I was Reincarnated as the Youngest Child of a Villainous Noble Family Who Controls the Kingdom from Behind the Scenes

"Hey, I don't know anything about experiments or whatever."

"Then would you prefer Belochu?"

Damn it.

I was annoyed because this was so against my will, but when I heard that the experiment involved combat with magical creatures, I decided to go along with it.

Miley-neechan, who creates magical creatures at this magic research institute, currently has creatures ranging from level 1 to 20.

"Alphiss , I want you and your team to collect combat data on these magical creatures."

"So we just have to fight up to level 20?"

"Ah, I think Alphiss would probably max out around level 18. Level 20 is forVaide-nii-san to handle."

"...Hoh."

I couldn't help but grip my demon sword tighter. I felt like I was being underestimated.

This didn't sound like the Miley-neechan who always hyped me up.

According to Miley-neechan, the average adventurer can only handle up to level 3.

Even students at Sailrand Academy can only manage up to around level 6, and the mage  order can handle up to level 10.

Beyond level 10, even the mage corps struggles, and if they're not careful, they could be wiped out.

In other words, my strength is being equated to that of several mages from the mage order .

Miley-neechan knows that I defeated the Emperor Worm.

Even so, she's saying I'm only level 18, which means level 20 must be on the scale of national military power, right?

Either way, I can't just let my own sister underestimate me like this.

"Miley-neechan, let me fight the level 20."

"No way. Just so you know, I'm not underestimating you. I think even I couldn't handle level 18 when I was your age."

"Really?"

"Level 18 is strong enough to defeat the Emperor Worm."

I recalled the time I fought that Emperor Worm.

The devastating blows from its massive body, its ferocity as it burrowed through the ground and moved freely.

I see. So level 20 is even stronger than that.

"Alright. I'll take on level 18."

"Good boy. I love you,Alphiss ."

"Just show me the way."

Miley-neechan led me to a dome-shaped battle facility.

I was a bit disappointed to hear that there was a safety field in place here.

"If there's a safety field, wouldn't level 20 be fine too?"

"If the power gap is too big, it won't be a proper experiment."

"Thanks for the vote of confidence."

Miley-neechan doesn't know this, but this place also existed in the game.

It was a challenging dungeon where the deeper you went, the higher the level of the magical creatures you'd encounter.

On top of that, it was a poorly designed dungeon, like something a middle schooler came up with, so it had a terrible reputation among players.

"Alright, level 18, go!"

The door opened, and out came a golem with a hexagonal crystal body, with its limbs and knees separated into parts.

Each part was slightly floating, not fully connected.

"Alfis-sama! Crush it! Crush it to pieces!"

"Lushel-chan, you're way too into this."

Lushel seems really fed up with Miley-neechan's antics.

Alright, let's do this. I think this thing's name is—

"That's the Shining Golem. A magical creature born from a light attribute magic stone. Estimated annihilation time for 30 mages is about three minutes, with a 99% win rate against dark attribute opponents!"

Miley-neechan is grinning like crazy.

She's probably planning to comfort me after I get utterly destroyed.

Even if I barely win and get hurt, she'll still try to comfort me.

Back when I messed up and came home injured, she tried to lick my entire body.

She probably wanted to lick my wounds, but at this point, she's just a sexual predator.

"Come on, Shining Golem! Get him! Hahaha!"

Her voice is so high-pitched and creepy.

The Shining Golem's limbs separated and started shooting beams at me like bits.

I dodged, but the beams curved and kept targeting me.

This thing is definitely strong.

The Emperor Worm couldn't escape its attacks because there were too many firing points, and it could easily pierce through its body.

On top of that, this thing has life detection, or rather, magic detection.

"The Shining Golem can detect magic, so running is useless! Hahaha! I can't wait to pamper you after you lose, Alfis!"

I'm just going to ignore my creepy sister.

Light and dark are each other's weaknesses.

Meaning, if either hits, it's going to hurt. If it hits, that is.

Magic detection is indeed troublesome for mages.

A skilled mage can detect magic within a few kilometers, making sneak attacks nearly impossible.

But I've already prepared for that.

The beams are missing their mark, just shooting around me.

"Huh? What's going on? Alphiss ! What did you do? Ah... there's some kind of black mist around Alfis..."

Dark Fog.

My magic is completely shrouded in darkness, and no one can see through it.

The Shining Golem can't detect my magic, so it can't aim its beams.

"This puppet seems to just be scattering beams everywhere."

"Alphiss ! But, but! The Shining Golem still has—"

"Dark Needle."

Dark Needles shot out from the shadows of the separated Shining Golem.

Each part of the Shining Golem was pierced by the Dark Needles, scattering fragments everywhere.

The fragments scattered across the floor like glass.

"Is this good enough?"

"Huh? Alphiss , this isn't what I expected."

"Miley-neechan, which version of me were you thinking of? Sure, the me from before the Emperor Worm fight might have been in trouble."

If I hadn't been able to use Black Hole in time, I would have been shot down by the freely moving parts of the Shining Golem.

While hiding in the mountains with Rushel, I thought about how to erase everything as much as possible.

In the wild, not being found is the most important thing.

I worked hard to erase my presence, my breath, my sounds, but there were still monsters that found me.

I didn't know what they were reacting to, but it seemed to be magic.

So I came up with a way to avoid being detected by magic.

That's the Dark Fog I'm using now.

Wrapped in this, my magic is completely hidden in darkness, invisible and undetectable to anyone.

Any mage who relies solely on magic detection would probably panic at this.

"A-Alphiss , you..."

"Are you mad? Also, the precision of each spell has improved. The speed and power of Dark Needle is about twice what it was during the Emperor Worm fight."

"I love you so much!!!"

Miley-neechan smashed through the window and tried to kiss me.@@novelbin@@

I calmly walked towards the exit, and Miley-neechan fell flat on the floor.

There are fragments all over the place, you know.

"That huuuuurts! You can't just dodge like that!"

"Was it really necessary to destroy your own facility for this?"

"Alphiss ,you've grown so strong... sniff sniff..."

Is she happy about my growth?

Or is this just because her sneak attack kiss failed?

Nah, it's pointless to think about it. It's both.