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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The summer morning is refreshing.
I open my mouth wide in a yawn while gazing at the blue sky spread out beyond my window.
I roll around in my bed, not doing anything in particular, just dazedly passing the time.
There isn’t much of the summer holidays left.
The tournament proper of the Festival of the God of War begins next week too, so I’ve got to do image training.
However, spending time like this, letting time pass by without doing anything in particular, is necessary for humans.
Nah, sorry, that’s a lie.
At the very least, it’s necessary for me.
“Oi Sid! I’ve got a really interesting story, so open up!”
Suddenly Hyoro is pounding my door while shouting.
As long as humans live with humans, troublesome things are bound to occur. Why do humans continue to seek other humans even while feeling this troublesomeness? This is what I’m ruminating upon in the morning of my now scarce summer holidays.
Isn’t this great, this feeling? It’s like the ‘yare yare’ kind of master who keeps a certain distance from humankind.
“Alright, alright, I’m coming.”
I unlock the door and allow Hyoro in.
“This is the wanted poster of Student Council President Rose. 10 million Zeny for capturing her alive! And at least 500k Zeny for useful information!”
“
Fu~n
.”
I accept the wanted poster from Hyoro and take a look at it.
“Let’s go catch her!”
“What, why?”
“I’m broke.”
So says Hyoro with desperation.
“Didn’t you say that there’s a match with guaranteed victory?”
“Don’t mention that to me ever again.”
“Didn’t you earn a lot from betting?”
“Shut up. Shut up. Ok, listen to me. I won’t say the reason, but anyways I’m broke. Thus, I need money.”
(T/N:
Urusai damare
.)
“Is that so.”
“So, help me.”
“Eh, so troublesome. Do it by yourself.”
“Don’t be so hasty, think about it deeply. Two people searching is a lot more effective than one person searching. Why? Because then the probability of finding her would be doubled!”
“
Heeeh
~”
Even while my shoulder is being shaken by Hyoro, I’m just thinking ‘what a pain.’
In the first place, I quite appreciate Rose’s rebellious spirit that enabled her to stab her fiancé. Isn’t it great that she has all that energy and spunk?
So in other words, I’m leaning more towards the side that hopes for Rose’s successful escape.
“Please, I’m begging you!”
Hyoro actually lowers his head.
“
U
~
n
……”
At that moment.
“Sid-kun, your Onee-san has come.”
The dorm manager peeks into my room while saying so.
“Onee-san?”
“Sid-kun’s older sister. She’s waiting for you in front of the dorm, so don’t keep her waiting too long, alright?”
Leaving those words behind, the dorm manager leaves.
“Claire nee-san…… so she’s back.”
I have a really bad feeling.
In s split second, I weigh which option would be more troublesome.
“Alright, let’s begin Operation Capture Rose.”
“Sid, I had believed in you! As expected of my good friend!”
I grab Hyoro by the back of his neck, and open the window.
“Oi Sid, what are you doing?”
“There’s no time. We’re going by the window.”
“Hah? What are you saying? Eh, wait a, EHHHHH?!”
“
Tou
!”
(T/N: Again, ‘
tou
’ is like what sentai rangers say when they jump, the idea being that it somehow makes the jump cooler.)
And thus we fly down.
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“Iris-nee-sama said thanks for the information. She wants to continue the cooperation, apparently.”
“What an honor.”
So replies Beta while looking at the back of Alexia, who is walking in front of her.
The spiral staircase is illuminated by Alexia’s magical lamp.
They’ve already gone quite the distance down. The cold, humid air tells them that they are underground.
“It seems that Doem Ketsuhat is indeed connected to the Order.”
“Indeed.”
“Problem is, we have no evidence.”
“This is a problem between the Church and the country, so normal evidence would not be sufficient.”
“I am well aware. My father did stress this to me. He said that if we are to expose the connection between the Order of Diabolos and the Church, we would need justification that can convince our citizens and the surrounding countries.”
“Because if our country is branded heretical, everything would be over.”
“I don’t think that all members of the Church are tied to the Order of Diabolos. It’s probably only a handful of the upper echelons.”
“And that’s what makes this so troublesome.”
“Indeed.”
The two’s footsteps continue reverberating throughout the staircase.
“My father is solely insisting on not causing a dispute with the Church. But then what of the Order, right?”
“He probably intends to leave them alone, same as he’s done so far.”
“Same as so far……”
Alexia’s footstep is late by a beat.
“Merely my arbitrary conjecture. Please forget it.”
“…… Well, that’s fine for now. Nee-sama said something that caught my attention. That the king of Oriana Kingdom seemed a bit vacant.”
“Vacant, you say……”
“It was my first time meeting him, so I couldn’t tell. But there was some sort of sweet smell around him.”
Sweet smell.
A certain drug comes to Beta’s mind.
“Perhaps it’s already too late then……”
“The Order has begun to move. With my father’s way of doing things, eventually our country would also……”
The two continue down the staircase, now in silence.
“We’ve arrived.”
Alexia has stopped before a deep vertical hole with a ladder.
“One of the entrances to the royal capital’s underground tunnel system. You know of it, do you not?”
“To some degree, yes. The tunnels that stretch underneath the entire city, built long ago as escape routes for the royalty, right?”
“Correct. But what with the gradual loss of maps and keys and secret passwords and whatnot, now it’s just a labyrinth.”
“So then, why are we here?”
“To erase you.”
Then Alexia puts a hand on the sword at her waist…… and laughs.
“That was a joke. And you’re not even scared the slightest bit.”
“
Hiii
, don’t kill me……!”
“There’s a possibility that Rose-senpai is hiding inside these tunnels.”
Beta pouts slightly at the way Alexia completely ignored her wholehearted acting.
“Let’s begin searching in here.”
So saying, Alexia reaches for the ladder without delay.
“Um, please wait a moment.”
“What?”
“Did you tell anyone else about this?”
“How could I? Anyone I can trust to tell would stop me.”
“If this is a labyrinth, how can we be sure that we ourselves won’t get lost?”
“Easy. We just have to return the way we came.”
“Um, this is kind of hard for me to say, but can you stop involving me in your whimsical fancies?”
“No.”
The two glare at each other for a while.
“If you have a problem, then you can go back by yourself.”
Alexia goes ahead and starts climbing down the ladder by herself.
Beta considers just leaving Alexia to her own devices and going home, but at this current point in time, it would indeed be problematic if Alexia dies.
“Protecting her is also your job, Beta.”
So convincing herself, Beta also reaches for the ladder.
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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