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What’s the point of being treated like a saint that only appears once in hundreds of years? The crown prince, the male protagonist of this game, didn’t even pay any attention to me.

I later found out that the crown prince was a publicly known homosexual. There was no chance he’d fall for me in the first place.

So what if he’s gay? Doesn’t a soccer ball also fit in the basketball net? However, I wasn’t in a position to be thinking such carefree thoughts.

It was a world overrun with monsters, and the prince that the system pointed to as the male lead was not the crown prince, but the second prince.

He was constantly away with a subjugation army in order to secure his position as the unstable heir, so I was unable to even catch a glimpse of his shadow during my time in the Imperial palace.

I was forced to stay quietly in a corner of the imperial palace. The sea witch had taken my voice, so I was mute.

Thus, the 2nd round tutorial ended with me as a homebody in the Imperial Palace.

The game had a structure in which it ended automatically after a period of 6 months, or half a year.

As soon as the period was over and the ‘game of reality’ started, I tripped on the stairs and hit my head.

Once again, the world went back 6 months and began the 3rd round.

After following the same route as the first round, I was once again revered as a saint and entered the Imperial palace.

At one point, I was tempted to reveal that I was a mermaid and that I had saved the prince from a typhoon. However, in this world mermaids were known as an imaginary race, and the prince had been unconscious at the time.

Of course, I changed my method a little during the 3rd round.

The crown prince also had to participate in society after he finished his subjugation of the monsters, so I began attending many social gatherings in the case that he was present. Even if the prince was gay, I had to try.

Otherwise, my life would be an infinite loop of game overs and deaths.

– Saintess, are you praying properly for the crown prince’s safety? I’ve gotten used to seeing you in society every day.

Once, a countess said this to me and laughed. It was unfair. I was working hard and using my Saintess skill each time the cooldown ended. If the male lead died, it would be game over.

I nicknamed her ‘crazy bitch.’

It wasn’t only because she was picking a fight with me, but also because her adoration for the gay crown prince was so strong that it was publicly known among the nobles.

To put it simply, after learning that many of the saintesses recorded in history had married royalty, this crazy woman hated me because of the possibility that I would marry the 2nd prince.

The world was in turmoil because of the monsters, so the people and nobles depended on me. In fact, ever since my appearance, there had been a decrease in the occurrences and ferocity of monster attacks.

Of course, it was all thanks to the ‘Saintess’ skill. In the end, it was because of my virtue.

I tried to continue doing so, but that crazy bitch killed me soon afterwards.

Being a countess sure was great. She fed me poisoned black tea given to me by a maid of the Imperial Palace.

As I vomited blood, I was forced to listen to the instigated maid’s words. That crazy bitch mocked me to the end.

* * *

The 4th round began.

I opened my eyes once again, cursing at that woman. I was growing weary of the repetitive cycles, but dying was still too painful. I’d rather have gone crazy, but my mind was still sane.

In the 4th round, I used a frontal attack strategy.

I actively sent messages through my eyes to the prince, telling him ‘I’m interested in you’, and when he left the Imperial Palace to subdue monsters, I went to him and tearfully used the blessing skill that I could’ve used inside the palace on him in person.

I was busy avoiding that crazy bitch’s tricks, but the male lead didn’t pay any attention to me as the game’s six month period approached.

In the end, I even tried to seduce the prince with my body, but he looked at me with a gaze full of contempt and said, “What are you trying to do to a gay man?”

My heart crumbled apart like a cracker, and broke.

A few days later, six months had passed. The 4th round ended with my accidental death from the rooftop. And then, the most recent round that I had lived.

The 5th round.

There were no more strategies. I spent my time aimlessly.

Ugh, if you want to kill me, just do it.

I thought that if I ingested poison right before the grace period ended, I’d be able to die without feeling pain. Of course, my duties as a saintess who granted blessings to the royal family were done half-heartedly.

And then, that crazy Countess appeared once again! The mere thought of it makes me angry.

That crazy bitch killed me, saying ‘How dare you give my prince a half-hearted blessing!’

The crown prince, who had brought back news of victory, called me to the Imperial Palace, so I had no choice but to go. But when I arrived, the only one waiting for me was that knight who loved that crazy bitch.

So for the past five lives, I’d been stabbed to death by a knight’s sword.

There’s no meaning in life.

There truly isn’t. I wanted to die.

Whether this world was Korea or a virtual world, or even a different dimension altogether, it didn’t matter. I just wanted someone to give me eternal rest.

I was exhausted. The prince was gay, the crazy bitch disrupted me in every round, and the pain of death I felt each time the game restarted was terrible.

No matter how much I cursed at the game system, there was no response.

It was at that time, when I was immersed in thoughts of the past.

Suddenly, ding dong! The window appeared in front of me. It was a tutorial quest.

Having been lost in past memories, I returned to reality and raised my upper body out of bed to check the quest.

[Princess’s Birthday Party: Tutorial Quest (1/5)]

You are the Little Mermaid. The mermaids have ruled the waters for generations, and among them, the King of Mermaids reigns as the guardian of the sea.

You live as royalty in a royal palace in the depths of the sea with your father, the King of the Sea, and your five sisters.

Today marks the 18th year of your life, and your birthday and coming-of-age ceremony will be held in the royal palace. First, let’s go to your birthday party!

—This is a required quest. Unable to cancel.

Condition: Successful participation in birthday party.

Reward: Tutorial (2/5) unlocked, a great experience

Failure: Game Over

“Haa…”

I let out a deep sigh. I’d been here for so long that I had memorized the quest.

It was now time to play the 6th round. Of course, I currently had no motivation, but if I failed this required quest, it would be an automatic game over.

Soon, a knock sounded at my door. Around this time, a maid comes in to help me dress up. I calmly picked up the pillow I had thrown away earlier, and started cleaning.

“Ah, you’re awake! What a relief.”

The door opened and someone entered with a high pitched voice. It was my young-faced head maid, Blue String.

Mermaids have no names. Only nicknames exist to distinguish each other. In the case of that maid, her nickname was Blue String because she’d recently begun tying her braid with a blue string.

The mermaids weren’t that strict in their hierarchy, so Blue String entered the room with a friendly smile. The setting that I was the youngest of the princesses and had a lively and kind personality also seemed to play a part.

“Yes. Today is my 18th birthday. I’m excited at the thought that I can finally leave the sea.”

I replied, forcing myself to sound cheerful.

“You’ve been singing songs of the world outside the sea for so long, and now this day has finally come. Wash up and get dressed first.”

Blue String, pretending to act like a strict nanny, immediately burst into laughter befitting her age and led me to the bathroom.

If you’re wondering why a bathroom exists even though we’re under the sea, there actually isn’t a bathtub. I just wash with clean towels and scents.

“Wow, my princess is so pretty after being washed!”

Blue String said this after she had washed me all over.

The tutorial quest was simple.

After the maids finished dressing me up, I’d attend my upcoming 18th birthday party.

Once a mermaid reaches the age of 18 and becomes an adult, she is eligible to go to the surface. As I said before, my setting was that of the ‘Youngest princess with an interest in the human world who has been eagerly awaiting her 18th birthday.’

I returned to my room and maintained a look of anticipation while getting dressed up, but in fact, it was so boring.

I’d already experienced this many times, and all I had to do was act as if I was the true youngest princess. The maid began applying cosmetics to my face that were very different from those in the previous lives.

With a final stroke of the brush, the makeup was complete. I opened my closed eyes.

“It’s done, Princess. What do you think? Everyone has already arrived at the princess’s birthday party. I think we should wrap it up here.”

Blue String spoke again.

I replied, staring in the mirror. A girl with grapefruit colored hair who had just become an adult stared back at me.

“Yeah, it’s pretty. I like it.”

“What’s with that reaction?”

“No, I’m telling the truth. I’m surprised.”

Of course, my reflection in the mirror was dazzlingly beautiful.

The jewels and accessories on my head glimmered with different lights at each angle, and even the cosmetics, which were slightly inadequate due to the limitations of being underwater, were transformed into craftsmens’ tools with the power of the original’s face.

But seeing that doll-like face, I couldn’t seem to express my twisted feelings.

From the perspective of the homosexual male lead, being beautiful didn’t do me any good.

Boredom and weariness.

With these nuanced emotions, I entered the banquet hall where my birthday celebration was in full swing.

The party was already full of various types of seafood: mermaids and sea animals, that is.

I swam to my father who was sitting on the throne, preparing for the upcoming quest alert.

Ding!

[‘Tutorial Quest (1/5)’ condition: ‘Successful participation in birthday party’ has been achieved.]

[You have cleared Tutorial Quest 1/5 ‘Princess’s Birthday Party’]

[Level has risen.]

[Level has risen.]

[Level has risen.]

[Tutorial Quest 2 has been unlocked.]

[Scenery Out of the Sea: Tutorial Quest (2/5)]

After your birthday party, you are finally an adult. Once a mermaid becomes 18, they may leave the sea alone. You have been looking forward to leaving the sea since a young age.

Coincidentally, a ship with a human prince onboard is sailing on the water at the same time. Like you, today is also the birthday of the human prince, and a grand party is being held on the ship. Let’s take a sneak peek at that splendid sight.

—This is a required quest. Unable to cancel.

Condition: Must go alone. Observe the prince’s boat without being detected by humans.

Reward: Tutorial (3/5) unlocked, a great experience

Failure: Game Over

I lowered the screen and turned it off.

The ship with the human prince will soon collapse in a storm, and I must rescue him while observing the scenery out of the sea. Just like a fairytale.

There is little freedom in the tutorial stages anyway, so I’ll just follow along the quest for the time being.

Even though I don’t think I should be playing in the same way as previous rounds, I can’t help it right now.

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