The Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Romance Game

As a gaming expert, Kawakami Kiyohara gradually realized that something was off about the game he was playing.

[Heian Era: Monsters and Spirits]

[Dear Player, your character is: A saint who has lost all five senses.]

Kiyohara: Nice! Let's see just how powerful this character is!

[Bad Ending]

"Sorry, Satoru. This is as far as I can go with you."

After the great battle, at the last moment before dawn, the light illuminated the boy's gradually fading figure.

His final tear turned to light and drifted upward.

The year he turned eighteen, Gojo Satoru's childhood friend died.

His little tree, the only one his age, passed away in the spring breeze.

[Warring States Era: Night Parade of a Hundred Demons]

[Dear Player, this time your character is: A genius swordsman who surpasses his master.]

Kiyohara: Really? Then I'll overthrow those above me!

[Bad Ending]

When he split the demon's mask in two, Tsugikuni Yoriichi finally saw him again.

His former pupil had become a demon's subordinate. The genius swordsman was so shocked he nearly lost his grip on his blade.

"Go."

The boy's lips moved.

This was a trap to capture Yoriichi.

In the great fire at Honnoji, he didn't have time to get the boy to safety.

Among the burned-out ruins, Yoriichi found the shattered mask.

Split in two, just like his broken heart.

[Age of the Archons: Twilight of the Gods]

[Dear Player, you are about to...]

Kiyohara: Get lost. I'll explore on my own.

[Bad Ending]

In the endless downpour, Zhongli couldn't find any trace of the boy.

In the blood washing down the flagstone streets, only half a broken flute remained.

In the three hundred and seventy-first year of Liyue, the people of Liyue drove back the gods' demon under the command of a young general. The young general died in battle.

Zhongli heard what happened that night from a storyteller.

"The demon pinned the young general to the city gate with its spear. Even as his blood ran dry, he laughed several times and died with a smile."

Zhongli knew that was not what had happened at all.

His child was afraid of pain and terribly willful.

Using a little cunning, he had drugged Zhongli and gone off to fight the demon.

"Mister, I promised I'd protect Liyue."

With those words, the boy strode past him and left without hesitation.

Only the soft hem of his clothes brushed Zhongli's face by chance, conveying his reluctance to part.

At the Geo Archon's behest, the young general's name was erased from history.

This time, Zhongli acted not for Liyue, but for himself.

All he wanted was to remember the child's name.

[Reality]

"Congratulations, Player! You have achieved every Bad Ending in The Tragic Beauty Romance Simulator. The worlds are about to merge!"

"W-wait, System! Wasn't I playing The Tragic Beauty Simulator?!"

[Blurb posted on December 18, 2023, revised on June 1, 2024]

Theme: A romance simulator with the strongest characters