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 22

Episode 22

After reporting the completion of the request to the guild, some time passed.

During that time, I had been focusing on improving my combat abilities on the second layer. But when I returned from training, a soldier called out to me.

“Lord Reis. Are you available now?”

“Yeah, I’m free.”

“A certain… person who claims to be a blacksmith, an elf woman named Vilias, has arrived and is currently waiting in the meeting room.”

“Thanks. I’ll go meet her now.”

“I understand. I’ll guide you.”

Nodding to the soldier, I headed to the meeting room with him.

…The elf woman, Vilias. She’s a rare blacksmith for an elf.

She’s the blacksmith I’ve been aiming for.

Entering the meeting room, the gaze of the beautiful Vilias turned towards me.

Standing up from the sofa, she bowed slightly.

She seems a bit nervous. She must have heard various rumors about the Validor family, so it can’t be helped.

“Vilias, right? What’s the matter?”

“Um… Yes. Did you… not accept the request for the abandoned mine at the guild the other day?”

Vilias’ polite tone is unusual.

If I were to reproduce her lines from the game, it would be like, “Didn’t you accept the abandoned mine request?” She tends to speak a bit tersely.

It seems she can speak politely to nobles.

As a fan of the game, I’m happy to see an unexpected side of her that wasn’t seen in the game, but now is not the time to be pleased.

“Yeah. It was that abandoned mine.”

“…Did you happen to find any rare ore during that time?”

“Is this what you’re talking about?”

I put my hand into my pocket and then used spatial magic to retrieve the ore I needed.

Upon seeing it, Vilias’ expression brightened.

“Yeah, that…! No, I mean, yes, that’s it… Can I buy that ore from you?”

Oh, she wants to buy it.

In the game, she didn’t offer to sell it to the protagonist, but rather asked if he would give it to her.

It must be a difference in status.

It’s an event in the game, so it’s fine until then, but even so, it’s better to ask.

“What do you need it for?”

When I asked that question, Vilias hesitated for a while before answering.

“It’s… for blacksmithing. I need to use that ore to make weapons.”

The reply is just like in the game.

Vilias isn’t a character heavily involved in the game.

She’s a character who becomes available to request as a blacksmith after being involved in a small sub-event.

In that sub-event, her late master told her to make weapons using this ore before taking the exam to become a full-fledged blacksmith.

However, her master passed away before she could take the exam. Although she received approval from her master as a full-fledged blacksmith before he passed away, Vilias still had regrets.

So, she wanted to obtain this mithril ore to make the weapons, but she had no means of obtaining the ore.

Since it’s difficult for Vilias to challenge the dungeon with her abilities.

So, she was looking for someone who had gone to the depths of that abandoned mine, but currently, only those who accepted the request are allowed to enter and exit there.

The reason for this is… simple.

That mine is already almost worthless as a mine. If left alone, monsters will settle in, and the Validor family would be forced to issue a request to exterminate them.

However, the Validor family didn’t want to pay a high reward, so they prohibited everyone from entering the mine in order to gather people who would accept the request cheaply.

They thought that people who wanted to enter the mine would do so on their own, but there were no people who wanted to enter the almost worthless mine, so there were still requests left.

My family doesn’t do anything good and is quite stupid.

…Well, in any case, there’s a possibility that Vilias might particularly dislike me because of this.

However, even so…

For me, this is an opportunity.

“As for the ore, I don’t mind giving it to you… but in return, could you do me a favor?”

“W-What is it?”

She’s on guard.

Did she think I would demand something even from her body? Vilias is tense as if to protect herself.

That’s the evaluation of the Validor family for you.