The Villainous Noble Tried His Hardest to Break the Original Storyline, and Now the Heroines Are Acting Weird - 6

Chapter 6

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The Goddess puffed out her chest with a smug look, full of confidence as if she had just accomplished something great. That attitude made her all the more infuriating. Her overconfidence only fueled my irritation.

Still, I told myself I couldn’t just stay angry and forced myself to shout in frustration.

『Thanks for trying to be considerate!』

『Yes! I worked really hard!』

『But both options are the worst!』

『Ehh?! Why!?』

『First of all, me! I will end up deceiving the protagonists and selling out the Hero to the enemy demons! Then I get killed by the demons! On top of that, they resurrect my corpse like a zombie and use me like a plaything! I will become a living corpse!』

『Huh? …Ah, huh? I-Is that how the story goes? Ahaha…』

『And another thing! Everyone around the protagonist in this world dies left and right! I don’t want my little sister going through something that horrible…! Ugh, come on…!』

All I could do was clutch my head in frustration. If it were just my problem, I could have simply killed myself and reincarnated in the world of Final Quest again. In that world, I felt like I could always start over no matter how many times it took.

But I couldn’t force my little sister to kill herself too. It made my heart ache whenever I pictured her innocent smile.  Due to story progress reasons, the protagonist always survived somehow, but companions and guest characters close to the main protagonist would die one after another to ensure the protagonist’s survival.

Even attractive characters died constantly. People playing it for the first time were usually told, 『Just assume everyone except the protagonist is going to die.』 Even heroine candidates who had been in the party long-term would die in this game.

『M-My setup is already registered in the world’s timeline, so I can’t make any more changes… I-I’m fast at my job, after all…』

There’s a saying that the most harmful kind of person to an organization is a hardworking incompetent. 

For some reason, that phrase came to mind right now.

『…The prophecy about a person with the Hero’s power appearing in this world… Didn’t that happen when I turned twenty? So it’s six years from now?』

Technically, I was already fourteen and a bit, so it was actually a little less than six years…

『T-Telling someone specific information that would give them an unfair advantage is kind of…』

As the Goddess hesitated and tried to dodge the question, I forced a strained smile and pulled out my trump card.

『Alright then. I’ll file a complaint to Heaven. I’ll say my assigned Goddess is completely incompetent and needs to be replaced.』

『If we look at the world’s timeline,  the main protagonist will awaken part of of the main protagonist’s abilities at the age of ten. The main protagonist will get officially recognized as the Hero and at that time, Rubest-san will be twenty. The Demon Lord’s army will discover the Hero and the Hero will spend life on the run, always going from one place to another!』

She caved the instant I threatened to complain. Before I could even sigh in relief, information started pouring in.

The Demon Lord in this world was quite clever. Unlike typical RPG tropes, they had the very pragmatic strategy of killing the Hero before the Hero had a chance to grow strong. Their cold, calculated plans—ignoring all the usual narrative clichés—were actually quite impressive. Not that I wanted anything to do with them.

Still, humanity’s hope, the Hero, managed to survive by staying hidden and protected in various places until the Hero could grow strong enough.

…So when I turned twenty, the Hero would become a real target. In that case, what I had to do was simple.

『I’m going to destroy the world’s history…!』

『Eh?』

『Before the Hero turns fifteen… Before the main story even begins, I’ll bring it to an end!』

『Ehhhh?! N-No, you can’t do that! You’ll break the world!』

『Shut up! If it means sparing my little sister from a life of suffering, I don’t care if I break one or two worlds!』

The Goddess started whining about this and that, but I ignored her. At least I retained my character attribute value from Final Quest. If that was the case, then I might be able to pull this off. Confidence and anxiety swirled together inside me.

Normally, fighting the Demon Lord without the Hero’s power would result in a scripted loss, but with Final Quest’s attribute value under my belt, I might be able to do something. No—I would make it work. I had to save the world, for my little sister’s sake.

Relying on the power I could gain in the Dragonic Fantasy might be a bit reckless, but I believed I had a real shot at succeeding. I felt like I could see a glimmer of hope.

『…Goddess. Can you give me more details about the attribute value you mentioned earlier?』

『T-That is—』

『Complaint.』

『…I-I can’t tell you everything, but I’ll give you partial details! That’s really all I can do…! Please, have mercy!』

『Got it. In that case—』

『Ah! S-Sorry! It’s almost time for my communication limit—!』

With a pop, the holographic image of the Goddess vanished. Just when I needed her the most, she disappeared.

She’s really useless, just like always…

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