The damp air in the auditorium gave a strange resonance to human voices.
I told the two siblings about what had happened all afternoon. And among those explanations was a person Evenzeles and Ida knew.
“really? Japheth’s brother?”
I could understand their surprise.
They must be trend people who have been out of contact for a long time.
“that… I mean, brother Japheth, was at the gambling house here?”
“yes.”
“… Hey, if that’s the case… Why didn’t you take me with you?”
That’s because, of course, I thought Adrine would be enough to clear the event. In addition, Evangeles is a character who values family. If he had seen the last gambler trying to pressure me under the pretext of his brother’s safety, he would have turned the situation into a mess.
But I didn’t tell the truth. Instead, he chose to put Evangeles in debt.
“then… It was difficult to speak.”
“why?”
“You… You declared breaking up with me.”
Well. Was this a bit evil
At my words, pain appeared on Evangeles’ face. And looking at Ida’s older brother’s face, she tilted her head.
“What break? … Did you two fight?”
“… There was something like that.”
Ida looked back and forth between me and Ebenzeles.
“There’s no way John did anything wrong… Is my brother like that?”
“… .”
“Right. right… .”
Evangeles lowered his head, but Ida didn’t care. She shot at her brother in a venomous tone.
“Oh yeah… As we get older, things really change… .”
“… .”
“Brother John. Why are you and my brother friends? At this point, just say let’s break up forever.”
Evangeles cleared his throat, stared at the ground, and glared at the ceiling before finally avoiding my eyes and saying,
“… Anyway. so? Japheth hyung, you didn’t even check in and kept gambling?”
“no. I was caught.”
“OMG… really? to whom!”
“To the owner of the gambling house there.”
“… No way, brother Japheth… Are you a slave?”
It was true, so I nodded.
“… that, so?”
“I gambled with the boss there… I took it out again.”
“Eh?”
The round eyes of the two siblings are looking straight at me. Ida and Evangeles were like siblings who felt overloaded with the stories I spewed out.
“So, where are you now?
“Brother Japheth… Did you come to the academy after all? You came late, is there any problem?”
“no… .”
“then?”
I watched the rain falling through the window of the auditorium. to see if there is thunder. If thunder begins to strike at this point, that in itself is an indicator of the progress of the scenario.
Fortunately, it is still raining.
“I decided to run the gambling house there with the original owner.”
“… OMG. Great.”
“Wait, no… really? … how?”
He quickly explained everything to the bewildered Ida and Evangeles. As I was speaking, I felt like I knew for sure. Today, how many things happened. It really was like a rollercoaster ride. After the explanation, I concluded the story.
“… So I decided to do it.”
“… .”
There were no words to come back. These two siblings do not carelessly talk about other people’s family affairs. It is because of the setting that he received a good home education.
“Anyway, it’s late. Shall we get up soon?”
“that… okay. What time is it?”
“Half past one.”
“Hey… already?”
Evangeles came next to me and looked out the window as expected.
“Really… John, did you bring an umbrella?”
“no.”
“It seemed so… Write mine-”
“What did you say. Oppa John is going to write with me. John’s brother? Oppa, write with me.”
Evangeles glanced at me and I shrugged. Ida proudly held one of the two umbrellas standing at the entrance of the auditorium to Evangeles and pulled me by the hand.
I closed the door and left the auditorium. No one was there because of the pouring rain. The road where the three of us walk side by side.
The umbrella she shared with Ida was narrow, but her expression was happy. His expression was so bright that it was hard to believe that he had cried until his eyes were red just before.
“It’s going to suddenly be summer again, right?”
“Isn’t it a bit early for summer?”
“Why, it’s usually summer after the rainy season.”
“… But you, why do you keep splitting things up like that… feel bad.”
“Now when summer comes-”
Ida smiled bashfully and said.
“We become lovers through the seasons.”
“It’s ugly… I miss John.”
Ida snorted at Evangeles, who was sarcastic at her.
shoot ah-
Covered in the pouring rain, the sound of footsteps could not be heard. Ida, who was looking at me and Evangeles under the umbrella I held up, said in a clear tone.
“Brother?”
“… what else?”
“It’s getting late. Can’t we go to the dormitory?”
“You’re on your way.”
“Then why don’t you go that way? Building C is over there.”
Evangeles sighed and said.
“It’s late, so I’m going to take you there.”
“My older brother Yohan will take me there, but what?”
Evangeles paused and sighed in vain. The sense of betrayal he felt was even transmitted to me.
“… This girl… Do you have an older brother or something to say you’re dating?”
“yes. Originally there was no knowing.”
“Ah, yes.”
Evangeles swerved and raised his hand to me.
“The person in question says I am annoying. Escort, please.”
“okay.”
Evangeles, using an umbrella, walked across the fork in the road. Ida waved her hand as if telling her to go quickly, and by the time Evangeles was no longer visible, she opened her mouth again.
“Don’t ever think like that again.”
“What do you think?”
“What about the family… My brother’s house… It wasn’t because of my brother that it didn’t get better.”
“Ahh.”
Sometimes comforting words are more dangerous than criticism.
As if resisting that feeling, I consciously looked at her system log.
This may be a behavior that has now become a habit. Because this system log is also symbolic. It symbolizes that the characters I meet here are characters in the game I created.
I think about this character while keeping a distance from that empathy.
This is Hermes.
A girl who is the younger sister of the main character, Evangeles Hermes, and has a crush on Johann Esperts.
In the original story of ‘Savior from Another World’, Johann Esperts has an advantage if he goes out with her. When he enters the dating route with her, Ida Hermes changes from a somewhat tomboyish character to a wise mother-in-law. It’s about being a devoted character to the main character.
Of course, that’s no small advantage either. However, in this version updated by Miri, the reward is set in a more certain form.
I checked the head of the system log floating on Ida again.
[Name: Ida Hermes]
[Class Rating: Main Character]
As you can see, her class grade is ‘main character’ rather than ‘sub character’. This is a common feature of the characters who fell in love with Johann Espertz in ‘The Savior from Another World’, and again, this means that they can intervene in the main stem and direction of the story.
[Strength: 2, Agility 3, Sense 4, Health 3, Charisma 5, Wisdom 3]
Ida Hermes’ ability level, which cannot be said to be very high. At least her attractiveness is set high, but it is still lower than that of Adrine. However, this character is given two skills to compensate for this.
[Special Skill]
[Cosmetics Lv 3: Has a sense for decorating the face. A character with her makeup applied will be corrected for her attractiveness.]
[Coordinating 3 Lv: Creates a costume suitable for the target person or situation. A character wearing a costume made by her is subject to correction for attractiveness.]
The only character among the characters who does not have combat-related skills. But if you look a little deeper, you can notice more important deficiencies.
Even though she is a daughter of an aristocratic family, she doesn’t have ‘secret secrets’ like Johann Espertz’s [Smell of Death] or Adrine’s [Ruler’s Oath].
This hints to the player that she is an adopted warrior. At the same time, it is also the reason why Evangeles does not reveal the secret secrets of the Hermes family in front of her. No one in the Hermès family informed Ida that she was adopted, and Evangeles also intends to keep it a secret until the day he dies.
In other words, she is the reason why Evangeles was unable to develop the proficiency of ‘Biggie’. And unfortunately, that ‘Biggie’ is the basis for establishing Evangeles as the main character.
I remembered the obvious fact.
‘The sooner Evangeles can bloom Biggi, the more favorable the progress.’
When I remembered what I would say to Ida, Ida added:
“Why no answer?”
“… What did you say?”
“Never think of that again.”
“Ahh.”
think about it inwardly
This is Hermes.
you are just a character
Therefore, you are not the target of empathy.
I’m just using you to move towards the true ending route.
I took a short deep breath and stopped Ida. She looked nervous in my hand on her shoulder.
“When I accepted your heart, I have the determination I made.”
“… What resolution?”
“Here at the academy, I will lay my foundation.”
“why?”
She raises her head, looks me in the eyes, and listens to me seriously.
I quietly lied to her.
“That way you can be confident.”
“Are you confident?”
Rain was still pouring outside the umbrella. The rim of this umbrella, which was less than 1 pyeong, was like a boundary between the two of us and the world. I looked straight into Ida’s eyes in that boundary and said.
“So, I will make sure that no one can judge your relationship with me carelessly. I won’t let anyone say that the person standing next to the honor of the Hermes family is the youngest son of a ruined family.”
“brother… .”
“Even with studies. even by force. I will be the perfect person.”
I decided not to feel responsible or guilty for her impressed expression. Just as Ida Hermes was a tool that composes one axis of the narrative in the game scenario for developer Jeong Yo-han, to me who has become Johann Esperts, she should be a tool that will allow me to enter the true ending route.
“So it is. you help me.”
My last words were explicit imperatives. Ida seemed to have stopped breathing for a moment. I don’t know if her nerves are now in my hand holding her shoulder or my words. But what I was concerned about was the ‘permissions’ left in my system log.
[Special Authority: Absolute Command for Ida]
[Explanation: You can give absolute orders to ‘Ida Hermes’ on important matters. ‘Ida Hermes’ cannot resist this, and will receive a systematic advantage for the success rate of the bar it performs. However, this authority will not be invoked for requests that go beyond the scope of rational thinking.]
And I intended to use this authority in the direction of growing her.
“How can I help you?”
“Maybe I… You will make many enemies in the future.”
“why?”
“Because being ahead of someone means having to deal with the envy of those who lag behind. However, I will not servilely reduce the reward of my efforts as if it were a product of chance. I won’t remove the first hand I extended, but I won’t back down from the argument that came first.”
If someone listens calmly, the seams will sound like sloppy bullshit. But to Ida, all of this would seem like a promise to her from a lover who had lost her background. The identity of the character Ida Hermes is originally like that. For her, a special filter works only for Johann Esperts.
“So that I don’t have to pretend to be with everyone at that time… If my lover, who is so sociable enough to become the academy’s head of school, helps… It will really cheer you up.”
I stared at Ida’s flushed cheeks. Eventually, as she nodded, the system log popped up.
[‘Absolute command to Ida’ is used.]
[Content of Order: Help Johann Esperts avoid pretending to be with others.]
At the same time I believed In this difficulty where the traces of the ‘demon of discord’ remain, Ida Hermes is the key to improving the affinity between characters.