I Became a Stalker in a Yandere Dating Sim

105. A Little Praise

What should a person do before they die?

Try things they haven’t done before? Have an honest conversation with those they haven’t reconciled with? Write a will that would make their family cry buckets? Set fire to their annoying boss’s armpit?

Or maybe film an epic video for their funeral?

It might be different for everyone, but those with healthy reproductive abilities and a strong sense of self would all agree on one thing.

That is, hard deletion—organizing the collection of 19-year-old, risqué outfits they’ve gathered over time.

Whether they die young or naturally at this point, just think about how their family would react after they’re gone, seeing all the questionable materials they’ve hoarded.

Imagine them leaving a line-by-line, scathing commentary while being roasted.

It would be a self-inflicted humiliation that would make the Geneva Conventions look like a joke.

Just the thought of their outfits being discovered is enough to make one’s teeth chatter.

“Stop reading my mind!!! At least cover your ears!!!”

‘What the heck is this!!’

Erin, who was literally having her mind streamed live, what kind of feelings was she experiencing?

“What am I supposed to do if you’re reading it?”

“Even if I cover my ears, I can still hear it?”

“So you can hear your own inner voice too!?”

With the sparkling eyes of her party members and friends, Erin wanted to faint right there.

“Ugh… genuine exposure play…”

Especially when she heard Ciel’s blushing, overly enthusiastic mutterings, she thought maybe it wouldn’t be so bad to just transfer to another world.

Normally, her mind would be filled with all sorts of magic and alchemy, and she could have reported copyright infringement if someone read her thoughts.

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But right now, it’s more than just feeling uneasy because of Roxer.

“What were you thinking earlier? Something like wanting to be saved, like Rika and Jane?”

If that guy finds out, it could lead to a disaster where my dark history gets updated every single minute.

He’s completely oblivious to Erin’s feelings and is only filled with thoughts of teasing her, so I absolutely cannot let my true feelings be discovered.

“Shut up!!! You have to do something about Mali!!”

“It’s a trial chosen by Noh! Endure it with sheer willpower!”

Erin clung to Roxer, pleading and whining, but all she received in return was a strange reprimand.

‘At this rate, that b*stard is definitely going to find out!?’

They say that the more you think you shouldn’t do something, the more you end up being conscious of it, right?

It wasn’t for nothing that Roxer called her a little pervert.

Erin had no idea what would happen if her occasional fantasies about him were discovered.

Being teased by Roxer could be seen as an opportunity to push back, but if Rika and Jane found out, it could turn into a bloody battle.

“Wool-wool! Ararar~! Wool-wool!!”

‘Why am I even dealing with that jerk… Ugh, seriously!!!!’

At that moment, as Erin shuddered at his insane reaction, a heavy vibration echoed, and cracks began to form on the altar.

It felt as if something was crawling up from underground, and those who quickly grasped the situation fell into battle formation as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

‘aaah!! What now!!! Whenever I get involved with that Roxer guy, there’s never a moment of peace!!’

Unlike usual, Erin’s true feelings resonated, and everyone except Roxer agreed.

And unlike usual, Roxer, who would normally be the first to charge in, confused about whether this was a biological bullet or a vanguard, sheathed his sword.

“Ah! Kids, don’t attack this! It’s something Erin has to take down by herself!!”

Having experienced this dozens of times in the main story, he quickly understood the situation and stopped the others.

“Why do I have to do it alone?!”

‘What the hell is this crazy b*stard going on about!!!’

Startled, Erin used the fact that he could hear her thoughts to express her opinion.

Roxer, who seemed to do this all the time, clicked his tongue and glared at her sharply.

“Ugh, you idiot, can’t you see that this was triggered because of your trial?”

“Who are you calling an idiot!? And I had a rough idea, okay!!”

‘He’s such a dumbass who doesn’t even understand my feelings, and he’s saying this to me, seriously.’

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“……”

Rokser felt a sense of relief at the sight of Erin, who was showing her sulking demeanor quite proudly.

‘So you’re feeling a bit better now, huh?’

Even as a massive centipede emerged, tearing through the darkness of the crumbled floor with a maddeningly resonant shriek, she nodded.

“If we don’t take it out with a single blow from magic, it’ll just keep coming back, so if you don’t want to end up as centipede food, you get it, right?”

“Ugh, seriously! Why do you always make me do this stuff!!!”

‘I want to do this together with you!!!’

“Wow, look at you trying to play the victim while you’re at it. When are you going to fix your conscience issues?”

Rokser, completely oblivious to her own lack of awareness, shook her head in disgust.

As a result, what echoed back was Erin’s inner thoughts filled with all sorts of curses, alongside the massive centipede’s roar that seemed to surround them like a wall.

Everyone simultaneously covered their ears at the high-pitched scream that felt like it could distort reality itself.

While they had seen giant monsters multiple times during academy practice sessions or in materials, this bizarre scream, which seemed to warp the very essence of sanity like a malfunctioning camera, sent chills down their spines.

“How am I supposed to take down something this big all by myself—!!!”

‘Rokser, you b*stard!!!!’

Erin unleashed a torrent of curses in her mind as she immediately activated her magic circle.

As she was drawn down to this place, she encountered an unknown magical system and applications of magical power she had never even imagined.

And due to the significant growth brought about by the trial, she was granted a kind of mental projection ability.

A situation where she could extend her thoughts and will within the range where her inner voice could be heard.

And there it was, the massive centipede, as if deliberately showing her ancient magic to help her grow.

‘What the…!?’

Erin stared blankly at the centipede, which was an archive in itself, a culmination of logic and systems far beyond the traces of ancient magic etched on the walls.

The energy of magic was a presence that had transcended into art, filled with countless ancient summoning circles and magical formations without a single object.

Yet it was by no means protective; it began to ominously gather dark, poisonous magical energy from its many legs to test whether she was a suitable candidate for the trial.

Erin quickly analyzed the centipede through the realm where her inner thoughts could be heard and where her magical power could manipulate reality.

“Ugh, it’s so gross, gross, gross, gross—!!!”

‘It’s filthy but amazing! But there’s just too many of them!’

“Can we please just fight quietly, okay?”

“….”

‘You bad b*stard.’

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She, overwhelmed by the vastness of the ancient alchemical array, suddenly closed her mouth at his words, her eyes sparkling with newfound determination.

She transformed the magic within her domain into a state capable of storing information and performing simple calculations, constructing a multi-processing system mimicking her own brain.

Through this, she began to forcibly understand even what she could not grasp, and started to intuitively learn the parts she could not accept.

“-!!!”

The enormous centipede, sensing this, twitched its antennae and opened its maw wide.

The genius swordsman, witnessing a superior sword spirit, pondered why it moved that way, what he lacked, and how he could overcome and utilize it.

In an instant, Erin’s momentum surged vertically, and the centipede, the very embodiment of the ancient trial, unleashed its venomous magic, charging forward.

‘It looks simple, but that itself is the essence of the ancient magic and alchemical array I’ve understood so far…! I must apply both reverse calculation and counter at the same time!’

Erin, despite the opponent being Roxer, who whined and complained, was not outmatched in her magical prowess.

As if proving her own skills, she shattered countless moments like a blue bulb breaking, synchronizing her absolute time with the rapidly accelerating giant centipede.

She unraveled the violet web entangled in the spatial manipulation of the giant centipede, which sought to conceal its existence and launch a surprise attack, making it as if nothing had happened.

‘…! What’s this? That giant centipede has a similar ability to mine indirectly…? But it feels too weak to say that. By the way, Erin can replicate that too.’

Roxer momentarily worried that his unique technique might be sold off.

Occasionally, when the opponent used time acceleration or spatial distortion techniques, he felt a similarity to his own abilities.

This time, however, the quality was surprisingly high, leaving him slightly flustered.

Of course, compared to Roxer’s ability to directly manipulate and erase space-time, it was infinitely lacking.

Yet, it was enough to elevate Erin, who had achieved tremendous growth in an instant.

“It works…! This actually works!?”

‘Wow…! Am I really a genius!?’

“Idiot!!! Don’t waste time and finish the cut!!! It’s only because the centipede got scared and twisted its body that we’re okay!! Otherwise, we’d be in big trouble!”

“Stop nagging me!! What are you, my dad!?”

‘Just shut up and give me some praise!!!’

Thanks to that, Roxer received a scolding for the danger.