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 16

Episode 16

Regarding this job, it was a request from the soldiers, but… Upon hearing about it, I expressed my desire to go as well, and I ended up accompanying them.

It’s a good thing I’ve been friendly with the soldiers.

Unlocking the door, we stand before it. The door is equipped with a combination lock.

“I’ve heard that these kinds of underground warehouses have been found all over the place recently. They seem to have been made by people in the past, but we don’t know how to open them.”

I lightly agreed with the soldier’s words.

While the door has a fantasy design, the appearance of the lock is similar to a combination lock on a bicycle.

You need to input an eight-digit number here, but it doesn’t seem to have been opened yet.

The country could probably open it with sheer numbers, but the country doesn’t see it as worth it.

In this game, there are hidden treasure vaults all over the place, but aside from this village’s treasure vault, there aren’t many useful items elsewhere.

That’s because the items obtained from this treasure vault are several tiers above what you can normally get at this stage.

In speedruns and such, most people chart out a route to utilize this.

However, if you come to this village at the stage where you can go, the surrounding monsters are not at an appropriate level yet, so you have to be prepared to save and load.

It’s a trick only possible due to my game knowledge and current position.

For now, I want to investigate here alone so that I won’t regret it later.

I address the two soldiers who came as escorts and guards.

“I’m going to investigate here for a while, so could you two guard the entrance to make sure no one comes in?”

“Understood.”

The soldiers readily comply with my words without any suspicion.

Well, since it’s said to be an unopened door, they probably don’t expect anything to happen.

I immediately input the numbers. 92103142… that was it.

I pray for it to open… and a clicking sound echoes.

Alright. Just like the game knowledge.

I push the door lightly, and it opens without any problems.

Inside, there are five treasure chests lined up.

Of course, I’ll collect them all. Although there are only two chests I need for this task, I’ll take them all since I’m here.

The first three I opened contained potions to restore magic power and such.

The remaining two. Inside them are equipment.

It’s a garment resembling a long coat. It’s called an Assassin’s Equipment, and it supposedly reduces the damage taken by the wearer… or so they say. It doesn’t come with any special skills, just that description.

I put on the black hooded equipment.

…The equipment in this world seems to be specially fitted to the wearer’s physique.

This is convenient.

Next, I open the last chest.

Inside is a short sword.

The reason I’ve been using short swords for combat so far is that many excellent equipment can be obtained through game knowledge.

The Gladius I obtained this time is also one of them.

A cloak and a short sword. These are the desired equipment.

After collecting everything, I store the items in spatial magic to prevent anyone from noticing and then exit the door.

Of course, I make sure to close the door properly and change the number to something random.

The door is locked. With this, nobody will know who stole it.

Well, it felt like it belonged to whoever opened it in the game anyway, but I don’t want any unnecessary trouble.

After reuniting with the soldiers who were waiting outside, I return to the village chief and pretend to be tired.

“It still won’t open. We’ll have to investigate the door’s number… Do you have any idea?”

“No… It’s quite old regarding the underground of the village… There’s no information among the people in the village…”

“In that case, it must have belonged to people from the past. For now, if you find out anything, please report it. We’ll also investigate further at the mansion and report back if we find anything.”

“Yes, thank you very much.”

I don’t know how much they’ll be reassured by my words, but there’s no actual danger.

I hope the people in the village can continue to live in peace.