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 82

Episode 82

With the territory management somewhat easier now, the promised day with Kururu approached.

Things were getting quite busy as the banquet was also scheduled soon, but I took a break to visit Kururu.

Arriving at the previous tavern, I found Kururu sitting there in feminine attire.

“Hey, big brother, can we eat together?”

“Yeah, sure, but what’s with the getup?”

“Oh, you noticed right away.”

Well, I knew from the game.

Kururu now looked completely like a woman, even his voice was high-pitched.

Well, originally the voice actress for Kururu had a slightly lower voice, so this current voice might be closer to her original range. Either way, now that I can accurately assess someone’s magical power with Magic Sonar, it’s not difficult to see through Kururu.

Well, Kururu seems to be quite adept at concealing his magical power, so it might be difficult to detect him from a distance.

“I’m Kural now. Nice to meet you.”

Kururu, who winked at me, seemed completely immersed in his role, so why not play along?

Kururu then took out some papers and handed them to me.

“I found that person called ‘Suzaku’ mentioned in the request.”

“I see.”

The paper handed to me also had a portrait drawn on it. … It’s Suzaku just as described in the original.

“Suzaku was originally in a village to the north… but he seems to have left the village after a monster attack.”

“…A monster attack?”

“Yeah. So now, it seems he’s in Validor territory, but he’s been captured there.”

“…”

What’s going on?

The story has deviated completely from the original, which surprises me.

…Maybe Suzaku is also a reincarnator?

And if it’s Validor territory… it’s my domain. Of course, there are other towns besides Validor, so there’s a good chance such a situation could occur without my knowledge.

(Note: “Validor” is both the name of territory and the capital of the territory. Well, in the raw the territory is Valido and the town is Validor. But, I’m just lazy and we’ve also come this far, so….)

“He’s been captured? Do you know where he is?”

“It’s a city called Endria. It seems the lord of that city took a liking to the girl Suzaku was with and forcibly captured them.”

“…Endria, huh?”

I recognize the name of that city.

There are a few nobles I need to be cautious of when I host the banquet next time, and one of them is a man named Bright Endil who manages the city of Endria.

He looks like the stereotypical villainous noble and manages several female slaves.

…He’s quite notorious, but for some reason my father seemed to like him.

I don’t know why, but… I better deal with this quickly.

“It’s the city managed by the Endil family, under the Validor family’s delegation. It would be troublesome if that man there took an interest in Suzaku. If he was found out, who knows what would happen to him.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

I sighed quietly and nodded along with Kururu’s performance.

For now, I’m starting to understand the situation a bit.

The fact that Suzaku was traveling with a woman… that’s quite troublesome.

He might be heading down the worst possible path.

To confirm that, I mention a name.

“…The woman captured with Suzaku, is her name ‘Serin’ by any chance?”

…I hoped I was wrong, but Kururu nodded.

“Yeah, that’s right. What? Did you know? Were you testing me?”

“…No, it’s not that. I just thought if it was the worst-case scenario… it might turn out like that.”

…Seriously?

I sighed quietly as I thought about Suzaku.

It’s still early, but… the story is starting to move forward.

It’s surprising that Suzaku has started activities with Serin, but even more surprising is that the first event has already occurred.

After this, Suzaku will escape from the underground dungeon with Serin.

It might be better to start acting before they escape.

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