Chapter 5

The Main Heroines Are Trying to Kill Me - Episode 5 (5/524)

Episode 5

“…Young Master, please wake up.”

“Ugh, what is it…”

“…If you sleep here, not only will your dignity be damaged, but also the dignity of our family. Please wake up.”

“Haaaaa…”

Just now, I almost died on the first day of my regression due to Irina’s curse.

Shocked by this fact, I was sitting in the empty banquet hall, lost in thought, when Kania came in, and I immediately started pretending to be drunk.

“Kaniaa… carry me…”

“Young Master, you know very well that I…”

“You’re right~! Our Kania is a dark mage, isn’t she?”

“…Young Master!”

“Moreover… because of the curse you have as a dark mage, you’re always in a weak state… so, there’s nothing I can do…”

“…I’ll carry you. Please stop it.”

“Hehe… thank you! Kania!”

Kania sighed deeply, picked me up, and started swaying from side to side.

“Ugh… Ugh…”

“…Do you want me to put you down for a moment?”

“Why would I need you to put me down if you’re carrying me straight ahead…?”

“……….”

Upon hearing this, Kania shivered slightly and then replied in a voice that seemed to be suppressing her anger.

“…I’ll correct it.”

“Go! Run!”

“…Sigh, really.”

Thus, Kania, with a deadpan expression, started walking slowly toward my dormitory while listening to my fake drunkenness.

“Cough! Cough! Cough!”

“Why are you doing this again?”

“Don’t worry about it… just keep going, you dark horse… Ah, I meant dark horse, not dark mage…”

“…….”

And I began to infuse her with life force.

If I don’t regularly infuse her with life force, Kania won’t last long and will die. So, I need to take advantage of every opportunity to infuse her with life force.

By the way, the more of my body that touches Kania’s, the more life force is transferred to her.

So, I intended to infuse her with several months’ worth of life force this time, but then I remembered that Kania is also looking for an opportunity to kill me, so I gave up on that idea.

Instead, I clung tightly to her back, pretending to sleep, and started infusing her with a little more life force than usual to reduce her fatigue.

“Whether it’s the will of the gods or something else, I don’t know…”

Just as I was in the middle of transferring life force, Kania, who was carrying me, suddenly started muttering in a venomous voice.

“…For my little brother’s sake, this time I will definitely kill you.”

‘…That’s too much.’

While trying to suppress the urge to vomit and the blood rising in my throat, Kania was declaring that she would kill me. For some reason, I felt a bit depressed.

But, as an evil character, it’s inevitable.

Right now, I am the trash who is secretly eyeing her talented younger brother, who excels in healing magic, in various ways.

“…Swallow.”

Quietly swallowing the blood that had filled my mouth, I started dozing off on her back due to the side effects of transferring life force.

Of course, I couldn’t fall into a deep sleep for fear of being killed while I slept.

Indeed, being an evil character is not easy.

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“…Young Master, we’ve arrived.”

“Haaaaa… where…?”

“This is the dormitory where Young Master will be staying from today. It’s a specially prepared, top-tier space by the academy, so there shouldn’t be any inconvenience…”

“…Get out.”

“…Pardon?”

“Just get out, let me sleep.”

Interrupting her explanation, I made a dismissive gesture, telling her to leave.

“Then, I’ll take my leave.”

Kania, for some reason, smiled brightly and bowed 90 degrees. After looking at her for a moment, I quietly spoke as she was about to open the door and leave.

“Wait, don’t go.”

“…Pardon?”

“Don’t go yet.”

“…Understood.”

When I changed my mind after insisting she leave, she tilted her head in confusion for a moment before nodding in understanding.

Perhaps she thought, ‘Why is Young Master acting like this?’ and then concluded, ‘Ah! Young Master is about to act up again!’

“…Come here for a moment.”

While having such thoughts, I bought [Mind Reading Lv1] from the system’s skill shop and called Kania over.

“………..”

She approached me with a sour expression. Even though I hadn’t done anything yet, being despised made me feel like the boy who cried wolf in a fairy tale.

Anyway, when I used the Mind Reading skill on her, the emotions that appeared in front of me, except for the last one, were quite shocking.

Even the relatively normal emotion, ‘Strong Will,’ was clearly derived from her determination to kill me. This made me a bit hesitant to use Mind Reading in the future.

Still, it’s surprising that I can read emotions in such detail even at level 1. I’m looking forward to how useful it will be if I can level it up.

“…Info window.”

After testing the beginner skill ‘Mind Reading,’ I muttered softly to bring up her info window.

‘…Her mana value is strange? Is it because of the curse?’

Kania, born with the innate power of dark magic, has the potential to cover the world in darkness.

However, what she was born with wasn’t just dark magic.

Her innate talent for dark magic came with a ‘Curse of Self-Destruction,’ which gradually drained her life force over time. As a result, Kania’s mana became quite unstable, and without my help, she can’t even use magic properly at this point.

Perhaps that’s why her mana value is displayed with a question mark.

‘…Indeed, I need to do something about that curse.’

While the curse is what keeps me alive now, if I leave it unchecked, there will come a time when even my life force won’t be enough to save her. The first critical moment will come in a few months.

So, I need to accumulate evil points as soon as possible to advance to the next stage and find a way to awaken her younger brother, the key to breaking the curse.

After finishing my thoughts on Kania’s curse, I made a dismissive gesture, indicating that she should leave, as if even speaking was a hassle.

“……..”

Kania, also looking as if speaking was a hassle, bowed briefly and left the room. In this aspect, we understand each other well, which is quite good.

After Kania left, I sat in a daze for a moment before checking the list of skills I possessed.

Description: As an evil character, you can detect a threat that could lead to death once a day.

Description: Displays important information about the target in a system window.

Description: Protects the target from a fatal blow once. (One-time use) (Purchase limit 1/3)

Description: Allows you to read a person’s emotions for a short time once a day. (No cooldown on first use)

“…This should be helpful.”

While the system is still at the beginner level and doesn’t have any powerful abilities to defeat a demon king, these skills will be very helpful to me right now.

First of all, the Evil Intuition is essential in my current situation.

Additionally, Information Search and Mind Reading will be useful if they can be. By the way, since there’s no cooldown on the first use of Mind Reading, I can use it once more today.

“…Item shop.”

While looking at the skills, I tried to open the item shop, but instead of the item shop, a red notification window appeared in front of me.

“…Is this level of evil not enough yet?”

Feeling like the system is urging me to be more evil, I closed the window and opened the stat window for the last time.

“…What? Why is this happening?”

Something is strange. All values except for mental strength are displayed with question marks.

I tried tapping the stat window in confusion, but no interaction occurred except for the mental strength stat. What’s going on here?

‘…Still, my mental strength is quite high?’

Perhaps because I clenched my teeth and tried not to be corrupted by evil in the previous cycle, my mental strength is set quite high.

But why are the other stats displayed with question marks? Is it that I can only start raising or viewing stats from the next stage? Or is it an error due to the regression?

While making various guesses and looking at the system window, I tried to level up my mental strength, the only stat I could interact with, but the system left me a message saying it’s not supported at this stage.

‘…Indeed, for now, I can only accumulate points by gradually being evil, right?’

Sighing, I closed the system and closed my eyes, feeling the fatigue creeping in.

Since the system said I was tired, it’s time to get some rest. I need to be in good condition from tomorrow, as I’ll start receiving checks from the heroines.

Thus, I closed my eyes and soon fell asleep, but…

– Knock, knock, knock!

“…Hm?”

Suddenly, someone started knocking on my door, and I had to frown and get up.

“Who is it?”

“It’s me, Young Master.”

“…Kania?”

I was about to get angry at the person who dared to knock on my door at night to accumulate evil points, but to my surprise, Kania was standing at the door.

“What’s all this?”

“…It’s my luggage.”

For some reason, she had piled up all the luggage she brought from her family in the hallway in front of my room.

“Then, I’ll take my leave.”

“…..?”

Confused by this strange scene, I tilted my head, and suddenly Kania pushed me aside, entered the room, and started unpacking her luggage.

“…What are you doing?”

“I’m unpacking my luggage.”

“No, why are you unpacking your luggage here?”

“Because I’ll be staying here from today.”

“…What?”

Shocked by her words, I calmed myself and slowly spoke.

“…What kind of nonsense is this? You, a commoner, should go to the commoner dormitory. This is the noble dormitory.”

“…You didn’t know?”

Upon hearing my words, Kania smiled quietly and said something unexpected.

“…I enrolled in the academy as Young Master’s servant.”

“What? What do you mean?”

In the previous cycle, Kania definitely enrolled in the academy as a regular student. So, why…

“Yesterday, I sent a telegram to Young Master’s father and fortunately received his permission.”

“…Why?”

“Isn’t it because I’m worried about Young Master, whom I’ve been with since childhood? There’s no other reason.”

Kania answered my question with a cold expression and then added with a slight smile.

“Oh, and the Duke said… to keep an eye on Young Master so you don’t cause trouble. If you drive me away, he’ll have me expelled from the academy.”

“…Damn.”

The moment Kania mentioned ‘expulsion,’ the system displayed a red warning window.

– The Evil Character System considers the following three cases as ‘Game Over’:

Indeed, the system imposes these restrictions on me. The first case, expulsion from the academy, is the one causing problems now.

According to the ancestor’s prophecy, the background of ‘Blacktail Fantasy 2’ is the academy, so this is a mandatory rule… As a result, I’m in a very difficult situation.

What if I explain the situation to my father, who knows I’m an evil character, and have him send Kania away or revert her to a regular student?

This damn world isn’t that easy.

Due to the magic of the prophecy, the moment I regressed, the memories of those who knew the content of the prophecy, except for me, were readjusted.

The reason for this magic is that if someone knows I’m an evil character, there’s a penalty of reduced life force and lifespan.

So, if the ‘game scenario’ in the prophecy is correct, my father is now likely to be treating me, a troublemaker, very strictly while also loving me too much to drive me away.

It’s a very awkward and strange setting, but it’s the ‘compulsion’ of the ‘scenario,’ so what can I do? Indeed, there’s a reason why the ancestor used the word ‘fucking bad game’ so often.

In any case, the conclusion is that my father, who was the only one who supported and encouraged me in the previous cycle, is no longer on my side.

In other words, there is no helper to assist me.

While thinking about this and feeling depressed, Kania, who had finished unpacking all her luggage in my room, lay down on a folding bed, smiled coldly, and greeted me.

“Then… good night, Young Master.”

“………”

After finishing her words, Kania closed her eyes and fell asleep.

“…This is going to be a problem.”

I thought about throwing a tantrum for no reason and going outside to sleep, but I soon realized that if I did that repeatedly, Kania might find it suspicious. And most importantly, there’s nowhere to sleep outside.

It seems I won’t be able to get a good night’s sleep from now on.

‘Or, can I even sleep at all?’

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“To the holy Sun God, I offer my prayers today…”

While Frey started spending a sleepless night,

“…I humbly beg the Sun God, who has mercifully given me another chance despite my heresy, for which I am only grateful, and more grateful…”

In the female dormitory not far from the dormitory where he was staying, a small girl with a gentle and pure heart, known as the ‘Pure White Saint’ due to her long, silky white hair, was praying devoutly with her hands clasped.

“…I humbly beg the Sun God, despite my shame, to…”

As the golden aura began to rise from her body, she changed her expression coldly and finished her prayer.

“…Please help me tear Frey Laon Starlight to pieces this time.”

“I will even offer my life, Perloche Astelaid, if necessary.”