Chapter 001
1. This Shitty, Trash Game.
Adrienne Roseton.
The sole heiress of the House of Roseton, possessing the cute nickname “Nana,” and the protagonist of this game.
The setting dictated that her family was once a great landowning clan in the Everta region—once the most prosperous area in the kingdom—but currently, the family fortune has declined, leaving her as the daughter of a fallen noble with only a small farm in a rural corner.
However, she was destined to walk a flowery path: she would succeed in the future, revive the House of Roseton, and live happily ever after with a romanceable character.
Yes. That was the plan. But.
What’s the point of all that?
The world is ruined.
Who would have expected that the game world, which was supposed to have nothing left but a happy ending, would turn into a zombie-infested apocalypse?!
Song Nana was an ordinary office worker in South Korea.
She was a typical employee who carried a heartfelt resignation letter in her pocket, rolling through a dark “Black Company” that was a conglomerate in name only, looking at a salary that never seemed to rise.
Her only hobby was a mobile game.
A farm-romance game titled ‘My Sweet Little Farm’—’MasFarm’ for short. It was a so-called “healing game” with no bad endings, where the protagonist starts with a small farm and eventually achieves great success to rebuild their noble house.
To someone like her, who dreamed of moving to a quiet countryside and living a leisurely life of farming after quitting her job, MasFarm was the ultimate game.
Perhaps that was why Nana quickly accepted the fact that she had woken up inside MasFarm, even possessing the player character she had customized herself: Adrienne.
No, “accepted” isn’t a strong enough word. When she realized she had been possessed, she actually felt amazing.
If she had known a day in advance that she would be possessed by the game, she would have thrown her resignation letter at her manager’s face and said this to her coworkers:
“Goodbye, everyone! I’m quitting this trashy company and heading into a game to find my happiness. It was disgusting meeting you all, and let’s never see each other again!”
Nana gazed at herself in the mirror with ecstatic eyes.
‘But really, my face is so pretty. Is it because I put my heart and soul into customizing it? It’s beautiful no matter how much I look at it. I could stare at it all day.’
Then, the sound of someone knocking on the front door snapped her back to reality.
‘Is this the first guest since I entered the game? Let’s see, the person coming at this time would probably be…’
She straightened her clothes and opened the door with a heart full of half-anticipation and half-curiosity.
“Hello, Adrienne. The milk was exceptionally fresh today, so I brought some over. I wanted you to have a taste.”
A man with a physique built through ranch work and hard labor, a face like a large puppy, and a constant, refreshing smile.
Ash, the owner of the only ranch in Sweet Little Village, appeared.
Wow, goodness. He was cute and handsome when she saw him on the game screen, but seeing him in real life was even better. As expected, 4D is the best. Handsomeness saves the world. Being handsome is truly thrilling. It’s always new. It’s the best!
“Adrienne?”
Seeing Ash tilt his head with a literal question mark over his head, Nana was once again filled with emotion and covered her mouth with both hands.
How can even your confused expression be this cute and handsome? Everyone, look! This is my ‘some-man’! He’s my romanceable character!
“Are you hurt somewhere? Are you okay?”
As Ash slowly approached with a worried face, Nana snapped out of it and grabbed his hand as it reached for her forehead.
“No. It’s nothing. Thanks for worrying, Ash.”
When Nana squeezed his hand with both hers, Ash’s face flushed slightly.
‘Look at his face turning red just because I held his hand. Ah, so cute. What should I do? I guess this is exactly my type.’
I’ll make sure to succeed and turn you into the owner of a massive ranch. You trust me, right? I’m a woman who possessed this world. I’m a ‘possessor’ who has the advantage of knowing all the game walkthroughs and the future.
‘Besides, right before I entered this game, I read through the ‘how to make money quickly’ guide on the MasFarm community. It’ll be a bit of a struggle, but who cares? Farming was my dream anyway. We can become rich. You and I, Ash. Hehehe.’
It was a moment when rough waves of ambition surged in Nana’s heart.
But before that, should I play a little hard to get with my ‘some-man’?
“But Ash. Why don’t you call me Nana? I thought we were close…”
“Ah, no, that’s…”
“Was I the only one… who thought we were close?”
Nana put on a gloomy expression and slowly let go of Ash’s hand. Even though she wanted to hold his hand 365 days a year, there are times when one must let go. Like right now.
“It’s not like that!”
Ash snatched Nana’s hand back as it was slowly falling away. His face looked like it was about to burst into flames, but Nana pretended not to notice.
“It’s not that. I wanted to look good to you, and I also have something I want to gift you, so I was saving that name for when I give it to you…”
The sight of Ash desperately making excuses to Nana perfectly showcased his traits as a “Large Puppy Man” and a “Modest Man,” just as described in the walkthrough.
“Um, Adrienne… when the Flower Festival is held in the village this May… would you… like to dance with me?”
Upon receiving Ash’s shy proposal, fireworks and fanfares went off brilliantly in Nana’s head.
The May Flower Festival was the biggest festival in Sweet Little Village and a mandatory event where confession events popped off left and right if you were successfully building a “some” relationship with a character.
Imagining a happy future, she smiled brightly.
“I’d love to!”
Flirting with the target character was going smoothly, and the rewards from daily quests and essential story quests were rolling in nicely; the game world was much more enjoyable than Nana had imagined.
However, an unexpected disaster arrived suddenly.
That day was just like any other ordinary day.
She woke up in the morning to tend to the fields and spent the afternoon resolving the daily quests of the village NPCs one by one—a familiar routine.
But suddenly, Nana’s vision began to flicker with a red light, and soon after, a message appeared before her eyes.
<Rebooting shortly due to an unknown error.>
The world turned pitch black as if plunged into darkness, then brightened again.
But after that brief, fleeting moment, the ordinary world Nana knew had vanished without a trace.
It was one week before the May Flower Festival.
* * *
Waking up in bed, Nana forced the sleep from her eyelids and stared blankly at the sky through the window while still lying down.
The sky, which had been clear and sunny until a few days ago, was now stained a gloomy gray.
“Is it still the same? Is the error still not fixed? Seriously, how many days has it been?”
Nana squirmed under the blankets and pressed her hands over her ears to forget the nightmare of that day. It felt as if those horrific screams were still echoing in her ears.
Though several days had passed since the disaster swept the world, the memories, far from fading, became increasingly vivid.
It all started when the sky, which had always been clear and blue, was suddenly covered in ash-colored dark clouds as if the previous weather had never existed, completely blotting out the sun.
The villagers were briefly flustered by the sudden darkness of the sky, but they soon stopped caring much. Sudden changes in weather were common in the countryside.
“Looks like it might rain. I hope it doesn’t fall too hard.”
Most reactions were like that.
However, Nana felt an unexplainable, eerie chill at the suddenly darkened sky. And for good reason—this message window appeared before her eyes.
<A new &%W# is start#@$%#.
Update 40%…>
Perhaps because the light had dimmed, the broken text felt even more ominous.
Nana snatched the chicken feed that Uncle Jake had given her as an extra reward, stuffed it into her pocket, and ran toward the farm without even saying goodbye.
<Update 70%…>
It felt like less than a minute since she checked it at 40%, yet it was already at 70%.
What is this, a virus? Why is the update so fast?! Why couldn’t it have been this fast normally?!
Nana recalled the notoriously slow game updates from back when she lived as Song Nana and spurred her running.
<Update 80%…>
She saw the flower-shaped garland placed at the entrance of the village. It had been brought out in advance for the May Flower Festival.
‘Quickly, to the farm, I have to get to the farm and… Oh, I don’t know! Nothing like this was ever posted on the community forums!’
Her mind was a white blank. There was no guarantee that things would get better just by heading to the farm. But even so, she couldn’t just stand here and do nothing.
The young chicks cradled in Nana’s arms seemed to sense the unease and curled up quietly. They seemed frightened by the blackened, withered flowers and trees that she hadn’t noticed yet.
The update progress hit 99%. The moment she stepped just outside the village entrance, a sharp warning sound that seemed to tear her eardrums struck her head.
<Rebooting shortly due to an unknown error.>
Soon, her vision flickered red and then blacked out instantly.
When it brightened again, the message floating before Nana’s eyes was a jumble of characters that were difficult to even read.
<…100% New !%#$$@ has been completed. Enjoy your @#@ play…#!$!&^%#@!>
In the moment when the world seemed to stop and silence flowed—
“Grwaaaaaaaar—!”
A bizarre cry tore through the silence and echoed in the sky.
Immediately after, a thick scent of blood that stung the nose and the screams of people filled the surroundings.
“Kyaaaaaa!”
“Aaargh! What is that?!”
It was the moment the genre of the peaceful healing game changed.
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