Chapter 40 : Not the Protagonist

Gavin once believed that this world was just like a game.
A fantastical world, people of all shapes and sizes, and a system of governance that had long since fallen into disrepair in his original world.

“Isn’t this… a game?”

That’s right, Gavin was a reincarnator. In his previous life, he was a slovenly, careless, and disgusting pervert.

One day, while his lust got the better of him and he tried to assault a beautiful female student passing by on the street, he was killed by a falling object from a high altitude. Yet, he was given a chance to be reincarnated.

A poor background, weak strength, and a dangerous worldview, all of which were very similar to the high-difficulty games he had played in his previous life.

How to survive in such an environment was undoubtedly a difficult matter.

Perhaps influenced by the popular isekai reincarnation novels of his previous life, he held no fear of his reincarnation. He never expected to be truly reincarnated in a world of swords and magic.

Unfortunately, his identity was not that of a highly anticipated hero—but a down-and-out child in the slums.

‘Serves him right? How could that be? My grand adventure story will begin here!’

That’s right, from an unknown person with a wooden stick at the beginning, to a hero holding a holy sword, this was a plot that should exist in any mainstream story.

The owner of this body seemed to have died under the unbearable weight of hunger, disease, and multiple factors.

“God, please save my brother. Aileen is willing to offer her own life.”

Seeing the suddenly recovered Gavin, his sister, a girl named Aileen, cried out with joy.

Gavin was only attracted by her appearance, with only one thought in his mind—“I must have her.”

As the first conquest target of his reincarnation, wasn’t she very suitable? A childhood friend, older sister type character, popular everywhere.

However, in the following days, despite his continuous attempts to conquer Aileen through various means, he was only met with the girl’s silence time and time again.

He had almost exhausted all the techniques from his previous life in games: saying nice things, caring for the girl, being assertive with the girl… but with little effect.

Naturally, Aileen only regarded Gavin as her own brother. What else could there be? She even suspected that her deal with a demon had come true.

That day, Gavin had a sudden thought: if he set the house on fire and then rescued Aileen, would she fall in love with him?

No sooner said than done, he immediately acted. He piled up the collected flammable junk and set it on fire while Aileen was asleep.

However, things didn’t go as planned. He was too short, fell to the ground, and was enveloped by thick smoke. Just as he thought he was about to die, it was Aileen who desperately dragged him out of the house.

No one knew how Aileen did it. She was just a little girl.

Not long after, Aileen was adopted by the viscount’s head maid because of her excellent companion magic. Thanks to her, he embarked on the path of becoming an adventurer.

Just at that time, he discovered that he had awakened a certain skill. As if reflecting his evil heart, in this world, there seemed to be a [Gift] called companion magic.

And his magic was [Hypnosis], and another ultimate weapon.

After using it multiple times, he finally found out that [Hypnosis] could only be used on people of a lower level than himself, and the target was limited to one person.

[Common Sense Alteration], on the other hand, could ignore levels and forcibly change a person’s common sense. However, the number of uses and the number of people it could be used on were limited to one.

He wanted to become the king of this world.

Unfortunately, Aileen’s level seemed to have surpassed his early on, making him unable to act. And her attitude towards him in the past two years had become increasingly cold.

Perhaps, as Aileen gradually grew up, he would sooner or later become a dispensable existence in her life, not to mention that his first words to her were basically:

“Give me money.”

At that time, he happened to meet the pure Shirley, and so he extended his demonic claws towards Shirley.

The plan was proceeding smoothly. Soon, Shirley would lose all her common sense and become a puppet at his mercy.

Although there was still occasional resistance now, it would sooner or later disappear with the passage of time.

And the next target was the recently appeared great beauty named Ophelia. The first time he saw her, Gavin felt that he could never find a more moving woman in this world.

Just looking at Ophelia’s body, he couldn’t sleep at night and needed to constantly “expend” his desires.

‘What a lewd woman.’

Originally, it should have been like this.

[Purify]!

Gavin’s eyes widened in disbelief. Golden light burst from Ophelia, instantly enveloping Shirley’s body. She let out a comfortable low moan.

When she opened her eyes again, she blinked in confusion, then her face turned ferocious, as if she had encountered the end of the world.

“Ah, ah, ah…”

“Ah! Ah! I… I…”

The girl had already forgotten that she was on the battlefield. Instead, she hugged her staff tightly, curled up on the ground, and moaned with vacant eyes:

“Why… how could it be! I!”

“Hey! Shirley! What’s wrong with you?!” Evelyna stood behind her in a panic, she anxiously reached out and shook her body, but the girl’s trembling only intensified.

Shirley’s eyes were vacant, as if countless apocalypses were replaying in her mind. She clenched and unclenched her fists, repeating these meaningless actions.

“Hey, Gavin, it’s all because you said those things! Apologize to Shirley, you bastard!”

Gavin understood that the effect of the hypnosis had been lifted. Next, the girl’s memories would probably rush back to her.

“Tsk!” Gavin sighed deeply, then threw up his hands in surrender:

“I thought it would be much smoother with a support… I didn’t expect you to know a secret skill like purify.”

Purify, it was said that one could only find people who could use this magic in the church in the imperial capital. Most of those spellcasters were old believers in their fifties.

Since Ophelia joined, the Gluttonous Wolf Squad’s hunting efficiency had actually increased by a level. Ophelia’s [Blessing] effect was simply too powerful, even allowing everyone to perform at a higher level.

Gavin had long suspected that if this was a game world, then this “amnesiac” girl named Ophelia must be an important character.

“Yes, a healer-type character with no combat ability.”

In most games, the characters who served as healers were basically priests, saintesses, and the like. They not only used a large number of support magics, but their healing was also top-notch.

And among them, the most challenging was “skill unlocking.” Gavin had no doubt that Ophelia was like this. Her talent for healing magic would definitely awaken because of the protagonist.

“Let me cut in halfway!”

Unexpectedly, the scales of fate had brought him the main character of this game. Compared to Ophelia, Shirley was just a Pikachu on the side of the road.

Next, as long as he conquered Ophelia, he could replace the protagonist and eventually become the king of this world.

After all, conquering the world was the ultimate goal of most male-oriented games.

Before that, he had to ensure his and Ophelia’s survival. To escape from here, leaving Shirley and Evelyna behind would be more than enough.

He drew his sword and quickly slashed at Evelyna’s chest.

“!”

Evelyna avoided the vital point at the last second, but her abdomen was still pierced by the sword as she twisted her body. Blood instantly gushed out from the tip of the sword. She widened her eyes, looking at the scene in front of her in disbelief.

“Ga-Gavin, you! Are you crazy?!”

Blood gushed from her mouth. The serious injuries caused by the spider had not yet fully healed, and now Gavin had done this. Even though the girl was strong, she couldn’t help but frown in pain.

“Hmph, did you dodge it? But it’s not bad.”

Gavin sneered, pulling out the sword. Blood dripped from the blade. He planned to start with the most difficult one to deal with, Evelyna. After dealing with the only one with real strength, the remaining two were just small fries.

Although he failed to kill her in one blow, Evelyna had probably suffered a fatal wound.

Then, he would abandon the two of them and forcibly take Ophelia away.

Although the plan had changed, it was still going smoothly.

“Heh heh, don’t be afraid, Ophelia, I’ll use [Hypnosis] on you. It’s very comfortable, not painful at all.”

“Hypnosis?”

Ophelia tilted her head. For some reason, she had some impression of it in her memory.

In a daze, she seemed to be vaguely following someone. The face in front of her was blurry, but she felt very at ease with that face.

“So-called hypnosis is to control a person’s brain, making the brain make wrong responses.”

“To turn originally wrong things into right, and vice versa. This evil art can even permanently change a person’s brain structure. Ophelia, please remember, you are the only person in this world who will not be affected by hypnosis.”

“Me? Why?”

“Saint… yes, because I am protecting you.”

Ophelia felt as if something was about to come out of her mind, but she quickly lost her train of thought, like a dream that disappeared without a trace after waking up.

But if her guess was correct, then this Gavin was a big bad guy!

If she were the Saintess, she would definitely personally carry out a holy judgment on him!

Cut off his thing and throw it into the sea to feed the sharks!

Then use super gender-reassignment magic to turn him into a genderless monster with no breasts or d*ck!

Throw him to a group of goblins to satisfy their lust!

“How dare you play with a girl’s feelings!!” Ophelia was furious. She was determined to make Gavin pay the price he deserved.

She took a deep breath and looked at Shirley, who was still in chaos.

But she didn’t know any attack magic. Evelyna couldn’t move due to her serious injuries, and the only other combatant, Shirley, was clutching her head on the ground in a state of confusion.

“…”

“Huh? Am I, in a huge crisis!”

Ophelia blinked. She only then realized that she seemed to have fallen into the wolf’s den and was about to become a lamb to the slaughter.

“Heh heh…” Oh no, oh no!

‘I was so busy thinking about how to punish him that I forgot to run away!’

Ophelia suppressed her fear and forced herself to bluff. She straightened up, patted her beautiful chest, and made a look like a small cat trying to be intimidating.

“Hmph! I, I’m not afraid of you… If you lay a hand on me, you’d better think carefully!”

“Think carefully about what?”

Seeing the girl’s bluff, Gavin couldn’t help but be interested.

“I, my man is Schiller, that Schiller!”

At this moment, Gavin was greatly surprised. Everything connected here.

The young master of the viscount’s manor where Aileen was located was named Schiller, and Ophelia had also said this name…

“Schiller must be the protagonist of this world!”

And also the target he was going to NTR.

But for some reason, the protagonist hadn’t appeared yet. In other words, this was now the world of a doujinshi.

Not only was he going to take Ophelia here, but he was also going to take Aileen…

And build a harem!

“Hahaha!” Gavin laughed vulgarly. He even laughed until tears came out of his eyes. He held his stomach, sheathing his sword, as if Ophelia had told a very funny joke.

“You, although your face and figure are great, you’re very stupid. You’re just something born to serve men, right?”

He no longer cared about insulting Ophelia, because once the hypnosis took effect, she would forget everything.

“What!!! You, you bastard, what are you talking about?!” Ophelia stomped her foot angrily, her golden hair standing up with her mood.

Gavin cheekily approached her. For Ophelia, who could use a semi-lost magic like purify, he first had to use that.

[Common Sense Alteration]! “I am your master.”

“!”

Ophelia didn’t feel any different. She just tilted her head. She felt like she had exchanged a glance with the distant spider. For some reason, the spider seemed to have gently lifted its front leg. Why was that…

“Waaah! So scary…”

‘Who would keep something like a spider? What bad taste!’

‘At least it should be a kitten or a puppy, right?’

Gavin was sure his magic had taken effect. He looked at Ophelia confidently. The girl had a terrified expression and was thinking about something, but that was probably proof that the magic was working.

[Hypnosis]!

Gavin confidently used magic on Ophelia.

“Yah, it’s over!” Ophelia abruptly closed her eyes.

“…”

“?”

Ophelia tilted her head, cutely placing her hand on her lips.

“Eh, did you do something? I, I didn’t feel anything…”

[Hypnosis]! [Hypnosis]! [Hyphecy]! [Hypnosis]! [Hypnosis]! [Hyphecy]! [Hypnosis]! [Hypnosis]! [Hyphecy]! [Hypnosis]!

“? Eh, hey, what are you going crazy about?”

Ophelia was sure that his skills had no effect on her at all.