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 32

Episode 32

There are those among our comrades who aren’t suited for combat but excel at supporting our base.

Take Vilias, for example. She’s strictly a base support character.

Well, she can handle combat this time, though.

Currently, she should be in some orphanage, but finding her is proving to be quite difficult.

If I could find her, it would be convenient for managing the equipment and skills I have.

You see, the character I’m looking for can use not only appraisal magic but also enchantment magic. Being able to swap skills and enhance weapons would make managing weapons easier.

So, we’re searching in the orphanage, but she hasn’t been found yet.

Where could she have been before being taken to the orphanage?

…Let me recall the story of that character again.

Without any clues, finding her would be tough…

There was an episode before going to the orphanage, in one of the dialogue events.

What was it…?

I saw it properly the first time, but during the replay, I skipped through everything.

I remember, it was because a village was attacked by monsters… right?

Which village was it?

There was also an event where we visited the site of the village…

However, I couldn’t recall the name of the village, so I approached a soldier.

“Can you provide me with a map of this country and some beastmen soldiers?”

“Huh? Sure thing.”

Without explaining the detailed reason to the puzzled soldier, I waited for him to prepare what I requested.

After a while, a beastman soldier arrived.

“Lord Reis, did you summon me?”

He’s an energetic one. Moving his ears back and forth, he saluted as he addressed me.

“If you happen to know any villages where beastmen live in abundance, I’d appreciate it if you could tell me.”

Among beastmen, they often share such information. Since the main game hasn’t started yet, there’s still a possibility she’s in a village.

“Huh? Um… Let me think…”

I’ve heard that the character I’m looking for comes from a beastmen village. So, rather than searching every village, it’s better to look for villages with many beastmen.

As I pondered this, the beastman soldier pointed out several villages and then let out a short “Ah.”

“This map is a bit outdated.”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s from the other day, but one of the beastmen villages was attacked by monsters… So, it’s been abandoned…”

“What? Can you tell me about that place?”

I eagerly asked, and the soldier stretched out his dog-like ears and pointed to a location on the map.

…I remember now.

Without delay, I utilized teleportation stones and spatial magic to head to the village to secure new forces.

…The village I heard from the beastmen had already been destroyed.

It’s quite a dire situation, with some monsters still lingering around.

The monsters noticed me and attacked, but they were only at the level of goblins from the first layer.

I easily took care of them.

It’s within the territory of Validor, but it’s far from the city, so reinforcements probably didn’t make it in time.

…In the game as well, when monster attacks occur, magical fluctuations disrupt and prevent teleportation stone activation.

If someone were to say it’s due to the game’s events, that would be the case, but it’s still quite troublesome.

There might be times in the future when I’ll be troubled by this system.

For now, believing that the character I’m looking for is still alive, as someone who knows the game’s story, I head northwest from the village.

There’s a large forest there, turned into a dungeon.

But well, compared to the Forest of Rebellion, the difficulty level isn’t as high.

As I hunt down the monsters that appear, I walk through the forest.

When I perform magic detection, I understand the presence of four magical reactions.

…It’s probably a hit.

I confidently move towards them, and one of the magical reactions approaches us warily.

The location is a cave. As I gaze towards it, a monster jumps out from behind.

It’s a large wolf. With sharp eyes, it attacks us.

I dodge its attack by rolling sideways.

“That’s quite a sudden greeting.”

The wolf remains silent, glaring at us.