Betrayed by My Best Friend and Dumped by My Fiancée, I’ve Decided to Enjoy Life as I Please ~ For Some Reason, a Bunch of Crazy Fanatics Keep Pledging Their Loyalty to Me~
“My name is Rex McFarlane. Sorry I’m late introducing myself.”
“My name is Iris. I serve Rex sama”.
After the Killer Monkey was defeated, we were once again facing Roger and Anastasia.
My mind is already completely locked on to the two of them.
If they have no relatives, I’m hoping they’ll join us.
“You share the same family name, but what’s the relationship between you two ……?”
I asked them, thinking that if they share the same family name, they must be related, and their faces clouded over.
At that moment, I regretted having asked so carelessly.
It would be a disaster if I made a bad impression on them and they turned down my scouting offer.
“I-If you don’t want to tell me, you don’t have to. Everyone has one or two things they don’t want to say.”
“N-no, ……, you two saved our lives. I will tell you.”
Anastasia then began to talk.
‘Roger is …… my sister’s kid,……. When I was six years old, my sister, who was sixteen, was kidnapped by an ogre …….”
The birth of ogre people is a cross between an ogre and a human.
That’s what she meant.
It’s not a very pleasant story, but there are many other similar cases, such as orcs.
“My sister was rescued by the Knights, but by then she had already given birth to Roger. She was depressed for a while, but she looked at Roger with love in her eyes. She used to say, ‘No matter what he was born to be, he’s still my son’.”
“Mom loved me. Even I, a fool, knew that.”
“……, you are a good sister and she’s a good mother.”
If you are conceived with a demon child, abortion is a given.
Even if you give birth to a child, it’s not uncommon for the child to be abused and then killed, yet the child, Roger, is still able to feel the love.
I think she must have been a kind person just by listening to her story.
“The four of us, including my mother, lived a happy life together. But ……”
“The people in the village accused my mother of being a traitor,……! It was …… all my fault. ……”
“No, it’s not! You didn’t do anything wrong. ……”
So they were driven out of their village and came to Zakus. ……
They must have had a very hard life.
The world’s perception of demons is very strong, and there must have been no easy way out.
No one wants to be born an ogre, but …… it’s a truly disgusting story.
Next to me, Iris was quietly shedding tears.
Even Iris is of a discriminated race, and people probably abuse her and assault her.
Feeling sad, I gently patted Iris on the head, and Iris smiled with tears in her eyes.
“Then I moved to the town of Zax and for a while I lived a quiet life. But life changed drastically when a child bumped into us and took off Roger’s bandana, revealing his horns in public.”
Stones were thrown and abusive language was hurled at him.
The harassment from the neighbors escalated and they decided they couldn’t live there anymore.
This story alone is quite irritating, but the story didn’t end there.
“The lord of Zaks, that pig told me …… that he killed my mom and grandma! He hurt two innocent people just for the fun of it! He burned them to death while they laughed. ……”
“My sister and mother let us go and got caught. …… My sister entrusted me with Roger and I managed to escape, but they found them just in time. ……”
“So that’s where we are now. ……”
Roger showed his fury and intense hatred, and Anastasia held her eyes and wept.
They were robbed of everything by unreasonable violence, and without even a moment to shed a tear for the pain, they themselves were targeted for their lives.
Why is the world so unreasonable?
This world makes me even more nauseous than the previous one.
Violence has developed, and this world is filled with people who endure pain and wet their pillows with tears.
I want to save them …….
“Are you willing to let …… this end as it is?”
They looked up at my words.
I held their hands and continued.
“Do you want it to end like this?”
“That’s ……”
“I don’t want to. I’ll never forgive them. I’m not going to let them just walk away.”
Not because I can use them or anything.
I want to help people who are in trouble.
I’m just satisfying myself with that kind of hypocrisy.
That’s why I want to reach out to them.
“Won’t you join me? Join our clan …… Black and White dragon.”
““?!?!?””
When I recruit them, they widen their eyes in surprise.
They’re all surprised when I say this name ……
When I told the landlady, she was surprised, then she laughed hard and patted me on the back for doing my best.
I guess she was surprised because I have too good a sense for improvising.
I was too much of a genius.
“What do you think? I don’t think it’s a bad idea to grant Roger’s wish.”
This is a win-win situation for both of us.
If he joins my clan and makes a name for himself, it might improve his position as an ogre.
I get a trustworthy and ambitious friend, and I kill two birds with one stone!
Isn’t it a wonderful story that doesn’t hurt anyone?
“Hey, Iris. You think so too, don’t you?”
“Yes, I think …… it’s not bad. The two of them will help you to achieve Rex-sama’s ambition, the overthrow of the World Alliance and the liberation of the discriminated races.”
“Right …… eh?”
What did you just say?
The overthrow of the World Alliance ……?
Is it my ambition …… to make enemies of the people of the world?
W-What the hell is going on?!
Anastasia and Roger are whispering, “I knew it,” but do I really look that bad?!
“U-umm …… Iris? What …… is that supposed to mean?”
I asked Iris what I meant and she gave me a very nice smile.
Normally I would find this smile trustworthy and comforting, but right now I have a bad feeling about this.
“I understand Rex-sama’s ambition even if you don’t say it. This Iris will do her best to help you.”
You understand even if I don’t say it, but I didn’t say anything and I don’t understand anything!?
I was trying my best not to show my upset and was in a panic inside, when all of a sudden Anastasia and Roger knelt down.
W-What is it this time?!
“Rex onii chan. No Rex sama!”
“I, Anastasia Harrison, and my nephew Roger, will be loyal to you for the rest of our lives. We would like to join your clan.”
“O-of course you’re welcome to do that. ……”
How does that equate to a lifetime of loyalty?!
And even Roger, who seems to be a bit of a bad boy, is kneeling down!
I-I’d like someone to explain what’s going on ……! What the hell is going on here ……?
I was stunned when Iris overheard me.
“It’s very Rex-sama to be able to control the mind this quickly. Please leave the planning regarding that matter to me.”
I’m not sure what you mean by that……
I mean, what’s this planning thing?
I don’t recall asking Iris for anything. ……
“Just in case, what’s the plan for ……?”
I won’t be surprised no matter what you say.
Such determination is easily overturned.
“It’s already been decided. It’s a plan to attack the Zaks Mansion.”
Iris says, ‘It’s already been decided, right?’ and I want to ask who made such a shocking decision, but my words echo clearly in my head.
[Can it end like this? ]
I was at a loss for words when I realized that my words to Roger and Anastasia were being misunderstood—
-Maiban
So far, this seems like an Overlord type of story, and these guys would dramatically misinterpret MCs words as something genius and strategic.
Let’s see how the author will cook
Basically a “Sasuga Rex-sama” situation.