Don't Covet Beautiful NPCs, or You'll Die

[A beautiful NPC who chooses her prey and torments them slowly vs. a lovesick player/NPC who thinks he’s clear-headed] [Multiple men fall in love at first sight + romance Infinite Flow + male leads with no romantic experience + love and hate + unabashed Mary Sue + a touch of ensemble cast] Note: The first two volumes briefly mention and introduce side couples. If that bothers you, don’t read on. See Chapter One for details. - Players of ‘Spirit Oddities’ know there’s a beautiful, pitiful NPC in the game, but none of them have ever seen her. She clutches a rabbit plushie and looks at you with those sorrowful eyes, pleading softly, “Don’t go, okay?” - - [The Real and Fake Young Masters in a Rules Horror Story] Have you ever tried it in a closet? A player cast as the real young master met an NPC he thought was beautiful. The first time they met, he nearly made her cry. When the Boss went berserk on the sixth night, she pulled him into a closet. It was dark inside. He could smell her on his breath as she asked him outright: “Do you want to?” His favorite earring soon fell into the closet. There were too many clothes, and he couldn’t find it before the dungeon ended. Never mind. Her crying turned out to be so lovely to listen to. - - [The Poor Student at the Aristocratic Academy] As the head of the academy’s F4, Jiang Liyuan was the king of the school, perched atop its social pyramid. According to the story’s setup, after the poor student she’d bullied to death died, he was supposed to return and torment her in revenge. But after they summoned him through a pencil-divination game, he pulled her behind him and softly asked, “May I?” He took her hand, a little bashfully, and tried to convince himself: “You only bully me because you like me, right?” “I’m the one you bullied to death, so I’m the most special person to you.”