I was reincarnated as a villainous aristocrat with a certain death route.

"Hmmm. Are you going to turn down my offer?”

　Lestia looked at me.

　I felt a shiver run down my spine.

　At least for now, I can't win against the Demon Lord.

　But if I continue to work hard, I may eventually be able to surpass even the Demon Lord.

　The potential of “Raven Draxel” is that impressive.

　The only reason it is weaker than the Demon Lord in the game is because he doesn't make any effort at all.

　If I put as much effort into my magic training as I do now, the power balance between me and the Demon Lord might be reversed.

　However, at this point in time, the Demon Lord has the upper hand.

　So if I don't pay attention to how I stand, I might be killed soon.

"Then what would you do?　Kill me?"

Kill you?　Kill you?　No way.

　Lestia laughed.

"I wouldn't do such a thing,”

Even if I were to tell you that I'm going to be the one fighting you?”

'Well,...... that's a bit of a challenge."

　Lestia's lips curled into a smile.

"How about this, then--”

　I'm going to offer a deal.

　From the beginning, I wanted to make a deal like this.

　So at the beginning, I dared to take a bold attitude and say, “I'll fight the Demon Lord."

　I wanted to show my concession and at the same time, draw out the other party's surrender later on.

　I'm not good at gripping people's gut, but in order to survive, I couldn't say such a thing.

"You and I don't interfere with each other."

“Hmm?”

"The Demon Army is going to invade this human realm, right?　I'm not going to be a part of it. I'm not going to fight for it."

“You're going to abandon the ...... humankind ?”

"Well, yes.”

　I grinned.

　I grinned, the very look of a villain.

"So what are you going to do when the world is destroyed by me and my army?

Well, I'm going to join the Demon Lord's army then, right? You want my power, don't you?”

　I looked at Lestia.

After all, your goal is not only to destroy the human realm. You're going to invade the god realm, too, eventually.

"...... huh?”

　The smile faded from Lestia's face.

Do you have some information for me, my dear?"

“Just a conjecture."

　I'm just speculating.

Since I know the game's setting, I could only guess that the Demon King is trying to invade not only the human realm, but also the god's realm.

"If, on the other hand, a hero should destroy you, I would have nothing to do with it. No, if the course of the battle turns out to be decisive, I may join the side of the hero and kill you."

"...... That means you won't actively side with either the Demon Lord's army or the human side, is that right?"

That's right. But that's an advantage for you, right?　You don't have to fight me, the strongest opponent on the human side, after all.

　I shrugged.

"In return, you don't have to mess with me either. I don't think I want to go to the trouble of going head-to-head with the Demon King."

"That means you don't have to take the risk of fighting the Demon King either."

"That's what I mean. If we fight each other, we won't be safe, so I want to sign a non-aggression agreement with you."

　I think this is a very “villainous” proposal.