Glory Cael Magic Academy Dungeon.
A surging underground river flowed along the edge of the rocky banks, the flickering firelight painting the surrounding stone walls in a warm orange hue.
"Due to your self-indulgence and debasement, which has tarnished the family's reputation, the House of Duke Sass has decided to expel you effective immediately. Reflect on your failures, you waste!"
"Shit, expelled just for skipping a few days of class? I guess I really am hated."
If this had been the original Greg Sass, he would have fallen into deep despair after reading this letter, having lost his greatest backing.
But the current Greg was different; he was a transmigrator.
After reading the letter, Greg nonchalantly crumpled the envelope into a ball and tossed it into the underground river. He took the opportunity to wash off the bloodstains he had acquired while hunting magical beasts near his camp.
"Whatever. This family is going to be destroyed by the mid-game anyway, so I don't give a damn whether you acknowledge me or not. Besides... it's a big question if I can even survive until the mid-game!"
Greg felt a sense of internal collapse.
He didn't understand why, while playing his 81st playthrough of Do You Like a World Where You Can Happily Party Up Even as a Girl?—a game focused on girls bonding—he had suddenly transmigrated into it.
And he just happened to transmigrate into the only male character with a unique character portrait in the original work: Greg Sass.
Of course, don't misunderstand; the development team didn't give him a portrait out of favoritism. On the contrary, it was a gesture filled with malice!
Although he was incredibly handsome, it seemed that due to the developers' settings, every important female character in the original game would feel an instinctive, deep-seated loathing for him the moment they laid eyes on him, regardless of his appearance.
Thus, even though he was the only male character with a portrait, it was impossible for him to win the hearts of the heroines.
Furthermore, the developers' malice didn't stop there.
In this world full of possibilities, Greg Sass was the only villain character destined to die.
In the game, he possessed the highest number of personal CGs at 1,386. However, 1,380 of them were various scenes of his death, making it a nightmare for completionist players back then.
If a novice transmigrator had ended up here, they would have likely kicked the bucket in some mysterious way by now.
Fortunately, the current Greg was a veteran.
After playing the original game 81 times, he knew that there was only one place where Greg Sass had no death CGs.
The dungeon.
In this world, any dungeon was an extremely dangerous place. Although they contained gems and items that could enhance magic, few people would voluntarily enter one.
This was especially true for Greg Sass, the classic villainous noble. In any route and at any time, he never once entered a dungeon. Therefore, the dungeon was the only place where no death CG of him existed.
So, upon realizing he had transmigrated as Greg Sass, he had bolted straight out of the classroom during a lecture and didn't stop until he reached the dungeon.
"It's a good thing I have a cheat as a transmigrator. Otherwise, I would've become death CG number 1,387 the moment I stepped into the first floor."
After tossing the inedible carcass of a magical beast into the underground river, Greg opened his basic status panel to take a look:
[Name: Greg Sass]
[Race: Human]
[Level: LV15]
[Physique: 2 → 3]
[Agility: 2 → 3]
[Intelligence: 1 → 7]
[Charm: 10 (?)]
[Willpower: 1 → 6]
[Luck: 10 (Black)]
"Yeah, as expected, the original basic stats were total trash except for Charm. Even the Luck is worse than a generic mob's."
What made Greg feel fortunate were the talents listed below.
[Dungeon Explorer (Evolvable): While inside a dungeon, damage dealt to any entity is increased by 20%]
[Praise the Dungeon (Evolvable): While inside a dungeon, your actual Luck value will not fall below 0]
[Dungeon's Charity (Evolvable): While inside a dungeon, experience points gained are slightly increased]
[Digestive Bacteria (Fixed): When killing an enemy in a dungeon, there is a chance to obtain a random skill or skill fragment from the enemy]
[? (To be activated)]
"The kindness of the Dungeon is truly inexhaustible!"
Greg couldn't help but marvel once again.
Excluding the question mark, the other four activated talents were not only broken in his eyes, but they also perfectly suited his current needs!
Especially that fourth talent, which had allowed him to acquire some decent skills while surviving and hunting magical beasts in the dungeon during this period.
[Acquired Skills: Whimper LV3, Blunt Resistance LV2, Burrow LV1, Earth Magic Resistance LV2, Earth Mana Affinity LV1, Underwater Adaptation LV3, Water Magic Resistance LV2, Water Mana Affinity LV1, Frost Resistance LV1]
These skills gave Greg more confidence in his ability to survive in the dungeon.
Even though the living conditions here were indeed too harsh.
As long as he could hold out until the heroines reached the grand finale, he wouldn't have any more death CGs waiting for him when he returned to the surface. He would be able to live freely!
Therefore, his primary goal now was to find a way to continue surviving in the dungeon.
"Though, I wonder where the current plot progress is."
Because he had been in such a hurry to avoid danger, he knew almost nothing about the current progress of the story, other than confirming he was now Greg Sass.
The only thing he could be certain of was that the original plot had definitely begun. He had caught a glimpse of the classroom as he ran out; it was a second-year classroom, so the story had definitely started.
"It's impressive that the family even knew I was in the dungeon and managed to have a letter delivered. As expected of a villain boss who survives until the mid-game, their methods are quite something."
After roughly cleaning up the camp, Greg stood up and walked to the fire. While waiting for the meat to roast, he continued recording his Glory Cael Magic Academy Dungeon Survival Guide (Diary).
His eyes scanned the previous few lines.
Day 1: Hungry and in the dark, my whole body aches. Luckily, with the help of my cheat, I've managed to scrape by in the shallow areas of the first floor. I must keep working hard to survive, hehe.
Day 2: Found a natural cave today—an absolute top-tier campsite! Monsters don't spawn here, the ground is hard, and I don't have to worry about Horned Rabbits ambushing me from underground. The only thing to watch out for are the magical beasts lurking in the underground river next to it. I'll make this my permanent camp.
Day 3: Tentatively explored the Devil Flower's territory. Just as recorded in the original work, I figured out their weaknesses. Even I can easily defeat these monsters now. I even found salt blocks in their nests, and their buds secrete a powder similar to Sichuan peppercorns. My confidence in surviving has grown even more!
Day 4: While clearing out magical beasts around the camp, I noticed a party of three upperclassmen passing by the main path. I overheard them gossiping about me with schadenfreude. It seems the news of my sudden disappearance has already spread through the academy. But from their words, it's clear the person spreading the rumors has no good intentions.
"Time really flies. Today is already the fifth day."
Greg sighed softly, his hand moving as he began to record today's experiences.
Day 5: Received the letter of expulsion from the family today, but that's not necessarily a bad thing for me. What needs attention today is the entrance from the shallow level to the middle level. I found a group of Goblins there. Normally, they never appear in the shallow levels. This situation is very abnormal. I wonder if it's related to that upperclassman party from before. To avoid unnecessary risk, it's best to completely avoid this area for a while.
After finishing his entry, he picked up a skewer of nearly roasted Horned Rabbit meat. Just as he was about to take a bite, he suddenly heard a somewhat familiar female voice not far away:
"Silvia! Quick, grab my hand!"
"Pffft—?!"
Greg choked, his head snapping around. Two beautiful figures immediately appeared in his line of sight.
On the narrow passage, a girl with long grey hair was lying on the ground, reaching out desperately toward the underground river.
And in the surging river, there was another girl with pink hair. Her leg seemed to be entangled by something as she began to drift away from the bank and sink.
"...Wait, what?!"
Greg's mind went blank for a second.
If his memory served him right, the grey-haired girl a short distance away was the game's protagonist, Victoria.
And the pink-haired girl was the second heroine, Silvia.
But why were they here?
And what was this scene where Silvia looked like she was about to die on the spot?!
There was no such plot point in the game!!
Rate on N.U.
