I Have been Reincarnated As a Lazy, Arrogant Noble, but When I Destroyed The Scenario Through Effort, I Became The Most Powerful With Extraordinary Magical Power - 240.14

The Beginning of Everything 14

It’s because of my slave mark.

Every time he sees it, every time it enters his sight, he looks pained.

He thinks it’s his fault.

As I glance at the tired and sleeping Lord Neil, I touch the slave mark while staring out the window.

“…I wish this hadn’t existed…”

Without the slave mark, we might have been able to forget everything, remember nothing, and become happy.

I wonder if the path we are on is the right one, if this is correct.

Both I and he are starting to lose our way.

But having come this far, there is no choice but to move forward.

There’s no turning back—
I can’t go back.

All that’s left is to believe in Weiss Fancent.

And I lied to Lord Neil.

I don’t know if I can win against him just because of the slave mark.

I need to set another trap.

—To absolutely not lose.

I have no choice but to cut the magic of the training uniform.

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The match begins.

I took down Cecil and Duke.

Letting Karta escape was a miscalculation, but it should be fine.

I received an outrageous attack from the sky.

…It was a close call.

And, as I believed, the two created a miracle.

Unprecedented magic.

A spell that breaks the curse of the slave mark without killing the servant.

How amazing. Just this alone, how many people will be saved?

They probably don’t understand.

How many people will be spared from shedding blood, shedding tears? How many will rejoice?

But I am cowardly.

I’m trying to win by taking advantage of their kindness and efforts.

But that’s fine.

Even so, for Lord Neil, we can be the bad guys.

However, an unexpected event occurred there.

Cynthia Violetta took my attack.

Impossible. Impossible—.

No, that’s not it. She is the same as me.

Somewhere, she must have doubted me.

She held a tiny, tiny doubt.

A doubt so small that she hesitated to speak to anyone, so small that she herself didn’t notice it.

All of that, to protect Weiss Fancent.

How incredible.

But I am not losing either.