be sacrificed or used in some kind of ritual, but in the hands of erotic doujin artists, those purposes were secondary.
Countless artists have depicted her in all sorts of situations over the years, making her a legendary character in the doujin world.
I, who have little interest in doujinshi, only know about this because of an online article or something that joked about how many people know Millie but not the game she’s from.
Lost in a strange sense of excitement at this unexpected discovery, I realized that night had fallen and the date had changed.
I’ll clean up the mess in my room later. I put it off and stood up, only to step on something cylindrical that was lying on the floor.
“Whoa, whoa– Gah!? …Ah…”
I fell backward, hitting the back of my head. My consciousness faded. This… this can’t be good…
“Ouch…”
My consciousness is hazy, but the pain in my head is waking me up.
I opened my eyes and saw a white… I seemed to be lying face down on a bed.
I pressed my hand against the throbbing pain above my left ear and felt something wet.
“Hmm…? …Blood. …Eh!? Huh!?”
I looked at my hand and saw it covered in red liquid. When I sat up, I saw a large bloodstain on the bed. I was bleeding a lot.
I need something to stop the bleeding. And an ambulance.
I looked around in a panic, but I was in an unfamiliar room and didn’t know my way around. But there’s a Maid, so I can ask her–
“Excuse me, I need help with this injury… Whoa!? Who are you!?”
“Eek!”
Confused by the situation, I couldn’t help but raise my voice, which only made the Maid, who was already pale and trembling, cower even more.
I’m finally waking up. Why am I in a strange room?
Subconsciously, I thought of calling an ambulance and going to the hospital… but this isn’t a hospital. The room is too extravagant. Besides, it doesn’t make sense that they’re ignoring my head injury, and I don’t know why there’s a Maid here.
And I thought I hit the back of my head, but now blood is streaming down the side of my head.
“Geld-sama! What’s wrong? Is something the matter!?”
“I’m opening the door, Geld-sama! Is that alright!?”
“Huh!?”
Now there’s a commotion outside the door. Someone is banging on the door while shouting something.
What’s going on? I looked at the Maid, but she was just muttering “Ah… ah…” like a broken record and trembling.
Completely bewildered, I was stunned when the door was finally broken down by a large man in Armor, followed by a flood of old men in tailcoats and other Maids.
“Hmph! Geld-sama, are you safe… Geld-sama!?”
“What in the world… Wh-wh-what… N-Nonsense… Treatment! Get him treatment quickly!”
“Y-Yes! …Pefu.”
“Pefu?”
The old man in the tailcoat was panicking and shouting about treatment, so I was relieved that I was going to get help. But the second Maid, who received his instructions, held her hand over my head and just said “Pefu” without moving.
If she wasn’t going to do anything, I thought I’d just do it myself, but then a faint blue light emanated from the second Maid’s hand. I was stunned by the surreal sight, and the pain in my head gradually subsided.
That was like magic… like a healing spell… And Pefu… it sounds familiar, but I can’t quite place it…
“Alright, he’s healed. Now… Shino! What happened?”
“W-Well… I…”
After confirming that my injury had healed, the old man questioned the first Maid, who was already in the room, about what had happened. Apparently, her name is Shino.
Looking at Shino again, her frightened expression was… captivating. Besides, her Maid uniform was disheveled, making her look incredibly sexy.
I was about to remember something about Pefu, but seeing Shino-chan made me forget everything. Cute.
“Geld-sama… he… tried to force himself on me… and I… I acted on instinct…”
Hmm, I thought she was just scared, but it sounds like something happened. This Geld guy is an unforgivable scoundrel. I can understand the temptation to take advantage of a girl like that, but forced is always wrong, absolutely.
“What… G-Geld-sama! Is this true!?”
With that, the old man turned around in a panic and stared at me.
The armored man was looking at me too. The second Maid was looking at me.
There was no one behind me.
“…………Eh? Geld?”
I pointed to myself and tilted my head. Am I Geld?
“N-No… Impossible…”
“What has happened…”
The old men were stunned. I’m probably stunned too.
How did this happen?