Mastermind
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Chapter 1
In the Asteria Kingdom, located east of the continent’s center.
In a small room on the right side of the second floor of the Count Palatio’s residence in the southern region.
“ ... Did you successfully carry out the order?”
“Yes, that is correct.”
The knight, standing, lowered his head in response to the man sitting on the bed.
“As you commanded, I rescued the orphans in the small village in the eastern part of the kingdom ... No, rather, the orphans in the facility for human experimentation.”
“And did you ensure the orphanage was properly managed?”
“Yes, just as you instructed, I left the orphanage in the hands of a girl named Yutia.”
“ ... Did you finish the discussion with the baron’s family managing that village?”
“Yes, as soon as I showed them the documents related to the human experimentation, they obediently accepted all our demands, including the entire castle.”
With that, the knight, Evan, pulled out a leather pouch from his chest and placed it in front of Alon’s side table.
“Good.”
Alon opened the pouch and smiled with satisfaction as he looked at the gold coins inside.
“Young Master, if I may ask one thing...?”
After a moment of silence, Evan spoke.
“What is it?”
“You said the reason you attacked the human experimentation facility in Baron Alfon’s territory was to save that girl, Yutia, right?”
As Alon nodded, gesturing for him to continue, Evan spoke further.
“ ... Indeed, she was extraordinary. I’ve lived a long time as a mercenary myself.”
Evan paused as if to gather his thoughts, then continued.
“But it’s hard to understand why such a powerful girl was locked up in that facility.”
“And?”
“ ... Why did you just leave her at the orphanage?”
Alon remained silent in response to the question, which carried a tone of slight incomprehension.
In truth, Evan’s question was entirely reasonable. Rescuing a girl like Yutia without making use of her in any way was an act that brought no benefit.
But that was only from Evan’s perspective. The situation looked quite different from Alon’s viewpoint.
‘I removed one of the world’s destruction flags, and that’s enough for now.’
Yutia.
Her real name was Yutia Bludia.
In 10 years, she would become one of the Five Great Sins, the “Sin of Wrath,” and wipe out two of the five allied kingdoms from the continent, causing hundreds of thousands of casualties.
If someone were to ask how Alon knew what would happen 10 years later, it was because he was a person who had been reincarnated. Moreover, he was aware that this world would be utterly destroyed in 10 years as a dark fantasy RPG game called “Psychedelia.”
“Sigh.”
Alon clutched his throbbing head as he remembered the moment he first regained consciousness two months ago and let out a deep sigh.
‘At first, just realizing that this was a fantasy world made me bedridden for three days, and then discovering that it was 10 years before the main plot of Psychedelia started made me sick for ten more.’
Initially, when Alon thought he had merely reincarnated into a fantasy world, he despaired for about three days. However, as he began to adapt to the world, the situation didn’t seem so bad.
Surprisingly, being a noble was quite manageable.
The life of a noble was incredibly comfortable. He could wake up whenever he wanted, sleep whenever he wanted, do whatever he wanted, and eat whenever he felt like it.
Although he was the third son of a count and held no real power, he was in a position where he could fully enjoy the pleasures of life without responsibility.
That’s why, at first, he was somewhat happy.
For someone who had worked 78 hours a week at a low-paying job, the life of a noble was unbelievably luxurious.
Of course, not being able to access the internet, the pinnacle of modern civilization, was a severe drawback. Still, the life of a noble was satisfying enough to overlook that.
But that only lasted for a while.
Alon’s mood darkened rapidly once he realized that this continent was named Ampelan.
... And even more so when he recalled that the noble family he had reincarnated into was the Count Palatio’s family.
Ampelan was the name of the continent in Psychedelia, the game he had played during his sparse free time while slaving away at work.
And the Count Palatio’s family was briefly mentioned in one of the game’s quests.
Moreover, the despair he felt upon realizing that this was 10 years before the main plot of Psychedelia began was as crushing as the time when his paycheck had been delayed for three consecutive months.
The world of Psychedelia was one where all living creatures, whether nobles or commoners, would be mercilessly ground to dust in 10 years.
Among the most doomed was the Asteria Kingdom, to which the Count Palatio’s family belonged. In any game route, the moment one of the Five Great Sins appeared, the kingdom was wiped off the map.
In other words, it was destroyed.
The kingdom would disappear. The nobility would vanish. Cities would be obliterated.
In short, Alon’s noble life as the third son of the Count Palatio family would inevitably come to an end in 10 years.
Thus, if Alon wished to continue enjoying his peaceful noble life, he would have to eliminate all Five Great Sins, who were destined to become human-killing machines in the future.
And what he was doing now was part of that plan.
“Well ... that’s it.”