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Translator: Nemui
Editor: Nemui
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◈ Reincarnated as the Villain's Heir
Chapter 58: One of the Three Powers Came Picking a Fight
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"The match is decided."
"I-I lost..."
A duel between Leticia and Lilisha had taken place at the training ground.
Leticia said she absolutely wanted to show the results of our training, and after challenging Lilisha, she actually scored a win against her.
Even I had not expected it. No matter how I thought about it, I had assumed Lilisha would win.
It was not as if Lilisha had been slacking off.
Recently, her skill had been improving rapidly, to the point where even I could not afford to be careless.
With that upward momentum, I had thought it would still take a little longer before Leticia could beat Lilisha, but...
"Leticia, you did it."
"It is a victory of love dedicated to Lord Alphys!"
"Huh?"
Leticia said something incomprehensible.
She had fought the duel of her own will, so I should have had nothing to do with it.
I was certainly happy about Leticia's victory, but having it dedicated to me was troublesome.
"Princess, Lord Alphys won't be pleased by something that light."
"Light!? Even this is not enough?"
"Yes. For example, unless I win, Lord Alphys will not be satisfied. I will show you from here."
"Gulp..."
Do not gulp.
If Luchel's logic was correct, then no matter how many times Leticia won, it would not count.
And Lilisha, for her part, was so depressed she could not stand.
"No, I lost to Leticia...!"
"Leticia is no longer someone you can look down on. You should acknowledge that."
"Ugh, how frustrating! So frustrating!"
"Actually, lately you don't get frustrated when you lose to me anymore."
Yes, I fought Lilisha from time to time, but even when she lost to me, she did not get this frustrated.
If anything, she sometimes even looked somewhat satisfied.
I had thought that was clearly bad, so it helped that she had lost to Leticia.
People did not grow without some kind of goal.
It would be extremely troublesome if Lilisha lost her rivalry toward me.
"Th-that is not true! Ah, I am angry! So frustrated!"
"Why are you remembering it and getting frustrated now? Are your emotions unstable?"
Lilisha's cheeks were red.
It was not very good for her to be my number two.
That was exactly like being a second-place noble.
Recently, she had been fidgeting strangely and lacked spirit.
"Then Leticia. Next, fight me..."
"Huh? What is this? Someone got here first."
A rough-looking group came over in a crowd.
There was a blond guy with hair like a broom and piercings, and a droopy-eyed long-haired man.
The former was Togari, if I remembered right.
He had appeared in the game, so I knew him.
But I did not know the long-haired man standing at the front.
He was clearly mob-character material, but something about his atmosphere was strange.
Judging by his position, he seemed to be the boss.
"You guys, the Muto faction is using this place, so hurry up and clear out."
"Muto faction? Ah, the force that recently started rising."
"Ah, I know you. You're Alphys, right? The young master of House Balfont, and for some reason even the student council keeps an eye on you?"
"I don't recognize you."
When I deliberately provoked him, Muto pointed both hands toward his own face and made a weird expression.
This guy was not just looking down on me. He was the type who fundamentally looked down on people and the world itself.
The faction members around him burst out laughing, so the intelligence level of this faction was low.
"See? Now my face is unforgettable, right?"
"So, what do you want?"
"Aw, Alphys-kun is so cold. You have to enjoy things more. Life is short, you know."
"What do you want?"
"Then you guys are going to move right now, turn around, and disappear. Understand, okay?"
Muto made another weird face and jerked his hips.
Was something wrong with his head?
To think someone like this had been buried among mob characters.
Apparently, the Muto faction had set its eyes on us.
Actually, according to Luchel, lately the academy had almost no factions left outside of these guys.
The Rubiton faction, once the largest, had weakened completely and was a shadow of its former self. Now, the Three Powers factions led by Muto and the others were throwing their weight around.
"If you want us to move, try moving us yourself. You don't have the strength or nerve for that, so you went out of your way to negotiate, right?"
"You sure act tough, Alphys-kun. I figured you'd say that, so I came to teach you just a tiny bit of reality. Hey, Togari-chan."
When Muto called him, Togari stepped forward.
This guy was a typical thug character, but I had not pictured him serving under anyone.
He overlapped with Gareo as a character, but unlike Gareo, this one was a typical enemy character.
"Hey, first-year brat. If you don't want to cry, hand it over already."
"There are other training grounds. If you don't want those ugly piercings ripped out, you should disappear right now."
"Huh? What did you say, first-year brat?"
"Your ears are bad too, not just your head? Maybe those ugly piercings are making it hard to hear. Want me to take them off for you?"
When I reached for his ear, Togari grabbed my arm.
Even when I applied a little force, it did not move. That was fairly good body reinforcement through mana.
I had not had an image of this guy being this strong.
"Hey, keep screwing around and I'll snap this arm with it."
"Are you summon-possessed, by any chance?"
"Huh?"
"I didn't think someone at your level had this much mana. Did that idiot over there talk you into it?"
As I said that, I forced my way toward his ear even while Togari held my arm.
Togari shuddered, but I deliberately stopped after only touching his earlobe.
His mana had been boosted, but from my point of view, it was a drop in the bucket.
If anything, because he had obtained half-baked power, I could only see an unfortunate future waiting for him.
"Just kidding. Did I scare you?"
"You brat!"
Just as Togari got worked up, Lilisha grabbed his wrist.
"If you want to rampage that badly, I will be your opponent."
"You're Lilisha, right? Heard that first-year brat made you cry. Little lady of the second-place noble house."
"Yes. That is right."
Lilisha's eyes were not smiling.
She was seriously angry.
Togari-kun, there are some words you should never say in this world.
"Alphys, move. I will handle him."
"I know. I'll leave him to you."
"I was just irritated. I wanted a punching bag."
Lilisha smiled, and it was decided that she and Togari would duel.
No, this might not even be a duel.
It might be better to call it an execution.
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