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 39

Episode 39

“I don’t quite understand, but you want to become stronger, is that right?”

“Yes. But my father’s guidance alone is reaching its limit… If possible, could you teach me how to fight?”

…That’s very heartening.

Honestly, I don’t know how long Reem will stay close to me, but I’d be happy if she occasionally remembered this territory and lent me her strength.

“In that case, Inaesia is currently receiving swordsmanship lessons from a private tutor. It might be good for you to join in.”

“…Inaesia, you say?”

“Yeah. She’s a child we recently rescued.”

“I see. Is she a girl?”

“She’s a girl, but… what’s the matter?”

“…Understood. Anyway, I’d like to join in as well.”

“Ah, understood.”

Somehow, Reem seems even more enthusiastic.

For now, I feel relieved.

It seems that Reem hasn’t realized about Ryō yet. I leave the seat, feeling relieved, but Reem approaches me with determination.

And then, she speaks.

“…As expected.”

“Hm?”

“Lord Reis… is operating as Ryō, isn’t he?”

“…………Eh?”

I felt my cheek twitching.

Calm down.

Maybe she’s just trying to catch me off guard.

While preparing to dispel the gradually surfacing cold sweat with spatial magic, I open my mouth.

“Ryō… Is he, perhaps, the self-proclaimed adventurer operating within the Validor territory?”

“Don’t play dumb, Lord Reis. You are Ryō, aren’t you?”

“……”

I don’t feel like trying to deceive her anymore.

Reem is not only able to see through the truth in the game but also has the confidence and courage to do so at crucial moments.

Her dignified, robust, and cool character even showed a slightly dere side toward the protagonist.

…With Reem saying this much, it’s probably difficult to continue deceiving her.

“How did you figure it out?”

I sigh in resignation and sit down in the chair.

The weapons and clothes I use are different between when I’m Ryō and when I’m Reis.

At that time, at least I didn’t talk, so I was wondering how Reem immediately recognized me.

…Did she judge it through magic power? No, that’s impossible.

With magic power detection, you can only detect the amount of magic power, and I adjust the output between when I’m operating as Ryō and when I’m operating as Reis…

In that case, if I made a mistake somewhere, and there’s a possibility of being discovered in the future, so I wanted to ask.

As I watch with bated breath, Reem slowly opens her mouth.

“It’s the scent.”

“…The scent, you say?”

What does that mean?

As my brain is in chaos, Reem suddenly grabs my hand.

During dances, she always grabs my hand and raises it to my face.

And then, Reem takes a deep breath.

“When you helped Father the other day… I smelled the same scent from both Ryō and Lord Reis. That’s how I knew.”

“…Just from the scent?”

“Just from the scent.”

…Is she a dog?

Reem’s cheeks gradually flush, and she keeps sniffing my hand incessantly.

Since she’s starting to look a bit like a pervert, I call out to Reem.

“…No, Reem. We’ve understood that you judged it from the scent, so you don’t need to sniff anymore, right?”

“Huff… Huff…! Since I can smell Lord Reis’s scent up close like this after a long time, I can’t help but sniff… Huff… Huff…”

“Hey, are you a pervert!?”

“I’m fine with being a pervert…! If it means I can fill myself with your scent!”

This is not good!

I brush Reem off as she goes wild, and I take a step back.

“Reem! What’s wrong!? Are you under some kind of status ailment!?”

“I’m perfectly healthy! Don’t worry!”

I wish she had a status ailment instead!