Punishment Time and Recent Events

"Hey Echidna, could you at least help me?"

<"I think it's better if you accept your fate and wait to be released">

"But I need to go to the bathroom?!"

<"That's what Sara is here for">

"......"

A week has passed since I started being confined at home under the name of "punishment," and I'm sure you're wondering how I've been doing lately. But as you can see from our current conversation, my situation hasn't improved much since they practically locked me up at home, and do you know what the worst part is? I can't even ask for help!! Everyone thinks the reason I'm secluded is due to illness, but that's a blatant lie!

During this semi-immobile time, I've had to give up many things (don't ask) under Sara's care, and both my insignificant pride and my dignity were sacrificed (seriously, don't ask) for my biological needs as a human....

(Mom, resist!)

(Everything will be alright!)

(You can do it!)

("Mom can!")

"Sniff... I want to cry...."

<"You're already crying">

My only allies are the straw dolls and Silver, who encourage me to overcome this situation.

I seriously want my freedom!! But sadly, neither Susie, nor mom (possessed), nor even strangely Lysandra, allow me freedom. My attempts to escape by using Sara or someone else have only increased the duration of my current sentence. What's more, it seems they've reinforced the windows with tempered glass and everything! Isn't this excessive?! But my constant protests have been easily ignored, leaving me in this damn situation...

So, for this reason, and with nothing else to do, I focused on the few activities I was capable of performing in my current situation.

What are they?

Excellent question, my dear reader!!

Well, the first was "training" the woman who now lives in my room to try to get her to stop eating garbage, and fortunately, there seems to be some progress currently.

Are you asking about putting clothes on her? Hahahaha!! I don't work miracles, so please, let's settle for one step at a time.

By the way, I decided to give the mysterious woman a name because of the small but important detail of not knowing her name. So after a long meeting and review, she was named Darcy!! But with that said, let's change the subject a bit to the good and bad news of what happened this past week...

Let's start with the good news!!

During the last week, I've been playing the game "Virtual Dimension" non-stop until Echidna reminded me that I had bought a new game from that kind vendor's shop, and I'll be frank, with all this confinement, I had completely forgotten...

But the important thing is that I finally remembered it!!

So first, I decided to see what it was about by reading the synopsis and game information I heard from the vendor at the store.

And let me tell you, it was really different from "Virtual Dimension," although it still retained some similarities.

I know you're curious, so let's explain!!

First, the game is set in a typical fantasy world where the adventure of a protagonist unfolds: he attends a magic school, gains strength, builds a harem, and saves the world.

I know what you're going to say, and I think the same thing too, isn't it cliché?!

Or so I would have thought if I hadn't read the rest of the synopsis.

Well, it turns out that the player doesn't actually control the protagonist!

Yes, you heard right, what I just described isn't actually the player's story, but rather the game's background story.

And before you ask, what does that mean?

Let me tell you, it's quite simple!!

When starting the game, the player can create their own personalized "avatar" that will represent them in the game, being able to choose their appearance, gender, and background in the story, granting total freedom.

In short, the game gives you total freedom of action!

That means you can play it however you want to become a fundamental piece that can alter the entire plot of that world.

Whether you become a hero, a villain, a thief, a king, or even die doing nothing, you'll have an impact on the game's "world"!

Then, after reading that kind of synopsis and having complete faith in the kind vendor, I decided to start the game by customizing my character, who will function as my avatar. Being true to my "real" appearance with white eyes, silver Hair, as well as being "tall" with a "masculine" and "muscular" appearance, my "true" self was embodied.

Stop fooling yourself?

I don't know what you're talking about!! (escapism)

In fact, it might actually be too similar to my true self (self-deception), so I decided to make a small change!

What change?

Well, I gave him the legendary hairstyle that every protagonist over 18 should have!

I did that in honor of this world, and to complete my avatar, I named him "Alter", thus beginning my legend in the "world" of this game!!

.... But I guess it's time to talk about the bad news, right?

You see, I received the reports from the literature club that confirmed the terrible state other clubs were left in because of the mysterious user of the brainwashing app, and in conclusion... This is bad!!

The guy must definitely be an expert, as he doesn't seem to be in the academy and there's no trace of information about him, which means the worst possibility I didn't even want to consider turned out to be correct: that he has a lot of leeway and also a lot of experience... No matter how I look at it... this isn't good... Damn it!!

Maybe I should enjoy the confinement more before going back?