Reincarnated as a Failed Villain: Fallen Angel

During classes, Lucas noticed that Jessica kept gazing at him. He wondered whether she and the hero decided to ignore Lilith's warning and plotted something.

During the break, Lucas purposely escaped Lilith and Sarah just to see whether Jessica would approach him. And just as he thought, when he was alone, she made a move.

Jessica fixed her hair and her dress to look more presentable than usual. She walked towards him, her head bowed. Then she looked up into his eyes and said in a quiet voice: "Lucas Ciffer."

"Yes? What is it?" he asked, wondering what this girl was plotting.

"Can we go somewhere?" Jessica whispered. "We need to talk."

"Oh! Sure," he replied enthusiastically. Then he followed after her until they were outside the school building.

They found an empty place among the trees where they could be relatively safe from other students passing through the area. The two sat down on the grassy ground, and Jessica began talking as if she couldn't stop herself. "I... I can explain..."

"Explain what...?" Lucas lay down on his back and stared at the clouds. "Explain how you plot to kill me?"

"W-What are you talking about?" Jessica exclaimed. "I-I didn't do anything like that!"

"Uh-huh."

"I mean... Can you blame me?" she gazed at Lucas, who wasn't paying much attention to her. "You're destroyer of worlds."

"That's new to me." Lucas chuckled as he watched the birds fly past him. "I haven't destroyed a single planet." then he remembered that he was an angel in his life before he reincarnated to Earth. "Uh. I think."

"You were a novel reader. You know what you were supposed to become." Jessica pointed out, and while being called a novel reader made Lucas chuckle a little bit, she continued by saying: "So can you blame me for doing everything I can to protect Lightburn?"

Lucas closed his eyes as he smiled. He wasn't prepared for this question, but he had a perfect answer to it. "If I actually blamed you for it... I would have killed you the moment I first saw you." his smile was genuine. However, it was also terrifying.

He rolled onto his side and rested his head on his hand. "The only reason I haven't killed you is that you're not a sinner." Lucas continued smiling as he explained why he allowed her to live. "I don't sense malice in you, not yet, at least, which is why I won't kill you. I am not the kind of person who would kill just anyone."

Jessica gulped nervously when she heard that. "Um... So you're not going to hurt me?" she asked timidly.

"Don't get me wrong, I still feel a grudge against you," he answered bluntly.

"So? What does that mean?" she inquired again.

"Well..." he paused to think about what he wanted to say next. "...It means I can't wait for you to sin at least once in your life."

"Huh?" Jessica cocked her head. She couldn't understand what he meant.

"Because if you do sin. Then I will finally be able to finish you off."

"W-What...?" Jessica blurted out in fear.

"Haha," Lucas laughed heartily. "The moment you sin... I will be the first and the last thing you'll see."

Jessica started sweating as she became pale. "Y-You...!" she stuttered.

Lucas simply continued laughing while sitting up. "Think about it as my gift to you. A gift of not taking your life."

"Now, who's the bully?" Lilith said while standing right behind Lucas's back. Her hands were crossed on her chest as she gave him a stern look.

"Oh... Sometimes you're such a stalker." Lucas looked up and accidentally saw her panties. "White."

"Tsk." Lilith clicked her tongue; then she took a step back so Lucas couldn't see under her dress. Then she gazed at Jessica. "Mind explaining what the fuck you two were doing here?"

"W-We... We were..." Jessica panicked. She knew that Lilith and Lucas had a fight today, so she assumed she could have a talk with him. She didn't expect Lilith to continue to watch over him.

"Yes?" Lilith demanded impatiently.

"Uhm... we..." Jessica was caught off guard by this sudden interrogation from Lilith, but before she got another chance to respond, Lucas cut her short.

"We were having a talk about her family?"

"HUH?!" Lilith screamed in disbelief, almost making them jump in fright. "That's bullshit, and you know it!" she couldn't believe that Lucas would make such a stupid excuse despite knowing that he couldn't lie to her.

"Well, at least we will have a talk about her family. Now." Lucas smirked.

"Huh?" the girls exclaimed as they stared at Lucas.

"What do you mean?" Jessica asked with a trembling voice. 𝗳𝗿𝐞ℯ𝙬𝗲𝗯n𝗼νel.𝒄𝑜𝘮

"You really don't understand, do you?" He answered her question with his own question. Then he looked around the place. "Isn't your wish to kill your stepfather?"

"Y-You know that as well... huh?" Jessica stammered out, feeling defeated. She already knew where this conversation was going.

"Of course I do; I know lots of things." Lucas said and slowly stood up. He looked down at Jessica, who saw there were tears forming in his eyes. It felt like an eternity for him to say what he needed to say next: "I'm willing to grant you one favor." he extended his hand toward her to help her stand up. "You'll dirty your pretty dress." he said.

She took his hand, and Lucas helped her rise on her feet.

"

Y-You can't be serious..." Jessica whispered softly, barely audible even to herself.

Lucas turned away from Jessica so she wouldn't see the expression on his face when she heard those words come out of his mouth. "But I am. I am willing to forget what happens in the novel. I will even kill your piece of the shit stepfather."

"But what's the catch? What do you get from it." Jessica asked while wiping her teary eyes.

Lucas sighed before answering her, "You will keep secret your visions about me. Unless I allow you to tell it." he told her without turning back towards her. "Does that sound fair?"

Jessica clenched her fists and gritted her teeth as she muttered. "You're a fucking devil."

"Even the devil once was an angel." Lucas reprimanded her with a smile as if reading her mind. He once again extended his hand toward her. A hand was burning in black flames. "Do we have a deal?"