Leaving the academy, evening dusk had begun to spread.
Feeling the slightly chilly wind, I started walking towards the dormitory.
Despite some fatigue, what filled my heart was an unfathomable feeling of happiness.
The battle with Yorand was fun. It was really fun.
When was the last time I felt so exhilarated? Honestly, it was many times more fulfilling than the fight with Abel.
Because of that, my footsteps felt light despite the expected heaviness from fatigue.
“Luke.”
At that time, I heard a voice.
“─Yorand?”
“Can we talk for a bit?”
“Yeah.”
I’m in a good mood right now. It’d be harder to find a reason to refuse.
Under the night sky, I walked alongside Yorand.
There was a very intelligent boy. ──No, he was too intelligent.
The boy first felt a sense of discomfort when he turned five years old.
Not a single person around him could understand the things he found obvious.
Their intellects were frighteningly low, he couldn’t see them as the same [humans] at all.
This cruel reality instilled an unfathomable loneliness in the boy.
Boring, so boring.
From that day, the world the boy saw gradually, but surely, faded into a faded thing. His hopes for the future withered, and the boy lost his will to live.
The influence of this faded world was enormous, and the boy’s mind gradually warped.
I could die anytime. Around his ninth birthday, the boy had completely lost attachment to this world.
Only living because he doesn’t die. It was an extremely passive life.
But one day──the world smiled at the boy.
It was when the boy got injured while playing in a field over a trivial thing.
There was no need to worry. Just a small injury like any child would get while playing in a field.
The boy himself didn’t care at all either.
── [Big brother, are you okay?]
It was the voice of Alice, who was four years old at the time.
At that moment, for the first time, the boy consciously recognized her as his [“little sister”].
She had been such an insignificant existence that even though she was in the boy’s vision, he unconsciously ignored her.
──An angel.
A ray of light shined in the darkness.
It was the moment the boy’s world regained its color.
Such innocence, purity without a single speck of impurity.
What else could he call this existence but an angel?
It was truly a trivial happening. But as if everything until now had been a lie, the boy found a meaning to live, frighteningly abruptly.
However, it was too late. Far too late.
The boy’s heart had already been completely warped from the days of despair.
──I want to make this [Angel] fall to a [Demon].
A wicked desire that ordinary people could never understand took control of the boy’s heart.
To see those eyes, so full of innocence and compassion, change to cold and scornful.
────Shiver
The moment he thought that, the boy experienced a numb sensation running down his spine.
Then, pleasure that made the hairs on his whole body stand permeated through him.
The boy decided without an ounce of hesitation.
To devote all his abilities to [Manipulating Hearts].
To control and manipulate the hearts of all the people around him, including himself.
By controlling the numerous factors that influence personality development, the boy began to corrupt the angel into a demon.
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The boy’s cunning and deeply sinister plan began on this day.
He had come to despair of this world, and even his life, which he had lived in apathy, seemed like a stepping stone for this blessing to become something greater.
Now, he was seen as incompetent by those around him. It was all too convenient.
From there, the boy slowly nurtured it by repeating trivial daily routines.
──The [Sadism] that would transform Alice into a demon.
Complete control and manipulation of the people around him.
Such a thing shouldn’t be possible. However, God had given him.
Frightfully superior [Intellect]. To a human who should not have it.
And by the time the boy became a young man, it finally bore fruit.
── [Big brother, I feel sick so don’t get close to me, okay?]
── [Pant Pant]
Everything went according to plan.
The angel fell to a demon. For the young man, the days after were like heaven.
Depending on how you view it, the world can become so vibrantly colorful.
Each time he bathed in Alice’s scornful gaze, indescribable pleasure and happiness filled his whole body.
However, one day the [Darkness] visited, just as suddenly as the [Light] had visited the boy’s world.
The 12 year old Alice was invited to a party.
──To a party celebrating a man named [Luke Wisallia Gilbert].
Due to appearances as a prestigious noble house that concerned his parents, the young man was not allowed to attend the party. It was a certain inevitable result from pretending to be incompetent.
But to the young man who cared about nothing except Alice, it was a trivial thing.
And──tragedy struck.
In just one day.
In just one day, Alice completely changed.
The young man had spent years cultivating Alice’s sadism.
This Luke completely overwrote all that in a single day.
The young man immediately understood. In Alice’s eyes when she returned from the party, the former [Demon] was nowhere to be found.
Her sadism had not disappeared. But what dwelled there now was the same very deep [masochism] and [love] as himself. No longer did she reflect her brother in her eyes.
An event the extraordinarily gifted young man could not comprehend.
Just what happened that could change a person’s heart to this extent in such a short time?
It would still be understandable if Alice simply fell in love.
But what was with that shade of [masochism] dwelling in her eyes?
What did she see and hear? Why did she change so much?
Then a few days later, when he learned Alice’s engagement had been decided, the young man could only laugh.
He realized his happiness had been built on thin ice.
Yet──strangely, there was no [“despair”].
The days spent with Alice had changed the young man’s heart a little.
To the extent he could honestly be happy for his sister’s joy.
The young man had become [human] enough for that.
Luke came by to greet him. To be honest, the young man was very interested.
In what kind of man could change his sister so much in just a few days.
And at a glance, he understood. Directly feeling his aura and exchanging just a few words made it certain. ──That Luke was on the same level as himself, or perhaps even higher, an existence he thought didn’t exist anywhere in the world.
I see, the young man thought.
Luke didn’t change Alice, he returned her to her original self.
Meeting a man like this must have been happiness for Alice, who was the most beautiful and noble sister in the world.
Because at her core, Alice’s desires were the same as the young man’s.
── [I want to be tormented by someone who surpasses and sincerely loves everything about me]
That warped desire binds the young man indefinitely.
The young man didn’t have anyone he could call an equal. It was questionable whether he could find such a partner from now on too. That’s why he tried to change Alice into a [Demon].
The young man laughed. He was a little jealous at just how happy Alice really was.
For his most beautiful and precious sister in the world, there could be no one more suitable than Luke.
There’s no way he could interfere. Even so, he had not given up on his own happiness.
That’s why the young man discarded all his previous plans, and began taking action under a new policy.
“─And so, that’s the gist of it. Man, the indiscretions of youth are frightening.”
“…………Huh?”
I was sure he would seriously talk about today’s lesson.
But when I opened it, what was inside?
──This guy confessed to being the perpetrator of the frightfully audacious Hikaru Genji Plan.
I clearly felt a chill run down my spine.
“So let’s talk a bit about the future. ──Won’t you take me as your ‘piece’ at your side?”
“……What have you been talking about this whole time?”
“Ahaha, you understand, don’t you?”
……Why is he laughing so refreshingly?
Right now, I may be witnessing the horror of mankind.
“There are as many as three benefits, you know?”
“…………”
Ugh…my head hurts…
What is this…I’m getting an intense sense of deja vu.
“First, you get me, an extremely skilled and convenient piece. I’ll carry out any dirty work flawlessly. Well, I don’t have enough trust and results yet. But don’t worry, I intend to demonstrate that from now on.”
“…………”
“Next, I’m adept at manipulating hearts…. Umm, it should be coming about now…”
A bald man floated down from above and knelt before Yorand.
“Sorry for being late, Lord Yorand.”
“No, you’re right on time.”
He’s wearing the uniform of a magician squad.
It’s impressive he can use flight magic, but to be honest it doesn’t really matter to me right now.
I’m tired…Is there really a need to listen to him anymore?
“Let me introduce him, this is Goldeb. He’s the squad leader of the 2nd Magician Squad I belong to,” said Yorand.
“…………”
Goldeb, the squad leader, is kneeling before Yorand, the vice squad leader.
I see, so he demonstrated his capabilities. ──His usefulness.
“Okay. You can go now.”
“Yes sir! My apologies!”
Goldeb floated up again and flew away into the sky.
He really called him here just for this.
“……He’s quite well-trained.”
“I worked hard for it. Most of the 2nd Magician Squad has already sworn their loyalty to me. ──In other words, what you gain isn’t just me as a piece,” said Yorand.
“…………”
At this point, I can’t think he’s sane anymore.
Why is he trying so hard to get in my good graces? His thinking is so twisted I can’t understand it.
“And lastly…I don’t know if this counts as a benefit, but. You’ll be able to flaunt your happy days with Alice in front of me… Th-that’ll feel great, won’t it!? Gives you a sense of superiority, right!? ……Haa…haa…And I’ll just have to patheticly comfort myself… Huh, ah, um, Luke!?”
I started walking.
Without looking back whatsoever──.
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