A Villainous Aristocrat’s Pursuit of Peace ~ Reincarnated as the Most Talented Mage in History, I’ll Achieve Supremacy in order to live a peaceful life with My Maid~

While looking at Eugene in front of me, I thought it was really troublesome, but I answered with the truth.

“I don’t know.”

“What do you mean?”

“I said I don’t know. Why would I do something stupid like that?”

First of all, I’m a nobleman’s son.

Honestly, I can easily have any woman I want.

That’s why it’s strange to think it was me.

“Besides, I was with Rud yesterday. Was the culprit more than one person?”

“B-But… Jin, you were in the library too, right!?”

“Yeah, I was. But while I was there, neither the female students nor anyone else came. So how could I assault someone in the library? Are you suggesting that I should sexually assault a book?”

“Heh… snickers…A- Assault a book… snickers!!”

As I said that with a half-smile, Rud burst into laughter.

Well, books aren’t alive, so it’s absolutely impossible to assault them.

While we were laughing, Eugene opened his mouth.

“Is it true that Jin didn’t do it?” Eugene asked.

“That’s a foolish question. I have no motive. I don’t even know who these students are, and I have no reason to attack someone less attractive than my maid,” I replied.

“Well, it’s true that Mea is incredibly beautiful…”

“You… be careful, or Sasha will hear about this.”

“Oops, keep that between us, Jin.”

As we exchanged banter, veins started bulging on Eugene’s forehead.

“Do you not understand the situation you’re in?” he asked.

“I understand. But I’m telling you, I didn’t do it.”

“Well, it would have been better if you’d just admitted it… But it looks like we’ll have to have the person involved confirm it,” Eugene said, and a female student entered the classroom.

Yes, it was Yuffie, my former fiancée.

“You should know, right? She’s your former fiancée,” Eugene said.

“Mr. Eugene, we are no longer engaged,” Yuffie replied.

“Who broke off the engagement?”

“Of course, it was me. I can’t possibly stay with Jin-sama, who has such a bad reputation,” Yuffie replied.

“By the way, we’ve received reports of this matter in the royal court,” the princess added.

Hearing this, I realized that the Divinesword family had chosen to align themselves with the Marquis Kale family rather than me, the lowly Jin. It was understandable since I was nothing more than a nuisance from the perspective of the Duke’s family.

“I see… But, Yuffie-san, are you sure it was him that you repelled?” Eugene asked.

Yuffie then turned toward me with a wicked smile and declared, “Yes! When I attacked, I saw his face for a moment!”

She dropped a bombshell of a lie. Her words caused a stir among our classmates, and Yuffie’s smile deepened.

“What do you say, Jin? She’s claiming it was you,” Eugene inquired.

Eugene, with a smirk on his face, began laying out his reasoning (or rather, speculation).

“Jin didn’t take it kindly when his engagement with Yuffie-san being broken off, so in retaliation, he resorted to violence and committed the crime against the two attendants with him in the library… How about that?”

Not only the princess but also our classmates seemed to nod in agreement with Eugene’s words. It appeared that I was going to be framed as the culprit convincingly.

My power of speech was far from matching these two, so no matter how much I tried to refute it, there was nothing I could do.

As I fell silent, Eugene brought up the following.

“Sigh… You still won’t admit it, huh? Fine, then. Let’s settle it with a duel. The condition will be that you speak the truth.”

My words caused a commotion in the classroom like never before. But there was one person who had a smile on their face amid all this.

That person was none other than Yuffie.

Although it seemed like Eugene had suddenly challenged me to a duel, as soon as he had done so, both of them had been smiling, which made me feel like these two had joined hands. Eugene was probably frustrated since I hadn’t challenged him to a duel despite the circumstances.

This is different from the game’s story…

And Yuffie… It’s probably about the broken engagement.

As proof of that, she leaned in closer to me, whispering softly into my ear.

“Being abandoned by your parents… how pathetic, Jin-sama, isn’t it? But it’s your fault for breaking off the engagement with me. Oh, now that I think about it, there was a maid who served you, right? I believe her name was Mea.”

“What are you trying to say?”

My body naturally tensed up, and I clenched my teeth.

Seeing me like that, Yuffie smiled as if amused and said the one thing she should never have uttered.

“How about making her… experience the same suffering as my dear friend, right in front of your eyes?”

…Something in me snapped.

“You bastards.”

I honestly don’t understand many things. Why would the protagonist and the villainess join forces? There’s a lot I don’t get. Even though Eugene is a reincarnator, he should know the villainess’s personality.

But, it doesn’t matter.

Because, in the end, I will defeat them.

“Alright… but in return, Yuffie, you too. I’ll take on both of you.”

I won’t hide my power anymore.

Anyone who tries to harm Mea, no matter who they are, I will not forgive.