I’m Really Not Trying to Be Chased by the Heroine as the Villainous Playboy! – Chapter 32

Chapter 32: The Truth of the Bloodline

Despite being covered in blood, in searing pain, and utterly exhausted, Roy inexplicably felt a surge of energy coursing through him.

【Name】: Roy Ainbrad

【Bloodline Path】: 【Ironblood】

【Bloodline Level】: Sequence 9

【Blessing】:

【Light Blessing】: Brings good luck to the blessed and shields and filters excess extraordinary power while healing the body. Remaining time: 253 seconds.

Blessing?

Could it be Alice?

So-called blessings are external forces, strong extraordinary powers looking out for others. But in Roy’s memory, this stuff seemed rather useless; not only was it weak, but it also depended on the compatibility between the blessed and the blesser.

In “Angel’s Dance,” this was a pointless setup. Roy hadn’t even found any information about blessings in the Ainbrad family library.

Cults, however, often touted the blessings of evil gods; while those could be powerful, they were one-time fatal plays.

To put it bluntly, blessings were just a gimmick.

He was saved by such a trashy setting?

While Roy felt strange, he also repented for his previous complaints about this setup.

But blessings were still a type of extraordinary power.

Confirming on his panel, Roy checked and saw that Alice was still an ordinary person.

Yet he was certain she was not far from awakening extraordinary abilities.

According to “Angel’s Dance,” Alice would awaken as an extraordinary being a year after moving into the Ainbrad home.

So, the early manifestation of extraordinary power was within Roy’s expectations.

In fact, Alice was similar to Charlotte, a destined extraordinary being; just that as a child facing hunger and cold, her body instinctively hid her extraordinary powers to conserve energy.

As long as she got enough food and rest, Alice would undoubtedly become extraordinary again.

Understanding how he was saved, Roy reconfirmed his status.

Sure, there had been a tiny little mishap, but now, he had finally become an extraordinary being!

Eagerly, Roy checked the changes in his skills on the panel.

【Bloodline Path】:

【False Bloodline】

【Ironblood】 Sequence 9:

【Weapon Projection Low Level】: You can slowly project iron and wooden weapons for your use.

【Steel Body Low Level】: Your flesh and bones become like steel, greatly enhancing your resilience.

【Unarmed Survival】: You can easily grasp any weapon and become proficient with enough practice.

Just as Carl had told him before, these were signature skills of 【Ironblood】.

【Weapon Projection】 meant that he would never be caught unarmed, 【Steel Body】 upped his defense, preventing him from easily dying.

【Unarmed Survival】 was what Roy anticipated the most; this was like instant skill points. Though he just practiced swordplay for fun and never touched other weapons, with this skill, he could easily master any weapon without needing a decade of grueling practice!

In this day and age, who still hones their skills? In the Fourth Era, you could just take drugs and get right into the action!

The power of extraordinary beings lay in this; while ordinary people needed years of hard work to master sword techniques, they were handed to extraordinary beings on a silver platter.

Of course, this had to do with the 【Ironblood】 specializing in melee combat.

Roy recalled that the melee capabilities of 【Ironblood】 were among the best in silver bloodlines, and later on, they’d have all sorts of powerful skills suitable for melee fighting. Especially at low sequences, in terms of melee, it could even rival golden bloodlines!

But what did “False Bloodline” mean?

Roy scrolled down the interface and found another new entry.

【True Bloodline】

【???】: Current permissions insufficient. Semi-awakened, requires awakening/promotion medium.

Roy immediately realized.

This thing nearly got him killed!

Damn it, Dad! I don’t mind you giving me good stuff, but couldn’t you give me a heads-up to prepare?!

But what does “True Bloodline” mean?

Neither “Angel’s Dance” nor anything he found in the library mentioned that bloodlines had true and false versions.

Could it be that he wasn’t Carl’s biological child? Roy’s expression turned strange.

Yet that didn’t make sense.

After all, one person can’t have two bloodlines! Even if parents were extraordinary beings of different bloodlines, their offspring would inherit only one!

If the magic potion was fine, then the issue lay with him!

Could it be a crossover buff? But he already had a panel!

No, wait, what even is this panel?

It felt as though an invisible hand was surreptitiously pulling the strings of fate, making Roy shiver.

He didn’t want to attribute everything to the crossover cheat.

But with no clues at the moment, he couldn’t figure out the connection behind it all.

Just then, a soft humming interrupted Roy’s thoughts.

He turned to see Alice sitting up, sleepily gazing at him.

“Master…? Are you okay?!”

Alice started to get up, but that moved her bruised wrist, causing her beautiful brows to furrow slightly.

“I’m fine, but why didn’t you push me away?” Roy couldn’t help but emphasize, staring at Alice’s wrist.

The girl froze, looking down, weakly hiding her bruised wrist behind her back.

Seeing Alice like this, Roy felt a pang of pity and lost his will to scold her.

In truth, Alice’s Holy Light blessing had indeed saved him.

While Alice hadn’t fully grown yet, Roy was glad he implemented the nurturing plan.

Roy leaned closer to Alice, ruffling the girl’s hair from behind. “I’m not blaming you.”

“Actually, it’s thanks to you that I was saved.”

“As long as you’re okay, this little injury is nothing.” After Roy ruffled her hair, Alice perked up immediately.

“But you don’t have to force yourself; isn’t there a medical team waiting outside?”

Alice blinked and blankly rebutted, “I called for someone.”

“But no one came.”

Only then did Roy realize that he had made such a ruckus, yet no one outside noticed.

Something was off.

No way? Really? Is my dad just out to get me?!

Yet, Carl didn’t look like someone who’d want to harm him.

“Regardless, let’s go outside.”

“Okay.”

Alice nodded, getting out of the vehicle but then stood still, staring straight at Roy.

Right now, Roy was only in a pair of shorts, and the girl’s unwavering gaze left him feeling rather uncomfortable.

“Um, you go out first; I’ll wash up and change.”

“…Oh.”

Only then did Alice realize, obediently leaving.

Roy couldn’t help but shake his head. With this kind of utterly straightforward girl, without the dramatic quest events from “Angel’s Dance,” those heavenly beauties probably stood no chance.