Miss Player, please don't cast spells on me.

The only character that players can romance is Kiyono Hai after the player, as the female protagonist, has made a vow to Kiyono Hai: "I will be with you for all eternity."

Then, starting from the second playthrough, players will definitely control the female protagonist to pursue other characters.

This is quite normal, because these kinds of dating games are all about collecting all the character CGs.

It's perfectly normal to switch to a different character for your second playthrough after completing a character's story and collecting all their CGs.

But the character played by Kiyono Hai has memories of multiple reincarnations!

Therefore, in this character's eyes, the fact that the second-playing player lets the female protagonist pursue another character is undoubtedly a betrayal, breaking the initial vow of 'being together for eternity'.

Everything is fine from here on out, after all, this character is just trying to make the heroine happy. But if the character in the current route hurts the heroine and she remains obstinate, then...

Then we can start eliminating the character played by Qingye Hui... First, eliminate the scumbag, and then incidentally eliminate the female lead so she can enter the next playthrough.

If the player is still stubbornly dragging the female protagonist to pursue the scumbag, then in the next playthrough, for the sake of the female protagonist's 'happiness,' the player will imprison her!

This is Kiyono Hai's plan for this "performance".

If this plan were told to any veteran actress who plays otome roles, they would definitely think that Kiyono Hai has gone mad!

Kill the female protagonist played by the players? How dare you!

Let alone killing them! These esteemed players are treated like princesses, pampered and fawned over by everyone.

Even if the female lead is tormented for the sake of plot conflict, they will make up for it tenfold or a hundredfold later!

But Qingye Hui is something else; he's already thinking of a million ways to kill players before even entering the game.

However, the reason why Kiyono Hai dared to do this was that this type of yandere or 'female-centric' character was actually quite popular in her previous life.

In most cases, while players are being stabbed and bleeding profusely by them, they will also be spouting crazy things like, "XX loves me so much, I want to be stabbed by you again next playthrough."

"It's time to let the otome gamer ladies of this world experience the shock of... a twisted, yandere, 'heavy female' character! And then let them dump gold coins on me!"

With that thought in mind, Kiyono Hai disappeared from the room and then stepped onto the grand stage of this otome game as a 'player romanceable character'.

Chapter 2 Behind the Scenes

When Kiyono opened her eyes again, she found herself in a completely dark space.

According to the information Kiyono Hai has gathered... this is the 'backstage preparation space' before the official performance begins.

Basically, it's used to create character models for the invited actors, and also to discuss how the plot should unfold.

Kiyono Hai then glanced around the space and quickly found the other five 'actors' who had been invited to the same stage.

They all wore various masks and their attire had a near-future style.

Kiyono Gray also wore a mask without facial features.

This is a protective measure for the "performance" stage.

Most low-ranking deities are actually no different from ordinary people in reality.

Furthermore, the identities of deities must be kept secret from ordinary people; if they are revealed in any way, they will be subject to extremely severe punishment.

Therefore, the actors behind the scenes of the "performance" hide their true identities in reality.

Most of them are doing this for safety and self-preservation, because if a dispute in the "performance" extends into real life, it would be troublesome.

Kiyono Hai was sizing up the five people who were performing with him, while the other five were also sizing up Kiyono Hai.

A man wearing a black wolf mask, with a strong voice, stared at Qingye Hui for a moment and then asked in a cold voice with a frown.

"Newbie?"

"..."

Kiyono Hai did not answer the other party because newcomers are not well received on the "performance" stage.

After all, it's a performance... Although everyone is a competitor, each actor still needs a certain degree of cooperation to put on a good show and satisfy the guests and players.

Newcomers like Kiyono Hai, who have no performance experience, are the most likely to ruin the atmosphere of the entire play.

In short, it can easily distract visiting players and viewers, or cause other mishaps.

So when the five 'veteran' actors present learned that Kiyono Hai was a newcomer, at least four of them showed expressions of disgust.

"Is this newbie so ignorant about reporting to the seniors? Fine! I'm warning you! Don't cause any trouble during the performances! Once the show starts, just stay quietly in a corner!"

"If you mess up the storyline we've arranged, don't blame us for kicking you out! That means you'll be the first character we eliminate at the start of each round, understand?"

The man wearing the black wolf mask warned Kiyono Gray in a cold voice.

Okay, okay, when the time comes, I'll be the first one to cut you down!

Kiyono Gray, of course, did not respond to the other party's threat.

Unlike the other five actors, their participation in this performance was specifically to please the female players visiting the venue and let them experience a romantic love story.

Therefore, these five people would like to minimize conflicts with other actors if possible.

But Kiyono Hai is different. From the moment he joined this "performance", Kiyono Hai came with the intention of killing everyone!

They acted in romantic love dramas, while Kiyono Hui acted in dark, brutal, and tragic love stories.

So from the very beginning, Kiyono Gray had no intention of building a good relationship with these guys.

In the end, he's always the kind of 'scumbag' who'll cut everything up for the sake of his beloved female lead.

"So let's allocate all points here to combat power."

Qingye Hui was adjusting the attribute panel of the character he was about to play.

This character panel is a common character setting panel used in otome romance games.

The basic attributes include three categories: combat power, charm, and family background. Each attribute has a maximum of ten points, and each actor has ten points that can be freely allocated.

The basic charm value of Clearfield Gray is already eight points.

After all, in real life, Qingye Hui is also a handsome man with good looks.

Their combat power is zero, utter trash.

Here, Kiyono Gray allocated all his free points to combat power.

Ultimately, the basic attributes of the character played by Kiyono Hai are: combat power: 10, charm: 8, family background: 1.

After Kiyono added some vague background information to the character, a message appeared saying 'Character building in progress...'

A mirror appeared in front of Qingye Hui, and the figure reflected in the mirror had become a little boy who was about 1.5 meters tall, wearing a tattered and pilling cloak, and looked a little dirty.

This is the role that Qingye Hui will be playing: a young book boy named Shanor who manages books in a magic academy library.

Even so, it looks a bit dirty.

However, all of Kiyono Hai's physical features were retained: black hair, purple eyes... and an extremely striking beauty mark under her eye, which was enough to evoke maternal instincts in any woman.

At the same time, his appearance is about 70-80% similar to that of the real-life Kiyono Hai.

"Is all that's left to do is play the victim in the library to lure female gamers into your trap?"

Kiyono tidied her messy hair, and then heard the mocking laughter beside her.

"So, newbies are just brainless! This stage is supposed to be an otome game where you fall in love with a noble prince! And you didn't even invest in any family background attributes! It's hilarious!"

Kiyono looked in the direction of the laughter and found that the actors who had been wearing masks just now had transformed into characters who looked extremely glamorous and wealthy.

Judging from his family background, he does seem to be a prince, duke, or general from some duchy, which is much better than Kiyono Gray, an orphan book boy who can only live in the library.

To their mockery, Kiyono Hui could only say…'I see you guys have absolutely no idea how to hook up with a rich woman?'

Of course, Kiyono Ash was well-versed in how to please rich women.

Just like now, Kiyono Hai has already discovered that there is actually a female participant among the other five participants.

The female actor wearing a fox mask had been standing still with her arms crossed since the beginning, showing no intention of portraying a character at all.

As if realizing something, Kiyono Gray walked directly in front of the fox lady.

"Senior, are you... not really keen on participating in this performance?"

Without wasting any words, Kiyono Gray walked directly to the fox lady and asked a crucial question.

The fox-like woman glanced sideways at Kiyono Gray through her eyes beneath the mask, then answered in a calm voice.

"So what if it is? It shouldn't concern you, right?"

Kiyono Ash's current appearance is indeed very pleasing to older women.

But this appearance is just a disguise for Kiyono Gray; who knows what the real face under Kiyono Gray's disguise might be—a slovenly middle-aged man.

However, based on the fox lady's answer, Kiyono Hai is certain that she is a wealthy woman in the real world.

The reason is that this Miss Fox simply doesn't think much of this "performance" which is rated E.

There are two ways to participate in the "performance": one is mandatory recruitment, and the other is voluntary participation.

The latter requires that the candidates for divine participation have some connections in reality.

Forced recruitment involves the system sending an invitation to the performers after the conditions are met, requiring them to dedicate their energy to the performance for the next month or even several months.

All six participants present were forced to participate, including this Miss Fox.

Unlike the other participants…

Miss Fox wasn't interested in the mere E-level performance reward at all; in fact, she felt that being forced to go to work every day and smile at players disturbed her peace and quiet!

If that's the case...

"Senior, if you're so unwilling to participate, why not just abandon the character design that players will hate from the start?"

Kiyono Gray smiled and offered his advice to the fox lady.

Chapter 3 Killing and Punishing the Heart

"Character designs that players will hate?"

She lightly twirled a strand of her smooth hair with her fingertips, showing interest in Kiyono Hai's suggestion.

"If you play a character that players hate, not many players will choose your route, so you can basically slack off, right?"

Kiyono Gray's suggestion really hit the nail on the head for this fox lady, who did indeed have such thoughts of giving up.