1 Death

In the middle of the room, which was littered like a dump, sat a boy who appeared to be as neglected as his surroundings. The boy cursed as he sat in front of the monitor.

"How many fucking boys do you have to seduce to be happy?"

"And that lore is crazy!!"

"Why are all boss monsters so strong??!!"

"How come my sister played such an odd game..."

The boy kept swearing until a golden-haired girl with a lovely smile appeared on the monitor screen.

The moment girl appeared boy´s expression softened.

"This time, Laila, don't worry... I'll find a happy ending for you."

With a little smile on his face, the boy said.

Cian was the boy's name.

Cian led a regular life until his entire family died in a car accident.

Cain was the only survivor.

It was a miracle, according to the doctors, but it was hell for Cian.

Cian was forced to live with his aunt. Of course, his aunt was solely concerned with the money he got from the insurance.

His aunt didn't like him and used to beat him up when she was drunk.

He couldn't see the point of such a life and attempted suicide in order to reunite with his family.

Nothing, however, worked. Hanging, medicines, knife stabbed in the chest. As if the gods themselves had put on him a curse called life. After all the suicide attempts, the cian was locked in the room where people hired by his aunt guarded him so that he would not try to commit suicide again. Cian had also given up.

When he was going through his late sister's belongings, he came across a game that his sister used to play with her friend, "Saintess of Maplhas."

Cian wanted to try the game his sister loved to play.

He started playing the game and eventually came upon a route where the protagonist marries the prince. The game was a mess; the RPG and dating parts of the game interrupted each other, and some events made no sense; a powerful monster appeared out of nowhere, or characters died in locations where the protagonist had no influence and couldn´t save them.

The only character he liked was Laila, who was not a whore and was pretty cute, unlike the protagonist.

However, Laila died at the start of the game as a result of the villain's jealousy for her older brother, the prince.

Cian intended to stop playing, but he was curious by how Leila might end up on different routes.

Cian went to the game's fandom and clicked on her character, which brought him a list of all the alternative endings discovered thus far and how she and up.

This game was unique in that it gave the player complete control over the outcome because everything could change the ending. As a result, the number of ends in the game is still uncertain. Cian looked up information on the known endings but couldn't find one where Laila survived or was happy.

"This is nonsense. There must be an ending where she is happy.. "

He realized how similar she was to himself as he read everything that had happened to her in hundreds of different ways. Cian can never die properly, and she will never be happy.

"Well, if it's her, I can do something about it!" That's when Cian decided to find a happy ending for Laila.

After six months of non-stop playing, Cian was nearing the end of the game, and Laila was still alive and well.

He had to sacrifice a few of his favorite characters, though.

Finally, he had a happy ending right in front of his eyes. But then an accident happened, and the desired death came at the worst possible time.

Pov. Orion

I awoke in an unfamiliar room when I opened my eyes again.

The walls were covered with gold wallpaper, and there was beautiful furniture everywhere. The bed was framed in gold, and the cushions were made of expensive cloth.

And on the side of the bed stood young women dressed as maids as I'd seen in anime and manga.

The maid stared at me patiently until I completely awoke and began to speak.

"Good morning, young master. Breakfast will be served in an hour with your family. I arrived earlier today to wake you up because of that. "

The maid then assisted me in getting out of bed and escorted me to the bathroom.

Because I had no idea what was going on, I followed her without saying anything. When we got to the bathroom, which was just as luxurious as the room I was in before.

When I looked in the mirror, I didn't see my own face, but rather a face that was both familiar and unfamiliar at the same time.

It was a face I've seen more than a hundred times.

I sighed, realizing what was happening... but why?! It had to be Skeleton Duke out of all the characters!!!