"I'll be more direct here, Join the royal family."
...
"She refuses."
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"Your highness... as honoured as I am to have you personally invite me, I'll have to decline your offer."
I mean, isn't it obvious? My primary goal is to save the villainess... How could I work for her murderer?
Leonas furrowed his eyebrows, not used to rejection.
"Miss L/N, I believe you're mistaken. You see, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity."
"I'm aware, your highness."
Sigh... How arrogant does this prince have to be to expect me to accept his offer immediately? I mean, I knew he was narcissistic and arrogant from the story, but experiencing it first-hand is different...
"Your highness, you already have her answer. I believe there is no need to continue this conversation."
Without another word, Elise takes my hand and drags me out of the room... more roughly than how she usually would...
"Elise... slow down! He's still royalty, you can't just leave like that..."
She stops in her tracks.
"Royalty or not, I'm not letting anyone take away my favourite servant."
Favourite servant...? I'm her personal servant.
"Lady Alphonse, slow down for a moment..."
The heroine comes rushing from behind us. Elise glares at her.
"What do you want, commoner?"
Sheesh... they haven't even become enemies in the story at this stage... why can I see sparks flying between them?
Alisa walks towards me and places something in my hands.
"Thank you, Y/N."
And she leaves. Just like that, leaving the now-even-more-furious villainess with me...
"N/N, let's go back now."
"But you haven't-"
"Now."
I sigh inwardly... seriously, did I do something to make her mad?
After heading back to the mansion, the villainess went back to her own room without a word... that's quite unusual... she normally never wants to leave my side. Oh well, she must be in her rebellious phase.
I head back to my room as well. Despite being a servant, I've always felt that I was treated differently... my bedroom is twice the size of the other servants', it even comes with a huge bathtub...
Even though I'm slightly older than the villainess, I'm always the one getting spoiled huh...
I open my bedroom door.
There's a woman sitting on my bed.
I recognise her from somewhere.
Isn't she... the hot- *ahem* assassin?
"Oh, you're finally back, Y/N"
I feel like I'm missing something here.
"Uhm... Why are you here?"
She gets up at walks towards me. She pins me against the- hold on. What?!
"Awww... How could you say that to the one who fulfilled your desire?"
She says, all innocent-like, as if she didn't try to kill me just a few chapters ago.
"Well, if I really have to spell it out for you... I'm the god who brought you into this world."
God... I wasn't that much of a religious person back in my original world, but I did look to god for many things in my life before... but when I look at this god, I just feel like punching her in the face.
There goes my impression of the hot assassin.
"And why would 'god' bring me here and try to kill me?" I'm still suspicious of this hot lady... I thought god didn't have a gender...
"Why, you see... I didn't try to 'kill' you... I was just..making things a little more interesting..."
"Bullshit. You threw a real dagger at me."
This elf lady still sounds unreasonable. But then again, i reincarnated into a novel. Is common sense not so common anymore?
"Ah... about that.. A real assassin was supposed to do that... but I killed him and took his place myself. :D"
... What the fu-
Some explanation later
Okay... if I got it right, this 'god' sent me into this world because I had a strong desire to save the villainess after reading a certain novel... she then killed my supposed-to-be assassin and came to fill in the role herself.
Wait... but something still isn't right.
Why does god look like that?
"Why are you a hot elf lady?"
Well that came out wrong.
"A hot elf lady? Is that what you see me as? Normally humans aren't able to see through a god's real appearance, so gods just look like random people to them."
Hm. So not hot elf lady. She could've been some old dude with a white beard all this time. There goes my sanity.
"In any case, right now, I'm here to help you out. You've finished the tutorial mission already, now it's time for the real deal."
[Tutorial Mission Status: Complete. Claim Rewards to Advance to the Next Stage. Claim Rewards? Yes/No]
Tutorial mission...? You mean to say I've been stuck in tutorial mode for 8 years?
"Oh, right. I almost forgot to mention. If you check your system mailbox, it should say that you've unlocked the Gacha system..."
I checked my mailbox. It's there.
"You best use it unless you want to lag behind the other users."
Users. What users? Aren't I the only one?
"So far, 5 system users exist in this world. Their identities remain hidden. You are the 5th user."
What... isn't that... dangerous for me then? If they ever find out...
"Anyways, gotta go! Gods are busier than they look, and I can tell you have way too many questions."
She disappears. Interesting.
[Gacha System Unlocked. Use ten pulls? Yes/No]
This must be the system she was talking about.
"Yes."
Time to see what I got...
[Congratulations. Host has obtained rank B health potion]
[Congratulations. Host has obtained rank D potato]
[Congratulations. Host has obtained rank A enchantment potion]
[Congratulations. Host has obtained Rank C knife]
[Congratulations. Host has obtained rank B heal potion x2]
[Congra-]
Stop it. Just stop it. Summarise what I got please... the notifications are killing my head...
[Host has obtained: Rank B health potions x3, Rank D potato x2, Rank A enchantment potion x1, Rank C knife x2, Rank S skill: Inventory, Rank ???: Monster's egg]
I narrowed my eyes. What's with the question marks on the last item?
"Ow-!"
Suddenly potatoes fall on my head. What the hell?
[Items have been delivered to host.]
Wow. What an efficient delivery system. I first pick up a scroll. This must be the skill... The moment I open it, it disappears.. along with all my items that were scattered across the bed...
[Host has activated skill: Inventory. Host can now store items by using this skill]
Well that's useful. I click on the icon with the three question marks and a huge egg appears on the bed. I walk towards it and reach my hand out to touch it.
It starts moving. Is it... hatching? Suddenly I'm blinded by a bright light...
"Woof!"
Is that a freaking dog?!