The Villainous Noble Tried His Hardest to Break the Original Storyline, and Now the Heroines Are Acting Weird - 3

Chapter 3

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“Haa… Haa… Huh!? The slime…!? Is this… What the proud heir of the Fortas family is doing… Nngh!?”

“Of course my old man and the others don’t know! If they found out about this, I’d totally get chewed out!”

Then, my body moved on its own again and hurled the slime. The slime squirmed and further dissolved the maid’s outfit. 

…No, no! At this rate, it’s gonna turn into an R18 scene!

Huh? Wait, just now… Didn’t she say something about the Fortas family? That name sounded familiar… huh? Wait a second.

The Fortas family… Don’t tell me it’s that Fortas family from Dragonic Fantasy?

Dragonic Fantasy was a generally grim title where most of the main characters ended up dying. It had been one of the possible reincarnation destinations suggested, but I’d rejected it as a no-go. In that game world existed the Fortas family, a villainous noble house that every player despised.

Just now, that maid said something about me being the heir. Don’t tell me… I’ve been reincarnated as Rubest Fortas?

In Dragonic Fantasy, the basic premise was Hero vs. Demon Lord, with all of humanity opposing the Demon Lord and the other demon subordinates in all-out war. …But. Rubest was a vile, despicable man. He was on the Demon Lord’s side. He was essentially a spy, leaking information about the Hero and others to the demons.

N-no way. Even if it’s a game by the same company… There’s no way I got reincarnated into the wrong world, right, Goddess?

I was panicking hard inside. Of all people, why the hell did I end up reincarnated as this bastard!? On a desperate whim, I tried calling out to the Goddess.

『Goddess! Can you still hear me!? Say something, dammit! You stupid Goddess!』

『D-Don’t call me stupid! I’m not under any communication restrictions yet, so I can still hear you just fine! What is it!?』

What is this, a cell phone connection? Whatever. There’s something I need to confirm.

『Goddess! I mean no disrespect, but this world—this isn’t the world of Dragonic Fantasy, the game from the same company as Final Quest, right!?』

『No waaay. I reviewed all the settings of this world and corrected every single error. I’m such a genius that I even fixed stuff nobody asked for, okay? Just because I got the worst evaluation ever in the new Goddess training doesn’t mean you can—aaaAAAAHHH! I messed up! This world is the “Dragonic Fantasy” world!!』

『…I freakin’ knew it, you idiot! Damn it! You stupid Goddess!』

『P-Please stop calling me thaaaat!』

『What the hell else am I supposed to call you!? What can you Goddesses even do properly, huh!? The last one got someone killed, and now her replacement makes a mistake like this??? What is this, a comedy skit!?』

『…I-I’m really sorry… but I really am trying my best…!』

『Try harder, will you!? What the hell am I supposed to do from here…!?』

Of all places, it had to be the world of Dragonic Fantasy… And worse, I was reincarnated as Rubest?

“What the hell am I supposed to do now… Huh!?”

While I was losing it, my body suddenly became free to move. As I shouted without thinking, the Goddess let out a small mutter.

『…It seems your soul has fully configurated. P-Please enjoy your free reincarnation life from here on.』

What kind of scripted line is that? Saying that now just feels like she’s rubbing it in on me!

Anyway, chained in front of me while glaring daggers at me was the maid. I bit my lip. First, I had to deal with this situation.

“…Um, sorry.”

“…Huh?”

I decided to start with an apology. Now that my body had fully adapted to Rubest, I had a clearer grasp of the recent events. Apparently, this maid was a human slave that Rubest had purchased from the demons.

At just fourteen, Rubest had already formed secret ties with the demon race behind his parents’ backs and had used those connections to acquire her. Since no one else knew about her, he had dressed her in a maid outfit and treated her as his personal slave. He abused her for his own amusement.

He had apparently already done this kind of play multiple times before today. …But it wasn’t too late yet. There had to be a way to fix this. I slowly approached her and unfastened the chains on her wrists and ankles.

“…What are you doing, all of a sudden?”

“…I figured it’s probably fine now.”

“…Fine? What do you mean?”

She looked at me with deep, deep suspicion.

“The demons… They don’t seem to be watching anymore.”

…Well, that was a blatant lie. The demons weren’t even monitoring me in the first place. But even the maid—Mea—seemed bewildered by the sudden change in my behavior. 

I picked up the black cloak that had been discarded nearby and handed it to Mea. It was something I had worn while coming from the mansion to this hideout. She looked even more confused as she accepted it.

“Sorry for wrecking your clothes.”

“…No, they were something you forced me to wear in the first place anyway.”

…Right. That’s true.

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