I Became a Villain who Receives Obsession

16 – Entrance Ceremony (1)

This is a memory that has been around for years.

A girl was born in a village called Trinata in the eastern part of the Empire.

It always rained in the girl’s hometown, as it was a damp and rainy eastern climate.

It was rare to see a sunny day during the year.

Luckily, even when the rain stopped, the sky was always a gloomy gray.

Trinata was a small village in the countryside rather than a big city.

Due to the distance from the city, the girl grew up mainly assisting her parents in making elixirs, rather than receiving an education at a young age.

Although she lived a different life from others, she was happy.

The fact that she was with her parents and their friends in a small town made her happy.

Then, when she turned 18, news came that an epidemic had broken out in a city in the east.

It was a new disease that had never been observed before. It is said that the flesh of a person who has a contagious disease is damaged and melted.

Even so, it was a terrible disease that had no damage to life, and had to live only as a monster for the rest of its life.

The year she turns 19 again.

Dark clouds hung over Trinata.

The trouble was that an injured adventurer entered the village.

First the next door boy, then the village chief’s grandfather.

Gradually it turned into a terrifying sight.

The sight of the people walking around the village, with their faces down and only their bony eyes protruding, was terrifying.

The only thing left was the girl’s family.

Her house was located on the outskirts of the village, so she was able to avoid the plague.

Every day, the village was filled with the rotting smell of fallen flesh, accompanied by the screams of people in pain.

As she gradually got used to it, the Knights came to Trinata.

They were all wearing thick armor.

The knight in the lead shouted.

―Initiate treatment of infectious agents to prevent the spread of contagious diseases.

At the same time, the knights started cutting people all at once.

The grandfather of the village chief, the little siblings next door, and the young couple who brought freshly baked bread every time, all screamed as they were cut and burned by the cold steel blade.

Trinata, a small town with a peaceful and scenic surrounding, began to turn into hell in an instant.

Fires were burning all over the town, and black smoke billowed out.

The whole world turned red as if an ancient demon had landed on it.

People who did nothing wrong were dying.

Around the time the commotion subsided, knights arrived in front of the girl’s house.

Her family is not sick, so the knights will rescue her.

she believed that

Until the door breaks down and the knights rush in.

―Take this and go to your uncle in Lacre. Remember the white house you went to every time?

That was the girl’s last memory of her parents.

After that, she desperately ran away.

I covered my ears and ran looking forward.

Until then, the 19-year-old had never imagined her life would turn so twisted.

Since Mom and Dad didn’t get sick, they certainly weren’t harmed by the knights.

If you give this note to your uncle, he will surely help you.

The girl arrived in Lacre, but rumors about Trinata had already spread there.

A town full of monsters, a cursed town.

Everyone was suspicious of Nadia’s behavior.

-You’re from Trinata. Banish them from Lacre. Not a single person with the aura of a curse must be allowed here.

As if it was a promise, the knights who saw her were blocking the road.

That’s how she was banished without even entering Lacre.

I lost hope in an instant.

I have no clothes to change into and no money.

All he had was a small note and two elixirs in his backpack.

Even in the midst of the tumult, my mother took care of it.

Tears came out.

I missed my mom and dad.

I usually said that I wanted to leave the village and live, but after losing it, there were many precious things.

I watched people die and burn overnight.

It was too harsh an ordeal for a 19-year-old girl.

Her steps naturally quickened.

have to go back

With nowhere else to go, the only place she could return to was Trinata.

should be back by now Surely your parents will be looking for you.

The girl struggled to deny the reality and moved her slender legs.

*

– Jjallang

“Ha, why did I… .”

Nadia lay down on the bed.

The soft black bed was freshly washed, and it felt good because it was dry.

The room was unexpectedly tidy for a mansion called a tyrant.

About the employment issue I just heard about, I decided to think about it until tomorrow morning and give you an answer.

“It was more normal than I thought… .”

Prior to coming here, Prince Theseus had said that the head of the Altyn family was a very distorted human being.

There were rumors that his distorted mind looked at the residents of the territory as if they were bugs, and that he conducted human experiments on the servants working in his mansion.

Such a person recently began to take an interest in managing the territory and requested food and human resources from the Theseus family, and Nadia, who was staying at the mansion, applied and came here.

I volunteered impulsively because I was offered a lot of money, but I still remember how everyone I met looked at her with pity.

Rumors about the Altane family were not good enough.

‘Did I say Lisa?’

A dark-haired maid who appears to be the only employee of the mansion.

In exchange for telling her the other day about Lian’s whereabouts, Nadia was able to get some information about him.

First, he, who was called a tyrant, changed from one day to the starting point.

The second is that all employees, including Risha, are slaves.

Lisha said that Lian saved slaves from being sold to other nobles.

The treatment of slaves within the Empire was not very good.

On the surface, it is advised to refrain from dealing with slavery, but it is literally only a recommendation, and no direct sanctions are given.

Indeed, slavery is practiced covertly.

A being that can be manipulated without any fuss.

it was a slave

―The owner gave us a place to stay. Of course, he said he paid the price for it, but… The only one who pays the slaves is the master.

It was said that he had recently given money to those who wanted to leave the mansion and even removed the slave seals.

“If you listen to me, you are a great nobleman… It’s completely different from the rumors about the name Altane.”

For several days, the person named Lian observed while staying in Mene was different from what Prince Theseus and Jed said.

Rumors about him were still bad in the village, but he spared no money to subjugate monsters and develop the territory in order to save the villager’s child.

The person she had been watching for a while, named Lian Altane, was a proper person.

She had nowhere to go anyway.

If the contract ends like this, he will wander around any city again and sell tricks.

The wandering life is now two years.

The 21-year-old left her hometown at a young age to travel the continent.

Nadia, deep down, wanted to settle down rather than wander.

He was too young to lead a wandering life.

Nadia touched the gold bag for no reason.

A pocket full of golden coins.

It was the first time she had ever touched a large sum of money.

With this, you can buy a decent house on the outskirts of the city.

But what if you accept Lian’s contract here?

You can receive this gold bag every month.

If that happens, one day you can go back to your hometown and save up enough money to live comfortably there.

Nadia stood up with a determined look.

“Because if you see something strange, you can just run away.”

If, as the rumors say, Lian Altane’s nature is evil, it’s enough to just run away.

No matter how skilled he was, she was confident enough to run away.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t use magic just because he was making elixirs.

Nadia put on her robe and headed for Lian’s room with a determined expression.

*

The long-awaited entrance ceremony.

The day when the heroes who will save the world will gather and the game begins in earnest.

“… Bye. master.”

“There is no need to come out to meet you.”

“Oh, no. Because I’m the master’s maid… .”

“yes. It seems that all the other kids are also welcomed.”

Arriving in the capital, Phrygia, I was greeted by Risha and Nadia, who had followed me.

Originally, I was going to come alone, but I couldn’t break the stubbornness of the two to follow.

Risha was the only maid, so it was surprising that Nadia came too.

As a result of last night, she accepted my offer and decided to stay in Mene for the time being and prepare an elixir for the residents.

There was no place to stay in the village, so I had Risha and I live in the mansion while I was gone.

Since no one has been able to open the Altane family’s safe, it wouldn’t be much of a problem if we let her stay in the mansion.

In the first place, Nadia doesn’t even look like that kind of person.

“There are a lot of noble young ladies and young ladies.”

“It must be said that a prestigious family is a prestigious family.”

Even though they wore the same academy uniform, booty and maturity emanated from some of the students.

Among them, there were also people familiar to me.

The game has really begun.

I stopped at the main gate of the academy and said to the two behind me.

“Let’s break up here. Nadia, I will do what you said yesterday.”

“You mean sending a letter every month?”

“yes. I’ll leave the rest to Risha.”

“Yes… ? Ah yes!”

After Nadia accepted the contract last night, I asked Risha and Nadia to keep me updated on Mene’s situation on a monthly basis.

Mene was still in the middle of development, so there were things I had to manage and supervise.

As long as there were no servants including the butler, Risha was the only person to entrust Mene without me. Even if he looks stupid, he doesn’t worry too much about Rishagi, who has a good head.

In any case, we need to get people together as soon as possible.

‘Should I post a job posting on a holiday?’

After I broke up with the two of them, I started climbing the hill where the academy was located.

“… Look at that.”

“no way… .”

‘Well?’

Since I am walking alone without an employee, it feels like the eyes of the people around me are focused.

It was all the more so because of this gray hair, inherited from the Altean family.

“Ashy hair… Is it the Altean family!”

“Shh. You can’t come close!”

‘I’ll have to look into dyeing magic sooner or later.’

Because of those who shouted behind me, the students who were walking in front of me started looking at me.

All of them looked at me with contempt, and of course, they were talking to each other.

I felt it when I was Reina, but the more I think about it, the more I think it’s an amazing achievement of Altein.

Come to think of it, I think I’ve seen this situation a lot…

“It doesn’t even sound like a word.”

As I was walking, ignoring the sounds around me, someone blocked my way.