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◈ Reincarnated as the Villain's Heir
Chapter 1: Reincarnated as a Mid-Boss Meant to Lose
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The action RPG Princess Sword.
It was a classic full-length RPG where the princess of the Kingdom of Sailrand noticed the great evil lurking in the royal family's shadow and rose up to fight it.
That great evil was the House of Balfont, a prestigious family known as the kingdom's greatest pillar.
In truth, they were a clan of darkness that carried out operations the royal family could not handle and could never perform in public.
Without House Balfont, the royal family could not survive. By now, that family had become the kingdom's rulers in all but name.
Alphys Balfont, the youngest child of House Balfont, was extremely arrogant.
He did not even treat the weak as people, and there was no telling how many lives he had stolen everything from.
If he wanted something, he took it, violated it, killed it.
There was no conflict in him.
People called him the Demon King because he moved exactly as his emotions drove him.
That Alphys was defeated by the protagonist around the middle of the story.
A lot of players said the Alphys fight was the hardest boss battle in the RPG.
And yet, right after you beat him, one of his siblings appeared and said, "He was the weakest among House Balfont."
So, yeah. I had reincarnated as that Alphys.
At first, I had no idea what was happening, but the man who happily lifted my baby self into his arms was the head of House Balfont, Leorg.
For some reason, I was conscious, and I somehow knew the person in front of me was Leorg.
Leorg was the one who named me Alphys.
Watching him be so overjoyed made him look like a good father, but this guy was the final boss.
A tragic figure who was ultimately defeated by the protagonist after standing in the way as House Balfont's enemy.
Even without thinking calmly about it, I was going to be raised as Alphys at this rate.
Alphys had a reputation as a scumbag character.
He would make villagers who begged for their lives kill each other, and just when you thought he might spare the winner, he killed the winner too.
--Weren't you going to spare me?!
--Who said I would let you keep living? You killed someone from your own village, you piece of trash.
That was the kind of thing he said. Absolute garbage.
He went so far with it that he was hugely popular as a villain.
To be honest, I did not hate him either.
Why? Because Alphys was clearly written as a villain.
If anything, he was easier to like than the kind of character who was supposed to be a good person but naturally did scummy things and said scummy lines.
House Balfont, the family that produced Alphys, could fairly be called the ruling family of the kingdom.
If there was a monster the kingdom could not handle, they subjugated it. If war broke out with a neighboring country, they rushed to the front.
If a person or organization became inconvenient for the kingdom, they rooted them out entirely.
Naturally, none of those deeds were ever revealed as House Balfont's achievements.
They were always covered up as some kind of incident and left at that.
House Balfont possessed overwhelming authority and power, but in the end, the protagonist exposed everything and destroyed them.
In other words, if things continued like this, I was fated to be defeated by the protagonist and die.
Honestly, I despaired.
But when I thought about it, not just anyone got to experience something like this.
I had died in my previous life for some reason, but normally, that would have been the end.
Life was supposed to be a one-time thing, so being given it twice was probably something I should consider lucky.
Besides, I had knowledge from my previous life now.
Despite its cute art style, Princess Sword was difficult.
I had posted challenge-run videos of Princess Sword, and they had received hundreds of thousands of views.
On top of that, I had written most of the Princess Sword strategy wiki, and people said it was more detailed than corporate guide sites.
I would have liked to say I had the growth tips and early-game routing down perfectly, but right now, I was Alphys Balfont.
His character performance was completely different from the protagonist's.
The protagonist was the protagonist, so she had her own exclusive equipment and techniques, and she was one of the most stable characters in the whole cast.
She also had what people called protagonist privilege, and even outside of battle, she displayed special powers.
So what?
The thing was, Alphys might have been defeated in the middle of the story, but people said his potential specs surpassed his other siblings.
I agreed with the opinion that if he had lived until the second half of the story, he might have become the final boss.
That was how much of an impact he left on players, both as a boss fight and as a character.
I was glad I had been reborn as Alphys.
With this cheat-spec character and my game knowledge, I should be able to avoid my fated death.
Even in an ordinary game, getting to control a boss would be exciting.
"Lisania, let me hold the child."
"Of course. I can feel a powerful pulse from him."
My father, Leorg, took me from my mother, Lisania.
This stern-faced father of mine became something ridiculous when he was the final boss.
He would even say things like, 『Hyah-hyah-hyah! This is the power of the World King!』
Handle me carefully, World King.
"Mm... I certainly feel a tremendous pulse."
"Heehee, I look forward to seeing his future."
As House Balfont, they would be in trouble if I did not have one.
The reason House Balfont stood above all other nobles was their outstanding combat ability.
Leorg in particular was said to be the strongest head in the family's history, and he had defeated a legendary-class monster on his own.
The great blade he wore now was supposedly made from that monster's fang.
Now that I had been born into such a cheat family, there was no reason not to aim higher.
If I wanted an ordinary life, even an ordinary person could have managed that.
A future where I died was already waiting for me.
If I did not become strong, nothing else mattered.
At the very least, I needed to gain strength greater than the protagonist's.
More than anything, I loved situations where I got to control an enemy character.
And getting to experience overpowered dominance with my own body? That was like a dream.
"Dear, this child is smiling."
"As if he is delighted to have been born into this world."
Exactly right, World King.
You are absurdly strong too, but I will definitely become even stronger.
So please, raise me with great care.
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