Reborn to Reign: Imposing My Rules with My Mastery of Magic Volume 1

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-7183-9664-7
Verlag: J-Novel Club
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 250 Seiten

Reihe: Reborn to Reign: Imposing My Rules with My Mastery of Magic

He cannot remember anything of his past life, not even his name. He can't even remember the details of the novel he's been reincarnated into. All the newly-awakened Vanitas Lindblum does remember is that he's been cast as the villain in this world-and that by the novel's end, he's doomed to die. Determined to avoid that fate, he undertakes learning the ancient skill of Grasping Magic, which not one of his foes is able to wield. Along the way, the women enslaved by the evil Vanitas-destined to become the hero's right-hand women and overthrow him-are instead allured by this change in his personality and begin to...admire their new master? Can the antagonist cheat death and even find love?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Byakushi

Weitere Mitwirkende

Falmaro

Lecourt, Boris

Leseproben

Chapter 7: Hildegard Is Guided by Her Instincts

Hildegard was the daughter of a warrior from the Lepite tribe, a women-only clan living in a distant land south of the Luandorl Empire, where Vanitas resided.

Her mother—Elgard—was the strongest warrior of her generation, possessing both strength and grace.

The Lepite tribe was under constant threat of monsters, assaulting them night after night, and the clan would repel them from the natural fortress they had carved out of a rocky mountain. The women were trueborn warriors who fought all night under the unreliable light of the torches that never went out.

However, one day, they were attacked by a powerful monster they had never seen before. It was a greedy, gluttonous creature that devoured everything, earth and rock alike—in other words, the worst possible foe for the Lepite tribe, who used a fortress carved from a rocky mountain.

Elgard, the strongest and most respected warrior of the clan, died in her fight against it, and many others followed once the monster destroyed their once-impregnable fortress.

Having lost most of its people and its strongest warrior, the Lepite tribe was plunged into despair, and Hildegard openly cried for her mother.

But unfortunately for them, their misfortune didn’t end there.

Slave traders, learning of the situation of the beautiful women of the Lepite tribe, immediately made their moves and captured as many survivors as they could, Hildegard included.

As the daughter of a powerful warrior, she was sold at an extremely high price, and the one who bought her was Vanitas Lindblum.

The Lepite tribe’s women respected the strong and defended the weak. Vanitas, lacking both in strength and in magical skill, was the latter, and Hildegard considered him a target of her protection. That was why despite his unreasonable orders, she obeyed without complaint. In fact, because of their age difference, she even saw him as a kind of rebellious younger brother. He sometimes annoyed her, but coming from a tribe without men, a boy was an existence to be protected.

But right now, Hildegard was confused by Vanitas before her.

“Strong, but weak? Weak, but strong?” Hildegard didn’t care about Christina’s doubts and surprise toward their master or Lapina’s dismay from being petted. “Fight? Yes, fight to check!” Her confusion turned to curiosity, and unable to contain herself, she exclaimed her desire to Vanitas, who was going to say something.

“Hmm? You want to have a spar? If I recall correctly, Vanitas would usually use you as targets under the guise of training his magic, so it may be a great way to prove I’m different from him. Very well—let’s spar.”

“We’re sparring? Hooray!” Hildegard rejoiced, not realizing the truth behind her confusion.

The women of the Lepite tribe were instinctively drawn to powerful men to produce strong children who would be able to survive in this harsh world. And Hildegard’s instincts had sensed the unknown strength hidden inside Vanitas’s weakness.

“Here should be fine. Now, Hildegard, fire a spell at me,” I said.

“Really? I can?” she replied.

“Yes. I want to test something before we spar.”

We were currently in the training ground of the Lindblum estate. Now that I thought about it, that was the first time I stepped outside since reincarnating.

“This is too dangerous, Master! Why are you asking to be shot with magic? I can be the target as usual!” Christina suggested.

She sure was faithful to her duties. Even though she hated me, she still tried to stop me from doing something dangerous. She would never break an oath, and hers was to protect her master no matter what.

However, her worries were unnecessary.

“Christina.”

“Y-Yes?”

“While it was Hildegard’s words that led to this situation, this is actually a good opportunity. I told you I had changed earlier, no? And sparring is a good way to prove it. Though first, I want her to help me test something.”

“You mean the fact that you have, umm, reincarnated? I did not quite understand...”

As expected, it didn’t go as easily as with my parents. Well, of course it wouldn’t. Considering everything Vanitas had done to them, there was no trust between us, so it was no wonder that they wouldn’t believe me.

“You use Mud Magic, right, Hildegard? I don’t mind getting hurt, so you don’t need to hold back,” I said.

“Master!” Christina chided me, then turned toward Hildegard. “Hilde! Use your weakest spell! Got it?!”

“B-But—”

“No buts!”

“Got it. I’ll use weak magic.”

“Come, Hildegard.”

“Here I go, Master! !” Hildegard thrust her hand forward, and a lump of mud fired from the space just in front of it.

She had transformed her mana into mud—such was attribute magic.

I knew being hit would hurt—I had asked for it, after all—but strangely enough, I wasn’t scared.

Spreading my fingers, I stretched my right hand before me as though trying to the lump of mud flying at me—

“Ngh!”

“Master! I warned you!” Christina exclaimed.

“Ha ha ha ha! Of course I wouldn’t pull it off on my first try!” I couldn’t help but laugh as I lay on the floor after being blown away to a corner of the training ground by Hildegard’s spell.

“Mas...ter?” Christina inquired anxiously, weirded out by my behavior.

But I didn’t care about her reaction. In fact, I couldn’t even feel the pain from being hit in the face by a lump of mud.

“Odd. What happened? What did you do, Master?” Hildegard asked with a baffled expression as I slowly got up. She must have sensed I had tried to do something.

“Sorry, I’m done now. We can switch to sparring. Are you ready, Hildegard?” I asked.

“Y-Yes. Let’s spar.”

“You still want to continue, Master? Your adorable face is full of mud... You were not injured, were you?” Christina inquired, but I ignored her.

I challenged Hildegard multiple times and lost every time. We continued late into the day until Christina got too on edge and forcefully stopped us just before dusk.

I lost track of how many times I had been blown away and laid on the ground. And yet...

“This is fun, Hildegard!” I exclaimed.

“Yes! You’re weak, Master! But becoming strong! So fun!” she replied eagerly.

This had truly been an enjoyable time. But what made me happier than anything was I felt my sparring with Hildegard had made us grow closer.

“Master and Big Sis Hilde seem to be really enjoying themselves...” Lapina mumbled.

“Give me back my worries,” Christina complained. Then she added in a mutter, “It’s unfair how you’re having fun just the two of you...”

That wasn’t enough, though. I still had something I wanted to show them.

I slowly stood up, my legs shaking.

“Hildegard, let’s do it one last time. I’ll show you my best, so mind going along with me?”

“Yes!” she answered.

“You still want to continue?!” Christina shouted.

“Just one last time.” I stared at her. “We can’t?”

“P-Please do not look at me with those abandoned puppy eyes!” She paused. “There will be no more, understood?”

“Thanks, Christina.”

I turned back toward Hildegard, who was waiting for me, full of energy. Unless I was mistaken, it looked like she was brimming with anticipation about what I was going to do.

“Master... Fight for real?” she asked.

“Yeah. Come at me with everything you have, Hildegard. I also want to show you everything I can do.”

“Got it.”

“Come, Hildegard!”

“Yes! !”

The starting signal was once again Hildegard’s Mud Magic. However, the spell was different from the one she had used the first time. What came flying at me was no mere lump of mud, but a spiraling bullet that was faster and stronger.

She had used the spell several times during our sparring, so I had already seen it—and I knew I could do it.

I spread the fingers of my right hand.

“.”

Hildegard’s eyes widened in shock when she saw me touch the mud bullet with the mana I had gathered in my hand.

“No way!”

“Master repelled her magic?!” The other two exclaimed, just as surprised.

Knowing her shock wouldn’t last long, I immediately drew closer to Hildegard, kicking the ground with my feeble legs. I went all out, hoping my effort would reach her heart.

“Hyah!” Hildegard’s sharp kick tore through the air.

I dodged it by stooping close to the ground. I knew from our sparring that she hesitated for an instant when faced against an enemy approaching her at a low angle. And then—

“Huh?! I can’t...move... What did you do...Master...?” The instant my magic touched her, Hildegard became unable to move.

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