I Want to Fall in Love After Getting Reincarnated as the Heroine on the Verge of a Bad Ending, but My OP Older Brother Won’t Leave Me Alone!? - Chapter 129
Translated by: ShinigamiTori
Chapter 129 ? Information Overload
“Eh… what!?”
As soon as I started reading Anna-san’s letter, I couldn’t help but raise my voice.
“Th-this game is called ‘My Lovelyn’ for short!?”
Yes, the letter casually read, “So, about ‘My Lovelyn’…”, which is undoubtedly the abbreviation for the otome game we were reincarnated into.
Although I still don’t know the official name, it sounds incredibly lame. My Lovelyn.
I hadn’t had any expectations after learning the school names like Heartful Academy and Perfect Academy, but as I read further, I felt a significant aura of ridiculousness emanating from it.
“Hmm… As I thought, because it’s a turn-based task game, the favorability level changes depending on the number of interactions.”
However, in her letter, Anna-san wrote that although that is how the game was originally, she feels that in reality, it is different.
Unlike in the game where just speaking up works, the affection levels change based on our behavior, just like in real-life interactions.
It seems that among the capture targets that Anna-san has a lot of contact with, some dislike her. Certainly, Cecil, who has also interacted with Anna-san quite a bit, didn’t show any signs of liking her.
“… That’s a relief.”
Having heard Anna-san’s perspective, in addition to my own, my speculation became certain.
And at the same time, I felt a deep sense of relief. It reaffirmed that the kindness shown by my friends and Julius wasn’t solely due to the game’s mechanics
“Ah, the route branches in the winter of the first year. But if favorability doesn’t matter, maybe I don’t need to worry too much about this either.”
If the people in this world act according to their own will and feelings, I don’t think there will be any major changes after the routes branch off like in the game.
Because I don’t know full well about the original story and events, I may have been completely diverging from the intended game progression.
Apparently, even before the route split, magic power is proportional to the affection of the person you are closest to. So, my current magical power may depend on Julius’ favorability rating.
“Arnold-san… is a package scam!?”
It appears that Arnold-san’s package illustration suffers from animation breakdown, making him seem almost like a different person from reality.
This made sense, given that I didn’t react at all to him despite his striking appearance. Anna-san, who found even his misfortune endearing, wrote that she wanted to meet him someday.
I felt my heart racing with surprise by the unexpected facts.
“Um, soon there will be a scary??…”
Meanwhile, I read on to the last two lines of the letter.
[I think there’s a scary and tough event coming up soon there, but do your best! ? Anna failed multiple times there at first and had to reload many times. Well then, see you later! ?]
“No, no, wait, where exactly is ‘there’? You left out the most important explanation!”
The letter ended cruelly with only a prediction that something terrible would happen.
Without any strategies or countermeasures suggested, only fear remained, making me feel like I would have been better off not knowing anything. Anna-san’s letters dropped a big bombshell on me every time.
“…A-Anyway, just keep moving forward! Charge!”
Although there are many things that bother me, I will do my best to do what I need to do and cherish the people around me. With determination, I thrust my fist into the air.
I decided to write to Anna-san again in a few months, considering that frequent letters might be burdensome.
There are still things I want to ask about, like the ring that fits perfectly to my finger and seems to be a rare item.
Come to think of it, there’s supposedly an exchange event between our two schools held every two years when we’re sophomores, and we may be able to chat leisurely there.
I didn’t want anyone to see the letter from Anna-san, so I carefully put it away in a small box inside the closet. As I was doing so, I noticed a letter from Rene’s mother and paused.
“I-I’ll just take a quick look…”
Maybe this letter will tell me a little about this twisted household and the relationship between Rene and Julius. With that in mind, I gently open the second letter from the top.
Sure enough, it seemed to be a letter sent from the hospital, and my heart warmed by the updates on her condition and the gentle words of concern for Rene.
Although her current parents, the Count and Countess, were the worst kind of people, it was clear that Rene had received deep affection from her mother, which strangely made me feel both glad and relieved.
As I was moved, a gasp soon escaped my mouth.
“Eh… what… what!?”
I almost dropped the letter in sheer surprise.
“‘David?your biological father contacted me and he’s worried about Rene’s well-being.’”
I read the letter out loud, stunned.
Rene wasn’t blood-related to Julius and wasn’t the Count’s child, so she must have had a biological father. I had assumed they were separated by death, but it seemed they had amicably divorced.
My heart pounded loudly and rapidly.
“‘And I’m glad to see that Lukas is doing well. He was such a little boy, but now he’s grown taller and wants to meet his big sister Rene….’“
As I read that, the letter slipped from my hand and fluttered to the floor. Wait a minute.
“…I… I have a brother…?!”
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