Win the competition for her
[player]Sora, I suggest that you choose "Win the competition for her."
At almost the same time, Sora moves the joystick to select this option. I feel so relieved to see that our tacit communication is good enough that it seems like it has been tested many times in countless drills.
But the facts prove that... wrong samples are useless no matter how many you have.
["Sora Ichinose"]So there you are. I've finally found you.
["Ryuushi"]Hmm? What's up?
["Sora Ichinose"]Ahem, I... I want to give this to you. I remember you really wanted this prize.
The boy takes out the prize he just won and carefully hands it over to her.
["Ryuushi"]Thanks, but... I can't take it.
["Sora Ichinose"]Why? I asked the teacher, and he said...
["Ryuushi"]It's not that. I... I have a few questions to ask you.
["Sora Ichinose"]Go on.
["Ryuushi"]Your roommate's birthday is next week right? Do you know what present he would like?
["Sora Ichinose"]My... roommate?!
["Ryuushi"]Yea, we teamed up for that gaming competition, and he took time to practice with me every day. I want to give him something to thank him.
["Sora Ichinose"]...
The game devs used a distinctive dialog box to show the heroine's current Affinity for the roommate, which is as high as four hearts. It's like they're afraid that players won't notice this, so they even added a special flower-scattering effect.
[player]...
[Sora Ichinose]...
[player]Hold on, can anyone tell me why there's a secondary male character in a romance game?!
[Sora Ichinose]It looks like this is part of the twist.
[Sora Ichinose]It's so hard to guess what a girl is thinking. Not even the data is one hundred percent accurate. The roommate's Affinity with her is higher than ours, so we need to be very careful with the next decision.
[player]True, but I already have a bad feeling about this.
Students wearing academic dresses have gathered here in groups of two and three. They wear smiles on their faces and are laughing happily, filled with the exuberance of youth.
Sora is waiting anxiously with a love confession letter in his hands.
["Ryuushi"]Sorry, I'm late.
["Sora Ichinose"]It's okay, I just got here too.
["Ryuushi"]Sora, why did you ask me to come here?
["Sora Ichinose"]I... I want you to have this.
Sora hands over an exquisite envelope to the girl and anxiously watches her reaction. The girl freezes for a moment before reacting quickly.
["Ryuushi"]Thank you for feeling this way about me, but I can't take this. I already have someone I like.
Background music starts playing leisurely. The screen becomes colorless for a moment as "Ryuushi" walks past the protagonist and disappears into the background.
Two big words, "Game Over", appear mercilessly on the screen as the previous events are saved.
[player]Bad premonitions are always more likely to come true than good ones. Who would have thought that the heroine would gradually alienate us in the subsequent story, that our Affinity with her would keep dropping, and that she would end up with the secondary male character instead.
[player]Even though we maxed out all the values, we still failed to win over "Ryuushi." What went wrong?
[Sora Ichinose]*Coughs* It seems that this is yet another failure sample.
Compared with me who is feeling annoyed, Sora seems to have accepted this bad ending a lot faster. However, the sad gaze in his eyes exposes his true feelings. He isn't as calm as he appears.
I don't think anyone can keep smiling after dozens of consecutive failures. For Sora, this might be the most difficult puzzle he has encountered so far.
I can't bear to see his disappointed expression any longer, so I pat his shoulder to comfort him.
[player]We were so close. If we try again, I'm sure we can clear the game this time.
[Sora Ichinose]Yeah.
After selecting "Start Over" with the joystick, Sora and I are brought back to the alley at the very beginning. With our previous experience, we should have no trouble clearing the game this time.
[Sora Ichinose]Huh? Why did the Affinity decrease even though she said she wasn't angry?
[Sora Ichinose]This is strange... The heroine invited us on a date on Wednesday, but she said she was busy on Wednesday before when she turned us down.
[Sora Ichinose]What? So when the heroine says "I don't mind anything," that means she doesn't want deep-fried food, seafood, barbequed food, or foods that contain flour? Did I miss something?
[player]...
Despite his previous experience, Sora's questions didn't decrease at all. His data has become meaningless in the face of something as complicated as love.
It looks like you still have a lot to learn before you can clear the game, Sora, don't you think?
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