Chapter 278: Return of the Nightmare

I sliced through the air with Time Lapse, but she was nowhere to be found.

I scrambled to scan my surroundings, but a magical strike was already whistling toward me from behind.

Reacting on pure instinct, I parried the bolt with my sword.

I deliberately held back from using my Magic Eye; I wanted to get a feel for her raw strength.

"Wait... why?"

She must have made herself almost entirely transparent.

In the mere seconds I'd lost track of her, she had already closed in to launch her assault.

I had to admit, her combat instincts were truly remarkable.

Finding an opening, I gave her a light, playful bonk on the head.

"Ow..."

"That was a solid move. Not bad at all."

I guess she really did want to get stronger. Someone must have inspired her.

But then, to my utter shock, Luna’s eyes welled up and she started to cry.

"But... why...?"

These weren't just a few stray tears.

Her face was the picture of pure, unadulterated heartbreak.

"I... Vai-kun, I have loved you for so long..."

"Wait, what? 'Vai-kun'?"

"For ten years, I’ve been waiting for you. Every single night, I... I thought about you. So why? Why are you with Lady Cynthia...?"

At that moment, the memories came flooding back.

Because of her rare and unusual magic, she had been bullied as a "heretic" since she was a child.

Seeing her unrefined bangs and gloomy personality, it seems the original Weiss felt they shared the same circumstances.

That absolute scoundrel, Weiss, had actually saved her from her bullies.

And... wait... what?

『Luna.』

『...Yes?』

『You're cute. Why don't you become my woman?』

『......I don't know.』

『I’m going to enroll in Nobless Academy. If I take first place there, how about it?』

『.........Okay.』

Wait a minute. Are you telling me that on the same day I got engaged and made that whole "Declaration of Infidelity," I was already two-timing her?!

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Afterword.

...Huh?

Vai-kun?

I’ve started a new Otherworld Fantasy series titled 【I Picked Up a Tattered Elf Slave and She Became a Total Yandere, Should We Do Alchemy Together for Now?】!

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『I Reincarnated as a Lazy and Evil Noble, and After I Destroyed the Scenario, I Became the Strongest with Extraordinary Magic Power』

Release Date: March 26, 2024 (Tuesday) (Scheduled for both print and digital)

Label: Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko.

Illustrator: Rain Kuwashima-sama.

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