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

In this place are Galeo, battered and bruised, and Muto, along with his motley crew.

The one releasing the spider threads holding Galeo captive is one of Muto’s underlings.

When I cut the spider threads with my demon sword, Galeo was freed.

As I supported his falling body, Galeo weakly opened his eyes.

"Al... Alphise... Why are you here...?"

"Muto’s hideouts are easy to investigate. I came to check, and it seems things have gotten pretty wild."

"Alphise... run... those guys... they’re not human anymore..."

"Don’t be ridiculous. From my perspective, they’re still human."

Galeo let out a faint laugh.

I gave Lucille an order, and the bruises and injuries all over Galeo’s body began to disappear.

With Lucille’s current power, even if a full recovery is difficult, he should at least be able to walk now.

"Can you stand?"

"Yeah... I’m really sorry... That guy, Muto, he insulted Rubiton-san..."

"Then I’ll take care of it for you."

"...Got it."

After letting Galeo rest behind me, I turned my gaze straight toward Muto and his group.

Including Muto, there are four summoners.

It seems the rest were taken care of by Galeo.

"Hey, you’re Alphise, right? You’re somewhat famous, but didn’t you think this was reckless?"

"Kukuku... You’re pretty full of yourself, aren’t you? Look at you, toddling around like a baby."

"What did you say?!"

"I mean exactly what I said. Without your summons, you’d all be no match for Galeo-senpai."

When I blatantly provoked them, the three underlings each prepared for battle again.

From my assessment, without their summons, these guys are no different from the ones Galeo took down earlier.

I pointed at each of them one by one.

"You’ve got the Death Spirit Spider, Arachne. Its threads, fused with spirits, can’t be destroyed by mere physical force."

"Y-you know about it, huh?"

"And you’ve got the Demon Armor Soldier, Gradon. Its armor, made from special demonic metal, can’t even be pierced by cannons."

"Heh, you’ve done your homework."

"And finally, you’ve got the Skeleton Wasp, Bone Queen. A troublesome insect-type demon from the demon world that causes rapid decay and death from its sting."

"Impressive that a first-year knows all that."

Who do they think they are, acting all high and mighty?

If they had any sense, they’d feel the difference in strength, but their senses are dulled now that they’ve become summoners.

Having contracted with demons, they’re filled with a sense of omnipotence and fearlessness.

That’s the scary part about summoners.

"Lucille, pick one. Which one do you want to fight?"

"Huh? Well, I guess I’ll take that Gradon guy."

"Surprising. I thought you’d pick that wasp bastard."

"I want to gain some close combat experience, even if it’s just a little."

Lucille is a good kid who listens to my advice.

Well, fighting such a weakling won’t give much experience, but still.

She’s showing me her determination while choosing the easy path—a little devil, or rather, a shitty angel.

I don’t hate it.

"Hey, hey, aren’t you underestimating us a bit too much? Muto-san, we can kill these guys, right?"

"Hmm, well, we can always cover it up as a suspicious death..."

"The Muto Troupe’s motto is ‘fun,’ right?"

"Yeah, yeah. So just do whatever you want."

After finishing his conversation with Muto, one of the men spat out threads from his mouth.

He’s trying to trap me from all directions. Is this guy an idiot?

"Don’t forget about me! Go!"

Another guy, the wasp freak, sent his wasps swarming toward me.

So, they’re trying to trap me with spider threads and have the wasps attack me.

"Dark Sphere."

As I enveloped the area around me in darkness, including the spider threads, the wasps’ movements slowed down.

Their weakness is that they can’t function in complete darkness.

Of course, unlike regular wasps, they’re fine at night, but true darkness is a different story.

"What’s this?! We’re surrounded by something black!"

"Calm down! Either way, he can’t escape those threads!"

I let out a deep sigh.

"You guys must have bad grades, huh?"

When I swung my demon sword in a wide arc, the threads were instantly shredded.

The wasps were sucked into a black hole and exterminated.@@novelbin@@

These kinds of petty attacks don’t work on me.

"Huh? What?"

"I just showed you, didn’t I? These threads can be cut with a magic-infused attack."

"Hah! Now that you mention it!"

"You guys really must have bad grades. Bet you struggled with memorization, huh?"

When I pointed my demon sword at them, they immediately turned pale.

They started backing away, almost tripping over themselves.

"This guy... he’s dangerous...!"

"I was debating what to do, but if I hadn’t come, Galeo-senpai would be dead. That means what you did was attempted murder."

"He attacked us first!"

"At the very least, Galeo-senpai had no intention of killing you. He just got caught off guard because he didn’t know you were summoners. The guys lying over there aren’t dead."

As I laid into them, the three idiots were at a loss for words.

"We didn’t mean to kill! Muto-san! Help—"

Before they could finish, I sliced through their bodies.

At that moment, the Arachne and Bone Queen they had contracted with turned to sand and dispersed into the air.

When a contractor dies, the contracted demons or beasts die as well.

Even the summoned side carries risks, so these contracts aren’t easy to make.

Among them, Muto, who contracted with one of the 32 Demon Pillars, must be somewhat capable.

"Huh? Did you just kill them?"

"Of course. I’m not letting a single one escape, so prepare yourself."

"Why... why do you have the right to do this?! This is murder!"

"This is the Balfont family. Don’t worry, we’ll just say you disappeared after too much nightlife."

Finally realizing the gravity of the situation, Muto turned his attention to his underlings.

Gradon tried to land a heavy blow on Lucille, but there’s no way that would hit.

Lucille dodged the attacks with playful ease.

"Tch! Too fast!"

"Heheh! So slow, so slow! No-ro-ma!"

"Raaaaah!"

"Gotcha."

Lucille deliberately shot an arrow into the man’s enlarged fist.

With a loud noise, the man’s fist was blown back by the arrow, throwing him off balance.

"Shit!"

"Bye-bye, weakling."

"Guh..."

Lucille stepped on the man’s chest and pierced his skull with an arrow.

Blood gushed from the man’s forehead, marking the end of the fight.

"Alphise-sama! I’ve gotten stronger!"

"Yeah, good job. But you were supposed to win against that guy. You knew that, right?"

"Uh... well, I guess you could say that..."

I roughly patted her head.

Behind her, I could see Galeo trembling.

Well, of course. Seeing the Balfont family’s work for the first time would do that.

Esti’s the weird one.

That guy actually set up a fan club after seeing this.

He’s seriously messed up.

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