I'll Die If I Fall In Love, It's Too Hard! Chapter 2

After knowing the circ.u.mstance of Hina’s side, Schulz  felt that this girl surely had led quite fierce life.

“Ah, but since that, I’ve had my share of love fulfilled by playing romance game. Though sometime it still left me unfulfilled, but in such case, you know, I could hide it quite well, if I so myself. I never get stabbed even once after all”

“Oh,ohh...”

It’s quite often he meet a person who had capabilities to easily charm the opposite gender, but this was the first time in his life, Schulz had met with a person who were ‘easily charmed’ with other people, regardless their gender.

He wondered if this little chick(read:Hina) had the imprinting effect continuously cast on her. In a way, probably she really possessed a power that deserve people’s pity.

“Somehow I got really worried about you, you know... But, I’ll believe that is just meant that you are charming in a way”

Schulz clapped his hand twice, and then the white walls transformed and projecting some scenery.

Now it’s like they’re in front of a school.

Hina blinked in surprise.

“Eh, amazing, what is this?”
“This is what you called as Virtual Reality.  It’s a technology from future, though. Anyway I wish for you to become tester for a game”

“Waah, amazing!”

“So, if you’re able to conquer one of the love interest in the game, you’ll be able to return to your original world. Of course you’ll be given compensation accordingly. I suppose this is like a part time job for you, I guess? If we able to get a good data out of it, how about three million yen in your era’s currency?”

A lot of people hesitated at this point, after all, Schulz bring it out quite suddenly.

There were even people who didn’t listen to him and just wanted to be sent back to their original world.

If that happen, Schulz would of course became quite troubled.

It would be quite hard for him to choose between his higher-ups or his customer. Even though the he wasn’t the one who choose these people.

But, Hina got honestly happy about it without holding back.

“Yaay. I’m happy. I’m barely managing with the money for beauty salon everyday.”
“Ooh, somehow I feel glad that you show such normal reaction, eh”

In many ways, Schulz felt relieved.  He believed that Hina was a good honest girl by nature. She just easily fall in love with people, that's all.

“To think that you giving me a chance to do such fantastic things... Schulz-san, are you my prince charming?”
“Stop. I am just an operator, please don’t see me as a an romantic interest”

“It’s already impossible”

“Impossible, eh...”

He wondered if Hina’s romantic power was actually the highest in the entire galaxy, was it better if he just gave up on her?

No, there’s still a way.  Also, it surely would be quite unpleasant for her if he stays in the form of stickman.

After thinking for a moment, Schulz started to changed his form.  Creating weird sound effect, his appearance finally changed.

It was a small black cat... doll.

“Then, how about this?”

“Wah, a cat”

“With this you wouldn’t see me as your romantic interest, right?”

“Uuuh...? Hmm... Inanimate object is just.... But you are capable of speaking, uhh, hmm....”

It seems it was kinda barely pa.s.sable even for Hina.

“Rather than being trouble by it, let things goes like this, okay?”

“You know, in the past I’d seriously fall in love with a teddy bear. For 24 hours, I’d bring Bear-chan everywhere I goes”

“Lets stop with such kind of back story, stop it”

Stopping the conversation, Schulz then dissapeared.

At that moment, Hina’s vision suddenly filled with noise.

“Ooh, oh, oh?”

She blinked.

As she does so, the world that had the virtual feeling in it, changed into something that was hard to differ with actual reality.

“Wah, what is this? Amazing”

“It’s a Perfect Field, you’ll sync your memory with the character”

“A technology from the future, eh”

“Well, something like that. Anyway, I’ll explain the setting for the story briefly to you. You’ll understand the rest as you progressed through the story”

“Yee~s” , she answered energetically.

Hina felt a little excited about this.

“So, you’re a second year highschool girl who just transferred into this school. Though your body is weak, you’re energetic and cheerful girl. However, you’ve been cursed by a bad magician and so you couldn’t fell in love”

Hina surprised because suddenly the word ‘magician’ came out of nowhere from Schulz mouth.

“Eh? Suddenly it’s turned fantasy, huh”

“Specifically saying, you’ll be die if you ever fall in love”

What a tragedy.

“Eh, It’s scary! Why? Even thought this is an Otome game!?”

“In the future, there’s a lot of work created even in the Otome game industry, after all.. The creator had to give an impact to the story like this, to make it different from other work or else...”

“The reason, it’s saddening”

Schulz started to spoke with a kinder tone, probably tried to calm Hina down.

“You don’t need to worry. You wouldn’t die unless the feeling of love reached a certain level. Rather, none of the previous tester died at all, and that's bring us to the problem whether the concept of this game even work at all or not. So we decided that we should hire the people with high romantic power like you. That’s why, it will be more profitable for our side if you could die a lot in this game, or should I say”

“But, to die, it’s scary...”

Of course, even Hina would hesitate. But if she ended up saying “Now that I think about it, I’ll have to decline” then it would leave a scar on his rating. After all, the upper bra.s.s taken quite liking to this girl.  

Schulz decided to try to persuade her.

“Come now. You wouldn’t die because of trivial things, so rest a.s.sured.  Of course, you wouldn’t actually died in the real world. For now, how about you try to play the game for once? You’ll be able to freely fall in love with a lot of handsome man, you know. Everyone will move like they’re really alive, it’s amazing you know.”

“Well, I’ll do it because it’s a virtual world, and it seems fun, after all.. and of course, since it’s Schulz-san who asked me to do it for him. *Blush*”

“Don’t die before the game begin, okay?”

Then, the game started. From out of nowhere,  many students who were on their way toward the school gates started to appeared.

When she looked down, it wasn’t her usual school uniform she wore but instead the same uniform as the students inside the game. Furthermore she also had a bag with her.

“Ah, sailor uniform. I might be able to enjoy this”

If she had to point another things that was different, probably it was the bracelet that was on her wrist. On the top of that bracelet written the number “13”.

The black cat doll – Schulz that became smaller—hanging on her bag started to explain things to her.

“Please be careful since if the number on that bracelet became 999, you’ll die”

“On what sense should I be carefull?”

“Hmm, just try to play the game normally for now”

“Oka~y”

Even though she said that she scared and such before, but it seems that she could enjoyed the game. She could receive money by playing game, who would’ve reject such extraordinary thing?

Furthermore, she wouldn’t hurt anyone by falling in love in this world. Her mother in law wouldn’t try to stab her father in law by screaming “YOU LOLICON BASTAARD!! I'LL KILL YOU!!”  like that.

As expected, game is nice.

Game is good.

Hina stretched in the front of the school’s gate.

“Nggh, I feel like a good thing will happen after this”

As soon as she said that, someone called to her.

“Oi oi, Hina. Don’t go by yourself like that”

“Eh?”

She turned around as she heard someone called her name.

A tall handsome boy with red hair stood over there.  His look really cool. It would be hard to meet with such kind of person even in the middle of the town.

Around his chest, a introduction window popped out.

‘Mishima Yuuto. He is your childhood friend who kindly welcomed you back after your return to this city after six years had pa.s.sed. A popular guy, young ace of the soccer club and pretty great at academic. He act very kind when it come to you’

Yuuto casually walked toward Hina.

“You have bad sense of direction, right? It’s bad if you just move as you please like this.

I already ask you to go together with me on your first day moving to this school right?

*Sigh*, don’t make me look out for you too much, okay?”

Despite saying such harsh word, Yuuta were gently smiling toward her.

However, Hina couldn’t saw those smile.

She crumble down on the spot, she’d died.

His childhood friend’s body now wouldn’t spoke anymore. It was just a corpse after all. Even thought she’d dream a bright dream, all of that were turned into nothing.

All because he suddenly talked to her.

“Eh, oi, Hina? Hina, oi, What happen, Hina, it’s a lie, right? Hina! Hin--!!”

Mishima Yuuto’s shouted in grief, his sound reverberates through the school ground.

First try.

Cause of death: Suddenly greeted by Mishima Yuuta.

One word from Schulz : Eh, seriously...?