Given that we were in a villainous family where even our lives could be threatened, if Father was trying to make me good by sending me to the academy, there was no other choice.
It pained me, but I had to make Father act more villainously to reform him more strongly.
I narrowed my eyes and lifted my chin, speaking menacingly.
“What should we do?”
“Listen you…”
“Hm?”
Leonhardt nodded solemnly, as if he understood my entire sentiment.
“Really, you’re trying hard to survive.”
“……Yes! I’m definitely trying very hard!”
“I’ll help.”
Leonhardt nodded.
Trust Leonhardt. He wore an expression as if he knew everything about this villainous family.
Acid, who had been looking at me cautiously, finally spoke.
“I’ll help with the reformation too.”
“Hm?”
“Cultivating divine power might be the solution.”
“Divine power has such abilities?”
“……I’m trying to find out.”
‘I should talk to Ted.’
After all, it was an unexpected achievement that both Asid and Leonhart contributed to our dad’s villainization.
From now on, instead of directly demanding actions, I planned to subtly brainwash them by praising how cool the villains are, and indirectly insisting that being evil is good.
If we keep on brainwashing them every day that doing bad things will lead to good outcomes, Dad might momentarily engage in villainlike behaviors.
I cheerfully clapped my hands.
“Good, thank you very much!”
Leonhart muttered the following words.
“I will…”
“Hm?”
“Surpass Matthias and become a villain that outshines everyone.”
I cautiously spoke towards Leonhart.
“That…you’re becoming a villain on my side, right? We, we’re friends!”
I made it clear to him.
Then, Leonhart shrugged his shoulders and nodded.
“Of course, Bamtol. And you’re a genius.”
“……Hm?”
He looked at me as if stating the obvious.
“I can’t surpass you. Besides, I’ll be a just villain who doesn’t bully friends.”
In the original, Leonhart was a villain who indiscriminately slaughters.
But for now, I decided to trust him once.
So far, the sincerity Leonhart has shown me seems to be 100% genuine.
I clenched my fist and extended it towards them.
“Now, fist bump!”
“Huh……?”
“Why?”
“It’s a promise to work on the Dad Reformation Project together!”
We clenched our fists tightly and bumped them together.
It already felt reassuring.
Though I’m still a minor presence, I already felt like I have my close aides.
“Heh.”
I hummed as I pulled my fist back.
We looked at each other with eyes full of resolve and nodded strongly.
Just then, Leonhart lowered his voice.
“Bamtol.”
“Hm?”
“I already feel a strange energy around us.”
“What……?!”
I looked around cautiously. It wasn’t that I felt a peculiar discomfort…
“……What’s with that viciouslooking bird?”
…That discomfort was a small bird hiding near the bushes. A bird with one eye and a yellow beak.
“Something’s strange……”
I rolled my skeptical eyes. Then Leonhart narrowed his eyebrows.
“It’s not an ordinary bird; I feel a powerful energy.”
I hesitated and stepped back.
A bird with a powerful aura? Looking at how vicious it is, I wanted to tame it.
I clenched my fist and stared at the bird.
Such a bird would suit a villain like me well.
Compared to a small sparrow, a bird that looked more menacing than an eagle is better!
“Shall we catch it?”
“It could be dangerous……”
I agreed with Leonhart, but if that bird wanted to attack us, it would’ve done so already.
I tried to move towards the bird, but no matter how much I struggled, I couldn’t walk.
“……Huh?”
After meaningless attempts, I realized.
…Someone’s large hand was holding me.
“Cien.”
I turned my head.
It was Dad.
“Dad!”
Even though I called him Dad, his expression didn’t lighten. That dry and indifferent expression is, in other words…
‘That’s the face Dad makes when he’s been swindled by bad guys!’
Was he scared of the vicious bird? I tried to console him.
But Dad spoke first.
“It disappeared.”
Looks like Dad also saw the bird.
Only a faint scorch mark remained where the bird had been.
I looked at it and slightly opened my lips, then closed them again.
Dad quietly mumbled.
“Cien, we should go home now.”
“Hm?”
Dad smiled warmly.
“The practice is over.”
“Hm?”
“If you provoke like this, we should have a proper duel.”
The words were unclear.
From a distance, Leonhart seemed to mumble something like, ‘Has he already noticed our plan…’, ‘Truly a villain among villains.’ It was suspected to be an auditory hallucination.
(This is a time separator.)
Matthias noticed, but Cien did not.
What the bird had just been was, in fact, an emissary created by Delphia’s illusion magic.
The emissary was a being caused by Delphia’s magic power.
While it couldn’t affect her main body, it served as her eyes that couldn’t travel everywhere, a precious existence.
Although Matthias had swiftly blocked its approach, he didn’t see it clearly[dash].
“I think I see divine power from one of those three.”
Delphia furrowed her brows.
The Mirmode family was generally hostile to the temple. But among them, Delphia Mirmode had a unique ability that was antithetical to divine power.
The ability of her illusion summoning magic was directly opposed to divine power.
Thanks to that, Delphia could weakly discern those with divine power.
With an unpleasant expression, Delphia slightly furrowed her brows.
“It seems like ability users are drawn to him in a strange way.”
One of her close aides cautiously expressed their opinion next to her soliloquy.
“You’re right. Cien Mirmode, that child. We shouldn’t underestimate him.”
Up until now, Delphia’s life had been led by curiosity.
Becoming the family’s heir and fighting for the title of Count was also for that reason.
But now, something more interesting than becoming a Count seemed to have appeared.
“Let’s get along.”
Suddenly a poppedup little one, observing Cien Mirmode.
She grinned.
“A month later, before Axel comes and finishes everything off.”
“Ah…”
“If he’s just a sprout that will wither anyway, I want to have fun before that.”
Her heart races.
Could it be that she’s smitten with me before we’ve even met?
That would be a problem.
Maintaining the smile on her lips, Delphia swept up her white hair.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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