Chapter 170: Wife, I Really Like You
[You vaguely sense a mysterious power at work beside you.]
[From the moment you played Love Sleeping 2 you noticed the interference of this power.]
[Unreasonable gameplay experiences, absurd anti-cheating measures, and the inexplicable death of Siegfried—all of it pointed toward you, preventing you from playing the game smoothly. This is absolutely no coincidence.]
[And now, this game has sunk its influence even deeper into you.]
[The Servant wives in the game who once shared a fated grudge with you are all being summoned one after another into this Holy Grail War of love.]
"Could this be Sesshouin's arrangement?"
Eikou's first reaction was to suspect that Sesshouin was behind it.
Not only forcing him to join the Holy Grail War, but somehow dragging a bunch of Servant wives here through some obscure means to kill with a borrowed knife!
The problem was, how could she intervene in every single link with such painstaking precision to achieve the result she wanted?
No, now wasn't the time to think about that…
"At last, I can finally find you to take my revenge, Mochizuki Eikou,"
Kriemhild said coldly.
The beautiful, icy widow stepped forward, the great sword Balmung in her hand.
"I have waited for this day until I was worn thin…"
The sword carved a deep groove into the ground the moment it was drawn.
"ECKKK! Senpai, save me!"
Terrified, Eikou hurriedly hid behind Yu Ji.
"Hey, kouhai, why are you hiding behind me?"
"Isn't the situation obvious? She clearly wants to kill me! I'm afraid only a Servant like you can handle her!"
Yu Ji was still a bit dazed: "But isn't she our ally? Could it be she's an ex-lover who broke up with you badly?"
"Pretty much, I count as the lover of her husband!"
"? What kind of relationship do you two even have? The more I listen the less I understand—why don't you sit down and apologize properly?!"
No, no, this was far beyond anything an apology could fix.
The other side was a vengeful queen—ruthless, cold, and twisted. From the start there was never any possibility of "talking it out."
Ironically they were all on the chessboard, unable to move freely; even if Eikou wanted to run, there was nowhere left to escape.
"Kouhai, even I can't help you…"
Yu Ji exhaled softly, her face pale.
"I just used my Noble Phantasm, and now that my body has only just regenerated it's extremely weak. For me to face a Berserker is absolutely impossible. I'll try to protect you, but the ending will be the same."
"What…"
Eikou instantly felt despair.
Solo Kriemhild? Seriously? If even a Servant like Yu Ji couldn't help, then for a mere human like him to solo Kriemhild was nothing but courting death!
Was he really about to die, when the Holy Grail War had only just begun, cut down because of some bizarre eroge cuckold plot?
"Ah ah, seriously…!"
Eikou clenched his teeth, stubbornly raising his head to face the icy vengeful queen.
A direct fight was impossible to win.
Then the only choice was to pull out his entire skill set and try his luck.
"I… I want to activate my skill!"
[Which skill do you want to activate?]
"Instinct!"
[This is not a situation that can be solved by instinct.]
"Then… Territory Creation, Steam, Presence Concealment? High-Speed Divine Words should work, right?"
[Sorry, those skills are not suitable for the situation you're facing. High-Speed Divine Words could work, but you need to combine it with another skill to use it…]
"Then hurry and use it, she's already drawn her big sword!"
Kriemhild slowly raised the Balmung in her hand, terrifying magical energy gathering along the blade.
Opening with a Noble Phantasm right away—what a vicious, crazy woman!
[You have activated the combo skill: "Disaster With Women" + "High-Speed Divine Words"]
[Because your opponent's desire for revenge is incredibly strong, almost etched into her very bones, this check has an extremely high difficulty. You must not only pass two extremely hard checks, but achieve great success as well.]
"Of course it's Disaster With Women, I knew it, I knew it would definitely be this skill…"
If it actually succeeded, wouldn't that mean he'd have to get entangled with this crazy woman again?
Please, I really don't want anything more to do with these married women—take 5 QP and spare me, okay!
Chased and slashed by wives every single day, forced into gay play in the game (and gay cuckold at that), why does a pure-love warrior like me have to sacrifice this much…
Playing the "blond guy" or whatever, there's absolutely nothing fun about it!
But if he didn't act now, he would definitely die.
Tristan's words echoed in his mind, his voice was filled with wisdom, like Master Oogway:
"Sir Eikou, your thoughts are still too pure, believing that because the other already has a husband you must not harbor any thoughts beyond that. You fear gossip, and you fear that a forbidden relationship will hurt you both, so you hesitate, waver, and dare not step forward."
"You can't even play a simple game—how can you possibly save Yu Ji, whose difficulty is even higher?"
"For those of us who love married woman, who love other men's wives, the resolve we must bear is on a completely different level from ordinary people like you!"
Tch, fine, all in then…
Let me shoulder all the evil of this world, transform into the vilest man in human history—a cuckolding scoundrel! The resolve that those who love married women must bear—let me bear it just this once!
No more hesitation—wager every last Encouragement Dice until success or nothing.
"Kriemhild, I have something to say to you…!"
He stared straight at the vengeful queen who had raised her Noble Phantasm and shouted.
"Kri… Kri… Kri…"
Eikou was so nervous he stammered, barely able to form words.
[Please perform an extreme-difficulty check…]
[Check failed…]
[Consume Encouragement Dice to retry… check failed… consume Encouragement Dice… check failed…]
[All Encouragement Dice have been completely used up!]
He placed a hand over his heart and, throwing all caution aside, shouted to the vengeful queen:
"Kriemhild, please be with me!!"
At that moment, Kriemhild's sword slashed down at him!
[Check for "Disaster With Women" great success!]
[Check for "High-Speed Divine Words" great success!]
[You shouted to her in an incredibly sincere tone.]
The entire mall instantly fell into a deathly silence, only his cry echoing through the space.
Eikou looked up at the sacred blade hovering over his head; just half an inch lower and it would cleave his skull.
"..."
Yet the razor-sharp sword still did not descend.
He cautiously lowered his gaze, meeting the pale blue diamond-clear eyes of the woman before him.
Kriemhild—the legendary queen of vengeance, the cold and noble maiden who somehow inspired tender affection—on her beautiful, star-pale face there seemed to flicker a faint blush.
Her eyes widened in astonishment, and she stood frozen in place.
"…You… what did you just say?"