I Have No Intention Of Training The Male Leads - Chapter 12 Part 1

12. The Rough Emperor, the Anxious Grand Duke, and the Nobles Who Are Watching Them (1)

Translated by: ???

“Ah! F*ck! Ah! I died again! F*ck! Shitty game! Ah!”

Ju-yeong yelled, throwing the empty beer can she had finished, cursing and shouting like a madman. This game, recommended by fellow club members as ?highly rated?, had a poorly balanced patch and was a ridiculously difficult game.

The difficulty wasn’t the issue. The scenarios were so goddamn frustrating that it made players’ blood pressure skyrocket in an instant, as if the developers had spent their entire lives researching how to piss people off.

“Aaaargh! You f*cking Baregi¹As mentioned before, Baregi (???) is a wordplay of Basilio’s name. Ba for Basilio and Regi for (trash) ???.! Aaaaah! Die! Die!”

Having acquired all the endings and finally decided to quit the game with a refreshed mind, Ju-yeong heard a story that clues about a hidden ending had been posted on the developer’s social media. It made her realize that there was still an ending she hadn’t seen. Due to her nature of needing to see all the endings and collect all the event pages before she could peacefully sleep, she once again grabbed hold of the game console to pursue the hidden ending.

“Hey! Hey! Are you crazy? What did you say? You love me? You crazy bastard! How can you say you love me while cutting off my arms and legs? What kind of love is that? You insane bastard! You lunatic! Aaargh!”

After seeing the bad ending of Baregi, Ju-yeong’s eyes rolled back and she fell to the ground, venting her anger by punching and kicking the air. Not long ago, in the Crown Prince’s route, she was forcibly taken to the Crown Prince’s palace and went through all sorts of hardships, unable to receive any love despite bearing his child, only to be treated as the ?Crown Prince’s Courtesan? in the ending. Out of frustration, she punched the wall, leaving a hole behind the calendar.

Ju-yeong made an effort once again to calm herself down. This game was absolutely ridiculous. It was incredibly ridiculous. Especially the personalities of the male protagonists were completely outrageous. How on earth could anyone have a relationship with these guys? Are they in their right minds? Shouldn’t one receive psychological counseling before dating them, rather than getting into a relationship right away?

Even the so-called ?happy endings? that were prepared were no different. Surrendering everything and settling for the reality, how could that be called a happy ending? Ju-yeong couldn’t accept it.

If it wasn’t a game but reality, she would have wanted to line up those bastards who tormented Eve, pretending to be the main character, right in front of her , and give them consecutive slaps, numbering them from one and going in order.

Ju-yeong lay down and took deep breaths, inhaling and exhaling slowly, before quickly sitting up straight again. She thought she was almost done, but due to a wrong choice at the last moment, she ended up on the Baregi’s route. Ju-yeong, in frustration, picked up the squid legs that had flown away and, while chewing them vigorously, restarted the game.

This damn game was not only extremely difficult in terms of difficulty but also lacked a save function. Even though it was an otome game! It would have been easier to accept if it had been released as a horror game. While the game had an autosave feature during gameplay, once an ending was reached or a game over occurred, all the saved data would be erased. It was a crazy system, there was no denying it. Ju-yeong let out another string of rough swear words.

Recalling the necessary conditions for unlocking the hidden ending on the developer’s social media, Ju-yeong pondered over the choices in the game that she had memorized for a long time, skipping through dialogues.

?Find the scripture about the forgotten god in the study.?

?Meet all the target characters at least once.?

?Find an ancient relic.?

?Think of the wish that would make ?Eve? the happiest.?

The conditions themselves weren’t too difficult. However, the problem lay in the part that said, ?Meet all the target characters at least once?. Once you encountered a character, the likelihood of encountering them again increased. Furthermore, if you had multiple conversations with them, flags would be set. It was practically impossible to meet all the target characters without setting flags, so she had no choice but to pursue a romantic storyline with some of them. Anyway, since this was an otome game, she was convinced that it was all because of the system designed to force romantic connections.

“However! Not Baregi! This f*cking assh*le! This bastard with a broken personality!”

Of all characters, to have a flag triggered by the worst piece of garbage in the game. Ju-yeong chewed on the squid leg as if it were his flesh and cursed the 2D character relentlessly.

The first meeting with Basilio takes place at a garden party held in the capital city. This outdoor tea party is hosted by a lady who is fond of astrology and supernatural phenomena, and it is an event where clues about ancient relics can be discovered. It was an essential event to participate in to pursue the hidden ending. In other words, it meant that avoiding meeting him was unavoidable.

By chance, at the party, the man introduced himself as the Southern Lord and a Baronet, and approached the stoic ?Eve? with a radiant smile, even in response to her unresponsive reaction, as no one else approached her.

Of course, the true identity of the Baronet was Basilio Luciano, the leader of a powerful werewolf syndicate that controlled the back alleys of East Plumen. With his pretty good-looking mug and well-built physique, he seduced noblewomen and tormented them in somewhat coercive ways, only to discard them after playing with them. Despite his vile nature, he developed an affection for the aloof Eve, who remained unfazed by his flirtations.

“Ugh crazy, I can’t stand those bastards who casually play around with people’s feelings. They must have somewhat adjusted the difficulty in the game, but they probably made it so you have to do a lot of forced interactions with them. Just by looking at this assh*le’s personality, I can tell.”

He was the type of man she disliked the most. It was a game after all, and his character’s ruined personality was so realistic to the point where she wondered if it was necessary to include such details.

Anyway, she has to do it properly this time. Ju-yeong refocused her attention on the screen. She had to find the ?scripture? with a different title written on the cover each time. However, she wondered why the developers named it ?scripture?.

“Even if it says it’s about the forgotten god, if you read it all the way through, it’s about mana, right? The great goddess Manus Regina is referred to as the?Mana of Nature? in the Order of Magicians, and their God, ?Sacerdos?, doesn’t it refer to magicians? Why is it called a scripture instead of Grimoires…? Is it a figure of speech? I don’t understand the logic behind it.”

She couldn’t find any significant interpretations or anyone who had unlocked the hidden ending in game-related communities or social media. Muttering to herself alone, Ju-yeong once again put a squid leg in her mouth and manipulated the game console.

Her eyes were a little dry, but she could endure it. Outside the window, the view had gradually brightened with a soft blue hue. She must have stayed up all night, and suddenly, today’s schedule came to Ju-yeong’s mind.

“Ah, Alberic said he’s going to a banquet today. Damn it.”

Suddenly, Ju-yeong noticed something strange in her own mutterings and tilted her head. Alberic? What am I saying? That’s a game character.

And in that moment, her eyes widened.

“Oh, f*ck, what the hell…!”

Eve, who abruptly sat up, had a complexion as pale as if she had just had a nightmare. It was an excessive reaction for someone who had dreamt of ending the game with a bad ending after playing all night.

“Wow… What a silly dream.”

The back of her neck was damp with cold sweat. She turned her head and noticed that the window was still shrouded in darkness. However, it didn’t seem like sleep would come again. Eve, who had been staring blankly out the window, slipped out of bed and retrieved a small notebook from between her belongings. Moving her body softly, she leaned against the headboard of the bed and sat, going over the details of her dream in her mind and flipping through the notebook to read the relevant contents.

‘Yeah, the garden party… That’s where I heard about the abandoned church. They said there’s a mirror that shows the future when your face is reflected… The mirror was just a clue. It was a system where if you managed to align the angles by reflecting the mirror in a certain way, the real location of the relic would be revealed.’

Since she already knew the hidden location of the relic, she could have skipped the garden party event. Besides, she was supposed to encounter Basilio for the first time at that location. Now that the event had become meaningless in various ways, the garden party was no longer an important event.

However, Eve couldn’t be certain whether it was okay to distort the order of the game like this. She was still pondering whether she should attend the garden party or not.

‘Come to think of it, that bastard Basilio gave information and money to the Viper bastards. He must have known about their failure, but how will he react from now on…?’

Eve reaffirmed to herself that the best defense is offense, deciding to take action before he could pull off another futile scheme.

‘But for now, the banquet takes priority.’

After organizing the original scenario of the banquet event in her mind for a while, Eve settled back into the soft bed. Sleep didn’t come, but she forced herself to close her eyes and try to rest. However, what frightened her more than anything was the thought of Alberic’s scolding when he saw her roughened skin, and that kept her from falling asleep.

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Eve glanced discreetly at Alberic’s back as they walked side by side. His sapphire frock coat shimmered with a lustrous blue hue, perfectly complementing his handsome face.

Passing through the bustling carriage procession that seemed to stretch on forever, the two arrived at the Gloria Palace, making their way through the interior of the palace, past the gentlemen smoking cigarettes, and crossing the long gallery. Of course, it was all due to Alberic’s business.

The magnificent ceiling painting depicted the grandeur of gods and angels, seamlessly filling the ceiling from the beginning of the corridor to its end, as if each panel was part of an interconnected series. Furthermore, one side of the wall was adorned with a stunning display of colorful statues embellished with gold leaf, ornate reliefs, and portraits from a century ago, all proudly decorating the corridor. However, due to Alberic’s insistence on maintaining a brisk pace, urging their steps forward without even allowing time to appreciate the artwork, there was no chance to fully enjoy the splendor.

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  As mentioned before, Baregi (???) is a wordplay of Basilio’s name. Ba for Basilio and Regi for (trash) ???.