Drafting in progress. I'll start posting once I have enough chapters. I'm studying for exams, so it'll begin by December at the latest.
Mind games | Strategy games | Battle royale | Survival | Infinite flow
Naili had been a good girl for over a decade. After the college entrance exams, she was all set to follow her parents' plans and attend a normal university, but a terrifying tabletop game at a class reunion dragged her into a deadly game called "Eden."
[Eden Game Rules]
[Failure and breaking the rules will result in immediate death.]
At first, Naili thought it was just a prank, until she saw a rule-breaker pushed into the abyss with her own eyes.
She realized it was all real.
[Drawing skill...]
[Your personal skill is "White Knight." Once per game, you can save any player who has been executed. The player you save cannot lie to you again during that game, or they will be executed.]
She could save someone! Naili grabbed hold of a glimmer of hope.
But thinking it over, this skill wasn't all that great. She could save other people, but for herself, it was basically a blank skill!
[The game is about to begin. This game's title is "Rust-Core Undercover." Number of players to be executed: 5-7.]
The world around her began to collapse. She saw the other seven players, just as panicked as she was. The first game had begun...
At first, Naili came across as a crybaby, a pretty face who could coast through games on her looks. She was also a bit of a bleeding heart, unable to stand seeing players kill one another and wanting to help everyone.
Only after the big-name players who had crossed paths with her began dying one after another did the others realize something was wrong.
Months later, Naili skillfully used her ability to save those so-called big shots, gaining companions who would remain loyal throughout the game. Then, with numb detachment, she pushed them into the execution arena, her voice trembling as she said,
"I'm sorry. I never wanted to hurt anyone. This game forced me to."
Then she wiped the blood off herself and entered the next game.
Who would have guessed that the game novice, the pretty face entangled with all those men, the cowardly bleeding heart with a universally recognized useless skill, would take down the big shots and become the final winner?
In this Eden, filled with schemes, slaughter, and betrayal, she would have to bravely take up a knife, win the game, and survive through her own strength.
Then escape from here.
[Healer skill, assassin-style gameplay]
[The rules never said the people I saved had to stay alive.]
[Reading Tips]
* The heroine grows over the course of the story. She's not a traditional strong heroine: a good girl and a bit of a bleeding heart at first (though not entirely), then sweet on the outside and dark within later on, but never foolish when it matters.
* The heroine has a universal heartthrob constitution, with a 1-to-many romance line, though most feelings are one-sided.
* The games are mostly psychological, full of betrayals and underhanded tricks. They're games of suspicion where human relationships and strategic maneuvering go hand in hand.
Theme: Live bravely
