“Ansel…lot? How did you get here…”

“Hm? Didn’t you call me, Princess? I thought you were using ‘that power’ to summon me.”

He pointed to the pendant on my chest, tilted his head in confusion, then narrowed his eyes.

“No, no, it’s true! I did call you!”

I quickly responded, needing Anselot’s help at the moment.

“I need a bug like last time. We have to stop Hezen…!”

“That crazy player over there?”

Anselot casually pointed to Hezen, who had just revived again.

“Yes, but I don’t know how to break free from the system’s scenario…”

“Ah, you were struggling with that, my Princess?”

Anselot smirked nonchalantly.

“Is there a good way out?”

“Unfortunately, there’s no good way out in this situation.”

I was about to feel disappointed at his response, but then,

“I don’t have to worry about finding a good way out.”

“……?”

“I’m a bug, remember? You still seem confused.”

Anselot snapped his fingers in the air, and a window appeared above his head.

Prince of Luenheart

It was his name window, which I had never seen before.

He snapped his fingers again, and the letters above his head morphed into a combination of red letters and numbers.

System Bug: no.000000000001

“……!”

I gasped, looking at the red letters above his head.

The blue windows floating above people’s heads usually showed their names, jobs, and characteristics like a sort of business card.

‘But that’s not a name.’

However, there was no time to ponder over Anselot’s identity.

Hezen was charging towards us again.

“Yaaaaaah!”

Clang!

Hezen’s sword collided with Anselot’s spear that had suddenly appeared.

“You, what are you? Where did your name go, system bug? What’s that……!”

Hezen looked at Anselot’s head in horror and asked in a terrified voice.

“Well, what do you think?”

Anselot grinned crookedly and exerted force on his spear.

Hezen’s sword was flung to the ground from the force.

[SYSTEM] Bug detected!

[SYSTEM] Bug detected!

With a belated warning, the familiar system window reappeared.

[SYSTEM] Adjusting due to a sudden bug!

[SYSTEM] Adjusting due to a sudden bug!

[SYSTEM] Adjusting due to a sudden bug……▤▥◐♧♨◈▨

And then, the system window flickered and shook,

[SYSTEM] Shutting down the system due to a major bug.

With a pop, it vanished.

“……!”

Hezen’s eyes widened in shock.

But the system window was already gone.

“No, no……!”

As he panicked and flustered,

Bang!

hit Hezen again.

Hezen, without uttering a cry, collapsed, coughing up blood.

His body lay there, not rising again with time.

“…….”

I watched him, no longer reviving.

Hezen died. Really……

“Krrrrrrrgh!”

Relief was short-lived. let out a chilling roar.

I looked at the hideous giant octopus monster in despair.

‘Hezen, a player, couldn’t kill it, so who will get rid of it now?’

If the monster isn’t defeated, everyone here, including me, will end up like Hezen.

“He, Hezen…!”

“Hezen has been defeated by the Bald Kraken!”

“What do we do now…!”

The knights were in a panic, not knowing what to do.

While Hezen was trying to attack me, they didn’t react, but now that Hezen was dead, they didn’t know what to do, which was a bit strange.

Then, the flickering system window that had disappeared reappeared.
System rebooting… [08.27%/100.00%]

Despite player Hezen’s death, the system still hasn’t disappeared.

System rebooting… [12.92%/100.00%]

System rebooting… [36.51%/100.00%]

Click.

Beside me, Anselot’s fingers snapping towards the sky caught my attention.

Then the blue window floating above his head smoothly disappeared.

“What did you just do?”

“Camouflage. It would be troublesome if the bug gets detected.”

System rebooting… [64.28%/100.00%]

System rebooting… [78.33%/100.00%]

“Camouflage? I don’t see anything above your head…”

“Well, of course, Princess. You’re neither a player nor a minion of the system. I deliberately showed it to you just a moment ago.”

System rebooting… [99.07%/100.00%]

System rebooting… [100.00%/100.00%] [SYSTEM] System is rebooting.

While Anselot and I were conversing, the system had rebooted.

Bam bam bam! Bam bam bam!

A sound too grandiose for a mere system reboot played, reminiscent of trumpets heralding a victorious general’s return.

[Ah, sorry for being late, player｡゜(｀Д´)゜｡ Damn these bugs causing havoc in the messenger guild, causing a huge mess thereヽ( ຶ▮ ຶ)ﾉ!!!

But don’t worry(｢･ω･)｢~~ I’ve received a thorough handover!]

A noisy green window popped up, seemingly more boisterous than before. Then suddenly,

“Huh…?”

Stars seemed to pour from the sky.

[SYSTEM] Quest completed!

‘???’

I was startled for a moment.

[Ba-bam bam!!! (๑˃̶͈̀∇˂̶͈́)و⁾⁾˚ Congratulations on your awakening!!! ♪♪(oᐛ)o～♪♪ You never let us down―!!]

“What’s this about? Hezen was just…!”

I quickly scanned my surroundings.

Could Hezen have revived again?

It’s impossible. After all this, we still can’t defeat Hezen?

When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem

This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.

Synopsis:

“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”

Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.

Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.

While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the  Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…

Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.

 

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