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After the IF-timeline Boss Dazai exposed himself, he made a leap of faith on the spot. The Book selected Director Mori Ougai, who had long since unlocked the joyful child-rearing route, as a maintenance component, forcibly loaded him into the early main-story arc of a parallel world, "The Boss's Personal Doctor," activated the Trust System, and reloaded the save.

Director Mori only wanted to lie flat and play on easy mode. The moment he realized his new character also came with a frail-health debuff, he instantly lost all motivation. He gave up and lay down beside the previous boss, asking him to send him to an early grave.

The Book helplessly offered compensation for the maintenance work:

In the original timeline, Ozaki Kouyou had earned the achievement "A Flower of Devotion Blooming in the Night: Veteran Executive." After climbing into a game pod with the trend, she started playing a full-dive otome romance game, only to accidentally restart the nightmare route of the night she eloped. Believing she knew how to clear it, she immediately stood up her would-be elopement partner, then slipped into the final boss's "demon's lair" with a blade to cut down monsters...

Director Mori, who was lying beside the previous boss and swapping parenting tips, was stunned. "Has Kouyou-kun always been this reckless, from childhood to adulthood?!"

Executive Kouyou, who had stumbled upon two generations of bosses sharing a bed, was dumbfounded. "So this is how Mori Ougai rose to power... No, wait, does his range really extend beyond little girls under twelve?"

Remembering the sleazy things that a certain unreliable forty-year-old boss had said when turning down her confession, Kouyou sneered and lowered her blade. "Lord Ougai, you should know that deceiving me comes at a price."

She refused to believe that, in an otome romance game, she could actually be rejected by Mori Ougai, one of the available romance options!

[Read Before You Begin]

1. Mainly Bungo Stray Dogs, with a crossover ensemble cast. A 1v1 romance featuring two Systems: the younger, assertive, take-charge woman Ozaki Kouyou x the older, seemingly gentle but secretly flirtatious man Mori Ougai. (This has nothing to do with the real author! It's only a derivative work featuring the anime characters from Bungo Stray Dogs!)

2. The male and female leads each have a different System, but, strangely enough, the two are compatible and come with a shared forum.

3. The setup is veteran executive Kouyou from the original timeline (my take on her with an unrequited crush) x Director Mori from the IF timeline (my take on him as frail and resigned). The author is extremely eager to stay alive. Some original characters in the story are from another Mori Ougai genfic in my collection, The Little Scarf Boss's Lessons Begin! My personal interpretation is prominent, but you can still enjoy this story without having read that one.

4. There are bugs and out-of-character moments. If you don't like it, please leave. I beg you to spare me.

5. The characters and story are fictional. Please don't project yourself onto them or reenact them in real life.

6. Good and evil alike will eventually get what they deserve, whether they are main or supporting characters.

Note: The cover background was commissioned for a fee. The artist is Ms. Jiang Xue. Please do not use it for anything else.

Theme: I heard love can arrive late, so I came to find you myself.