64 I’ll Die If I Don’t Become Handsome! (1/2)

After an entire night.

”Eh… Why is it light outside?”

Seiji finally returned to his senses after he’d spent all night in a writing frenzy. The bright sunlight which streamed through his window roused him from his unnatural state.

He hurriedly checked the time.

What the hell—he pulled an all-nighter while writing!?

He blankly looked at the thick notebook in front of him. Previously, its pages were largely blank. Now, it had only three or four empty pages remaining.

He had lost himself in the process of writing his story…

While it was a fact that choosing an option like [write a story] would cause an irresistible urge to well up within him, Seiji had also been addicted to the enjoyment he derived from creating his own story, so he simply wasn’t able to stop himself.

‘Might as well stop here.’ He put down his pen and stretched.

Then, he picked up his book and speed-read through his creation that he had spent the entire night on.

‘…Wow.’

Seiji’s eyebrows gradually rose upwards as he continued reading.

‘Just… wow.”

He flipped through the pages at a rapid pace.

‘Incredible… wow.”

His eyeballs flicked from one line to the next as he finally finished.

*Smack!* Seiji forcefully closed his notebook.

‘Did I… truly write all this?’

He tried his best to restrain the excitement within him.

If he didn’t, he felt that he would begin shouting loudly with excitement right then and there.

That’s because his own story… was so engrossing!!

Seiji put down his notebook before he suddenly jumped up and backflipped, landing and finishing with a victory pose!

‘Yeah!!’

He was shouting as loudly as he could within his heart.

This would be the first story that the author Seiji ever wrote—a short story by the name of ”I’ll die if I don’t become handsome!”

The main character was a formerly hot-blooded young man who fell into the clutches of depravity and became a NEET after life dealt him a cruel blow. One day, a mysterious spirit possessed him and forced him to become a handsome boy; if he didn’t comply, the spirit threatened to curse him to death.

Just from the story’s synopsis, one would think that this story was related to the supernatural genre as well as being a motivational novel. Instead, it was actually a huge battle between good and evil.

At first, the main character had to engage in activities he didn’t enjoy purely due to the mysterious spirit’s threats. He left his home, worked hard to lose weight, and made an effort in his studies, all in order to reach his target of becoming a handsome boy.

Then, after receiving the female characters’ affection and care, the protagonist was moved by their feelings and finally began to live life seriously again. However, at this point, the story took a steep downturn.

A mysterious antagonist suddenly appeared and injured his childhood friend who had always cared for him right before his eyes. Only when the spirit which possessed him bequeathed a strange power unto him was he able to force the antagonist into retreating.

After that, the spirit explained its identity and meaning for existence to the protagonist. It stated why it was fighting against the antagonist and so on.

It needed the aid of the main character and required him to become truly handsome on the outside as well as heroic on the inside in order to defeat the evil forces that were invading and protect their land.

Under huge pressure and fearing the risk of death, the protagonist chose to escape from reality. He hid in his room, not wanting to do anything, and in the end, the disappointed spirit was forced to abandon him and face the evil head-on without even a corporeal body.

At the last moment, thanks to a gift from his childhood friend, the main character finally recalled his hot-blooded former self who resolutely believed in justice.

”So what if I die!? Rather than living on as someone worthless, I’d prefer to die as a true handsome boy!!”

The main character rushed to the battlefield filled with newfound resolution.

He combined with the spirit and transformed on the battlefield. After a fierce battle, he finally defeated the antagonist and saved the life of his childhood friend.

When his childhood friend regained consciousness, he had already returned to his human form which had sustained terrible injuries. He cried and apologized in front of her in an undignified manner, his face stricken with snot and tears.