I Joined a Dating Sim Game and Got the Horror Boss Instead

---- Chapter 14 That day, she misunderstood completely. She thought I was being bullied by three boys. She stepped in front of me, small and furious, trembling with determination, and announced that she would protect me. My heart started pounding again. From that moment on, everything I believed in fell apart. Ino longer wanted her to die. Later, when she got drunk and kissed me, when she pushed me down and tried to pin me as if she meant to force herself on me, I felt no urge to kill her. All I wanted was for her to kiss me again. That was when I finally understood it.

Thad fallen in love with her. Ihung the third key around her neck. This time, my plan was simple. When she opened the box, I wanted her to see my confession letter first. I wanted her to say yes to being my girlfriend. ---- Even if she still wanted to kill me, I wanted her near me. But then she began avoiding me. For the first time in my life, whether inside the game or in the real world, I felt the bitter anxiety of not knowing where I stood with someone. Aweek passed, and I reached my limit. I decided that when she opened the box, I would confess to her face. But I still arrived too late.

She had been killed by another outsider. Theld her freezing body in my arms. Regret swallowed me whole. I pressed my lips to hers. I whispered "I love you" again and again into her ear. But she would never answer me again. After I avenged her, my heart felt hollow. I stayed beside her body and refused to let go. I waited two nights and two days, hoping she would somehow come back. ---- She never did. Tears finally spilled down my face and touched her cold cheek. Then everything in my mind exploded at once. I collapsed from the pain. When I woke again, my real memories flooded back.

My real name was Wayne Winters. Two years earlier, my father created a horror game modeled after me. While I was testing the game in the car, we were hit. My driver died instantly. I survived but fell into a coma. My mind never left the game. For two years, while my body lay unconscious, I continued living inside the horror world with no memory of who I truly was. The moment Ivy died, the shock finally woke me. Once I returned to reality, I investigated everything. ---- Her real name was Ivy Lander. She had been sent to the wrong game. She thought she had entered a dating simulation.

I could not wait any longer. I needed to see her again. I dyed my hair white, the same silver she knew inside the game. I wanted her to recognize the version of me she had loved. When I finally stood in front of her in the real world, I said the words I had wanted to say for so long. "Ivy Lander, I love you. May I pursue you?" She ran into my arms, held my waist tightly, and whispered, "You do not need to pursue me. I already love you."