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 20

Episode 20

If I can scout them, maybe I can ask the soldiers to maintain their weapons at a low cost… and with my current abilities, I might be able to accomplish that task.

What I’m about to do from now on might have some impact on the original story, as it’s an event that occurs after the game starts, but it shouldn’t have any negative consequences.

With that in mind, the first thing I need to do is go to the adventurer’s guild.

…Well, to be honest, there’s also the possibility that there won’t be any requests to enter the dungeon, so I shouldn’t get my hopes up too much.

Heading to the adventurer’s guild, I immediately check the requests.

“Huh? Lord Reis? Aren’t you here to sell materials today?”

“Ah, no. I’m looking for a request today.”

Since I’ve already used this guild several times, I’m familiar with the guild staff. When I respond with a smile, they smile back at me.

“What kind of request is it?”

“Probably, but I was wondering if there were any remaining requests for the ‘Abandoned Mine Investigation’ that the Validor family put up at a low price?”

“Ah, yes… There are.”

It’s a request my parents cheaply offered, and probably no one has taken it.

As expected, I return a wry smile to the guild staff, who seem somewhat difficult to answer.

“It wouldn’t be good to leave it like this. Since my family won’t reconsider the reward anyway, I’ll take care of it.”

“Thank you very much, Lord Reis. Then, let me proceed with the request reception.”

With the guild staff, I head to the reception. I hand over my adventurer card, and the guild staff inserts it into a machine-like device placed on the reception counter.

These are magical tools used to manage information about requests and adventurers.

Well, you can think of them as having almost the same performance as computers.

It seems that the information entry for the request is complete, as my adventurer card comes out of the magical tool. The guild staff hands it to me.

“Well then, here you go. Please be careful.”

“Yeah, I got it.”

Having successfully accepted the request, I was about to head straight to the dungeon, but then I was approached by an adventurer.

“Lord Reis. Do you know the recent rumors in the territory?”

“Huh? What kind of rumors?”

“It’s about the mysterious adventurer appearing in the territory, Ryō. It seems like they’ve been hunting special monsters left and right, and some adventurers have been saved… I’m actually one of them… They’re not registered with the guild, so I was thinking, if the Validor family knew something about them, I’d like to know. Oh, I’d like to thank them too!”

…Ah, I see.

Certainly, I thought they looked familiar from somewhere, and it turns out they’re one of the adventurers I helped last week.

It seems they haven’t realized that I’m the same person.

Haha. This won’t do. I desperately maintain a calm expression to hide the fact that I’m about to grin.

Supporting this Validor territory from both the front and the back might not be such a bad idea after all.

Acting as a normal noble on the surface, while performing heroic activities in secret.

Finally, I’m beginning to live the life I wanted in this other world.

“I’ve also heard about that information and I’m investigating it… But I haven’t found much yet. Rather, I was actually interested in it myself. If you find out anything, let me know.”

“Got it! Of course!”

Recently, I’ve been receiving many requests at the guild, so I’ve been able to interact well with the adventurers.

For now, after hearing that much, I activate spatial magic in an inconspicuous place and move to the dungeon I was aiming for.