Restarting Life as the Protagonist of a Fantasy Dating Sim Novel

[Ding! The Forbidden Teacher route is now open!][The Dragon Princess is now a romanceable character!][A new update for your dating sim is out now!]Nick Aarden is an overweight, cynical third-year high school student who’s long since given up on life. Bullied daily and ignored by his family, he’s learned to cope through humiliation — acting like a clown for his classmates, or even letting the crueler girls step on him just so he can feel something.He knows it’s pathetic.But being treated like trash is the only time anyone looks at him.One day, while cleaning out his room, Nick discovers a dusty old VR console and a mysterious cartridge titled “EternaLove Fantasy Edition” with a letter from his late father.Curious, and desperate for escape, he boots it up.In this VR world, he can choose who he wants to be.So he creates Nero Ardenvale, the tall, charming protagonist of the dating sim and the apprentice of one of the kingdom's favorite beauties, Merlin the Great!But what starts as a dating sim in a fantasy kingdom soon reveals hidden layers: every act of love, every kiss, every quest completed feeds power not only to his avatar, but to Nick’s real body.Soon, changes start to happen—his face becomes slimmer, his acne gone, and his eyes brighter.This game changes reality!NPC girls begin appearing in his school.A slime girl from the forest dungeon clings to him in the shower.A dragon princess he romanced in-game materializes in his living room.Even monsters start emerging across the city.Now, Nick has to balance his life in two worlds.