“Why?”
 
“There’s no way I could seduce her. An unbeatable boss in a game isn’t just a bad game—it’s unfinished.”
 
For someone like me, a total loser, to seduce an incredibly popular beautiful girl who’s praised as a Princess is nothing but a dream. If I could do that, I wouldn’t have given up on love in the first place.
 
“Hmm, so you don’t want to. Then can I tell everyone?”
 
“Ugh—”
 
“Actually, you don’t even have to date her.… Read more

Chapter 1: The Wind Fairy

 
My younger sister, Kanbara Ayane—just one year my junior—burst into my room with some genuinely threatening remarks and plopped down on my bed.
 
“……This place still gives me the creeps.”
 
As she glanced around the room, she said this with an exasperated expression.
 
That’s not fair criticism. Sure, I have figures and merchandise, but they’re confined to one corner of the room. I don’t have any aggressively loud items.
 
But this girl is asking me for help?… Read more

Prologue

You can’t beat an ikemen (handsome guy).

I — Kanbara Yūma — realized that truth for the second time in my life when my second love fell apart. After losing to an ikemen twice now (first love, then round two), it finally hit me.

My first love was my childhood friend.

Our parents were close, so our families had been tight since we were little. Back then I treated her like a sister, but by the time we finished elementary school those feelings shifted into something else.… Read more