Magical Explorer Chapter 2

Prologue 2

The protagonist's friend is always ridden with misfortune.

The so called friend would repeat his eccentric behavior and be treated like a trash by the heroine. Sometimes he will have to intervene with the protagonist's two-timing, and play a role to restore their relationship.

Above all, there's one common setting for a friend character which is the biggest reason for said friend's misfortune, “He's not popular”.

They are seriously unpopular. Rather, they can't even get close to a beautiful girl. The reason is simple.

If the girl that the protagonist (player) liked is stuck with the protagonist's friend what do you think would happen? The developer would be flooded with complaints and their sales will drop.

I would most likely smash the screen with my fist if a cute girl I liked was taken by some trash that appear from a corner of the screen. If that happened, I would immediately go to the support page to ask for refund and write a bad review on their review page while choking on my own tears. 

Well, the me that is currently reflected in the mirror, “Takioto Kousuke” is a character that could only choose between a disaster or a misfortune. Obviously, good luck was never his option.

In the game at which this character appeared is named “Magical ★ Explorer” (Majiero or Majiex for short). It is the so called battle simulation game. The player will go to school and study or encounter an event, then they can dive into the dungeon and fight to strengthen their character and their comrades.

In the game you can craft weapons, armor, magic spells and magic tools, then you can equip them as your special equipment or open a store to sell them and aim to become the number one alchemist or blacksmith in the city.

Of course, this is an Eroge, so the romance element also exist. Rather, the romance itself is the main feature.

In the everyday life part the protagonist will encounter with beautiful heroines that are also ability-user which they will proceed to get closer to each other (protagonist only) and you would be able to witness a lot of erotic happening as if you have been blessed by a G.o.d (protagonist only).  

Peeking in the bath is somehow ended up in success and you can observe the full glory of the heroine's figure (Protagonist Only).

As a friend of the protagonist Takioto Kousuke can only look at the protagonist as he is flirting with the heroines while half-cryingly biting his handkerchief. The so called third-wheel. That's his role.

“That girl look totally cute, right? but you know actually she……” or “They say that she is the most beautiful girl in school you know”, this guy always said something like that while the protagonist took all the girl for himself. Of course the girl that was meant for Takioto Kousuke himself doesn't exist.

Therefore, it could be said that Takioto Kousuke is already ridden with misfortune just by being in a love simulation game. 

In terms of combat, the developer wanted to strengthen the protagonist and the female characters so aside from the selected few, male characters have a low-key performance. However, the players graded Takioto Kousuke's ability as "Not Bad". He is not bad, but toward the end of the game when players want to maximize the heroine's performance, there's only a few people who would put him into their party.   

“Haaa”

Takioto Kousuke in front of me sighed.

“First, I have to confirm whether I really become Takioto Kousuke……”

I want to confirm this first, no matter how small the possibility it is. I proceed to remove the m.u.f.fler that act as the ident.i.ty of Takioto Kousuke.

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Well, reality is truly cruel, it seems like, I really have become him. From the appearance to the identification card I found, everything only proof that I am indeed Takioto Kousuke.

I also discovered some unfortunate details as well.

“Hmm  My parents died a year ago, and my grandfather from my father's side already pa.s.sed away.  On my mother's side she already cut ties with her family and the only blood-related relative I have left is my grandmother who has dementia and currently living in a nursing home.”

Seem like Takioto Kousuke's life is already in a very-hard mode comparable to the protagonist himself. No, I guess I can't say it like it was someone else's problem anymore.

“Even so, isn't this too horrible? And after this, how could he become such a frivolous character in the game?”

……Come to think of it, when one of the heroines was talking about her family in the game, Kousuke has a sad expression for a moment. He immediately return to his usual cheerful expression so I thought that it was a mistake from the developer side but seem like it was not a mistake but an intentional background setting.

Now then, what should I do? This place is similar to j.a.pan but also not j.a.pan. Should I talk to the police, the city office or the school……? No, the thing that is rolling over there are my diploma and my admission paper, the current time should be when he just graduated so it should still be in spring break.

Fortunately, It seems that I have pa.s.sed that magic academy admission, but I don't think I can pay the tuition fee. No, at this rate I am gonna be starving to death.

“What should I do…………”

When I was at a loss, I heard the sound of the doorbell. It seems I have a visitor, I don't feel like leaving my room now though.

Hmm, since I don't know what to do, should I try going to the police?

After I thought so, I heard another “pinpon” sound. I stood up while sighing and head toward the entrance.

“Yes yes, who is……… !?”

The Takioto house is not that large and I arrived at the entrance in no time.

When I opened the door and saw the visitor's face, I unintentionally leak a weird noise.

A woman is standing there and I know her name.

“Good day, Eeto, you're Takioto Kousuke-kun, right?”

I swallowed my saliva, Her face is the face I saw many time in the game, her voice is also the one that I already heard countless times before.

“H..Headmaster.”

The person who is currently at my doorstep is the headmaster of “Tsukuyomi Magic Academy”, the stage of Magiero. Hanamura Marino is standing there with a smile on her face.