Chapter 1: Death Penalty or Life?

Do you think the death penalty or life imprisonment is more humane?

What, let me stop sinning?

No, the real sinful ones don't have the same troubles as I do, because the judges will think for them. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yes, the reason why I am faced with such a dilemma is definitely not because I have committed some serious crime.

So why is this choice faced? Even if you ask......

If you have to say it, because I'm the protagonist of this world?

"Zhao Jie, are you thinking about life again?"

I was looking at the meat in the pan in the kitchen in a trance, and I was accosted by a girl with a black ponytail.

The girl was of medium stature and very cute, even in my mother's sweater and trousers twenty years ago, she didn't show any dirt - why was this guy wearing my mother's clothes, I couldn't help but sigh again.

"Really, don't sigh or think about life when cooking, the food made with such a dull mood is not delicious."

"Who do you think I'm like this?"

I couldn't help but shout at this somewhat carefree girl.

Although I said it a little harshly, she didn't get angry, but put her index finger in front of her mouth as if she was thinking about something.

"That's right, half of the month has passed, and there is not much time left for Zhao Jie to choose.

But you should also understand that long pain is better than short pain, and I will always remember the taste of your cooking. ”

"Won't you talk differently, don't you think I can save it?"

"I don't think so."

Can't you comfort me?

However, she did not hesitate to cut off my hopes.

"I don't care, but the judgment of the upper magister will not change.

You're a little different, but you're still human at heart, don't you think you'll be able to escape the Magister? ”

"That's right, I would have run a long time ago if I could have run." I flipped the pot to myself.

"Don't listen to Olivia's nonsense, Zhao Jie."

Just then, another girl walked into the kitchen.

With long hair, she seems to be unable to reveal her true face, and a mask on her head that can be bought for 10 yuan in the supermarket next door to my house covers her appearance above her mouth.

Dressed in black stockings and a red skirt and a T-shirt for the interior, she didn't have to borrow my mother's clothes to wear - should I thank her for that?

"It's better to die than to live, if you choose our side, it will only restrict all your actions, and at the same time put you in the safest place to protect you from the interference of the Magus."

"Lucy, you guy!" Before I could speak, the pony-tailed girl known as Olivia said to the masked girl with a look of displeasure. "Isn't restricting other people's actions more cruel than killing them directly?"

"Hmph, this is for Zhao Jie to decide for himself, in the final analysis, if it weren't for the fact that you must get the key, we wouldn't have done anything to Zhao Jie."

"So you elementalists are a bunch of guys with brains in water."

"I dare to say it, if you want to fight, I can accompany you at any time!"

As she spoke, the masked girl known as Lucy pulled out a thin sword out of nowhere.

And Olivia's hand suddenly appeared some kind of black orb created by a mysterious force.

I couldn't help but sigh.

Yes, there have been several times when these two young girls, who call themselves elementalists and mages, have argued over whether to confine me forever or put me to death.

"Hey, you two don't do it in other people's houses!"

"But!"

Both seemed to look at each other very unpleasantly.

"It's up to me to decide this matter, you can only burn your dinner to ashes if you quarrel like this, is that okay?"

With my mediation, the two men reluctantly gave up and went back to the living room to wait for me to make dinner.

And I silently put the prepared dinner on the plate.

"Then again, Zhao Jie." Lucy went back to the kitchen and looked at the dishes I had on my plate. "I seem to have been eating a lot of meat lately."

"Really? I always feel like there's always more meat in the refrigerator lately, don't you like it? ”

"No, Zhao Jie's cooking is really delicious, it's just-"

"Just?"

"No, forget it." She shook her head and returned to the dining room.

But it's really a little weird, obviously I'm cooking meat dishes every day, and there are more and more meat in the refrigerator, so much so that I can't use up the meat in a single meal, obviously I didn't buy any of these meats.

"Then again, is the extra meat chicken or beef?"

I shook my head, curious about where the meat came from, but now I was facing a more serious problem.

Turned his head and looked at the calendar.

"December 10th, is there 15 days left......

As Olivia said, I am different from ordinary people, and the specific difference is probably that I once got the "protagonist" physique from a weirdo.

Exactly why he is called the "protagonist" is probably only known to the weirdo himself.

In short, as the main character, it's easier to get involved in trouble, but also better at dodging danger.

So, unlike most people, for me, walking next to a tall building in the winter is always threatened by falling ice, and the average person gets into a car accident every day after school, and I'm no stranger to this level of misfortune.

Now I have the confidence that I can survive a bank robbery.

However, I probably can't find a way to avoid the danger at the moment.

On December 25th, which is Christmas, whether I choose to be permanently bound or put to death, I will surely have one of these two endings.

After all, how did my harmless protagonist get targeted by these magicians in the underworld?

……

It was just an ordinary day for me, and when I came home from school and didn't bother to cook for myself, I bought a boxed lunch from the convenience store across the street from my apartment.

In the winter of late November, the ground was covered with snow, and the sky had completely darkened by 6 o'clock.

For me, this kind of thing would have been very commonplace.

However, seeing that there are still less than 100 steps to reach the apartment, I always feel a bad premonition, if you want to say the reason, although this road is not often passable, but it is the first time that no one has it.

And at the same time as this premonition was born, my back suddenly shuddered.

A strange shadow flew from behind me at a breakneck speed.

It's not as fast as a gun, but it's incredibly fast.

Without time to look back and confirm, I immediately jumped high with all my might, and the next moment, an unknown translucent black sphere exploded from where I had been standing.