Previous Lifes [2]

-Get out immediately! We have no need for someone like you!

The Border Count of Salvatore disowned the Young Lady.

It was because of the rumors linking her to the Demon God's Cult.

In this vast mansion, I was the only one who followed the Young Lady out.

-Let's go.

-Get lost, Yuri.

-No.

-Do you want to die?

-You're awfully threatening for someone who's been disowned.

-What?!

-Hurry up, let's go. We've got a long way ahead of us.

The Young Lady and I began wandering the continent as adventurers.

It was a somewhat happy life.

Though it wasn't as luxurious as before, it was a life of unparalleled freedom.

Then, one day.

-Yuri! I made a friend!

-How much did you pay them to be your friend?

-Do you want to die?

Though she said that, I was relieved.

She had always wanted a friend.

However, the Young Lady had no eye for people.

-Elise is a Demon God's Cultist?

-Get a grip and pack your things.

-No, Yuri. Elise would never do something like that, right?

-Damn it, I saw her kill someone with my own eyes!

-I… I need to meet her myself.

As if under a spell, the Young Lady left my side.

After preparing to leave, I set out to find her.

I found the Young Lady again in a cave teeming with Demon God's Cultists.

-Young Lady!!

-…Yuri?

She was dying, stabbed in the heart by her most trusted friend, as a sacrifice for summoning the Demon God.

-How did you… get here?

-Because the Young Lady is here.

-…I'm touched, Yuri.

-Please don't speak. Your wound is deep.

The Young Lady wiped away her tears and smiled.

-I wanted to experience love, not just friendship….

-Let's do that. Let's live and do it.

Tup.

The Young Lady's hand touched my cheek.

-…I want to do it now.

The Young Lady mustered all her strength and kissed me.

-It's my first kiss.

A wicked smile, characteristic of the Villainess.

-Make it more passionate in the next life.

Even that moment was beautiful That Day.

But that was the end.

-Yu…ri….

The Young Lady collapsed right then and there.

-Tha…nk you… for everything.

-Young Lady! Please, open your eyes!

-Run… away. Yu…ri….

-Aaaah!! Please, Young Lady!!

-I'm… sorry….

With those final words, she breathed her last.

Like a pill soaked in moisture, my sanity dissolved.

For the first time in my life, I felt a surge of rage.

-You bastards!!

I charged at them alone.

-So you're the one Frey liked.

Slice.

My neck was severed by the Young Lady's closest friend.

Thus began my second life.

It started once again in the back alleys of the Capital City.

But my path was different this time.

In this life, I knew the future.

-Sir, you're the former Sword Saint, right?

-How do you know that…?

-That's not important. Please teach me the sword.

I found the Sword Saint and learned swordsmanship.

-Sister, you're a mage, right?

-Yes, so what?

-Teach me how to sense mana.

I clung to wandering mages in the streets and learned about magic.

-Bro, how much can you bench?

-A thousand.

-Teach me how to train, please.

I spared no effort or means.

Until I met the Young Lady again, I focused solely on training.

A month passed like that.

I succeeded in manifesting Aura.

I completed the forging of my Mana Heart.

I learned some of the Sword Saint's techniques and built a basic physique.

-Get lost.

-Yes, ma'am.

After driving away the beggars, I waited for the Young Lady at the place of our first meeting.

-Damn, those f*cking old bastards.

The moment I heard the Young Lady's voice.

I almost cried without realizing it.

-Young Lady!

-…What's with this beggar?

-I'm so glad…. Truly, I'm so glad….

I embraced the Young Lady and wept bitterly.

-Wh-what's wrong with this guy…?

In the end, just like in my previous life, I was taken in by the Young Lady.

-Yuri, you'll be my exclusive—

-Yes!

-…Don't interrupt me if you don't want to die.

-…Understood.

Even after becoming the Young Lady's Exclusive Butler, I didn't neglect my training.

I also monopolized fortuitous encounters that I'd only heard of in rumors in my previous life.

-What have you been up to lately?

-Nothing at all.

-And yet you're sneaking out every night?

-Being a righteous thief is my dream.

I sought out those who were supposed to die and saved them, selecting trustworthy individuals to form a secret society called Moonlight.

When I turned 15.

-Yuri! I got Second Seat at the Imperial Academy!

-I got Top Seat.

-…You took the exam too?

-Yes.

-…Why?

-Because my dream is to be a righteous and strong thief.

-You damn brat!

I followed the Young Lady and enrolled in the Academy.

-Have you heard the rumor?

-What rumor?

-You know Frey Salvatore, right? They say she's actually a Demon God's Cultist.

-Finally, I found you, you wicked woman.

I rooted out everyone who had framed her.

-Eek! I'm not the wicked one; Frey Salvatore is!

-Shut your mouth before I break all your teeth.

-W-what?!

-If I catch you slandering the Young Lady again, I'll steal your family's genealogy and kill everyone listed on it.

-Hic!

I kindly asked them to refrain from such behavior.

Thanks to that, the Young Lady graduated safely.

The Young Lady received offers from all of the Five-Colored Magic Towers but declined them and returned to the House of Salvatore to become the Next Family Head.

-Don't I get anything?

-Do you want to be a maid?

-…I think I'd rather stay as your butler.

-That's why I told you to join the Imperial Knight Order.

-No thanks. I don't want to go somewhere that requires hard work.

-So you're saying you'll slack off as a butler?

-Oops.

During the day, I served as the Young Lady's Exclusive Butler, helping her grow into the Next Family Head.

At night, I acted as the Captain of the Secret Knight Order, Moonlight, striving to eradicate the Demon God's Cultists.

-Ugh! If I could just sleep peacefully for one day, I'd have no other wishes!

Both the Young Lady and I were worn out from exhaustion, but compared to my Previous Life, we were indescribably happy.

Watching the Young Lady grumble that her bed seemed unscientific, I firmly resolved to keep things as they were.

[*Warning]

[The Demon God Thanatos is manifesting.]

And I failed.

After the Demon God's Cultists came the Demon God himself.

The World began to crumble in an instant, and once again, I lost the Young Lady.

And now.

[Choose.]

[Option 1.]

[Return to the past and save the World.]

[Reward: A third chance. (2/3).]

[Option 2.]

[Accept destruction.]

[Reward: Rest.]

I stood once more at the Crossroads of Choice.