The Villain Can't Lose

Chapter 5 Skills

?"Help me?" I asked, confused.

[Yes, I'm like some kind of a system, sent by the clan below.]

"Clan of Below?" Her words made me feel even more curious.

[Yes. They were the ones who sent you here.] She smiled.

"They are the ones who sen..." I paused, then remembered how I had got here in the first place, still couldn't recall anything.

But just my past, before I got here. My life wasn't special. I lived as a normal guy, paying my debts, helping my mother and watching weird things online. 'I hope no one will look at my browsing history,' I closed my eyes and then opened them back up.

But these weird things were the ones which made me and allowed me to grow as a person.

I've never liked being surrounded by many people and going to work always annoyed me. As for the girls that were my age, they were nothing special but loud and arrogant creatures… No one interested me in my previous life but the motivation to get out of debt.

I lived a good life but it was not so good that I would regret my own death.

p?nd?,no??1,?o? But it would have been more spectacular if I actually died in a more honourable way, but that's it for now. I guess I shouldn't complain about my current life, as long as I manage to avoid my cruel fate.

But one thing that I do wish for is for my mom to get that money and live a good life, 'man… this is really irritating…'

Thinking of how Rowen lived an extravagant life no matter his position, I should learn to do the same for now, leaving my past life and thoughts behind… '…hopefully, I won't need to meet another death here as well…'

Having caring and loving parents in my previous life, actually made me feel sorry for the real Rowen. He was raised with hate and arrogance around him, and his own father backstabbed him multiple times, so when he met the main villain of the story, Doru Rawson, he thought he would be able to escape the loneliness he had felt.

But Doru was different, his main goal was to take over the throne and control the demons the Royal family possessed and that's where he found the use of Rowen... To learn and manipulate their every action and examine them, then later possess them himself.

But that's where the hero Dante came across the plot and began ruining Doru's plans little by little, destroying and killing the villains that supported him...

I felt a sudden shiver run down my skin as I just thought about Rowen's part once again, my part...

But things were going to be different now, it had to be. I had more knowledge and advantage of the story and I knew some future events too...

I looked back at Zuri and judging by how friendly this so-called 'SYSTEM' was, I had to accept its kind offer and make it my friend.

At the end of the day, the thing was just too cute for me to hate it for no valid reason, and hopefully, it will be useful in the future.

"I understand, but what exactly is your purpose here?" Bringing my attention back to it, I asked.

I still wondered if I should call her by her name or as 'it'.

[I'm here to help you] She said.

I looked at the screen again, it was still writing, and almost looked like coding.

I sighed heavily.

"How long does it take to write a sentence?"

She glanced at me with her shiny eyes.

[You can start asking questions, I will explain everything.]

She stood up and walked over to the screen, then grabbed the hilt of the sword that was lying on the floor and pulled it out of the screen. Then she put the sword at the side of the screen and pointed it at me, but she stopped midway.

She looked cute, almost like a fairy that was trying to battle against a giant.

The sword that she was dragging was almost thrice her size. "What are you doing?" I couldn't help but ask.

She shrugged her shoulders and giggled.

[This is what you would call a sword, isn't it? I just want to test its power.]

Taking two steps back, she swung the sword and the next moment a sound of metal hitting something rang out loudly.

The impact was enough to shake my whole body. It was completely out of order, even for a small creature like Zuri, she was this powerful. 'I shouldn't try fighting her, we should get along if she's here to help me.' I nailed this in my mind.

I was thinking of leaning forward, but realising how short girls used to find it offensive in my previous life, I decided otherwise.

[So, do you want to know more about yourself?] This adorable-looking system spoke.

"Myself...?" I paused to think, 'which reminds me, I don't really know about the current Rowen.' I looked at her and nodded, "Yes, please tell me."

*CLINKK* She immediately vanished inside the screen and began to talk.

[Rowen: Age 15]

[Current skills: Swordsmanship]

[Magic Power level: Lvl 2]

'Level two, it's not bad for a fifteen-year-old, considering that there are only five levels in this world.' I let her continue and continued to observe every word she was saying.

[Intelligence: Lvl 45]

[Love interest: Lvl 30]

'Still better than my previous life,' the right side of my lips lifted automatically without me realising it.

'What is love?' I asked myself, 'Does it even mean anything in this world?'

The system kept typing, and after a while, she finally finished talking.

[Alright, that's all I have to say.]

I turned around and found myself face-to-face with the system's sword.

[This sword belongs to you] Zuri told me.

I took it in my hands and examined the blade.

"Thank you," I replied.

She nodded and smiled as if knowing that I was telling the truth.

I looked at the screen, but Zuri disappeared from it instantly, 'See you later, I guess.'

As I glanced at the sword, I felt a sudden pain rising in my chest.

'Why do I feel pain?' I wondered.

I continued to hold the sword tightly while staring at the blood flowing through the blade, 'why do I feel this way?' Something was weird and why did it have blood on it?

Holding the sword that was already dirted with blood, but had a dark black colour, I started to ponder on things.

I didn't know much about this new world, but there was one thing that I knew for sure.

I was going to take care of myself no matter what.

The system already told me my real age, and now I had one year to train until I rolled into the academy.

But there were certain things for me to take care of; the people in this house.

If I remember correctly, there was an assassin maid called Nari.

Rowen had made her his servant and by the end of Rowen, she colluded with the protagonist and told him about Rowen's weakness. 'I shouldn't let that happen again...'

Nari was strong, and she was only two years older than me. If I get her on my side, later on, she might be useful to me.

The current Nari was emotionally weak, I could take a little advantage of that.

I let the sword down and decided to get inside the mansion. 'If I'm going to live here, I should at least go inside,' I let a long sigh out.

But first, I needed to decide what I was gonna do with this sword in my hand. I looked at it, this dark blade was definitely something I could use.

Rowen's swordsmanship skills were good but could not be said as excellent as of now. I knew I needed to train more to achieve a better level than Rowen did before he entered the academy.

But for the time, getting Nari on my side was my priority.

As I walked inside the mansion, the door opened automatically for me. I entered the hallway and saw the same servant girl who greeted me outside.

"I see you've finally returned." She said after taking another look at me, "you're going to need to change these clothes since you got dirt all over them."