Roses And Gold

[ Will you make us happy? ]

[ Of course I will! I will make all of you happy as the new King of this Kingdom and yours's precious husband! ]

The last bits of dialogue came across my screen as I pressed skip.

[ You have completed the game! Thank you for playing until now! ]

"Hmmmm...." I let out an exhausted moan as I put my controller down and stretched my hands. "I'm finally done with this game!" An elated joy spurred from within me.

I looked around my room and stood from my chair, uncrossing my legs that felt like jelly.

I slowly strolled over to the curtains in my room and peeped through to see the time of day outside.

"It's already morning? That means I've been playing this game for over 24 hours since I started late night Thursday and know it's Saturday morning." I slowly closed the curtain and returned to my lofty gaming chair. I span around aimlessly and paused to grab a cookie from the plate next to me.

"That game was pretty fucking good. Too bad the main character was complete fucking shit. Spineless, dense, undeserving. It pisses me off to think about how good his ending was. A harem end WHILST becoming a Hero of the world, the new King of the Empire and having all of that wealth! That's UNFORGIVABLE!" My anger cut off as I looked at the empty disk case for the game, looking at it's attractive front cover.

"If I was in that game I would never let that bitchy protagonist with his ridiculous self entitled dickhead of a friend get that kind of ending. He didn't deserve it and I know I'm not the only one sharing that thought!" My fist raised high as I cursed the gods that watched over my futile struggle and complaints.

In frustration, I slammed my desk and turned to my computer to look at the game reviews. "Hmmph! Just like I thought." I spoke high-handedly, reading the first of many reviews.

"The game was great and so were the characters and world building, but god does that main character not deserve that ending. He doesn't even give them a declaration of love to any of the female interests and simply says he'll make them happy after he was forced into the marriage. He didn't even care to progress the relationship and struggle during the erotic scenes! He had a better relationship with his fucking male Friend A or whatever he was called!

This protagonist is a lucky bastard!" The comment finished.

One review span into a cobweb of the majority, and most shared my clearly based opinion.

I clasped my hands together before my face, my elbows supporting their upright positioning, as I mumbled to myself with a victorious smile. "Just like I thought. He's an undeserving bitch who had the whole game go in his favour!"

I kicked off the floor with my feet and I travelled across my room still on my chair.

"If I was in that world...I wouldn't even need to be the protagonist to achieve those things. I'd be able to do it through pure fucking hard work! I'd take everything from him and I would fucking enjoy it! MUAHAHAHAHA! Well, apart from the shitty Hero title. Who would wanna do all that work anyway?"

As I continued my crazed laugh more suited to a villain rather than a hero of a story, my screen that I played on intensely glowed a bright light.

"What the!?" I yelled out, my hands blocking the light spreading from the screen.

[ Player, your wishes have been heard! Allow us to welcome you into our game 'Roses and Gold'! We hope you have the best time fulfilling your wishes! ]

A single message displayed itself before me as the light from the screen continued to burn with ferocity.

"AAGGHHHH!!!" I screamed as my entire being was drawn and engulfed into the screen, turning black once I had disappeared.

* * *

Glimpses of light still blinded me as I tried to accustom my vision, desperately prying my eyes open.

Gradually, my hazy vision that shook like a tremor stabilised and I gained the freedom to look around. I slowly shifted from the bed I laid in and supported myself to an upright position with one of my hands.

"What...happened?" I managed to force out a weak voice.

That's when my surroundings became clear.

An open window allowed a pleasant draft to float about in my room, chirping of birds whistled in a cacophony and my room seemed to be shoddier and more old-fashioned.

"This...this isn't my room." I acknowledged, slipping my feet from under the cover and over the side of my bed. I stood up and marched around my room, walking up to the wooden desk next to my bed. A journal was left there opened, a quill pen leaking out vantablack next to it onto the bottom of the page.

"Imperial Year 1856... That sounds awfully familiar." I muttered to myself the writing on the page, my finger strolling along with words that followed. I continued reading, tracing down further.

"Welcome, player, your complaints and wishes have been heard. You now have the chance to live the life of the...protagonist and steal away all he undeservingly claimed?" My hand slipped over my mouth as I read in disbelief.

"Imperial year 1856...That's the game's calendar system! Wait! Have I been transported into the game!?" I jumped away from the desk and quickly ran over to an oval mirror decorated with a fancy golden rim and stood before it.

I touched my face and lifted my shirt. "This isn't me. It's true. I've been reincarnated into the game!!" I jumped for joy in my room gazing upon the boy standing in front of me.

Snow white hair with blue highlights, azure eyes that glistened in the light, sharp features that accentuated my serious and devilishly handsome looks.

"Woah..."

I then quickly ran over to the journal and continued reading.

"Your new name in this world is Kaiser Tellum. You are the son of Baron out in the boonies and you are set to enrol in the Empire Academy in six years' time! Get ready to join the cast and steal away the protagonists thunder!"

"Fuck yes!" I shouted aloud, my hands going along my pristine clear white skin as I revelled in the marvellous appearance of my new body. It was perfect. It needed slight work, but with this body I'd be able to achieve all I wanted.

After settling down, I quickly stood over the journal and closed it having read all that was there.

I proudly stepped onto my word and raised my hand into the air.

"I WILL NOT ALLOW IT! I, Kaiser Tellum, swear upon this new name to take the protagonists role and steal all of his glory, women and his future title of King!!! That bastard is already lucky enough to be chosen by the Goddess to become the hero anyway so he can fucking keep that title, but he doesn't need the money or the women as much as I do! I will become the new protagonist!!!"