I, who was reincarnated as the villain character in a game, was secretly enjoying my role as the villain while pulling off heroic moves behind the scenes. However, my actions were exposed to my fiancée, who absolutely despises me - Episode 1

Episode 1

I was struck by a pain I had never experienced before… and remembered a certain memory.

I was just your typical ordinary office worker. Well, I worked for a slightly black company, but I guess that’s still typical for an office worker.

On my way home from work…

By chance, I happened to save a child from being run over by a car right in front of me… and probably died.

And then, I was reborn.

As the third son of the Duke, Reis Validor.

Remembering my name and position, my whole body shivered involuntarily.

Reis Validor. He’s the mid-boss from the game I loved in my past life, “Brave Fantasy.”

…Well, calling him a mid-boss is a bit generous; his position is so delicate that it’s almost pitiful. Anyway, he’s just a disposable small fry destined to be killed by the protagonist.

“What kind of person did I reincarnate into…?”

If I could be reincarnated into another world, I wanted to be treated more favorably…!

In other words, does this mean I don’t even have the qualification to become the protagonist?

No, but…

Though I was despairing at the cruelty of reality, I thought for a moment.

…Until the original story begins, fortunately, there’s still time.

With just that… it should be possible to avoid my worst future.

If anything, I might even surpass the protagonist.

“Since I’ve been reincarnated… I’ll live my life as I please!”

A life free from being a corporate slave, something I couldn’t achieve in my previous life.

Since I’ve been reincarnated, it’s okay to seek that freedom.

For that, I need to start by assessing my current situation.

The character Reis Validor… he’s like a lapdog for the common nobility.

His appearance is very refined, but his personality is garbage.

The reason why Reis-kun gets done in by the protagonist is because he jealously challenges them.

Well, in short, as long as he doesn’t envy the protagonist, there won’t be any particular problems, so I managed to avoid a crisis safely.

Happy ending… or so I thought!

Certainly, there’s no problem there, but Reis-kun has another problem.

First of all, the first one. In the game, Reis Validor had only one arm.

In the game, it seems he lost his arm after being attacked by a monster, but it seems like that event hasn’t happened yet.

In other words… from now on, Reis-kun will experience an event where he loses an arm, right?

And then, another problem. That is, at the start of the original story, the Validor family has already disappeared.

According to the story heard from the NPCs in the game, when the town was attacked by monsters and they couldn’t deal with it properly, it turned into a great disaster… and the third princess was killed.

Furthermore, various problems came to light along with that, so they were stripped of their peerage… it seems.

…Well, it’s not like I care if the Validor family disappears, but if I’m just left out in the open at this point, I’ll definitely die…

From now on, I plan to train myself to become the strongest, but my position as a noble isn’t bad.

At least until the start of the original story, I need the family to survive so I can focus on my training.

For now, the goal is set.

Avoid the event where I lose an arm. And keep the family alive until the main game starts.

First of all, every second from now on is precious.

Immediately, to become stronger… I will mobilize my game knowledge.

First, I need to go to the town and gather items to enhance my abilities.

To head to the town, I call out to a soldier.

“I’m thinking of heading to the town from now on. Could I ask for an escort?”

“Eh? Y-yes! Understood…!”

The soldier seemed extremely frightened by me. Well, Reis-kun usually takes an arrogant attitude toward people in lower positions than himself.

…I need to change this part as well.

Otherwise, I’ll end up like my boss from my previous life. I want to get along with everyone.

However, changing this will take time and effort since it depends on my daily interactions.

For now, I’ll just have to be mindful of it.

Anyway, I need to make use of my game knowledge and get items to improve my abilities as soon as possible.