Became a Villain Heroine in a Harem Story

It was an ordinary day.

As usual, I worked, did overtime, came home late, and lay down on the bed looking at my darkened room.

I closed my eyes and voiced my discontent with life.

I don’t want to live. I wish I could just open my eyes and be in another world. In my next life, I hope I’d have enough money that I wouldn’t need to work.

I don’t care what it is, I just wish it was a better life than now.

And then, I opened my eyes.

On a bed surrounded by glass.

No, I clearly said I wanted to die, but… who kills someone right away?

With that thought, I looked around.

Bright fluorescent lights, nothing around me. A blanket as tall as me…?

That’s when I finally realized where I was.

‘…An incubator?’

My face reflected dimly in the glass.

I was a baby.

: Your name is Bia!

: Welcome to the world of SAGA Academy!

Status window…?

‘SAGA Academy.’

A familiar name appeared before my eyes.

The title of a harem dating sim game that I occasionally played when bored at dawn.

The setting is modern-day South Korea.

In the not-too-distant future.

Less than 0.1% of humanity gained superpowers. That’s roughly the premise.

The protagonist uses his powers to win over beautiful girls, punishes appropriate villains, and normally enjoys romance and youth.

If you search for ‘#dating sim’ on the game purchase homepage, it’s just one of about 8,800 similar mass-produced games that come up.

And then, I was finally able to read the other text.

My name written above Academy.

‘Bia…?’

No way. It can’t be.

Due to the nature of the harem genre, this game features seven heroines.

And among them, there’s one heroine with particularly poor reviews.

She has no significance.

She’s not charming either.

She’s not especially strong.

Her background setting isn’t interesting either.

Above all… she’s a villain.

She’s the type of heroine who was ‘very strong as an enemy, but suddenly becomes weak when she becomes an ally.’ And depending on the route, she even… dates the protagonist!

‘Fuck.’

I can’t become gay.

Absolutely not.

Thinking of the precious memories with my lower body that I couldn’t even use properly, I closed my eyes with tears.

I will absolutely return to the original world.

: In that case, I will help you!

‘You can… talk?’

Although I was someone who wasted time on many types of creative works, I hadn’t really seen the kind where you directly converse with a status window.

It wasn’t entirely unseen or novel, but it was certainly an uncommon situation.

: How much do you know about your ability?

‘In the original game, it was the ability to manipulate shadows, right?’

: No! No! Your ability is not just that level!

‘…?’

A past life bonus, perhaps.

Until this point, I had been thinking such trivial thoughts.

Casually.

That this world was just a game.

That’s what I thought.

: Your ability is [Other-Killing]!

‘Other, Killing?’

: You gain abilities each time you kill someone!

: If you keep killing and killing, wouldn’t an ability to return to the original world come up eventually?

[ QUEST! ]

[ First murder. ]

[ Kill one person! Two would be even better! ]

[ Reward: Shadow. ]

: I made it for you.

‘I won’t.’

: Fine. Alright. Let’s see how long you can hold out!

No matter how much I wanted to return to my original world, I didn’t want to go back by killing others.

If this world wasn’t just a matrix made of code, it would mean killing real people.

To begin with, I had no family and not many friends in my life.

Rather… not getting involved with the academy and just living normally.

Yes. Let’s live like that.

…And try not to get involved with men either!

: D

♦♦♦

Four years have passed since being reborn in this body.