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Regarding the source of this message, apart from the [Fantastic Creature Mr.] in the name column, Erika has no clue.

The message was sent two days ago, that is to say, before her arrival, [Erika] in this world should have seen this message.

...was it killed?

In other words, it's not that she occupies the existence of [Erika Atobe] in this world, but fills the existence that was vacated by her accident?

Erika felt a chill down her back.

【"Teacher, I have heard that Erika rejected the invitation from Kyoto, saying that if she can be my student in this life, she will die without regret."】

Assuming that [Atobe Erika] rejected the invitation from Kyoto, and came to Tokyo specifically——

If the motivation of [Erika] in this world is not to follow idols, but to seek the protection of Gojo Satoru, who is the apex magician...

Kind of sucks.

Erihua pulled her hair.

Why did things turn out like this? Obviously, the purpose of her playing otome games is to have a sweet love affair.

But if she guessed right, since the [Erika] in this world has already died once, the so-called [Wonderful Creatures] shouldn't come to trouble her so soon, right?

Erika picked up the gun that seemed to be a magic tool.

Although Japan has strict regulations on the purchase of pistols, in fact, as the eldest lady of the chaebol, Erika has been practicing shooting at the shooting range since she was very young.

Erika has shown extraordinary talent in shooting, and this is probably the only place where she can win Keigo Atobe.

but……

Erika looked at the empty magazines that had been removed.

...It doesn't look like a structure that can fire bullets either.

Wouldn't it be strange to ask Gojo Satoru how to use his spell equipment?

Erika pondered for a moment, and decided to go to Zenyuan Maki for some information.

Judging from the plot she watched before, Chanyuan Maki is a genius in using spell tools. Apart from the fact that she looks a bit difficult to approach, she is a very gentle and reliable senior.

Anyway, it's better than going directly to Gojo Satoru and guessing riddles with him suicidally.

As long as she avoids the dog curly thorns, Erika is still very confident that the other party will not find out that she is a "fake".

As for the dog curly spine, as the hero of the No.16 BE ending she played, it is impossible to say that she is not sorry.

On the contrary, Erika actually likes the character "Dog Curly Thorn" very much, that's why she put aside the subtle self-esteem of the eldest lady for a while, and secretly went to the forum to check the strategy for the first time in her life.

However, it didn't work.

After successive encounters with Waterloo in the dungeons of "Hakuoki" and "Grandson of the Slicker", Erika tried the Su Nuo line for the first time in the dungeon of "Spell Return Battle". The difficult behavior expressed surprise, and then watched "Erihua" was killed by Su Nuo on the grounds of "too noisy".

Erika called Sonoko Suzuki on the spot, hugged her world-limited edition giant Ultraman Tiga, and swore tearfully that she would never play otome games again.

Suzuki Sonoko clutched the phone, her voice trembling from holding back her laughter: "Since you have decided so, you can do whatever you want, but a new plot line will be released in a few days..."

Erika felt that she was doing it again.

Erika, who gave her character full of charm points, enthusiastically focused on the "two-faced Su Nuo" again.

And just when Su Nuo's favorability was only one step away from reaching full value——

On December 12th, she was killed by another sudden attack by a curse spirit.

The reason why it is said is that in all the copies, Erika died on the same day and for different reasons.

Erika learned from the pain——

It must be that she doesn't have enough money!

Erika, who had run out of pocket money, knocked on Keigo Atobe's door, and expressed her desire to borrow money in a concise manner.

At that time, Keigo Atobe had just taken a shower, his silver-gray hair was dripping with water, and he was wearing a nightgown that looked expensive and was loosely tied.

Keigo Atobe paused slightly when he heard the unexpected words, he frowned, and looked down at Erika, "What is it for?"

Erika's eyes were hot and sincere: "Of course it's to support a man."

"……boom."

Erika clenched her fists: "Damn it."

Atobe Keigo ruthlessly closed the door.

Keigo Atobe sent a message to Yushi Ninzu, and began to ask his sister about the whereabouts of the little boy who didn't know where he was hiding.

Atobe Keigo learned that Erika's man turned out to be a paper man.

So Atobe Keigo arbitrarily decided that Eri's pocket money for the next month would be gone.

Erika, who fell into poverty, used her brains and carefully analyzed the situation. She felt that her failure might be due to the fact that the targets she chose for the attack did not set a HE ending at the beginning.

After all, they don't look like people who can fall in love.

The girl suddenly realized that she gave up the difficult target of the strategy and chose a character who seemed suitable for dating——

Xia Youjie.

Then Erika, who hadn't had time to read the spoiler at that time, achieved the fastest BE achievement in the history of the game.

The blackening came unexpectedly.

Humans are really complicated animals.The lover who was smiling tenderly one second, ended the life of his beloved by himself in the next second.

Erika watched the favorability on the screen soar from 99 to 100, and then fell off a cliff from 100 to 0.

【"Good night, Erika."】

Blood-red roses bloomed in the dark night, delicate and beautiful, gentle to the extreme cruelty.

These are the last words Xia Youjie said to his childhood sweetheart [Erika Atobe].

After that, the interface of the game went dark.

Erika cooked three bowls of rice that day with tears in her eyes.

The failure of attacking Xia Youjie taught Erihua a truth——

It's better to watch the little cabbage raised by yourself, after all, they don't know when they will develop strange ideas.

And when Erika, who had learned the experience of failure, opened the game again with the intention of winning...

Facing Knotaba Yuhito who embarrassedly sent her a good card on the computer screen, Erika was too lazy to make a painful expression.

So, if you have to ask her how she feels when she sees the male protagonists who were BEed by her, besides feeling sorry, it is actually more of an indescribable sense of frustration.

While Erika was thinking this way, while her memory was still clear, she wrote down important things about this world in the memo on her phone.

……and many more?

If this is the hidden branch that Yuanzi said, then the only way to get out of this world is to complete the strategy mission.

Although she doesn't know much about the background setting of this dungeon, she should be someone who has had contact with [Erika Atobe] in this world.

Is it the colleague mentioned in the diary, or someone from the high school of conjuration?

Wait, is that why Curlythorn has a captured memory? !

No, no, no, it shouldn't be the dog curly thorn.

...Unless the Suzuki family's game developers have already gotten this bad.

As for Wujo Wu.

Erika thought about it calmly.

Very good, this time it is time to be BE.

After all, Gojo Satoru is not someone who will be deceived by her feelings.

ding ding-

The blacked-out phone screen came back on, and Erika, who was sitting on the chair, leaned forward and looked at the newly received message on the screen.

[Don't speak human words Boss-kun]: If you don't come to work again, Kunikida-kun will list you as a missing person, Xiao Eri.

Erika just glanced at it and concluded that the sender of the message was Osamu Dazai.

After all, the opponent existed in her sixteen glorious failure histories.

Probably because there was a precedent for the dog curly thorn, she was not particularly surprised by Osamu Dazai's [Atobe Erika] who knew this world.

As long as Osamu Dazai doesn't have the memory of being captured like the dog curly spine...

Just deal with it casually.

The girl tapped lightly on the screen with her fingertips, and quickly edited the reply message.

[Erika]: Sorry, I will contact Kunikida-senpai.

Osamu Dazai was silent for half a minute.

[Don't speak human words Boss Jun]: Hey, it's really strange that Xiao Eri will reply to my message.

Erika flipped through the chat records with Osamu Dazai, and except for the replies at work, it was indeed Osamu Dazai who was talking most of the time.

... Careless.Has the [Erika Atobe] of this world hated Osamu Dazai to this extent?

But judging from that diary, it is only natural that Osamu Dazai is hated as a boss.

[Don't speak human words Boss Jun]: Ah, why don't I come to Tokyo to play with Xiao Eri.

[Don't speak human words Boss-kun]: But there seems to be a task that needs to be completed before tonight, it's really troublesome~ Just pretend to be fine, anyway, Kunikida-kun who is dedicated will definitely finish it well.

[Don't speak human words Boss-kun]: In this case, I'll take the next train and come, Xiao Eri remember to come to the station to meet me.

[Eri Flower]:? ? ?

Please be sober!If Kunikida catches him, he will be beaten and cry! !

Erika was so angry that she shook the hand holding the phone, she took a deep breath, thought about the tone she should have for a while, and then politely responded to Osamu Dazai's message.

[Erihua]: No, there are other activities this afternoon, so...

[Don't speak human words Boss Jun]: Hey——It's really sad, is Xiao Eri going to abandon me?

Yes yes, you know it.

[Don't speak human words Boss-kun]: But it's okay, I'm not the same as Mr. Ranpo, so Eri doesn't have to worry about me getting lost.

...That's not what I'm worried about, okay? ! !

Erika on the other end was about to grab the ground with her head, but Osamu Dazai from the detective agency jumped off the table lightly.

The tea-brown windbreaker fell lightly with Dazai Osamu's movements.

Ignoring the message from the person on the other side of the phone, Osamu Dazai hummed an unknown song, turned off the phone, and put his hand in his pocket.

He leaned back, turned his face slightly, with a pair of honey-like beautiful kite eyes bent, and waved lazily at his companion lying on the sofa.

"I'm leaving, Mr. Ranpo."

Edogawa was biting the potato chips in random steps. He raised his hand and tugged at the hat that was about to slip off, and responded vaguely, without any other plans.

Osamu Dazai raised the corners of his lips happily.

【"Reason? There is no such thing. Ever since I first saw Mr. Dazai, I have decided to follow Mr. Dazai."

"Dangdang—Happy Birthday, Mr. Dazai!"

"What kind of look is that... Is Mr. Dazai pitying me? I am not a kitten or puppy on the side of the road. One day, I will impress you!"

"Mr. Dazai, have you forgotten? I don't have such a thing as a family. It may be because I have no memories of family members since I was a child, so I don't feel sad about it."

"Life doesn't matter what you do. If you don't live for the person you love, every day you live, your body will be corroded by the scorching sun bit by bit, just like the dry skin that has been trampled on the road. Like a fallen leaf, no one will remember me after I die... Ah, what am I?"

The blond girl with a high ponytail always looks optimistic and energetic, which made Osamu Dazai totally unexpected——

"Please save me, Dazai-san."

——She would jump without hesitation before Osamu Dazai could do it.

The last words were whispered like a lover, she rubbed the frozen boy's cheek like a small animal, and ran her slender fingers through his smooth black hair.

Erika Atobe died unexpectedly like a bird that couldn't be caught.

The winter moonlight filled the entire street like a flood.

Osamu Dazai suddenly remembered the whispering between the girl and Yosano that he heard outside the detective agency that day.

——"I lied to Dazai-san."

——"It's really troublesome to like someone, Miss Yosano."

——"After meeting Mr. Dazai, I seem to have become more timid and inferior."

——"If you die like this..."

——"Will Dazai-san remember me?"

In those wide-open kite eyes, blood overflowed the girl's entire face.She closed her eyes, her expression was as quiet as if she was asleep.

But no matter how carefully Dazai called out, she would never respond.

In the dream, Erika Atobe's smile became blurred little by little. She stretched out her hand to the boy who was stunned in place with a smile, and when Osamu Dazai held it, she His figure was like frightened fireflies, speckled and disappeared in this endless night.

"Please stop scaring me, Dazai-san."

The light of the siren reflected the boy's pale profile.

"Death is a terrible thing."

Osamu Dazai pressed his eyes with his hand, suddenly felt a little ridiculous.

What are you doing...

The person who should die is obviously him. 】

"Obviously Mr. Ranpo remembers it too." Dazai Osamu chuckled, looking at the detective who was lazily yawning on the sofa, "You really deserve to be Mr. Ranpo—"

Edogawa Ranpo stopped his movements and opened his eyes to look at him.

There was nothing in those blue eyes.

Osamu Dazai, who woke up from the inexplicable dream, pulled the corners of his lips wide.

He opened his curved eyes, and under those long eyelashes, there seemed to be something crazily surging.

Like a cherry mixed with poison, Osamu Dazai tilted his head innocently.

"However, if I get ahead of you—"

"Even Ranpo-san would be troubled, right?"

The author has something to say: *Realist: Why do I have such a strong sense of presence in the diary but I am excluded from the ranks of the raiders? ?

*Finally thanks to [lrig] for mine!

【Known Information / Seventeen Weeks】

【Character-Erika Atobe】

Currently dead (suspected)

Purpose of admission: to be confirmed

Part-time colleague: Kinomoto ■■

friend: unknown

Magic equipment: gun (suspected, not carried with me, the reason is unknown)

Spell: unknown

Anxiety: nightmares, being haunted by a curse, peepers in the dark, not getting along well with the new boss