You’ve become a fool. (1)

“Ubuhueook?!!”

The man, who opened his eyes and screamed like someone who had fallen into the water and survived, looked straight ahead with his eyes wide.

A place with a white ceiling and bright lights turned on as if to show off.

The man, noticing that it was an unfamiliar place, although not familiar, moved his arms and slowly stood up.

-Things!!

“Ugh… !”

And the sudden pain in his chest and arms reminded him of memories he had forgotten until now.

-My brother is no longer available to me. I won’t go so far as to tell you to keep your promise, but please don’t have anything more to do with Loretta and me.

-Boo!

“개새끼가… “

Until a week ago, my incompetent and stupid younger brother, who was being treated like a dog by me, suddenly brought in a strange black magician and overtook him to the point where he played with him and even cut off two of his swords, showing off the difference in his skills.

Galv Hofen, who could not believe such a situation, stood up, clutching his sore arms and chest…

“A top-notch person is someone who has talent and can achieve it by planning thoroughly. A second-rate person is a person who, even if he or she lacks talent, makes up for it with effort, and even if it is not a thorough plan, he or she steadily revises the plan and achieves it step by step.”

“… ?”

The moment he was about to get up, he heard a voice and looked towards the window. At that place.

“But a third-rate person is someone who has no talent, makes a rough plan, and only throws cold water on other people’s plans. Just like you and me. Please lie still. My ribs and right arm are all fractured. Plus, I stopped Loretta from going for treatment. Think of it as punishment for harassing them so far, and take your time and savor it.”

“… You guy.”

The person who stopped him as he tried to get up was someone with black hair and black eyes.

A black magician who pushed himself by using incomprehensible words and actions and suddenly challenging him to a duel.

He sat in a chair, read the newspaper, and spoke to me.

Obviously the name…

“This is Rudis. There is no need to remember.”

“What is it? Could it be that you stayed and waited to make me fulfill the promise I made before the duel?”

“No way. There wasn’t any particular magical oath, and the only people who observed today’s duel were the people here. I know that if they throw a tantrum and say that the duel is invalid, that will be the end of it.”

“Ha… !”

Yes, Galbhofen had no intention of granting their conditions even if they lost from the beginning.

And Rudis himself was confident that even if Harv was defeated, his position and their position would not change, so it was a fight he just fought.

So, honestly, I didn’t care at all whether he kept his promise to duel or not, and I don’t plan to care in the future. only.

“He did something interesting. Cutlass, a famous criminal in the Empire. How much money did you spend to hire that person?”

“!!”

He knew that he had hired the enemy who sent him and almost put others in danger, so he had something to say to him and was waiting here.

-Wow~ It was a great victory. Damn, he’s really gotten stronger.

-… Brother, haven’t you been here since the beginning?

-What are you talking about? The last top cut was absolutely perfect…

-I hit my brother who fell while running away in the face with the side of the sword, knocking him out.

-… Ah, because I want to poop. I went to the bathroom for a moment. However, the academy is so large that I got lost while looking for the bathroom.

-The black magic lab is right around the corner, right?

-Why is this guy holding his tongue like this? Do I have to report going to the bathroom too?

-… …

-Sister~ Please go to the pork belly restaurant first with Miss Loretta and Ssanggi~ I have something to say to that third-rate person who fell over there~

-pork belly… is it?

-Originally, celebration parties are held with meat. Now, don’t keep talking, get some treatment, change your clothes, and go first.

I just gave a rough explanation to the group.

It was really busy. I stopped by my dorm, quickly changed my clothes, and by the time I returned to the academy, the fight was already over.

In any case, someone had to move the fallen third-rate person to the hospital or the nurse’s office, so I was the one who said I had gone to take a shit.

“… I don’t know what you’re talking about… “

“The fact that I’m alive means that that bastard lost to me. Doesn’t that mean it’s easy to know where I got this information? Or, did you not like the place where you were beaten by your younger brother?”

“… What do you wish for?”

Galbhofen’s magic and sword skills are third-rate, but his intelligence level is not third-rate.

Born into an aristocratic family, he was intelligent enough to push his younger brother, who had awakened to his Auror characteristics and gained attention, into politics.

It was immediately apparent that Rudis had been waiting here because he wanted something.

“Not really. I just wanted to tell you this when you open your eyes. That your life will now become a hikikomori, not even third-rate, lower than fourth-rate.”

“Ha… ?”

When I saw Galv, who heard those words and started to widen his eyes and tighten his eyebrows as if he were dumbfounded, I became happy and raised the corners of my mouth and continued speaking.

“Work was really difficult today. Cutlass was a truly powerful enemy. I didn’t know that the opponent was a ‘demon’. I really thought I was going to die. Even now, my whole body, no, my magic circuit is aching. “

“?”

“But fortunately, I am a safety freak who always protects my own life, so I succeeded in chasing him away. ah. A little hurt… At least one arm was taken away, right?”

“… for a moment. What now… “

“Yes? You mean the part about me being a safety freak?”

“Not that, that guy just… “

They’re demons.

After hearing Rudis’ words, Galv doubted whether he was hallucinating, but said, ‘Ah. ‘Is it surprising that Cutlass is a demon?’ I said, shattering that thought.

“Yes. It was a demon. It was also a demon that wielded very powerful black magic.”

“… Oh, what a joke.”

“Why do you lie? There will probably be chaos in the empire tomorrow. The black magic he used was level 5. I know that there are only a handful of people in this empire who can use black magic at that level. If they are no longer suspects, it will naturally prove that this guy is a demon.”

Galv thought after hearing Rudis’ words.

He approached the demon and paid money to hire him to kill this guy, and if he really said that this guy drove the demon out, the news would soon spread throughout the empire.

If that happens, I, who conspired with the demons…

“Haha. Are you afraid of being executed?”

“… what. What do you want?”

Even if he is the eldest son of a count family, the minimum punishment is death.

If you make a mistake, it will become a major incident that will lead to a chain of events that will destroy the Earl’s family.

Galv was just looking for a way to get Rudis to shut up about the current situation that he couldn’t quite sort out in his head. Rudis, who had been reading his thoughts, smiled lightly and opened his mouth.

“You don’t need all that. Just stay in a corner of the house.”

“What?”

“I told you to drop out of the academy and not go out. I won’t tell anyone that you hired him.”

His story was one that did no harm to Galv at all.

If you drop out of the academy and go into seclusion, you won’t be able to continue your family, but at least you won’t be executed for being involved with demons.

However, when Rudis saw him like that, he seemed to be even happier and even the corners of his eyes curled up as he spoke.

“Actually, I did something interesting. But I think it would be so pitiful if you got caught up in it and fell down.”

“What is that… “

“When I realized that he was a demon, he asked me. How did you know? Then I thought. How can I use this assassin you sent?”

Of course, it was a prank that I had to win. Rudis explained exaggeratedly, like a child bragging about what he had done.

After a fierce battle, they cornered him and even dropped one of his arms when he tried to run away.

He acted as if he was so angry and angry that he was almost out of magic and couldn’t track him down.

“‘Galv gave me a chance~!’ I shouted. What do you think? I’m good at acting, right? What did that demon really think of that?”

“What a crazy bastard! … Ugh!!”

Galv, who heard that he deliberately hired the rat Cutlass and deceived him into conspiring with him to trap him, seemed angry and stretched out his arms to try to catch Rudis, but he only fell on the bed due to broken ribs and arm pain.

And when Rudis saw that, he let out a wicked laugh, put down the newspaper, stood up, patted him on the back, and continued speaking.

“I actually did some research on him. That rat you hired has a very good reputation in the industry. A whopping 100 percent murder success rate. Customer satisfaction is 100 percent. However, there were no repeat customers.”

“Keuuk… What… “

“It’s a simple story. He’s a demon. There’s no reason to keep the person who was involved with you alive, right?”

“Hehe… “

Demons are creatures that have an instinct to kill humans.

Moreover, it is said that they will kill any human being in front of them, so they are called the enemies of humanity.

However, the killer named Cutlass is a famous contractor who has ruled the underworld of the empire for over 10 years.

This means that such a thing would be called a ‘special species’, and there is a high possibility that it is a demon that imitates and imitates humans and ‘pretends’ to enjoy killing humans while living like a human.

And, that kind of guy.

“So, I should have been suspicious at the point where I could easily come into contact with such a great guy. Well, since he probably thinks you led him into a trap, he will definitely target you next, right? Of course, they could target me again, but you, who were so weak that even your younger brother got robbed, and me, who cut off his own arm. Which one will you aim for first? Hehehe.”

“Cibaal… !!”

Galv cursed in despair when he heard that demons would come after him, but Rudis opened the door to the nurse’s office and spoke quietly, as if it was a waste to give him time to despair.

“It’s already night. Soon, the academy security guards would have left work except for those on duty, and it was dark outside. Since I didn’t report the guy who ran away, neither the Knights nor the Magic Tower have moved yet. I’m not sure if I can afford to drag myself there~”

“… ?Okay, sleep… !!”

-thud.

A voice was heard from the nurse’s office trying to catch him, but Rudis smiled, closed the door strongly, and began walking down the dark hallway.

[Quest to find a new life: Do you remain a third-rate villain, or do you aim for a different life?]

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[Make sure Harv Olfen doesn’t die. (1/1) <Probability of death 0.%>]

[Make sure Miss Loretta Roerich doesn’t die. (1/1) <0% chance of death>]

[Survive the battle against the murderous demon Cutlass. (1/1) <0% chance of death>]

[The probability of Yuria Fortward dying when participating in a battle with demons and Cutlass is updated.]

[Yuria Fortward is unable to participate in the battle with the demons and Cutlass.]

[In case of failure: You lose all trust and friendship you have built up in the empire.]

[When successful: Black Magic Lv. It goes up to 4. Swordsmanship Lv. It goes up to 2. You will be able to check the effect of the growth boost.]

[As expected, it’s amazing! Quest cleared! *^ㅇ^/* Congratulations!]

[Dark Magic Lv. It goes up to 4. Swordsmanship Lv. It rises to 2.]

[Growth Booster Lv. You can view the effect of MAX in the status window.]

“Of course~ I heard that what third-rate people do is easy to pick up and eat and is delicious.”

The ending, in which the third-rate life similar to mine, which was devoted to being a villain, was completely buried, was very sweet, and the magical circuitry stung a little.