He Died and Receive an Overpowered Tyrant System

Confession and Getting Started

"Step two! Set up a little incident to close the distance between your hearts."

"An...incident?"

"Yeah! Just because you're on a date doesn't mean exciting stuff's gonna happen on its own. If you aren't proactive, you might just end up eating and hanging out. Kind of a waste, don't you think? To prevent that, you wanna set something up on purpose."

"Like an indirect kiss."

"Eh…?"

"First, you wanna pick out the restaurant the day before, I'd go with The Polar Petal in the industrial district. That's the first restaurant that has been taken to my liking and the food is great. But more importantly, all the tables get filled up with workers from the workshop nearby, so it forces you to sit at the counter. And that's the key! You have to get a seat at the counter. Then you sit down on Ernest's dominant side, which is his right."

"Why?"

"If you sit across from him, it'll be harder to pretend you took his cup by accident. It'd be weird to grab it from all the way across the table, right? But at a counter, it's easy to make it look natural. Then after you get the indirect kiss, make sure he finds out. Once he does, Volksfuhrer will say something like, 'Oh, I'm sorry. I must have put it down too close to you. Here, let me get you a fresh cup.' That's where you smile and go, 'I don't mind...since it's yours,' And it's an effective tactic that will make any guys go crazy."

Just as planned, the two of them were seated at The Polar Petal's counter. Sitting on Ernest's right, Sophia recalled more of the advice she'd received from Littoria.

Littoria is amazing...Sophia never would've come up with the idea to intentionally plan something like that. Sophia is grateful that she has a colleague to ask for guidance. To think that Littoria doesn't have experience yet has well-versed knowledge is just amazing.

"Here are your orders!" A cat-eared waitress arrived with their food. Ernest is a light eater so he just ordered a chocolate crêpe, so does Sophia but she picked the strawberry flavor.

Then moments later, their drinks arrived. Sophia made sure to order the same thing as Ernest, of course. Even if they'd been switched, one would've never been able to know by the contents. Both had poured in copper cups of identical make, too.

Sophia lifted her cup to her mouth, hid her expression behind it. Then she waited.

At last, Ernest lifted his cup, drank down about a third of his juice, and put it back on the counter.

Then the operation started.

Without a moment's delay, Sophia leaped into action. Placing her own drink down.

That's when it happened.

Ernest lifted a cup into the air, but it wasn't Ernest's. It was Sophia's, the one she'd just put down.

'What…?' Sophia wouldn't have believed it had she not seen it with her own two eyes.

Ernest's lips made contact with the still bit wet Sophia's own saliva.

Then he ran his upper lip over his lower lip and licked her saliva clean off it. The one moment felt like it lasted an eternity.

Her saliva had touched his lips, and he'd licked it up.

".....Eh?!?!"

"Mmm, delicious. This restaurant you suggested is nice. I'll have to hmm? What's wrong? Is there something wrong with my face?"

"Fwah...fwah.."

Ernest scanned her facial expression and found something interesting.

"Oya? Did it go according to your plan?"

"...Ngh?!"

Wait? He knew all along? But how? Sophia made sure not to make it not conspicuous but Ernest had seen through it.

"Wha….?! What...are you talking about…?" To hide her expression, Sophia took a bite of her strawberry crêpe.

While watching her bite her crêpe, Ernest noticed a bit of cream stuck on her cheek.

"Hey, Sophia."

"What is it this time?"

When Sophia turned towards him, he wiped off the cream off her cheek with his finger and…

"This was in your face. You should be careful eating."

...he licked it off without any hesitation at all.

Sophia's whole body went red as if she had burst into flame. Then moments later, Sophia fainted and collapsed.

"Wh...S-Sophia?! Are you okay?!"

"Fwah...:"

…

Several hours later.

"Huuhn…"

Rousing gently from her slumber, Sophia returned to waking world. The time had come for her nap to end. She did as her body introduced and opened her eyelids.

"You awake?"

"Er...nest?"

When she looked up, the first thing she saw was Ernest's eyes.

As her consciousness gradually returned, Sophia noticed two things.

The first was that she was lying down on the bench with Ernest's blue overcoat draped over her as a makeshift blanket. The second was that her head was resting on Ernest's lap.

"....?!"

The moment it occurred to Sophia what was going on, she shot straight up.

"Wh-wh-wh-wh-wh-why am I on your l-lap…?!" She was flummoxed, and her face was downright scarlet.

"How nostalgic don't you think? When I passed out months ago I found myself in the same situation as yours….Oops, my bad. I was supposed to answer your question. Well, it's simple, you passed out and then I found a bench nearby and let you sleep peacefully."

"Huh…?"

Upon hearing that, Sophia finally turned her attention to things besides Ernest. That's when she noticed that the sky was cast in vermillion shade. Taking in the sight, the girl immediately understood what had happened. When she passed out when Ernest licked the cream that got stuck on her cheek and had fallen asleep for several hours.

Now understanding that.

"Ha...hahaha."

Sophia let out a little giggle.

The plan she concocted with Littoria had failed. She utterly failed her mission to hunt him and pathetically fell asleep in the middle of the date. Faced with such a comedy of errors, what other option was there but to laugh?

"Hey, Sophia?"

Hearing that, Sophia fumbled her hands and repeatedly said, "Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! I didn't mean to ruin the date...eh.."

"No, it's fine. There's something I want to discuss with you," Ernest steeled himself. "Do you remember the time when you asked me about me liking you?"

"...Eh?"

What is this? Why is he bringing that up so suddenly?

"Well, truthfully, I was about to answer that after I defeated the Treasured Spear. But pathetically, I was washed off by exhaustion and passed out. So I decided to answer it after our date…"

"...Eh?!"

Ernest proceeded on grabbing her right hand and enveloping it with another.

"Sophia...I'm going to be straight to the point. I like you," He declared and continued. "I love you."

Facing the girl he likes, Ernest spoke his honest feelings, and all expression fell from Sophia's face at the sudden confession. Because it was too abrupt. No, she didn't expect this at all. All this lovey-dovey scenario between them is nothing but bantering. There's no way a great man would like someone like her. But...looking at his face, he looked serious and genuine. He's not teasing her.

"Huwaaaa...."

"Surprising right? Yeah, I love you."

Whether or not Ernest had prepared himself beforehand, his words weren't bashful. But Sophia, who wasn't expecting this kind of announcement, had her face blushing a red incomparable to the one not long ago.

"...Do...you...actually...mean...it?"

This sweetness, hiding it was too hard.

"If I don't tell you this now, I won't be able to later, so...I want you to know that meeting you made me truly happy. Of course, you don't have to answer."

It was true! Ernest does really love her. So does that mean that the date was a success since she hunted him? No, Ernest was the one who fired the shot, meaning she was the one that got hunted.

The girl who passed out from a simple gesture mysteriously didn't overreact. She was just looking at Ernest with eyes brimming and a heartfelt smile.

"...Unfair."

"Unfair?"

Ernest glanced at Sophia who was puffing her cheeks.

"...You're being straightforward...and it's unfair…"

"Well, I can't hide it like how you're hiding your feelings for me." Ernest chuckled softly.

"Hah?!" Sophia reacted, no more like Secretary Sophia reacted. "Are you implying that I have feelings for you?"

"I don't know...do you?"

Sophia lowered her head, cheeks turning red, and answered. "...Yes."

"So is that a yes?"

"...Yes."

"Do you love me?"

"...Yes."

"Your answer is invalid." Ernest pouted.

"Eh?! Why?"

"Because you simply answered my question. I want to feel the feelings, you know what I'm saying?"

"What should I answer?"

"It has eight letter words."

Sophia giggled, "I was just joking. Of course, I do love you."

Ernest looked her straight in the eye. "I will not stop looking at you until I get what I want…"

"I love you! There. Are you happy now?"

Ernest's eyes widened and his heart fluttered in jubilation. It was at this time, No, in this world that he got himself a girlfriend.

"I want you to repeat it. But this time, sincerely."

"I love you."

"Yes!!!" Ernest triumphantly rose from his seat jumping joyfully around after hearing those three words from her. There's no joy in this world that could rival it.

Sophia just chuckled while watching Ernest celebrating.

"I want to cherish this. Sophia, stand up…"

"Eh, what is it this time?" Sophia asked while standing up.

Ernest pulled something out in his pocket. It was the slab of metal again he used to contact Guilheim.

"We will just take a selfie."

"A selfie?" Sophia tilted her head to the side, puzzled at the unknown word.

"Just stand close to me."

"...Okay." Sophia nodded emphatically.

"Just lean closer to me and I'll take it from here."

Sophia leaned in close to Ernest with a beaming bob of her head and Ernest used his smartphone's front-face camera to snap a shot of them in their lavish outfits. It was sure to become to remember the day.

"This tool is impressive! I can look at it forever!" Sophia exclaimed.

"In the future, every citizen of the Reich would have this on their hands," Ernest assured as his eyes took a glance of the city. "This city is beautiful," Ernest murmured. "The seeds of our movement are finally sprouting in this world. And that's why we need to protect it." The Volksfuhrer's tone grew firmer with each word.

"To protect our budding movement and the city, I will have to build something out of this world. You might hate me for that."

Sophia shook her head. "No, I will not. I'm all in for this movement. I want to bring back the normal lives of our people the empire and corrupt politicians had taken from us."

Ernest pulled Sophia close to him. "Once we've defeated the real threat, taking the country will be an easy feat. And we are getting closer to it."

Ernest opened his system and checked his current balance. Since the UNSP had taken the western region by swearing its allegiance to him, tyrant points will be credited to him. There are approximately 10,000,000 inhabitants in the western region. Meaning…

[Tyrant Points: 50,525,670.].

'Let's get started.'