I Was Reincarnated as the Villain in an NTR Eroge, but Since I Don’t Actually Want to Be a Villain, I’m Just Going to Live Normally - 13

Chapter 13: Running Into the Protagonist

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A few days had passed since I reincarnated. I had suddenly, without any explanation, been reincarnated into a game world. But so far, I hadn’t experienced any real trouble or hardship. If anything…

Man, every day has been fun!

Since reincarnating, I had been diligently attending classes at school, spending my breaks reading books in the library, working hard at my part-time job after school, and going to bed early and waking up early at home. I had been living an extremely disciplined student life.

Sure, I could still feel that the other students were wary of me, and I hadn’t made any friends yet, but I didn’t let that bother me. I enjoyed going to school every day. Back when I was a corporate drone, I worked from morning until late at night, had irregular days off, accumulated stress, and felt mentally drained. It was truly exhausting. Many of my colleagues had even quit.

So while it was a bit sad that I had been reincarnated as the “villain,” being back as a high school student was still incredibly satisfying. I could devote my time to studying, hobbies, and my part-time job. Basically, having control over my own time felt divine. From now on, I intended to continue living my life in a way that enriched it, like by valuing my time for studying, work, and hobbies.

Ah, and also… I was pretty happy that I got to interact with the main heroines right after reincarnating. Speaking of which, shortly after reincarnating, I managed to interact a little with the main heroines, Moeka Sakagami and Kasumi Yukishiro. There hadn’t been much contact with them since then, but just getting to talk to my favorite heroines made me happy.

After all, this game was something I had poured time into back in my university days, and I had grown attached to the heroines. I genuinely loved all of them. In the original game, the heroines were inevitably subject to NTR (netorare), leading to a bad ending… So in this worldline, I wanted to see Sakagami and Yukishiro have proper happy endings.

So, while praying wholeheartedly for Sakagami and Yukishiro’s happiness, I was living a very diligent student life myself. As long as I didn’t engage in any villainous behavior, a bad ending probably wouldn’t happen.

…Speaking of which, that reminds me…

At that moment, I remembered something. There were actually three main heroines in this game. So far, I had met Sakagami Moeka and Yukishiro Kasumi… But perhaps there was still a chance to meet the third one? The last heroine was a first-year girl. She had short black hair, was in the girls’ basketball club, and had a boyish, bright, and friendly, loyal ‘puppy-like’ personality..

Sakagami and Yukishiro were in my class, so meeting them was possible. But the last heroine was a first-year basketball club member, and since I wasn’t in the club, there was no way we would meet. Even though I was eager to see all three heroines in person, I wasn’t desperate to meet the first-year heroine… Besides, wandering around a first-year class looking for a girl with my delinquent appearance would just look criminal. So it was fine to leave it be.

Oops. Hmm… I suddenly feel like I need to go to the bathroom…

Thinking that, I suddenly felt the urge to use the restroom. So I left the classroom and headed toward the nearest bathroom. As I reached the entrance of the restroom…

BANG!

“Ah… Oh…”

“Whoa… Huh?”

Just as I was about to enter, I bumped into a male student at the entrance. And that student was none other than the protagonist, Kakeru Kurase.

Whoa, seriously? That’s the protagonist.

I was a little surprised to run into the protagonist by chance, but I tried not to show it and apologized in my usual calm manner.

“Sorry. You alright?”

“Huh? Ah… Yeah, I’m fine…”

“Good. Then, see you.”

“Ah…Yeah…”

After apologizing to Kurase, I went into the restroom. Kurase, like the other students, usually shot me unfriendly glares, so I just wanted to avoid any trouble and act peacefully. I had actually noticed myself glancing at Kurase from time to time in the classroom. After all, he was the protagonist, and I couldn’t help but be curious about him. And from those occasional glances, I noticed something…

Is he really trying to pursue a relationship with one of the heroines?

Since reincarnating, I had been keeping an eye on Kurase, but I didn’t get the sense that he was really trying to get a girlfriend. A few days ago, I had even seen Yukishiro talking to Kurase with a sad expression on her face, but Kurase didn’t seem to notice her sadness. That had stuck in my mind.

Hmm, as long as they’re communicating properly, I guess it’s fine…

In the original game’s worldline, Sakagami and Yukishiro had feelings for Kurase. So all he had to do was communicate properly and confess, and he could be with them. And in this worldline, there wasn’t even a delinquent villain messing things up. This was the perfect game scenario for achieving a happy ending. This wouldn’t happen in any other worldline.

So I wanted the protagonist to do his best and head for a happy ending… But that was really not my concern as the villain. I had my own goal, to enjoy my high school life to the fullest. I couldn’t be worrying about other people’s love lives. I was determined to keep enjoying my school life to the fullest.

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