The Extra's Return

The first thing that crossed my mind when I got the quest to act like a Villain was.

I felt weird.

Why did the quests that I had received tend to force me to antagonize the important characters in this world? First Jullian, and now Jeanne. Does the World System hate them?

My head had finished processing what I should do about the quest that had suddenly appeared.

An extra character who was forced to do the same actions as a villain, that was the conclusion of the quest I received.

I didn't think much before I accepted the quest.

Considering that every quest I had undertaken so far had a great reward, there was no reason to refuse.

Just expecting the rewards that the World System would provide was more than enough reason to accept.

My loss would only make me become an enemy of Jeanne, who had already obtained the blessing of the God of Wrath.

But since I was already thinking of not bringing her to my side, I didn't have to hesitate anymore to antagonize her.

My original plan was to ally with Jeanne and attack the slave trader headquarters, then uncover the veil of evil in this city, just like what Jullian did in the novel Demon Lord and Hero of Light. Too bad that didn't work out.

Because I had received the quest to act like a villain, I was forced to change my original plan.

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the decision I made wasn't because I was hurt by what she had done earlier.

With the choice that I had made to act like a villain, the arrival of the magician could be an advantage for me.

When you ask what choice should I make as the villain when an enemy comes against the main heroine?

My answer was I chose to pretend to be the enemy's ally, that was the magician.

Just pretend to be the magician's ally and fight the main female character of this world. Then, wouldn't I already be the villain?

With the information that I had, I'm sure I wouldn't have any trouble pretending to be an ally of Yary's envoy magician.

But there was one thing I was curious about.

When I saw the magician coming, I wondered how he knew that Pavlova was at my inn.

Was there something on Pavlova's body that indicated her position or something that the magician could track?

'Well, that's not important.'

I walked slowly towards the magician as if I were walking without fear. I didn't have any hostile intentions toward him either.

"You've come."

I smiled as I spread my arms, where it appeared that I was welcoming him.

Of course, he was surprised when I said that casually as if I had been waiting for him to come for a long time.

Perhaps because he detected that I had no intention of fighting, he canceled the magic he was about to cast.

"Who are you?"

"Let's just say I'm one of the people who have business with the person who gave you the order."

"You mean?"

"I am your ally. Aren't you someone sent by Yary Stronghold?"

"How do you know?"

"As I said, I'm your ally. I knew that Yary would send a magician here."

"Okay. Let's just say what you said was true. Then, if you're on the same side as me, what are you with her for? You must know that she's the young master's target, right?!"

"I'm just pretending to be on her side. I'm here to prevent the worst-case scenario."

"Pfft, in other words, you want to say that you are the backup plan prepared by the young master? But why are you suddenly telling me that you're on my side? That's really funny. Did you think I would immediately believe your words?"

"Then, aren't you afraid of the risk you might take for misrecognizing me?"

"Hmm...."

At first, he looked incredulous.

However, he was forced to think about my words carefully.

If what I just said was true and he still wanted to use force on me, then he would receive severe punishment from the people he served.

Surprisingly, he began to look at me more carefully. His eyes traveled over every inch of my body, starting from my feet, then continuing to travel slowly up my body.

Automatically, the longer he scanned my body, the more my goosebumps stood up. I got goosebumps when he scanned my body. Was this how women usually felt if they were being stared at by a man?

He had stopped scanning my body. But strangely, he focused instead on looking at my face for a long time.

And then he started nodding incoherently.

Did my face look so convincing? Or was there another reason why he became convinced?

Suddenly, he monologued quietly, "At the very least, his face looks suitable for a nobleman's son. Seeing that he managed to deflect my magic, his strength is also suitable for a nobleman's son. It is not strange that he is the young master's friend."

Ignoring his monologue, I told him,

"If you don't believe me, I can prove to you. You just need to stand there quietly. Let me solve the problem here."

"You mean?"

"I'll take your place."

"Hahaha. That's fine. I'll gladly accept your offer."

I knew he would agree.

There was no reason he would refuse my offer since it worked in his favor.

However, I was sure that if I did something that deviated from what I was supposed to do, he would definitely shoot out his magic suddenly to destroy me.

'Well, that's if he can do that later.''

Now, I just have to prove that I was his ally, just like I said before.

Twisting my legs, I turned away from the magician.

Then I walked back towards Jeanne.

I didn't forget to narrow my eyes and put a sly smile on my face.

I don't know if I've successfully imitated the expression of a villain or not. At least I had tried.

'I hope I've done well.'

When I looked at Jeanne, she was already moving. She was no longer standing still like a stone by the roadside.

She was sitting and hugging the nanny's corpse. Both of her hands were stained with blood as she touched the nanny's dead body.

Her eyes were no longer blank. But she still didn't show any sign that she was angry. In fact, she should have exploded in anger.

More like, she was too calm.

I felt that the demeanor she showed was like the silence that comes before a storm.

Without looking at me, she said, "So, you know who the magician was and why he came here?"

"Yes. I know. If you weren't stupid, you should've been able to guess that he didn't come here with good intentions."

"Ha-ha-, if so, didn't I hear wrongly that you're actually his ally?"

It seemed like she had heard everything I said to the magician.

It was only natural that she looked so angry. Perhaps now she was lamenting the fact that I had just betrayed her.

Looking at it from her point of view, it's not quite right to say that I betrayed her. Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that I had 'fooled' and 'played' her.

After pretending to be calm, Jeanne suddenly gritted her teeth. The way she gritted her teeth could have made a bear run away in fear.

"ANSWER ME!"

She yelled very-very loudly.

"Was everything you said to that magician was the truth? Are you really his ally?"

Finally, she let out her anger.

The wrinkles on her forehead tried to form with all their might. However, due to the white and smooth skin of her face, the wrinkles only looked dim even though she was obviously very angry.

"So what if it's true?"

"How dare you… So, you planned this from the start? Even when we first met at the Adventurer's Association headquarters, were you just pretending to help the receptionist when she was being harassed by the servant of the Marquis Stronghold's son? Did you do all that to get close to me?"

How could she suddenly be so good at making deductions on inappropriate matters? I didn't think she would come up with such a surprising deduction.

I didn't deny or justify her deduction.

After shouting incoherently, a normal person would calm down as they managed to let out the frustration in their mind. But that was not the case with her. Instead of calming down, she became even angrier.

Perhaps the anger she let out and showed to me was an accumulation of anger due to me killing the nanny and because she felt I had been played.

If you think of it that way, then you would definitely think that the anger she showed me seemed very reasonable.

'Or, is the anger she's showing just a side effect of what happened before, where it's still affecting her?'

The previous incident I am referring to is where she was immersed in her bad past due to the process of receiving the blessing from the God of Wrath.

As I thought about that previous incident, I was suddenly curious about something.

'Did her abilities change much after experiencing Enlightenment and receiving the blessing?'

[Skill Judgement - Activated.]

The first thing I wanted to see was her stats. I wonder if her stats are different from her previous stats.

Therefore, while looking at her who kept getting angry at me, I used the Judgement skill.

Before I fought against her directly, analyzing her abilities first was much more important.