Chapter: 2. A Different Opening with the Master
“Garuda, did you just say something stupid?”
“No, why do you ask?”
The black-haired girl, having finished washing up, slowly walked into the living room. Her waist-length black hair was carelessly tied into a simple high ponytail, with a few strands falling beside her face, highlighting her pure and upright features and her charmingly beautiful looks.
No one could have imagined that this angelic-looking pure beauty actually harbored a male soul beneath her delicate physique.
In truth, she had already lived three lives. In her first life, she was an evil player obsessed with conquering poorly made games, but after an accident, she crossed over into a galgame called “Guidance from Starlight.” After being reborn in the “Starry Guide” world as the protagonist, she foolishly immersed herself in the pleasures of “superpowers” and “combat,” which led to her second life in this world ending with a sudden death while working intensely as a “corporate slave savior.”
Now, the black-haired beauty named “Hoshimi Nagi” was her third life. Fortunately, this world she was reborn into was the same as the last, just set in a later time. The powers she gained in her previous life still remained, but the bad news was—this time, she had lost her good brother who had accompanied her for two lives.
Whether it was to compensate for the loss of her masculine side or not, Nagi’s current body was racing towards femininity—despite just turning 17 not long ago, her curves were more feminine than those of most adult women.
At this moment, freshly awakened, Nagi wore a thin tank top, the lightweight fabric clinging to her body and outlining her ample curves. Her full breasts swayed with her movements, creating a jelly-like undulating effect. Although her mother had draped a light jacket over her to cover her significantly exposed fair skin, the jacket’s zipper could not be fastened at all, stretched tightly by her voluptuous bosom, forming a deep and enchanting valley. The zipper, under tremendous pressure, squeaked, seemingly protesting its overbearing task.
Contrasting sharply with her full bosom was her slim waist, the kind of figure Nagi had only seen in comics or exaggerated descriptions in novels, which was now an undeniable reality on her own body, skillfully balancing visual impact with the aesthetics of sensuality.
Such a stunning figure, combined with the peach-shaped curvy backside barely visible beneath her jacket and her lengthy, straight, well-defined legs, made her the complete opposite of anything “masculine.” Her fair skin shimmered with a soft glow under the light, and her feminine silhouette was utterly captivating.
It was precisely because of this that Nagi had just questioned the words of her contracted beast, the creature “Fantasy Beast – Garuda.”
She narrowed her eyes, looking into Garuda’s pupils with obvious skepticism.
“Since that guy is also a protagonist, he should be around my age, right? At least a high school student.”
“In fact, he seems to be the same age as you, Master.”
“So, you were planning for me, looking like this, to stay in the 1K apartment of a male high school student who’s at puberty, with desires bubbling over and no outlet for them, while wet?!” Nagi raised an eyebrow as she spoke, her expression almost translating to: “Aren’t you pushing me into a pit?”
“Master, where does this extreme prejudice against male high school students come from? Also, how can you assume the protagonist’s sexual orientation? He might not even like girls,” Garuda rebutted assertively.
“Because I once was such a boy who had nowhere to release his desires!” Nagi couldn’t help but deliver a dramatic self-revelation, adding in her heart: Are you asking me to believe that a male protagonist in a galgame considered a masterpiece doesn’t like beautiful girls but prefers boys? Have the players really awakened to that extent?
That’s right.
Nagi wasn’t particularly well-versed in the game world she had crossed into; she only knew it was popular online and had heard of it vaguely.
After all, she was originally a notorious player of poorly made games, and as a player with a penchant for conquering them, how could she ever play the “masterpiece galgame” series “Starry Guide”?
Her knowledge of “Starry Guide 2” was merely hearsay from the internet—an ultra-erotic masterpiece with h incidents, a protagonist seemingly on easy mode and a blissful life, an incredibly convenient superpower setting, but with too many battle scenes that felt like work, making the male protagonist enviably admirable, and so on…
Although Nagi had no idea what the overall story of “Starry Guide 2” was, she could deduce from her past experiences and the info she’d overheard that the protagonist would likely have to become a “corporate slave” again, immersed in combat all day.
And she had fully tasted such a life in her previous life, to the extent of dropping dead on the job—largely due to her own arrogance.
So Nagi had decided that in this life, she definitely wouldn’t become the protagonist. She would push the responsibilities of the protagonist onto another self-proclaimed “easy-mode” hero, let him save the world while she leisurely enjoyed life—
To do this, she needed to find a way to get close to him and become someone very important in his heart. Then, she would devise a situation to make him feel guilty towards her, giving herself a reason to receive his boundless indulgence and tenderness, becoming someone who just stays by the protagonist’s side, living off his success.
A perfect plan!
This was why Garuda hoped she would get close to that protagonist.
“Alright, but at this point, if we don’t adopt this plan, I can only resort to another method—”
“Then of course, I choose the other method.”
“But I haven’t even said what it is yet!”
“Because I know it’s definitely better than staying overnight in the apartment of a dripping wet male high school student!” Nagi firmly declared.
With the plan momentarily decided.
Nagi walked to the couch where her school uniform was discarded the previous day.
Today was the first day of the second year of high school, and she needed to change into her brand-new uniform for the opening ceremony. The reason she needed a new uniform despite being a second-year student was simply that the one from a few months ago could no longer keep up with her growing body.
Despite having a figure as stunning as a weapon, Nagi directly began to undress in the living room, shedding her jacket and tank top without a shred of the caution typical of girls her age, prompting Garuda to hurriedly control the breeze to draw the curtains closed.
As her contracted beast, Garuda naturally understood that Nagi’s current actions stemmed from the male thinking of his past life; after all, for boys to change clothes in the living room isn’t really a big deal. However, he didn’t expect Nagi, having lived as a girl for 17 years, wouldn’t have changed her mindset—was it really because her family had spoiled her too much before?
“Speaking of which, why is such an important matter only being planned today? Shouldn’t this be prepared for in advance?” Nagi asked, putting her arms into the white shirt of her uniform while facing away from Garuda.
“Because I know a fool who kept saying ‘Finally, I can escape the life of a corporate slave and live carefree like a child; don’t bring up work issues prematurely,’ then got engrossed in comics, anime, and games as part of otaku culture.”
“Huh!? There are actually fools like that in this world? I really want to know what he looks like.”
“I think you can try looking in the mirror, Master,” Garuda said, unflinchingly shooting back.
“Alright! Perfect! Today’s mission is to first make contact with that Susumu Tsuki, who seems to be the protagonist, and leave a deep, developable impression of a beautiful girl in his heart, right?”
After putting on her uniform, Nagi posed with eager anticipation.
“Although your appearance is that of a 100% beautiful girl, your soul is just like a boy’s. Can you really leave a beautiful girl’s impression in his heart?”
“Garuda, what are you talking about? Don’t forget I have this!” Nagi said, closing her eyes. When she opened them again—countless sparkling silver-white stars adorned her eyes, transforming her whole aura dramatically.
“As long as I use the power of starlight, I can perfectly play the role of a beautiful girl, can’t I?”
“And—” Nagi closed her eyes once more. This time, her consciousness entered a vast universe, where star rings rotated in front of her, a world full of infinite possibilities.
“If anything goes wrong, I can directly activate the ability of the Kaurala Box to rewind the timeline, right?”
