(Nn….?) 

“My sweet Sugar is a Vegetable Thief? …… Poor thing, I guess she was hungry. If she had told me, I would have served her something to eat.”

“Su-sugar….?”

“By the way, why is Illumi with my sweet princess?”

“….Oh dear, Amir-sama, what exactly is your relationship with her?”

“We’ve made a promise to each other that we’ll have a future together.”

“Ah…. if I dare ask,  Amir-sama, are you the one who saved her from the slime poison?”

“Yes, indeed. Because I took her virginity, albeit it was for the sake of saving her life, I decided to take full responsibility and marry her.”

“….Amir-sama is as responsible as ever, isn’t he?”

“Hahaha, no need for such praise, Illumi.”

“No, I was being sarcastic.” 

Apparently I had passed out.

When I woke up, I saw two men nearby talking about something.

The familiar voices of men and the recognizable ceiling gave me a migraine.

(Aaah…)

I opened my eyes and looked at the blond and the dark-haired beauties who were arguing with each other, then closed them again.

It’s said that popular anime involving other worlds or anything of the like always had something to do with transmigration.

The main character suddenly finds himself in another world and is begged by beautiful girls from that same world to save it. The protagonist’s goal is to return to reality in the end, and this seems to be a common theme in all of the works.

The same is true for most of the old masterpieces of animation, including Yu☆Gei☆Hashuko, Mashin Eiyū Den Ataru, OKKnight Ramune & 401.  

However, it is different since Japan experienced a recession, the suicide rate increased dramatically, and the country became a dreamless place. ――All of the otaku have taken their dreams to other worlds to escape from reality and not come back.

Not only that, they even come to want to start their life over.

In the past, most of the heroes of anime saved the world and returned to reality without hesitation even after being tearfully pleaded with by many beautiful girls who fell in love with them, “Please stay in this world, hero!” did nothing to change their resolve.

The “otherworldly transfer” trope has gone into decline, and the “otherworldly reincarnation” trope in which a person is reborn as a baby in another world and starts his or her life over has become the major type of entertainment material.

It seems that all the protagonists who were reincarnated into another world no longer want to return to reality.

They will get married in another world, even have children, and live happily ever after.

The protagonist who says he wants to go back to reality is even said to have completely disappeared――　

I want to go back to my own reality, dude.

I can’t marry a man and be happy …… at least not now. I have goosebumps just thinking about it.

“I happen to have met her in the woods. …… Therefore, pardon my words, Amir-sama, but didn’t she slip out of this room because she didn’t want to marry you?” 

“Huh? Why would you think that…? I told you me and my sweet princess are committed to each other for the future.”

Just who pledged their future to you, and when did it happen? How can you omit something like that?

“No, perhaps that’s a misunderstanding.――Because…”

“Because?”

“Her body can’t be separated from me anymore.”

“What? What are you talking about?”

What in the world are you talking about with an expression of pride, you damn megane?

Aside from me tucking myself in, the guys started arguing with each other, claiming ownership of Snow White (or me).

(What am I going to do with these guys? …….)

―――Well, although I’m not a fan of this situation, I have to admit it, we’ve already come this far.

Women’s bodies are dangerous.

Their bodies are just too sensitive, it feels too good. 

I’ve even gotten penetrated by a penis, and I have to say that it didn’t feel bad at all.

That being said, it doesn’t mean that I’m ready to fall in love with a man.

“Light purple tentacles.”

“Um.”

“The slime with the aphrodisiac effect possesses light red tentacles …… I believe you’ve tricked her into accepting your embrace by pretending that slime was poisonous.”

“W-well, actually it was too dark in the woods for me to see clearly.”

“Your eyes are darting around, Amir-sama.”

“No, it’s true, I didn’t realize it at first. By the time I realized it, I had already taken her purity, and then I thought it would be rude to end it halfway.”

―――Hey, wait a minute, you chatterbox.

“What do you mean by that…..?”

I got up with a start and stared at the prince with half-open eyes. Prince Amir seemed to lighten up as he saw me! 

“You’re up! Good morning, my sweet princess.”

“Just stop calling me that, it’s disgusting!”

“Hm?”

It was unintentionally plain.

“How dare you take my virginity for such a random reason! You sloppy prince!”

“I’ve already said that I’ll take responsibility for it.”

“That’s not the point!!! I have the right to choose!!!”

Prince Amir blinks his eyes at my words.

“Does my sweet Sugar hate me?”

“It’s not a matter of dislike or anything like that.”

“I had been looking forward to the day I would see you again for so long, and Sugar doesn’t even remember?”

“What?”

―――At that time.

Ahahaha!! And images of a garden full of flowers appeared in my mind.

A boy and a girl running through that field of flowers were huffing and puffing, mirthful laughs escaping them. 

“Dear xxx, please wait.”

“Ahahaha, come over here! Quickly!”

Needless to say, the girl is Snow White as a child.

The boy’s face is blurred, but his hair color and hairstyle are clearly those of Prince Amir.

When they came to a large tree in the middle of the flower garden, they sat down.

“Look, a flower.”

“xxx-san?”

“Hold still.”

“A-alright.”

A boy who looks like Prince Amir as a child pins a flower in Snow White’s hair.

“You really look lovely.”

“Xxx-san, in case things don’t go as planned…”

“Ten years from now, we will meet again under this tree.――Then…”

“And then?”

“Hmm… I won’t tell you now.”

Little Snow White tilts her head curiously at the boy who seems to be Prince Amir and who is smiling meaningfully at her.

―――I get it.

(This is a past scene that happened with Snow White and Prince Amir…)

This is quite a common cliché in games, whether they’re otome games or not.

The heroine and the main hero have known each other for a long time, and have been friends since they were small children, or have made promises for the future, and then meet again when they grow up.

“My dear, do you remember me?” 

At that moment, three choices popped into my head for some reason.

1 “I remember, you were that prince whom I exchanged promises with.”

2 “No, I don’t remember anything.”

3 “By the way, what’s for breakfast this morning?”

Hungry as I was, I chose option 3 without hesitation.

Illuminato laughs at my answer with a satisfied look on his face.

“See, Your Highness. It seems like Snow White happens to like me, not you.” 

“How could it be?”

When I glared at Illuminato, he said as he straightened his glasses.

“You have to choose between me and the prince.”

Once again, three choices popped into my head.

1 “The prince is better than you.”

2 ” Both are impossible.”

3 “(Frankly, I only want to play around with the lewd bug again…)”

I have no hesitation in choosing number 2.

With a screeching sound, the prince and the glasses wearing man seemed to be dejected. 

For some reason, drooping lines2 seemed to appear in the background behind them. 

(Hey, that’s weird. Did …… I make the wrong choice ……?)

For some reason, despite their faces, I feel like the likability of these two has gone up.

＊＊＊＊＊＊

―――The scene changes to the bedroom of Snow White’s stepmother, Lidianelle.

“Ha!”

“What’s the matter, Aki-sama?”

Aki jumped out of bed with a start, and the mirror’s demon got up as well.

When he gets up, he is puzzled by the mysterious look on his master’s face as she presses down on her eyes with her hands.

He had been in the middle of making some sort of decisive vow as he gazed at his master’s sleeping face.

“It’s about time…it’s coming….!”

“Oh. What is coming?”

“According to the route Akira-kun took, he should be there by now…”

“So what is it ……?”

“Akira-kun, you’re about to be facing off such a hard choice… Between Amir-sama and Illumi-sama…”

“Huh.”

The demon, who had been inwardly freaking out, thinking that the story might have something to do with her future, responded with an offhanded tone to the unexpected and unimportant matter.

“Actually, you can choose any of the options from….”

“Choose from…?”

“It concerns the 18-rated version of Snow White and the Seven lovers! From here on, it looks like we’ll go through the 3P3 route!”  

“What?”

“Mirror, mirror.”

“Um, Your Royal Highness, surely you don’t mean to….?”

“Let me see what Akira-kun is doing right now!”

“Oooohhh!!! I knew it, I knew it!!!” 

The mirror demon holds his head up.

Although she had his heart, it still seemed like he didn’t know his master well enough.

・・・・・・

From the reflection in the mirror, Snow White and his group had not yet plunged into the 3p route.

A demon secretly breathes a sigh of relief behind his master’s back.

As for his master, she was watching the conversation between the three of them with an excited look on her face and clenched fists.

“Great! That’s great, Akira-kun! My quintessential creepy brother from a previous life!”

“Hey, what’s so great about this…..?”

“He refused them both! He didn’t trigger the ‘Piece of Meat’ route!” 

“Y…yes…?”

It seems… like he heard a strange word right there… Piece of meat, or something like that.

Aki held up her index finger to the demon, who opened his mouth with a blank stare, and began to speak with a proud look on her face.

“In my previous world, Otome gamers always stumbled upon this point when playing for the first time. ‘Snow White and the Seven Lovers’ was originally an 18-rated doujinshi4 game without a strategy book that was released at Comiket5. It spread by word of mouth, became so popular that a major game company brought it and released an all-age appropriate version. After that, many strategy books and specialized websites were created for it. But until that point, basically everyone was stuck at this route’s point.”  

“Hm?”

“Akira-kun had to choose between three choices earlier.

1 “I remember, you were that prince whom I exchanged promises with.”

2 “No, I don’t remember anything.”

3 “By the way, what’s for breakfast this morning?”

By the way, if you choose option 1, the prince will find out that you lied to him and his likeability will decrease.

Number 2 also hurts the prince’s feelings and his likeability will decrease as well.

The third answer is the correct one――…And Akira-kun brilliantly chose it.”

She appeared to be proud of this brother from a previous life.

Lidianelle spoke with a boastful look on her face as she pushed out her chest. Her messenger only saw her plump breasts which swayed gently as she turned around. 

As an Otaku, Aki could in no way possibly fathom that her servant was thinking ‘I want to fuck her one more time.’

Yes, as an otaku at heart, she would get way too excited when the topic of her favorite anime or video game came up. She’d start firing up her speech way too quickly and it would be impossible for her to read the air.

Not noticing that her servant looked completely uninterested, she continued to talk rapidly and incessantly.

“Originally, this game is a full-fledged reverse harem game in which it is difficult to enter individual routes and see the True End of individual characters. In other words, if you make the wrong choice, you will end up in a reverse harem and you won’t be able to get to the main ending. In the end, you end up in the hut where you mainly cook for 7 men and also get used as a sexual toy. That’s what we call the ‘Piece of Meat’ or ‘Carnal’ Ending.” 

“Uh-huh.”

“Well, that Ending is also popular in its own way.――…But it’s even better to not form the reverse harem until the end so you can go and increase the intimacy of the seven lovers equally.”

“What’s the point of increasing it…?”

“It’s for the ‘Harmonious Denouement’ ED――…In other words, you get to see a super reverse harem polyamory ED, where you get to marry all seven of your lovers!”

“Uh, uh, you mean ……?”

“Akira-kun, you’re doing just fine with that super reverse Happy-ED choice! That’s great! You’re the quintessential creep! My little brother!!!”

The servant, who is a somewhat good companion, thinks about it for a moment and then asks his master.

“By the way, Aki-sama. …… is there really a difference between that fleshlight…ED and the polyamory ED?”

His master looked up into the void with a thoughtful hum, pondered for a moment, and then opened her mouth.

“Yes, of course. First of all, there will be more sex events, and you can collect a lot of erotic stills, you know? Then the sex will become more intense, and the love between the seven of them will change from doting to super doting. Oh, and by getting the hardest ED, you get to hear interviews with the voice actors and listen to their sweet voices as they service you. And then there’s…”

“……. Okay, that’s enough.”

He was getting tired of his master nerdy talk that went on and on.

―――If Akira heard this conversation between them, he might have had a stroke.

Parody names of Yu☆Yu☆Hakusho, Mashin Eiyū Den Wataru, NG Knight Ramune & 40

Those are taresen, which are usually vertical lines appearing in manga/anime that show that a character is sad/disgusted/depressed

3P refers to threesome

Doujin games are the equivalent of indie games in japan. They’re usually more made for fun than for profit.

Comiket is a famous non-profit fan convention for these doujin/self-published works.