I had just finished one of the best games I have ever played, only to look up and find I was no longer in my room, but kneeling in the bloody sand of a colossal, sun-baked fighting arena.

How did this happen?

How did things go from playing a video game to being transported into the body of a background character within the game, who was exonerated and abandoned due to not having as much magical potential as the rest of the family?

…A character who was doomed to die a very horrible death right at the beginning of the game?

I took a sip from my tea, then my gaze shifted to the fireplace in front of me. I couldn't go back to sleep. Or rather, I was too terrified to try. So I just sat there, lost in the echoing silence of my own thoughts.


According to Aika, she was asleep when she suddenly felt that something was wrong. Instinctively, she rose to check on me. That was when she saw me thrashing and seizing in my sleep, my face contorted like someone trapped in the depths of a waking nightmare.


At first, she tried to calm me down, but when that didn't work, she switched to trying desperately to wake me. However, no matter how hard she tried, I couldn't wake up. When she also couldn't reach me mentally, that was the moment she realized that something was indeed wrong. 


Gamer Privileges wasn't responding to her either, leaving her no option but to keep trying to break through. While she struggled, Ino was keeping watch, and the other awakened party members gathered around in worry.


Chapter 80 - Moving On