I Just Want to Be an NPC, So Why Did I Start a Bro-War Again?

★ Check out my upcoming works: The Princess's Dating Simulator and Conquer the Glory Alliance

▼ This is the blurb for this story. You don't need to have read the original to enjoy it!

As an utterly ordinary Japanese high school girl, you thought there had been only two big surprises in your eighteen years of life:

Your father remarried, bringing thirteen [brothers] under the same roof,

and you somehow got bound to a [Love War System].

The System earnestly explained that it would simulate all kinds of romantic situations for you.

All you had to do was play the heroine and successfully complete the simulations. Not only would you make up for the experience points you lacked because you'd had zero romantic experience in real life, you'd also receive an extra mysterious gift package.

Though you doubted how reliable this System was, you decided to give it a try.

...And then you tried, and died.

*

When you got the System notification, you had just completed another dating simulation and were about to open the door and leave your room.

But someone knocked on your bedroom door from the outside.

[Congratulations, Host! Your mysterious gift package x1 has arrived!]

"..."

You looked up at the boy in front of you. He looked exactly like the male lead in the simulation, with long brows sweeping toward his temples and eyes bright as stars. He introduced himself as your stepmother's son, which made him your "brother."

With a crash, the mug in your hand fell to the floor.

So the mysterious gift package the System mentioned was a chance to meet the male lead from the simulation in real life?

But no one told you the male lead from the simulation would be your "brother" in real life!

*Your dating simulation scenarios (updates in progress):

Drunk, truth or dare, love at first sight

Mixer, a dare, matching couple outfits

Secret crush, being direct, resisting temptation

[Day one after discovering the truth about the simulations:

You (gloomily slaughtering zombies in a zombie game): They're my stepmother's sons! All thirteen of them! Even if you're actually your father's adopted daughter and the adoption has been dissolved, it's still hard to accept dating them.

[One month after discovering the truth about the simulations:

You (watching your "brothers," whose affection for you keeps going up, constantly competing with one another and feeling only a headache): Stop fighting! If you're going to fight, get out of the house first!

[N days after discovering the truth about the simulations:

You (watching those outrageously handsome guys walk toward you as your classmates shriek, remaining completely calm): Haha, I knew they wouldn't pass up a chance to attend my graduation ceremony.

You: Another day trying to run away from a treacherous romantic battlefield. (Bitter smile.)

Who knew? All you wanted was to be an utterly ordinary background NPC!

Note:

1. The heroine's adoption by her father has been dissolved. Her relationship with the boys is only that of siblings in name.

2. The story follows the original's timeline with a few changes. The heroine is already eighteen and in her third year of high school. All romantic scenarios take place after she becomes an adult.

Here are my upcoming works. Stop by and take a look!

↓↓ Upcoming work of the same type: The Princess's Dating Simulator ↓↓

You are the Grand Princess of the Great Ling Dynasty.

To help you find a husband, your warmhearted Second Master gave you a spell called the Princess Dating System.

It's said to simulate little moments of romance between you and a number of excellent young men, helping you find a suitable match in no time.

But unfortunately, your helpful Second Master has never been very reliable.

So the System starts affecting reality.

You find yourself caught in a romantic battlefield.

*

[The childhood friend who looks like a dog and is, in fact, a dog]

The heir of Ping'an Jing has eyes like morning stars and is a genius. Before he was ten, he shot a tiger during the spring hunt. At eighteen, he returned to the capital on horseback, dressed in silver armor with red tassels, and became the dream lover of countless young women.

But you grew up together. You've seen him get whipped, have his palms beaten, and roll around in the mud. You never once considered him as a potential partner.

But in a dream, you fell off a cliff to save him.

When you come to, this guy has red, puppy-dog eyes and has thrown himself onto the daybed, wrapping his arms around you and refusing to let go no matter what you say.

Your Imperial Tutor will be here to teach you the guqin in less than the time it takes to burn a stick of incense.

[The actual master who looks young and lovely but has been alive for many years]

You became the master's disciple when you were eight.

Back then, he was a quiet, handsome young man with white hair and purple robes. He couldn't resist your tearful pleas and let you bring a kitten home. Ten years later, he still looked and carried himself the same way. When you called him "handsome big brother" in a coaxing voice, he'd lightly tap your head and tell you to mind your place.

But this very man changed his feelings for you after spending a whole life together in one of the simulations.

He came to visit you while you were sick. His sleeves still carried the lovely scent of plum blossoms in the snow, and his jade-like fingers wound suggestively around yours.

Imperial Physician: ? I'm still here.

[The powerful cousin who looks sinister on the outside but is dazzlingly dark through and through]

These days, you aren't the only one troubled by love and marriage.

Take your powerful cousin, for example. He wrote poetry at three and became a famous scholar's disciple; discussed the classics at ten and impressed eminent monks; entered the cabinet at fifteen and outshone every official in the land; and presented a strategy at twenty that defeated an army of a million... Even a brilliant man capable of turning the world upside down like him isn't immune.

He hadn't minded the refined young woman his family had chosen for him.

That is, until he shared a wedding cup with you in a dream.

"I, your subject, wish to ask for the hand of Your Highness the Grand Princess."

Everyone in the hall was stunned. Yet the speaker looked as calm as ever.

With long, raven-black brows slanting toward his temples and a strikingly beautiful appearance, the powerful minister casually picked up a game piece and placed a black stone on the board.

Behind him, the Imperial Preceptor looked up, the Imperial Tutor frowned, and the heir stepped forward. Even the Emperor tapped the armrest, his expression unreadable.

You felt they were about to start fighting.

But that wasn't even the biggest problem.

The biggest problem was that in this small capital city, there were also the musician, the top scorer in the palace examination, the master of the tower, the secret guard, and all sorts of other people connected to you who didn't even know the others existed.

You reviewed the people you'd met in the simulations and despairingly discovered a truth you didn't want to admit

Great!

You're totally doomed!

↓↓ Upcoming work: Conquer This Glory Alliance [The King's Avatar] ↓↓

As a hardcore reader who has spent years immersed in the world of novels, one day you finally transmigrate into a book.

The good news: you've transmigrated into the world of The King's Avatar, which you know and love very well.

The bad news: just as you're wondering which team to join so you can win the championship, you discover you haven't transmigrated into the original story, but into a whole series of fanfiction worlds.

...And they're all quick transmigration stories, with one fanfiction setting after another.

Your mission is to identify characters from the original story in each fanfiction world and complete a romantic conquest of them.

But as for you, the Host: you're all talk, a total rookie with no real-life dating experience.

So, faced with the fantasy version of Glory Continent, the all-star boy band version, the interstellar mecha version of the Alliance, the cyberpunk wasteland version of the various teams... and maybe even ABO, Sentinel and Guide, and ancient-style romance versions...

You shed tears of excitement (help!).

Is this even possible?

Glory Goddess, don't mess with me!

Much later, after finally completing all the missions, you find yourself in a world where everyone's love for you has been carried over in full. You also discover that the title above your head has become absurdly long:

Top-tier star Zhou Zekai's one true girlfriend; the only light of Yu Wenzhou, the strongest sorcerer of the Mage Tower; the tamer of the S-rank Sentinel Sun Xiang's tiger spirit; the pen pal of Wang Jiexi, the magician who wandered into a cultivation academy; junior sister of Huang Shaotian, the top swordsman on the martial world rankings; the best partner of Xiao Shiqin, the mechanic and big shot of the human base in the apocalypse... and the beloved younger sister of the great Ye Xiu of The King's Avatar, as well as the heart-stealer of all Glory.

Anyone looking at this would say there can't possibly be room for all those people (.).

Too bad all those titles belong to you alone [doge].

Theme: Learn to grow through love.