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 4

Episode 4

…I’m a bit nervous. After all, I’m meeting a character from my favorite game.

I haven’t felt this nervous since I was reincarnated.

My brothers also like characters from the game? No, no, I have no idea about that.

Suppressing the slight nervousness in my chest, I wait for the entrance to open.

…She’s here.

Reem, who enters with a maid, stands before me and bows politely.

“Thank you for taking the time to meet me today.”

Even though she’s from a viscount family, she exudes composure and beauty, just like a true lady.

She’s so cute, like a doll. That’s probably the kind of girl you’d use that word for.

I felt moved to meet a game character, but… well, that’s about it.

…That’s because she seems to be wearing a smile mask, constantly directing the same expression towards me.

It’s as thorough as when I have to deal with unpleasant clients.

…When I think that I’m the cause, I feel really sorry.

“Lord Reis, it’s been a while.”

…I feel like she even intensified her smile a bit towards me.

Well, any emotion can be masked with a smile for now.

I return the greeting while bowing my head.

“Yeah, it’s been a while.”

I reply politely, but not excessively.

…After all, I also have my own position.

As usual, I walk to my room with Reem.

Reem, walking beside me, never stops her fake smile.

While admiring her perfect behavior as a noble lady at the same age as me, I enter my room.

“Lord Reis, has something changed in your room?”

“Hm? Oh, I’ve taken up exercise as a hobby recently.”

Compared to the room I used to have, which only had playthings and flashy items, it must feel like being guided to a different room for Reem, who came after a long time.

“That’s wonderful.”

Her smile remains unchanged as always.

Then, we chatted about trivial things.

…Anyway, there were no major problems.

And I don’t think my favorability rating has dropped further.

After Reem left, I proceeded with the workout I had planned for today.

Conversations among the servants.

“…Hey, has Lord Reis been acting a bit different lately?”

“Y-yes… He greets us and says thank you if we do something…?”

“T-that’s right, isn’t it? At first, I was scared that I might be targeted by Lord Reis, but… somehow, he’s kind, isn’t he…?”

“Y-yeah… It’s like everything up until now was a lie. He used to call me later if he didn’t like something and beat me with a whip, but now there’s nothing…”

“Now, he’s the easiest person to deal with in the Validor family… The other day, when I almost dropped something, he used spatial magic to retrieve it…”

“…You should be careful with that, you know? Just because he’s become kind doesn’t mean you can bother Lord Reis.”

“Y-yes… I’m sorry.”

Every day, I diligently trained with my private tutor, Garing, and that day was no exception, as we fought in mock battles.

The location was the training ground for the soldiers attached to the mansion.

Garing kicks the ground and swings a mock sword.

I deflect the blow from his sword, which has no blade, with a short sword in my left hand.

Then, I kick the ground and swing my right short sword.

Of course, Garing reacts to this.

But in that moment, I activate spatial magic.

Although Garing was about to swing his sword, I had already moved behind him.

“…!”

Garing quickly reacted, but it wasn’t enough.

He staggered from the blow of my short sword.

However, as soon as he regained his stance, I used spatial magic again.

The target is my short sword. I activate it near Garing’s neck, crossing the tip of the sword against his neck.

“I… I surrender…”

“…Phew. Thanks for sparring with me, Garing.”

…That worked out somehow.

For the past few months.

Thanks to training every day, I’ve become quite capable in combat.

“Lord Reis! I’ll leave a towel and your meal here.”

“Ah, thanks.”

“No! Please do your best today too!”

The servant said cheerfully and bowed politely.

For the past few months, as I interacted normally, even the servants no longer feared me.

…I’m just greeting them normally and having normal conversations, but it’s surprising how highly they rate me.

It makes me wonder how much I was feared until now… really.