I’m Really Not Trying to Be Chased by the Heroine as the Villainous Playboy! – Chapter 9

Chapter 9: The Cult, Mew Mew

“Young Master, you’ve fallen in love!”

In that instant, Anya’s mind conjured up a beautiful love story where the good-for-nothing scion was reformed by the purehearted maid, transforming his life for the better.

Is there anything more touching than growing for love?

Roy suppressed a laugh and happily admired the golden-haired maid clearing the dining table.

Unbeknownst to him, Anya was also stifling a laugh, shipping the two from the sidelines.

In Anya’s eyes, the atmosphere between Roy and Alice was already painted pink.

Roy’s previous somewhat unusual actions were also reimagined by her as a tsundere young master awkwardly showing kindness to his little maid, which she found cute.

Older folks really love the romance of young people!

“You declared your feelings to Alice last night, right?” Anya whispered in Roy’s ear.

“Huh?” Roy was momentarily caught off guard.

“Don’t you want to take your relationship with Alice to the next level?”

“Oh, you’re talking about that.” Roy’s eyes lit up.

Indeed, Anya’s question meant she was fully convinced of her reformation storyline.

“Alice already knows I won’t hurt her anymore; the rest can take its time.”

Anya’s smile widened.

Oh dear, taking it slow, huh? Didn’t expect the young master to be unexpectedly innocent in matters of love~

“You’re right; it should start off slow. But if you ever need to ramp things up and want my help, just call me.” The head maid eagerly responded, “Young Master, I’ll support you!”

“Oh, okay.” Roy felt somewhat lost, sensing something was off.

And why was Anya so passionate about this cultivation plan, even more than he was?

After breakfast, Anya took Alice to familiarize herself with her duties in the Marquis’ residence, officially starting her maid career.

Roy headed straight to the library.

‘Good-for-nothing Roy’ loved to sleep in the library when there was nothing else to do, so this act wouldn’t raise any suspicion among the servants.

The Marquis’ library was spacious and elegant, filled with ancient books that had accumulated dust over countless years. The scent of rosewood and faint ink filled the air, steeped in the aroma of knowledge. In the corner, however, was a small round table, always stocked with tea, pastries, and light novels for Roy’s downtime, which felt completely out of place in such a refined library.

Normally, ‘the good-for-nothing Roy’ could just lounge in a chair by the round table and do absolutely nothing all day.

But Roy was here with a serious purpose.

Ignoring the small table, he plunged into the sea of books, flipping through the materials he needed.

“Veszyra Geography Encyclopedia,” “Popular History,” “Chronicles of the Lionheart Kingdom,” “Mysteries of the Extraordinary”…

After a single night, he experienced a completely different narrative than what was in the game, clearly understanding he was in another world, not merely a ‘game.’

He needed to acquire more information about this world.

Sadly, ‘good-for-nothing Roy’ really was useless; the only books in his head were trashy novels, leaving Roy to tutor himself.

Thanks to the book materials and bits of information from the game, Roy gained a rough understanding of this world.

Veszyra had undergone three epochs, with a lengthy history, and now it was in the fourth era—the “Iron Age” of humanity.

The current world structure was one of dominance and many strengths. The Eastern Continent was under the rule of the Holy Light Church, immensely powerful.

In contrast, the Western Continent was divided among several Extraordinary Kingdoms, which served as the main stage for the game “Angel’s Waltz.”

The kingdom to which Roy belonged was the Lionheart Kingdom, situated in the western region.

As one of the strongest nations in the West, the Lionheart Kingdom’s government was centralized under the current Lionheart King after a massive battle with dragons over a decade ago.

And Roy’s father, Karl Ainbrad, the Ironblood Marquis, was the most capable aide to the Lionheart King.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that his old man is just a border marquis; Karl commanded heavy troops and was an extraordinarily powerful being himself, with a deep friendship with the Lionheart King—saying he’s just one step below the king wouldn’t be an exaggeration.

Karl didn’t become a duke purely because of his personality; he wasn’t one for vying for power.

By the way, Karl and ‘good-for-nothing Roy’ seemed worlds apart. Despite ‘good-for-nothing Roy’s’ infamous reputation, Karl was known as the “Knight Among Knights,” held in great esteem throughout the kingdom.

Roy closed the book, his mouth twitching.

This ridiculous start could ruin everything; ‘good-for-nothing Roy’ was truly useless!

The nation’s political scene was stable, the family strong, and his dad was a hero.

And this ‘good-for-nothing Roy’ chose to stir trouble by getting involved with Alice!

Otherwise, even without extraordinary talent, his life should be worry-free…?!

Roy fell deep into thought.

Was ‘good-for-nothing Roy’ really headed for destruction just because he got involved with Alice in the original story?

If a system popped up and told him that was the case, reminding him this was a game or there were fate divergence points, Roy wouldn’t worry too much.

But if he considered it as reality, getting involved with Alice was merely one of the reasons for ‘good-for-nothing Roy’s’ downfall!

Upon careful recollection, Roy suddenly remembered one detail.

The cult.

How could he forget that unfortunate aspect?!

He recalled that in the original story, no matter which female lead was targeted, ‘good-for-nothing Roy’ as a villain would always be linked to the cult!

This world existed extraordinary beings.

After floating through three epochs, humanity had ultimately grasped extraordinary powers, becoming the masters of the continent.

However, extraordinary beings weren’t something anyone could become.

First, one needed a bloodline talent. Even nobles rarely had families that could guarantee their descendants would awaken extraordinary powers.

For example, Karl’s “Ironblood” bloodline failed to pass to ‘good-for-nothing Roy.’

Without the ability to awaken his bloodline, he could only trigger it through consuming magic potions.

But ‘good-for-nothing Roy’ was far too mediocre, and after consuming a magic potion, he only reached Sequence 7.

Sequence 7 is the lowest level of extraordinary power.

Of course, extraordinary levels could be improved through personal training, but the word ‘effort’ was completely unrelated to a good-for-nothing scion.

An ordinary person waking up to Sequence 7 extraordinary power could bring glory to their family, but for nobles, especially for an old noble family like Ainbrad with a thousand-year history, it was a humiliation of the highest order.

“Angel’s Waltz” didn’t detail the specifics of ‘good-for-nothing Roy’ colluding with the cult, but Roy could guess the general idea.

Karl was a good person; he didn’t blame ‘good-for-nothing Roy’ for being mediocre.

But ‘good-for-nothing Roy’s’ pride couldn’t bear that humiliation.

Aside from consuming magic potions, there were only two pathways to master extraordinary power.

One was to believe in the Holy Light, undertaking years of bitter training to refine body and mind—something utterly impossible for a waste like him.

So ‘good-for-nothing Roy’s’ only choice was the cult.

Cults are bad news in any world, and in Veszyra, they are even worse.

Regardless of east or west, cults are like rats every soul wants to exterminate.

They sell their souls, sacrifice their bodies, and end up selling themselves, all while counting money for the evil gods. It can be said that the moment one chooses to believe in an evil god, that person has already been ruined.

Objectively speaking, believing in an evil god is the root of ‘good-for-nothing Roy’s’ demise.

That’s the kind of thing you can’t bring back from.

Fortunately, after careful consideration, Roy didn’t find any memories related to the cult.

It seems the time point he crossed over was before ‘good-for-nothing Roy’ had gotten involved with the cult.

All he needed to do was continue to maintain this status.