Avoid Yandere Constellation

What is this? Is this a dream?

I looked around, taking in my surroundings. The room was filled with expensive-looking items and walls that had a different aesthetic from modern buildings.

This place feels familiar.

“What the…!”

What’s wrong with my voice? My voice is usually on the high-pitched side, but just now, it sounded more like a deep bass.

“Ah… What the hell? Why do I have a deep voice!”

I was completely dumbfounded by the current situation. Not only had my surroundings changed, but even my voice had transformed.

I had a bad feeling about this.

My otaku instincts were telling me something.

It doesn’t make sense. In reality, things like this only happen in games or novels, not in real life.

Logically, I knew this, but my body was acting on its own.

I walked towards a mirror hanging on the wall.

-Thump! Thump!

“Why does my face look like this?!”

When I saw my reflection in the mirror, I was shocked.

Dark brown hair, slightly torn but relatively big eyes, a high nose bridge. My proportions were on par with any model.

From the outside, my appearance might be attractive enough to make girls fall for me.

But the problem wasn’t my looks. My current appearance was that of an extra villain from the beginning of the game I had just played.

Shit. This must be a dream. Yeah, it has to be a dream.

-Bang!

Someone opened the door hastily. I turned my gaze towards the door.

The woman who opened the door covered her face, leaving only her eyes and nose visible, like a terrorist. She approached me and spoke urgently.

“Sir Kaine, you must escape. If you stay here, you will die.”

“Huh? What?”

Die? Me? Why?

The woman’s sudden appearance and words shattered my mental state even further. Seeing my reaction, she spoke with a trembling voice.

“Sir Kaine, the intruder has almost broken through all the traps in the hideout.”

“W-Wait, is this a dream?”

It had to be a dream. I couldn’t make sense of the current situation.

Everything from being suddenly abducted to a strange place, to a woman with a terrorist-like appearance saying that I would die if I stayed here, none of it made any sense. ʀΆΝòВΕŠ

No, I didn’t want to make sense of it.

The moment I accepted this as reality, I would no longer be on Earth.

“Sir Kaine, this is not a dream.”

“W-What?”

As I stood there, stunned, someone entered the room.

“Finally, I’ve found you.”

“Sir Kaine! I’ll buy you some time! Run away!”

Kim Soo-yong?!

With black hair and dark eyes, typical of a Korean, and a well-proportioned face, he was the protagonist of the game who had died from sexual exhaustion in the end.

He wasn’t exactly a good person, but he wasn’t bad either. However, his eyes were now filled with murderous intent.

Dream or not, I had to run!

I listened to the woman and opened the back door, fleeing as fast as I could.

-Bang!

I could hear the sound of fighting coming from the room.

Could that woman hold out?

In my opinion, it was impossible. David von Kaine’s defeat at the hands of Kim Soo-yong happened at the very beginning of the game.

It was almost like a tutorial.

Even if I wasn’t controlling the character, I remembered that the current difficulty level was so low that mindless button-mashing would be enough to win.

Therefore, it was unlikely that the woman could buy me much time.

“Huff! Huff! Why does this body have such low stamina?”

Despite not having run very far, I was already out of breath.

I stopped running to catch my breath.

“Huff! Huff!”

“Is your struggling over?”

-Jerk!

I heard a voice filled with murderous intent from behind.

-Thump! Thump!

I could hear him walking towards me. The sound grew louder and louder. I had to run. If I stayed, I would die.

But my body wasn’t cooperating, despite my rational thoughts.

Thump, thump, thump, thump.

My heart was pounding wildly. I couldn’t tell if it was because I had pushed myself too hard while running or if my instincts were sensing that I was about to die.

Like a broken doll, I turned my head back.

Kim Soo-yong stood right behind me, covered in blood. He spoke in a cold voice.

“I never expected that someone from the same school would be operating in the shadows.”

Without hesitation, he thrust the sword in his hand into my abdomen.

-Thrust!

“I hope you suffer the most agonizing death.”

“Ugh!”

“#$@%!”

The pain was so intense that I couldn’t hear his voice. My abdomen felt like it was on fire, and my entire body seemed to be bursting with pain.

This wasn’t a dream.

But it was too late to realize this now. In my current state, even if I fought back, it would be impossible to recover from these injuries.

“Cough!”

I wanted to cry out in pain, but I didn’t even have the strength to do that. It felt so unfair.

Why was I suffering for something I didn’t do?

I was just forcibly possessed; why should I die for no reason?

If I had done even one of the things David von Kaine did, I wouldn’t feel this unfair.

Feeling so wronged, I clenched my lower lip tightly, my eyes wide open.

I wasn’t sure if it was because I was biting my lip or because of the wound in my abdomen, but blood was flowing from my mouth.

Damn it! If only I had been more calm!

I regretted not keeping my cool earlier.

If I had been more composed, I could have escaped with the woman who had bought me time.

…But was it too late for regrets now?

My vision gradually blurred, and at the same time, my phone’s alarm went off.

-Ding!

[#@$%^?]

My vision was blurry, and I couldn’t see clearly, but my otaku instincts were speaking to me.

They were telling me not to ask questions and just accept the request.

I gathered all my strength and spoke slowly, blood dripping from my mouth.

“Ac…cept.”

With those words, my vision went completely dark.

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Meanwhile, at that moment,

Kim Soo-yong fell into deep thought.

What should I tell the guild leader and the client about this…?

During the academy’s summer break, I took on a quest to earn some money. The original quest was not about destroying anything; it was just an investigation.

So, I was supposed to investigate the underground guild, but their actions seemed suspicious.

I couldn’t quite figure out what they were up to, but one thing was certain: if I had only investigated, innocent people would have been harmed.

“Sigh… How did I end up in this situation?”

[The Constellation of Fate encourages you to stay strong.]

I listened to the constellation’s words but didn’t pay much attention.

I closed my eyes for a moment and thought about how I ended up in this situation.

At this time, I should have been attending classes at the university.

But…

A year ago, on the day of my university entrance ceremony,

Suddenly, a strange rift appeared in the air and absorbed me.

The surroundings immediately changed to European-style buildings.

At first, I thought I was in a foreign country, so I tried to communicate with the people around me in English, even though I wasn’t good at it.

However, contrary to my expectations, the people couldn’t understand English. And it wasn’t just the language barrier; their clothing was also quite unusual for modern people.

Yes, it was like something you’d see in a manga or anime.

“I felt so helpless back then…”

[The Constellation of Fate nods in understanding.]

At first, I thought I had the incredible powers of a manga protagonist.

So, to be honest, I was both scared and excited.

But this world shattered those soft dreams. It was a world filled with monsters that devoured humans and people who committed murder without a second thought.

Such dream-like fantasies had no place in this reality.

And cheat codes? They didn’t exist.

Well, talents did exist.

But no matter how talented one might be, I had only been in this world for a year. Even the geniuses who were born in this world would have become stronger by now without much training, unlike me.

“I was not like them.”

No matter how talented I might be, in the beginning, I was no different from an ordinary person.

In fact, if it weren’t for the constellation watching over me and the master who trained me for half a year, I would have met the same fate as David von Kaine.

…And to think that Kaine was the leader of the underground guild.

He was a noble who attended the same academy as me. I had never met him in person, but rumors said he was quite a troublemaker.

He was known for being late, drinking alcohol, and showing off.

Did I kill him for no reason…?

He was the son of a marquis in the continent of Leiston. Even if he was a troublemaker, he was still a noble.

…No, killing him was the right choice.

Anyway, I had eliminated all evidence of my involvement.

Even if the marquis’ family found out that I killed him, it would be nearly impossible for them to openly kill me, as I was one of the five chosen ones by the Constellation of Fate across the entire continent.

If they did, the followers of the religion that revered the Constellation of Fate would surely cause an uproar.

With that thought,

“What’s happening to my body?!”

My body wasn’t listening to me. It started moving backward on its own.

Kim Soo-yong was bewildered by the sudden situation and asked the goddess.

“What’s going on here?”

[The Constellation of Fate is also confused and doesn’t know what’s happening!!]

I turned my head.

David von Kaine’s dead body came into view. My body started to lift the sword on its own.

I thrust the sword into the wound in my abdomen and slowly pulled it out.

“?!”

The pooled blood began to gather around my wound.

The pierced abdomen returned to its original state.

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I slowly opened my eyes as my vision cleared.

“Huff! Huff!”

I looked around, hoping it was just a dream.

But…

As expected, the luxurious items I had seen earlier were still there, contrary to my expectations.

Yes, this wasn’t a dream; it was reality.

With that thought, I looked at the status window in front of me.

David von Kaine

Age: 20

Attributes: Game Settings Ability, Return by Death.

Talent: None.

Points: 0.

Return by Death… Was this why I survived?

That would make sense. I shouldn’t have survived after being stabbed by Kim Soo-yong a moment ago.

Game Settings Ability… What’s this?

I didn’t have such an ability in the game, and I had never heard of it in any gameplay videos or community discussions.

Let’s try it out.

I placed my finger on the ‘Game Settings Ability’ section.

Game Settings Ability: Adjust volume, effects quality, color settings, view map, inventory, cash shop, and various other functions.

Hmm… So it’s just a game settings ability as the name suggests.

Let’s try using the cash shop function first.

If I could use it as I wished right now, it might be even easier to escape than my original plan.

I clicked on the cash shop, and the shop window appeared with various cash items from the game.

But…

Damn! What good is it if I can’t get them?

To purchase items from the shop, I needed points.

I had never heard of points in the game’s world. The currency here was typically gold and silver coins, like in fantasy manga, not points.

To get points, I would have to make an in-game purchase.

The problem was, how could I make a purchase now that I had become a character in the game?

Just as I was about to give up,

-Ding!

[Ongoing Quest: Avoid Death!]

[Description: Survive when faced with a life-threatening situation. (This quest is currently active for you.)]

[Reward: 500 Points]

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