Callista of Babyls Demon School received a notice from the board that she would have to repeat her final year.
Unless she passed the familiar class exam, she wouldn’t be allowed to attend the graduation ceremony, even though she had already reached Rank Six.
Callista had already promised to take her little brother to the graduation ceremony: not happy.
Was it her fault she couldn’t summon a familiar?
Of course not!
Who could have known that a full-dive game she played as a child would use up her one and only familiar slot?
Callista could only dig out the game console that had dragged her into another world in the first place.
It was just a second playthrough. Anything for her little brother’s smile!
[Become the one and only ruler, and make the world grovel at your feet.]
[Clear reward: Familiar Contract Cancellation Ticket]
Such an obvious trap! There really was something wrong with this game. Who would jump into a pit like that?
No problem. I’ll dote on everyone!
Callista calmly leaped into the game. At the very least, she had to land with style.
Aaaah, this is a huge problem! Why does everyone remember my first playthrough of the game from the start?!
Just think: when she played the game, she chose the conquest route, used the family tree to pick targets and wipe out clans, and regularly resorted to unscrupulous, dishonorable tactics in war.
Players in the first playthrough didn’t care about any of that, so the difficulty of clearing the game in the second playthrough shot straight up to nightmare level.
Bad news: Everyone with real power knows about the awful things she did.
Good news: The will of the people seems to run counter to the wishes of those in power.
Okay, fine.
[Main quest]: Rule the world
[Side quest]: Make that arrogant S-rank familiar, who stopped responding to her after quitting the game, submit
[Notes and things to watch out for]
1. There is exactly one protagonist in this novel: the world’s most outstanding genius alchemist, Miss Callista. However, there will be three prominent male supporting characters: Iwakatsu of the reincarnated Sengoku-era Iwakatsu clan, Second Playthrough Madara, and Sage of Six Paths Madara, who achieved Infinite Tsukuyomi. They are, respectively, her ex-husband, former crush, and former contracted familiar. To clarify Iwakatsu’s role: he was her nominal husband in the first playthrough because she needed him to clear the game, so in the second playthrough he became her ex-husband.
2. Since all three men are her “former” this or that, the romantic developments naturally include, but aren’t limited to, the relationship between ruler and subject changing after a rival appears, a proud and arrogant man avoiding contact only to fall for the same soul, and mutual attempts to kill one another followed by a growing sense of kinship...
3. Miss Callista is nearly invincible. A genius should be capable of anything!
4. More to come
[Coming soon] The Konoha Big Dog Victims’ Alliance Is Forming
Also known as The Konoha F4 Confessionals
Confession of Hiruzen Sarutobi: “I found her in the lab where Sensei Tobirama exploded. I didn’t know back then that a puppy had an expiration date, but I have to say, the little dog was so adorable!”
Confession of Danzo Shimura: “I stood on the Hokage Rock with her countless times, gazing into the distance. I even thought about jumping off the rock with her and dying together. But then I’d think: what if I’m the only one who dies? Without me and Root, how could this innocent little dog survive alone in this world without being beaten to death...?”
“Hiruzen is indecisive, Koharu is mediocre, and Homura’s thinking is ossified.”
“After thinking it over, naturally I’m the only one who can properly guide the little dog Sensei Tobirama left behind... no, his legacy.”
Not long after Hiruzen took office as the Third Hokage, Danzo snatched a genius ninja from him. According to the information in the Second Hokage’s notes, she had been helping the Second Hokage conduct ninjutsu experiments at just six years old. She was an exceptionally gifted researcher, but had injured her brain in an explosion and was now suffering from amnesia.
Confession of Danzo Shimura: “Hiruzen held her in his arms and cried when I took her away. Looking back now, he was probably crying for me.”
“Maybe fate was giving me one last warning, but I failed to understand it and took her home.”
“From that day on, I never slept soundly again.”
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Little Dog’s perspective:
I woke up in a laboratory, with an amnesia debuff from the start. A nameless male ghost in my head kept chattering away, confirming that my pounding headache was closely linked to my mental state.
“You’re so noisy. Shut up!”
Blurred faces flashed past. They seemed to call me...
I tried hard to remember, then finally collapsed on the floor. “As expected, the moment I get to the important details, I can’t remember a thing~”
-“Do you know who I liked best before?”
-“Uchiha Izuna.”
-“Then do you know who I am?”
The male ghost finally fell silent, leaving me in peace.
-“Then I’ll call myself Uchiha Izuna from now on.”
After a while...
-“Aren’t you going to ask me why?”
-“Probably because you think the name of the person you like must sound nice or something.”
-“You really understand me. We must have been close before.”
-“...”
This male ghost was so evasive. Even when I asked his name, he stammered and dodged the question. Since he knew who I liked, I decided to call him Childhood Friend. When I was in a bad mood, I’d call him Childhood Friend, the Loser.
Hehe, I’m a genius.
Anyway, first things first: I need to escape this laboratory, which is guarded like a fortress.
Huh! What’s this? Why does it explode as soon as I touch it?!
[Special note]
1. The main story is written in third person.
Theme: The people’s will prevails, and the people’s wishes are fulfilled.
