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Translator: Nemui
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◈ Reincarnated as the Villain's Heir
Chapter 27: Are You Sane?
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What Esty presented to me was a doll.
It was a two-heads-tall mascot, and it looked like a black-haired boy wearing this academy's uniform.
Could this doll possibly be thanks for last night?
"This is Lord Alphys! I... I have decided to establish the Lord Alphys Fan Club!"
"...Huh?"
"When Lord Alphys saved me yesterday, I was drawn to the person you are... But I am not worthy of you."
"No, wait."
She suddenly started talking fast and saying outrageous things.
If Leticia had been here, she might have settled this nicely.
I thought she was better suited to handling this kind of girl, but right now she was probably at the training ground.
"So I have decided to support Lord Alphys. Of course, I am not doing this halfheartedly. If I do it, I will be serious."
"So wait. First of all, what is a fan club?"
"It is a place where people who fall in love with Lord Alphys and sincerely want to support him gather."
"Calm down. Did you hit your head somewhere yesterday? If you want, I can introduce you to a good healer."
A healer kept by House Balfont might be able to do something about this condition.
Whatever happened, I had to make sure she never met Big Sister Mirei.
Nine years ago, she only demanded a kiss, but now I had no idea what she might ask for.
"Hey! You have been saying whatever you want for a while now, but Lord Alphys only needs me!"
"Yes! Of course, I could never match Lady Luchel, Lord Alphys's wonderful retainer! We will only support him from afar!"
"You understand pretty well. Since you have promise, I might make you my underling."
This rotten angel was way too easy.
In other words, the only person left to stop Esty's rampage was me.
First of all, I did not need support.
It was not like I wanted someone to acknowledge what I did.
Clearing this world was nothing more than something I was doing for my own satisfaction.
And given my job at the academy, standing out too much was probably not good.
I absolutely had to make her stop this.
I would harden my heart and tell her my will.
No, wait.
Did she just say "we"?
"Esty, this fan club does not already have several people in it... right?"
"Including me, the president, we already have seven members!"
"Your footwork is too light! Where are my fans in the first place?!"
"Lord Alphys is cool, and there are girls who secretly admire you. Look, over there..."
When Esty pointed to a seat, a girl just happened to turn her face away.
So she was one of the members.
A ridiculous group was forming somewhere I knew nothing about.
I had thought she might be traumatized after yesterday's incident, but she had swung in a strange direction.
Should I think this was better than her being depressed?
If I had known this would happen, maybe I should not have saved her.
"This fan club only supports me from afar, right?"
"Yes, of course. However! Lord Alphys is not someone a lowly commoner like me may approach. The same goes for the other members."
"What do you mean?"
"Confessing to Lord Alphys is strictly forbidden! We should remain pure fans!"
"I-I see."
Her force made me answer simply.
Well, even if someone confessed, I would refuse.
It was not like I wanted to enjoy romance, and that sort of thing would only interfere with clearing the game.
There had been voices saying the game should have romance elements, and derivative works based on imagined pairings had existed.
But what should I do about this?
Making them stop now would be extremely difficult.
I felt nothing about killing people, but I ended up conflicted over something like this.
As a conclusion, as long as it did not interfere with me, it was fine.
No, it was already interfering, but that was a matter for later.
This rotten angel beside me had already fallen too, so I would leave it alone.
"Esty, I will join the fan club."
"Really?! If Lord Alphys's retainer joins, we would be delighted!"
"I will personally teach you Lord Alphys's charms. But you will not keep up with halfhearted resolve. Are you prepared?"
"Yes!"
Do not say yes.
What were my charms that could not be understood with halfhearted resolve?
I had known Luchel for a decent amount of time, but now I was starting to be a little scared of her.
"Good. Then first..."
"How noisy."
The one who interrupted Luchel was Lilisha.
After placing two hamburger steak sets on the table, she looked at us mockingly.
Right. Despite her appearance, she was a big eater.
"I heard something about a fan club. If you are that frivolous, how are your studies going?"
"I-I am doing my best."
"You think a commoner can get through this academy by merely 'doing her best'? That is why you commoners remain commoners forever."
Esty fell silent.
Even after I had made her cry that hard, this girl had not learned at all.
"A fan club for a man like that cannot be anything decent. If we in the student council judge it inappropriate, it will be suspended immediately."
"Hey, hey. You are in a rather bad mood today. Is your student council work going that badly?"
"Alphys, that has nothing to do with you."
"The magic tool explosion accident. Are you that frustrated because the student council could not crack down on that type before it happened?"
At my words, Lilisha's knife and fork stopped.
"What, are you picking a fight?"
"You came over and started mouthing off, so of course I am curious. If you do not like it, move to another seat."
"There are no other seats open, so I had no choice but to sit here. Do not misunderstand."
"There are plenty open over there."
After her strained lie was exposed, Lilisha glared at me.
Since losing to me, she probably could not help being conscious of me.
Then she heard the term fan club, so she casually came over.
"A-anyway, if it is a stupid fan club, I will crush it immediately!"
"Do not tell me."
"Do not get carried away just because you beat me once! I lost then because I was too strongly conscious of 'this much should be enough'! Next time, I will not hold back!"
"Yes, yes."
If we were going to say that, then Leticia had given up the advantage too.
Even while complaining, Lilisha rapidly dealt with the two hamburger steak sets.
If only appetite counted, you would win.
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