Opening his eyes once again, Li Wei reached out and pressed the alarm clock on the bedside table, yawning heavily.

"Ah, so... the fifth loop is completed, right?"

Li Wei looked at the ceiling above him and then closed his eyes.

His consciousness... seemed to still be lingering in that moment when he faced The Disaster together with Osterna. He clearly remembered the feeling of his body disintegrating due to using the super move, Kryptonite.

Every time he reached the final battle, the scene was extremely thrilling, which was why Li Wei felt that there were some redeeming qualities to the system that could only be found in games on his body...

... At least this game is quite fun, right?

With that thought, a prompt suddenly appeared in Li Wei's consciousness.

Achievement unlocked: "Unfulfilled Promise"...

At the same time, a commemorative item also popped up, a ring with scorch marks and cracks.

Li Wei opened his palm, and the ring immediately appeared in his hand. Along with it, there were four other rings of different designs... all of them damaged.

These were the "reward items" or "souvenirs" that Li Wei had obtained after completing five loops of the game so far...

Li Wei's finger caressed the ring, and a string of explanatory text immediately appeared before his eyes.

"I love you, Li Wei, so... we must always, always be together until death do us part!" "Yes, of course, I love you too, Osterna!"

... That was a promise that could no longer be fulfilled.

After reading the text, Li Wei couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth...

"... Why does it feel like I just got a bad ending? On that note, the five endings I've played so far don't seem that great. Doesn't this game have a good ending?"

This was a point that greatly frustrated Li Wei, and it was also the reason why he looked lost when Osterna spoke about the future in front of him.

Because he was well aware that this game would most likely end tragically, and the future that the Sword Saint hoped for would never come true...

After all, he had already experienced the same situation four times before. This game was touted as a romantic adventure and even had a "affection points" system.

Li Wei had foolishly believed that after maxing out the affection points, he would unlock some undisclosed plotlines.

But damn, he got fooled by the endings...

In the second loop, facing a new female protagonist, Li Wei didn't believe in bad luck and continued to raise the affection points.

And now, after five loops, facing five female characters with sparkling affection points, and even as a "Hero" who had saved the world five times, Li Wei was still a virgin!

... Of course, in reality, he had done everything before the last step, like kissing, hugging, and even lifting up...

But without reaching home base, Li Wei couldn't help but feel unsatisfied...

... Damn it, after being a single shut-in for so long, can't the game unlock some special moves?!

"Well, it's okay, I still have Clair!"

Li Wei could only console himself that after all, the characters in games were just pixels. How could they compare to his childhood friend with pink hair and a well-endowed chest?

However, Li Wei felt a little helpless about his dream involving his childhood friend.

She was a hardcore fan of Osterna and had always wanted to become a powerful Hero like the Sword Saint.

However, having personally taken on the role of a Hero and saved the world five times, Li Wei, who could only be described as extremely tragic each time, genuinely hoped that his childhood friend wouldn't step into this pit.

After all, dying in a game didn't matter. They could just resurrect or load a save file, but reality was not a game...

But then again, thinking about it, the appearance of a Hero was predicated on the appearance of The Disaster. In other words, as long as there was no Disaster, there was no need for a Hero to appear.

In other words, most of the time, this world didn't need the existence of a Hero. Clair's dream would probably just remain a dream...

... And in fact, Li Wei becoming a Hero five times was just within the game."Hey, I wonder if I can get a different ending by replaying the scripts I've played before. Oh well, time to get up and go to class~"

With a shake of his head, Li Wei pushed all the jumbled thoughts out of his mind and retrieved his five rings from the system.

These rings were just memorabilia from completing the game and didn't possess any special powers. Li Wei had already confirmed this.

Of course, Li Wei didn't dare flaunt these rings outside. If Clair saw them, he wouldn't be able to explain it clearly no matter how much he talked.

After all, the game was the game and reality was reality. His ring finger was ultimately reserved for Clair...

Thinking of this, Li Wei immediately adjusted his mood...

...He wasn't the lifelong love of the Sword Maiden in the game, nor was he the hero who saved the world.

In reality... he was just a small noble who wanted to live a carefree life in the Officer Academy.

Game belonged to the game, and reality belonged to reality. Li Wei could still distinguish between the two.

But perhaps it was because he had experienced too many grand adventures in the game that Li Wei felt that those adventures were enough to be confined to the game. He truly didn't want to experience those days in reality.

Wouldn't it be nice to be an idle second-generation heir?

Leaving the dormitory, Li Wei hadn't walked far when he saw the pink-haired girl waiting there. Immediately, Li Wei held his breath and cautiously went around the girl to stand behind her.

"There's a flaw!" "Perfect timing!"

Just when Li Wei was preparing to startle Clair from behind, he didn't expect that Clair seemed to be prepared and immediately calmly turned around, causing Li Wei to bump into her chest.

"What...?" Li Wei's face changed drastically, and he pretended to be extremely surprised. "My foolproof sneak attack, how did..."

"Haha~"

Clair grabbed Li Wei's head with both hands and pressed his whole body against her chest, revealing a triumphant smile.

"You, who aim to become a hero, think this level of sneak attack can succeed? You're far from it."

"Yes, yes, so can you let me go now?"

"Say 'I was wrong' one hundred times and I'll let you go."

"... One hundred times is really too much, isn't it?"

"Well, then..." Clair pretended to ponder for two seconds and then replied in a deliberate manner, "...I'll go easy on you. Say 'I love you' once and I'll let you off."

"... Yes, yes, I love you, Clair~"

"I don't feel your love for me. Start over~"

"Hey!"

And so, the two of them laughed and joked while heading towards the classroom together...