He Became Yeong-Sik， the Villain in a Romance Game Where the Sexes Are Reversed. 1

Chapter 1 – Chapter 01: Elf Heavenly Demon

There are both gods and devils in the world. No, is it just God and the devil? Dragons also existed, and monsters that appear in folk tales also existed.

Nevertheless, such heteromorphic beings are treated as non-existent in modern society, and as a result, most people live their lives without knowing the existence of heteromorphic forms or the existence of their underlying abnormal abilities.

But that was a story about ordinary people, and it did not apply to unusual people, especially those who made it their business to antagonize those who were harmful to humans among heterogeneous beings.

It would have made no sense to deal with heterogeneous beings that were harmful to humanity if they did not know about their archenemy.

Therefore, even in modern times when it is believed that heteromorphic beings do not exist, there were people who knew that heteromorphic beings existed and opposed them.

These people are collectively called people with special abilities. A very small number of people who live in the darkness of modern society to protect the daily lives of those who know nothing.

… And among those with special abilities, there was a topic that was recently talked about in a humorous tone among young people with special abilities.

Do not read novels with overly detailed settings, long content, and tragic endings. Even if you happen to read it, don’t leave a comment. Especially avoid malicious comments.

If any of these cases apply to you, never respond to the writer’s comments.

The same goes for comics. It’s a cartoon drawn by Seol Seol-chung, and if it’s long and the ending sucks, don’t even think about reading it.

When it comes to games, don’t even look at games that have a level of quality that is simply impossible with modern technology.

Don’t do it even if it’s fun. Did you do it? In that case, at least don’t watch the ending. No, if you’ve seen the ending, you’re right there. Don’t just be satisfied with that and don’t take the stagnant routes that say it’s the 2nd or 3rd.

The game was so fun that it ended up becoming a waste of time? Then, never, ever read emails sent from the creator. Just delete it.

… Well, it was roughly something like this. It is half a joke among young talented people who are commonly called otaku… And the claim is a ‘warning’ that is said half seriously.

Okay, that was a half-joking, half-serious warning. ‘Truth’ could never be expressed among ordinary otakus, but it was different among people with special abilities.

Because they knew that a transcendent being called God exists.

The fact that another dimension exists… And in some cases, that other dimension can interfere with this world.

… Okay, if I’ve said it this far, you can roughly understand it, right?

Among young people with supernatural abilities, cases such as summoning to another world by a transcendent being, as seen in novels, comics, and games, were treated as something to be seriously wary of.

Of course, this is only a possibility and no such case has been reported yet. That’s why Jeol Yu-jin thought despite the half-serious warning.

‘Hey, that’s just a joke, right?’

Yes, I thought so. Is this possible with modern technology? Even when a game of quality that catches your eye appears, and even when you fall in love with that game, put aside your main job, dive into the game, and become one of the dead.

Jeol Yu-jin never dreamed that he would actually get caught up in the prank of a transcendent being, which was only half-joking.

Even though, unlike ordinary people, he knew that a transcendent being called God exists because he is a person with special abilities.

Even when her occasional business partner half-jokingly and half-seriously warned her about a game she was into, she never even dreamed that something like that would actually happen.

… Because that was unprecedented! So, Jeol Yu-jin never even dreamed that he would be ‘possessed’ by the world of Orbital World, the game he was completely immersed in!!!

“Stral Zenon Zerosik, it’s all over. “Not your scheme, not even your fucking engagement to me.”

“Ha, life…”

Not only that, at the end of Part 1, at the end of his first year, all the evil deeds he had committed were revealed, but he could not even imagine that he would be possessed by the body of ‘Villain Yeong-sik’, who was only suppressed and exiled as a red-light criminal.

“Taesik… , Instead of ending with a warning, even if you had to slap me in the face, you should have stopped me, Taesik… !”

“Stral Zenon zero?”

Jeol Yu-jin belatedly regrets that he should have listened to his partner’s warning more seriously if he had known this would happen. No, it is said that it was Stral Zenon who had now become the only son of the Zenon Duke family.

… Well, he was a ‘villain spirit’ who would soon be exiled and become just Zenon, not Stral Zenon.

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Romance fantasy, literally, refers to a genre in which romance is the focus of the story among fantasy genres.

Well, since the love story between a man and a woman appears as an inevitable element in any story, it can be said that most stories embrace the genre of romance.

However, since the stories that explicitly included romance as a representative genre clearly stated that the center of the story was romance, that is, a love story, the story itself had no choice but to focus solely on the male-female relationship of the main characters.

And in that area, the differences between men and women were bound to be revealed. For men, they prefer elements such as battle and the protagonist’s growth mixed with a bit of love story, i.E. Romance.

In particular, I don’t like entertainment stories that are similar to the one-on-one love stories that come to mind when thinking about popular romance, or the scale of a love triangle or square relationship where one or two people are added at best.

No matter how provocative the content is and how the protagonists of the story describe in detail the rough yet beautiful emotional lines they create in the emotion of love, it is clear that most men do not greatly prefer the love stories that come to mind when they think of popular romance.

Rather, men prefer harem-type romances in which at least two to three, or at most double-digit women, cling to one man, even if the description of the main characters’ emotions is not detailed.

Well, in this case, it is popularly classified into the harem genre rather than the romance genre.

Whether several women cling to one man and engage in a cat fight, or whether they accept each other’s existence, make good concessions, and fall in love, it can be said to be a romance as it is a story that ultimately revolves around the theme of love.

No matter how detailed the romantic elements of the harem genre are described and the emotional lines between characters are expressed keenly, the harem genre is distinct from the romance genre.

In reality, even though the harem genre is included in the huge category of romance, popular romance brings to mind tragic or beautiful love stories between a single couple, such as Romeo and Juliet, and not the common harem genre.

Therefore, even though the stories in the subculture, commonly referred to as male-oriented, have romance and love stories as the main topic, they are mostly classified as harem or love comedy rather than romance.

Even if it is a love story between a man and a woman, as commonly thought of when thinking of popular romance, men’s fragrances classify it as a romantic comedy rather than a romance.

So what about the stories on the female side, that is, the genre commonly called female-oriented? As with men, there is a genre called reverse harem in which multiple men join one woman, but it is slightly different from the male version.

As I said, men prefer stories with a bit of love or romance added to the main story, such as the protagonist’s growth or battle, rather than stories centered around a love story.

Even if it is a story that focuses more on love than these two elements, it can be said that the story usually progresses as a love comedy with a lighter feel than a serious love story.

However, it was different for women. Even in genres that are difficult to classify as romance, such as reverse harem, in the case of female-oriented genres, the flavor of the genre popularly called romance was strongly applied.

Okay… , Elements related to love and romance are emphasized more strongly than any other elements, and all other elements are made additional. The story can only be called a romance genre if it progresses in the way that comes to mind when thinking of the popular genre of romance.

Most female-oriented novels were like that. Even if they try to focus the story on the protagonist’s growth or battle, as in a male direction, the story usually progresses in such a way that anyone can say, “This is a romance genre,” Such as detailing the romantic relationship that would otherwise be vague in a male direction.

This could be said to result from the inevitable differences between men and women.

Just as male-oriented and female-oriented are not divided for no reason, should we say that the genre of story preferred by each person is divided due to the inevitable differences arising from gender?

Therefore, in male-oriented stories, love stories were often classified as love comedies, and in female-oriented stories, love stories were often classified as romance.

Now, then, can we say that the genre of romantic fantasy belongs to a masculine or feminine genre?

A romance genre with a fantasy background. … At this point, most stories in this genre had no choice but to be female-oriented.

Although most stories set in fantasy are easy to focus on elements such as heroes or demon kings and focus on the protagonist’s battle or growth as the main content, the addition of the romance genre was inevitable.

In male-oriented stories, romance elements are added at the source level, but stories that openly claim romance as the representative genre ultimately center on the love story between a man and a woman, leaving everything else as additional elements, so they have a female-oriented feel. You have no choice but to fly strong.

Of course, this is a popular story and there could be cases where it is not, but being popular is not a popular element for nothing.

In the end, it is said that the stories of all kinds of subcultures, of which the romance fantasy genre is a representative genre, are likely to be ‘female-oriented’, as is commonly said.

… So, what about this game called Orbital World? An RPG centered around a pretty girl dating simulation that surpassed 10 million copies in cumulative sales just one month after its release.

What was unusual was that this game, which was centered around a mostly male-oriented dating simulation for pretty girls and a genre commonly called miyeonsi, with some RPG elements added, was classified as a ‘romance’ genre rather than a ‘love comedy’.

In other words, an unwritten poem in the romance genre with a fantasy background. A romantic fantasy story called Miyeonsi.

… As explained earlier, even if genres that come to mind when popular romances are added to male-oriented stories, they tend to turn closer to romantic comedies rather than romances due to male-oriented, that is, elements preferred by men.

In other words, there is bound to be a strong feeling that the genre of romance is not suitable for miyeon poetry, a representative male-oriented subculture.

I can understand it if it’s a love comedy fantasy, but a romance fantasy? To be honest, I would say that it is a genre that I don’t think anyone would fit into.

It might be better if it were a female-oriented, pretty boy dating simulation. … However, there was a reason why cumulative sales exceeded 10 million copies in just one month.

Even though it is a Korean console game that is rare in Korea, the amount of content is enormous, with a basic play time of over 1,000 hours.

RPGs are a bonus, but the growth system makes me think this is the main point.

Simply click click to select which heroine route you want to take, and you’ll proceed. Selecting a route through an option system that goes directly against the current era, where the option system that came to mind in the past has become almost meaningless.

The countless routes that prove that it is not for nothing that there are hundreds, thousands, and tens of thousands of cases and even tens of thousands of endings boast a level of quality that can be called the hope of K games.

… In addition, it could be said that the fact that the story was popular among people of all ages and genders also played a role because the genre of romance fantasy, Miyeonsi, was well incorporated through the setting of a ‘reverse world.’

As I said, incorporating the genre of romance, which is more female-oriented than male-oriented, through the setting of a worldview in which men and women are reversed, was a godsend that made this game’s story acceptable to anyone.

From a man’s point of view, unlike the usual Miyeon poetry, there was the joy of having a male protagonist whose personality was closer to that of a woman and, on the contrary, targeting pretty girls with a personality that was closer to that of a man.

Although there were some points of resistance due to the world view of gender reversal, such minor objections were nothing more than ‘minor points’ in the face of the heroines’ outstanding illustrations and charming personalities.

Well, it may sound like I’m disparaging men when I say it this way, but in reality, men are sad creatures who only think twice about someone who is pretty, even if the other person is a bitch.

Even though she is a rare trash girl who appears in a novel, the illustrations are so pretty that it makes you crazy?

Then, you cannot help but think, ‘Maybe running the washing machine wouldn’t be so bad?’ Men are creatures.

Even if, as the story progresses, that trash girl makes me look for anti-cancer drugs.

In that sense, the heroines of Orbital World were all heroines with unique personalities and well-chosen illustrations that made you dizzy.

Due to the setting of a gender-reversed worldview, her personality was closer to that of a man than a woman, but she was pretty on the outside. Isn’t that enough?

Because he was a sad male creature who found even his male-like personality as an attractive point as long as he was pretty on the outside.

So what about women? In the case of women, they were able to empathize with the heroine who was intertwined with the male protagonist, not the male protagonist, who was a playable character.

As I said, all of the heroines had male personalities, in short, the type that was close to a girl crasher, so it seemed like the various heroines could feel like they were dating the male lead, who was an herbivore man.

For that reason, it can be said that the story, which arouses interest in both men and women, has contributed greatly to making a minor genre game called Miyeonsi sell 10 million copies in one month, even if it is mixed with RPG.

Of course, this was not the only reason. In terms of the game system, it boasted outstanding elements that made it hard to believe that it was a modern game.

Beautiful graphics and an incredibly diverse range of options. A combat part that is no different from the battle systems of famous Soul Like games.

Not only the story that appropriately fused the mismatched genres of romance fantasy and romance, but also various game elements were the reasons for this game’s success.

… Of course, this game did not only have advantages. There were also disadvantages. That also has a very big drawback.

This is a shortcoming that hit users hard on the back of their head because it represents a genre called Romance Fantasy, but it did not have a significant impact on the popularity of the game itself.

It is none other than…