I Gave Up on Conquering the Heroines – Chapter 0

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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“Yerina, could you raise your hand?”

“Yes…”

With each exhale, white mist escaped from her mouth.

Frankly speaking, it was extremely cold, but I didn’t show it.

I knew how important this ice cave was to Yerina.

If I were to confess, it had to be here no matter what.

As I pulled out a small ring from my pocket, tears welled up in Yerina’s eyes.

“I thought about it a lot. Our relationship hit rough patches more than once or twice, but each time I reflected. Did I really do nothing wrong?”

Of course I did nothing wrong.

All the past hardships arose solely due to Yerina’s paranoia.

I had not even a speck of blame.

She kept suspecting I was seeing other women and put me under surveillance, and it was so tiring when she checked for traces of magic.

“In the end, I came to the conclusion that it’s all baggage we have to shoulder together. No matter what happens, I want to be with you forever, Yerina. Will you marry me?”

The truth is, I did meet other women, but I couldn’t help but be annoyed.

I paid close attention to thoroughly manage my whereabouts and gag orders to create alibis.

How much effort did it take to develop a relationship this far with a psycho who suspects infidelity without evidence every chance she gets?

“Yes! I’m so happy!”

Yerina shed tears, and I put the ring on her ring finger.

The ring fit perfectly on Yerina’s slender, white finger.

This was already the 12th fitting, so there’s no way I’d mistake the size.

A delighted smile naturally spread across my face.

It was a smile that came from the satisfying sensation of the ring fitting perfectly, but there’s no way Yerina would know that.

As I straightened my kneeling legs and stood up, I found Yerina facing me with a completely flushed face.

“…”

I was about to say something but stopped.

It was truly the moment right before the ending now, but the possibility of Yerina suddenly freezing me solid because of a single misspoken word here wasn’t zero.

Fortunately, the atmosphere was good.

Yerina, having noticed nothing, closed her eyes and leaned on me as is.

Good.

If she closed her eyes, there would be no need to manage my expression anymore.

Relaxing the tension, I touched Yerina’s white cheek, smooth as a blank sheet of paper, and kissed her lips.

‘Done.’

At that moment, with the sound of trumpets blaring, time stopped in the area.

Leaving the frozen Yerina behind, I exited the ice cave.

Then, a huge notification window floating in the sky revealed itself.

\[Congratulations. You have cleared the game.\]

\[Escape Condition 1: The affection rate of all heroines must exceed 95%.\]

\[Escape Condition 2: The final boss ‘Draken’ must be defeated.\]

This was already the 12th time seeing the game clear screen.

The ending I saw this time was Yerina’s route.

In other words, Yerina’s affection exceeded 100% and the game automatically cleared.

But the game being cleared didn’t mean everything was over.

There were two escape conditions.

Either exceed 95% affection with all main heroines or defeat the final boss.

I had to achieve one of the two to return to reality.

If I cleared the game without satisfying the escape conditions, I would have to start again from the point I entered the game and clear it once more.

The path to defeating the final boss was difficult and perilous.

If I was unlucky, I could even die.

I had never confirmed what happened if one died in the game.

I had no intention of finding out either.

I would clear the game alive and escape.

With that singular thought, I repeated regression a whopping 12 times to see the conquest ending for all heroines.

Now was the very moment those 12 challenges bore fruit.

\[Proceeding with the tally.\]

\[Number of monsters hunted: 821\]

\[A-rank boss: 1\]

\[B-rank boss: 0\]

\[C-rank boss: 15\]

\[Hunting score: 38825 points\]

\[Heroine affection rates\]

\[Jill Diner: 96%\]

\[Yulia Petenburg: 100%\]

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So Yulia also reached 100%.

It seemed she hit 100% at the same time as Yerina.

To think the affection rose even while I was away.

Indeed, among the notorious main heroine trio known for their craziness, Yulia was the most generous in her judgement.

“Whew…”

This was the end.

I finally succeeded.

There were many times I was so angry I agonized over going to fight the final boss, but I was truly glad I didn’t.

Instead of throwing a fit, I persistently challenged it and now I could return to reality with my body intact.

Shedding a single tear, the moment I opened my eyes.

\[Yerina Frost: 93%\]

“What? Fuck?”

Yerina’s affection was 93%?

How could this be?

What was exchanging rings, promising marriage, and kissing just now then?

Hadn’t she completely given her heart to me?

Forget not hitting 100%, how could it not even pass 95%?

This crazy, severely paranoid b*tch again…!

\[Failed to achieve escape conditions.\]

\[Moving to the starting point in 10 seconds.\]

“Ah…”

12 times.

A whopping 12 times.

At minimum, that was 12 years in terms of time.

If word got out that there was a guy who shoved in 12 tries in a game with only 3 heroines to conquer, not 12, being called an idiot would be unavoidable.

But it was the fault of the crazy difficulty in conquering the main heroines.

There was no problem seeing the devoted love route ending by conquering just one.

Two was a bit hard but usually succeeded within 2-3 tries, and with luck, a 1-try success was possible.

But the real problem arose when trying to conquer all 3 heroines.

If you tried to conquer three heroines, each immersed in paranoia and spouting all sorts of crazy nonsense on their own, that craziness mixed together like an oriental salad and completely wrecked the game.

If I gave my all to conquering Jill, Yulia and Yerina, having noticed it with ghostly perception, would have their affection rates stagnate.

The same result occurred if I gave my all to conquering Yulia.

Yerina even showed the miraculous result of being the only one among the three main heroines to have insufficient affection despite me putting in the most effort for her.

It was damn near impossible.

Saying I had to go back to the beginning again and repeat the same things.

Again, I had to smile at those psychos and spout cheesy lines.

Could I really show a natural smile this time too?

Could I act out a man ardently in love?

Who knows.

My emotions had worn thin.

I no longer wanted to waste emotions on those rotten bitches.

Even if I returned to Earth after forcibly trying dozens more times, it would be meaningless if I became an emotionally barren wretch.

\[Returning to the starting point.\]

I made my decision.

I would no longer try to conquer the heroines.

I would challenge escape condition 2, conquering the final boss.

“Let’s fucking try it for once.”

How dangerous it would be was a complete unknown, but my head contained the entire game’s settings.

No matter how hard, how hard could it be?

No way it would be harder than dating three psychos.

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