Lucien Ashborne was supposed to be a nobody — an early-game villain who existed only to be crushed by the protagonist. After provoking the wrong person, he vanished from the story without even a dramatic death scene.

When a player named James dies and wakes up in Lucien’s body, he inherits every bit of the villain’s broken reputation and zero of his privileges. Bullied, scorned, and abandoned by his own noble family, Lucien now stands at the bottom of the academy hierarchy.

To make matters worse, the world he knew as a game has no guaranteed happy ending… and the protagonist’s party treats him like a criminal.

But James isn’t the Lucien they think he is.

With fragments of meta-knowledge, a half-broken system that barely works, and a determination to avoid becoming cannon fodder, he chooses a different path.

He doesn’t seek glory.
He just refuses to disappear.

This is the story of a former villain trying to rewrite his role — not as a hero, but as someone who survives on his own terms.

The reward from the Eldric incident and the accumulated daily bonuses. It was the most I had ever held at once.


My Lumeveil shotgun was gone—melted into slag by the Divine Bullet. The Winchester rifle was excellent for mid-range, but in a crowded theme park? With civilians panic-running everywhere?


I needed something for close quarters. Something with stopping power. Something that said, 'Get out of my way.'


I scrolled past the flintlocks and the revolvers. I ignored the sniper rifles.


I needed a shotgun. But not a break-action toy. I needed speed.


'Double barrel? Not enough ammo capacity.'


Then, my eyes landed on a sleek, matte-black beauty.


It wasn't a relic. It was a modern legend from Earth.


Chapter 71 - Tricked