Chapter 58
If you read this, you too can become a Kuzulesse expert.
【Chapter 1】
Ultos Randall
The protagonist of this story. After realizing that this world is the setting of the insanely difficult 18+ game Last Arcanum, he decides to cut off the death flags heading his way and become a mob character.
That said, he’s uneasy about leaving the scenario behind completely, so he’s walking a fine line: in public, he hurls insults at the heroines like a trashy villain, while behind the scenes, he puts on a mask and approaches the protagonist.
He makes an effort to speak calmly and politely, hoping to make a good impression on people he’s meeting for the first time—but because he keeps up his “cheerful, polite manner” even on the battlefield, where people are fighting for their lives, or in other tense situations, they usually see him as “an incredibly eerie powerhouse who never stops smiling in a place where you should be fearing for your life.”
Because he was reincarnated, he is exceptionally skilled at handling “magic power,” which didn’t exist in his previous world, and can reinforce his body with far less waste than an ordinary person.
His waste is so minimal that other people can barely tell he’s doing it at all, so he proudly considers it “the very picture of mob-character body enhancement”—but everything about it is “vicious”: how smoothly he can shift into combat, how stealthily he can reinforce his body without anyone noticing at a glance, and how long he can sustain it.
His inherent attribute is “Space.”
Ultos’s Father and Mother
They had so much to deal with, from monster appearances to managing their territory, that they couldn’t give Ultos much attention. As a result, the original Ultos became twisted. They’re kind and sensible for nobles, but their weakness is that they’re far too normal.
Liera
A beautiful, fair-skinned blonde maid who’s unconditionally supportive. She’s well-endowed.
Having watched Ultos-sama shine all this time, she’s deeply loyal to him. Lately, it seems Ultos-sama has found his motivation again, and she’s delighted.
But she’s basically driven by the single-minded desire to “make everyone understand how amazing Ultos-sama is!” She wants the world to discover just how incredible he is, which makes her an enemy of her master’s mob life. She’s also great at spoiling him by feeding him herself and saying, “Say ah.”
Carla-sensei
Also known as the “Ice Mage.” She’s beautiful, but has a cold air about her that seems to keep people at a distance.
In the original story, she was harder to win over than the other heroines. Her smile was something you could only see after enduring a barrage of prickly remarks and insults... But in this story, she misunderstood the protagonist’s wooden acting so thoroughly that she became a hopeless older woman who hits on her younger apprentice.
Incidentally, she’s also a formidable fighter.
Enrique
Once known far and wide as the “Ogre” for his overwhelming strength. He’s a peerless powerhouse who answers to no one—but the protagonist thinks he’s “a chuunibyo adventurer around E or D rank who’s all talk.”
Even when he’s treated carelessly, he stays positive: “Kah kah kah... So you dare treat me like that, young master? I don’t hate it.”
Somehow or other, he and the protagonist get along pretty well.
【Chapter 2】
Siegraine
The original protagonist. A girl who dreams of becoming a hero like her father.
She doesn’t have enough magic power to use in actual combat, but she was supposed to take on absurd training based on a novice’s secondhand knowledge, then get swept into a battle that would decide the fate of the world. In this story, however, she lost helplessly to a masked person, lost all confidence, and shut herself away at home.
Gregorio
A bright, affable mayor. He’s not especially strong in direct combat, but his talents in politics, scheming, and everything else are monstrous. As a result, he’d been bored ever since he was born. Even all his rampaging in the original story was just to “kill time.”
But after meeting someone who far exceeded his expectations, he decided to follow that man. At the end of Chapter 2, he’s probably the man who looks the most full of life.
He’s a villain, but he’s a handsome, affable guy, so he was always near the top of the game’s popularity rankings. Such is the world’s cruel irony.
Iris
A beautiful red-haired girl. A heroine overflowing with a sense of justice who can’t tolerate anything crooked.
She was furious after Ultos insulted her, but after meeting a certain “masked person,” she renewed her resolve: “I have to aim higher...!”
She actually has an incredible bloodline.
Gies
A fairly formidable figure in the underworld—but after learning his limits, he became a farmer. In a way, he’s the one living most peacefully, farthest removed from all the battle maniacs.
Thief A
The protagonist spoiled everything for him from beginning to end, and he ran away in tears.
Baldo
“Shadowless Blade.” He’s a formidable underworld fighter said to be the equivalent of an “S-rank” in the aboveground world.
Unable to find any particular meaning in his sword, he’d been working for pay. But after being captivated by the gaze of a certain person who sought to carry out justice unseen, he decided to act as a decoy. He scored a major victory, overwhelming the Order of Knights that had beaten him to a pulp in the original story.
He talks a lot during battle. And he licks his sword a lot, too.
Matthew
The son of the village chief of Hafen, whom Enrique saved. From then on, he was put in charge of entertaining the protagonist at the Mask Festival.
But he praises Enrique and Genesis so much that the protagonist is a little put off, thinking, “What kind of harassment is this supposed to be...?”
Black Knights A, B, and C
Gregorio’s close aides, clad in pitch-black armor. They’re powerful figures feared in the underworld as the “Trinity.” The three worked together and were neither careless nor overconfident around the protagonist, but he beat them to a pulp amid the floral aroma of tea.
【Settings】
Magic Power
What you’d call MP. The amount of magic power you have is determined at birth, so it’s almost impossible to increase it later in life.
Magic
A technique for using your own magic power within your body to produce various phenomena. You can learn it by attending an academy or the like. It’s mainly divided into Tier Magic and Out-of-Domain Magic.
Tier Magic
Magic that uses the major attributes. Thanks to generations of human study, it has been thoroughly systematized, making it easy to learn and identify.
Out-of-Domain Magic
Special magic. Since research is still limited, neither the methods for learning it nor the types of magic are clear. Users of mainstream Tier Magic may consider it a “dud,” but it has the potential to lead to overwhelming strength if properly developed.
The 21 Arcana
The author hastily introduced them around Chapter 52 based on the shallow thought, “What role should Gregorio have...? The Four Heavenly Kings are too many, and the Seven Deadly Sins are too common...” I thought, “Am I a genius??” But looking back after about two weeks, I can’t help thinking that 21 might be too many.