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 8

Episode 8

In the game, it wasn’t particularly crucial information, so it wasn’t really talked about much.

The family is eagerly awaiting the arrival of the third princess, but I can’t help but feel gloomy.

As I head to the entrance of the mansion after changing, everyone is already waiting.

…All that’s left is to wait for Princess Fylia.

My brothers smirk and laugh when they see me.

“Hey, that outfit doesn’t fit you at all.”

“Wearing something like that and appearing in front of Princess Fylia, truly befitting of a useless person.”

My two brothers ridicule me like that.

…Well, apparently, the clothes I’m wearing were made a while ago and are a bit tight for me now.

I wish they would provide me with something new, but there’s no money allocated for me.

With a sigh, I brush off the family’s insults.

It seems my brothers are thinking about Princess Fylia.

“Maybe you’ll be favored and get engaged…”

“Princess Fylia doesn’t have a partner yet. Even I have a chance, you know.”

It seems my brothers are aiming for a relationship with Princess Fylia.

I doubt it will go smoothly, but while thinking about that, my family’s attention shifts towards the gate.

…It seems she’s arrived.

She probably teleported here using a transfer stone. Princess Fylia, accompanied by a few guards, walks towards us.

Truly beautiful. This game is targeted towards males, so there are many female characters, and their quality is quite high… Even the ones not in the game are generally cute.

As I vaguely think about that, Princess Fylia approaches us.

Immediately, we bow our heads, and Princess Fylia speaks.

“Please raise your heads.”

As instructed, we raise our heads. Then, my father, Roubel, begins to speak.

“Thank you for coming all the way here today.”

“Oh no… I wanted to see the hunting scene here after a long time. I look forward to today.”

“Yes, of course. When we heard that Princess Fylia was coming, the soldiers were full of motivation.”

Yeah right.

“Even though our wages aren’t increasing…”

Because that’s what most soldiers were saying, right?

Princess Fylia’s escort, combined with the hunt in the Forest of Rebellion, undoubtedly entails immeasurable stress.

Yet, they still continue their daily duties such as patrolling the town and its surroundings, investigations, and training… without any special allowances. But no one in my family understands that sentiment.

“Is that so? I’ve heard that soldiers of the Validor family are of high quality. I’m looking forward to it.”

That was true in the past. If it were a little while ago, they might have been able to handle monsters up to the third layer of the Forest of Rebellion, but now that salaries have decreased, soldiers of that level are no longer around. They’ve all moved to other countries or territories.

We quickly join the soldiers and head out of the town with Princess Fylia and her entourage.

As the soldiers battle the monsters outside the town and progress, we move towards the Forest of Rebellion.

Accompanying us from our house are me and my two brothers.

The eldest, Life, and the second eldest, Ligul.

Both of them have an unhealthy appearance, looking too fat to be capable of fighting.

However, their magic skills seem to be decent, and in terms of the power of magic itself, they might be able to handle first-layer monsters somehow.

“Now, I’ll lead some monsters here. Hey, bring the monsters here immediately.”

In response to Life’s words, the captain of the soldiers, Zangell, nods slowly.

…He doesn’t show it on his face, but he seems dissatisfied. Nevertheless, he reluctantly does his job, especially in front of the princess.

We enter the forest with the soldiers to search for monsters.

The Forest of Rebellion has different monsters appearing on each layer, which seems to be the case in this reality as well.

Monsters have territories, so they usually don’t move to different layers… but occasionally, some come out.

Even in the game, there were quests for defeating such monsters in emergency situations. The monsters appearing in emergency quests had enhanced experience points and drop items, which was very beneficial, but I wonder how it is in this world?

As I vaguely think about that, there is a commotion.

…What’s happening? It was precisely when I was lost in thought.

The soldiers come running back in panic. Seeing them frightened, Life raises his voice in panic.

“W-What are you guys doing!”

…It’s not unreasonable to scold them. They look incredibly pathetic.

But Zangell shouts in a panicked tone.

“They… the monsters from the third layer are heading towards us.”

“W-What did you say!?”

…So that’s why they were running away.