Tutorial. - A pretty boy dating simulation!

[And then, morning came.]

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"...?"

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"What is this square thing in front of my eyes!!?"

[Seonhwa looks very confused.]

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"No...don't read my mind!! Why are my words in weird speech bubbles too!!"

[SYSTEM] [item: 'Seonhwa's Thoughts' and 'Seonhwa's Words' patches have been completed]

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Patch?! What the heck is this?!

Strange system notifications further added to Seonhwa's confusion.

And, for a moment, Seonhwa's thought process was stopped.

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Let's calm down... Let's think about it slowly...

There are three possibilities for Seonhwa.

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First, it is a 'dream' that comes from playing too many games.

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Second, I'm going crazy and hallucinating.

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Thirdly, it is ‘reality’.

First off, it definitely wasn't the first. I played much less than usual yesterday, and even pinching the ball felt noticeably painful.

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..I'm pretty sure I'm crazy. Should I go to the hospital..?

[Now, let's begin the tutorial, "Ye Seon-hwa."]

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..tutorial?

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..this is..

Yes, that's right. The fan game that Seonhwa tried to run yesterday but failed, the pretty boy dating simulation.

No, actually, it wasn't a failure to execute.

It was so successful that it became a problem.

Right now, in front of Seonhwa's eyes, there are two choices that are the first thing you experience in any game.

(Help) (Start game)

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....What should I do?

If I didn't choose, these strange choices would keep floating before my eyes.

Whether this was reality or not, Seonhwa decided to just enjoy it.

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..I guess I should look at the help first.

Seonhwa only thought about pressing the help button, but the help function was already running before her eyes.

[Would you like to run the help you saw on your computer again?]

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..I guess I'll have to watch it again.

All the help was exactly as Sunhwa had seen it on the computer.

《This game can only be completed if you see the ending.》

Even the last sentence of this problem.

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....Is this really real..?

[Next, we begin the augmented reality tutorial.]

[The ultimate goal of this game is to increase the favorability rating of the male protagonist and those around him to achieve a happy ending.]

[As your affinity with characters other than the male protagonist increases, the chance of seeing a bad ending increases, but you will also be able to see special events, so choose wisely.]

[Next, open the 'Options' window to check your affinity with people around you and events, etc.]

Seonhwa thought about looking at the 'options', and this time, just thinking about it opened a window.

Even though I had seen this sight several times, it was difficult to shake off the fear of being mind-reader.

Four windows were floating before Seonhwa's eyes.

[Favorability] [Gallery] [Balance] [?]

And then, the additional explanation for each window began.

[You can check your affinity with each character through the 'Affinity' window.]

[Do you want to run it?]

Curious to see what kind of people there might be, Seonhwa opened the window.

Bae Jin-young, the male protagonist of this game. Birthday: May 10th. Height: 179cm. Blood type: B. Zodiac sign: Taurus. Dragon.

The character section contained Jinyeong's profile picture and information.

In the character section, there was no one except Bae Jin-young and a question mark.

But that was fine with Seonhwa.

Just the fact that she could meet Jinyoung was enough to make her excited.

'Likeability_♡:0'

Even though his favorability rating was 0 under his exciting name, it was better because of that.

The most basic number, 0, means that it can be filled with memories of him.

[Affinity can drop by up to -500.]

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It doesn't give me a chance to be absorbed in emotion, a chance.

[Would you like to open the 'Gallery' and 'Balance' windows in turn?]

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This... I guess I don't need to open it.

Since I hadn't even met Bae Jin-young, let alone seen the progress of the story, the gallery was bound to be empty, and checking my balance seemed like it would be dismal, so I decided not to look.

[This concludes the tutorial.]

[I hope you enjoy the game and that it has a happy ending.]

<Ep. 1_Perception>

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....perception..?

Seonhwa looked at her watch, just in case.

07:45 AM

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It's late!!

First of all, I am a writer.

You might be wondering why I suddenly came out when I didn't even want to see you.

I came out to provide some additional explanation and notice in case there were parts you didn't understand while reading the novel.

[ ] , ( ) : The game's basic speech bubble (?) A window visible only to Seonhwa's eyes.

' ' , " " : Emphasis and speech bubble.

Nothing is visible from the omniscient author's perspective, and is not visible to Seonhwa's eyes.

...Looking back, it really isn't anything special.

The background is just a photo I took, but it's pretty so I'm going to keep using it.

Thank you for reading my shabby novel to the end.