Vol. 1 Chapter 1 - Reincarnation as the Villain

Oh, I’m in a game. I realized this because the scene unfolding before me felt overwhelmingly familiar.

 

“Titan… you are a disgrace to the Onyx family!”

 

“To think that someone born into the renowned Onyx family, celebrated for generations as sword saints, lacks any talent for swordsmanship… how lamentable.”

 

“To think my elder brother is so weak… it saddens me.”

 

Despite the searing pain coursing through my entire body, I forced my gaze upwards. There, I saw my sneering younger brother. He tapped a wooden sword against his shoulder, looking down at me with a smug grin.

 

I know this scene. I’ve never experienced it, but I’ve seen it countless times before… My parents, too, show no concern for me, standing at a distance and calling me a disgrace. I’ve seen this scene many times through a screen.

 

“The Onyx family, celebrated as sword saints, has no need for the weak!”

 

“Even if you are the eldest son of the Onyx family, with such weakness, you cannot inherit our legacy. What should we do?”

 

“Rest assured, Father, Mother. The Onyx family has me, Orf, to rely on!”

 

What a farce… This match was just a setup to publicly declare that my brother, Orf, was more suited to inherit the family legacy than I was.

 

The servants around us murmured amongst themselves, saying things like, “With Orf-sama, the Onyx family is secure,” and, “Titan-sama… so weak.”

 

“Next year, you will attend the academy. During your time there, you may bear the Onyx name. But once you graduate… you understand, don’t you?”

 

“…! Yes, Father…”

 

Implicitly, Titan was told he would be disowned and expelled from the nobility. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t overcome his lack of talent. Beaten down by his brother Orf, his bruised and battered body painfully reminded him of their vast difference in ability.

 

Here, Titan’s spirit would completely break. Determined to tarnish the Onyx name as much as possible while he was still part of the family, he would start acting outrageously at the academy… just like in the game.

 

Dragging my beaten and bruised body, I returned to my room. Naturally, none of the servants showed any concern for me. Instead, they openly mocked me, saying, “Finally, the disgrace of the Onyx family will be gone!”

 

This was his last chance for Titan to gain his parents’ approval. He vomited blood from his efforts, swinging his sword until his hands were blistered and raw. And now, he had lost to his brother Orf.

 

At this point, Titan would conclude that effort was futile and that talent determined life. Claiming that being born a noble was his talent, he would go on to cause various incidents at the academy…

 

I lay on my bed, staring at the ceiling, and muttered to myself.

 

“It can’t be helped… after all, Titan is the child of his mother’s affair. Of course, he wouldn’t have any of the Onyx family’s sword talent.”

 

Yes, Titan was the child of his mother’s affair. During a royal party, Titan’s mother, that damn harlot, fell for a handsome noble and spent the night with him, resulting in Titan’s conception.

 

Fortunately, Titan resembled his mother, so the head of the Onyx family—Titan’s father—raised him as his firstborn son without suspecting anything.

 

To Titan’s mother, he was a troublesome reminder of her affair. To his father, Titan, lacking the Onyx family’s sword talent, was unfit to be the heir.

 

Even his brother Orf, bound by the patriarchal traditions of the nobility, found Titan’s existence bothersome, as explained in the game.

 

This information was all revealed in the game’s clear bonus, accessible only after viewing every route’s ending.

 

The bonus detailed the characters’ backstories and personalities, indicating that Titan was deeply troubled during this period.

 

“Sigh… seriously? I’m really reincarnated as Titan? What a nightmare.”

 

I muttered to myself. I would have preferred being the protagonist… or even a minor character, but of all people, I ended up as the villainous noble, Titan!

 

“Kagurazaka Academy.” The player assumes the role of the protagonist attending Kagurazaka Academy and engaging in various romantic adventures with the heroines there. It’s an erotic game.

 

It features over a hundred explicit scenes and multiple endings, making it almost incomprehensible.

 

From harem endings to marriage with a favorite heroine, from homosexual endings to becoming the demon king, the game offers a wide range of outcomes. Online reviews gave it five stars, calling it a masterpiece that fulfilled every erotic game desire.

 

So, why am I so troubled about reincarnating as Titan? Because in every route, Titan meets a grim end.

 

In the harem route, he tries to trap and violate every heroine, only to be brutally killed by the protagonist.

 

In the various heroine routes, he tries to forcefully connect with the heroines to maintain his noble status, ultimately being killed by the combined power of the protagonist and the heroine.

 

Even in the demon king route, he transforms into a non-human being through a pact with a demon, seeking immense power, only to have his heart gouged out by the power-seeking protagonist.

 

Impressive, right? What kind of karma did I accumulate in my past life to die in such varied and brutal ways? Moreover, without seeing all the endings, players wouldn’t unlock the clear bonus, so many players harbored intense hatred towards Titan.

 

Searching “Titan” about Kagurazaka Academy would bring up suggestions like “Titan nuisance,” “Titan unnecessary,” and “Titan how to kill,” indicating just how despised he was.

 

“Sigh… seriously…”

 

I looked up at the ceiling again and groaned. Ouch… I need to take care of these bruises before figuring out what to do next.