I’m Really Not Trying to Be Chased by the Heroine as the Villainous Playboy! – Chapter 175

Chapter 28: Nia Saves the Beauty (×)

The night was quiet, with warm lights flickering.

Inside the little wooden cabin, the cozy hearth cast a gentle glow on Roy’s face.

“Alice, are you sure you’re helping me explain?”

“Yes,” Alice nodded slightly, optimistic. “Don’t worry, at least Alice’s friends will understand the master!”

But upon hearing this, Roy fell into silence.

【Nia Molly】: Favorability -55 (Disgust and Doubt)

Wait, what did you just say?! Why did the favorability drop instead?!

After several days, not only did he make no progress, but he ended up having to change his strategy.

In the original story, when Nia learned that “the villain Roy” was mistreating Alice, she began to pick fights in various ways. Since Nia had to hide her identity, she wouldn’t confront him head-on but resorted to pranks like throwing paint, smashing windows, tossing tomatoes and rotten eggs, and drawing ghostly faces at the doorstep—simple yet effective, driving the “villain Roy” into a furious frenzy.

While it wasn’t life-threatening, Roy still wanted a good night’s sleep, so he couldn’t let her run amok!

So, it had been a while since Roy browsed the 【Favorability Redemption Zone】, and he specifically picked an item targeting Nia.

【Slime Mine】

【Description】: The most commonly used defensive tool among magical apprentices of the Second Era, made from the bones of slimes. This tool automatically attacks intruders and was often placed in women’s dormitories to prevent peeping by boys.

【Effect】: This item can be placed inside buildings and automatically detects intruders within a 300㎡ range based on biological heartbeats, attacking with transparent, colorless slime that severely restricts the target’s movement.

【Price: Favorability 45】

The Forest Elf’s core ability is 【Wind Cloak】, allowing her to hide her presence and reduce her aura to an extreme low, making it hard for even higher-ranked opponents to notice her.

In comparison, even Roy’s 【Fog Cloak】 seemed lacking.

However, hiding her aura and form didn’t mean she was nonexistent; any living being with a beating heart couldn’t escape the detection of the 【Slime Mine】.

Though Roy didn’t want to be enemies with Nia, he had to prepare for the worst.

To be honest, it was hilarious watching “the villain Roy” get outsmarted by Nia in the original story, but the thought of having his home vandalized by that girl made Roy unable to laugh.

Just in case, Roy decided to stay awake a bit longer.

“It’s about time; Alice should go take a bath first and rest early,” he said after setting up the Slime Mine, glancing at the clock on the wall.

To his surprise, the little maid politely responded, “No, you should go first, Master. Alice can wash later.”

“Come on, it’s just a bath; there’s no need to be so formal,” Roy said, feeling a bit helpless as he looked at the polite blonde girl.

It was one thing when he was being taken care of by Alice in the lord’s mansion, but now that they were both students, Alice still cared about the master-servant distinction, making Roy feel awkward.

Moreover, it felt a bit rude to let a girl use the bathroom after him.

As the master and maid pushed each other to go first, a shadow moved stealthily at the edge of the construction zone in the pitch-black night.

The evening breeze rustled the leaves.

“Who’s there?!”

A stern black-haired instructor shouted, looking toward the bushes, only to find it was empty, with merely the unmoving trees standing silently.

The magic academy had a free-spirited atmosphere, but that didn’t mean there were no rules.

Like all institutions worldwide, the first aim was to prevent chaotic relationships between boys and girls. Secondly, students from various regions often had conflicts of interest; to prevent them from harming each other secretly, the instructors conducted regular patrols at night to catch the miscreants violating curfews.

Unfortunately, for Nia, an elite Forest Elf at Sequence 8 who had taken to playing tricks on the guards, the instructors’ patrolling net was full of holes, like cheese.

Dressed in a dark green cloak and resembling a ranger, Nia had already stepped into the construction zone, quietly approaching Roy’s residence.

Her shimmering green eyes sparkled in the darkness, as cold as a hunter’s gaze.

Now, Roy was quite a “famed” character among the new students; finding out his residence was no piece of cake.

Nia wanted to confirm with her own eyes the most real side of Roy.

If he was truly the good person Alice claimed, that would be wonderful.

But Nia thought that possibility was as laughable as a goblin climbing a tree.

Roy Ainbrad, most likely, was just as the rumors said—a “scumbag villain”!

It would be one thing if he was just a scumbag, but if he genuinely mistreated Alice like those forbidden little princes, then as her friend, she couldn’t just leave her be!

With that determination, Nia quietly arrived beneath the window of the little cabin, straining to listen for sounds inside.

Unfortunately, the soundproofing of the room was surprisingly good; even with her superior elven hearing, she could only catch bits and pieces.

“…go take a bath first…”

“No need… I’ll wash later…”

“Just take a bath… it’s no big deal…”

Upon hearing this, Nia’s eyes widened in shock; she almost shouted.

Wait, this sounds like he’s forcing Alice to bathe with him?!

How outrageous! Alice is still a kid—how can he treat her like that, you scumbag!

But what if Alice liked it? Am I overstepping my bounds?

Forcing someone to bathe and committing abuse are still somewhat different, and she wasn’t sure if Alice truly hated it.

Nia crouched beneath the window, conflicted for a moment.

However, just then, what she heard from inside changed her mind.

“Master, please… don’t…”

“Come on, be good…”

“As a maid, I shouldn’t…”

“If you don’t listen… bad kids can’t be allowed…”

“Ugh…”

Roy’s tone took on a forceful edge, while Alice’s voice became weaker and more helpless.

Amidst the broken dialogue, there was the sound of shoving and objects falling, indicative of a struggle.

This was far from the sounds of flirting; it felt more like coercion, domestic violence, a cruel humiliation!

Hearing Alice’s pitiful whimper like a small animal, Nia couldn’t hold back any longer.

The elven girl jumped up, kicked the door open, and burst in!

“Scumbag! Let go of Ail—?!”

Before Nia could take in the sight inside the room, something thick and transparent lunged at her from mid-air.

Nia’s reflexes were quick; almost instantly, she drew her short sword and thrust it forward like lightning!

But she never expected that very thrust would trigger the retaliation of the 【Slime Mine】.

“Boom!” A loud bang echoed.

With a startled scream from the girl, a transparent and viscous liquid burst forth like a water balloon, engulfing the shadowy green figure.