"Hello~! Are you the new King Achilles? Oh, I see how it is then. I'll come back in a little bit~"
A boy who had suddenly appeared in the throne room.
He chattered away to himself and then vanished without a trace.
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Alan returned to Sophia's room for the time being.
He relayed the information he'd glimpsed in that brief moment to Sophia.
"That guy's a reincarnator. He has the skill [Hero]. For some reason, even though it's a Loser Skill, I could read it both when it was garbled and when it wasn't. And I got a really nasty feeling from him."
At Alan's words, Sophia understood.
And if there was someone who gave even Alan—who carried memories of his past life—a truly nasty feeling...
"So he was a reincarnator too. He's my former boss who pinned the crime of embezzlement on my senpai in our past life."
"Sophia, I only heard a little about that when I reincarnated, but how much do you know?"
"He played around so much that he burned through the company's money. To cover it up, he fabricated the embezzlement charge against senpai. And he'd been bullying Sieg, a former system engineer, into helping him pull off those tricks."
Good grief...
Ah, so when the goddess told me during reincarnation that "your outgoing coworker logged into a computer using your ID and password to fabricate evidence to hide his own embezzlement," this is what she meant.
Wait, what? So I—who worked hard at my job for that guy's sake—got fired and then run over by a five-ton truck bound for another world?
"After senpai left the company, he erased every last trace of senpai's work, so the company was on the verge of bankruptcy."
Why would he sabotage the company too?
Did he really hate me that much? I have absolutely no clue what I did to deserve that.
"Probably because I was in love with senpai. He wanted to date me, so he just couldn't stand senpai being around."
Isn't this just petty revenge?
Pathetic.
"To confirm, take me to the new king. And Zeke too."
"Of course."
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"Well, well~ Achilles, the new king. How's it going, Sofia?"
Alan had teleported into the royal chamber once again.
"I was right, senpai. This guy was the one who set you up."
"Then annihilate him. Come forth, divine spear Gungnir! Hah!"
I pulled a spear that could pierce anything from my spatial storage and hurled it straight at Achilles' heart.
However, the divine spear only managed to pierce through Achilles' right arm—something he had dodged at the very last instant—before vanishing.
Hmm, so he dodged it.
Then let's move on to the next phase of the plan, just as planned.
"What the hell is this kid!? Attacking out of nowhere like that! That freaking hurts! But it's over now. That was your last chance to take me down. Nobody can kill me, a [Hero]!"
As he spoke, Achilles' right arm regenerated in the blink of an eye.
"Now then, I, this [Hero], will kill you with my own hands in the name of the king! That woman is my slave! I'll use that woman over there until I get bored of her! ...Wait, you, could it be—!"
Achilles fixed Sofia with a sharp gaze, as though he had just figured something out.
Without a word, I stepped in front of Sofia to shield her.
"I see, so that goddess has quite the taste, doesn't she? A woman I couldn't obtain in my past life, but this time I'll make her mine!"
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Skill: [Reverse] [Divine Eye] [Sword God] [Phantom Thief Gentleman] [Dark Magic] [Rock Iron Magic] [Holy Magic] [Space-Time Magic] [Scorching Magic] [Freezing Ice Magic] [Magic Hand] [Seduction] [Pain Relief] [Complete Status Abnormality Resistance] [Fire Spirit Guardian] [Phantom Demon] [Gale and Thunder] [Dark Spirit Guardian] [Monstrous Strength and Divine Skill] [Thunder God Sword] [High Fortune] [Clear Sky Magic] [Humility] [Heaven's Gate] [Ninja Master] [Eloquence] [Proponent of Truth] [Contractor of the Abyss] [Super Intuition] [Spear God] [Fist God]
Rank: Orichalcum
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