I Like Villains, so I Reincarnated as One
“Lord Weiss, Lord Weiss, are you alright!? Please, you must wake up… If you die, I…”
“Still, to be stabbed by your own people… Well, with this idiot lord, the public safety has deteriorated, and taxes have gone up, so I can understand their feelings…”
I hear the voices of two women. One is clearly worried, while the other seems to be grumbling with a sense of schadenfreude. From what I can gather, the lord here is pretty terrible.
The problem is… this is Japan, right? Who’s Weiss? That’s a foreign name. And what’s with the ‘lord’ thing… It’s like a game…
“Meg!! Our master is suffering from his wounds. Isn’t your tone a bit too harsh? When Lord Weiss wakes up, please bring him a pain-relief potion and some fresh bandages.”
“Rosalia, you’re too good for this guy. Being his personal maid… You’ve even been hit by him, haven’t you? And yet…”
“Enough! Stop chattering and go quickly!!”
“Fine, fine… I don’t get what’s so great about this lord…”
With those words, someone presumably left the room, as I heard the sound of a door opening.
Well, never mind that. Rosalia and Weiss…? As I try to move my body upon hearing familiar words, a sharp pain shoots through my abdomen. Owwwwww!! What the hell is this!?
A familiar foreign-sounding name… a lord who got stabbed… the sharp pain in my abdomen… and the name Weiss… The conclusion I draw from all this is…
“Yessssss, I’ve been reincarnated in another world!!!! Can someone bring me a mirror!?”
“Kyaaaaaa!!”
“Gyaaaaaa, my head is splitting with pain!!”
As I try to sit up, enduring the pain, I accidentally bump heads with a blue-haired girl who was leaning in to check on me. A loud thud echoes, followed by intense pain.
“Lord Weiss… Are you alright? I have a hand mirror here…”
The maid, Rosalia, who is also holding her head in pain, gently offers me a mirror. Despite her own discomfort, she seems concerned about me.
Given her earlier behavior, her loyalty is truly remarkable. Remembering her tragic fate in the game, I feel a momentary surge of dark emotions but quickly suppress them.
“Ah, thank you, Rosalia.”
“Huh?”
As I thank her and take the mirror, Rosalia freezes in shock. What’s wrong? Did I do something?
“Lord Weiss… said thank you…”
Ah, I see… So this is the Weiss of that time… The fact that she’s this shocked just from me saying thank you tells me a lot… And as I look at my reflection in the mirror, I confirm that my earlier assumption was correct.
Short, neatly trimmed black hair, a face that should be fairly handsome but is now gaunt and sickly-looking… Compared to the game, he’s still young, but this is definitely the Weiss I know.
And if this is the same as the game, then… I snap my fingers and declare:
“Status Open.”
Weiss Hamilton
Strength: 40
Magic: 40
Skill: 20
Skills:
Dark Magic LV1
Swordsmanship LV1
Occupation: Lord
Title: Incompetent and Corrupt Lord
Loyalty of the People: 10
Bad Statuses:
Mild Alcohol Dependence
Regular alcohol consumption is required to maintain concentration. Magic power decreases when using spells.
Malnutrition
Poor health due to binge eating and drinking. Strength is reduced by 2.
Stranger in a Strange Land
As a visitor from another world, unfamiliarity with this world’s unique culture reduces understanding of magic, etc.
Blind Devotion to the Face of the Leap
???
Ugh… Nothing but bad statuses. The initial stats are higher than the average 30 of the protagonist, probably because he’s an enemy character, but overall, this is pretty bad… But this confirms it.
This world is either the simulation RPG “Valhalla Tactics” that I used to play, or a world based on it. And this guy, Weiss, is an early-game enemy.
The protagonist defeats him, saves the people suffering under his tyranny, and this becomes the catalyst for the protagonist’s journey to becoming a hero. The people, freed from Weiss’s rule, weep with gratitude and pledge their loyalty to the protagonist. Meanwhile, Weiss, who somehow escapes the protagonist’s grasp, is eventually found by the people, lynched, and executed—a pitiful end.
By the way, Strength affects close combat ability, Magic affects the power of spells, and Skill influences the chance of learning new abilities or the success rate of certain actions.
I don’t know why I was reincarnated as Weiss, who’s riddled with death flags… But… If there’s a god, I’d say this to them…
“Thank youuuuuuu for reincarnating me as my favorite character!!!!!!”
If I don’t do something, in a few years, I’ll be lynched by the people. But that doesn’t matter. Because I won’t let that happen… A burning passion rises within me. After all, I can save my favorite character with my own hands.
How many times have I thought up stories or fantasies about saving him!? I even bought the setting materials, so I know that there are various reasons why he ended up like this. My circumstances were similar to his… And as I learned more about him, I became obsessed. I always thought that if I were near him, I would definitely save him.
“Kukuku, hahahahaha!!!! This is Weiss’s scent!! Weiss’s face!! Yes, I am Gundam—no, I am Weiss!!”
In my excitement, I forget the pain in my abdomen and sniff myself, then check my face in the mirror again. As expected of a noble! Even though I look unhealthy now, I’m still handsome!!
Then, I take Rosalia’s hand, who is wearing a stiff smile.
“Rosalia… I’m sorry for putting you through so much hardship. Let’s save Weiss together, shall we!?”
“Eek…”
As I laugh joyfully, Rosalia lets out a disgusted sound. Oh crap, I’m Weiss now. Of course, if I suddenly snap my fingers, say “Status Open,” start laughing, and say weird things, she’d make that face.
“Somebodyyyyyy, Lord Weiss has gone crazy… Well, he was always crazy, but!!”
“Hey, isn’t that a bit too much!? Listen to meeeee!! Ughhhh”
I try to stop Rosalia as she leaves the room, but the wound in my abdomen—probably from being stabbed—hurts too much, and I can only writhe on the bed in pain.
‘What can you do… In my shitty situation, anyone would…’
I thought I heard a voice, but my consciousness sinks into darkness once again.
