I Reincarnated into a Game Filled with Mods – Chapter 25

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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I asked around and found the top floor of the annex building of the mansion.

Perhaps it was because the lord had left the reception room with a very pleased expression, but the servants and maids showed the complete opposite attitude from before.

Not only was there no trace of them disregarding me, but each and every word they spoke was polite, and they even brought refreshments and set them on the table without me asking.

‘Well, to work under a bastard like that, you need to be quick-witted. Those who couldn’t must have all died.’

The lord of this city was one of the few NPCs in Brightest Darkness 4 who was evil from birth.

Although I was going to lure him with all sorts of lies and eventually kill him by framing him for making a contract with a demon, the reason I felt no guilt was because of that.

That bastard would backstab me anyway.

Now that I had obtained the book inhabited by the demon and my goal had changed, I put the original plan on hold. In the game, the moment the player faithfully carried out the lord’s words and sold out the Silver Dawn Knights, the lord would betray the player.

He would not only exile the player, who had become useless, from the city but also frame them for attempting to assassinate the emperor’s relatives in collusion with the Silver Dawn Knights.

As a result, the ending of that playthrough would be fixed to a bad ending.

Not only would all the event branches classified as happy endings by the users be blocked, but even the event branches classified as normal endings would be limited to only the two most depressing ones.

The rest were all direct routes to bad endings.

Moreover, since even the sub-quests on the human side would all disappear, to enjoy the game normally, you had to either quickly see the bad ending and move on to the next playthrough or just start the game over.

‘That bastard is an NPC who is more helpful if killed early.’

Seriously.

If you kill that bastard, Aurora succeeds him and takes over both the positions of family head and lord. If you establish a friendly relationship with her early on, you can receive quite a lot of help.

No wonder when Brightest Darkness 4 released all sorts of statistics for its 10th anniversary, he overwhelmingly crushed the 2nd place and proudly took the 1st place in the category of “NPC most frequently killed by players.”

‘More importantly, why isn’t Aurora coming? She couldn’t have actually run away, could she?’

When the refreshments on the table ran out and the sun that was precariously hanging on the horizon slowly disappeared, anxiety began to rise.

If Aurora had really run away or committed suicide, it would be insanely difficult to handle the aftermath even if I killed the lord. If I had even worse luck, the Silver Dawn Knights might disband.

Moreover, this situation was a first for me, so I was even more anxious. It meant I couldn’t prepare for it with my knowledge of the game.

When I was sitting alone on the bed, doing nothing, ominous thoughts began to pile up one after another. Even if I tried to forcibly change my mind, it was no use.

ㅡKnock knock.

Just as I thought I couldn’t take it anymore and was about to go out and look for Aurora, a polite female voice was heard from outside along with a knocking sound on the door.

“Pardon the intrusion. Are you inside?”

It was Aurora’s voice.

‘Thank goodness. She didn’t run away.’

Inwardly sighing in relief, I turned the doorknob and opened the door since I was already holding it. As expected from the voice, Aurora was standing outside.

‘What the fuck?’

And I was shocked by the clothes she was wearing. What Aurora was wearing was something with an incredibly small area of fabric.

It barely covered the pink tips of her breasts and her private parts. The area of fabric that covered her body was overwhelmingly smaller than the area it exposed. The strings that wrapped around her body were minimal.

It was what was commonly known as a micro bikini.

I wondered if all the fabric covering her body combined could even cover one of my fingers. Did she walk from her room to my room wearing that?

‘Damn, what is this? Is this also the effect of the mods?’

As I looked down at her with an absurd expression, thinking that, Aurora trembled slightly and blushed, even pushing out her chest as if asking me to look more.

Realizing my mistake, I turned my head and gestured for her to come inside.

Unlike the knight commanders who wore tight-fitting white sleeveless tops and dolphin shorts without any shame, Aurora was definitely aware that she was wearing embarrassing clothes.

The micro bikini itself might be the effect of the mods, but it seemed her common sense hadn’t been altered.

The original was probably something like a negligee with a moderate amount of exposure, not such a ridiculous micro bikini.

Click, as I closed the door, Aurora trembled at the sound of the door closing but quickly ran over and locked the doorknob. Then she approached the window, drew the curtains, and lit the candles placed in various locations.

As the candles were lit, an extremely lewd yet dreamy atmosphere unfolded, as if the room had originally been intended for such purposes.

Aurora, who had set the mood in the room, pulled my hand and sat me on the bed. Then she trembled slightly and stepped back a little. It was a distance where my eyes could take in her entire body.

“Lo-lowly me… be-being taken in, like, like this… th-thank you…”

With her face flushed bright red, she slowly began to kneel on the floor.

“My body is now, a-all yours… Pl-please use it as you wish…”

Saying that, Aurora knelt on the floor, joined her hands in front of her head, and bowed deeply. It was what was called dogeza.

I stared blankly at her for a moment, then suddenly came to my senses at the sight of her black hair flowing down like a waterfall on both sides. Come to think of it, I shouldn’t be doing this here.

Thanks to the appearance change mod, she had a beauty that wouldn’t lose to anyone, but her actions were the embodiment of lewdness, so I had momentarily lost my mind. I forcibly suppressed the rising lust.

If I showed sexual desire here, it would be the end.

“Lady Aurora.”

“Ye-yes! …Huh?”

When I called her name, Aurora reflexively raised her head and answered, then realized that I had used an honorific with her and made a puzzled expression.

“The reason I came here is not to embrace you, Lady Aurora.”

“…?”

An even deeper question arose on her face. I met her eyes straight on and spoke.

“Are you, by any chance, interested in the position of family head?”

“…So, to summarize what you’re saying.”

Phew, white smoke rose from Aurora’s mouth.

The expression of embarrassment and shyness she had shown just a moment ago while doing dogeza and offering herself had completely disappeared. Instead, a sharp and hard expression took its place.

Holding a pipe in her left hand, resting her right elbow on the armrest of the chair, leaning her body slightly to the right, and crossing her legs with her palm supporting her face, her appearance was extremely seductive.

Even though her outfit was a micro bikini.

“You want to kill that pig bastard and put me in the position of family head, right? And by the way, make me take over the position of lord of this city as well.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“How are you going to kill him? That bastard may have a fat body, but his head is sharper than others. It’s not for nothing that he survived alone while the empress was cutting off the heads of her relatives, saying she was eliminating the risk of rebellion.”

“That’s why I’m here, isn’t it?”

“Ha, brimming with confidence?”

Aurora laughed and set down the extinguished pipe on the desk. A thin trail of smoke rose from the end.

“Let me ask you one thing. Why are you unfazed even after seeing me like this? You’re not surprised, you’re not uncomfortable. It’s as if you expected me to be like this.”

Aurora asked curiously. Well, compared to a moment ago, her personality had changed to the point of being almost a different person, yet I was accepting it as natural, so it was understandable for her to be curious.

‘Because this is the personality I originally knew.’

The lord’s daughter was an NPC with an immense ambition for the position of family head and had sufficient ability to match that ambition.

If a player who had established a friendly relationship with her informed her of the plan to eliminate the lord in advance, giving her time to prepare, she would literally succeed the position of family head in the blink of an eye and settle the chaos in the city.

Even if she wasn’t informed in advance, she would handle the aftermath all by herself, racking her brain. However, after that, the relationship with the player would become slightly strained.

That’s why I was much more familiar with this confident version of Aurora.

“Who knows? I wonder why?”

Of course, being familiar with something and revealing it were separate matters. I played dumb.

“If you don’t want to tell me, just say it straight. Don’t beat around the bush. I don’t like that.”

Aurora clicked her tongue at my sly answer.

“Yes, you’re right. I want that pig bastard dead, I want to kill that pig bastard and take the position of family head, and I want to rule this city instead of that pig bastard.”

At first, her tone was calm, but it gradually became more intense towards the end. Anger slowly rose on her face. Her eyebrows trembled, and the corners of her mouth twisted.

“You think I feel sorry for killing him because he’s my father? Not at all. Not even a bit. Absolutely not. Do you know how much I’ve wanted to kill that pig? Whenever he gets a chance, he looks at my body with those fucking eyes, he thinks about making money with my body, he thinks about using my body as a bargaining chip! And he finally sold me off? Do I have to call a bastard like that my father?”

Bang! Unable to contain her anger, Aurora finally slammed the table. The pipe tipped over, scattering gray ashes on the table. Her clenched fist was trembling.

“To that bastard, I wasn’t a daughter but a tool. Then I should treat him not as a father but as an idiot. No, even that treatment is too good for him.”

As if her heated emotions had subsided a bit, she tilted her head back, looked at the ceiling, and let out a long sigh. A deep breath was heard.

When her face turned towards me again, her golden eyes had a very tired look.

“…If I hadn’t been quick-witted and acted accordingly, I would probably be panting under that pig bastard right now, or sold off as a concubine to some old man, being coy between his legs, or rolling around in a brothel until my back breaks. That’s why I’ve been pretending to be weak and fragile. I had to act like an obedient daughter who listens well, as long as I didn’t have to do dirty things.”

Aurora said that while trembling. The fake personality she mentioned must have been the fragile and weak appearance she had shown me until just now.

Ironically, it was because she had acted as a weak daughter who could be manipulated at will that she had been able to survive without being subjected to bad things.

If she had revealed her true personality, who knew what that bastard would have done to break her spirit?

“But you know what?”

The golden eyes turned towards me again. The tired look had completely disappeared, replaced by a burning emotion.

“How can I trust you?”

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