NOVEL NEXT Prologue - Bed ending
I never liked bad endings.
Endings where the protagonist breaks down and falls apart? I preferred stories that ended happily.
That’s why.
“I’m planning to quit soon.”
When I heard those words from the girl, I finally felt relief. It was the relief that came from knowing I had finally succeeded.
Memories of my time with her flashed through my mind. How hard I had worked to ensure a safe ending.
What a good kid.
I wanted to rush out immediately and congratulate her. If she wanted, I was even willing to give her those head pats she liked so much.
“So… what does that have to do with this?”
If only she hadn’t tied me up.
I was seated in a chair, firmly bound in a corner of an abandoned construction site.
Not just my hands and feet, but my neck was also firmly fixed as if to prevent me from turning my head.
My attempts to break the ropes had failed several times. No, even if I did break them, that kid wouldn’t just sit still.
I raised my head to look at the girl.
Her pink cherry blossom-colored hair fluttered. Her smile was beautiful and had the power to mesmerize people. Like a shooting star fallen alone in a dark world.
One of the magical girls who fought against evil, and the great hero who sealed the Demon King herself. Magical Girl Iris.
Her other name was.
“Noah, I don’t know what’s going on… but can we talk about this?”
Ordinary high school student Na Noah.
Noah looked at me and spoke.
“There’s something I’d like you to help me with, oppa.”
Unlike her usual self, her smile seemed ominous somehow. Her eyes also showed a look of determination.
The unfamiliar sensation made me gulp.
“Help you with what?”
“Well, you’ve always helped me a lot, haven’t you? I was wondering if you could help me with this too.”
What could she possibly want help with? What could it be that would make her kidnap someone like this?
“I told you I’m retiring…”
Noah’s voice trailed off.
Her lips twitched subtly. Then suddenly, she began to quiz me.
“Oppa, I have a quiz for you.”
“A quiz all of a sudden?”
“Can you guess why I applied for retirement~?”
“…How would I know that?”
Noah stared at my face for a long time. No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t come up with an answer.
“I don’t know…”
“Really? Then I’ll specially give you the answer this time.”
After staying silent for a while, she opened her mouth to reveal the answer.
“Pregnancy retirement.”
“…Pregnancy retirement?”
My head was spinning.
What? Pregnancy retirement? Did this kid get into some kind of trouble? Who on earth was the other party?
I had so much I wanted to say, but the shock left my mouth stiff. As I stared at her blankly, she soon blushed.
“Don’t get any strange ideas. I’ve never even had a boyfriend.”
“I…I see. Then what are you talking about?”
“The old guys at the top kept pestering me. Telling me not to retire.”
“…Huh.”
“So I just told them I was pregnant. They couldn’t say anything after that.”
I was somewhat dumbfounded, but it was understandable. Even if the Demon King was sealed, monsters and villains still remained.
With their best fighter quitting, they naturally would try to stop her. It seemed Noah had lied to escape that situation.
After all, they couldn’t force a pregnant woman to fight. And if it became public that they were coercing her, they would suffer significant losses too.
She had handled the pressure quite well.
That much I could say. It seemed she had developed some resourcefulness.
…That’s commendable, but.
“So what does that have to do with me?”
“They want me to come in for a check-up next time. To see if there’s really a baby or not.”
“So what—”
“Ah~ I wonder if there’s someone who could help me~”
“Hey, you, wait a minute.”
I got goosebumps.
A terrible thought had just crossed my mind.
No way, what she’s thinking of is…
“…You’re not… no, right? I’m just thinking something weird, right?”
“…Hehe.”
“I’m garbage, right? Huh?”
“No, what you’re thinking is exactly right, oppa.”
This is insane.
“Oppa.”
“Y-yes?”
“Hold me.”
Pororong.
The distinctive transformation sound of a magical girl rang out. Along with it, Noah’s clothes changed. From a fluffy frilly dress to a tight-fitting white outfit.
A flashy, form-fitting material she didn’t usually wear. Even if it looked somewhat awkward and stiff.
Noah was beautiful.
I’ll admit it.
She really is pretty.
An outfit that exposed her shoulders and thighs. Long hair that reached down to her waist. Pink diamond-like sparkling eyes.
Using even the moonlight as a spotlight, the girl’s figure was revealed to the world unfiltered.
One hundred out of one hundred.
A beauty that would make any man lower his guard.
But to me now, she looked like some kind of monster.
One that was trying to eat me. No, or is it the other way around…?
Anyway.
“Calm down, Noah.”
“You’ll help me retire, won’t you? Oppa?”
“Choice… you need to give me a choice too!”
“A choice? Hmm…”
At my words, Noah briefly appeared thoughtful, then.
“Hehe.”
She flashed a sinister smile.
“Only the strong get choices. Darling.”
“Huh…”
…It was something I never could have imagined. If someone had told my past self, I would have laughed it off as nonsense.
Shin Hyun. A man who was transmigrated into an erotic magical girl game full of bad endings.
Becoming a villain to help the girl avoid the bad ending, only to…
end up facing a bed ending instead.
‘Why on earth…’
did things turn out this way.