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 57

Episode 57

Well, it wasn’t a bad situation for me since I could live comfortably without worrying about living expenses.

As I was thinking about that, the nobles and soldiers standing along the walls of the audience chamber straightened their backs crisply.

The atmosphere in the room changed abruptly.

After a while, everyone began to bow their heads, and the doors at the entrance slowly opened.

…Most likely, the king had arrived.

Reem and I quickly bowed our heads, and the sound of footsteps echoed slowly.

As he passed by us, I surreptitiously glanced at him.

…As expected, the king from the game was there.

When the king sat on the throne, everyone sensed the change in the air and lifted their heads.

I also raised my head accordingly. It seemed like my family, though afraid, moved in the same way.

Although the king still looked young, he possessed considerable power and charisma.

It seems the succession to the throne itself was quite early.

Since the king’s father passed away early, he has been on the throne from a young age, but it’s probably due to his skill that the situation within the country is generally stable.

He’s quite different from my father.

The king, with intimidating eyes, looked at us.

His gaze stopped at my father.

My father flinched, and his shoulders twitched.

“Roubel. I’ve heard everything about your behavior in your territory from my daughter this time.”

The king’s sharp voice resounded calmly.

My father’s body trembled with surprise, then began to shake uncontrollably.

“T-That was a strategy!”

“A strategy?”

“To deceive the enemy, you must first deceive your allies… Isn’t that what they say? Actually, I was planning to return for reinforcement after that support…”

My father smiled and lied to the king.

In a way, it was quite bold, but the king’s expression remained cold.

“Silence. You… You weren’t like this before. Why have you become so irresponsible?”

The king let out a disappointed voice from the bottom of his heart.

…Although my father’s past was not particularly mentioned in the game, he might have been splendid.

If that’s the case, I might also be disappointed if I saw a friend who had fallen so far from grace.

Or rather, there were people who, although they were amazing in the past, I would be surprised to see at a reunion… I went to a reunion after a long time, and I was told about multi-level marketing or invited to join a religion… Certainly, thinking about it, I can understand the king’s disappointment.

“I don’t want to hear any excuses anymore. I understand everything from this incident. If I leave that territory to you, it will cause great damage to the country.”

…So, are we going to lose our title here after all?

Well, it can’t be helped. Considering how much of a mess it was.

In that case, it’s also goodbye to Reem. Inaesia said she wanted to come with me, but what should I do?

“Y-You can’t possibly… strip us of our title…”

“Yes. You’re being deprived of it. From today, you will no longer be nobles. You are free to live your life as you please.”

The king said coldly, and Roubel approached him with tears streaming down his face, as if clinging to him.

However, the soldiers guarding the king blocked his path.

“Your Majesty! Please reconsider! We’ll do our best from now on!”

“Be silent… Now, onto the next matter. Reis Validor.”

The king called my name, and the gaze of everyone gathered there turned to me.

The resentful looks of my family towards me. My brother raised his voice angrily.

“Because you…defeated the monsters, we’ve been made the bad guys, haven’t we!?”

“Don’t be ridiculous! You’re interfering with our lives!”

…Well.

I wouldn’t want to be blamed for that.

The king left the throne and walked towards us. He glared at my brothers.

“You lot, Reis is the heir of the Validor family. Is it acceptable to treat such a person like this?”

“Huh?”

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