A Basement-Dwelling Loser, the Inquisitor

[Rene]

[Hello]

[The Blue Sky Welcomes You | 5917 viewers online | 00:24:19]

[Seoyeon: I am your noble lady! Nice to meet you!]

“Seems like there’s a lack of common sense here, this lady…”

─?????

─Of all people, should you be the one saying that, Rene?

─Did you forget what you said just 10 minutes ago?

“Ugh… Everyone. Not knowing about noble ladies is a knowledge issue, but barging into someone else’s home and claiming to be one is a common sense issue… Do you not get that…?”

It’s a bit sad to think these believers might not even have such basic common sense.

I sighed, feeling a mix of pity and frustration.

─I seriously want to kill someone, damn it…

─Leaving aside others, do I really have to hear such nonsense from her?

“Guys, you have to acknowledge when you’re wrong…”

Even if I made a mistake earlier, I shouldn’t deny the logic itself.

“…Hmph.”

─The irony is rich coming from someone who’s always in a power struggle and never admits it.

─Yeah… let’s just go with that…

─Did you really think I’d let you off just because you acted cute? You know better…

─I’m so mad, but why is it cute?

Seeing the believers unable to counter my perfect logic, I continued with the game.

As for the story…

A heroine claiming to be a noble lady appears before the protagonist, who seeks an ordinary life.

From my perspective, having watched some manga and anime, it strongly felt like a slice of life fantasy love comedy.

[Seoyeon: I’m one of the descendants of the noble lady you know.]

[Seoyeon: We are the noble family born through the favor of the Celestial God.]

[Seoyeon: For a very long time, we’ve followed the divine revelation of the Celestial God through the celestial goddess, and one of the events that arose in that process is the story of the noble lady.]

“…Celestial God?”

─Whoa, LOL!

─This is bad.

─Calm down, Rene…

─I said this game doesn’t suit you!!!

Celestial God.

What does the Celestial God refer to here?

Thinking about it simply means it refers to the God of the Sky, right?

The setup of a noble species created by the God of the Sky…

“Interesting, isn’t it…?”

─???

─What is up with her…?

─Who are you!?

The chat suddenly erupted with comments.

“Everyone, why are you like this… This is simply a setting in the work…?”

─You damn idiot.

─What crime did the priests of New Dimension commit up until now…?

─Oh, that’s a story about a different streamer, folks.

─No mentioning other streamers, please…

─Even though she’s your senior, no mentioning other streamers, haha.

─If this girl is a junior to Streamer Rene, isn’t she following the same values???

“Everyone… New Dimension is reality, but this is just a computer game… If you say it like that, it sounds like Rene-senpai is wrong…”

─? LOL

─??? : This is my reality!!!

─Wow, LOL

─??? : There’s a person inside, you know?

Why can’t they understand?

New Dimension players receive blessings even without faith and can use skills.

In other words, it’s heresy.

But the visual novel “The Blue Sky Welcomes You” is merely a setting for the story’s progression.

If a player playing this visual novel believes in this Celestial God, can they perform miracles?

Impossible.

I clearly knew that.

“Everyone… please don’t get too immersed…”

─You damn idiot.

─My head hurts.

─Those believers getting mad here still don’t know Rene… just enjoy it…

─LOL

─For real, LOL.

─Such a girl with her own philosophy firmly set…

“Now, let’s continue…”

Following that, this visual novel progressed into a story I found more interesting than expected.

The protagonist, Hyeonjun, tries to push away the heroine, Seoyeon, who insists on being a noble lady.

But no matter how much Hyeonjun tries to shove her away, Seoyeon approaches him with a smile.

As additional characters appear and become involved, the story unfolds.

Still, they continued on parallel lines, but as Hyeonjun’s past is revealed, their relationship began to develop slowly.

[Hyeonjun: I wanted to be someone like you….]

Thus, Hyeonjun confessed his past to Seoyeon.

[Seoyeon: I see… I only reminded Hyeonjun of his wounds….]

[Seoyeon: I’m sorry, Hyeonjun.]

[Seoyeon: I didn’t know that my feelings for you would hurt you this much….]

[Seoyeon: I’m really sorry….]

[Seoyeon: So… I’m going back now.]

[Seoyeon: This might be the only thing I can do for you.]

[Seoyeon: Hyeonjun. Up until now, I really liked you.]

[Seoyeon was crying and smiling.]

[As she left the room, she brushed past me and walked out of the house.]

[That was the last sight of Seoyeon I would ever see….]

[??? : In the end, you have failed as well.]

[??? : Was it really just a coincidence….]

[Hyeonjun: …Huh?]

[Hyeonjun: Did someone come to the house…?]

[Somehow feeling the mess in the house, I quietly stretched my body.]

[For some reason, I felt a momentary doubt from the unusually abundant food supplies, but I couldn’t recall anything specific.]

[I think I bought a lot during the sale at the mart last time….]

[Well, it isn’t like I can’t finish it all, so it’s not a big deal, right?]

[…And it feels like there was something important that happened too.]

[I don’t know. Maybe I should just sleep.]

[Bad End: Unsevered Past]

For some reason, the game ended.

─LOL

─Wow, I’m really seeing the rare bad ending in this game;

─You damn idiot, you’re hopeless! LOL

“…What could have possibly gone wrong?”

─Are you seriously asking?

─Was it really that hard to just listen to the story properly???

─This girl really has no idea what empathy is. LOL

─How can she only respond like that during important events? I don’t get it. LOL

“Honestly, I don’t think I picked any strange choices… I chose based entirely on common sense…”

─Yeah… I see…

─Is it common sense for a girl to be out in the rain with only one umbrella while returning home?

“An umbrella might be too small for two people, and if I share it with Seoyeon, I’d get wet, wouldn’t I? Besides, it was Seoyeon who said to go first, intending to leave when the rain stopped…”

─This girl just doesn’t understand women’s hearts! LOL

─Doesn’t understand women’s hearts (while being a woman herself).

─Damn this guy, LOL.

─Maybe it’s okay for a slightly wet Rene… (Deleted message.)

─Is it really okay for a boy to get a little wet…?

“I’m a woman too…”

─Not you! You’re an idiot! LOL

─This guy’s doing it on purpose, isn’t he? I’m certain of it.

─What if Rene was actually a guy?

─Whoa.

─A guy… with a voice changer… Ugh, my head…

─Ah, that’s a different streamer.

How did they know…?

That comment was apparently made just to tease me.

But there were really some points in the chat I sincerely didn’t know about.

I thought I had made a reasonably sensible judgment…

“Hmm… I can’t just end it here, so let’s see one more ending before quitting…? But I don’t really know where to start to make something change…”

When I first started the game, I followed the chat’s advice and saved at all the choices.

Where to start over to change something became the issue.

─Let’s go with the second evening’s choice.

─The second evening seems good.

─How about starting right from the beginning?

The most recommended option from the chat was the second evening of the second day.

What was that about again…?

Swallowing my pondering thoughts, I loaded that scene.

[Hyeonjun: Phew!]

Ah, right.

This was the scene.

The moment Seoyeon first cooks rice for Hyeonjun.

[The food was generally okay. After all, Seoyeon just took out what was left in the house.]

[But there was one problem, and that was Seoyeon’s rolled omelet.]

[Sour, salty, and sweet.]

[Literally drowning in seasonings to the point of choking, dumped in like a bomb.]

[Why does this omelet taste like this…?]

[Seoyeon: Hyeonjun, I worked hard on it. How does it taste?]

[Seoyeon smiled brightly and asked me.]

[My answer was….]

〔1. How is this an omelet…?〕

〔2. Did you not season it properly?〕

〔3. As a noble lady, how can you not cook…?〕

I was pretty sure I’d chosen 3 at the beginning…

Then Seoyeon ended up saying she hadn’t experienced cooking, and we moved on to the next scene.

So, this time, I’ll choose option 2.

[Hyeonjun: Did you not season it properly?]

[Seoyeon: Ah, you’re right… I forgot. Sorry.]

[Hyeonjun: No, how do you get salty, sour, and sweet all in one omelet…?]

[Seoyeon: …Well, my sister and aunt use different seasonings for their omelets, so I thought I’d try using all of them….]

[Hyeonjun: You’ve never made it yourself? You were the one who said you could handle housework, though.]

[Seoyeon: …I can handle other chores, but cooking was forbidden at home….]

[Yet the omelet looked completely intact.]

[Making an omelet may seem easy, but it’s actually quite difficult to produce such a neat appearance.]

[There are special pans made for shaping them, after all.]

[…It means she’s somewhat skilled with her hands.]

[Hyeonjun: So? Why does it taste like this? Wouldn’t it be better to just take out some side dishes and honestly admit you can’t cook?]

[Seoyeon: That’s….

…I think I understand the reason.

─?

When I had initially chosen option 3, Seoyeon had only claimed she had never cooked and then moved on to the next scene, while the reason for the taste of the omelet had not come up.

But this time, Seoyeon was going to explain that reason.

I was confident I could guess the answer even without hearing it.

“The seasonings needed for an omelet are salt and sugar… and vinegar to shape it… Seoyeon is a beginner cook, so she wouldn’t know how to use them properly, so she thought dumping a lot would make it tasty, which I believe is the case…”

─Oh damn.

─She hit the nail right on the head.

─How did you know?

“Phew… I’m amazing, aren’t I…?”

─I’ll acknowledge this time.

─Great Demon Rene.

─I wish Rene would make me an omelet…

─Indeed, a born woman is Rene.

─But does sugar really go into an omelet?

─They say it goes into the Japanese-style omelet.

─I tried it with sugar once, and it tasted quite good.

“Hmm, yeah…”

Watching the chat filled with my compliments, I resumed the game.