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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

"Damn it! They're like cockroaches!"

Ruine, the duke's daughter, snapped back in an icy tone.

During the academy's survival training, black golems suddenly appeared.

They were clearly different from the usual golems.

They moved faster and were more durable.

But if that were all, it could still be considered part of the exercise.

The real problem was that they were actually trying to kill students.

In an academy exercise, that's unimaginable.

Yes, sometimes accidents happen, but these golems were definitely aiming to kill.

Surt was mad that he couldn't kill even one black golem.

His sword couldn't do serious damage to them.

"They're not regular training golems. I want to destroy them all at once, but I need about a minute to set up my spell."

Guarding Ruine from a swarm of black golems for a whole minute wouldn't be easy.

It was like they'd planned it—both of them moved immediately.

Surt used Physical Enchant, stood in front of Ruine, and faced the black golems.

Meanwhile, Ruine started her incantation.

The golems focused on Ruine, thinking she was the biggest threat.

Surt's sword couldn't even scratch them.

Surt sensed a change in Ruine's aura and jumped back.

At that moment, Ruine released her spell.

Nirai Kanai was top-tier water magic.

In this world, magic goes from life magic, low-tier, mid-tier, high-tier, top-tier, to god-tier.

Ruine, who learned top-tier magic in her teens, was definitely a genius.

Nirai Kanai sends its targets to "paradise."

It's a spell that returns everything to nothing.

A wave of "Pure Land Water" enveloped the black golems.

They froze in place, collapsed, and turned into foam, disappearing.

He sounded blunt, but he was actually impressed by her power.

She'd eliminated all those black golems instantly.

Meanwhile, he couldn't even beat one.

"This isn't part of our training."

He tried not to show how annoyed he was.

Surt gave a small sigh of relief, and then—

Rustle, rustle, rustle, rustle, rustle, rustle, rustle, rustle, rustle, rustle, rustle, rustle…

An eerie sound came from everywhere.

Surt raised his sword and looked around.

"Great. It's like a nest of roaches."

He'd called them roaches before, and he wasn't totally wrong.

Like finding one roach and realizing there are dozens more.

Surt looked disgusted as he saw black golems closing in on them.

"I'd take roaches over this any day,"

It looked like there were at least ten golems.

Surt kept his eyes on the black golems, sounding sarcastic.

"Fine. Bring it on, you disgusting bugs.I'll crush every last one of you."

A freezing aura burst out, sweeping over Surt's entire body.

Suddenly, the temperature around them dropped sharply.

In the next moment, the black golems were covered in white frost.

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