The Start of Every Journey
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Finally.

After hours of debate and deliberation, you found the perfect power....Now how the hell were you supposed to wish for it?

(((Hey yo. I see you finally decided on a wish.)))

"Gyahhh!!!" You jumped back when the Narrator's voice suddenly popped up in your head. Unfortunately, your feet caught the edge of the rug as you stumbled backwards, slamming your head on the bedframe.

(((Uhhhh....that had to hurt.)))

The Narrator's unhelpful commentary aside, you were actually happy to hear him. Once the bump on your head stopped smarting, you sat and asked the voice in your head, "Narrator. How do use the stone?"

(((Now, now Dorothy. You always had the power my dear, you just had to learn it on your own.)))

You gave the room a flat stare. "Narrator, if you say another word, I'm calling the copyright offices."

(((Tch...Fine, you killjoy. All you need to do either say your wish aloud or just focus really hard on what you want. However, I'm required by the author to warn you of a few things before you use it.)))

You raised an eyebrow. "Such as?"

(((Well, the most important one is that once you make your wish, you're stuck with it. No redos. No refunds. No returns. This is a one-way trip. So, you had better be sure this is what you really want because that'll be what you'll have to live with from now on. The second...hmm...let me see here ahhh! Keep your wish simple. A lot of power was already used to bring you here, so the Wishstone doesn't have a whole lot of juice left in it. If you try to make an over-complicated wish, it could easily just default to the initial wish and that'll be a can of worms you don't want to open. I've seen it before and it ain't pretty.)))

You shuddered at his words, "Anything else?"

(((Not really. Just your stock genie taboos such as no more than one wish, no bringing the dead back to life, and no making anybody fall in love with you...yada, yada, yada. So, just remember the rules and I'll see you on the other side buddy. Ciao.)))

Nodding as the Narrator's voice faded away, you stood up with the Wishstone in hand.

Clearing your throat, you stared at the glowing stone. You were really doing this. You were about to embark on your own isekai adventure with a plethora of beautiful girls waiting for you.

Breathing in, you began to express your wish.

"Oh Wishstone," You held up the glowing stone. The light inside began to intensify as the words spilled out of your mouth. "I wish for the power of Perception Alteration, so that I may enjoy my life in full as the Harem Protagonist." And avoid those stupid romcom cliches like the mobs do.

The light in your hand grew brighter with your final words, intensifying till you could no longer look directly at it. Heat raced down your arm, spreading across your entire body. Your vision blurred as the room you stood in vanished and you down fell into the sea of stars below. Time lost all meaning, the stars streaking by in a dizzying display of light. A familiar solar system spread out below you, your body speeding towards the small, blue planet orbiting the bright sun.

The last thing you saw was the top of a house, then everything went black.

..........................................................

"Ow." You whimpered, rubbing the back of your head.

Opening your eyes, you were met with an unfamiliar ceiling.

Wincing, you slowly sat up on the bed, eyeing the room you found yourself in. You've never been here before, but you recognized it all the same. It’s the Protagonist's room, the exact same one seen from the opening of the game. You couldn't mistake it. The Wishstone had worked. You were now in the game world of Harem Protagonist!

Giddy with excitement, you rushed to the nearest mirror to check out your new face...only to be met with disappointment.

Contrary to your expectations, your new appearance was rather...plain.

You didn’t expect much in all honesty, given that Shujin had no official appearance in or outside of the game but wasn’t it a little too much to literally have nothing noteworthy to speak of. Couldn't they have at least let you keep your original face instead. You cocked your head to the side. Though Shujin wasn't ugly neither was he handsome either. Rather your new look was like one of those faceless MCs from an animated porn shot.

Long bangs. Check.

No discernable eyes behind said bangs. Check.

Dark hair. Check

You ticked off every point in the cliché checklist for the generic harem Protagonist. It was understandable. Given the market. They had to make the MC as bland as possible to make it easy for the audience to forget about him and focus only on the heroines. They were the real stars here.

(((Done admiring yourself lover boy?)))

“Narrator!” you yelped, backing away from the mirror. “It worked! The Wishstone really worked!”

(((Hahaha. I told you it would. How do you feel?)))

“Great actually.” You tested out your new body, finding nothing wrong with it, not even the painful bump on your head from earlier. “I feel better now than I did in my old body.”

(((Excellent. Be sure to take care of yourself as there be no restarts from here on and speaking of restarts.)))

A familiar window popped up in front of you.

A grin crept up your lips at the transparent, floating text in front of you. If your decisions were the steering wheel that guided the world, then the window in front of you was the driving force behind the entire universe. It guided you, allowed you to improve yourself, and ultimately bent whole of reality for you and the heroines. It was your muse and your god.

(((Are you ready to make your first choice?)))
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