Chapter 3

The Main Heroines Want to Kill Me - Episode 3 (3/524)

The chirping of birds announced the dawn.

“…It’s about time to get up, I guess?”

I carefully lifted Kania, who was sound asleep in bed, and gently placed her on the floor where she had fallen. Then, I lay down on the bed where she had been and started shouting.

“Hey!! How long are you going to lie there!?”

“…Huh!”

She jumped up in surprise from the floor, then clenched her teeth and glared at me when she realized she had been lying there the whole time.

“…Why are you looking at me like that? Do you have a complaint?”

“…No.”

“Then, go make breakfast.”

“…Yes.”

“Ah, and if you bring me a lousy meal like yesterday… just take your brother and leave the family.”

“……..”

“Why? Don’t you want to take your brother? Or do you want to leave him behind in the family? As my concubine, you know.”

As I mentioned her brother, Kania failed to maintain her composure and began to shed tears.

That’s right. To her, her brother is the most precious and sensitive matter.

“…I’ll… prepare it… then…”

“Good job.”

As she sobbed and left the room, the system window inevitably appeared before my eyes.

‘…What’s the message next to the points? Is it explaining the situation of my villainy?’

I looked at the system window with a puzzled expression for a moment, then nodded and muttered.

“…Well, it is a lie, after all.”

Kania’s brother will become a valuable key to curing her in the future. I wouldn’t treat such a person carelessly, would I?

Of course, I need to keep hinting to Kania that I desire her brother to make her hate me.

“…Here’s breakfast.”

As I got out of bed and sat at the table, Kania brought coffee and a sandwich.

“……..”

As I silently looked down at the meal without saying a word, Kania began to grit her teeth. She probably thinks I’m going to spill the food again.

However, I was just checking if the ‘Villain’s Intuition’ had activated. Since the ‘Villain’s Intuition,’ which warns of death once a day, didn’t activate, it seems there’s no poison in the breakfast.

“…Fine, I’m tired of criticizing it.”

I picked up the coffee with a reluctant expression, as if I had no choice but to drink it.

‘…It’s really delicious.’

As I’ve always thought, Kania is a great cook. Just this coffee alone is better than what a royal barista could make.

“…Why is it so bitter this time?”

“…I’m sorry.”

Of course, I can’t show that I find it delicious. I have to be a bad person.

“Anyway… there’s nothing I like about it.”

“…I will strive to meet your expectations, Young Master.”

“Stop spouting empty words and give me the academy invitation. I have something to show.”

“…Yes.”

As I coldly ordered, Kania took out the academy invitation from her bosom.

– To the first son of the great hero family Starlight, Frey Laon Starlight. We invite you to the Sunrise Academy, the pride of the Sunrise Empire and the best academy on the continent. Please come to our academy and be the star that illuminates us.

“…Did you see that? They want me to be a star.”

As I quietly read the invitation, I sneered and crumpled it, throwing it at Kania’s head.

“With your father’s recommendation, you barely got into the academy, a worthless orphan. We’re in completely different positions.”

“………”

“So, I hope you do well at the academy, Kania?”

“Yes, but Young Master… there’s something you should know…”

“The rule that all academy students are equal? Bullshit. That’s only for nobles and barons. I’m one of the few dukes in the empire, and a direct descendant of a hero family.”

“……..”

“So, don’t spout that nonsense at the academy… If there are commoners who talk about rules, you deal with them yourself. Got it?”

“…Yes.”

“Then, let’s head to the academy. The prestigious hero family can’t be late on the first day.”

Saying that, I deliberately left more than half of the coffee and sandwich on the table and got up. I wanted to eat it all because I didn’t have a proper meal yesterday, but I have to be hated.

“Young Master, the carriage is ready.”

“Hello~! Young Master Frey! We will safely escort you to your destination in the finest carriage prepared by our trading company!”

“…Yeah.”

As I stepped out of the residence, a magnificent golden carriage with the family crest was waiting for me.

“Oh my, but… you’re even more handsome than the rumors! Oh… I’m in love at first sight…!”

“…Really?”

“Yes! By any chance… do you have time… hmm…”

As I looked at the carriage for a moment and was about to get in, a woman from the trading company suddenly clung to me.

‘…Your intentions are so obvious, woman.’

I am known as a great lecher in the world. That’s right. My reputation is at rock bottom right now. Of course, as the first son of the hero family, which even the royal family can’t ignore, I am always treated with respect despite my reputation.

Anyway, it seems the trading company deliberately sent a beautiful woman to seduce me… Unfortunately, with my life hanging by a thread, I don’t have time to play with such women.

“Hahaha! As expected, the intentions of lowly people are so obvious.”

I burst into laughter, wrapped my arm around Kania’s waist, and whispered coldly.

“But I have a more useful person of the same lowly status right now.”

“A, yes…”

“………!”

Kania, who was suddenly wrapped around the waist, began to grit her teeth and suppress her murderous intent.

“…And I’m a bit busy.”

“That, that’s right… I apologize…”

As I spoke coldly, the woman’s face turned pale, and she hurriedly moved away from me.

“Kania, let’s get in the carriage together.”

“I… will ride on a horse…”

“Get in the carriage with me, Kania?”

“……..Yes.”

Meanwhile, I smiled and got into the carriage with Kania, then said to the woman from the trading company, who was standing there dumbfounded.

“…I’ll remember your face.”

“Yes, yes! Thank you!”

In the world, when the first son of the Starlight family says, “I’ll remember your face,” it means he has chosen you as a target for a night.

“………..”

That’s why the woman from the trading company is smiling with satisfaction, and Kania is trying hard to suppress her disgust.

‘…Actually, I’ve added her to my mental blacklist.’

She is probably a woman hired from some brothel by the trading company. I’ll write a letter to my father later to investigate the relationship between the trading company and the underworld.

“…Young Master.”

“Yeah?”

“I’m worried your arm might hurt. Could you please remove it from my waist?”

As I sat next to Kania in the carriage instead of opposite her and continued to wrap my arm around her, she began to speak in a trembling voice.

“…I don’t want to.”

“…Please.”

“Hmm, thinking about it, wrapping my arm around your waist is a bit much. Then… is this okay?”

I ignored her reaction and this time placed my hand on her thigh.

“Young Master… please… don’t do this…”

Then, Kania closed her eyes tightly and began to sob.

“…What, how annoying. Tsk.”

I finally let go of her, sat opposite her, and looked out the window, carefully wiping the blood that had seeped through my lips.

‘…Anyway… I can’t get used to this no matter how many times I do it…’

Except when Kania is sleeping, I can only infuse her with life force this way. Of course, infusing life force this way is several times more strenuous on the body than when she’s sleeping, and I’m treated as a sexual harasser.

Well, if I can extend Kania’s life, I’m willing to be treated as a sexual harasser.

“…I’m going to take a nap, so don’t whine and be quiet, Kania.”

“……Yes.”

“……….”

I tried to get some sleep in the carriage before entering the academy, but I immediately remembered that the woman in front of me was trying to kill me.

‘…Damn.’

I gave up on sleeping and started checking the villain points I had gained through self-sacrifice.

‘…Oh, quite a lot have accumulated?’

Although it hasn’t been a full day since I returned, I’ve been relentlessly doing villainous acts, so I already have 100 points.

“…Shop.”

I muttered “shop” in a tiny voice to open the window, and with my eyes closed, I began to check the shop by moving my eyes around.

‘Let’s see… stat distribution… item shop… and skill shop? There are quite a few options.’

As written in the prophecy, the shop seems to provide results by consuming villain points.

I want to check it out in detail right now, but with Kania emitting murderous intent in front of me… I’ll have to look into it more carefully when I get back to the residence.

“Mmm… mmm… Kania… stay still… hehe…”

“………!”

After making this decision, I pretended to talk in my sleep and called Kania’s name throughout the journey to the academy.

Thanks to this, the murderous intent I felt from the front grew even stronger, but the accumulated villain points also increased.

I guess I’ll have to use this trick often.

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“…Young Master, please wake up.”

“Kania… hehe… that pose is good… keep it up…”

“Young Master, please…”

“…Huh, what? What’s wrong?”

After pretending to talk in my sleep for a while, Kania suddenly started shaking me to wake me up.

I rubbed my eyes and pretended to have just woken up, and Kania sighed and said,

“…We’ve arrived at the academy. You need to get out soon.”

“Already? Carriages these days are really fast…”

As I stretched and looked out the window, I saw the Sunrise Academy in front of me.

It’s truly a moving sight to see the academy standing intact on the ground again. Originally, the academy was destroyed by the Demon King’s attack.

– The first son of the great hero family, Duke Starlight, Frey Laon Starlight, is entering!

“Did you see that, Kania? They recognize me even before I enter the academy?”

“…I think they saw the family crest on the carriage.”

“…What a clueless woman. In such situations, you should just agree with me.”

“…I’m sorry.”

I deliberately acted spitefully towards Kania and muttered to myself as I looked at the accumulating villain points.

‘…Equality is a joke, with all these formalities still in place… How can the rule of equality be maintained?’

There’s a rule that ‘all students are equal’ in the academy, but why does the tradition of announcing the entry of influential families’ children with a loud voice still exist on the opening day? This is a place of learning, not a banquet hall.

The empire is gradually rotting due to such bad habits, corruption, and malpractice. Although I destroyed the empire in the previous cycle… even without the Demon King or me, the empire would surely fall if it continues like this.

So, I have to defeat the Demon King, survive the heroines, and clean up the empire’s blemishes to some extent. After defeating the Demon King, I won’t be in this world anymore.

Well, it’s not impossible if I use the knowledge from the prophecy and the previous cycle… but the heroines are the problem…

“…Sigh, they say even tigers come when you call them.”

I sighed deeply, reciting a famous quote from my ancestor in the prophecy.

It’s not just ‘murderous intent,’ but ‘murderous intents’ that I feel.

It seems our main heroines are very angry.