Alice, Leo, Charlotte, and Mia were included as party members, with Roti and Claire as supporting characters.
Well, it’s not like the supporters have much to offer; they could be considered a second-string squad that steps in to fight if any party member goes down.
“Hey, what about me…?”
“……”
But under the scrutinizing gaze directed at me, I had no choice but to swap Claire’s position with Leo’s.
Leo is a physical attacker and tank, while Alice serves as a magic tank and physical attacker.
Charlotte is a well-balanced character, and Mia, of course, is a magical DPS character. This series traditionally favors magical DPS, because once you survive just one turn, it’s like unleashing a magic bomb afterward!
Claire, along with Charlotte, is also a well-balanced character, but unfortunately, she hasn’t been regarded as particularly powerful despite her popularity.
At least, I had steadily equipped her with weapons and Marmaros, thank goodness!
“Thinking about it again, I can’t understand why only about six of us are rushing in against so many knights from the Order.”
“…… Games are a kind of play. It doesn’t really make sense to worry about actual tactics in a play.”
“But isn’t the story that follows the outcome of that play very serious?”
“……”
Damn, I can’t argue back.
If I were someone who had never lived in that world, I might have just shrugged it off thinking, ‘Oh, I guess the protagonists have just leveled up that much.’
But here I am, a person who came over from Azernar.
Moreover, I am someone who has experienced real combat in great amounts.
Just like how career soldiers might find some absurdities while playing FPS games, I can’t simply brush off the magical and swordsmanship experiences I have had over there.
“But we fought and won against the Order, didn’t we? In the end, even the Goddess was involved.”
Claire, who felt better after I let her join the party, said.
“But there were the Sword Saint and the teachers there.”
“…… We have teachers here too, but let’s just gloss over that.”
I thought about countering Charlotte’s rebuttal, but just decided to move on.
“Just think of it as a type of hero story. No one argues that it’s ‘physically impossible’ for heroes to defeat monsters that seem unbeatable.”
Well, someone might, but they’d usually just be treated as a joke. If they were serious, they’d just look foolish.
“Sorry.”
Charlotte said with a voice mixed with a sigh.
“Since the people appearing inside are ‘us’, I keep thinking seriously about it.”
[Us hahaha]
[At this point, can’t we think it’s real? LOL]
[Totally falling into the concept hahaha]
“…… Sylvia, it’s okay for us not to hide our true identities, right?”
Seeing the incoming chat, Charlotte squinted her eyes and said.
“Of course. Whether people choose to believe is up to them.”
“Well, believe us or not, we are who we are.”
[Oh]
[Seriously LOL]
[So quintessentially Charlotte]
As the chat created the atmosphere, Charlotte snorted with a ‘hmph.’
*
Mia thoroughly decimated the opponents with her attack magic.
“Ugh…”
And during that process, Mia got knocked down several times, but with recovery magic and items set on the surrounding characters, I revived Mia a few times and replenished her MP.
“I don’t want to fight like that…”
“No matter what, when we fight in reality, we won’t let things go like that. It’s not like we can just bump up like that with magic every time we go down.”
Reassuring the pale-faced Mia, I maneuvered the game pad.
In the game, an event scene was unfolding where the protagonist’s party was checking on the fallen knights.
[So, do you recognize anyone?]
At Leo’s question, Alice shook her head.
[No, not at all. They’re all strangers to me.]
[What happened here?]
Charlotte murmured with a serious expression.
[Maybe another faction invaded the Imperial Capital.]
[Is that even possible? If so, our territory would have noticed it by now…]
Mia remarked.
[…… Even if Count Crowfield has issues with the royal family, he wouldn’t say nothing when there’s danger… Could it be a special ops unit?]
[…… I don’t think it’s the Royal Army. If they could send a special ops unit to the royal family, they would have done so last time before the war… right?]
[…….]
No one among us could give a proper answer to Charlotte’s statement. Most of us were from the Empire, after all.
[They really started something without permission.]
And someone interrupted our conversation.
[Jennifer-sensei.]
[I’ve been watching from afar, and I must say, you’ve really improved. It was a magnificent battle. I had difficulty stopping Carolyn from rushing in.]
[Is that something a teacher should say!?]
At Jennifer’s words, Carolyn yelled in panic.
[Ahaha…] The characters laughed, as per the script’s direction, and
[So, what are you all planning to do?]
The Headmaster, Abraham Fitzgerald Winterfield, stepped forward.
The name really is long.
Like the other teachers, he seemed to have been observing from a distance before walking towards us.
[Though I can’t be sure of their identities, it looks to me like these knights have received formal training. However, it differs somewhat from the Royal Guard’s style. They are not part of this country’s army.]
[That means……]
[At this point, there’s nothing I can assert.]
As Leo opened his mouth, the Headmaster said this.
[So, what will you do, Crown Princess?]
He looked at Alice while speaking.
[Well……]
Alice clenched her fists in front of her chest and pondered for a moment, then resolved herself to speak.
[I want to find out why this situation occurred.]
[Then do as you wish, Crown Princess. After all, you are the one who will rule this country.]
Chuckling while saying such grand words, the Headmaster.
[…….]
After seriously pondering, Alice closed her eyes and then opened them again with a determined expression, concluding the cutscene.
[Would you like to save?]
“Well, thinking about it,”
I said while pressing the save button.
“When Charlotte said I should step into the battle, you said, ‘I was already planning to go.’”
“……”
“King’s Majesty had snipers positioned around to prevent you from going.”
Charlotte didn’t say anything in response.
Hmm, is it just my imagination, or does her face look a bit flushed?
[What?]
[Did you come from another world and play games? LOL]
“Of course. The real me had pretty decent social skills compared to the me in the game.”
“Are you serious?”
“…… But would a socially skilled person go around saying they murdered your father?”
…… I knew Alice would react that way, but Mia’s remark cut deep.
[Forget the game; tell us about that time!]
Ding-ding, the ‘don’ sound arrived.
There was only text, but it felt as if I was tilting back in a chair and placing my hands behind my head.
“Well…”
I was about to say, “I might,” but then I kept my mouth shut.
…… Now that I think of it, they probably remember everything I did before turning back time.
If I spill the beans now, I’d end up revealing all the hidden dark history!
“Why?”
And it seemed like someone could accurately catch my thoughts, as a teasing voice came from the side.
“Are you afraid of what we might discuss?”
Naturally, it was Alice’s voice.
“But they do need to know our story. What we’ve been through is a tale entirely different from the one in that game. At least to protect my honor, I must tell the tale! After all, I’ve never had such conversations with Leo.”
As Charlotte’s voice grew louder, the atmosphere shifted; it felt less about embarrassment and more about genuine grievance.
“Oh, really? So I can hear stories about you and Alice from back then?”
“……”
At Claire’s words, Alice suddenly fell silent.
Right, most of Alice’s dark history happened in her childhood.
The naive Alice back then wasn’t the ice princess she was in the game, nor was she as socially adept as the Alice next to me now.
“……”
Mia stared at me intently.
“…… Okay, then. Let’s lay it all out. However, today we’re already past the broadcast time, so I’ll slowly unravel it starting tomorrow.”
[Nooooooo]
[Don’t go!]
You really think a broadcaster would listen to requests not to leave?
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