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 19

Episode 19

“I’m just a passing adventurer. If you’re in trouble, I’ll lend a hand…”

“P-Please!”

Just as I replied, a special monster, a goblin, lunged at the adventurers.

…Let’s not allow that.

I immediately kicked off the ground and closed in on the goblin. In an instant, I slashed its neck and sent it flying.

By accurately hitting its vital points, I was able to easily finish it off.

…This goblin. It’s certainly a special individual, but it’s about as strong as the goblins in the Forest of Rebellion.

Special monsters often drop rare items, and this time, it dropped a club that seems to be of decent rarity. If someone capable of appraisal magic were around, they could check if it has any skills, but there’s no one like that in our house.

There used to be, but we fired them to cut down on labor costs…

For now, since most of the weapons in the mansion haven’t been maintained, it’s good to supplement them like this.

“Th-Thank you.”

“…Don’t mention it.”

I consciously lower my voice a bit. If my voice sounds exactly the same, my true identity might be revealed.

“Wow, you’re really strong! What’s your name!?”

“…?”

My name…? I hadn’t thought about that.

For now, should I just use my name from my previous life?

“I’m Ryō.”

“Ryō-san!? Thank you so much!”

The adventurer bows politely, and without paying them any further attention… while they’re bowing, I use spatial magic to return home.

Phew. With rare equipment like this, I can make money by selling it.

Above all, being able to operate away from the nobles is the best part of having this free time.

I’ll continue to level up like this.

After that, I continued to fight on the second layer and hunt special monsters.

Thanks to fighting almost every day, I can now handle not only high orcs but also ultra goblins and ultra orcs without any problems.

However, one obvious problem arose.

Weapons. With the training short sword I’m currently using, it won’t be enough against the monsters on the third layer.

I think the Gladius is fine, but I want to get a stronger weapon.

Already, even against ultra orcs, it was only enough to slightly scratch their skin…

So, I want to get a new weapon, but when I looked at the weapons storage in the mansion… well, there were mostly low-quality weapons lined up.

“Did you find anything good?”

“…Hmm, it’s a bit mediocre. And they haven’t been maintained much either.”

“Well… um, you know. We don’t have much leeway…”

The soldier smiles wryly, as if trying to deceive.

…It seems like the soldiers who have free time among them are the ones doing the maintenance of this weapons storage.

Ideally, it should be entrusted to a blacksmith… but well, there’s no budget for that.

So, the quality of our soldiers isn’t that good.

Still, because I’ve been training while wearing the accessories I gave them, overall, their skills have improved compared to before.

If we cooperate in battle, we might be able to handle the monsters on the second layer…

“It can’t be helped… Well, everyone, take good care of this weapon.”

“Yes. Of course.”

The soldier bows slightly, and I part ways with him there.

…The soldiers will probably remain even after the Validor family is stripped of their titles, and since my family is causing them trouble, I have to do something more for them.

Above all, it’s still unclear whether I’ve overcome the major event of losing my arm.

It wouldn’t hurt to reinforce our fighting strength.

For now, there are several ways to obtain a new weapon.

First, searching the treasure vault. …There are some candidates, but I can move freely within the territory, but not beyond it yet.

With my current gaming knowledge, there aren’t many safe ways to get better weapons than I have now.

Next, buying one in town. Well, this is the best option… but with the current equipment available in this town, it’s not that great.

In games, the variety of goods in town stores increases as the story progresses.

Perhaps because the story hasn’t started yet, the equipment sold in the stores is all mediocre.

Then, there’s hunting special monsters like I’m doing now. With this, I can somewhat reinforce my equipment, but the efficiency isn’t that great.

And finally, commissioning a blacksmith… But famous ones are expensive.

And yet, there aren’t many skilled blacksmiths. In games, only blacksmiths you’ve trained yourself can create the best equipment.

…That’s right. Maybe I can scout that kid if it’s Validor.