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 24

Episode 24

(Back to Reis’ Perspective)

Combat against the monsters on the second layer has become more manageable. Even when facing multiple enemies, I can fight without much trouble, and I still have spare magical power even when using spatial magic for attacks.

Just as I was leisurely thinking about when the weapons would arrive, I received a report that Vilias had arrived.

“Got it. I’ll head there right away.”

I relayed the message to the servant and made my way to the meeting room where Vilias was waiting.

As she noticed me, she immediately stood up and bowed deeply.

…Unlike the last time we met, her expression was brighter.

It seems like the cloud over her heart has lifted.

“Is it done already?”

“Yes. Here is the dagger.”

Vilias said so and pointed to the table. A soldier accompanying me confirmed it before handing it over to me wrapped in cloth.

I grasped the dagger sheathed in its scabbard and confirmed its feel.

…This is a mithril knife. It faintly gleamed the moment I held it.

This way of gleaming is probably around A-rank in rarity. Since the highest is S-rank, it’s quite high in rank.

In the game, even for the same equipment, there’s something called rarity, which simply improves performance. By training with materials such as the ore used, you can enhance the rarity, but it consumes quite a lot, so it’s easier to prepare high-rarity weapons in the first forging.

Since weapons can have up to four passive skills, those who want to create the strongest character meticulously select skills and rarity.

However, in this real world, it’s not possible to go that far, so it would be nice if it had useful skills… Well, you need someone with appraisal magic in the party for that later on. It seems like I’ll need to become acquainted with someone like that later on…

“How is it?”

Perhaps because I was silently observing, she seems nervous.

“No, it’s fine… but was it okay? Did you use the mithril ore I gave you?”

In the game, they also make weapons for the protagonist, but I didn’t expect them to do the same in reality. To be honest, as long as it’s something on par with the dagger I already have, it would have been fine. It’s not like it’s my final equipment yet.

“No, it’s okay. Weapons should be used.”

“I see. Thank you. I’ll take good care of it.”

As I lightly bowed, Vilias let out a startled voice.

“P-Please don’t bow, Lord Reis… Thanks to you, I… I feel like the weight on my heart… has been lifted.”

As I lightly bowed, she shook her head slightly in surprise.

This was a line that was also in the game.

“The weight on your heart?”

“Yes… uh, that—”

After that, Vilias talked about her relationship with her master.

…Basically, it’s the same as what I knew from the game.

“So, um… thank you very much.”

Vilias bowed her head, and I promptly mentioned another purpose.

“Vilias. If you have free time, can I continue to commission you for forging in the future?”

“Huh? But I—”

“It’s fine even for practice. I want to ask you to deliver and maintain weapons for our soldiers… Well, I can’t offer much money, but could you do it within your capabilities?”

One reason our soldiers aren’t of good quality is because their weapons are weak.

If we reinforce that, they should become somewhat decent.

Above all, if the number of forgings increases, it can be used to raise Vilias’ rank.

By maintaining the relationship, it will also be easier to ask her to make my weapons in the future.

“I… Lord Reis. Why do you want such power?”