When I came to my senses, I was held in the arms of Asti, who had revealed her true self.
"woke up?"
"You were pretty beaten up. Are you feeling okay?"
"No, I think I'm dying."
"I thought so too."
Saying that, Asti waved her hand and drew a magic circle in the air. A cloudy energy rose from there and seeped into my body, and all the wounds on my back began to heal.
"this is....."
"How long did you plan on staying like that?"
"You're right. Thank you. I was originally going to ask the priest for help, but you saved me the trouble."
"By the way, your father is also quite strict. This is the first time I have seen a nobleman's son being beaten to such a bloody extent."
You are talking to me. I am the crazy person who did that. What nonsense are you talking about honor? If I had made my parents weak towards my son, I wouldn't have had to go through this pain.
"I'm glad it ended like this. More than anything, he treated me too... Oh, now that I think about it, I couldn't bring up your story."
"I think it's better that you didn't bring it up. If you had, you wouldn't have ended up with ten eyelashes, right?"
"You're right. I think we need to make a lot of preparations to stay in this mansion."
"Good. As someone who has become obsessed with Arias, it would be difficult in many ways to suddenly bring another woman to the mansion. Rumors that I am crazy about women will definitely spread," he said.
"Yes. Then how should I get my story out?"
"It's simple. I sponsored a girl who was in a difficult situation...I think that will help my father understand."
"Oh, of course. Come to think of it, you donated quite a lot of money as sponsorship fee."
"But to do that you need some kind of event. There are no good places left to live."
"That's true."
"So I'm thinking about it… do you have any ideas?"
"idea?"
"Couldn't it open a crack in the demon world? High-ranking demons like you can open it at will, right?"
"Crack? Of course, what do you mean you can do it? Don't ordinary people know that?"
"I can understand. If I were an ordinary man in the first place, how would I have known your real name?"
"...That's true. But why is there suddenly talk of a crack?"
"why? The only thing that would prevent you from continuing to live there would be the destruction of your dormitory, of course!"
Asti looked like she was at a loss for words.
"That makes sense… but are you telling me to open a rift in the middle of the dormitory?"
"huh."
"It's okay. With your abilities, you won't be discovered anyway."
This was done with confidence. In the original, Asti opened a crack on her own and completely destroyed the dormitory without a word from Frax.
By opening a crack.
Thanks to that, Arias Winslet also got into trouble. This is because the dormitory building where Asti lived was also the dormitory building where Arias lived.
"It's obvious I won't get caught, but… I didn't expect you to say what I was going to say right out of your mouth!"
She looked at me with a somewhat blank expression.
"That would be even better. There's no need to be awkward because that's what we're going to do anyway."
"What do you plan to do with the demons coming out of the rift?"
"Our friends at the academy will take care of it. You know best than anything that there are many talented men at the academy, right Asti? Weren't you there from the beginning to scout for capable contractors?"
"...But in the meantime, my nose got crooked."
"Well, I'm afraid my behavior is really that different from yours? "Who told you to go and leech off someone else?"
"Oh, I understand. But when should we open it?"
"Just do it tomorrow."
"tomorrow?"
"Yes. It's definitely an order. First, you asked me to quickly find a place to live."
"....Okay. But."
"but?"
"It's a big room, isn't it? I don't like small, cramped rooms. That's why I studied so hard at first."
"If you get good grades, you'll be assigned the best dormitory building, right?"
"Yes. It's the same building as Arias you were desperately clinging to."
"Don't worry about that. From now on, my room seems to be three times larger than when I was in the dorm."
"It's up to me."
She smiled contentedly.
*
As soon as I got back to the academy, it was all about me.
I don't know when the rumor that I was sentenced to be whipped began to spread, but that was the only story that went around around me.
I thought the academy's punishment was weak, and according to rumors, the academy was planning to punish me themselves.
Please tell me that after that, I shamelessly showed my face at the academy.
Please tell me that everything I have done so far has been hypocrisy.
I just stayed silent. There is nothing more pathetic than being caught up in gossip. No, you could say that for me this is a good thing. In the end, the same type of rumor was circulating in the original work.
In any case, such rumors will soon die down.
Because today Asti will open the cracks. Of course, there were no deaths or injuries in this episode. It's just that a not-so-strong demon sticks out a little.
To be honest, all I had to say was that I left the dormitory... The problem was that the situation didn't seem serious enough to warrant entering Lancel's mansion. I don't think it would be any use if I couldn't do that much.
In the first place, the owner of the mansion was not me, but my father. Of course I wouldn't stay there all day, I could almost use it as my own mansion, but I still needed permission. Not to mention that I brought a girl with me when I just got into trouble over it.
In short, I just had to stay still. In any case, Asti will create a situation.
But... it wasn't without obstacles. When I opened the classroom door and entered, I saw Ruslan glaring at me with murderous eyes along with his friends.
Of course, Arias Winstlet was with them. Murderous intent was radiating from them toward me. Oh, it's really scary.
A cold sweat broke out. If I think about it logically, it's both scary and sad that the characters I worked so hard for are trying their best to kill me.
But it will harm them. I had to play the villain thoroughly. The longer I continue to play the villain, the more they will suffer in various ways.
So, I think it would be quite difficult for me too. In fact, I think hypocrisy might be better.
There can be no expression more ridiculous than false evil. It could have had a much more positive impact than engaging in such meaningless actions. As delusional works tend to do.
You could say I was caught in an ironic situation.
...You just have to endure until Chapter 3. When that time comes, you can go out through the appropriate exit, and then you will be able to help them secretly without them knowing. I already made a rough plan.
Of course, there was no guarantee that events would unfold as planned. Things got a little twisted here and there. Maybe I made a mistake in my conversation with my father without realizing it, or the act of overpowering Asti itself could have brought about a huge variable in the development of the story.
However, the plan itself could not be overturned. All I could do was to firmly maintain my role as a villain no matter what the situation.
The starting point will be the commotion that will occur today: the crack in the demon world.
It was a mess that completely followed the flow of the story, but variables could also exist. I make the most of it
I had to be on guard.
Anyway, there's quite a bit of time left before Asti can open the crack, so I think I'll have to take a class first. Thanks to Frax's diligent note-taking, I had no problem following the class.
In a sense, this can also be said to be my revenge.
I turned such a sincere character into an idiot out of love, and now I'm getting my reward.
I ignored the opinions of people around me and took on the attitude of a conscientious student. It may seem disgusting from someone else's perspective.
***
Asti was now subtly moving her magical powers in her dorm room. She modified the nature of her magic appropriately so that no trace of dark magic would remain and to avoid being caught by the church bastards. There is no way she could have been caught by the church people.
Originally Asti was incredibly careless, but after getting beaten up pretty badly by Frax last time, she decided to be more careful about everything.
I knew how much trouble it would be if the church found out about her existence, so I tried not to get caught this time.
"Wouldn't this be enough?"
Asti played a sincere yet depressed character due to poor health. Skipping class was no problem for her. Moreover, since the demon world rift was considered a 'natural disaster' that appeared randomly by humans who were ignorant of demons... no one would think that someone had opened it artificially.
"Hehehe~"
Asti hummed. Just being able to complete such simple tasks and spend time comfortably was enough to keep her motivated.
She couldn't help the fact that her existence was dependent on Frax, and just thinking about it made her irritated.
Didn't she calmly accept the fall from angel to devil?
She just had to cater to Frax's whims for now, and once his life was over she could run away. After all, human lifespan was finite.
So for now, just follow his words obediently.
That was enough. In the end, she will be the one laughing.