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There’s this super-famous game series called First Fantasy—people usually call it FF. It’s a massive franchise, loved by everyone from casual gamers to hardcore fans.

They made an anime version of FF, but it’s often called the biggest flop in the entire series. Why? Because the main characters never catch a break, and the story is full of gloomy, depressing twists. Most people hated it, saying it’s the darkest stain on FF’s record. Some fans even refused to admit it was part of the series! The official title of the anime is First Story, but in a joking way, people started calling it FS to make it sound separate from actual FF.

In this infamous anime, there’s a villain named Arc Noyadarma. His name sounds all grand and evil, but he’s basically just a throwaway bad guy. His final scene is so brutal that viewers don’t feel satisfaction—only trauma. Now, our protagonist has been reborn into this poor guy’s body… even though he knows nothing about FS!

“A count? Isn’t that, like, easy mode for life? I’ll do whatever I want and be a corrupt noble!”

That’s how he decides to take advantage of his new noble status for personal gain. But somehow, he keeps saving the people around him—and ends up wrecking all the depressing storylines of the original FS without even trying.

Reborn as a Villainous Noble

They assigned us teams, but I don't care.

Marching along with others is a joke.

So I started hunting golems right away.

It's like when I used to wipe out bandits.

No matter how many appear, none can beat me.

They're all worthless against my limitless talent!

All first-year students do this exercise.

Every year, a lot of them drop out.

Some get traumatized by the golems and quit the academy altogether—it's a grueling survival test.

Arc went around wiping out the golems by himself.

Normally, it's hard to defeat a golem.

They aren't alive, so they don't feel pain, and they have fewer weak points.

They run on a magic stone core inside their bodies.

If you break that core, they stop.

But if you don't, chopping off their head won't stop them.

And their bodies are so tough that the core isn't easy to destroy.

But for Arc, they were no big deal.

Because Arc was taking them out so fast, the golem numbers dropped way quicker than usual.

I've nearly wiped out all the golems.

It took a while, but I'll probably finish before sunset.

Fighting bandits used to be more exciting—they'd scream, beg for mercy… it was kinda fun.

But golems don't beg, and they all move the same way. So boring.

I'll just hurry and finish so I can go sleep.

Commoners will never know how amazing my bed is.

I can't wait to flop onto my fancy mattress.

I just need to take care of a few more golems.

I walk around the island looking for them.

The ones I've been killing were brown, but this one is black.

Nothing changes. I still have to freeze it.

That piece of junk broke my ice magic?

This is my original technique that combines chant-free magic with incanted magic.

For a brilliant noble like me, nothing's impossible!

It froze solid and fell over with a thud.

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