This is just a hypothetical question, but what would you do if you were transferred to a world based on a game you loved? It’d be pretty sweet right? Wrong. Next thing you know you end up in a shooter zombie invasion where you don’t last two minutes, or a dating sim with a yandere who kills all the other love interests you wanna win over. In short, it kinda sucks. How do I know this? Well, let’s just say that hypothetical question is more real to me.

Having been brought into a dating sim visual novel by some god, I quickly found myself in an awkward position when, instead of being reincarnated into this world, I was sent here against my will with my original body.

But not only that, the god said they had to age me down to the point I could fit in the portal to this world. Forcing my body to age back to when I was ten. All just so I’d be able to make it here in the first place.

When I arrived, I found myself a bit unsure of what to do seeing as the only thing the god really gave me other than my youth was this ability I called expanded thinking which acted as a secondary brain of sorts that let me analyze things better than I normally could.

After finding some lodging and growing accustomed to the world, I felt a little unsure about what the hell I was even supposed to do at that point. Should I have kept living there, or gone off to explore? I didn’t know.

That was until I found out which game I’d been transported into.

The game's name was “Medieval Fantasy” and it honestly wasn’t a bad game. However, one thing that pissed me off about it was how in the end you could only choose a single girl. As an avid lover of harems, that part of the game irritated me to no end.

But once I learned that I’d been transported here, I realized I could finally make my dream of having my own harem a reality by winning over the main heroines of the game and making them my own.

However, things took a turn for the worse and despite all my hard work, I nearly died at the hands of people from this world. Just because I wasn’t some royal asshole they assumed I wasn’t worth anything. So after almost dying, I found a grimoire containing a spirit named Nia and escaped my death. And I obtained the power I needed to finally shut those royal assholes up.

After that, I continued my life here in this world while attending the school known as the “High School of Magic and Swordsmanship” which acts as the game's main starting point.

A lot has happened since then, but seeing as how recapping it all would be a pain, I’ll just stop things there.

So moving past that, I was currently relaxing in my room. Enjoying the fact that the weekend had finally arrived and I could spend some time lazing around doing what I wanted when someone suddenly knocked on my door.

I didn’t know it at the time, but the moment I opened it up to see who was there, my peaceful life would be gone for a long time.

“H-Hello there Sir Savoncho! As of today, I’ll be your official squire! Thank you for having me!”

Opening the door, I found myself greeted by a girl who looked to be around the age of thirteen to fourteen. She was wearing some cheap armor and was shaking like crazy while she introduced herself.

“...Huh?”

Wait a minute. Did she just say she was my squire?

Lost on what was happening, I tried thinking of what this girl was talking about when I remembered someone mentioning stuff about a squire thing a few weeks ago.

I think it was a teacher who said she taught kids to be squires who served under people until they were old enough to come to this school themselves since they couldn’t enter officially until the proper age. At least, I think that’s what she said.

Rubbing my eyes, I looked the girl up and down. And no I wasn’t checking her out. She may only be a couple years younger than me, but I felt like she still fell into the loli category which wasn’t my thing.

“Uh…Excuse me. Sir Savoncho?”

The girl seemed confused by my lack of response and she fished out what looked to be a set of notes from her pocket.

“Oh…um…They told me you’d already been informed of this so now I just feel embarrassed.”

Flipping through her notes a little more, she tried coming up with what to say next as I just stood there awkwardly. Honestly, this whole thing was still really confusing to me.

After seeing the girl stumble with her words for a few more minutes, I let out a sigh. Without another word, I left the room and began making my way down the hall.

“Ah! Wait for me Sir Savoncho!”

Noticing my departure, the girl began chasing after me.

“Why’re you following me?”

“It…It’s a squire's duty to stay by their lord’s side until it’s time for class!”

I found myself scratching the back of my head.

“Look. I’m sorry to say this, but you probably have the wrong guy. I never even joined that squire program thing.”

“Oh. I’m aware. I personally asked to be your squire.”

“...Huh?”

Giving the girl a suspicious glare, I began walking again. All the while, she trailed behind me with our footsteps echoing in the hallway.

Wanting to figure things out what was going on, I decided it was time for answers.

Hearing this girl say she wanted to be my squire made me think back to my first friend here at this school. She approached me without much explanation as well and treated me like a friend. Then, when I least expected it, she left me for dead in a dungeon. Ever since then, I’ve been cautious of the people around me. Even now, despite everything we’ve been through, I still don’t completely trust my two closest friends here at the school. Flynn and Roy. Who I got close to during the school trip a month ago

So while I kept an eye on the girl behind me, I made my way toward the school.

“What she said is true. She personally requested to be your squire upon her arrival. She seemed quite enthusiastic about it too.”

In order to get to the bottom of this, I met up with Mrs.Rashion who acted as the head of this whole squire thing. If anyone knew anything about this, I was sure she would. However, all I got as a response was confirmation of what the girl had said.

“So she said she wanted to be my squire. Okay. But if what you say is true, why didn’t you tell me about it? I feel like my input is kinda important in a situation like this.”

Mrs.Rashion frowned.

“I tried telling you. Do you not remember walking away when I tried talking with you?”

Thinking about it now, I realized she was right. I’d assumed she just wanted to sign me up to take on a squire, so I dipped before she could get a word in.

“Heheh…I’m sorry.”

I bowed my head in apology. I guess she did try to tell me about it so I'm at fault in that regard.

With a frustrated sigh, Mrs.Rashion shook her head.

“Normally we don’t let the squire pick who they serve. But since she is only a recently established noble, her choices as a squire were given a bit of freedom. And since I highly doubt other nobles would talk kindly to her, putting her with anyone else would go quite poorly.”

“A recently established noble?”

Mrs.Rashion nodded.

“Squires in this program consist of three different classes. The simple class, royal class, and grand master class. Each class shows off what rank you have and the expectations that are set for you.”

“I see. Does that mean this girl is in the simple class?

“Well actually, a new class was created this year as per the request of the school’s principal known as the commoner class. A place where common folk with the necessary funds and recently established nobles can spend their time training and make it possible for more people to serve the kingdom.”

“So you’re saying this girl is in the newly established commoner class?”

Mrs.Rashion nodded.

“Correct.”

“Okay. I got that part. Still, why is there even a need for another class? Aren’t there already enough people who learn at this school?”

At least that’s how it felt to me when I saw all the students roaming the halls since I got here.

“Well you see, since there aren't many nobles who are willing to work with commoners, it was decided that the next generation would be taught to treat them better which helped with creating this program. The only problem now is that lots of students aren’t very willing to take on a commoner or recently established noble as a squire. So we give these kids the right to choose whoever they want to serve. Because of this, the girl next to you has officially been labeled as your squire. Even if you don’t wish for this, it can’t be helped.”

“You gotta be kidding me.”

Letting out a sigh, I looked up at the ceiling. Trying to collect my thoughts. I guess in the end, I just had to accept it.

Despite my personal feelings on the matter, I found myself stuck with a squire.

Dammit. I guess all I can hope for is this being the last problem I have to deal with today.

“Axel…you’re a lolicon!?”

Xara, a succubus I was familiar with, looked at me with a surprised look on her face.

“How do you even know that term?”

As I was walking around trying to explain a few restrictions and rules to this squire girl, we ended up running into Xara who seemed to get the completely wrong idea when she saw this girl following behind me.

Massaging my temples, I let out a groan and explained things to Xara.

“Oh. So she’s just following you around as your squire?”

I nodded.

“That’s what it looks like. Apparently, after classes every day, she’s meant to stay by my side twenty-four-seven. I’d love to say no, but it doesn’t look like I get to do that.”

“I…see.”

Xara glanced at the girl one last time before leaving.

“Well, I’ve gotta get to my club now. So see ya later.”

“Yeah. Later.”

With that, Xara was gone.

While the way she looked at this girl was a bit weird, I was just glad to see her feeling better after what happened when she confessed her feelings to me.

I rejected her, but it wasn’t because I disliked her. In fact, if I could, I’d love to have her as a girlfriend. However, I refuse to be with her until she learns to free herself from her clinging problem. When she can stand on her own two feet, I’ll be there to give her my answer.

That’s why hearing she’s joined a club was like music to my ears. That meant she was already taking steps towards being her own person.

Although, I’m not sure how to feel about her acting like the confession never happened. Over the last two weeks, she’s been treating me just like anyone else. That doesn’t make me sad per see...It doesn't. I'm serious. It just makes me feel like she’s trying too hard to be nice after everything that happened.

I can’t really blame her actions though. After all, I’m doing something similar myself. I’ve been avoiding bringing up the subject and I’ve just tried acting like my old self. Basically, we were trying to pretend like everything was fine.

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But now wasn’t the time to think about all that. Right now I needed to focus on the issue behind me.

Glancing at the girl, I saw she had her eyes on me. Why’d she want to be my squire so badly? That was the question echoing in my head as we arrived back at my dorm room.

Letting the girl inside my room, she walked through the door and started looking around the place.

“Whoa!”

She seemed blown away.

“Why are you so surprised?”

“Hm? Oh! I’m sorry!”

“Huh? For what?”

That apology came out of nowhere.

“I don’t want you to hate me, it’s just I was so blown away by this room that I couldn’t contain my amazement.”

“O...kay. But why did you apologize?”

The girl looked at the ground.

“I’ve been trained to listen and take what my superiors say seriously. Meaning needless dawdling is the definition of defiance.”

“Uh…Really?”

What the hell were they teaching this girl? The way she worded it made it sound like squires weren’t allowed to have any time of their own.

With a sigh, I sat down and flipped open a book.

“Well don’t worry about it then. I’m not someone who needs your apologies anyway so doing your own thing is fine with me.”

After saying that, I started reading the book.

Bowing in understanding, the girl went back to looking around.

Before I knew it, two hours had passed by and I closed my book at a good stopping point.

Getting up from my seat, I glanced near me.

“Hm? You’re still here?”

The girl was standing there looking at me.

“Of course. Other than when I must attend my classes, I’m required to stay at your side twenty-four seven.”

“Uh…Really?”

Actually, now that I think about it, that’s exactly what I said about her duties earlier when talking with Xara. But I didn’t think it would actually be twenty-four-seven. That sounded like a pain.

Scratching the back of my head, I tried to think of a way out of this rather awkward situation.

“Sooo…does that mean you don’t have a place to sleep or something?”

The girl glanced nervously at my bed.

“As I’ve now officially become your squire, all my belongings will be moved here under your roof.”

“So in short, you have to live here now?”

“Yes, Sir Savoncho. I’m required to stay by your side until I’m of age to enter the school officially. That includes rooming with you.”

“I..see.”

I shook my head. This was turning into a bigger pain by the second.

“Look. I don’t know why you wanted to be my squire so badly, but is all this really necessary?”

The girl looked down with a disappointed expression.

“Are you saying…you don’t want me as a squire?”

“I’m saying I never wanted a squire in the first place.”

Crossing my arms, I let out a sigh. The girl grasped her pants in frustration, but I didn’t care. This was my personal space and I didn’t want it taken away just to look after some kid.

“Why do you look so down about it? I’m sure there are plenty of other people who are much more open to having you as a sq-”

“I only want to be your squire!”

I nearly jumped out of my seat when she said that with such force.

“W-Why?”

That was all I could ask. I’d been wanting to know this whole time but she never bothered explaining.

As her expression changed from upset to nervous, she looked at me, face to face.

“Tell me Sir Savoncho. Does my face look familiar to you?”

“...No. Not at all.”

I have no idea who this girl is. While she didn’t have any noticeable features about her other than her raven black hair, I was certain if I’d seen her around at some point I would’ve remembered her.

“...I see”

She looked disappointed.

“About four years ago, you came to my rescue when I lost all hope. You protected me from some really messed up guys and returned me safely back to my family. Even if you don’t remember, I don’t think I’ll ever forget it for the rest of my life.”

“Really?”

Did I ever do something like that?

I’ve been on so many adventures since I came to this world that I couldn’t exactly keep track of them all. Despite that, what she described did sound familiar. I just couldn't put my finger on what she was talking about.

Turning my head to look out the window, I scratched the back of my head.

“Sorry. What you’re saying sounds familiar, but I can’t seem to remember it.”

The girl was silent for a moment before letting out a disappointed sigh.

“I understand. Even if you don’t, I have you to thank for saving my life. So, I’d like to continue serving as your squire for the time being. Even if you don’t want me.”

Man. This girl sure was persistent. If you asked me about this whole situation before, back when all I cared about was harems and video games, I would’ve jumped at the chance to have a girl like her as my squire. But the me now is different. Even if I did take this girl in, I wouldn’t necessarily be able to watch out for her. This just felt like babysitting to me.

But despite my own personal thoughts on the matter, I didn’t really have a say.

And so, with a groan of exasperation, I pulled out my grimoire.

“Nia.”

Suddenly, Nia, the spirit within my grimoire, appeared next to me.

Surprised by Nia’s sudden appearance, the girl couldn’t help but take a step back.

“What is it, Master?”

“Do you have any transformation magic on you?”

“Hm…I do. But only enough to change the structure of a preexisting item. Meaning I can’t alter it in terms of materials. Just change the way it’s designed.”

“I see. In that case, could you turn the couch over there into a bed?”

Nia looked in the direction I was pointing and nodded.

“I should be able to do that.”

Without another word, Nia walked over to the couch and pushed her hand out towards it.

As she did so, the couch began to glow a bright green, and sounds that could only be described as mechanical gears turning began echoing through the room.

A few minutes later, Nia stepped away from her restructured creation.

While it did look like it was made using the same materials as it did when it was a couch, it now had the appearance of a bed.

Walking over to my closet, I pulled out a spare blanket and put it down on the bed.

After that, I turned to the girl.

“If you’re that insistent on staying here, I might as well show you some hospitality. Let me know if it feels uncomfortable at all. If there are any issues you have, I’ll have Nia try to shape them to your liking.”

The girl, who seemed to still be reeling from the shock of Nia’s appearance, glanced over at the spirit of the grimoire. Unsure what to do.

“Oh. I probably should introduce you. This is Nia. She’s…a friend of mine”

I couldn’t exactly tell this girl about Nia being a grimoire spirit. I still wasn’t sure if I could trust her yet. Not that she’ll just be fine with me describing Nia as a friend when she literally appeared out of thin air. I’ll just have to come up with something later.

While I was thinking about this, Nia walked up to the girl and bowed.

“A pleasure to meet you.”

Snapping out of her shock, the girl immediately bowed as well.

“A…A pleasure to meet you, Miss Nia!”

Grinning, Nia turned to me.

“Her reactions are funny.”

Rolling my eyes, I suddenly remembered something important.

“Come to think of it, I don’t think I ever got your name.”

I don’t know why, but it’d completely slipped my mind,

Hearing that, the girl straightened herself and turned to me.

“You’re completely right! I apologize for not giving you my name sooner! I’ll accept any punishment you deem necessary!”

“Er…How about just telling me your name.”

“V-Very well!”

After saying that, the girl gave me a salute.

“My name is Vey Riyon! However, my friends normally just call me Vey!”

Vey huh? I haven’t heard a name like that before. It probably wasn’t a common name where I came from.

“Well then Vey, here’s to you hopefully not causing too many problems.”

I held out my hand which she gripped nervously.

With that, we were officially squire and…I guess caretaker? That was probably the best way to describe this relationship.

Weirdly enough, I actually read a book about a demon caretaker at one point. I wouldn’t call it an amazing read, but it wasn’t terrible.

But moving past that, I finally got my chance to go to bed and Vey went over to the couch-turned-bed and got under the covers.

Without another thought, I closed my eyes and fell asleep almost immediately.

As Axel closed his eyes, Vey glanced over at him. He really did look a lot different from when she first met him.

She could still remember everything as clear as day. She was walking through a forest searching for some flowers to give to her crush in hopes of gaining his attention. But while she was out there, she was taken by some creepy men who dragged her to a cave deep into the woods where they chained her up and while she couldn’t really understand what was happening, the strange men pulled their pants down and used something down there to stab her body from the inside over and over again.

A few days passed and they continued doing these actions. All while treating her like garbage. At the age of ten, all she could do was scream for help. But by the third day, she had completely given up on the idea someone would come for her. That was when he came.

When she heard his footsteps, she figured he was one of her captors who had returned to hurt her once more. But instead, she was met with a strange sensation on her hands.

“Fire.”

Suddenly, her arms dropped to the ground as the chains holding her had been burned off by some kind of flame.

“Hey there. Can you move?”

A voice she didn’t recognize was speaking out to her. She tried speaking to him, but she found herself unable to move her lips.

Seeing she couldn’t give him a response. The one who appeared to be saving her pulled her up and brought her toward the exit of the cave.

Just then, another voice entered her ear.

“Hey now. Where the hell do you think you’re going with me and my bro’s toy?”

The girl knew that voice all too well. Knowing something might happen to the one trying to rescue her, she tried speaking out. But her body wouldn’t respond to her wishes. All she could hope for was that the one saving her would just drop her and escape. There was no reason for him to lose his life for someone he didn’t even know.

“I’m bringing her back to the village. You got a problem with that?”

Hearing that caused the girl's eyes to widen for a moment before returning to her exhausted state.

“Yeah. I do actually. You see, my bro’s here messed with her so much, all I get is the leftovers. But if you’re gonna try to take her away, I wouldn’t mind ending your life here and now.”

She knew it. The one protecting her was in a bad situation. He should just run while he had the chance.

Just then, however, she heard him make a sound that was similar to a laugh.

“What’s so funny punk?”

The man in front of her had begun to sound irritated.

The one rescuing the girl responded.

“Just that I find your threat amusing. You really shouldn’t try to make threats you can’t back up.”

The girl heard the man in front of her grit his teeth in frustration.

“Why you!”

Oh no! The girl could hear the man's footsteps drawing closer. The person holding her needed to let go and escape now! Or else they’d be killed.

To the girl's surprise, however, the one saving her let out a bored sigh.

“Earth Guillotine!”

Just as the girl felt like the man was in front of them, the sound of something squishing entered her ear.

She couldn’t see what was going on, but considering the one holding onto her still appeared to be keeping his grip, she’d assumed he did something to the other man who’d gone completely silent.

“Earth Absorption.”

Not knowing what the man saving her was doing, the girl remained silent.

“Now tell me, are either of you as foolish as he was?”

After hearing that, the sounds of men whimpering entered her ear.

A moment later, those whimpers began fading away as the sound of footsteps slowly began getting farther and farther away.

Once that was over with, the girl closed her eyes and let the one saving her carry her back to town.

A few hours later, the girl opened her eyes and found herself surrounded by her friends and family who began asking her questions with looks of concern on their faces.

Over the next few days, the girl struggled to return to her normal life.

Curious about the one who saved her, she asked for information in hopes of meeting him again someday.

She received a picture of what he looked like as well as his name from the adventurers guild and tried her best to figure out where he could possibly have gone after he saved her.

But despite her efforts, she couldn’t find anything. Realizing she might not ever see him again, the girl prepared to move on with her life.

That was until one fateful day.

As her father was searching through some mountains near town, he came upon a cave that contained a ton of rare treasures and materials that would make it easy to grow the town and turn it from a rundown mess to a moderately well-built city.

Wanting his daughter to grow up to be someone great, the father, who had gained the title of a noble due to his work in expanding the town, sent his daughter out and enrolled her in the newly established commoners class at the High School of Magic and Swordsmanship.

When the girl arrived, she scrolled through the many names of students at that school before one she recognized caught her eye. She didn’t know if it was the same person, but considering how similar it sounded, she figured it’d be worth a shot.

But then, when she first met him, she found him to be rather cold and looked nothing like the photo she’d seen. Despite that, she could still recognize him through his voice. She may have only heard a few words from his mouth at the time, but she was certain this was the man who saved her. The one who gave her a chance at life.

Almost having a dreamy look on her face, Vey sighed before letting a smile slip onto her face.

“I’m glad we finally got to meet again…Sir Savoncho.”

With that, Vey closed her eyes as a shade of light pink spread across her cheeks.