Estimated reading time: 7–9 minutes
Chapter 1
When I turned 6 years old, I realized that I had reincarnated as a disposable villain, the so-called attack dog of the game.
In my previous life, I lived in a place called Japan.
However, when I opened my eyes for some reason ― I found myself reborn as Eld Schmerzen, a noble in a fantasy world.
「Hmm, this face looks familiar…」
It was an extremely villainous face. Oozing evil. Sinister looks.
I recognized my own appearance. Of course, it was from my previous life.
「Oh yeah, it resembles the character from the game I was playing right before I died… That’s the one.」
I realized it while washing my face in the mirror in the morning.
However, the character from the game wasn’t the protagonist or anything like that.
【Egoistic Fantasy】― A masterpiece dark fantasy RPG acclaimed for its realistic graphics and intricate scenarios…
Eld Schmerzen was the ultimate villainous noble character that appears in it.
A boss right before the final boss. He uses troublesome magic so there are rumors he might be stronger than even the final boss. A strong character.
「Ah, does that mean I’m going to die soon too…?」
At the age of 6, I grasped my own demise.
「This character meets a miserable end no matter which route, huh… Well, that’s just his fate…」
No matter what the player does in the game, Eld is destined to die.
Appearing as the fiercest villain against the protagonist, he gets splendidly defeated and killed. Truly a perfect disposable attack dog.
A so-called hate sink character.
But now that I’ve reincarnated as Eld, there’s no way I’m going to die.
Of course, since I get to be reborn in this game world.
「In that case, let me try avoiding destruction!」
I’ve read about this kind of thing in light novels and stuff before.
Even if you reincarnate as a character fated for destruction, depending on how you do things, you might be able to survive.
It’s a good thing I realized while still this young.
Eld wasn’t supposed to die until becoming an adult.
I need to think. About how I can survive…
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The world was in an era of slavery―
All nobles would buy slaves, all merchants dealt in slaves ― it was that kind of time period.
Within that, the Schmerzen family had been a lineage of slave merchants for generations.
The Eld in the game was a terrible man.
No matter that they’re slaves, there should still be basic treatment, right?
Especially for a merchant, slaves are important merchandise. The type to damage such merchandise himself or neglect their management isn’t fit to be a merchant. But that was exactly the kind of man Eld was.
Because of that, in the end when he faces destruction, Eld receives awful treatment from the former slaves.
Even when his limbs get torn off, he doesn’t receive treatment and gets abused as a crippled slave until he dies.
There’s no way I’m letting that kind of future happen.
「Come to think of it, Eld becomes a crippled slave no matter what route, huh…」
Then as long as I can heal myself, there shouldn’t be an issue…
My young self thought such.
「I’ve got it! I’ll start training in healing magic from now so I don’t die!」
I was still 6 years old. My magic aptitudes weren’t set in stone yet.
If I focus entirely on healing magic from now, I wonder if I can acquire decent aptitude?
The Eld in the game uses all kinds of magic that seem useful for evil deeds like dark magic, slave magic, etc…
Well, that’s probably how he would turn out based on his personality, huh…
But I don’t want to die, so I’ll study healing magic for my own sake!
Considering the original Eld’s magic aptitudes and talent, it shouldn’t be that difficult.
After all, he appears as one of the strongest bosses, right? He should have more talent than average mobs.
And if I devote all the talent he would have wasted on attack magic and such into healing magic instead… What would happen…!?
I might even be able to become the world’s strongest healing magic user!
And so, my training in healing magic began.
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Luckily, the Schmerzen family was quite ― no, very wealthy.
They had achieved considerable success as slave merchants
Thanks to that, there were a lot of books in the house.
With my experience already living as an adult once before, the book contents weren’t too difficult for me to comprehend.
Focusing solely on healing magic since 6 years old allowed me to progress quickly.
Honestly, it was the first time I felt studying could be enjoyable.
「Come to think of it, don’t I have pretty decent aptitude for healing magic?」
I didn’t expect the Eld from the game to have this kind of aptitude for healing magic. It’s too different from the image.
I wonder if it’s because Eld’s original magical aptitudes themselves are outstanding.
Well, the original Eld probably wouldn’t have ever tried to learn healing magic in the first place, based on his personality.
And Eld isn’t the type to diligently train either…
But if I properly acquire healing magic like this, then in the future even if I face destruction I’ll be able to heal myself!
Honestly, I felt this plan was perfect. If I attain healing magic of the strongest class, I’ll be able to deal with any situation!
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「Training healing magic by myself has its limits huh…」
I decided to search for injured people I could use for training.
In the Schmerzen household, there’s never any shortage of injured people.
For some reason—
「You useless slave scum! Die!」
「P-Please forgive me, Master…!」
Today as well, a slave was being tormented by my father.
My father Dohrn had an awful personality too.
No matter that they’re slaves, he wasn’t treating them like human beings at all. Using his own slaves to vent stress.
Afterwards, I spoke to the middle-aged slave who had been beaten.
「Oi…」
「P-Please don’t hit me Young Master Eld…!」
「I’m not going to hit you…」
Seriously, what kind of actions did the original Eld do… Even though he’s just 6 years old, he’s evil huh. Well, it’s because stuff like that happened that he met a terrible end, but still.
「I’ll heal your wounds with healing magic. Don’t move.」
「Huh…? T-Thank you…?」
「There, can you move now…?」
「Young master… You really are kind…」
「I’m not kind. This is for my own practice.」
That’s right. It’s not like I’m kind or anything. If I was truly kind I’d let this slave escape right now.
But I can’t do that in this situation, nor do I intend to.
I don’t plan on doing annoying things like stopping my father from beating his slaves either.
I’m only using them as practice targets for my future healing magic.
That’s why, I’m definitely not kind at all.
Strangely, perhaps the original Eld’s personality was taking over. I felt the emotions like kindness and sympathy fading from within me.
Well, whatever. I’m going to do my best so that I survive.
I suddenly remember the face of the slave I just healed when I look at him.
Oh yeah… This guy gets his revenge on Eld after he faces destruction right…
Originally, after being destroyed, Eld drops down to become a slave.
At that time, as revenge for everything until now, Eld suffers terrible abuse from his fellow slaves.
Well, I intend to avoid that situation with my healing magic but…
I should still try to curry some favor, just in case.
「Listen, if you get beaten by my father again, come to me. I’ll heal you.」
「Oh, thank you…! Young master really is kind after all!」
And so, my healing magic grew splendidly.
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