Sakuraba Emma, the surface-level heroine from the Danganronpa-like game Magical Girl Witch Trials.
Because of her soft and squishy personality and her loyal dog-like devotion to her best friend, she is often jokingly referred to by the player base as the "Pink-haired Puppy."
Before Suke transmigrated, he didn't actually play many Visual Novel-style ADV games, but he couldn't help it when his chat group friends spammed those mysterious Yuri memes every day.
Even if he hadn't eaten pork, he had at least seen a pig run.
Given that he listened to his group friends bullshit every day, Suke had a simple understanding of the game's plot.
If he really had to summarize it, the plot of this game was roughly about thirteen "Landmine" girls combined with "Gravity-type" nutcases explicitly stuffed together to explode and battle each other in rounds—
"Why does it feel like this bus is biased in who it picks up? If it's not a witch, it's a pink-haired girl?"
"Next time, is it going to pick up Enoshima Junko for me? But that actually seems pretty good. If it really brings that nutcase over, I'd have to put her through hard labor until she's drooling."
Effortlessly sidestepping to dodge the stabbing attack from the bone wings behind Sakuraba Emma, Suke casually pulled out Neptune's Glaive. Using the flat of the blade, he delivered an unhesitating downward chop right onto the forehead of the girl pouncing at him.
"Bonk—!"
Did it sound good? If it sounds good, it's a good head.
"Ugh—?!"
Accompanied by a girl's wail, the pink-haired maiden fell directly onto the floor of the carriage on her butt, and those pink eyes instantly cleared up.
Her Witch transformation was subsequently dispelled, and the ostentatious bone wings behind her vanished in a flash.
Clutching her swollen forehead, Sakuraba Emma raised her head, her somewhat bewildered eyes scanning the strange scene around her.
Who was she? Where was she?
Why was she on a bus?
Her head hurt so much. What happened?
Everyone in the prison... Ugh...
"I say, are you alright?"
A male voice interrupted Sakuraba Emma's intermittent thoughts, causing her gaze to shift upward.
A man whose upper body was clad in a chef's apron while his lower body sported cargo pants—yet whose handsome appearance was enough to be a host in her country—entered her field of vision.
What a good-looking man! Sakuraba Emma's eyes widened.
It was just this fashion sense...
"The bus has arrived at the station. It's time to get off. Even if you loiter on the bus, it won't drive any further, Miss Sakuraba Emma."
"You... know my name?" Facing Suke, who had called out her full name, Sakuraba Emma instantly became cramped and nervous.
A strange bus, a strange suburb, a strange adult man.
Could it be that she had been trafficked?
"Not only do I know your name, but I also know you have a host of good friends: Nikaido Hiro, Jougasaki Noah... Miss Sakuraba Emma, you wouldn't want your friends to have an accident along with you, right?"
"Eh?" Sakuraba Emma's pupils contracted, and the expression on her face instantly took on a few more degrees of fear.
Could it be that the Owl Warden had temporarily changed the prison location and transferred them to a new place for guarding?
Was this man before her the new jailer managing them?
But Hiro... Wasn't Hiro already... on the first day... Why... Ugh...
A dull pain throbbed in her head. Her memories were still intermittent, causing Sakuraba Emma to reveal a painful expression.
"Alright, no more jokes."
Seeing Sakuraba Emma's expression wasn't right, Suke knew when to stop.
Bullying the Pink-haired Puppy was fine, but giving her actual PTSD wouldn't be good.
"Let me give a simple introduction first. This is Stardew Valley—a peaceful small town that, currently, seems to only accept the dead and revenants."
"My name is Suke, the Farmer here. Unless something unexpected happens, Miss Sakuraba Emma, you will likely only be able to live here in the future."
"The dead... and revenants?"
"Yes, after all, you are already dead, Miss Sakuraba Emma."
"You can understand this place as the Underworld. I am the administrator here—although the outside world has many prejudices against our Underworld, it's clearly quite sunny and bright here."
Suke sized up Sakuraba Emma. Thinking about her Witch transformation earlier, it should be the Normal Ending (NE) of the first playthrough.
As for whether a certain black-haired rich young lady, Hiro, had started her Regression, and what would happen after the Regression?
That wasn't his business to manage. However, based on the speculation from what happened with Abigail, Suke was still very happy to open up a new map.
"The Underworld... So I... have already died..."
Supported by Suke, the girl walked tremblingly down the bus steps. When the golden autumn leaves filled with the aura of harvest brushed past her cheeks along with the bright sunshine, the memories in her mind began to surface.
Yes, she had died. As a Witch.
After everyone had died before her, and after everyone had been killed by her magic...
The black and white long-sleeved sailor uniform began to change. Bone wings like harp strings seemed poised to break through her flesh and emerge again—
However, in the very next moment, a hard object with a wonderfully sweet taste that could not be described in words was suddenly stuffed into Sakuraba Emma's cherry lips. It melted instantly on the tip of her tongue, causing her thoughts to stall.
But in a flash, an indescribable sense of happiness surged from the bottom of her heart, causing the Witch transformation to vanish into smoke.
[Gifted Sakuraba Emma: Magic Rock Candy * 1]
[Thank you so much! I love this too much!]
"Feeling better?"
Suke didn't feel heartache over this extremely rare Magic Rock Candy; after all, Miss Pink Elf had actually opened quite a few of them earlier.
He mainly wanted to verify something he hadn't had time to verify with Abigail before—in the system panel within his vision, on the interface displaying Stardew Valley characters, two character pixel portraits were prominently listed.
[Character: Elysia (Farmhand 1)]
[♥?] (Farmhands do not display)
[Loved Gifts: Fairy Rose, (To be discovered)]
[Character: Sakuraba Emma]
[♥♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡]
[Loved Gifts: Magic Rock Candy, (To be discovered)]
"Sorry, sir... I..."
Savoring the incredible taste on the tip of her tongue that seemed to strike directly at her soul, Sakuraba Emma calmed down.
She felt that her current self was great, never better.
She even felt that if Heaven gave her another chance to return to the past, she would definitely be able to do everything better.
It was a pity...
[Elysia: Darling, are you there, are you there?]
[Elysia: Little Abi suddenly ran to the Sweet House asking for help, saying her family's maid was taken away by everyone. Come over and take a look quickly!]
Through the special nature of the Farmhand, Elysia and Suke could communicate via a "public channel" visible only to the two of them.
And immediately upon seeing this message, Suke realized that the first victim of the original Salem Witch Trials—Tituba—had encountered her trial, symbolizing the official start of the Salem storyline.
However, Suke wasn't very panicked. After all, the judges and contestants in the current Salem were all his people.
Plus, with his fame rising day by day in the town, unless the Demon God Pillar flipped the table and gave up on summoning the Outer God, solving the crisis by following the plot wouldn't be difficult.
Moreover, speaking of witch trials, wasn't the one beside him even more...
"Let's go, Miss Sakuraba Emma. I'll take you to watch a good show."
"And incidentally, to see your perspective on this play. How about it?"
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