How to Survive as a Princess in a Reverse Harem Game - Chapter 3
“Ugh…”
A burning heat spread from head to toe, invading every corner of my body. It felt like I would be consumed by the flames and die at any moment.
Not only that, but an odd itch and heat flared up inside my thighs, pulling my consciousness out of the previously numb body.
“Haa, huh…”
I can’t breathe. It’s suffocating, I feel like I’m going to die.
No, I can’t die. Who would take care of Jiyu if I died? I can’t leave her like this. Someone, anyone, please.
My desperate hand, flailing blindly, was suddenly grabbed. For a moment, the unbearable heat seemed to ease.
But it wasn’t enough. I needed more… more relief…
“Your Highness.”
A voice echoed faintly in my ear.
“Princess, are you… alright…?”
I could barely hear it.
With difficulty, I forced my eyes open. But my tear-blurred vision was hazy. There seemed to be someone there…
“Haa, ha, ugh…”
The brief moment of relief disappeared as the heat returned, making it feel like my body was burning alive again.
No, I must survive. I have to live…
Instinctively, I clung to the person in front of me. Cool breaths rushed into my parted lips as if they were the very essence of life. I swallowed them down again and again, as though they were my only lifeline. The heat seemed to subside slightly, but it was nowhere near enough.
More… I need more.
Even though no one had told me, I knew. The only one who could quell this burning heat right now was the person standing in front of me.
After clinging desperately for what felt like ages, the steady breath left me, and a voice followed.
“Your Highness, the Princess.”
This time, I could understand it clearly.
‘Your Highness, the Princess?’ Isn’t that a title reserved for royalty?
While I was puzzling over it, my vision cleared just enough to make out the person before me.
A man with jet-black hair. His presence was sharp and commanding, like a finely honed blade, but there was also a composed elegance to him.
‘He’s… handsome…’
Even in my dazed state, overwhelmed by the fever, that thought came to mind. The man was strikingly good-looking, the kind that was exactly my type. His voice had been just as pleasant…
As I stared blankly at his face, my gaze drifted down unconsciously. I froze.
The man’s upper body was exposed, his bare chest in full view.
I couldn’t tear my eyes away from his thick chest and the deeply shadowed abs, making it hard to know where to focus. Unable to bring myself to look any lower, I quickly lifted my head and tried to pull away from the man.
“Your Highness? Are you in much pain?”
Despite my efforts, the man drew even closer as he asked, his overly handsome face leaving me at a loss for words.
I could feel the warmth of his breath grazing my cheek. Someone once said you couldn’t feel sensations in dreams, but that had to be a lie.
This situation was so surreal—there was no way it wasn’t a dream, right?
Ding!
[<System> Welcome to the Kingdom of Lublin. The ‘Secret Mode’ perk is now active.]
In that moment, a translucent message window appeared between me and the man.
[<System> The tutorial quest will now begin.]
[<Tutorial Quest> Engage in intercourse with your knight!
As a princess, you suffered an accident in your childhood, leaving you unable to regulate your mana on your own. Before your mana accumulation reaches 100%, you must engage with your Guardian to share mana.
—Current Mana Accumulation: 92% (Danger)
—Success Reward: Guidebook, Real-time Character Affection Activation.
—Failure: Mana Overload and Death.
(※Warning※) If the character dies, you will also die in reality.]
This… this was a message window straight out of a game. How is this appearing in front of me?
‘Am I… dreaming?’
No matter how I tried to reason it, the only explanation for this bizarre situation was that it was a dream. There was no way I had been possessed by a character inside a game… right?
‘Wait, a game?’
Suddenly, memories of what happened before I lost consciousness flooded back.
I had been waiting for the bus to go home after leaving the hospital where Jiyu was admitted. I accidentally clicked on a game ad, and when I opened my eyes, I was in this situation.
‘Could it really be… that I’m inside a game?’
No way. That couldn’t possibly be real, could it?
Even though I blinked in denial, the scenery around me remained unchanged. The message window in front of me and the man standing there were both still very much real.
As I stared at the message window in a daze, something odd caught my eye.
[<Tutorial Quest> Engage in intercourse with your knight!]
Intercourse—was it seriously telling me to have s-x? With this man?
And if I didn’t, I’d die both in the game and in real life?
As I reeled from the confusion, another message window popped up.
Ding!
[<System> The tutorial quest is a mandatory starting quest for all new players.
This quest will proceed regardless of the player’s intentions.]
Reading through the message mechanically, I froze when I saw the words “regardless of the player’s intentions.”
But the message window showed no mercy. It disappeared as quickly as it had appeared, and then… my hand moved on its own.
Despite my protests, my arm reached out and wrapped itself around the man’s neck.
‘No way…!’
