Chapter 8 Main Quest

'...Finally woke up.' Just as Frey sat up from the bed, Kania clearly witnessed this scene. Of course, if she had opened her eyes slightly, Frey, an experienced master of stealing vitality, would have immediately noticed. But she didn't open her eyes now. Then, without opening her eyes, how could she observe Frey?

"........" It was because she was currently possessing the black cat doll on the desk. For some reason, during the training time yesterday when she was in an especially good state, she condensed and re - condensed dark magic in her palm and created a creation. Then, using this as a medium, Kania, who cast the basic dark magic 'Hidden Sight', completely fell asleep while also possessing the cat - shaped doll creation. This magic was a dark magic that Frey had never seen before. So, thinking that the probability of being discovered was extremely low, Kania muttered to herself.

'...Let me see what you're up to at night, Frey.' The moment Frey murmured in his heart, he started to rotate his right hand and stepped forward. Kania stared at Frey with sharp eyes, but quickly resumed her original expression. Currently, Kania had completely merged with the cat - shaped doll and could thus act like a real cat. But if she did so, she might be detected by Frey. So, she tried to stay still and began to observe Frey's every move.

"Then, let's officially start again today?"

"…Sure enough, he did something last night, right?" Hearing Frey's self - talk, Kania secretly rejoiced, thinking that she might finally catch him red - handed. A smug smile unconsciously emerged on her lips...

——Whoosh...

"…Ah!?" That smile instantly turned into astonishment when Frey walked towards the sleeping her and stretched out his hand.

'That, that disgusting guy...' Kania watched Frey reach out his hand towards her with an affectionate expression, felt a rush of blood to her head, but was powerless. Because once the dark magic 'Hidden Eye' possessed a target, it was impossible to return to the original body within a certain period of time no matter what. Of course, if she used a higher - level dark magic, the problem might be solved. But due to the influence of the 'Self - Destruction Curse', Kania could only use basic dark magic even when she was in good condition. Therefore, knowing the risks, she had to use the beginner dark magic. And at this moment, this judgment was becoming the biggest mistake in Kania's life and a terrifying experience.

"...Hm." Completely unaware of Kania's thoughts, Frey still placed his hand on her with a calm expression. Kania watched this scene with contempt and disgust. Suddenly, a possibility emerged in her mind.

'Damn it, that damned guy... Could it be... from the very beginning...!' Frey's actions were so natural and composed, as if suggesting that this was not the first time. And when Kania realized that this was not just a possibility but a highly likely fact, her rationality instantly collapsed. When she first returned, she was filled with anger and was bent on killing Frey. But soon after, she realized that directly killing him was too merciful for someone who had once pushed the world towards destruction. So, Kania made up her mind. She would infiltrate beside Frey, disguise herself as his servant, recover her magic power by his side, and wait for an opportunity. When her dark magic recovered to a certain extent, she would bestow upon him a pain more terrifying than death. Or, she could secretly collect his weaknesses, expose them to the public, completely destroy him, and finally end his life with her own hands. However, after witnessing Frey touch her sleeping body, Kania decided to abandon all her plans. There was only one thought left in her mind. That thought was that as soon as she returned to her body tomorrow morning, she would kill this dirty, ugly, and disgusting man, even if it meant exhausting all her dark magic. She would send her sister in the family to a distant place for refuge and take everything upon herself. Tomorrow, Frey Laan Starlight would surely die. With a firm determination, Kania stared intently at his every move. Her uncompleted revenge must continue in hell. She swore that even if she died, she would never forget her hatred for Frey.

"Haah... Haahh..."

'...Hm?' But something felt off.

'...What's wrong with him?' Thinking that Frey would do something revolting, he just gently placed his hand on her abdomen and closed his eyes.

"...Haah." He even broke out in a cold sweat and groaned. Kania stared blankly at this strange scene. After a while, she came to her senses and started to think.

'...He must be doing something to me.' Obviously, Frey, with his hand on her abdomen, was up to something. Then, what on earth was he up to? Why did he put his hand on her abdomen, show such a pained expression, and break out in a cold sweat?

'...Although I don't know exactly what it is, it's definitely not something good.' What he did late at night after confirming that she was fast asleep could never be something aboveboard. Clearly, he was plotting something bad.

'Dark magic, bloodstains, cursed relics... and his suspicious actions towards me... Perhaps, I can find clues to his destruction.' Calming down again, Kania, thinking that she might find clues to his destruction, began to carefully observe Frey's every move.

"…Whoosh." Just like this, after a long time passed, when Frey staggered away from Kania, she could only suppress her disappointment, having found nothing. She was about to sort out her next plans before the magic wore off. However...

"…This guy is so cute."

'.....?' Suddenly, Frey turned his gaze towards the cat doll on the desk, that is, herself who was possessing the doll, and she immediately felt extremely flustered.

"...Oh, so soft."

'......!'immediately, when Frey, who was sitting on the chair beside the desk, picked her up and started stroking her, Kania instinctively realized that something was wrong. But she couldn't expose the fact that she was possessing the doll. The only thing she could do was to stay still and let Frey stroke her. Just like this, Frey stroked the cat doll with Kania's soul in it for a while. Suddenly, he stopped and stared quietly at the doll.

'...Is, is he going to stop now?' Facing Frey's actions, Kania finally began to hope that she could escape this hellish moment...

"...Yah." Ignoring her expectations, Frey turned the doll over and started pressing on its soft belly.

"Ugh...!" Since Kania was completely assimilated with the doll and shared its senses, when her belly was pressed without warning, she couldn't help but let out a groan like a deflated balloon.

""......."" The room suddenly fell into complete silence.

"...Huh?" When Frey tilted his head, holding the doll, Kania, who had fallen into a brief panic, racked her brains. And just as Frey's expression gradually froze...

"...Meow, meow." Kania softly meowed.

"Ha, what is this..." Frey looked down at the cat doll in his hand, then chuckled and whispered,

"...So it's a doll that makes a sound when you press its belly?" Completely deceived by Kania's quick - wittedness, Frey stared at the doll with great interest for a while, and then started pressing the doll's belly continuously.

"Meow... Meow..."

"...I should also buy a doll like this."

"Meow, meow... Meow..." Due to her belly being pressed continuously, Kania had to keep making sounds in rhythm with the presses. Just like this, in Frey's dormitory late at night, the cat - like moans full of groans and shame echoed for quite a while.

.....

- Dinglingling! Dinglinglingling! Daybreak arrived. I sat up with a tired body, turned off the alarm clock, and stretched my body with a big yawn.

"Haah..." After transfer some vitality to Kania in the early morning, I wanted to go to sleep, but was attracted by the cute cat doll on the desk. As a result, I didn't sleep well again today. However, kneading the soft, cute - sounding cat doll was quite healing, and my stress seemed to have eased a bit.

"...Kania, breakfast."

"Uh, um..."

"...?" Anyway, in order to have the energy to do bad things today as well, I ordered Kania to prepare breakfast. But instead of her reply, a sobbing sound came from the side. Wondering what was going on, I turned my head and saw Kania with a flushed face, covering her belly and glaring at me viciously.

"What's wrong?"

"...Ah, nothing. Just a stomachache..."

"Tsk, disgusting." Although I said this, I started to worry in my heart whether something had gone wrong when I transmitted vitality to her yesterday. I was about to change my words and say that we could skip breakfast...

"Th - Then... I'll go prepare breakfast..." Kania said hurriedly, then quickly turned around and fled the room.

"...What's going on?" Just as I was tilting my head in confusion, a system window suddenly popped up in front of me.

[Gain 200 Evil Points! (Misunderstandings and Small Episodes)]

"...?" I tilted my head and thought for a while, speculating that Kania probably misunderstood that I had used some means to make her stomachache. Then I reached out and closed the popped - up window. Although it seemed that a lot of points were spent, anyway, the more points the better, so it didn't matter.

[Notification! System Level Up!]

[Novice -> Beginner]

[Reward: Beginner - level Skill Level 1 Store Unlocked, Item Shop Open]

"...Oh?" Just as I was thinking about these things, the system sent a notification of level - up.

"...Skill Shop." Seeing this, I decided to check the newly unlocked skills first, so I opened the skill shop.

[Shop / Beginner - level Skill Level 1]

- Silent Muttering 500pt

Description) You can open and operate the system window by muttering in your heart.

- Pseudo - Evil Deception Lv1 250pt

Description) Permanently increase the persuasiveness of lies slightly.

- Information Search Lv2 300pt

Description) The information window skill adds a function to display the person's inclination.

[Accumulated pt: 665pt]

...I quietly stared at the newly unlocked skill bar and soon chose a skill without hesitation.

"Of course, it's silent muttering." Shouting out the system window or information window in front of everyone was more embarrassing than I imagined. When I had an interview with Isolte last time, the way she tilted her head after hearing me mutter made me extremely ashamed. Even without this reason, if I kept saying these words all the time, it might arouse suspicion. So, choosing the silent muttering skill at this stage was obviously a wise move.

'...Item Shop.' After purchasing the 'Silent Muttering' skill, while thinking about testing it, I muttered and opened the 'Item Shop'.

[Shop / Beginner - level Items]

- Mask of Deceit 300pt

Description) After wearing it, you can completely hide your identity for 1 minute. (Cooldown time: 7 days).

- Whip of Hypocrisy 500pt

Description) The opponent hit by this whip won't feel particularly painful.

- Potential Potion LV1 700pt

Description) This mysterious potion can stimulate the potential of the drinker. (Purchase limit 0/1)

"…Here it is, the Potential Potion." According to the strategy left by my ancestors in the prophetic book, if I wanted Kania's sister to quickly improve her healing ability, the 'Potential Potion' was essential. An item that originally required going through arduous efforts to obtain, I could easily get it just by acting as a pseudo - evil person.

'...By the way, except for the Potential Potion, there doesn't seem to be anything particularly useful? Is it because it's still a beginner - level shop?' Although there were quite a few skills and items with effects suitable for acting as a pseudo - evil person, there were no particularly powerful or amazing abilities. Because of this, I was a bit disappointed for a moment. But then I remembered the structure of the 'Path of the Pseudo - Evil' system, sighed, and muttered to myself.

"...Forget it, there's no other way." This 'Path of the Pseudo - Evil' system was quite different from the system of my ancestors, which gradually made those with nothing become stronger, in terms of structure and purpose. Because unlike a thousand years ago, no matter how powerful you were or how powerful items you had, without the 'Weapon of the Hero', you couldn't contend with the Demon King. So, the 'Path of the Pseudo - Evil' system, while breaking through the gloomy script of this unsolvable dark fantasy world, also developed in the direction of awakening the Weapon of the Hero faster than the orthodox route. Of course, those heroines who were eyeing me, wanting to kill me, were indeed terrifying. But since the prophetic book didn't mention this variable, the system probably wasn't prepared for it either. So, I could only face these heroines alone. All in all, although it was sad anddisorienting... I had to rely on my own strength to stop the heroines from hunting me down and at the same time quickly level up the system by doing evil. Only in this way could I reverse those plots leading to bad endings, wake up the hero's weapon decades in advance, and bring a 'true happy ending' to this world.

[You Have a New Notification!] Just as I finished organizing my thoughts and was about to close the system, a notification suddenly popped up in front of me. I clicked on it, and the following words emerged on the screen:

- Congratulations on upgrading to a beginner - level user! May you continue to do evil in an incompetent, ugly, and cowardly way and save this world!

"......" I stared at that system notification, which was hard to tell whether it was a blessing or a curse, couldn't help but sneer, and muttered to myself.

"Ha, it really hits the nail on the head." 'Incompetent', 'ugly', and 'cowardly' were the three major elements judged by the system. Because the evil - deeds point rewards were determined based on these three points. However, sometimes the truth was even more annoying.

"...Sigh." I sighed and waved my hand to close that annoying notification. But then another prompt with a slightly different design popped up in front of me.

[Main Quest: Attack on the Commoner Dormitory]

- Quest Content: Prevent the attack and capture the mastermind behind it.

[Reward: Increase in the Awakening Degree of the Hero's Equipment]

[Failure Penalty: Slight reduction in health and lifespan]

"...Finally, the main quest has appeared." I quietly stared at the newly opened main quest, then glanced at the schedule marked on the calendar on the wall and murmured in a low voice.

"...I must get that item in the back alley no matter what." Soon, I would go to the back alley with Isolte. There was an item there that I had to obtain. If I couldn't get it, I wouldn't be able to prevent the upcoming 'Attack on the Commoner Dormitory'. So, no matter what the cost... Even if I had to roll on the ground, I must get it.

'...However, it's probably Isolte who will really have to roll on the ground.'

.....

Just as Frey was muttering to himself about his plans in the dormitory.

"...Sure enough, to easily restrain Frey, I must get that item."

"This time, I will definitely obtain that item…"

"To expand my power faster than last time… That item is essential…" Kania, Pelosh, and Klarna also muttered in a low voice, having the same thoughts as Frey.