Absolute Villain Ark

CH 4

Default Dyslexic Roboto Lora

“You’re Chris from the Hosa family right? You’re in terrible shape.”

He called out to me, but he must still be angry.
The pressure is still being released.

“Hah! I am sorry to have shown you something so unseemly.
The other party had many high ranking nobles, so I couldn’t rebel, and as a result, it escalated.
I take full responsibility for this.
Please forgive me and don’t punish others!”

After my apology and pleas, the daughter of Viscount Cruel and others followed me.
Then Absolute-sama spoke.

“I understand your story.
But this time it’s the fault of all of you, not just Chris.
Do you know why? Chris, on behalf of all of them, answer me.”

It seems that our plea didn’t reach him.
He answered the question in a trembling voice.

“Is it because we looked down on by the other party because we are lower nobility?”

“That’s one thing, but you must have known beforehand that we have a bad reputation.
Why did you all gather here so diligently? You knew that you alone, without any upper nobility, would be targeted.”

That’s certainly true.
But we had no idea that we were being targeted to this extent.
I said, almost in tears.

“Then what in the world do you want us to do about it?”

We, with our lowly titles, cannot go against those of higher rank.
But Absolute-sama blew away such thoughts and said.

“Why didn’t you wait for me?”

We didn’t understand what he was saying for a moment, but we soon understood.
Absolute-sama repeated his words.

“As Chris said earlier, this incident happened because you are the lower rank and they are the higher rank.
What if I had been there? I wouldn’t have let them do what they wanted.”

That’s right.
We were all disgusted by Absolute-sama.
We caused a commotion because we acted to avoid Absolute.

“Now, I have told you that you are responsible for this incident.
Therefore, you will be punished.”

For a moment, I was prepared to die, but it turned out to be a surprise.

“From now on, when you enter such events or school, try to be within my line of sight.
That will be your punishment this time.”

I was astonished.
There was practically no blame.
Not only that, he told us in a roundabout way that he would protect us from now on.
We had misunderstood him.
I had no idea that he was such a generous man.
I was ashamed that I had been so disrespectful to Absolute-sama.
Tears began to well up.

When a carriage came to pick me up, Absolute-sama returned to the house, but I couldn’t stop crying after he left.

After the party was over and we returned to the mansion, I told my father what had happened today.

He listened to my story to the end without saying a word, and then he told me.

“I know you didn’t like Absolute-sama.
But think back.
What did Master Absolute do to you?”

I shook my head.
Certainly, I don’t remember receiving any violence or slander from Absolute-sama.
Our conversations were casual, but they were normal when I think back on them now.

My father repeated.

“This conversation is confidential.
Don’t tell anyone.
The fact is that Absolute-sama’s skills make him look bad to others.
That’s why I have told you many times to cultivate an eye for people.
I wanted you to judge his character and not be misled by his skills.”

I was astonished by a fact I didn’t know.

“How could you not have told me that he had such skills?”

I couldn’t help but think that if I had known about the skill, I might have responded differently to Absolute-sama.

“Cool your head, Chris.
Details of personal skills are a matter of privacy.
Especially if you are a high ranking noble.”

“I understand.
But that would mean that Absolute-sama would be all over the place.”.

“It’s hard to make friends, let alone allies. I have told you in particular.
You were the most adored of all the members of your age group.
I had hoped that through you, even just a little, your view of Absolute-sama would change.”

Hearing those words, I despaired.
I was so disgusted with Absolute that I had made my friends of the same age agree with me.
I had left him alone.

I couldn’t stop crying.
That strong and somewhat gentle man had no one on his side.

How hard a road had I put him through?

My father rubbed my back and said.

“You gave up on him, but he didn’t give up on you.
How will you repay him in the future, Chris?”

I had made up my mind.
I wouldn’t let him, who seemed arrogant like that high ranking nobleman but somehow kind, be alone any longer.

“I will never give up on Absolute-sama.
I will fill his surroundings with allies.
That’s my responsibility to him.”

Hearing this, my father nodded happily.　

(First of all, let’s look for allies who share our views.
The smart daughter of Viscount Cruel may share the same idea)

And so Chris began to make his move.

Chris Hosa

Age 10