The Main Heroines are Trying to Kill Me

“…Brother.”

“Yes?”

Aria, who had been crying in my arms, looked up at me with a pale expression.

- Swoosh…

She suddenly slipped her hand inside my shirt.

“Wh-why is your body so cold…?”

“Because it’s cold outside?”

“Liar. Even the inside of your clothes is this cold?”

“…?”

Not wanting to explain that my body was cold from consuming Miho’s yin energy fox bead, I gave a vague answer.

I was puzzled by Aria’s intense reaction.

- Swish!

“Uwahh.”

Aria, looking at me with worried eyes, suddenly grabbed my sleeve and pulled me inside the mansion.

“…”

As I was dragged inside, Aria, looking dazed, quietly lowered her head.

“You’re already… dead, right, Brother?”

“…?”

The words she said left me speechless.

I’m dead?

What is she talking about?

“Your body is so cold, and the ancient magic of the mansion doesn’t work on you…”

“Aria? What are you talking about…”

“Did you come to see me?”

Her body was trembling as she made completely off-the-mark assumptions.

“Did Sister Kania… temporarily give you a form?”

“Um…”

“Or… did Sister Kania die too?”

As she asked this, glancing nervously at Kania, her expression turned even more fearful.

“Then… what should I tell Kadia…?”

“”…””

“Guys… can you see them too?”

She was on the verge of breaking down when she noticed the servants lined up behind her, frozen.

“Then… am I the only one…?”

Just before Aria’s expression reached its limit.

“What nonsense are you spouting about?”

“…Ugh.”

Unable to stand by any longer, I lightly flicked Aria’s forehead.

“My body is cold because I’m undergoing treatment. I came into the mansion thanks to Father.”

“Father?”

“The current head of our family is Father. He went through the administrative procedures over the past few days to restore my status.”

Aria, blinking at my words, asked in a trembling voice.

“Then… the joint suicide…?”

“Yeah, where did you hear that?”

I asked in return, and Aria, hesitating, closed her eyes tightly and answered.

“Y-yesterday… I went to the address you gave me.”

“Ah…”

“But I didn’t have the courage to go in, so I was hesitating outside… when Sister Lulu… said you and her were going to j-j-jointly commit suicide…”

“…Oh dear.”

Now I understand what happened.

Who would have thought that such a small misunderstanding would lead to this?

“Hearing that… my head went cold in an instant… I felt nauseous… and I turned around and ran without thinking…”

“It’s just a misunderstanding.”

“R-really?”

I spoke gently, and Aria finally looked relieved.

“Then… can I… can I be forgiven by you, Brother?”

“…”

“Can I eat with you? Can we go on a picnic again? Can I stay with you…?”

She looked at me anxiously, listing her questions.

“Of course.”

For some reason, my heart swelled as I answered briefly.

“My little sister.”

But even that short phrase should be enough.

“Brother…”

To resolve the long-standing grievances between us.

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“We finally calmed her down…”

“Indeed.”

After a long time spent comforting Aria, I looked at Kania.

“Our little sister looks cute even when she’s sleeping, right?”

“…Yes.”

Aria, having finally calmed down, had fallen asleep from accumulated exhaustion.

She had to be under a lot of emotional stress.

In truth, she wasn’t at fault.

The fault lay with someone else.

“Sigh.”

Feeling uneasy, I continued to stroke Aria’s head as she slept, then sighed and stood up.

“Please take care of Aria.”

“…Understood.”

Leaving the detailed explanation of my plan to Kania, I headed off to awaken the Hero’s Armament.

It’s been a while since I’m inside the mansion.

It felt like it was years ago since I last stepped foot into this hall.

“”…””

“Hmm?”

As I thought about this, looking around the mansion, I felt eyes on me.

“Ah.”

Turning my head, I saw the servants blocking my path to the basement.

“Young Master…”

Standing there in confusion, I saw someone trembling between the servants.

“We’re sorry…”

Arianne’s older sister, a former employee, was kneeling in front of me.

“We have no excuses…”

“We apologize for betraying you…”

“We really didn’t know you were terminally ill…”

“Please… punish us…”

As I looked down at her, the servants followed suit and knelt.

“…”

Soon, every servant in the mansion was kneeling before me.

“Hmm.”

From what I could see, only those who had defended or remained neutral towards me were here.

The ones who had falsely accused me weren’t even present.

So why were these people apologizing?

- The head of the family fired all the servants today except for me.

“…Ah.”

Scratching my head, I finally understood the situation.

They had all just lost their jobs.

“”…””

For some reason, a deep sense of despair was etched across their faces.

If they were to be thrown out on the streets like this, they probably wouldn’t have anywhere to go.

Likely, they wouldn’t even be able to find a decent job.

“Before leaving… we wanted to apologize at least once.”

The utterly devastated Arianne’s sister was speaking for everyone.

“…”

She used to play tag with me a lot when we were young.

I missed those days.

“This is no one’s fault.”

“”…?””

“I’m the one who deceived you first. If anything, I’m the one who should take responsibility.”

Lost in my memories for a moment, I smiled and began to speak.

“So I’ll hire all of you.”

“Wh-what…?”

“Starting tomorrow, report to this address. It’s where I’m currently staying.”

Father must have had his reasons for firing all the servants.

I think I somewhat understood his intention.

He wanted to increase the number of my people for the future.

But, as expected of Father, his plan was too bold.

He might find himself quite lonely in his later years.

Perhaps I should find some new servants for him.

“L-Lord Frey…!”

“P-Please wait…!”

“I’m a bit busy right now.”

With those thoughts in mind, I quickly made my way to the basement.

Finally… time to awaken it.

It was time to meet the long-awaited Hero’s Armament.

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- Shhhh…

“This is the Hero’s Armament.”

I had seen it indirectly a few times, but it was my first time seeing it this close.

All points have been used.

- Wooo…

As soon as all the system points were exhausted, the white Hero’s Armament began to slowly rise from the basement.

- Clatter…!

“…!”

When I reached out to touch the armament, the white armor floating in the air began to attach itself to me.

- Crackle… Crackle…!

“Oh.”

It felt incredibly sturdy to the touch, but it wasn’t heavy at all.

The armor, emitting light, began to sink into my skin.

- Srring…!

As I looked at it with a curious expression, various weapons suddenly appeared beside me.

“…There are so many?”

Within the light emanating from my hand, countless types of weapons were floating.

“Ha…”

Among the myriad of weapons, I spotted a familiar form and smiled.

“…This one, of course.”

Picking up the sword that matched perfectly with my hand, which I had seen a few times during the ordeals, I smiled as the blade heated up and glowed, as if welcoming me. ṞÄ𐌽óВЕȘ

“Surely, it’s no coincidence?”

Since I first learned to use a sword, I had been using my father’s beloved sword, which I had been caught using at the auction house a year ago and had not used for a while.

Father must be using it again now.

Did it follow me here? Or did It just manifest the most familiar form from the light?

It didn’t matter.

The more familiar the weapon, the better.

- Zap!

As I thought this, the light gradually faded.

- Sizzle…

In the now-darkened basement, the star pattern on my hand shone brightly.

“…Phew.”

The Hero’s Armament assimilation was successful.

Now, it’s really time for the Final Showdown.

“Brother…!”

“…?”

As I felt my heart tremble slightly and was about to step outside, the basement door suddenly flew open.

“I-I have something to say…”

“…”

“…yo.”

For some reason, Aria, looking pale, was tearfully standing there.

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Meanwhile, at that moment.

“Hahahahahaha!!!”

The Eye that had emerged with its main spiritual body in its imaginary realm was laughing joyfully and shaking its body.

“Yes, now I’m the main body. I’m the main body!!”

However.

“What a joyous day this is!!!”

Finding the empty main spiritual body and taking over the main body…

Heehee, heeheehee…..

All of this was merely the delusion of the creature.

And.

To its long-separated, thoroughly pathetic, and now better suited to the derogatory term ‘human,’ alter-ego…

“…”

A grotesque and enormous spiritual form, an unimaginable horror, extended a thin tendril of tentacle to pierce it, continuously injecting delusions.

- Srrrk, Sssk…

As if fishing, it slowly rocked the Eye back and /genesisforsaken