I slowly lifted my head.
Before my eyes, beige-colored hair was softly holding the light, and blue eyes, coldly settled behind glasses, were looking straight down at me.
A neat shirt, a perfectly pressed collar.
He wore a leisurely smile, but his eyes were cold.
A figure without a single disarray. And—
“……Are you not feeling well?”
A face that was all too familiar.
Ludger Edelweiss.
The Prime Minister of Crown Maker. And, the professor in front of my eyes right now.
I looked at him while holding my breath.
An unbelievable reality was crashing over me once again. And once again, the user reactions regarding him flashed by.
[Crown Maker Gallery]
[[Chat] Ludger, you perverted bastard, is there no normal route?
No, I saw a post before that said Ludger’s affection rises if he sees the Main Shou cry, so I went to him every time he cried to follow the main route.
I just pressed the ‘rush to him’ option like a dog that goes where it smells tears.
But he helped me make the Emperor, so I thought, ‘Oh— he’s helping well?’ but the ending was the Main Shou riding a puppet route lol. This isn’t the main route, right? What should I do?]
└ Are you the guy who went to Ludger every time he cried while looking at the Cedric strategy before?
└└ Yes, that’s me.
└└└ Ludger does have a fetish for tears, but if you keep going for that, he turns into a harasser + sadist. Can’t you feel the change in his tone?
└└└└ Ah, no wonder lol. He was watching the Main Shou and saying, “You’re moist. Enough to make me want to poke/shove it in.” I wondered what that was, but that was the sign lol.
└ Fck lololol No, buddy, do you think that’s the right thing to say to an Emperor candidate lolol You just took a totally wrong route.
└ lol Cedric, Ludger link summary is here, check it out [Link] [Link]
└ Oh thanks thanks.
[[Chat] Ludger route is hell, right? They said Ludger has a fetish for tears, so I went to him every time the Main Shou cried, and at first, he helped affectionately → But the more I went, his tone changed and it became a total harassment mode.
Early: “It is unbecoming for someone who will be Emperor to shed tears easily, please restrain yourself.”
Mid: “……You’re moist.”
Late: “Enough to make me want to poke/shove it in.” lololololololol This is the normal route?]
└ There is also an ending where the Main Shou is imprisoned lol.
└ No, fck, you say you’re helping me make the Emperor, but does it make sense to imprison the Main Shou lololol
└ This game is crazy. There isn’t a single normal route lol.
[[Chat] Cedric Ludger [Conclusion] Cedric route strategy summary: Main Shou must become strong for Cedric to acknowledge him.
If you whine, you go to the Emperor route (Cedric becomes Emperor). You must be good at playing hard-to-get with affection.
Main Shou must increase physical ability + learning stats for the route to open.
For choices, always go to the Knights/Library (though according to comments, if you just hit max affection, tears, praise, and warmth seem to be permitted? Of course, hitting max is hard.)
Ludger route strategy: You will really be in trouble if he sees you cry too much.
It looks normal at first, but if you shed many tears, it gradually becomes dangerous.
To avoid the imprisonment route, you need to maintain neutral behavior.
Conclusion: Both are extreme difficulty. To think the easiest guys to capture are at this level, Crown Maker is a failing game for sure. Anyway, bye.]
I swallowed a rough curse inwardly and glared at the man in front of me.
Why is this bastard here?
It was beyond absurdity; now it was enough to stifle my breath.
I couldn’t accept the reality before my eyes at all.
He was calm.
Looking down at me quietly with his blue eyes, he watched me silently as if analyzing something.
A gaze that seemed cold yet dug deep.
The gaze that scanned me up and down like a scan was strangely hot.
The gaze glided slowly over my skin. As if delicate, intentional, like fingertips brushing past.
There was no reason to look into me that deeply, but the gaze that wanted to completely penetrate my existence from head to toe continued.
For some reason, the gaze that touched me felt hot.
Even though he was just watching, it left a vivid sensation, as if it were flowing along my skin.
The moment I stepped back without knowing it, Ludger’s voice caught my feet.
“Why are you crying?”
A low and calm voice.
But there was a strange interest layered within it.
I reflexively lifted my hand to brush my eyes.
Feeling the moist, wet sensation, a word flashed through my brain. Tear fetish.
Ah, f*ck.
My heart sank.
My fingertips trembled instinctively.
Something is wrong.
Right now, this situation is terribly wrong.
My mind was already slapping my own cheek.
Pull yourself together, Yoon Seohyun.
If you cry now, it’s over. Tear fetish.
That word kept ringing endlessly in my head.
I bit my lip hard.
Even if tears flow, I just need to not get caught.
Trying to act as normal as possible, pretending as if nothing had happened, I reflexively straightened my body.
“I am very healthy, Professor.”
A moment of silence flowed.
“Pardon?”
Ludger tilted his head slightly as if absurd.
A faint snicker spread to his mouth.
No, to be precise, it was a gaze looking at a crazy person.
But I didn’t care and instead added with an even wider smile.
“I am very happy to be able to take this lecture. I will return to my seat.”
A moment of silence flowed. And—
“……You are an interesting student, Yoon Seohyun.”
The moment I heard those words, my head went white.
……F*ck.
The professor memorized my name.
I bit my lip inwardly, despairing.
At the same time, the corners of my eyes became hot again. Is this a tear from injustice, or a tear from anger?
Even while trying not to get caught crying, my throat was strangely hot.
I forcibly repressed the emotions rising again. I just hoped all of this was a nightmare.
Trying to act as if nothing was wrong, I returned to my seat.
Burying my body in the chair, I pressed my chest hard to soothe my irregularly beating heart.
Just then, Cedric, who was beside me, glanced at me and whispered quietly.
“Are you okay?”
“……About what?”
“A moment ago, when I grabbed your wrist.”
Cedric’s gaze moved subtly along my wrist. I instinctively gripped my hand.
“It looked like it turned red.”
Cedric narrowed his eyes and glanced at me. “It didn’t hurt, did it?”
At those affectionate words, I looked at him, flustered.
Cedric’s expression was strangely cautious.
Reading the concern harbored in those eyes, I muttered with a hopeless look.
“……It’s okay.”
Getting worried by the Emperor, how gracious.
At my words, Cedric nodded as if relieved.
Then, he soon turned his gaze toward Ludger and muttered.
“Do you know who that is?”
I swallowed a dry laugh at those words.
Do I know who it is?
I know him damn well.
But I don’t know why the Prime Minister from the game is working as a professor.
