Chapter 1: The Reincarnated Extra
'Child of Yggdrasil' is a web novel.
It's an academy romance comedy novel where the protagonist Allen Ludwig, chosen by the World Tree Yggdrasil, grows through hardships alongside the many heroines, including the main heroine Riel Ignis.
I was a devoted fan of this novel, and the instant it concluded, I reincarnated into it.
I reincarnated as the early antagonist and extra character Kyou Ventus, who appears briefly at the start of the novel before vanishing.
Kyou Ventus was the heir to the Ventus Count family and the fiancé of the sub-heroine Liliana Edwin. Not only did he look down on Liliana, his own fiancée, but he also mocked Allen, who surrounded her. When they dueled, he used underhanded methods to corner Allen, only to be outmaneuvered and defeated. Afterward, he walked the path of ruin as an early antagonist.
After that, he doesn't appear in the novel anymore, and he's an extra character who left no impression in the readers' memories—someone no one would be curious about.
I only realized I had reincarnated as Kyou Ventus when I was introduced to Liliana as her fiancé, and it was just a minor character with little significance, like "ah, there was such a guy."
But at the time, it didn't really matter.
Liliana Edwin ranked among the top heroines in popularity, and I counted her among the heroines I liked the most.
Since Liliana was engaged to be married, and Kyou had broken off ties with her, it was because Kyou had bullied Liliana since childhood. It was a problem I could solve by being careful with my actions.
I trained myself, poured my efforts into studying, and worked diligently to improve my relationship with Liliana.
It was a mistake that my eyes became poor from overstudying and I started wearing glasses, but my path ahead was smooth sailing.
No, I believed it was smooth sailing.
"I'm really sorry, but could you break off our engagement?"
It was around the time two months had passed since entering the academy, before I heard those words from Liliana.