I Transmigrated as my Bias's Messenger Bird - Chapter 1
“What…what do you think it would be like to transmigrate?”
“Transmigration…? Such a thing could never happen, so there’s no need to think about it, right?”
Perhaps I should have thought about it at least once back then.
Somewhat absurdly, I’m trapped in the forgotten game, “Eternal Love Quest.”
“Eternal Love Quest” was a dating simulation game released by an unknown developer. I was obsessed with its illustrations during my childhood, played it until it wore out, and then stashed it somewhere.
Mina, the main character, went on a school trip and broke into an archeological site with a no-entry sign which ends up being an otherworldly portal. She ends up traveling to another dimension where she is revered as a mysterious girl from another world. In this other realm, she goes through various events and grows her love story with the male leads.
Yes, it was a cliché I had seen many times.
Cliché setting aside, the game balance was an absolute mess. Usually, when the balance is terrible, it leans towards being too difficult, but this game was the opposite. You could clear the game just by breathing. It was a miraculous level of simplicity.
While others cursed it for being too easy, I was happy with it. Easy and comfortable are the best. I had seen all the endings except for one.
Even with Mina’s meaningless actions, the affection of the male characters steadily increased. Then, on the eve of the promised one-year mark, three out of the four male characters confessed their feelings despite me not putting in any special effort.
However, min-maxed Femme Fatale Mina, who conquered all the routes effortlessly, was inexplicably brought back to reality, crying as she had to pursue her dream of going to college.
……?
Choosing a specific male lead doesn’t change the ending. The only difference is which character is given a heart necklace as a gift before you return to the real world.
This was the biggest reason why the game was criticized as a flop, and even I didn’t like this ending.
Still, the biggest reason I played this game excessively was because of the art. In fact, the game, which didn’t have much marketing, gained popularity mainly due to its high-quality artwork. It seemed like they poured most of the development budget into making the illustrations.
My ultimate favorite and the only male character whose ending I hadn’t seen, the Lord of the Magic Tower, could be said to have perfectly catered to my tastes. In fact, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that I played to collect the hidden Tower Lord illustrations.
And there was one more reason why I liked this game.
I’ve played quite a few dating simulation games, but in the end, the characters all end up saying the same lines. There are limits, even with choices.
But “Eternal Love Quest” was different. Each time I played, the characters’ lines would subtly and strangely change. Even the passing extras. Sometimes, even with the male characters’ routes I had gone through multiple times, new events would just pop up. Some users praised this, saying the true value of the game was in the story. There were even stories of users who kept playing out of curiosity about how much new content would appear.
But… in the end, it all led to the same conclusion, that repetitive ending. When that happened, the term “flop” would involuntarily slip out.
…And I became one with that flop of a game.
It was about two weeks ago, I think. The female lead trespassed at some archaeological site, did something about dimensional travel…or whatever convoluted reasoning there was. But I ended up jumping into her world when I got electrocuted while putting the game I found while cleaning the warehouse on a junk PC.
Damn curiosity. That’s why curious people tend to have short lives, I guess.
At first, I had no idea what was happening. I just knew that when I woke up after being electrocuted, I was flying in the sky, and that didn’t seem like a normal situation.
But the real surprise came next. A castle towering on a snow-covered mountain. I effortlessly landed on the highest window, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
A moment later, the window opened, revealing a man.
The wind blowing through the open window made the man’s black hair sway gently. His prominent nose and beautiful azure eyes glistened in the sunlight.
It was him. My ultimate bias who tormented me in the 2D world. The one character who had hellish difficulty in an otherwise very easy world, the Tower Lord. Rai Sherfied.
Is this a dream? A very good dream? As I convinced myself it was a dream and lost myself halfway, a warm smile spread across the man’s face.
“You’re here.”
He reached out his hand towards me. His long and pale fingers caught my eye, and my short legs moved on their own, naturally climbing up those long, white fingers.
…?
‘I climbed onto his fingers?’
Before I could even think that something was strange, a sound burst from my mouth.
“Coo.”
Then, as if it were a lie, transparent letters floated in front of my eyes.
[Welcome to the world of Eternal Love Quest.]
That’s right. I had transmigrated as a messenger pigeon into a flop game.
