"You're still alive, lucky you."

As soon as Landon opened his eyes, he was greeted with nothing but this merciless mockery.

The person speaking was standing at his bedside, named Helena, the child adopted by his parents. By convention, he should call her sister.

This beautiful face that he had been accustomed to for more than a decade was now looking down at him with a disgusted expression.

Her deep blue, cold-colored long hair and icy blue eyes added an untouchable aura to her, along with her identity as the duke's adopted daughter. Even though she had no right to inherit the title, she was still a well-known ice beauty, a genuine top-class beauty.

As a top-class beauty and the adopted daughter of the duke, she has always been polite to others.

But she was only so bad towards Landon.

"Father just passed away, and the funeral hasn't even been held yet. You went out and caused trouble again, and got beaten half to death and sent back..."

Helena's face was as cold as ice, her tone suppressed, her eyes filled with blame.

If this were a more normal family, the only male of the family would be sent back after being beaten 90% to death. There would be at least some consolation and concern.

However, the maid had remained silent behind Helena, already used to the scene of this adopted daughter's scolding of the duke's own child.

Landon lost his mother at a young age, and the duke never remarried, too lazy to care for his child, thus leaving them to their own devices. He turned a blind eye to the conflicts between his children, allowing Helena to educate her younger brother.

As they say, leading by example influences subordinates. Even the servants had a subtle attitude towards Landon.

Landon had barely been saved by magic, his entire body felt like it had been reassembled, causing pain and a fuzzy consciousness. However, listening to Helena scolding him as she did, his anger bubbled up, and he suddenly found the strength to argue back.

"Won't you even ask why I got into a fight?"

"Reason?"

Helena sneered and shook her head.

Is there a reason to ask?

Her brother has always been a troublemaker. As the duke's son, he hung out with those unruly young masters who couldn't inherit their family's status. Every day, he either teased good women or attracted unwanted attention. She was already grateful that he hadn't killed anyone for no reason.

And he still wouldn't admit to anything he'd done, either trying to say there was a misunderstanding or claiming he was being slandered. Who would dare to slander a duke's son? It's because he himself had issues!

She guesses that this time he probably stirred up trouble himself and got beaten up by someone who didn't know who he was.

And he still wanted her to ask why? How could he have the nerve to say that? She doesn't ask because she doesn't want to get angry for nothing!!!

Helena didn't say anything, but her eyes already sufficiently exposed her inner thoughts.

Suppressing his emotions, Landon reluctantly explained, "I was trying to save a girl in danger..."

"Oh, really?"

Helena responded lightly, clearly showing that she didn't believe him at all.

That girl's danger must have been him, right? He could really twist the truth!

Seeing Helena's determined belief that he was making excuses, Landon felt a splitting headache and waves of darkness in front of his eyes. He simply gave up trying to explain himself.

Why bother? Helena wouldn't believe him anyway!

Seeing Landon close his mouth, Helena felt even more certain that he was just trying to deceive people. She scolded him mercilessly without showing any mercy.

"I thought you might change after father's death, but I was wrong. You're just getting worse. You started partying and drinking right after father's death, and got recognized by people. People know that the next Duke of our Stuart family will be like this, what it will do to our family's reputation..."

Watching Landon close his eyes and lie down, acting like a dead pig that's not scared of boiling water, Helena was so angry. She originally planned to wait until his body recovered a little before telling him, but she couldn't be bothered anymore.

"—The person who saved you this time was Her Highness the Saintess. She did our family such a huge favor that even if we had the greatest gratitude towards her before, it should be offset now. If you still have any shame, stop causing trouble for her in the future. Don't always rely on the so-called childhood friendship to harass her..."Helena's voice reached Landon's ears, but it seemed blurred and fuzzy as if it had passed through a layer of water.

Healing magic had drained Landon's strength. When the anger that supported his explanation faded, his thoughts suddenly sank, and he fell into a coma.

By the time he regained consciousness again, Helena had already left.

"…Where is Helena?"

The maid explained tactfully, "A while ago, your kin came here to inquire about the funeral-related matters. The young lady went to meet them…"

This was actually a minefield.

The maid, skilled in caregiving, was specially transferred to serve young master Landon. It was common knowledge that Landon hated when Helena acted like a rightful heir and dealt with family affairs.

Thinking of the rumors she had heard, the maid was prepared for Landon to vent his anger on her.

However, after a long wait, she didn't hear Landon's response and saw him looking absent-minded.

The maid worried that the only child of the duke had been stunned and cautiously asked, "Young master?"

"…Hmm? Oh, let her be busy."

The maid was shocked.

Was this Landon?! It was different from the legend!

Was he being sarcastic?!

"Young master, the one who will inherit the Duke's position is undoubtedly you. The young lady is just…"

"I know, but if she asked me to go, I couldn't get out of bed anyway. Let her handle the annoying matters."

Maid: "…………"

She dared not speak anymore.

Although it made sense, she wondered if Landon had just calmly accepted it? Had he been stunned?

Landon didn't pay attention to the maid's subtle expression, completely immersed in his thoughts, not caring to consider so much.

Because, during his coma just now, he had suddenly awakened memories from his previous life.

Then he found out that he had actually been reincarnated into a romance game!

And he was the despicable blond villain who was doomed to die in every route in the game!

This character, relying on his status as a duke, embodied the playboy character to the fullest, flirting with women everywhere, offending all the main female characters in the game, and even trying to NTR the male protagonist.

As a result, under the arrangement of the scriptwriter, not only did his actions contribute to the love story between the male and female leads, but they also became evidence that the heroine did not love money, only the protagonist, and would rather elope with the penniless protagonist than accept him.

When he played the game back then, he was so annoyed with this character that he had to guess when he would die in each new route. Thinking about the things he did under the influence of the environment when he had not yet regained his memory, he felt that Helena hadn't killed him yet was really because she had a kind heart!

The good news was that although he didn't have a deep impression of the game's plot, at least he wouldn't continue to seek death.

The bad news was that after sorting out his memories of this life, he found that although it seemed he hadn't done much, he had already offended more than half of the game's heroines.

However, there was some good news. He had only offended more than half, not all of them, since the game's plot hadn't started yet.

…Landon thought he could still worth to be saved!