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◈ Reincarnated as the Villain's Heir
Chapter 8: I Want to Break My Foolish Garbage Brother's Spirit
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Two months had passed since I, Gillium, released a monster search party after Alphys, and I had been spending my days in terror.
I could not focus on training either, and every day, my older brother showered me with harsh words.
Damn it. That brother of mine was too strong.
His strength was like an incarnation of a demon god.
Normally, Alphys should have participated in training too, but that guy had never once come to the training hall.
Father did not try to scold him for it, and Mother was the same.
Father in particular had even said he expected great things from him.
Even I had never been told that.
Big Sister Mirei went as far as praising him, spouting nonsense about him acting independently.
"Damn it! What are those subordinates of mine doing?! They should be back by now!"
I struck the wall of my room.
I hated this. Why was only Alphys getting praised?
I had the tamer skill that none of my siblings possessed.
Using it, I was secretly trying to build the strongest army.
Right now, even Father did not know, but I was constructing a castle.
With that as my base, I would eventually conquer the continent.
Not some tiny thing like a kingdom.
I would be the continent's hegemon.
Just like the emperor of Eldia once was.
Once I built the Gillium Empire, House Balfont and all that would be beneath me.
With a great army of monsters numbering in the tens of thousands, I would attack every country.
Tens of thousands. Thousands upon thousands.
What force could stop numbers like that?
Father and my eldest brother were too soft to begin with.
They should just take over a kingdom like this, throne and all.
Why did they keep doing work behind the scenes?
That was why people could lump them into something like the two great noble houses.
There was only ever one peak.
If a man was born a man, his dreams ought to be huge.
In that sense, I had the qualities needed to build a massive empire.
My skill was something Father, Mother, my eldest brother, and Big Sister Mirei did not have.
As for Alphys, he was supposed to have nothing at all.
Using not only mana, but even pulse at his age was obviously strange no matter how you thought about it.
Even I could not use pulse. I could not even sense it.
There was something wrong with him.
Because of that, his reputation inside the mansion had risen.
A genius, a prodigy, someone who would one day surpass not just his brother and sister but even Father. They were spoiling him too much.
I hated it.
Still, those monsters were late.
Oh, someone knocked.
Was it Father?
"You may come..."
"Is that so? Then pardon me."
"In..."
The one who opened the door and entered was Alphys.
In his hand, he held the head of one of my subordinates.
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When I entered the room carrying the head of his monster subordinate, Gillium nearly collapsed on the spot.
I had not meant to scare him that much, but I guessed he had been very confident in his underlings.
"A-Alphys! Y-you, what the hell is that?!"
"What the hell? That is cold. Did you forget the face of your proud subordinate? Here, look closely."
"Uuuugh! Why, why do you have it? You, you can't have defeated it, right?!"
"Big Sister Mirei defeated it for me."
When Gillium heard those words, he looked relieved.
He was reassured because he thought there was no way I could defeat that Black Demon.
It was probably the strongest among his subordinates, after all.
"No, that was a lie. Did you believe me?"
"A lie...?"
"If that were true, you know. Big Sister Mirei loves me, so she would probably do something about you."
"Then, then are you saying you defeated it?! Are you kidding me?!"
Gillium sank weakly to the floor.
The guy who had acted so cocky was now terrified of his youngest brother.
I would have liked to say this was a good lesson for him, but if that was all, there would have been no point in bringing this severed head.
"Hey, Big Brother Gillium. The duel the other day settled things, didn't it? Were you that frustrated?"
"N-no... That was..."
"I do not care if you hate me, Big Brother Gillium. But having you pick fights with me this often is unbearable."
"I-I s-see..."
Not "I see."
I drew the magic sword and pointed it at Gillium.
That experience had been useful in its own way, but when someone tried to kill me, settling it peacefully only went so far.
At present, the evaluation inside the mansion was eldest brother > older sister > me >> an uncrossable wall >> Gillium.
So what would happen if I reported this latest screw-up of his to Father, Leorg?
There was no need to think about it.
I simply did not want to do something that lame.
I had decided to clear this world.
I would remove my own obstacles myself.
As if to show him exactly that, I brought the point of my sword close to Gillium's neck.
"Th-that sword..."
"Just a magic sword."
"A magic sword that chooses its wielder chose someone like you...? Impossible..."
"More importantly, do you understand your position?"
I brought the blade even closer to his neck.
If I put in a little strength, his life would disappear.
"Hii! W-wait! Please! Let's calm down and talk! Okay?"
"I am calm. Calmly enough to kill you right here."
"S-stop! Someone..."
I split the table behind Gillium cleanly in two.
The table vanished as if swallowed by darkness, and seeing it happen made Gillium piss himself for what was probably the second time in his life.
"Sorry. My hand slipped a little. I still cannot handle it well."
"P-please stop. I was wrong... I won't bother you anymore..."
"You say that, but you lie without hesitation. Like taking one of the protagonist's companions hostage, making her bring you an item, then breaking the promise."
"Wh-what are you talking about...?"
I had accidentally mentioned an event from the game.
Though when it came to breaking promises, Alphys was the more evil one.
"Hmm. I could kill you, but I do wonder what Father and Mother would say..."
"Right, exactly! So-"
"Prostrate yourself."
"Huh?"
"Put your hands on the floor and apologize. Say, 'I will never lay a hand on Lord Alphys or anyone connected to him again. It was foolish for a maggot like me to defy you.'"
"A-as if I could do that!"
Even Gillium had some pride, so he did not obey immediately.
The moment I raised the magic sword, his attitude changed completely, and he prostrated himself on the spot.
"I-I will never lay a hand on Lord Alphys or anyone connected to him again! It was foolish for a maggot like me to defy you!"
"Well done. You will never forget what happened today."
When Gillium raised his head, I kicked him in the face with all my strength.
"Gah!"
"I will let you off with this for now. After that, pray Big Sister Mirei does not find out."
"Hii, hiii... Ngh... hgh..."
Gillium hit the back wall with his head, then sobbed miserably.
This was a member of the mighty House Balfont?
Well, he was effectively the weakest, so maybe it made sense.
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