I Was Reincarnated as the Villain Who Confines the Heroine in an Eroge World, But for Some Reason I'm the One Getting Confined by the Heroine Instead - Chapter 28: Attacked by a Mysterious Organization

Chapter 28: Attacked by a Mysterious Organization

“Ask-kun, why are you chasing after that guy like that?”

“For safety.”

It was the second day of living together with Safira.

After school, I kept following Luxol relentlessly.

Safira, who clearly didn’t like my behavior, walked beside me as usual but puffed out her cheeks.

“Safety? It’s more dangerous. Except for you and me, he’s the strongest in class, and his background of growing up in an orphanage smells fishy. He definitely has some secret.”

“He has secrets, no doubt about that.”

It was true he had the typical protagonist-like complicated background of royal blood. He definitely had secrets.

But that was exactly why staying close to him was important. If an attack happened, his protagonist correction would handle it somehow.

Thinking that as I followed, Luxol started swinging a wooden sword in the training ground.

The training ground next to the school building was like a gym. There were three in the academy—two for club activities, and the remaining one allowed for personal training.

Other students were there too, each training in their own way.

Some repeated swings, some focused on magic control. There was even a student sitting in meditation with eyes closed.

Apparently, mental focus helped with magic control.

“…”

Safira and I watched the scene from the corner of the training ground.

Luxol kept swinging the wooden sword calmly in the center.

No waste at all, no distractions, no tension. His movements were breathtaking just to watch.

As expected of the protagonist. I really wanted him to demonstrate those moves. Specifically, against the assassination organization led by Lavanda.

“…Ask-kun. That guy is dangerous after all.”

“He’s a bundle of talent.”

“I’m not praising him. I’m on guard.”

“He’s fine.”

“Hah—could it be that at your level, Ask-kun, someone like him is just trash?”

“Trash?”

She had a fatal misunderstanding, but it seemed to calm her down a bit.

She had looked ready to jump out and challenge him, so I felt relieved for now.

But that relief didn’t last long.

“…Hm?”

Suddenly, I felt a cold presence behind me.

When I turned, a woman peeked quietly from the shadow of a pillar.

It was Lavanda.

The moment our eyes met, she nodded quietly.

It was as if she said “We’re starting.” That was probably the signal she mentioned yesterday.

In other words, it was about to begin.

The attack event.

“Ugh, what a pain.”

“Ask-kun?”

As I muttered that, men in black appeared at the entrance to the training ground. Swords at their waists, they closed in slowly with coordinated movements.

The students stopped moving instantly, and the air froze.

“W-What are those?”

“Thieves?”

“We need to report to a teacher!”

“But the entrance is blocked.”

Noise spread gradually, and students backed away in panic. But they were surrounded, so there was no escape.

Most here were first-years who couldn’t even control magic well, so fighting wasn’t realistic.

A sense of certain doom dominated the area.

“Again…”

Safira’s grip on my hand strengthened as she stared at the approaching thieves. Her slender fingers dug in hard.

She was probably tense. No, maybe scared.

No matter how infamous Safira was, she was still a girl not even fifteen. Of course she’d be scared of thieves attacking.

“Safira, calm down—”

“I won’t forgive them!”

Huh?

“I won’t forgive anyone who attacks Ask-kun.”

Her voice was lower than I’d ever heard.

As I tried to reassure the scared Safira, she reacted in a way I never imagined.

“I absolutely won’t forgive them.”

For some reason, even I felt fear from that tone.

It was aimed at the thieves, but a chill ran down my spine.

“Safira?”

When I looked at her face, she wasn’t smiling. Her blue eyes burned with anger, and her expression twisted.

It was as if a beautiful girl had turned into a demon—

“I won’t forgive anyone targeting Ask-kun. Won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive.”

She had completely snapped.

This was bad.

I gripped her hand hard to stop her instinctively, but she shook it off quickly and dashed forward before I knew it.

“Wait, Safira!”

My shout was in vain as she closed the distance at unnatural speed.

“What an idiot duke’s daughter, jumping in herself.”

“Who’s the idiot?”

“Guhah—”

The next moment, a fist exploded.

A dull sound echoed in the training ground, and a man in black flew far away. It was so fast you’d miss it if you blinked.

She had closed in before the opponent even readied his sword.

Safira’s fighting ability was higher than I imagined.

“Won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive…”

She mowed down one after another.

The opponents had swords, while she had only bare hands—a huge handicap.

Yet Safira dominated them one-sidedly.

Like a scene from a delinquent manga.

“…Huh?”

In the original story, she was supposed to wield a rapier elegantly, so why was she such a power type?

It was really strange.

“No wonder I got restrained.”

From when she confined me before and overpowered me, her strength made sense.

At the same time, I wondered why she was the only one fighting.

“What is Luxol doing?”

When I looked at the protagonist, he was meditating.

“Huh?”

Why meditate at a time like this?

“Hey, Luxol!”

I called out instinctively, but he didn’t react at all. Instead, a mysterious intensity surrounded him, showing he was seriously focused.

Could he be so concentrated he hadn’t noticed the thieves?

That would be too careless.

But it was Luxol, so it was possible.

“…No way.”

As I stared in shock, Lavanda appeared in the corner of my vision.

Wearing a black mask, she peeked from behind a pillar.

Then she sent an additional signal. Probably meaning to join in.

No way. The fight seemed pretty much over.

“Won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive won’t forgive!”

When I turned back to the fight, Safira blew away the last attacker. With a kick this time.

I couldn’t help but smile bitterly at the flashy sight, and she clapped her hands together, turned back with a smile.

“Sorry. There were bugs flying around, so I swatted them.”

Her cheeks were splattered with blood, stained bright red.

She looked like a vampire—terrifying enough to freeze my spine, yet beautiful at the same time.

So beautiful I couldn’t look away.

“…Bugs, huh.”

“Yeah. Winged insects.”

“No, the way you said it.”

As I stood frozen from the situation, I noticed Lavanda had vanished. One bug seemed to have escaped.

But unaware of that, she said,

“I’m so glad! You’re safe, Ask-kun!”

And hugged me with full momentum. The soft feel and faint sweet scent.

Maybe from just fighting, her heart beat fiercely, and the sound reached me whether I wanted it or not.

But that wasn’t what surprised me.

Her hands hugging me trembled slightly.

She hid it in her attitude, but she must have been terrified.

“—!”

Safira acted to protect me, even though her own life was targeted.

It might have been a misunderstanding, but she suppressed her fear to guard me.

“I’m really glad…”

She hugged me tightly, tightly.

Her anxiety, fear, relief—all kinds of emotions reached me, and I felt something indescribable.

What did I think of Safira?

I didn’t really know myself.

At first, she was just the main heroine, and I approached to avoid death flags.

Yet somehow she liked me, stuck to me forever, and honestly, it was a nuisance. I always thought about escaping.

It wasn’t like or dislike—confusion was stronger.

That should have been it…

Yet why did I think only about her?

It was strange.

I, who wanted to think only about grapes, had her intrude, and before I knew it, everything was Safira.

That shouldn’t be.

Yet every time I felt her heartbeat or warmth, my emotions shook uncontrollably.

“…”

To calm down, I deliberately looked around.

The students directed strange gazes at us for causing the commotion.

The thieves were at fault, and Safira who defeated them was a lifesaver, yet looks flew as if she were the villain.

Ah, I see.

That’s when I realized.

She had no allies.

And neither did I.

Of course. Because I was the villain, and she was the villainess.

It felt fatally different from the original story, but that was the result of our actions.

We couldn’t turn back anymore.

In the end, we had no allies. Enemies everywhere, no one to trust or rely on.

Yet we trusted each other.

No, we strongly wanted to trust each other.

That’s why she tried to depend on me, and though I talked about escaping, I somehow accepted her feelings.

“Safira.”

Honestly, I didn’t know what this emotion was.

Even so, there was only one thing to say to her.

“I’m really saved. Thank you.”

“Ask-kun?”

“But next time, I’ll join in too.”

I told the confused Safira.

“Soon, I want you to trust me.”

It was from the heart.