Chapter 1: I Reincarnated as the Villainous Noble Who Gets Killed by the Hero in the Early Game
“Damn youuuuu! That woman is mine, give her baaaack!”
“Servia belongs to no one. It’s time you set her free!”
The sword of Hero Abel swung down upon the villainous noble Cain.
“Brother Cain, I’m sorry… I will find happiness with Abel-sama.”
“Aah, from now on, we’ll always be together, Servia!”
Hero Abel, the victor, looked down upon Cain’s corpse and tightly embraced the beautiful girl, Servia.
Servia was Cain’s childhood friend and fiancée, but she had long suffered from Cain’s twisted affection.
Now, she had been freed from years of torment.
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“…That’s ridiculous, Hero. What do you mean, ‘always be together’?”
I couldn’t help but grumble.
What was currently displayed on the screen was a famous early scene from the game “Apocalypse.”
However, as someone on their 100th playthrough, I couldn’t feel moved at all.
Why, you ask? Because Hero Abel continues on like this, rescuing one beautiful girl after another, making them his companions, and building a harem.
In doing so, Hero Abel spouts lines to every heroine that can only be taken as love confessions, like ‘I will protect you!’ or ‘I won’t forgive anyone who makes you suffer!’
Servia, despite being treated as the main heroine at first, eventually becomes just another member of the harem, like Harem Member #1.
Although there are rom-com scenes interspersed with each heroine, Hero Abel is super dense and oblivious, so he never gets closer to any of them, and it all ends with a Harem Ending.
This time, there was an announcement on the official social media that the final major update had been released, but it wasn’t the addition of a happy ending with Servia.
…Hey, I bought this game for Servia and dedicated my life to it, isn’t this a bit too cruel?
I just wanted Servia to be happy, dammit!
The New Game Plus bonus is just stat carryover, with no hidden scenarios or additional episodes with Servia? What the hell is thaaaat!
“Cain, you were strong. But you didn’t know the true meaning of loving someone. That’s why you lost.”
In the game, Hero Abel’s lecture time had begun.
Abel, while flirting with the heroine, delivers a condescending lecture to the defeated villain.
It really makes you want to retort, “You’re one to talk!”
I’ve been playing this whole time because Servia is cute, but…
Maybe I’ll graduate from this game after clearing my 100th playthrough with the final update.
Thinking that, I turned off the game console and decided to go to sleep.
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The next day—
“What’s going on? This is…”
I was speechless, looking at the sharp-eyed boy reflected in the full-length mirror.
This was definitely not my appearance.
However, it wasn’t that I didn’t recognize him.
He looked exactly like Cain, the pitiful stepping stone, the villainous noble killed by Hero Abel in the game “Apocalypse.”
“N-No way, isn’t this the reincarnation trope you often see in manga…?”
Did I perhaps die suddenly in my sleep?
And of all people, I reincarnated as Cain, who’s memed online as the character whose heroine gets stolen?
As I was in a state of intense confusion, there was a knock on the door behind me.
“Ah, yes.”
When I replied reflexively, a butler, impeccably dressed in a tailcoat, showed his face.
“Young Master Cain, your fiancée, Lady Servia, has just arrived.”
“Whaaaaaat!?”
Turning around, I almost collapsed from shock.
The beautiful girl in a dress who entered next was none other than Servia, the main heroine of “Apocalypse.”
“E-Excuse me. Brother Cain, it’s been a while.”
Perhaps because she was overly nervous, Servia almost tripped on the hem of her dress. She flustered for a moment but quickly regained her elegant demeanor and curtsied.
Whoa, sh-she’s cute. My heart couldn’t help but pound.
Servia’s character design on the game’s official website was so amazing that I fell in love at first sight and impulsively bought “Apocalypse” from an online store… but seeing her exist in real life, her cuteness was on a divine level.
“I am Servia Fernando, eldest daughter of Viscount Fernando. It is an honor to meet you again.”
Servia’s cheeks seemed flushed.
Wow, I knew it from the game, but she’s so polite and truly a good girl.
As expected of my absolute favorite heroine! Truly an angel descended!
Huh? But, wait a minute…
Servia looked younger than her in-game sprite. The same was true for the Cain reflected in the mirror.
I desperately dug through my memories.
If I recall correctly, Cain gets engaged to Servia three years before the game starts, when he’s fifteen.
So this is, that, huh.
If the game scenario progresses as it is, I’ll be killed by Hero Abel in three years.
Realizing that, I was aghast.
“…Brother Cain? Is something the matter?”
Seeing me dazed and frozen, Servia seemed to find it suspicious. She tilted her head.
However, my memories as Cain and my memories from my past life were jumbled, and I was overwhelmed just trying to grasp the situation.
I have fifteen years of memories and experiences living as Cain. It seems that the moment I woke up, all the memories of my past life as a gamer came flooding back at once.
Alright, let’s calm down and sort out the situation…
Originally, Cain’s and Servia’s families were neighboring lords, and for the sake of mutual prosperity, it was decided from our births that we would marry.
However, one year ago, when Cain was fourteen and Servia was thirteen, an oracle declared that Servia was the “World Tree Saint.”
Upon learning this, Prince Leon of this country snatched Servia from me and forcibly made her his fiancée.
But when it turned out Servia couldn’t use her saintly powers, Prince Leon flew into a rage, broke off their engagement, and banished Servia from the royal palace.
And so, we ended up back together.
“I am grateful that you have accepted me again after Prince Leon broke off our engagement. I have been eagerly awaiting this day. As your fiancée, I hope for a long and happy relationship with you.”
“Ah, uh…”
However, unbeknownst to Servia, Cain had been ordered by Prince Leon to thoroughly bully the “false saint” Servia and drive her to suicide.
If he did so, he would be made the Prince’s right-hand man…
The petty Cain gladly wagged his tail for Prince Leon and would proceed to bully Servia relentlessly for the next three years.
It was less about ambition and more due to his delusion that Servia had betrayed him and chosen Prince Leon.
It was childish jealousy, and there was a twisted possessiveness in holding the power of life and death over Servia.
Despite actually liking Servia, Cain was a man who could only be described as an idiot.
“Brother Cain, your face is completely pale. Are you perhaps feeling unwell somewhere?”
“Ah, no, that’s not it, but…”
In any case, to avoid being killed by Hero Abel, it’s crucial to get along with Servia.
In the game, Servia seeks help from Hero Abel to escape her daily life of abuse at Cain’s hands.
Falling in love with Abel becomes the catalyst for Servia to awaken her dormant saintly powers.
The moment I remembered that far, my chest filled with a sense of injustice.
After raising so many romance flags, he doesn’t choose Servia and goes for a Harem Ending…!?
Can I really entrust my Servia to a guy like that?!
At that moment, my feelings as Cain who had lived this life and my feelings as the gamer from my past life became one.
“It’s just that Servia has become so beautiful, it surprised me. I’m the one who should be saying, as your fiancé, please take care of me!”
That’s right.
If the Hero won’t make Servia happy.
Then I’ll make Servia happy with my own hands.
At that, Servia’s face instantly lit up. The somewhat wary and tense demeanor she had until now vanished.
“Aah…! Thank you. …To be honest, I was constantly worried that you wouldn’t forgive me for getting engaged to Prince Leon… I’m so happy!”