The Main Character is the Villain

“High Priest! Stay well! This favor is something I will absolutely… repay!”

“High Priest! Thank you again and again!”

My last day at the academy. The teachers were lined up in a long procession before the academy's main gate. The trunk of the carriage I was in was filled with various gifts, including school uniforms. With a satisfied expression, I stroked the ring and the school uniform, then looked back at the teachers. Some of them were shedding tears, while others desperately clung to my hand, unwilling to let go.

Over the past week, after touring the graduate school and meeting with the professors, I returned five professors to their youth, and seven professors agreed to my ‘persuasion’ and allowed the teachers to graduate. As a result, the people here now were not slaves. They were proud teachers of the academy, and each one a doctor.

They were intellectuals, and at the same time, humans who were prepared to teach the children of nobles a love for beastfolk and mermaids for my sake.

“Everyone. It has been a pleasure. Our love is stronger than hatred. Beastfolk and mermaids have the right to live. Please, remember this.”

“We will take it to heart! High Priest! Following your will! We will ensure the young masters are reborn as people who love beastfolk and mermaids!”

With a thunderous shout, the time for parting arrived. The school bell had begun to ring. They hesitated as they turned back, their expressions clearly regretful that they couldn't hold onto me. I waved and got into the carriage. The path I was leaving was filled with satisfaction and love. The coachman made a joke.

“My Lord, what on earth did you do to make those notoriously strict teachers from the academy act like that?”

If I'm the only one having sex with beastfolk and mermaids, I'm just a zoophile. But if the numbers start to grow, it becomes a culture. As more nobles discover the taste of beastfolk sex, they'll have no choice but to recognize beastfolk as human, if only for the sake of their pride. The reason I was so fervent about loving beastfolk and mermaids at the academy was to lay this foundation.

Since the collapse of the Church of Love was all but a fact, the beastfolk and mermaids needed a bulwark to replace it. I had just completed the first step in creating that bulwark.

“I'll keep that in mind, My Lord.”

“Then, shall we hurry back to the mansion? I miss my wives.”

“I miss the territory's tavern, too.”

“The territory's tavern? The taverns in the capital city are much more luxurious and have better-tasting alcohol. And our territory doesn't even have a brothel.”

“Hehe, I'm only telling you this, My Lord, but I've gotten on good terms with the bar madam there. I think I might have some good news for you soon.”

“Ah, I know who you mean. Not bad, coachman.”

The bar madam was the large-built woman Robin had a one-sided crush on. She was a good cook and had a hearty personality, making her popular in the village, but it seemed this coachman had won the luck of marrying her. The coachman scratched his head, unable to hide his delight. I said,

“Coachman. When you get married, I'll be the officiant.”

“Oh, such an honor... Is there really a need for you to go that far? The thought alone is enough for me.”

“A High Priest offers to be the officiant, and you refuse? You've got some nerve, coachman. I'm not so pathetic that I can't do at least that much for a coachman who's worked hard for me. I'm not.”

“Haha, I pledge my undying loyalty.”

The coachman bowed his head low again. Since I often took business trips, it was good for me to be on good terms with the coachman. In that friendly atmosphere, I tapped the ring and the lingerie box on the carriage seat, contemplating who I should make wear the lingerie.

Until night fell.

When evening came, I would stop at an inn to sleep. The journey wasn't so urgent as to require a night march, so I made sure to stop at a nearby village and sleep before the sun set. The days continued like this, traveling down the road while making small talk with the coachman, then stopping at an inn in the evening for a light beer before bed.

And so, on the morning we arrived near the territory. Having woken up in a good mood, I headed to the carriage to ask the coachman if he slept well. But the coachman on the coachman's seat was clutching a blanket and trembling, as if he'd been up all night with his eyes wide open.

“Coachman, is something wrong? Did you stay up all night? Why are you out here with a blanket? You should have slept in your room.”

“M-M-My Lord. I think I saw the march of demons last night.”

What kind of strange bullshit was this? Was he making an unreasonable move just because we got friendly? With an indifferent face, I asked the coachman for an additional explanation. The coachman's face had turned pale overnight, and he looked hollowed out like someone suffering from a hangover. The coachman said,

“Uh, last night, I couldn't sleep, so I went outside for a walk, and, uh, I saw something incredible.”

“What was it?”

“It was, quite literally, a sight you'd only see in hell. Knights in armor were pushing a carriage fitted with a giant wagon wheel. Countless people were tied to that wagon wheel, and they were writhing in pain, letting out faint screams.”

“Come on, that's ridiculous. You must have been dreaming.”

“It's true!”

I sympathized with the coachman's desperation and decided to believe him. But inwardly, I didn't. In a world where the Royal Knight Order was alive and kicking, what kind of bastard would do such a thing? The coachman didn't seem to be in good condition, but I urged him to depart. It was because I wanted to return to the mansion quickly.

As we entered the Delmon Territory, we were met with a bizarre scene. All the guards were lying on the ground, neglecting their duties, and they paid no mind to the passersby. Only after we arrived did the guards sluggishly crawl out from their spots and ask our purpose and social standing. The coachman answered for me.

“Lord Peta Lusius, the Lord of Peta Territory and the Southern High Priest of the Archdeity Church, is aboard.”

“Oh, him?”

The unmotivated guard captain glanced at me with a flustered expression, then bowed his head deeply and said,

“My apologies for the discourtesy. You lot! Get out here and greet him! The High Priest has arrived!”

At the guard captain's words, the guards rushed out in a crowd to greet me. I nodded, accepting their greetings, and asked,

“The atmosphere is unsettled. Did something happen in the Delmon Territory?”

I had expected Karin to have arrived by now and fucked the territory up, but seeing the guards' atmosphere, it seemed like it wasn't just shattered, but that the lord's family might have been massacred. Since there was no need for me to say that I had crushed the lord, I feigned ignorance of the situation and asked. A guard replied with a complicated expression, nodding his head.

“Yes. The Royal Knight Order invaded and arrested our lord.”

“That's a pity. I heard he was a man of decent character.”

“Decent character? That bastard deserves to die more than anyone in the world. It is my life's greatest regret to have served such trash as my lord until now.”

Even the blonde, tanned, chubby lord who reigned before him wasn't hated this much; it seemed the lord had committed excessive vicious acts within the territory. The guard captain was grinding his teeth, saying the lord was better off dead. Unaware of the details, I just put on a pitiful expression and vaguely sympathized.

“Oh dear, it seems there was a reason. The sword of the Royal Knight Order is never wrong. So, what happened to the lord?”

“Don't even ask. You must have seen it on your way down from the capital. They say everyone from the lord to the lord's family, and even the knight order that followed him, are all tied to a giant wagon wheel and are being rolled to the trial venue. I saw the sight vividly as it passed through our checkpoint. I clearly remember the faces of the priests, exhausted from casting Heal, and the female knight, smiling happily. All the while, screams kept pouring out from the wagon wheel. It was enough to make me think if there was a hell, this was it.”

“Hyaaaak!”

The coachman screamed. I shook my head from side to side. That crazy bitch Karin had undoubtedly reached some new level of madness. The coachman was shaking violently, whipping his head around. I looked at the coachman with a pitiful expression before speaking to the guard captain.

“Well, keep up the good work. But don't be too lazy just because the lord is gone. You may guard by the lord's order, but you can't protect the territory without keeping a proper watch. The territory is where your families live, too, isn't it?”

“I will keep that in mind.”

The guard captain nodded. I had the coachman hurry our steps. It was someone else's territory anyway, so it was a hassle to interfere further with their state of alert. After all, the closer I got to my territory, the closer I was to my goal of school uniform sex.

My body was already burning with the desire for some hot play.

“Hoo, I'll have to make them call me senior.”

“Pardon?”

“Nothing. Just keep driving the carriage, coachman.”

From my observation until we reached the border of the Peta Territory, there didn't seem to be any major problems in the Delmon Territory. The guards of my territory seemed very curious about the commotion in the Delmon Territory. As soon as they saw me returning, they saluted and asked about what had happened there.

“We asked Lady Peta, but she didn't really give us an answer…”

Thinking about what happened there, I could see that Eve had handled it very wisely this time. I shook my head and said,

“Something truly terrible happened. That's all you need to know.”

“Understood.”

The guards nodded. The mansion was now just ahead. I took a deep breath, drumming my fingers on the boxes.

“My Lord. We have arrived at the mansion.”

It seemed the news of my arrival had reached the territory faster than the carriage. Eve was standing at the main gate, hugging Cellu. Beside her stood Sieri, Elsi, Robin, and Soya. As soon as I got out of the carriage, Sieri smiled and said this,

“Welcome back.”

I said as I took out the boxes,

“Sieri. Eve. Go up to your rooms, wash up, and wait.”

“Huh?”

“Eh?”

“Quickly.”

I urged them.

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