Chapter 1: Reincarnated as the Villain

Phew… Cleared it! A masterpiece! No doubt about it, a masterpiece!

In a cramped, dark rental room, a grimy man sat hunched on a chair, staring at the screen and letting out a long sigh.

On the screen was the ending CG of R Corp’s latest male-oriented dating sim, “Enroll at the Magic Academy! I’ll Save the World?” It was a gal game where the player pursued various heroines and enjoyed sweet romance.

And this man had collected all CGs, so he was without a doubt a hardcore veteran player.

He stretched and looked out the window at the sky just beginning to brighten. His stomach happened to growl, so he decided to go out for breakfast before sleeping.

As he walked, the man was still mulling over the game’s story. He hadn’t been this addicted to a game in a long time.

“Beep beep!”

Maybe because he wasn’t clear-headed after pulling an all-nighter, or maybe because Xiao Yang’s mind was entirely on the game, he didn’t notice the large truck coming up behind him.

“Bang!”

Amid a screech of brakes and a few shocked stares from passersby, the man’s body was scattered across the ground in pieces.

He reincarnated by possessing someone.

His vision spun. A hangover-like dizziness and nausea dazed him, and unfamiliar memories seemed to be shoved into his head.

When he saw the figure in the mirror clearly, his hands wouldn’t stop trembling.

“Is this… me??”

The face in the mirror was slightly feminine, with long silver hair, deep ice-blue eyes, and a crisp black suit.

This was the classic character from the game, Aelian Celestis.

Aelian swallowed. He turned to look out the window at the vast plains, a few low wooden huts, and some cows and sheep grazing with their heads down.

‘Is this the world of the game?’

‘I got sent to the game world by a hundred-ton truck?’

‘Isn’t something wrong here! Shouldn’t I have reincarnated as a beautiful girl and started a series of romantic comedies between beautiful girls!!’

‘Reincarnated as a guy? And as Aelian? What kind of joke is this!’

Aelian grew more and more panicked. In the original story, the protagonist Leon, from the countryside, relied on his outstanding talent to enter the best magic academy, “Tyronde Academy,” befriend all kinds of beautiful girls, and ultimately use the power of bonds to stop the world’s destruction.

You ask what role Aelian played in the original?

Oh, Aelian is the one who destroys the world.

In the Bad End, Aelian, as the villain, had a conflict with the protagonist right at the start of the game, opposed him repeatedly throughout the story, and ultimately embraced evil power and destroyed the world in one go.

Destroying the world as the demon king, isn’t that great? He is the strongest in the world, after all!

Actually, no.

As everyone knows, most games have a True End besides the Bad End.

In the True End, Aelian gets blasted away by the protagonist’s party around the mid-game story point when his plan is exposed. His death is quite miserable.

If he doesn’t do something, the story will undoubtedly head toward the True End.

“I’m going to die at this rate!”

He was panicking inside, but Aelian’s logic remained clear.

The urgent matter now was to quickly figure out what stage the original game’s story had reached!

This seemed to be Aelian’s bedroom. On the desk by the window was a lavishly bound book, and on the wall hung a fancy Western sword.

Aelian thought of something, walked to the desk, opened the thick book, and seriously began reading its contents.

From the fragmentary memories in his head, he learned this was an introductory magic textbook.

The textbook was brand new. Clearly, the original owner hadn’t flipped through it much.

Aelian smiled in relief, and the last bit of hope in his heart died.

At this point in time, Aelian had already finished middle school and was preparing to enter university.

And the opening scene of the game happened to be Aelian publicly bullying the original protagonist, Leon.

Leon was a commoner, but his grades were excellent.

The original Aelian was the second son of the Celestis family. He never studied, yet often used his noble status to belittle Leon.

During middle school, Leon suffered a lot because of Aelian. The middle school teachers didn’t dare punish Aelian out of fear of his family’s influence.

The conflict between the two was almost impossible to resolve.

After entering university, the situation began to reverse.

Leon earned everyone’s recognition through his own efforts. Aelian, by contrast, had entered on family privilege and was often looked down upon because of his personality.

As the story progressed, beautiful girls like the Church’s saintess, the elf princess, and the empire’s princess gathered around Leon. Aelian, meanwhile, had only a few fair-weather friends as lackeys and not a single true companion.

His only friend from middle school, Karl, had also left him for various reasons.

Aelian thought to himself: since he hadn’t entered Tyronde Academy yet, he still had a chance to overturn his fate as the villain!

And if he went even further, he could actually become a beautiful girl!

At that thought, Aelian’s mood lifted.

Since he had transmigrated to another world, he should properly become a beautiful girl and get lovey-dovey with other beautiful girls!

“Knock knock.”

“Young master, breakfast is ready.”

A sudden knock at the door startled Aelian, followed by the butler’s voice.

Aelian cleared his throat and, imitating the original owner’s tone from memory, said to the door:

“Okay, you may go down first.”

The original owner’s father, Herman, had shown superhuman military talent from a young age. He took over power from Aelian’s grandfather early and became the empire’s marshal.

Herman was cold and strict. He had great achievements in military affairs, but at home he was like a tyrant.

His older brother Victor was extremely talented from childhood. He inherited their father Herman’s military talent and swordsmanship talent, and also had considerable skill in magic.

Herman was quite satisfied with all these aspects, and in his eyes, he had long regarded this eldest son as his only heir.

With that as the premise, Aelian, the good-for-nothing second son, seemed utterly worthless.

His mother, who was also Victor’s mother, died giving birth to him, which was why his father Herman had never given him a kind look.

Even now, Herman remained single and had not remarried.

Since Aelian’s birth, the number of times he had met Herman could be counted on one hand. The rare few were when Herman passed by this old mansion during a campaign and stopped briefly to rest.

A few times, Herman rarely returned to the old mansion and talked military affairs with his brother Victor in the study until late at night.

Aelian passed by and actually heard his father’s praise for his brother from inside.

Since birth, Aelian had barely seen Herman’s face, let alone received praise.

Aelian realized he was an unvalued second son. Herman’s contempt also left him lacking a good education.

He never studied and spent his days indulging in pleasure.

The admission invitation from the highest academy, Tyronde Academy, was sent in light of Herman’s status as the empire’s marshal, not because Aelian had earned it himself.

In the original owner’s view, enrolling was just a change of scenery to continue a life of debauchery, so he had never done any training.

When he actually enrolled, Aelian met the protagonist Leon.

Leon came from the bottom, had no background or resources, and got into the highest academy purely through his own effort. He won the favor of a crowd of beautiful girls. He was a genuine hot-blooded, hardworking protagonist.

Aelian was the exact opposite. At Tyronde Academy, he remained arrogant and domineering, making everyone resentful.

Many classmates he had bullied in middle school, including Leon, also entered Tyronde Academy. Thus, his persona as the villainous young master was deeply ingrained.

Everyone knew he was the second son of the Celestis family. On the surface, no one dared provoke him, but behind his back, people couldn’t help spitting at the mention of Aelian’s name.

Still, it was unavoidable that the people Aelian had bullied in middle school would enter Tyronde. He could only try to slowly change his reputation.

Suddenly, Aelian slapped his forehead. To avoid being blasted away by Leon, wouldn’t it be enough to just become a beautiful girl?

Using a beautiful girl’s identity to steal the heroines… that seemed a bit cruel to Leon.

Maybe because he had been smashed to pieces by a hundred-ton truck, Aelian’s brain structure was clearly abnormal.

At this point, Aelian had not truly learned magic.

Someone who spent all day indulging in pleasure naturally wouldn’t spend time studying magic, and even if he learned it, he wouldn’t get any sense of achievement.

That was how the original Aelian thought.

Aelian gathered his thoughts. Since he wanted to avoid the original’s death ending, he had better start doing something right now.

There was indeed a way to permanently change s*x in the original work, but it wasn’t something easily obtained in the early part of the story.

The only currently feasible plan to become a beautiful girl would have to be carried out after enrollment. In the ten days before enrollment, he could do some preliminary preparation.

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