Chapter 30 : A New Plan

“Phew, phew, phew, Ai-Aileen.”
“Yah~ yah! Slower, Young Master!”

“That sounds so wrong!”

“Yah! How did it get faster?!” Feeling the sudden acceleration of the rise and fall beneath her, Aileen let out a small gasp and instinctively tightened her grip on the fabric of Schiller’s back.

“More importantly, can you get off my back?”

At this moment, Schiller was doing push-ups in his room, and for some reason, Aileen was sitting on his back.

[Body Enhancement] allowed him to easily perform weighted training.

Now he fully understood the importance of a strong body, so exercise was naturally an essential part.

His back rose and fell due to the strenuous exercise.

“Well, Young Master, just think of it as weighted training~”

Aileen was so light it felt as if she had no weight at all, making one worry if she was eating properly.

“You’re so dedicated to exercising, could it be…” Aileen put her hand to her mouth, pretending to think, and her eyes lit up.

Gulp.

“…”

“Ah, could it be that I’m too fat?”

‘I’m such a fool for being scared by her for a moment!’

“Young Master~ Go for it~ Fighting~”

She raised her hands high on Schiller’s back, cheering him on.

“Oh, oh!”

…

…

“Aileen, help.”

After finishing his workout, Schiller took a towel to wipe his sweat and asked Aileen for help.

“Yes? Young Master, what is it?” Aileen looked at him cutely.

“Actually, I accidentally raised Sheryl’s favorability too high.”

“?” She looked completely clueless.

“So, you want to lower Lady Sheryl’s favorability as much as possible? Why?”

“You might not believe me if I tell you…” Schiller took a deep breath and spoke in an incredibly serious tone.

“The world will be destroyed.”

“No, I believe Young Master’s words… You mean?”

“A world without Yuri to watch will be destroyed!”

However, the statement that the world would be destroyed was not a lie.

“Anyway, save me, Aileen!”

“I have no one else to rely on but you!”

Schiller looked at Aileen with teary eyes. Aileen, feeling a tingle in her heart under his gaze, felt she had to do something.

“Leave it to me, General! Although I’m not sure about the situation, I will serve you with all my heart!”

Aileen stood up straight and gave a military salute.

“Sergeant Aileen, tell me your plan!”

“Plan? Ouch ouch, hmm… kidnap her!”

“That’s right, kidnap… no, I think I’ve heard that somewhere before…”

For some reason, the maids in the Viscount’s manor seemed a bit too violent.

“Let’s hear it for now, what kind of kidnapping method?”

“Heh heh, I’ll knock Lady Sheryl out and tie her up in the basement, then Young Master will appear like a hero saving a damsel in distress…”

“Isn’t that just a normal hero saving a damsel?”

“Wait, wait, let me finish. After Young Master appears, while untying her clothes, you’ll act like a rogue and say, ‘Heh heh, didn’t expect this, did you? I’m the mastermind. Go ahead and scream, no one will come to save you even if you scream your throat raw!’ This will definitely lower her favorability!”

“Then, you, the maid, will make a grand entrance, defeat the evil villain Schiller in a few moves, and then live happily ever after with Sheryl, a blissful life from morning to night… ah, no, an inseparable and beautiful life from morning to night! Perfect!”

“…”

The air suddenly went quiet.

‘No, why are you silent now! Ah, don’t look at your master like he’s a pervert!’

“Does the Viscount’s manor have such a basement?”

“Heh heh, yes, it’s usually used to interrogate prisoners. It’s a place in the Viscount’s manor where no magic or person can ever find—”

“No matter how much you scream, you won’t be heard?”

“Yes.”

“No matter what, no one will come?”

“Yes.”

“This girl, this plan is surprisingly feasible!”

“Aileen, are you a genius?”

“Ouch, a genius, heh heh, he called me a genius~”

Aileen smiled happily. She felt that being praised by Schiller was such a wonderful thing, so—sweet.

“But, can you knock her out with a drug instead of hitting her? After all, I don’t really want to hurt her.”

Schiller gently stroked her pink hair and continued to instruct her:

“Then, I’ll be the one to drug her!” Aileen puffed out her chest, closing her eyes slightly as if in comfort.

“Sedative! It’s a sleeping drug! Not that weird kind of drug! You must double-check! Make sure you see clearly before you administer it!”

“I already have a trauma from being drugged!”

Sheryl only became a pervert because of the drug. Normally, she was an obedient and good girl!

“Ouch, I’ll try my best, no, I’ll definitely do it!”

“If you fail…”

“If I fail, I’ll die trying!” Aileen clenched her small fists, making a face as if she were facing death.

“Ouch!” She held her head where Schiller had tapped it, looking at him with teary eyes.

“Idiot,” Schiller sighed, his tone softened with a hint of warmth, “Your little life is more important than the mission’s failure. Protect yourself, understand?”

Schiller spoke lightly.

“O-okay!”

Aileen jumped slightly, then, with a look of determination, she left the room.

“Lower Sheryl’s favorability.” Schiller thought for a moment and wrote this at the top of his goals.

“This is the most pressing matter right now.”

The situation had developed to a point where there was no time to lose. No matter what he did, it seemed he couldn’t lower Sheryl’s favorability.

“This strong medicine seems pretty good.” As long as he acted like a pervert, Sheryl, while not giving up on him, would at least be wary.

As long as he kept her favorability within half, he could slowly push forward later.

Thinking about it now, it was all the fault of the person who drugged the coffee.

If it weren’t for him, his relationship with Sheryl wouldn’t have become like this.

‘Who is it?! Hates me so much, just because I got a little lucky with my gacha pulls and got more good stuff!’

Schiller thought resentfully:

“Don’t let me catch them! When I do, I’ll make them taste what it’s like to be r*ped too!”

In fact, both the first kidnapping incident with Sheryl and this incident had someone behind the scenes.

“How could I forget!”

Schiller slapped his thigh hard.

“That great villain, that bad woman who always does bad things behind the protagonist’s back!”

“And she even appeared in front of me twice.”

“And perfectly predicted the ‘disaster’ I would encounter.”

“The clues… they all connect!”

“The truth! There is only one!”

He gritted his teeth, enunciating each word of that name:

“That’s right, the culprit is Ophelia!”