Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110 - Her Master
Chapter 111 - Mission Complete
Chapter 112 - There’S No Helping It When The Left Hand Begins To Ache
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116 - Do You Really Think So?
Chapter 117
Chapter 118 - Golden Retreiver
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134 - Rumor Of The Counterfeit Bills
Chapter 135 - All Met His Expectations
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Chapter 148
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
Chapter 151
Chapter 152 - The Princess’S Mob Friend
Chapter 153 - Evil Encroaching
Chapter 154 - Looks Like We’Re Done.
Chapter 155 - Soul Searching
Chapter 156 - Sorry, Ya Lost Me.
Chapter 157 - Action Spy
Chapter 158 - Cut Down Anything!
Chapter 159 - Beacon Of Revolt
Chapter 160 - I Can Hear Him But From Where…
Chapter 161 - My Time To Shine?
Chapter 162 - The Ringleader Is Here!?
Chapter 163 - Sigh, Really Didn’T Want To Make A Scene, Man~
Chapter 164 - The Power Of Diabolos
Chapter 165 - Where Is He?
Chapter 166 - Demon Lord Unleashed
Chapter 167 - Mordred
Chapter 168 Part 1
Chapter 168 Part 2 - What Were Ideal Powers In Shadows In My Mind? (Part 2)
Chapter 169 - In This Troop You Will Earn A Lot Of Money
Chapter 170 - The Dream Of Two Men
Chapter 171 - Mob Character’S Field Trip
Chapter 172 - Three Ojisans
Chapter 173 - Vow Of Black Rose
Chapter 174 - Don’T Upstage Me
Chapter 175 - Do Not Kick The Platform
Chapter 176 - Evil God・Instant Kill・〇〇〇 Sword
Chapter 177 - Died On The Spot
Chapter 178 - So-Called Master
Chapter 179 - The End Of Mob Character
Chapter 180 - A Small Part Of The Abyss-Like Plan
Chapter 181 - She’S The Type Of Person Who Always Exaggerates
Chapter 182 - The Other Side Connecting The Past, Present And Future
Chapter 183 - Infatuated With That Courage And Insight
Chapter 184 - We Are Friends After All!
Chapter 185 - If He Was Born Before A Thousand Years Ago
Chapter 186 - Terrible Interests
Chapter 187 - Two People With Social Phobia
Chapter 188 - Epsilon’S Secret Recipe
Chapter 189 - Epsilon In Gorgeous Disguise
Chapter 190 - Take A Walk In The Forest
Chapter 191 - Everything Is Connected, All Of Which Meets His Expectations
Chapter 192 - Let Me Show You Perfect Magic Control
Chapter 193 - It’S Not My Fault The Shot Went Awry
Chapter 194 - Great Sacrifice For World Peace And Science
Chapter 195 - The Secret One Wants To Hide The Most
Chapter 196 - A Natural Phenomenon Of Unknown Cause Or A Paranormal Phenomenon
Chapter 197 - Battle Of Darkness
Chapter 198 - Forget To Close The Door
Chapter 199 - It’S All The Americans’ Fault
Chapter 200 - Mysterious Architect Eta Lloyd Wright
Chapter 201 - The Only Food Left Is Dx
Chapter 202 - Fraudulent Company
Chapter 203 - Seems Like Never Coming Back
Categories Genre: Action, Adventure, All, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Harem, Martial Arts, Ongoing, School Life Status: Ongoing Alternative names: Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!, The Eminence in Shadow, 陰の実力者になりたくて!, ______
Total Chapters in book: 203
Estimated words: 275030 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1375(@200wpm)___ 1100(@250wpm)___ 917(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 275030 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1375(@200wpm)___ 1100(@250wpm)___ 917(@300wpm)
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“In other words, Alexia and Zenon-sensei are engaged, and I’m the stalking horse?”
I’m currently facing off against Alexia behind the school building after school.
“We’re not engaged. He’s just a fiancé candidate.”
So returns Alexia with a composed face.
“Whatever, same thing.”
“No, it’s not the same. It’s not even been confirmed yet, but he’s already trying to forcefully move the talks along. I’m quite troubled by it.”
“Ok, seriously, whatever. Sorry, but I have no intention to be swept up in the circumstances between you two.”
“Oh dear, what a heartless thing for my boyfriend to say to me.”
“Boyfriend? You just wanted a convenient stalking horse, didn’t you?”
“That is true. But the same goes for you, no?”
An unpleasant smile appears on Alexia’s face.
“Same? What are you talking about?”
“Oh, you plan to feign ignorance? Oh Sid Kagenou-kun who lost in a penalty game?”
Her smile deepens even more.
Oook, wait a second. Let’s calm down.
“How cruel, to play with an innocent girl’s emotions like that.”
So says Alexia while crying crocodile tears without even a shred of innocence coming from her.
No problem, I am calm.
“I have no idea what you are talking about though. What, do you have evidence or something?”
Yep, evidence.
Regardless of how much suspicion she might have, as long as those two don’t betray me……
“Is his name Jaga-kun? As soon as I talked to him, his face became all red and he began telling me things that I didn’t even ask about. You have such a good friend.”
I mentally beat Jaga up and smash him into mashed potato to maintain my own mental health.
“Are you alright? Your face is convulsing like crazy.”
“Not a problem. My character is twisted so my mouth is twisted too.”
“Ahhh, I see.”
“Still better than you, though.”
“
Nn
, did you just say something?”
“Uh, no. So what is it that you want anyways?”
I admit defeat. The reason for my loss is my choice of friends.
“Let me see……”
Alexia crosses her arms and leans against the school building.
“For now, continue pretending to be my lover. Time duration is until that man gives up.”
“My status is but that of a mere Baron family. To be honest, I don’t even have the strength to be of much use as a stalking horse.”
“I am fully aware. As long as we can buy time, then that’ll be enough. The rest I’ll handle by myself.”
“Furthermore, I don’t want to be put into any danger. The other party is the country’s Swordsmanship Instructor. If anything happens, I wouldn’t be able to deal with it.”
“Blah, blah, blah, you sure are noisy.”
So saying, Alexia takes out gold coins from her chest pocket and scatters them over the ground.
“Pick them up.”
A gold coin is 100,000 Zeny. And there are at least 10 pieces there.
“Heeh~, do I look like a guy who would wag his tail for money?”
So I say while crawling on the ground and carefully picking up the gold coins piece by piece.
“Yes you do.”
“You’ve got a good eye.”
11th piece, 12th piece, 13th piece…… ah, there’s one more!
Right as I’m about to reach for that last piece of gold coin, Alexia’s loafer steps onto it.
I look up at Alexia. Alexia’s red eyes look down at me. I can see the inside of her pleated skirt.
“You will move exactly as I tell you to, yes?”
Confirms Alexia with a smile revealing every last bit of her terrible personality.
“Of course, of course.”
Answers I with a full-faced smile.
“Good boy, Pochi.”
Alexia pats my head like I’m a dog or a child, then leaves with a flutter of her short skirt.
I carefully wipe the gold coin that had her shoe print on it before pocketing it.
(T/N: ‘Pochi’ is an extremely common name for dogs in Japan, the way ‘Tama’ is for cats.)
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Even after I entered the academy, I had continued cutting into my sleeping hours to continue my own training. But now with the whole fake love thing with Alexia, my time has decreased even further.
“Come with me.”
With just that single utterance, I was forced to come to the Royal Capital Bushin Style Group 1’s classroom early in the morning.
Shafts of the morning sun stream in, lighting up the quiet, spacious room occupied by only the two of us.
Morning practice.
Alexia focuses solely on swinging her sword.
I, too, swing my sword beside her.
Alexia is singularly earnest towards her sword. That point at least is something that I truly appreciate.
We do not talk. We only continue swinging in silence. For me, it is a surprisingly not painful time.
“It really is quite mysterious, your sword.”
It was Alexia who first broke the silence.
“You’ve got the basics down. And that is literally the only thing you are doing. But still……”
Of course, I am suppressing my strength, my speed, my magic, my skill, and everything else while swinging my sword before her.
So naturally, the only thing left is the basics.
“For some reason, I find it hard to tear my eyes away.”
“Thanks, I guess?”
A bird chirps outside the classroom. That lovely voice is actually not singing, but struggling for territory. I can hear the beaks clashing, too.
“But I really don’t like it, your sword.”
After saying that, our conversation cuts off, then we resume swinging our swords in silence.
Total Chapters in book: 203
Estimated words: 275030 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1375(@200wpm)___ 1100(@250wpm)___ 917(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 275030 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1375(@200wpm)___ 1100(@250wpm)___ 917(@300wpm)
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