Chapter 0: Prologue
You know those kinds of games.
The ones with massive storylines, deep lore, and unbelievable freedom that lets you customize almost everything to your heart’s content.
A game where you can activate powerful abilities in exchange for imposing certain physical limitations on yourself.
[Dreaming World] was exactly that kind of game.
You could fine-tune your character’s appearance with incredible detail—way beyond what most people would even imagine possible—and adjust the difficulty however you wanted.
Even the way NPCs reacted changed completely depending on your choices and behavior.
I was completely hooked. Just like any other day, I logged into Dreaming World.
“Kyaha~!”
Downing some dusty old liquor I’d forgotten about in the back of the fridge—cheap crap that probably got buried under even cheaper crap—I started creating a new character, inspired by a few things that had recently left a strong impression on me.
[Curses]