I’m Really Not Trying to Be Chased by the Heroine as the Villainous Playboy! – Chapter 171

Chapter 24: Reverse Destiny Node • Nightingale

The first floor of the wooden house was a common area, with the living room, kitchen, bathroom, and toilet. The second floor had individual bedrooms for everyone.

Roy casually picked a room, while Alice just had to pick the one across from him.

After her shower, Alice, seldom seen with her long hair down, changed into a simple, pristine white nightgown. Her fair skin was still damp, with a layer of enticing blush, adding a soft and hazy vibe that was usually absent.

In Roy’s eyes, instead of the usual water lily metaphor for girls after a bath, Alice resembled an irises dripping with morning dew—absolutely stunning.

To be honest, after living with a girl in the lord’s mansion for a while, Roy had become somewhat dull to the idea of cohabitation.

He was just realizing that living together not only meant Alice would see his private side, but he would also get a glimpse of hers.

Should he tell her to be mindful of the differences between men and women now that they were sharing a room? But would that come off as too distant?

However, Alice seemed completely unbothered and tilted her head slightly, softly murmuring, “Master, good night.”

“Yeah, good night.”

They both closed their doors at the same time.

Knowing the other was right across, Roy felt an inexplicable loneliness when he could no longer see her golden hair.

Lying on his bed, he couldn’t shake the adorable image of her in that nightgown from his mind.

Alice looked cute in anything, but couldn’t this girl have made her nightgown a bit cuter?

Thinking that, Roy pushed the differences between the sexes out of his mind.

A lot had happened today, but he had indeed managed to dodge a significant amount of the original’s plot, so there wasn’t much to worry about regarding the original heroine’s reverse destiny for now.

As for the Certificate of Kingship, rushing it wouldn’t do any good.

Maybe he could relax a bit and enjoy campus life…

As the drowsy boy gradually closed his eyes, a bright light suddenly flashed before him, blinding him.

Then, an evil voice echoed from the void.

【Obtained Title】

【Title】:

【Scoundrel Young Master】: As the current scoundrel of the Central Continent Magic Academy, you are known among new students. Boys outwardly disdain your actions, yet secretly harbor jealousy, while girls see you as a walking stud and shy away.

Wait, what do you mean I’m a scoundrel…?

Recalling Charlotte and Alice’s behavior, Roy momentarily felt that title might actually be kinda accurate!

Forget Charlotte for now; Alice’s case was purely a misunderstanding!

Sure, she called me master and lives with me, but we’re innocent!

But it didn’t end there.

The next notification was the real heavyweight.

【Warning! Contact with Nightingale detected, triggering reverse destiny mission. Every choice you make will change your fate, so choose wisely!】

【Nightingale • Reverse Destiny Progress】: 0%

【Current Reverse Destiny Node Nightingale】

【Nia • Molly】: Current Favorability -40

Roy bolted upright in bed.

What the heck!? Contact, my foot?! I haven’t even spoken to Nia, how can there be a reverse destiny node!?

And this favorability is ridiculously low, right?!

Roy covered his head, trying to think back on the original plot.

In the original, Nia opposed ‘Scoundrel Roy’ mainly because of Alice.

The outgoing Nia could make friends with anyone, but influenced by her elven heritage, she was filled with a sense of justice, always ready to jump in during a crisis.

So when Alice was bullied, Nia was the first of all the original heroines to step forward.

But the more Nia targeted ‘Scoundrel Roy’, the stronger his aversion to Alice became, ultimately resulting in a well-meaning, but disastrous outcome that led to Alice facing more bullying.

It wasn’t until Nia’s storyline kicked in that ‘Scoundrel Roy’ went nuts, prompting Nia to finally take action and handle Alice. Furious, ‘Scoundrel Roy’ led a Cultist ambush against the two girls, only to discover that their backing was even tougher than his, leading to Nia unleashing her true power as a Forest Elf, and directly calling upon the elite of the Verdant Council, ending with ‘Scoundrel Roy’ totally defeated.

Indeed, each original heroine had a significant identity.

Though Nia kept her name hidden, whenever she wanted, she could call upon the entire Verdant Council, and her Forest Elf heritage was the purest, nearing the golden-level bloodline of the first era’s Elf Empress.

It’s simply unwise to make an enemy of her.

Of course, compared to the high-ranking Charlotte, Nia wouldn’t mobilize her family’s power early for certain reasons, opting instead to play the long game, which was relatively less dangerous.

But there was one thing Roy couldn’t accept.

Let’s be honest; now that he bore the title of False King, if it came to a life-or-death struggle, he could very well end in a mutual destruction battle with Nia.

But he would absolutely not allow Alice to be taken by Nia.

However, the current events were not entirely unrelated to the original, but could be said to exist in a parallel world!

He hadn’t bullied Alice, hadn’t provoked Nia, and most importantly, Alice and Nia hadn’t even met yet. So why on earth was Nia unjustly disliking him?!

Things were fine at home, so why did troubles fall from the sky?

Roy felt profoundly wronged.

To be frank, if he could maintain the current situation, he wouldn’t be in a rush.

The crux of the matter was the unavoidable intersection between Nia and Alice.

They were classmates.

That’s right! Regardless of the plot line, Alice and Nia were destined to be classmates, a fixed plot element.

After all, Alice was quite the silent type, and without a lively friend, the plot wouldn’t move at all.

In the storylines of the other heroines, Nia, who loved to meddle, just happened to play the role of support, encouraging Alice to respond to the romantic advances.

In short, there was no way to change the fact that Nia and Alice would be classmates.

Roy could dodge the original’s ambiguous encounter plots, but ultimately couldn’t stop them from intersecting.

Sure enough, he needed to figure out a way to clear up her misunderstanding of him.

Charlotte had already proven that the original heroines’ hostility could be changed; he was just replicating a successful case from before!

Thinking this way, Roy suddenly felt optimistic.

From a personality perspective, a bright and cheerful elf like Nia should be easier to get along with than the assertive princess!

Once calm, Roy roughly figured out why Nia’s favorability towards him was so low.

That Scoundrel Young Master debuff greatly affected how the girls perceived him. Without understanding him, Nia was probably swayed by rumors.

Roy wasn’t surprised by this.

After all, in his previous life, people online were often confused by all sorts of rumors—spreading lies was easy, but countering them required running all over the place.

In the present-day Veszyra, news spread more slowly; spreading rumors was easy, but clearing them up was like running to your doom.

Thankfully, Roy didn’t need to truly clear the Scoundrel Young Master title’s name.

Changing a large group’s perception of him would be tough, but altering just one person’s impression would be much simpler.

In short, he just needed to change Nia’s misunderstanding of him.