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 5

Episode 5

For now, I take a break and eat the usual chicken. It’s the kind meant for workout enthusiasts, with the skin and such properly removed.

There’s hardly any seasoning on them, but I eat them intending to deliver nutrients to my muscles.

…If only I had protein, I’d want to have it after exercising. But well, there’s no such thing available.

As I replenish my fluids, the soldiers come over.

“Lord Reis, your spatial magic has really taken shape…”

“But it still consumes a lot of energy. …Anyway, how’s everyone doing?”

“Huh? Um, yes. Since Lord Reis started training with weights recently… our agility has improved.”

“That’s good to hear. Everyone’s strength is needed to protect this town. I’m counting on you.”

“Yes! Of course!”

…The sergeant, Zangell, nodded vigorously.

The “weights” refer to accessories that enhance various stats’ growth.

The soldiers need to be somewhat strengthened as well… because there’s a possibility they won’t be able to handle future disasters otherwise.

The town was attacked by monsters, the third princess died, and the Validor family lost its title… It would be great if I could handle everything on my own, but since I don’t know when it might happen, I want to secure as much fighting power as possible.

So, I asked the armory to deliver as much as possible to the mansion… well, there were some problems with that.

The Validor family has cut military expenses to the extreme… so we can’t really spend much money.

For now, I’ve been selling off antiques and such that my family hasn’t even looked at, but it’s not a sustainable solution for the future.

“Now that the break is over, shall we… go?”

At Garing’s words, I nodded and prepared my equipment.

…Starting today, I’ll be conducting field training in the Forest of Rebellion near Validor.

It takes about two hours to walk from the town to the forest, so we’ll be traveling by horseback.

There’s a barracks near the gate, and horse management is also done nearby, so we’ll head there first…

As I walked through the town with Garing and the soldiers, the townspeople greeted us.

Lately, I’ve been running with the soldiers and talking to the townspeople quite a bit.

As a result, there are quite a few familiar faces lately.

While making minimal interactions to avoid being disliked by the townspeople, we walked through the town.

…At first, I was quite feared, but now that kind of atmosphere has somewhat diminished.

It feels like I’ve somehow managed to turn Reis-kun’s ten-year-old negative position into zero.

When we reached the west gate, I changed to horseback and set off for the Forest of Rebellion with Garing.

Now then. I wonder how the field training will go.

The Forest of Rebellion we’re heading to has quite a high difficulty level.

How well I’ll fare now…

There’s some anxiety, but it’s certain that I’ve also grown.

…Perhaps it’s thanks to the mental strength I built during my corporate slave days, but even though I train every day, I feel no fatigue whatsoever.

Yet, back in my corporate slave days, it never translated into a paycheck, nor did it count as overtime pay.

But here, the more I train, the more I grow. It comes back to me, so I can work even harder.

My magical power has increased, I’ve gained strength, and I’ve become more robust.

…Now it’s just a matter of how many monsters I can fight against.

When we reached the entrance to the Forest of Rebellion, we dismounted from our horses.

Only the soldiers who came with us remained there to take care of the horses, and I, along with Garing, entered the Forest of Rebellion.

“Lord Reis. How much do you know about this dungeon?”

“…Right. It’s divided into five layers, isn’t it?”

When I relayed my knowledge from the game, Garing nodded.

“Yes. The further you go, the stronger the monsters become. Today, let’s fight goblins and such on the first layer. …Don’t worry. It’s your first battle. If there’s any danger, I’ll come to your aid right away.”

It seems Garing has the ability to easily defeat the monsters on the first layer.

In fact, our soldiers are mostly evaluated based on whether they can handle the monsters on the first layer or not.

It’s quite surprising that we’ve managed to survive until now with just that…

The reason for this is that the Validor family is tasked with dealing with the monsters overflowing from the Forest of Rebellion.

As a result, we receive considerable financial support from the country.

Well, for now, it hasn’t been used for military expenses and has been allocated to the entertainment expenses of my parents and brothers.