What If the Strongest Villain from the Original Story Became the Protagonist's Ally? - Chapter 6 - Slow Life, and Scheming

“This will be Yuguram-sama’s room.”

Guided by Iris, I arrived in front of a vacant room.

When I opened the door and went inside, it was so clean I couldn’t believe no one had been using it. Moreover, it was fully furnished.

“Can I really use this room?”

“Yes. Since it’s also near my room, please call me anytime if you need anything.”

“For example, if I want underwear?”

“If you don’t mind being killed, I don’t mind either.”

Iris smiled sweetly. She was getting used to dealing with me.

“…Well, that was a joke. But about what happened earlier—was that also real?”

“What happened earlier?”

“What happened in the audience chamber. About me being Iris’s teacher.”

“Oh, that. Do you have any complaints? Yuguram-sama is advocating for defeating the Empire, aren’t you?”

“That’s true, but… why do I have to become your teacher…”

“Seeing Yuguram-sama made me realize it. I’m still lacking in power. So I’ll learn from you!”

Iris clenched her fist in front of her chest with determination. The pose was quite adorable, but the content wasn’t so much.

“I’m strong because I have a magic core inside my body. I don’t think it would be meaningful to teach you the same training methods.”

“That will be something to look forward to after we confirm the details.”

“So you’re absolutely determined to make me your teacher…”

“Yes. Please take care of me starting tomorrow, Yuguram-sama.”

“And starting tomorrow at that…”

Iris was quite bold, wasn’t she?

To become stronger, she was asking a former enemy nation’s prince for training methods, trying to learn from him. It was basically like a beginner trying to imitate someone skilled.

In this case, I was like someone using cheats, so it was questionable whether I’d really be helpful as a reference.

Still, seeing Iris return to her room full of motivation, I couldn’t bring myself to say “it’s impossible, give up.”

For now, I entered my room and collapsed on the bed.

“I’ve achieved my first objective. Now it’s just… how I can live comfortably…”

While worrying somewhat anxiously about the uncertain prospects ahead, I slowly closed my eyelids. I honestly surrendered my body to civilized life for the first time in a long while—

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The next day. Apparently I really had to be a serious training partner.

I was woken up early in the morning by Iris’s voice, which sounded like noise.

“Good morning, Yuguram-sama! Starting today is training time!”

I was dragged away by Iris, who was holding two wooden swords. Our destination was the training ground in the royal palace. There, while I was still in my sleepwear, she handed me a wooden sword.

“Please start with basic swordsmanship instruction!”

“I haven’t even changed clothes yet?”

“You can fight in any outfit.”

This girl… was way too unreasonable. What I was given wasn’t a mask to hide my face, but earrings I received from Iris.

Since they were earrings, I could put them on without piercing holes, and according to her, they could “change the color of eyes and hair.”

When I actually put them on, my hair turned pure white and my eye color changed to blue.

It was like a convenient artifact from the novel. I had no idea what the principle behind it was.

“Come on! Please take your sword stance. I’ll come at you with my full power!”

“Yeah, yeah… do whatever you want with me.”

Iris kicked off the ground and rushed toward me. Our wooden swords played a dry sound—

…Ah, I could see Iris’s panties.

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The days of ordeal—no, fun training with Iris continued for a whole week.

During that time, I continuously said “Give me a break! Down with black companies!” and finally managed to wrangle a day off.

Even so, I was still kidnapped for early morning training. When I asked His Majesty how he was raising his daughter,

“Iris has grown up to be so robust…”

He bragged about his child. I ignored it because it was super irrelevant.

Incidentally, at this time I’d snuck into the king’s bedroom without permission, so later when the guards found out, Iris was furious with me.

His Majesty stopped what could have been a trip to solitary confinement, so he was a good person.

With all that happening, I changed clothes and headed out to the city. Thanks to the artifact Iris gave me, I didn’t need to wear a mask.

But just to be extra careful, I put on a mask to prevent my face from being recognized.

“Yuguram-sama, please don’t do anything strange. Your common sense is uncommon here.”

“Am I your pet or something!? But I’m starting to like that attitude of yours. By the way, won’t you go on a date with me?”

“A da—!? …I-I have work to do! Recently, the forest near the royal capital has been noisy for some reason, and I need to read the investigation reports.”

Saying that, she strode off somewhere.

“Haha. Her reactions are as innocent and cute as always.”

Couldn’t be helped. I’d move around on my own.

The original story had only just begun. According to my previous life’s memories, suspicious people would probably start moving around sneakily soon.

While sightseeing in the royal capital, maybe I’d go crush those guys. Skipping toward the main street. I hummed in a cheerful mood.

“Let’s crush them~ Let’s crush them~ The Assassin Guild~”