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 36

Episode 36

Returning to the mansion with Ruf, the three children were waiting to greet Ruf.

Their names are Inaesia, Ariana, and Meesee.

Ruf has already returned to his original size and is being petted by the three.

…I wanted to ask Ruf to change his skills afterward, but oh well, it can wait.

As I was pondering that, Inaesia approached.

While the other two have pure personalities, Inaesia, being older than them, has the most spirited personality.

At first, she seemed wary of me, but lately, she’s been talking to me more often.

However, Inaesia’s expression seemed different this time.

“…Um, Lord Reis.”

“What’s up?”

“I mentioned wanting to participate in combat training as well… What happened with that?”

“Ah, that’s right.”

Right now, the three of them are voluntarily helping with the servants’ work. So, at the moment, they’re employed as servant apprentices.

However, it seems Inaesia isn’t satisfied with just that.

Well, as far as I’m concerned… if she’s offering it voluntarily, I’m happy about it.

While the other two don’t have much combat ability, Inaesia can grow to the level of main characters in the game.

I don’t intend to force her, but if she wishes…

“I’ve talked to the private tutor. Since they’re regularly employed here, they can be your mentors as much as you want.”

I’m paying that person a fixed salary, so it’s fine to work them as much as I want. …Well, if they get too busy, I’ll increase their salary a bit from my earnings.

“Got it! …I mean, understood, thank you very much.”

“No need to thank me. Also, please wear this accessory during training.”

“…What’s this?”

“I used to wear it when I got stronger. It helps you become stronger than just regular training… Well, consider it a lucky charm.”

“Understood. Thank you.”

I handed her an accessory to enhance her stats.

Inaesia holds them tightly, looking important.

Since they also contribute to strengthening the soldiers, their effects should be sufficient.

…If all goes well, she might even surpass the Inaesia from the main game, which is something to look forward to.

Furthermore, to further enhance the soldiers, I’ll need to prepare several more sets.

As the three returned to their servant duties, I called Ruf.

“Ruf, can I ask you to change the skills?”

“Yeah, sure.”

Ruf came over and sat down, so I showed him two short swords.

Dark Fang and Mithril Knife. I intend to have a total of four skills assigned to them.

“Do you have a specific purpose for the skills?”

“I’d like to enhance strength, agility, and magic power if possible.”

“Do you not need any attack-type skills?”

“I think they were already included. What skills were there again?”

Skills attached to weapons include not only passive but also active skills.

Active skills often have a higher effect than passive ones because they consume magic power, so depending on the situation, it’s worth adding them…

I deployed spatial magic and took out all the swords I brought to confirm with Ruf.

Ruf quickly sorted through them.

…Hmm. The skills are at their limit with Strength +10%, Magic Power +15%, Agility +10%, and another Strength +10%.

There are three active skills, but… none of them are particularly strong.

In that case, it’s better to have passive skills assigned to the weapons.

Since I already have a unique attack magic, there are characters in the game who don’t have any magic at all, so it’s best to reinforce them with weapon skills.

“Can you change these four weapon skills?”

“Understood.”

Ruf activates enchantment magic and begins to switch the skills from one weapon to another.

However, Ruf’s expression is stern. It seems like using magic consumes a lot of energy.

Maybe Ruf’s magic rank is still low.

In the original work, he was only D-rank when I first met him.

In that case, there’s a possibility of failure several times.

“…No good. It failed.”

“Can you keep trying until you run out of magic?”

“Yeah, got it.”

Ruf nods and continues to use magic for a while.