The Heroines All Want to Kill Me

[Punishment Triggered!] As soon as I opened my eyes, the punishment window that I never wanted to see again came into view.

[Permanent Debuff: The Destiny of the False Villain]

[The user's lifespan and vitality are significantly reduced]

The moment I saw that long spear, I almost let out a scream. But when I glimpsed what was beneath the spear tip, even the strength to scream left me.

[Stacks: 2] [Special Stacks: 1]

"What on earth is a special stack?" It seemed that things had reached a point of no return.

"I, I..." I let out a deep sigh and stared at the system window. Irina, sweating profusely, lingered beside me, looking hesitant.

"...Get out of my room." I snapped at her irritably. Her eyes widened in shock, and then she scurried out of my room in a fluster.

"Frey!! Are you okay?"

"Growl?"

"...You can go out too, Serena. Call the doctor later." I gave the order to Serena, who was anxiously asking me questions. The white owl on her shoulder flew onto my head and let out a chuckle, "Hoot hoot!!"

"...This guy, still the same." I stroked the owl that had flown down from my head at some point and landed on the windowsill. Then I asked Kania, who had been lowering her head and avoid looking directly at me, "So, who exactly discovered you?"

Kania wore a serious expression and counter - questioned, "...What do you mean by 'who'?"

"According to the punishment window that just showed up, it seems you were discovered by two people." Kania was momentarily speechless upon hearing this and just stared straight at me.

"It's okay... According to the prophecy book, as long as it stacks up to the fifth layer, there's still a certain chance to clear the game."

"But..."

"Right, of course the difficulty will become extremely tough. In fact, it's only theoretically possible, and no one has ever actually cleared it. But for now, maybe we can still figure something out. So..."

"That's not the problem, is it..." I tried my best to comfort Kania in a positive tone. But she just sat on the edge of the bed, held my hand, and said, "...Young Master, do you know how long you've been unconscious?"

"Hmm... A month?"

"Three months."

"Oh, my god." After listening to Kania's words, my head started to throb faintly.

"...When is the final exam?"

"Tomorrow."

"I'm going crazy."

Of course, aside from the final exam, there were also a mountain of things to deal with. I was racking my brains to think about how to deal with this situation, but gave up due to the splitting headache and closed my eyes for a while.

"...So, have you figured out who discovered it?"

"Well..." At this moment, Kania, who had been biting her lips tightly, answered in a trembling voice.

"I'm not quite sure."

"...What do you mean by not quite sure?" I slightly frowned and counter - questioned. Kania began to answer with a guilt - ridden expression.

"First of all, the Young Master first spat blood right after the 'Civilian Dormitory Raid Incident'."

"...I see."

"At that time, the Young Master was bleeding from all seven orifices, and the situation was extremely critical, so you were rushed to the Imperial Hospital." Hearing about something I had no memory of, for some reason it reminded me of that strange dream, and my mood became complicated.

"...However, when the Young Master had been hospitalized for a month, another incident occurred."

"Another incident?"

"Yes, the Young Master, who had been gradually stabilizing, suddenly started spitting blood again. At that time, we thought it was just a deterioration of the condition..."

"...In fact, someone noticed something strange at that time." I answered calmly, and the room fell into silence for a while.

"Anyway, since you're awake, we should call the doctor immediately..."

"No, it's not necessary. I'm fine."

"But..."

"Make me a sandwich and coffee. I'm hungry." After a while, I spoke up again and asked Kania to prepare food. She still looked full of guilt and left the room silently.

"...Phew." After she left, I sighed and started to stare at the system window that had just emerged in front of me.

[Civilian Dormitory Raid Incident Cleared!]

[Awakening Degree of the Brave's Weapon has Increased!]

"...At least that's lucky." In this desperate situation, the only fortunate thing was that, as an exception, the awakening degree of the Brave's weapon, the only thing that could fight against the Demon King, had increased. Therefore, the power contained in the Brave's weapon should have also recovered to some extent. It also included the effect of enhancing vitality, but if I carried it with me all the time, I was afraid it would be discovered, so I'd better give up on that.

[System Update Completed!] As I was thinking, I flipped through the clearance window, and this time a prompt that the system update was completed popped up.

[The following functions have been unlocked: ]

- Cumulative False Evil Points System

- Help Function

[There are the following changes: ]

- Due to the introduction of the Cumulative False Evil Points System, the point settlement will be changed to a one - time weekly distribution.

[Cumulative pt: 5000pt]

"...Why so many?" I stared at the information flow pouring down like a waterfall in front of me. After a moment, I hugged my head and silently reached out to click on the question mark icon in the corner of the system window.

- This is the System Assistant for the Path of the False Villain. What questions do you have?

Immediately, a clear voice rang out in my mind.

"...Let me ask, what is a special stack?" I raised a question about "special stack" to that voice. Because although I was familiar with all the other functions, I knew nothing about "special stack".

- A special stack is a stack layer accumulated when your identity is seen through by a special target.

Just then, that cool voice rang out in my mind again.

- A special stack, due to its particularity, will only accumulate once throughout the entire script, and unlike ordinary stacks, it only significantly reduces health points.

"...How grateful I am." As I said this, I started rummaging through the hidden compartment in the bag beside the bed to check the remaining health points.

"...Huh?" However, no matter how much I rummaged, I couldn't find the health meter. What was going on?

「...Could it be that Kania took it?」Since I had already told Kania about the secret space in my backpack, I didn't think too much about it and continued to ask the assistant questions.

"So, who discovered me to accumulate the'special stack'?"

- Insufficient conditions. Please meet the conditions.

"What?" However, the assistant started saying strange things.

- The detailed explanation of the "special stack" will be unlocked together with the [Special Function] when specific conditions are met.

"...Then what are the conditions?"

- The hint is [Identity Confirmation]. Any other answers are beyond my authority.

Hearing the assistant's words, I was at a loss. Suddenly, a system window popped up in front of me.

[Special Mission: Identity Confirmation]

- Content:???

[Reward:???]

"...This is really too much." I stared at that inexplicably strange mission for a while, then irritably closed the window and closed my eyes in thought.

'...Whether it's the prophecy book or the system, everything has deviated from the track. There's definitely something wrong.' Whether it was a few months ago, a few days ago, or a day ago, according to the dreams I had, the memories of Irina and me were also very different from what I remembered and what was in the prophecy book. Moreover, the system was the same. Not only did it restore the memories of the five heroines, but now things like'special stack','special mission','special function' that were never mentioned in the prophecy book had emerged.

'...If this continues, I'm starting to be afraid of what else will pop up.' Fear always stems from the unknown, and this sentence describes my current situation perfectly. I thought everything was within my expectations and control, but more and more unknown factors keep emerging.

'It seems that some unknown existence has intervened in the system and the prophecy book...' Because of this, various questions began to fill my mind: Who on earth is trying to interfere with my plan to save the world? If the system and the prophecy book are not trustworthy, how should the future plan proceed?

"...One last question, are there any items or skills in the system that can extend lifespan or vitality?" After a long time of thinking, I asked this question with a glimmer of hope.

- There are no such items or skills in the system.

However, the system betrayed my last hope.

"Young Master, I've brought the food." Just as I was turning off the assistant and looking blank, Kania walked into my room with the food.

"...Well, a sandwich and coffee are perfect for restoring energy." I thanked Kania, took a bite of the sandwich with a bitter smile, and said, "Kania, please sort out the backlog of reports."

"But you need to rest now..."

"...I'll find out sooner or later anyway." Kania let out a deep sigh, took out a notebook from her bosom, and started flipping through it.

"First of all, let me report the results of the 'Civilian Dormitory Raid Incident'." The results of the civilian dormitory raid incident that Kania then described were, fortunately, as I had expected.

The heroines who had fled the civilian dormitory with me immediately reported all the facts to the investigation team and the royal family when I was on the verge of death. As a result, the royal family and the Sun God Order tried their best to cover up the incident. Because they were worried that if they admitted that the Demon King had reappeared after a thousand years without finding the Brave first, the world would fall into chaos.

However, the informants arranged by Klana in advance had spread the truth of the incident throughout the country. Eventually, the royal family and the Sun God Order had to officially announce the return of the Demon King. Thanks to Serena stepping forward, the situation that had been difficult for me began to turn around. On the one hand, she defended me, saying that I had been mentally controlled by the minions of the Demon King. On the other hand, she secretly carried out various political maneuvers with Kania. Therefore, the debate about my punishment turned into a long - drawn - out battle.

In this way, after a long - lasting discussion, the conclusion was finally reached: Given that I am a descendant of the Brave's family and have a relatively high possibility of being chosen as the Brave, it is still too early to punish me now.

Of course, because of this, Isabelle and her family, who took everything in my place, completely declined.

"Therefore, now the empire and the Sun God Order are, on the one hand, publicizing that the 'Brave' is about to appear, and on the other hand, looking around for people with the 'qualifications of the Brave'."

"...Even so, it's all in vain."

"Indeed." After finishing the long report, Kania took a short breath, then her expression turned serious, and she said in a low voice, "The above is the official ending of the incident."

"...So, is there an unofficial ending?"

"Yes, exactly." Kania nodded gently to my question, and while flipping through the notebook, she continued, "First of all, this incident... has greatly enhanced Miss 'Klana's' status."

"Why?"

"Some conscientious people among the public and the royal family, seeing Miss Klana step forward and expose the truth, began to support her. After the truth was finally revealed, her support rate doubled."

"...The imperial concubine must be furious."

"Yes, precisely because of this, the royal family came forward to defend you, and the imperial concubine played a big role in it. At this stage, the person who can most effectively restrain Miss Klana is you, who has used the covenant."

Hearing these words, I showed an absurd expression and said, "Although I had expected this... it's still annoying when it actually happens. To maintain power, they actually defend a person who may be colluding with the Demon King."

At this time, Kania took out a fountain pen from her pocket, twirled it while taking over my words, "The imperial concubine is certain that she can control you now. I'm afraid that soon, she will use this incident to put pressure on you."

"...This was already expected." I let out a deep sigh, and Kania also sighed, turned a page of the notebook, and said, "Now the Young Master's reputation... has hit rock bottom."

"Reputation?"

"Yes, because Miss Klana spread the rumor that the Young Master is a member of the Demon King's Army."

Hearing this, I smiled slightly and replied, "That's great. Thanks to her, I can earn more villainy points."

"...Is this really a good thing?" I was smiling happily when I heard Kania's frowning question. Then I came to my senses and fell into thought.

'...Yeah, I can't blindly believe in the system and the prophecy book.' It seems that I have to be vigilant in everything I do from now on. Of course, without using the system, there is no way to defeat the Demon King, so I have to follow the system's instructions... But at least I should be somewhat vigilant, right?

Therefore, from now on, I need to be somewhat vigilant about the system while making the most of it. At the same time, I also need to investigate the prophecy book and the system.

"...Kania, when is the vacation?" Thinking of this, I realized that the only place related to the prophecy book and the system in this world was the ruins left by my ancestors, so I asked Kania this question.

"In a few weeks... But you have so many things to deal with that you probably won't have much time to rest."

"...Tsk." But according to Kania's answer, it seemed that I had to temporarily postpone my healing trip to the Western Continent and my plan to find the truth.

"...Huh?" I was blankly gnawing on my sandwich when a faint moonlight magic power began to fill the air outside the door.

"Serena? What are you doing?" Sensing something strange, I spoke to Serena, who was waiting in the corridor, but for some reason, I didn't get a response.

"...Come in." Finally, I protected Kania, who was sensitive to moonlight magic, behind me and called Serena into the room again.

"Fr, Frey..."

".....!" However, she didn't seem to be in a normal state.

"I'm, I'm sorry... Ugh!"

"...Miss Serena? Are you okay?"

"I, I'm fine...!" She was sweating profusely and suddenly opened her fan, starting to fan the wind containing moonlight magic power.

"...Hah!" Kania, in a panic, released a large amount of black magic to wrap me. The strong wind that was originally rushing towards me entangled with the black magic and began to dissipate in all directions.

"Serena, stop!!"

"...Yes." I gave her the order in a panic, and she responded sullenly and lowered her head.

- Sizzle... At the same time, a red magic circle emerged on her body, shining brightly.

"...Damn Moonlight Family." Only then did I understand why Serena had such a reaction.

The Moonlight Family has passed down a curse called 'Family Slavery' from generation to generation. This curse, which has existed since the founding of the family, has allowed the Moonlight Family to enjoy supreme power as a duke family while also shouldering a heavy mission. That heavy mission is the destiny of an assassination family that guards the night of the empire - the elimination targets determined by the family elders and the secret family head, a mission that is both noble and dirty.

Therefore, although Serena is the current official head and the person with real power in the Moonlight Family, in informal situations, she still has to obey the orders of the Moonlight Family's elders' council and the secret family head.

"Im, I'm sorry... But it hurts so much... And Miss Kania is also here..."

Of course, under normal circumstances, it's very difficult to manipulate Serena from behind the scenes, or even influence her. However, the elders' council of the Moonlight Family binds her through the "Subordination Curse" and can thus give her orders. Perhaps because the elders' council and the secret family head have ordered her to kill me, every time she truly doesn't want to kill me, the pain from the curse accumulates. Judging from her current situation, it's obvious that she hasn't really tried to kill me in these three months. Otherwise, she wouldn't have done such a thing.

'...Is that the only way?' However, this kind of thing can only work one or two times at most. After all, if she doesn't really want to kill me, the pain from the curse will only become more intense.

Of course, lifting the 'Family Bondage' curse is the best solution, but unfortunately, I don't have a way to lift it. Although that 'prophecy book' has become quite unreliable, there is still a lot of useful information in it. Even so, the book only mentions the danger and cruelty of the 'Bondage Curse' but doesn't mention how to lift it at all. This is an ancient curse that has been passed down since the founding of the Moonlight Family, and no one has ever known how to crack it.

By the way, my ancestor once annotated it like this: 'Although the password to lift the curse does exist, no one has ever successfully cracked it. It's really a lousy game.' Although I don't quite understand what this means, in short, this curse was also an unsolved problem for my ancestor.

"Frey... I'm okay, you don't have to worry..."

"Tell me the truth."

"...I'm in so much pain."

Sure enough, Serena was enduring great pain. It seemed that I could only use the method I had thought of before. Anyway, according to the script, the elders' council of the Moonlight Family would be weakened sooner or later.

"Serena, from now on, listen to me carefully."

"Okay." After summoning up my resolve, I fixed my gaze on Serena and began to speak.

"...I have cast the 'Absolute Obedience Magic' on you."

".....!" Hearing this, Serena, still drenched in cold sweat, opened her mouth wide in shock.

- Growl!!

"W - what does this mean?" As I spoke, I glanced at the owl that had been quietly staying by my hand. Suddenly, it flapped its wings and flew out of the window, starting to soar in the clear blue sky. Then, I continued.

"Just as it literally means. I used you." It was time to set Serena free, just like that owl.

.....

"Um..." At the same time, in the temporary civilian dormitory.

"...What on earth does this date mean?" Irina was fiddling with the small device she had just obtained in her room, murmuring to herself. "Is this a magic item for doing good deeds?"