Mastermind
Copyright© 2026 by FantasyTranslater
Chapter 4
Time passed, and it was now the second year since Alon had rescued Yutia and begun exchanging letters with her regularly.
“I’ve successfully rescued them again this time.”
“Is that so?”
Alon received the good news from Evan.
“Did you send them to the orphanage?”
“Yes, this makes it the fifth one.”
At Evan’s words, Alon nodded.
Over the past year, Alon had successfully rescued the three Sins he originally planned to save.
‘Saving the Sin of Greed was a bit tricky.’
The third Sin he rescued, who is currently known by the name Rine Groff, was difficult to find, but rescuing her itself wasn’t that challenging. The same went for the other Sins.
It took a few months to locate each one, but with Alon diligently using his game knowledge to direct Evan, they were all found.
As he looked at Evan, who had been running around to rescue the Five Great Sins over the past year, Alon spoke.
“You can take a break now.”
“Is it over?”
“It’s over.”
“That’s a relief.”
Evan let out a sigh of relief and looked at Alon.
“But, Young Master, aren’t you happy?”
“Of course, I’m happy.”
“You don’t look like it, though.”
“Really?”
At Evan’s remark, Alon turned to look at the mirror.
In it was the face of Alon, a face he had grown accustomed to.
‘Indeed... ‘
The man reflected in the mirror had a blank expression.
No, on closer inspection, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, but the change in his expression was so subtle that it would be hard to notice unless one looked closely.
Alon tried to force his face into a smile, but stopped when he saw that his face, which was normally quite decent-looking, now looked like that of a strange man.
‘It feels like only my facial muscles didn’t fully adapt to this body.’
Unlike before, when his emotions were clearly displayed, Alon’s face now rarely showed any expression. Even if it did, the change was exceedingly subtle.
‘Not that it’s a bad thing.’
Of course, Alon didn’t think much of it. The fact that his emotions didn’t show wasn’t a problem for him, but rather for others who interacted with him. He wasn’t particularly bothered by it.
‘Anyway, this concludes everything I needed to do for now.’
Alon smiled as he thought of the five potential Sins he had gathered at the orphanage.
‘I didn’t expect things to go this well.’
In truth, Alon hadn’t expected things to go so smoothly from the start.
The Five Great Sins had every reason to become the monsters they were destined to be. No matter how hard Alon tried, it wasn’t like he could save them before they encountered any misfortune at all.
In other words, Alon’s only concern had been that he wouldn’t be able to save the Five Great Sins until they were already too far gone. But contrary to his worries, all five of the Sins were growing up normally.
“Evan.”
“Yes.”
“When you visited the orphanage last time, you said there didn’t seem to be any problems, right?”
“When I checked, even Rine and Seolrang, who were in bad shape before arriving at the orphanage, had returned to a relatively normal state.”
“Really?”
“Yes. When I first rescued Seolrang, she was like a broken doll, doing nothing and just staying still, but at the orphanage, she was getting along well. Similarly, when I first rescued Rine, she kept her eyes closed as if she didn’t want to see anything, but when I saw her last, she was reading a book with interest.”
At Evan’s report, Alon nodded.
The content matched what Yutia had written in her letters.
‘I didn’t expect Yutia to do such a good job.’
Initially, Alon had left Yutia at the orphanage not only to keep her at a distance, but also because there was a setting in which she was somewhat attached to the orphanage.
However, he hadn’t been entirely sure that she would take care of the other children as well, and he had originally planned to send Evan to check on the situation and, if necessary, bring in professional help.
‘But that’s not necessary anymore.’
Alon smiled.
Everything had gone even better than he expected, and thanks to Yutia’s efforts, there was now only one thing left for Alon to do.
‘Develop some level of self-defense skills.’
Of course, as the third son of the Palatio Count’s family, if he didn’t take any particular action, his life wouldn’t be in danger.
Especially since Evan was by his side.
But given that this world was based on a dark fantasy, it was essential to have at least some ability to protect himself. He was considering learning magic.
“Oh, by the way, have you heard about the ‘Blue Moon,’ Young Master?”
While he was pondering this, Evan’s question brought Alon back to the present.
“The Blue Moon?”
“Yes, it’s a recently famous organization in the eastern regions. From what I’ve heard, they’ve been hunting down other organizations.”
“An organization hunting other organizations?”
“Yes.”
“Then they’re doing a good thing.”
Alon responded dully, having fully adapted to the dark fantasy world.
If the Blue Moon were massacring civilians, it would be a cause for concern. But if they were hunting other organizations, that was a different story.
After all, in this continent, Alon had never seen or heard of any organization that didn’t involve death in some way.
If they were hunting those who played with human lives, there wasn’t much reason to view them negatively, so Alon simply responded as such.
“The problem is that they’re also killing nobles.”
“Evan.”
“Yes, Young Master?”
“Starting today, you’ll sleep in the room next to mine.”
To read the complete story you need to be logged in:
Log In or
Register for a Free account
(Why register?)
* Allows you 3 stories to read in 24 hours.