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 25

Episode 25

…Unexpectedly, Vilias threw me a curveball.

If I say the wrong thing, Vilias might refuse… She has the power to see through the truth.

But if I express my true feelings, I might come off as weird.

“Someday, this world will be thrown into great chaos… And there are people I want to protect.”

“People you want to protect?”

Ah, yes. Of course, it’s myself.

But this way of saying it might also raise Vilias’s evaluation, so I’m conveying something like that.

“Yeah… I can’t talk about it in detail. But I want to do what I can for them.”

I earnestly conveyed to Vilias, but even so, the content of what I was saying lacked specific words.

I thought she might refuse, but Vilias nodded slowly.

“I understand. If my power can be of use, I’ll cooperate.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah. I don’t have the power to fight on my own. But I want to become a blacksmith because I hope someone somewhere… will use the weapons I make to help someone.”

Certainly, Vilias had lost her parents to monsters a long time ago.

But she herself doesn’t have much combat ability and can’t defeat monsters.

…At that time, she happened to meet her master, who passed away, and that’s where she encountered the job of a blacksmith.

“Thank you. But well, I can’t offer much in terms of rewards, so maybe one per month… Please?”

As I said this with a wry smile, she nodded with a smile.

“Don’t worry about that. I’ll give you a bit of a discount… I’ll do it.”

Well, in terms of rewards, I can only sell the materials I’ve acquired.

For now, let’s start by having her maintain the items that have been left in the armory…

After finishing the conversation with Vilias, I immediately went to my room to prepare to go to the Forest of Rebellion to test out the weapon. On the way, Zangell, the chief of the soldiers accompanying me, asked me:

“…When Lord Reis mentioned the chaos, does it have something to do with the recent increase in monsters from the Forest of Rebellion coming out?”

To Zangell’s innocent question, I momentarily thought, “What’s he talking about?” Then I remembered using that expression during the conversation with Vilias… Well, it doesn’t matter.

“Yeah, well, that’s part of it. Lately, when I’ve been training inside the Forest of Rebellion, there’s been a rather unsettling atmosphere.”

“…I see, indeed. And who are the important people you want to protect?”

Me. I hadn’t expected Zangell to dig this deep, so I hesitated on whether to answer honestly or not.

…It’s embarrassing, so I answered quietly.

“The people around me.”

That feeling, too, was not a lie.

I thought of the Validor family as just a stopgap until the main part of the game began.

But the people living in this Validor family, as well as the people in the city… They are undoubtedly living beings.

It’s certain that the frequency of monsters coming out of the Forest of Rebellion will increase in the future. By that time, the Validor family may no longer exist, but the people there won’t disappear.

I wanted to sow the seeds to protect them within the limits of what I can do now, to protect their way of life.

That’s why forging connections with blacksmiths and raising our strength are important.

So, well, the feeling of wanting to protect the people around me was not a lie.