In the increasingly sophisticated development of world technology, I am in a situation where it is quite difficult to survive.
The wars that always occur in every country at odds made me see an opportunity to rise from poverty.
With a corrupted mindset and only needing wealth to survive, I joined one of the mercenaries tasked with distributing and securing logistical supply lines.
I think...
It was a safe place to survive in the conflict of two countries at war with each other.
However, that was a big mistake. Especially with the guards only being filled by amateur mercenaries like me.
The hot lead from a bullet penetrated the bulletproof vest I was wearing along with the armored vehicle containing the food supplies inside.
"Haaahh, I didn't think I would die in a condition like this," I grumbled a little while holding back the pain that was starting to spread throughout my body.
Several hot bullets that penetrated my bulletproof vest caused me to lose blood to the point where my vision was blurry like this.
"Kuuhh... I'm really greedy enough to seek wealth by taking advantage of the heated conflict that occurred between two countries, huh?" my little thought while reaching for my smartphone and looking at my smartphone screen.
My fading vision inside this armored vehicle made me want to see the figure of the waifu who spent some of my savings just to make her happy.
Pip...
Drrttt...
My gloves were soaked with blood, forcing me to press the password on my smartphone's lock screen.
Piiipp...
Piiipp...
By pressing the screen of my smartphone and enjoying the remaining time that I was still alive, I immediately did my last daily login to an eroge game that had accompanied me in difficult times as well as happy times.
"I look like an idiot trying to log in daily for the last time."
Srriingg!!
Beep!!
My eyes immediately saw the main menu of the Eroge game that I often play lately. However, it looked different than usual.
Whether my vision was blurry or my life was on the line, I saw an option that made me smile sarcastically.
"What the heck is this? A Goddess wants to summon me to keep the world she created from being destroyed by an uncontrolled monster attack?"
"What kind of nonsense is that? I didn't press the wrong button, did I?"
"Isn't this supposed to be the prologue of the eroge I'm playing?"
"How could I press the new game button when the main story is almost over? Wait a minute... I've finished this eroge game. So why do I bother to log in daily after the eroge game I'm playing is finished with all the ending routes unlocked?"
I'm like a dying fool.
My efforts to endure the pain of the hot lead bullets were suddenly replaced by great disappointment. The story of this finished eroge game suddenly made me realize my dark and gloomy life.
Tap...
Tap...
My thumb immediately moved towards a CG collection that showed illustrations of each heroine and villain sitting together in a peaceful ending. Seeing each character living without any burden and making a happy ending, made me smile happily.
"Dying while seeing a happy ending like this, somehow this makes me feel much calmer," I muttered softly as I felt my body slowly getting cold as I approached death.
Inside an armored vehicle that was attacked by a surprise attack from one of the militaries that was in a heated conflict, I tried to enjoy my death while seeing every smile carved on all the heroine girls and villain girls.
This peace made me fall into a long, eternal, cold sleep.
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Pyyuurr...
I suddenly felt a cold breeze hit my face, my body still felt sore making me immediately open my heavy eyelids.
My heavy eyelids suddenly opened wide and saw something strange in front of my eyes. My body which was now in an armored vehicle seemed to have been rescued by the enemy military and brought me into a concentration camp for interrogation as prisoners of war.
"Huufftt... like this again? How many time is it?" I muttered softly as if I was used to what had happened in incidents like this.
One of the reasons why I was released as a prisoner of war was because my identity was not tied to any military and served as a mercenary only.
My body, which felt heavy, was forced to get up to see the situation around me.
"Uggh!!" This body felt heavy as if it had a wound that limited my body movement from my head to my arms.
Griiiitt...
Forcing my body to move and observe the conditions around me, I was greeted by a surprise that was familiar to my memory.
"Y-Young Master! You've regained consciousness!" a loud woman's scream made my ears hurt.
Glancing toward the source of the scream, I could see a girl wearing a shabby and dull maid uniform.
"Huh? What kind of dream is this? How strange..." I muttered as I tried to stand up from a bed that looked as simple as this.
Thud...
"Hmm?" I couldn't hold back the feeling of surprise that was filling my head at that moment after seeing a woman wearing a maid uniform suddenly hug me.
"W-What's going on?" by saying such weak words, I tried to understand the situation that was happening at this moment.
Booiingg...
Booiingg...
I don't mind the hug given by this maid girl, it's just... I'm having trouble breathing!
Her big breasts suddenly filled my face as if they wanted to cover my mouth to stop breathing.
Booiinngg...
Booiinngg...
As if not caring about my injured body condition and my gasping breath that made it difficult to breathe, I was still silenced by her large breasts on my face.
With a heavy heart, I asked her, "U-Umm… W-Who are you?"
My question seemed to make the maid girl who was hugging my body jump in surprise.
"Y-Young Master, don't you remember what happened?" the maid asked with tears in her eyes as she wanted to cry.
"H-Huh?" I gave her a stupid reply and expression as if I didn't realize what she was saying.
"Young Master? Who is that?" I continued while asking a question that made the maid girl in front of me cry hysterically.
"Sob! Sob! Young Master... I didn't expect that monster attack to make you lose your memory like this! Huueee!!"
It was like I was watching a strange role-play happening in front my eyes.
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Several minutes have passed.
Now my condition is much better than before after a female doctor entered my room to explain what had happened to me.
For reasons I can't believe other than it being proven in real terms right in front of me, I have no choice but to believe this one thing.
"Damn it! Of all the eroge games I've ever played, I just had to get trapped in this hard one, huh?" I grumbled as I stared at the small mirror lying next to my wound care table.
"Of all the eroge games, I have to get trapped in an eroge game that has such a terrifying difficulty level?"
"What kind of joke is this? Am I being toyed with by the Goddess who is responsible for this world?"
"I feel like I died inside an armored vehicle! Not getting hit by a truck or being summoned by a Goddess who gave me cheat powers that made me an overpowered like main character!"
"Why do I have to be a side character and a fallen noble at the same time?!"
"The only overpowered skill this side character has is the gunsmith skill!"
"Hmm... wait a minute. Gunsmith skill? I-Isn't it one of the overpowered skills if it can make a proper gun."
"Hmm... In other words... At the age of thirty-five, I was trapped in the body of a fallen noble with the ability of a Gunsmith?"
As if feeling a good chance of surviving this, I smiled while feeling the pain from the wounds my body was experiencing at this time.
As a side character who doesn't affect the main story, at least… I can still be someone who can interact with the heroine or villain girl according to the situation.
This eroge world is also divided into several versions where it makes me meet various protagonists from the main genre as harem or reverse harem.
With a world this complex, a single bullet that penetrates the head can cause fatal death even if my opponent can use great magical abilities.
Magic abilities combined with gunsmith skills… it the most broken combination in implementing power scaling in a lewd fantasy story like this.
Should I be happy about the increased probability of my life like this?
Or should I feel panicked after the fate of the world is at stake on what the main character will do in this world?
"Hmm... this is a bit troublesome with my position as a fallen noble, being the victim of a monster attack that destroyed my family's territory and now being a fallen noble, then pretending to have lost my memory like this," I grumbled while understanding what would happen next.
"Apart from my family which only has my mother and younger sister left, this tough life will begin before the main story started."
"What should I do after this?"
Crack...
While I was thinking about my survival plan in this new world, I was surprised by the sound of the door opening and revealing a familiar figure before my very eyes.
Together with a maid girl who accompanied me earlier, I was able to see the remains of my family members who survived the monster attack.
Based on the background story given in the plot of this eroge game, they are not my biological family but rather a stepfamily that my father recently married into.
In the story that develops in the storyline of this eroge game, I will be a side character who will help one of the main characters, the female heroine, or the female villain according to the development of the storyline carried out by the main character.
Now... I'm just thinking about this one important thing.
How do I behave as a teenage boy towards my stepfamily?
"U-Umm... Uh? Good morning?" With that stupid-sounding greeting, I glanced at the window which showed that it was already evening.
This stupid greeting made my stepfamily laugh after seeing me being awkward like this.
The stepmother and a younger step-sister in front my eyes approached me.
Caress...
Caress...
Booiinngg...
Booiinngg...
Just like what happened before, I felt a deja vu situation like before.
The hug from my stepmother and stepsister felt a little disturbing to my instincts as an adult man possessing the body of a teenage boy.
It made me a little awkward in responding to this and felt the tenderness of this tight hug as a feeling of love from a family who had just experienced a disaster.