☽ Month, ✕ Day
I got caught up in an accident and died — and then I reincarnated into a magical world.
I was given the name Ouga Veret, and five years have already gone by.
My new life goal is already locked in.
It’s this: to live exactly as I please!
Lucky for me, I was born into House Veret — a ducal family in charge of the kingdom’s diplomacy and intelligence. Big-time stuff. Money problems? Not a thing.
Well… there are also no shortage of nasty rumors about us…
But it doesn’t matter to me even if my father’s a corrupt lord. If anything, I was thrilled — the soil for my ambitions is already tilled.
In my past life I was a corporate slave who just did whatever I was told, working until I dropped. So this time around, I’m going to live free and easy and do whatever the hell I want!
Yeah! Like a Demon Lord — a life of pure evil!
Surround myself with cute girls, work slaves to the bone, siphon up all the profits.
Stuff my face with delicious food, sleep whenever I want, laze around — the perfect life plan.
Heh heh heh…! Ah, the future’s gonna be great.
☁ Month, ▽ Day
To stand above other people, what you need is power.
If you’ve got the overwhelming violence to crush all your subordinates’ complaints from above, no one’s going to argue with you.
In this world, the easiest way to flex power is magic.
And me — I don’t have any magical talent…!!
Fire, water, wind, lightning, light, dark.
The aptitude test came back, and apparently I’m not suited to any of them.
The pitying look in my father’s eyes back then was brutal… At least I wasn’t disowned, I guess.
For some reason, corrupt lords are sickeningly sweet to their own family.
“What a kind father — how lucky” is the thought of a commoner.
But me? This life around, I’m a genius. No aptitude, but the test also revealed my mana reserves are enormous.
So all I have to do is invent my own magic.
At the same time, after consulting with Father, we decided to bring in tutors for swordsmanship and martial arts too.
Going around throwing tantrums as a kid is what losers do.
We can’t even survive without our parents. Until our bodies are full-grown, the move is to be the perfect student that makes Mom and Dad happy.
You only show your true nature once you’re free of their hands.
Plus, the better my grades, the more Father and Mother will expect from me — and the more they’ll fund.
This is my time to lie low. Sharpen my fangs for a glorious future.
☼ Month, ■ Day
I did it!
The only magic that I can use!
Well, I don’t even know if you can call it magic, exactly. But the important thing is that I finished it.
All those hypotheses and experiments, over and over — they paid off.
Yep, my brain this time around really is a genius.
Now, even without being able to use magic, I can fight back against mages.
Of course, I’m not going to debut it yet.
I’m not handing over a technique that only I discovered and only I built that easily.
When I consulted Father and Mother, they gave me their full stamp of approval, too.
And at the same time they showed me a new path: go to the Magic Academy and refine yourself further.
From what I hear, talented people gather there from all over.
For someone planning to live large in the future like me, that’s the perfect place to build connections.
Yeah, I’ll be buried in study for a while. No problem.
The effort I put in now is going to pay off in laziness later.
Plus, I’m a genius!
☂ Month, ◎ Day
The day has finally come.
The first step toward the dream I’ve had since childhood begins today.
My dream — to live like a Demon Lord, totally free, doing exactly as I please.
You only get one life.
Call me a corrupt lord. Denounce me for being drowned in greed. I don’t give a damn.
Goodbye to model-student me.
Now that I’m fifteen, I’m leaving home and starting dorm life at the Magic Academy.
For this, House Veret has a tradition — as training in judging character, the heir gets to pick one person, anyone they like, to bring along and support them through academy life.
I planned to ride this person not just through the academy, but for the rest of their life.
In other words, “talented” alone isn’t enough. They have to be someone whose entire existence would collapse if they lost their connection to me. Someone who wants to quit but can’t.
I needed someone on the edge of a cliff.
And I’d already finished my selection.
[Former Captain of the Holy Knight Order] Chris Lagnica.
At the tender age of twenty, this commoner had climbed all the way to the top of the Holy Knights, brimming with a sense of justice. She petitioned the king directly about aristocrats trafficking in humans — and for her trouble, the nobles fabricated a crime, ousted her from the Order, and seized everything she owned.
Now she scrapes by in Woshua, a town called the cesspit of the royal capital, earning loose change in the colosseum, day to day.
What I want from her is bodyguard work. Honestly I’d be enough on my own, but better safe than sorry.
With her record as Captain of the Holy Knight Order, she’s way more than enough.
She was so starved for justice — say something like “Shine at my side” and she’ll fall in a heartbeat.
Too bad for her, Chris’s justice is going to be used to punish the people who try to oppose me, the upstart villain.
The villain I’m aiming to become…! Heh heh heh… HAHAHAHA!!
☆ Month, ◇ Day
Chris is terrifying…
I signed her contract no problem, and she said she’d show me her skills — so I sat back, expecting her to do something Holy Knight-y with a weapon. Instead, she built a mountain of corpses out of every criminal in the underground arena.
Huh? Isn’t that a bit unhinged? Was her justice meter that backed up?
If she finds out I’m aiming to become evil, my head and my body are going to part ways, aren’t they…?
N-no… well, fine. Let’s just consider it: I’ve acquired a terrifyingly strong pawn.
I’m a genius. As long as I don’t get caught, it’s fine.
Reset, mood. On to the next recruit.
The target is the only commoner girl who passed our year’s exam — Mashiro Liche.
Based on my research into the Magic Academy’s culture, a faction of nobles is guaranteed to bully her. If I sweep in and save her, her heart’s going to be brimming with gratitude toward me.
Her standout feature is her chest.
Massive. Won’t even fit in one hand massive. I’d be a fool not to cop a feel.
In this life, I’m building a harem. She’ll be the commemorative Harem No. 1.
Hit her with a heavy “Remember when I saved you back then?” and a timid girl like her won’t be able to refuse.
What a perfect plan…!
I’m scared of my own brain…!
☆ Month, $ Day
Update: I saved Liche, and now I’m the one getting bullied.
What’s more, Liche was right there hanging out with the people who used to bully her.
They called me an “incompetent who’s full of himself” or something.
Huh? Why?
If you’re shaking that hard, maybe don’t do it… commoners are scary…
I guess it’s that whole “hate the nobles” thing?
When Chris asked me “What do you want to do,” I steered us, for now, toward not getting involved.
Because if I leave this to her, I get the feeling she’ll erase the lot of them in a heartbeat…
But those boobs are too good to give up. I’ll have to figure out some way to get her into my grasp.
☆ Month, ▲ Day
For some reason Liche was getting bullied again, so I saved her a second time.
Wait, weren’t you all on friendly terms?
I didn’t really understand what was going on, but she was crying and apologizing and saying she’d do anything — so I decided to hand down her punishment.
“Stay by this incompetent’s side forever. Don’t you dare leave. Hanging around an incompetent is exhausting, you know.”
In other words: dedicate your life to me.
Which means: I get to use her however I like for eternity, and her chest is free game.
If I do say so myself, a stroke of brilliance.
Then Liche burst into even louder sobbing and accepted with joy.
Ehh… commoners really are scary…
Well — let’s chalk it up as mission accomplished.
Also, Chris told me, “How kind of you, my Master.” Praised me.
Yeah, I’m gonna say this one’s got some screws loose too.
☽ Month, % Day
No, when people praise me that much it kind of makes it hard to do evil…
I wanted to skip school in the afternoon, take a girl out on a date, sneak her back to my dorm room and have some fun — and now I can’t…!
Chris! Stop accepting every favor anyone asks of you!
Mashiro! Stop introducing me to genuinely useful people! I told you, I want guys with weaknesses I can use to seize the upper hand!
Argh… and more problems keep flying in on top of that…!
I’m not aiming to be a saint!!
My ideal dream — selfish, free, evil — is slipping further and further away…
♡ Month, ♡ Day
Chris brought me wonderful information.
Apparently the orphanage on the outskirts of the royal capital is about to be demolished.
A corrupt business is muscling in on the land, making proper life impossible for the kids.
When I heard it, the idea hit me right away.
If I step in and save them — couldn’t I put them in my debt?
Then I could hire them on a starvation wage and they couldn’t even complain.
Because — well, I’d be the benefactor who saved the orphanage, wouldn’t I…!
Plus, if I crush the thugs I might be able to seize their take, too.
Two birds, one stone.
Right — strike while the iron’s hot. The evil iron.
Heh heh heh, poor souls.
They have no idea the one driving off the evil is a greater evil that swallows them whole…!
Just wait! I’ll wrap this up in no time!
☆ Month, ● Day
Before overwhelming power, all is helpless!
I successfully drove off the thugs and seized control of the orphanage. The plan’s moving along, and I’m satisfied.
The orphans, in preparation for the day they’re put to ruthless work, are currently being drilled in academics and combat at the orphanage.
You need the minimum knowledge to follow orders, and the body to endure harsh labor — these are important things, you know?
By now, almost no one comes near me anymore. My reputation is in tatters in a beautiful way.
People step aside when they pass me in the corridor, whispering about something behind their hands.
Mmm, an excellent feeling.
But there’s one strange person who insists on talking to me.
A girl from another ducal house, and the prince’s fiancée — Karen Lebetsenka.
With her noble pride and her egalitarian compassion for all, she can’t tolerate me. So she keeps approaching me to check on what I’m up to.
But hey — should you really be devoting your attention to me?
I know things, you see.
I know that the prince is besotted with another woman, and your position as his fiancée is in serious danger.
Heh heh heh. When the time comes, I might just save you.
Imagine the humiliation. Saved by the man you’d targeted!
I can’t wait to see your face that day…!
✕ Month, ◆ Day
Lately, Chris and the others have been getting closer to me…
For some reason, Karen has started spending a lot of time with me too.
She brings me boxed lunches… she even tags along to my lunch breaks… now that her engagement is dissolved and she’s free, isn’t she pouring a little too much energy into surveillance?
I’m not the biggest fan of being tied down.
Damn… being a child is so restrictive. Not enough freedom.
I muttered “I want to be an adult” under my breath — and that very night, Chris and the others raided me in my sleep.
I was made to cry “hee, hee” all night long.
They even prepared a magical tool to fully suppress my powers. This was premeditated.
No way… my retainers are too scary…
The power dynamic has been completely flipped.
This won’t do. I have to get a grip.
To show my dignity, I’ll go all-out on the upcoming promotion exam.
In the face of overwhelming violence, they’ll be sure to renew their respect for me!
▽ Month, @ Day
The Magic Academy’s promotion exam ended.
And then I was summoned to the royal palace, and the King granted me the title of [Saint].
WHY!? I’ve been doing nothing but evil this whole time!?
Stop it… I don’t want some grand title; I have zero intention of working for the good of others!
You expect me to subjugate the Demon Lord!? Hell no! If anything, I want to BE the Demon Lord’s subordinate!
This is wrong… this isn’t how it was supposed to go…!!
WHERE THE HELL DID IT ALL START GOING WRONG!!?
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