Episode 25 – Adele and Opposing Magic

I Was Reincarnated as an Incompetent Villain Prince, and When I Was in the Dark for an Oshi, the Hero Seems to Have Lost His Temper. Apparently, the Hero Is Also a Reincarnated Person~

“Finally, class is over.”

The magic experiment is over and today’s class is over.

I leave the classroom to go home with Ria.

Kureha didn’t seem to be able to finish her report, so she had to make up the work in the classroom.

I guess she couldn’t finish it in time because it was quite voluminous.

As I was thinking about this, a voice called out to me from behind.

When I turned around, I saw Adele standing there, wearing a grim aura.

“Roland, I need to talk to you.”

“What’s wrong? Adele.”

“Tomorrow at noon, will you play a battle spell with me?”

Hearing Adele’s words, the nobles around him began to make a commotion.

The nobles around me started to make a lot of noise when they heard Adele’s words.

“I don’t mind, but are you sure?”

Adele smiles when I ask this.

“Haha! I’ve got all the intermediate magic I need at this point!　
You’re no match for me.”

Adele declares with a smile on his face.

“Well then, we’ll fight tomorrow at lunchtime.”

“I’ll take care of all the formalities, you just wait with your head held high.”

“Yeah, I’ll be looking forward to it.”

I take Adele at his word, and we decide to do the battle magic during the lunch break.

“Roland onii san, good luck!”

“Ri-Ria, why don’t you support me!”

Adele complains to Ria, but Ria ignores him and smiles smugly.

The nobles around us also seem to be listening to our conversation, as if they are concerned about tomorrow’s opposing magic.

Cecil, who was unusually half-asleep, was also awake.

We leave the school under such stares.

★

“Oh no, I’m in trouble.”

I dive into bed, muttering to myself in my room.

I honestly didn’t want to do battle magic, but I knew that if I refused at that point, Adele would get carried away, and the aristocrats would look at me like a sore thumb.

I didn’t want to make my image even worse than it already was.

I lay on my bed and thought.

“Do I really want to do this? No, but …….”

If I really wanted to do it, it would be too risky.

Because Cecil will see my magic.

I had a match with Cecil once.

I competed with Cecil as an adventurer, “The Masked Man,” and we fought evenly.

If I used even a little advanced magic, Cecil might become suspicious.

I lay down on the bed, wondering what to do.

(Okay, let’s lose on purpose.)

I get up from the bed and make a decision.

“I decided to fight with intermediate magic, and after a certain amount of fighting, I would fall down. That way Adele will be satisfied, and my image will not be damaged if I can make the fight worth watching.”

“Master Roland, what are you babbling about all by yourself?”

While I was thinking about my strategy alone, Kureha came into the room.

It seems that she heard me talking to myself.

I hurriedly try to cover it up and say

“Oh, no, it’s nothing. It’s just about tomorrow.”

　
Kureha’s expression turns a little gloomy as I say that, and she says to me

　
“You’re not thinking of losing on purpose, are you?”

　
Kureha stares at me with a sharp look in her eyes.

I am puzzled by her sudden change. She sighs, approaches me and presses her finger on my chest.

“Please fight with dignity. Master Roland is strong.”

“But if I really fight, ……”

　
“I know you are worried that your true identity will be revealed, but Master Roland is not that kind of person.”

　
Kureha takes her fingers off my chest as she says this and looks me straight in the eye.

“Master Roland is not that kind of person who loses so easily.”

　
Kureha’s words make me huff.

(Yes, what am I so scared of? ……)

　
I’m such a chicken, but I didn’t want to fail Kureha.

“Okay, I’m going to fight with all my might.”

　
I said to Kureha and clenched my fist.

Then, Kureha hugged me with a big smile on her face.

She looked up at me and smiled.

-Maiban