My older sister is a villainous rich girl

He tried his best to maintain his usual harmless expression, then suddenly seemed to remember something and asked in a low voice, "Oh right, Sister Chris... may I borrow your book to take a look?"

"Oh ho ho ho ho~ Of course, my dear brother."

Hearing her strange tone, Ashville's face darkened and she increased the force of her blows.

"Mom, Mom! Be gentle, my little hat is going to fall off..."

Chris's mournful cry faded outside the door.

well.

Wayne turned around and looked at the rows of neatly arranged bookshelves.

Chapter 4 What! Fellow villager?

He was the only one in Chris's study now.

The most urgent task is to find the key item as soon as possible.

That diary that recorded the precautions.

In the animation, Chris recorded the important characters and key moments of the original story in that diary, which she could refer to at any time to correct the possibility of her falling into a tragic fate.

Although Wayne watched the last episode, the twelve episodes were short and contained very little information, with the early episodes mostly serving as an introduction to otome game settings.

Similar to:

The First Prince is truly handsome, wealthy, and incredibly talented;

How the second prince was melancholic, kind, and popular;

How gentle, considerate, and understanding the Marquis's son is;

And so on.

Of course, there's also the story of how the villainous heiress bullied the female lead and went on a crazy, self-destructive rampage, until all her crimes were exposed and she received the trial she deserved. In the end, the female lead lived happily ever after with several handsome men...

No, the plot has been changed.

The original female lead was replaced with a villainous heiress, who won everyone's hearts and lived happily ever after with the first prince, the original female lead, and countless handsome men and beautiful women...

Yes, this is the revised script now.

Damn it! Am I out of my mind?!

Why would a guy watch something so morally corrupting? No way! I don't want to be part of a reverse harem!

It's all the animation production team's fault for using the dual female leads as a gimmick and arranging the plot in a yuri style to deceive this tough guy. In reality, it's just old wine in new bottles, the same old soup with a different name, and the core is still the same old otome anime!

With a mixture of emotions, Wayne reached out and felt around in the hidden compartment beneath the large desk, and sure enough, he found an unusual indentation.

"Such an important thing couldn't even be hidden more discreetly..."

He took out a small notebook.

He casually brushed off non-existent dust from the cover and sat down in Chris's comfortable, soft leather office chair.

Open the first page.

Wayne choked on his own saliva as soon as he saw the first sentence and coughed violently.

"Cough...cough..."

He flipped through the entire notebook with the speed of quantum reading; the content was much less than he had expected, only a few pages in total.

When he finally calmed down, tears were almost streaming down his face.

Through his blurry vision, he turned back to the first page, where a sentence was clearly written in regular script:

Since we're here, let's make the best of it.

That's right, everything in this notebook is written in Chinese characters.

It must be said that if one were in another world's civilization, Chinese characters would be the most useful encryption language.

Chinese characters, which evolved from pictographs, have undergone thousands of years of evolution through Oracle Bone Script, Bronze Script, Large Seal Script, Small Seal Script, Clerical Script, Cursive Script, Regular Script, and Running Script, giving rise to countless unique styles of scripts, and behind them lies a vast sea of ​​allusions and legends.

Even a god cannot fully comprehend the meaning of something if one does not live in a specific cultural environment.

Wayne still remembers being astonished when he first saw the method for deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, which involved comparing each letter to a pattern.

He put himself in their shoes and thought that if Chinese were lost and could not be deciphered, and one had to guess one by one using only those phonetic letters, it would probably take ten thousand years to figure out what the ancients had written.

Even though oracle bone script is simply pictographic and most closely resembles the original reference, more than half of it has not yet been deciphered. As a result, Chinese cultural museums have even offered a generous reward of 100,000 RMB for deciphering a single character.

Truly, every word is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

Now, these familiar words were displayed before him, giving Wayne a sense of familiarity.

"Oh, so you're from the same hometown."

He closed the notebook and put it back in the hidden compartment as it was.

This isn't particularly hard to accept; if you can travel into an anime, others can too.

"But... even if we're from the same hometown, don't even think about making me a member of your reverse harem."

After cleaning up all the traces he had left behind, Wayne sat back down on the bench near the door, picked up a few pastries, and began to chew them with his cup of tea while sorting out his chaotic thoughts.

Things are getting a bit tricky.

He remembered clearly that the animation he watched wasn't from China, and according to the setting, Chris definitely wouldn't have the skill of being fluent in Chinese. Unfortunately, Chris's important notebook currently only records the personal information of a few key characters, all of which are the most basic introductions, which Wayne already knew; there's nothing more.

In other words, apart from knowing that Chris was most likely a time traveler from China, they did not obtain any other useful information, nor could they understand her personality.

Wayne rubbed his temples and sighed.

Let's just follow the plot for now. I wonder if this villainous rich girl who has had her core replaced twice will still have that completely unreasonable "everyone loves me" super-powerful buff from the anime, making her even more outrageous than the original heroine.

According to the original script, aside from having a tragic past, he would not encounter any other life-threatening dangers.

If it's the original female lead's storyline, she will be redeemed by the original female lead; if it's the villainous heiress's storyline, she will be redeemed by the villainous heiress after she transmigrated.

Wow, this is awesome!

...except for having a reverse harem built for her.

Wayne's kind smile gradually twisted into a distorted expression.

Damn it! It's definitely more reliable to date other pretty girls.

"Young Master Wayne, Young Master Wayne?" someone called out to him from the side.

Wayne's eyes widened suddenly as he looked at the unfamiliar maid in surprise.

When did they appear? There wasn't a sound of footsteps.

Seeing that he had finally stopped staring blankly, the maid bowed and asked, "May we remove Miss Chris's teacup now?"

“Ah… take them. I don’t need my cup and these pastries anymore, take them all.” Wayne stood up and pretended to wander around in front of the bookshelf, browsing the catalog which was somewhat similar to cuneiform script on Earth, wanting to choose a few books about geography and local customs.

These books were placed in prominent positions, making them easily accessible to him, but when his hand brushed against the bookshelf, Wayne didn't stop and simply passed by.

'I can't just borrow these books!'

'I still look like a child, and I haven't received any proper education. Suddenly starting to read works far beyond my age would seem unusual and easily arouse suspicion.'

He walked naturally past the row of more specialized books, picked up a brightly colored picture book, and stood there reading it.

After a long while, he turned to the last page of the picture book before putting it down. Looking back, he saw the butler who had dragged the maid Anna away earlier standing quietly at the door of the study.

The butler stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his gaze slightly lowered, and did not presumptuously stare at him.

Hall Winche, the Duke's old servant and steward, and Duke Elliott's right-hand man.

Chapter 5 You Need to Grow Up Quickly

Are these people all ghosts or vampires? They all walk so silently; thankfully, I haven't done anything strange.

"Excuse me, may I choose some books to take back to my room?" Wayne asked, pointing to the bookshelf.

"I think it should be possible. Miss has already agreed to let you borrow it," Hall replied respectfully, without showing any disdain for Wayne's young age or unclear origins.

Wayne said a little embarrassedly, "Well, could Butler Hall help me choose two books on etiquette? I'd like to learn more about it."

Butler Hall naturally complied and selected two illustrated etiquette guides for him. The handwritten text on them was clearly a rare find.

A little later, another batch of brightly colored picture books was delivered to Wayne's room by a maid.

'...Logically speaking, Hall shouldn't have seen what book he was reading just now.' Wayne could only secretly rejoice that he reacted quickly, otherwise he would have ruined his image.

While it's true in theory that one can gradually reveal some talent as they get older and then slowly show their true self, the problem is that he's not the only one with the original script, and Wayne doesn't want to expose his identity yet.

The female protagonist in an otome anime is a terrifying existence; he fears that if the plot changes, he will not have a good ending.

After all, the main character will be fine; the cannon fodder are just supporting characters. Moreover, he is currently in a very dangerous position. If some corrective force comes along, it's not impossible that they might sacrifice him to ensure the smooth progress of the original plot.

Therefore, Wayne had secretly decided that he should not rashly provoke the strong will of the otome anime creators.

The safest way to survive is naturally to follow Chris's protagonist aura step by step through the plot, while you stay behind her, maneuvering and relying on her to develop your strength stealthily. When the time is right, you can then try to break away from the main storyline and usher in a free and wonderful life.

In short: survive, safety first.

After organizing his thoughts, he climbed back into bed satisfied and took a nap.

……

But the harsh reality hit him hard the very next day.

“What is this…?” Wayne murmured, holding a list in his hand.

"This is a special cultural course supplementary arrangement made for you, in addition to the swordsmanship and etiquette classes you are currently learning."

The maid I first saw yesterday stood respectfully with her hands at her sides and replied, "The new school year for the primary school will start soon. Compared to your classmates, you have fallen behind in many basic knowledge areas. In addition, you know almost nothing about aristocratic etiquette, so you will naturally need to spend more time in your spare time to master it."

Looking at the packed schedule on the list, Wayne felt a chill run down his spine.

"But...but isn't that a bit too much..."

“This is essential to becoming a fine nobleman,” the maid said. “Even Miss Chris is no exception.”

Upon hearing this, Wayne recalled Chris's performance yesterday and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Oh, okay then." Since that's already been said, Wayne had no choice but to reluctantly accept the schedule.

"By the way, this...sister? When is Father returning?"

"Please just call me by my name, 'Karen,'" the maid said in a neutral tone. "Lord Elliott has gone to inspect the territory and is expected to return in about two weeks."

He just adopted his new son a few days ago and then went on a long trip without even considering how to get along with unfamiliar family members. Did he really adopt me out of pity?

Wayne shook his head to clear his mind of these useless thoughts.

You absolutely cannot do anything that might lead to strange side quests, not even think about it.

Before he even had breakfast, Wayne was dragged off to morning exercise by Chris, who was full of enthusiasm.

“Wayne, a good warrior must have a strong physique! Just standing on the sidelines listening to the teacher explain swordsmanship is far from enough. From now on, you must do your morning training every day. It is because you lack exercise that you get sick so easily.”

Chris wore a fitted vest today, without any of the usual elaborate accessories, looking clean and neat.

Wayne looked at the wooden sword in his hand and was utterly speechless.

Miss, do you still remember that I was supposed to be a magical genius?

However, his body was indeed very thin and his skin was very pale. If he stretched out his arm to block the sun, he could even see his veins through the light.

In the animation, this was just a few lines of setting, but in reality, Wayne found himself to be practically albinism, the kind of person who didn't need makeup to disguise himself as a ghost.

Fortunately, his hair was still black and his face was still handsome, so he reluctantly accepted his new image.

Since there are beautiful girls to accompany me, it wouldn't be bad to get some exercise.

Then the two children took wooden swords and poked at each other.

"Hey!"

"what!"

"Roar!"

"babble!"

"Watch this, Thomas Spinning Sword Technique!"