16 Another Day, Another Silly World (1/2)

Kyouma was the captain of the tennis team, the ace that was nearly unbeatable. And he looked fabulous doing it, too. As flocks of lady fans gathered around to see his performance, they swooned as the sweat glistened upon his brow from exertion.

The crowd cheered as he crushed another one of his rivals. At this rate, he would be taking nationals by storm later that year.

As he exited the courts, a ball fell from his bag. He chased after it and scooped it up with his racket.

Suddenly, a truck turned the corner sharply and ended up right before him.

With hardly time to hold his racket up in reflex, the truck crashed into him, sending him into darkness.

Tsubasa was a cute, petite boy. His parents loved to dress him up in girly clothing. As a result, he had attracted a lot of unwanted attention from adoring fans, many of them guys.

Of course, he felt rather insecure about his feminine looks, but at the same time, his body type had been perfect to become the next best fashion model for a line of androgynous clothing. Pretty soon, both girls and boys around the country would be tickled by his charming looks and innocent personality.

That was, if he hadn't clumsily tripped from a gust of wind into the direct path of a speeding truck.

Usami was a possessive man. The girlfriend of his didn't seem to appreciate all that he did for her. After all, they were crazy in love. So, of course, he would keep tabs on her contacts. Of course, he would go around intimidating the guys that came to her with his 'large hands'. He wasn't being a creep. He was just protecting what was his.

All the more surprised he was when she suddenly pushed him away. Not expecting it, he stumbled back a few steps, right into the path of a speeding truck.

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”Vera…Don't you think we've gathered enough guys for the request?” Diesel questioned his currently assigned partner this time.

”Well, the requester did ask for a good assortment of viable candidates this time. An assortment of different tastes, that is. That was the last one,” Vera confirmed as they headed back to the Divine Realm.

Diesel looked confusedly at the list of 'serviced' people. They had all been fairly attractive young guys with interesting quirks. It was certainly a strange request.

”Why do they need so many anyways? Are they in need of THAT many heroes?” At this rate, Diesel thought that an entire hero squad could be formed. Just how dangerous was the evil there for so many heroes to be sent?

Vera stopped and turned towards Diesel. ”It's not that the world is in dire perils…They had just offered a ridiculous amount of karma to satisfy the unique traditions of that world.”

”That being?”

”A female summoner who requests for the aid of a group of chosen ones. As part of the summoning, she typically ends up bonding with one of them to vanquish the demon lord. However, it's hard to say what type of guy she prefers, so they had made the request to gather a variety of different stereotypes.”

That took a moment to register what the situation had seemed like. ”Gwah! An otome game?!”

Vera laughed at Diesel's response and nodded, pretty much confirming his suspicions. Diesel sighed that he had been roped into an otherworld scheme for setting up a dating sim. What happened to preserving the balance between worlds?!

”But this is still considered balancing, you know. That world is actually in need of several heroes to turn the tide, and this world seemed to have too many guys with overwhelming advantages compared to the norm.”

However, Diesel wasn't quite convinced. For some reason, Vera seemed awfully keen on selecting certain guys for the task. She had been oddly picky between some choices when Diesel couldn't tell the difference between them.

Moreover, he felt a bit sorry for the guys that didn't get the girl. After all, she would only end up with one of them, would she not? It seemed like the remaining ones would get the shaft for their help saving the world. Oh, the dreary life of a tossed-aside side character. How dreadful.

”Things will work out between them. I made sure of it.” Vera puffed some air like she normally did. Diesel had gotten used to the floating tie that was a clear indicator of when her emotions got strong. However, why was she so confident in this case?

”Wait…it couldn't be? Is that girl summoner going for the harem route?!” Diesel sputtered, thinking that this was the typical way to please the entire spectrum in a dating sim, granted those of an R18 nature.

Vera had a good laugh at that. After her giggles calmed down, it seemed like she was ready to confess.

”No, that's not it. That's not the kind of society that is. Even if she is the esteemed hero of that world, returning the affections of 9 guys at the same time would be a little much, don't you think?”