The Heroines All Want to Kill Me

"...Young Master, it's time for us to get ready to leave."

"...Yeah." The weekend had arrived, and so had the day originally planned to visit the duke's mansion. In fact, even without this arrangement, as the interim head of the family, there were numerous affairs to attend to, and I had to go there anyway.

"Then, before we head to the duke's mansion, I'll first report to you on the backlog of documents."

"...Got it." As I got up to change clothes, Kania took out her notebook and started reporting on what had happened during this period in a stiff tone.

"First, regarding the 'Training Ground Kidnapping' incident... As per the Young Master's instructions, we have successfully minimized its impact."

The training ground kidnapping incident that occurred a few days ago was handed over to Kania to handle after I arrived in the capital and took over as the interim head of the Starlight Family, and it was eventually resolved smoothly. However, it would be more accurate to say it was hastily settled rather than smoothly resolved.

"To cover up the truth of the incident, the investigation team leader and Dean Lionel of the academy accepted some bribes. As for the Magic Tower, they were never willing to get involved in such matters in the first place, so we should be able to rest assured."

"...True. If it were those guys from the Magic Tower, they'd probably be jumping up and down in a hurry because they couldn't cover it up well. By the way, did the head of the investigation team accept bribes?"

"Yes, and they even provided a guideline on how much bribe would help us cover up to what extent."

"The empire is really going crazy." I frowned and added the head of the investigation team to my future blacklist, then asked cautiously, "Have the rumors been spread?"

"Yes, almost everyone in the academy now tacitly assumes that you, Young Master, are the mastermind behind this incident. However, they just don't dare to mention it in front of you."

"...That's good. Then, what about Ariana?"

"She was released yesterday and has returned to the academy. Of course, I secretly spread the word that it was actually you, Young Master, who used dark magic to manipulate the jailers and swapped the scrolls."

"Well done, Kania." I made up my mind to try my best not to pass by Ariana in the future and then threw the next question at Kania, who still maintained a stiff tone.

"Finally... What about Irina?"

"Yes, Miss Irina is waiting outside the door."

"...Huff, got it. Then let her in." I said nervously. Kania nodded silently and walked out of the room. A few seconds later, Irina quietly entered the room.

"So, then... What did you come here for?" I stared at her arrogantly. Irina trembled all over, then prostrated herself on the ground and said,

"From now on... I will absolutely obey Lord Frey..."

"...Absolutely obey?" I looked at her with interest. Irina crawled in front of me, forcefully knocked her head on the ground, and began to plead,

"Please... I will absolutely obey. Please spare my life... Please..."

"What if I refuse?" I asked, raising the corners of my mouth. Irina continued to kowtow while looking at me cautiously and said,

"...I will do whatever you command. So, please spare my life..."

"Did you just say you'll do anything?" I interrupted her, grabbed her arm, and threw her onto the bed.

"Woo, whoa...!"

"...Then, can you stay with me for a while before we go out?" Then, I straddled Irina and whispered in her ear. She bit her lip, was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly and said,

"P, please be gentle..."

"...." I looked at her reaction coldly, sighed, and silently got up from the bed, saying, "Ha, what a mess... At a time like this, you should have resisted a bit... The mood is completely ruined."

"S, sorry..."

"Forget it. Clean the room before I come back and wash my clothes by the way."

"....." As I tried hard to ignore her gaze as she sat up on the bed glaring at me, I took off my clothes and muttered to myself, "...Damn it, I'm as expected suspected."

Irina was suspicious of me. When I met her a few days ago, I had used the "Mind Reading" skill, and at that time, she had a "Suspicion" emotion towards me. This meant that although I didn't know what she was suspecting, she indeed had doubts about me. So today, I behaved quite aggressively. As a result, she instead gently pleaded with me and even seemed to be provoking me. Moreover, she was now carefully sizing up my naked body as I took off my clothes, as if judging whether there were any scars on me. However, unfortunately, I had already prepared for possible scars.

"Here, take these clothes too and wash all the clothes in the room."

"Ah...?"

"What are you doing? Didn't you hear me?"

"Ah, no... It's not that..." Irina stared straight at my naked body until I coldly scolded her. Then she blushed and looked away, taking the clothes.

「...It as expected is Kania. Even with her magic power depleted, she still fooled Irina.」Currently, my body was disguised by Kania using dark magic to look intact. That is, with just a snap of Kania's fingers, I would immediately return to a state of being covered in wounds. Although there are no spells in dark magic that can heal wounds, it can be used flexibly like this.

"Then... Please be careful."

"Ha, don't say such insincere words."

"....." Just like that, I successfully deceived Irina, threw the remaining clothes at her face in a heap, and then left the room.

[Gain 50 Pseudo - Evil Points! (That was a close call)]

"...Sigh." Judging from the obtained evil points, it was clear that this level of action couldn't immediately dispel Irina's suspicion. It seemed I had to think of a way and carefully formulate a plan to eliminate her doubts.

"...How's the situation? Young Master?" As I was thinking this, I started walking in the corridor. At this time, Kania cautiously came up to me and asked.

"...Nothing serious. I just had her do some simple chores."

"I see." Seeing me answer casually, Kania nodded first, then continued to ask with sharp eyes,

"...Then what was that scream that came from the room just now?"

"Ah, that... That was... Because I was doing a little experiment." Hearing my words, I perfunctorily evaded the question. Kania showed a suspicious expression and started staring at me all the time.

"...Frey." A familiar voice came from the end of the corridor as I was trying to avoid her gaze.

"Isollette?" Isollette was walking towards me with a terrifying expression.

"What's wrong? Why are you here..."

"I'll get straight to the point." I had wanted to respond to her in my usual frivolous tone, but Isollette mercilessly interrupted me and stopped in front of me.

"What's going on with all those messy rumors in the academy now?" Then, she exuded a murderous aura I had never seen before and threw the question at me.

"I don't know what you're talking about..."

"This is your last warning, Frey. Tell the truth." I had wanted to gloss things over, but hearing her angry voice, I immediately realized the time was right and then replied with a despicable expression,

"Anyway, all the evidence has been destroyed... The matter has ended in a muddled way, and there's nothing to hide anymore. Yes, I did it all."

"...What?"

"Just like the rumors you heard, Professor. I'm actually the mastermind behind the kidnapping." Hearing this, Isollette lowered her head and asked, trembling all over,

"Why...? Why... Why did you do such a thing..."

"Don't you already know? Why do you keep asking?" And I, while praying that she would completely stop caring about me this time, mercilessly delivered the final blow.

"You pretended it was an accident to kidnap me just to add me to your collection of sex slaves, right? Of course, you also pinned the blame on that meddling bitch's friend." Isollette immediately froze like a rock, and I continued to speak to her expressionlessly,

"However, one of the sex slaves actually helped that bitch escape and exposed the secret base. Heh, now I have to 'educate' you in a different way..."

- Bang!!

"...Ugh!!!" Before I could finish my words, Isollette kicked me in the stomach, and I curled up in pain on the ground. Isollette looked down at me coldly, then straddled me and rained down punches.

"Ah, wait! What are you doing..."

"Cruel... Disgusting... Horrible guy..."

"Woo, ugh..."

"Having liked you... What a shame..." After being beaten by Isollette for a while, I waved my arms and shouted,

"If you hit me again, I'll officially protest to the Bairwom family as the interim head of the Starlight Family!! So, stop now!!"

"...Interim head of the family?" Hearing this, Isollette temporarily stopped hitting me, looked down at me in disbelief, and muttered,

"Do you mean the position you usurped from your father because he fell ill from anger at the disgusting thing you did?" Hearing this, I shamelessly smiled and shouted,

"Yeah, you know it well! I'm the interim head of the Starlight Family! If you dare to be violent again... Cough, cough!"

"...Understood. I won't use violence anymore, Interim Head of the Family." Isollette swung one last punch with all her remaining strength, then said to me with a contemptuous expression,

"Then, have a nice weekend." With these words, Isollette quickly left the corridor.

[Isollette Alrem Bairwom's current emotions: Anger / Disappointment / Disgust / Contempt / Regret]

"...Ha, ha - ha. Ha - ha - ha." When she left the corridor, I used the "Mind Reading" skill and was relieved to find that there was finally no worry or pity in her emotion window. But at the same time, I also realized that now, the only one who would worry about me was Kania. This complex feeling made me couldn't help but laugh.

[Gain 700 Infamy Points! (That's a relief)]

"Ah - ha - ha, ha - ha... Ha.."

"Young Master..." On the other side, Kania, who had been keeping her eyes closed and turning a blind eye to the situation around her, although the system window had popped up in front of her, she didn't show any intention of closing it. She just watched me keep laughing, then cautiously approached me, grabbed my hand, and said softly,

"Are you okay? Your wounds surely haven't healed yet..."

"Ah - ha - ha... What does it matter... Isollette just narrowly escaped death."

"...Ugh." Hearing this, Kania looked at me with a somewhat distressed expression for a while, then stretched out her hand to do something,

"Get away! I don't need any help!"

"....?" When I slapped her hand away and shouted, she looked at me in a flurry. I frowned and looked at Kania, then quietly glanced behind her with my peripheral vision.

"...Ah." Perosh was coming from the other end of the corridor, holding a maid outfit in her hand. Seeing this unusual scene, Kania immediately understood my hint and nonchalantly passed by me, walking towards the other end of the corridor.

"...As promised, I've come to serve you." At the same time, Perosh, who came in front of me, coldly opened her mouth, showing undisguised disgust,

"...What?" Seeing me tilt my head and ask, Perosh gritted her teeth, suppressed her anger, and said word by word,

"According to your last order... To serve you... I came to see you punctually at 7 o'clock... Master." I stared at her blankly, then calmly replied,

"I said 7 p.m., not 7 a.m."

"...Ah." Then there was a brief silence.

"...Then I'll come to visit you again at 7 p.m., Master."

"Okay." After the Saint coldly responded, she turned around and quickly walked towards the corridor.

「Perosh, what on earth happened...」Normally, her silly and ridiculous appearance would make me burst out laughing, but ever since I dreamed about her past last time, I couldn't laugh at all. What on earth happened to make the once intelligent Perosh become like this? And why was my memory tampered with to the extent that I couldn't even notice this change?

"...Young Master, are you okay?"

"No, I'm not."

"Ah?"

"Ah... No, it's okay. There's no problem." I pondered with a heavy heart for a while. Before I knew it, Kania had come to my side. I spoke incoherently for a few words, then stood up.

"...Let's go, Kania."

"Yes." With Kania's support, I staggered through the corridor. Suddenly, I stopped and asked in a low voice,

"By the way, how's the investigation on how the scroll was swapped going?"

"Yes, but... It's very difficult to trace. Just as you said, Young Master, it needs to be extremely confidential, and there are very few relevant people and witnesses..."

"No matter how much time it takes, you must find out." Looking at Kania, who nodded silently, I added in a cold voice,

"Isollette gave me a reason to turn around and leave. I have to find her and thank her properly."

.....

- He - he - he!!

"It seems we've arrived, Young Master."

"Yeah, it seems so." After getting out of the dormitory and getting on the carriage, Kania and I chatted to pass the time. Before we knew it, we had arrived at our destination - the duke's mansion.

"Welcome, Interim Head of the Family."

"...Yeah, the address has to be formal." As soon as I got off the carriage, the servants of the Starlight Family who had been waiting outside bent down in unison and bowed 90 degrees to me. Hearing the address "Interim Head of the Family", I tried to force a pleasant smile in response.

"..." Seeing this, some of the loyal servants of my father frowned. I had thought about simply yelling at them to earn some infamy points, but so many exhausting things had happened in the morning that I gave up and turned to walk towards the entrance.

"Y, Young Master! Please forgive me!" However, just as I was walking, a maid who had been standing on the right suddenly rushed out, fell at my feet, and began to plead.

"Who are you..."

"P, please... Forgive my sister...!"

"...Ah - ha, so it's you?" I first showed a confused expression, then realized she was Ariana's sister. A cold smile appeared on my face, and then I kicked her away.

"...Ugh!" She rolled on the ground a few times. Seeing this, the faces of the servants gradually became stiff.

"P, please... Young Master... She's my only sister... I live just to take care of her..." On the other side, Ariana's sister crawled over tremblingly, grabbed my leg, and started pleading again. It seemed that she had heard the notorious rumors about me - once I set my eyes on someone, I would never let them go easily... So even though Ariana had been released, she still lived in fear every day.

"...I'll remember your face." So, I had to say that familiar line. Ariana's sister immediately froze in place, then buried her face in the dirt and murmured in a low voice,

"T, thank you... Thank you so much... Woo..."

"....." I smiled satisfactorily and looked around. The maids standing in a row all carefully avoided my gaze.

"...Let's go, Kania."

"Okay." I winked at them, put my arm around Kania's waist, and walked into the duke's mansion.

[Evil Points 100pt obtained! (A magnificent entrance)]

As the system said, this was indeed an outrageously magnificent entrance.

.....

"Kania, where's your sister now? After arriving at the duke's mansion and settling my luggage, I first started looking for Kania's sister, Kedia.

"...Kedia is sleeping in her own room."

"Is that so? Then things are simple."

"...I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help."

"No, it's okay." After learning from Kania that Kedia was sleeping in her room, I left Kania, who looked worried, and walked towards Kedia's room. The reason I left Kania behind was that in the current state, Kania's dark magic would resonate with the healing power Kedia possessed and thus harm Kedia. Therefore, Kania should be kept away from Kedia as much as possible until Kedia's healing power was fully activated.

- Potential Elixir LV1 700pt

Description) This mysterious potion can stimulate the latent power of the drinker. (Purchase limit 0/1)

[Accumulated pt: 2200pt]

"...Great, it's finally time to buy it." So, it was naturally my responsibility to let Kedia take the potion that could enhance her healing ability. Although I would rather have other servants do it, if it caused misunderstandings and they threw away the potion, it would be troublesome. Moreover, if the potion was mixed in food or drinks, it might affect the efficacy of the potion.

- Creak... With such thoughts in mind, I bought the potential potion, gently pushed open Kedia's door, and walked in.

"Hmm, hmm... Um - hmm..."

"...Sure enough, she looks like a mini - version of Kania." I stared at Kedia, who was very similar to Kania, and thought she was very cute. Then, I opened the cap of the potential potion and started slowly pouring the potion into her mouth.

"Woo - woo..."

"Good... Such a good girl." Although Kedia frowned, she didn't spit out the potion but started swallowing it. Seeing how obedient she was, I felt extremely relieved. As I gently stroked her head, I said softly,

"...Soon you'll be able to return to your sister's embrace." After saying this, I poured the remaining potion entirely into Kedia's mouth, and then left her room with a satisfied smile.

- Bang!!

"Ugh!!" In that instant, my whole body was struck by a dazzling flash of light and I was sent flying towards the opposite wall of the corridor, hitting it heavily.

"Cough, cough... Cough, cough... What, what is this..."

"You... You damned bastard... What did you just do..." Caught off-guard by this sudden turn of events, I was momentarily dazed and could only lean against the wall, gasping for breath. At this moment, a young girl approached me with a look of disgust.

"What did you do to Kedia, you filthy bastard!!!" She grabbed my collar and shook me violently, roaring loudly. It was only then that I realized who had attacked me.

"Aria... Let go of me." She was none other than my younger sister, Aria Rahn Starlight.

"You... That was a sleeping drug, right...? It was a sleeping drug, wasn't it?"

"What sleeping drug..."

"If it wasn't a sleeping drug, there's no reason for you to feed Kedia the potion, you piece of trash!! It was the same last time!!"

"Sigh..." Hearing her words, I let out a sigh. Aria, still gripping my collar, started to sob.

"Father collapsed because of you... Is that all that's in your mind?"

"So this is..."

"Mother died because of you too!!! Now even Father is on the verge of dying because of you!!! All you do when you come home is threaten the maids and drug girls my age!!"

"....."

"It should have been you who died... It should have been you who died back then, you demonic bastard!!!" Before long, Aria started shouting for the Duchess to leave, but I couldn't utter a single word in response. Because, no matter what unexpected events occurred... Mother had indeed died because of me.

"...Woo." I listened quietly as Aria kept crying out that I should have died in Mother's place. For some reason, I looked into the distance and saw Kania approaching with a distorted expression on her face. Then I lost consciousness. Today, even if it was only in a nightmare, I really wanted to see Mother again.

.....

At the same time, somewhere in the Western Continent.

"Hello, old - fashioned and out - of - date witch." In a dilapidated villa, Serena, Frey's fiancée, was savoring a delicious cake. Just then, an old person wrapped in a tattered cloak pushed open the door of the villa and walked in. Serena showed a mischievous smile and spoke.

"Ha, no one else but you, little girl, would dare to address the legitimate master of the Rising Sun Empire's Magic Tower like this."

"Actually, you prefer to be called this way rather than the Magic Tower Master, don't you?"

"Sigh... You're such a sly girl." Surprisingly, the old person who claimed to be the master of the Rising Sun Empire's Magic Tower took off the cloak and sat opposite her, saying,

"...So, what's this urgent request you mentioned?" Serena's expression turned sharp as she replied,

"Simple. Please erase part of my memory." Hearing this, the Tower Master burst out laughing and then said,

"Puhahaha!!! So you have memories you want to forget too? What, did Frey dump you again? Or did you catch him cheating again?"

"...Who knows?"

"Puh... Well, it's none of my business. So, how much of your memory do you want to erase?" The Tower Master laughed for a while, wiped away the tears, and then asked. Serena then opened her mouth with a calm expression.

"...What did you say?" After hearing what she said next, the smile on the Tower Master's face completely disappeared, and with a serious look, he/she asked,

"You want to go back to your childhood?"

"Who knows?"

"...I didn't want to pry, but I have to ask this time. What on earth are you thinking?" The Tower Master asked in an unusually serious tone. Serena slightly frowned and began to explain.

"Well... Let's see... Whether it was a stroke of genius in word - for - word translation or the habit of always being 'doubtful' about everything that helped, I'm not sure..."

"...What?"

"However... Now the 'forced' 'doubting' has reached its limit... I'm on the verge of reaching a 'conclusion', so I want to stop it." As she spoke these puzzling words, she held a piece of paper in her hand, on which there were scattered check - marks and circles.

"...What are you talking about?"

"Ah, there's one more thing I'd like to ask of you." The Tower Master stared at her like she was crazy, but Serena didn't care and once again uttered astonishing words.

"...Please cast the 'Absolute Obedience Magic' on me."

"...!!!" Hearing this, the Tower Master stared at Serena, dumbfounded for a moment, and then asked in a low voice,

"...Who is the object of your obedience?" Serena showed a gentle smile like moonlight and replied,

"Frey Rahn Starlight." After her answer, the Tower Master was silent for a moment. Finally, unable to contain the look of disbelief, he/she demanded,

"Why on earth are you doing such a crazy thing?" Serena smiled brightly and replied,

"To teach the system... No, to teach the Sun God a lesson." After saying this, Serena picked up a fork and started taking small bites of the cake in front of her. The Tower Master stared at her blankly, then shook his/her head and muttered,

"...Crazy woman."