Life Of A Nobody - as a Villain

[Hold your horses host]

[Looks like its time you take a REALITY check]

Rio, who had just finished thinking about his plans to kill Rebecca, or to be more precise letting her die, was disturbed from his thoughts by the system's voice. 

"What do you mean?" Rio asked. 

[You're forgetting the most important part]

[Unless you want to kill your sister, I'd suggest you stop your foolishness.]

"Speak clearly about what you want to say?"

[I meant, are you forgetting what happened when you kept your memories together, or what happened when you woke up in Arcadia.]

System's words were like a bucket of cold water that brought Rio back from cloud nine to seven, of course his happiness can't just be ignored by such simple words. Back of his mind was still dancing in joy at the news of Ria's revival. 

But Rio also understood what the system wanted to say, when he wanted to keep his memories he had suffered immense pain, and he didn't think it would be wise to put Ria through that. Even though Ria was someone with a strong mentality, pain wasn't something she was familiar with. 

[Pain isn't the only thing you need to be worried about.]

[Keeping the memories of your past life cycle, is simply going against the primal rules of continuity.]

[Amelia is fine and living her life now, as she had moved on from that darkness, she had forgotten all about her past, if you suddenly give her this crystal, her mind would simply break apart, just like yours did. And in case she couldn't hold on till the process finishes like you did, then she would literally lose her mind completely or die]

[By some off chance even if she survived all that, the world system would be able to notice the existence of something out of this world and interfere.]

[You're only safe because of me and the healing potion you got from the shop, your sister on the other hand doesn't have both.]

"But this crystal was a gift item as you said, it shouldn't hurt her, right?"

[Do you really want to bet your sister's life on that]

[Besides you don't even have the necessary points to buy that crystal, so stop thinking about killing everyone and think of better ways to get points.]

"What do you mean better ways? Rebecca is an integral part of Leon's beginning journey, and a crucial support to his growth. Not to mention she's also one of the main heroines and is super influential in certain plots. If I kill her, I would get thousands of points more than Noah."

[Wrong, you won't get anything.]

[As I said, giving you gifts and rewards isn't a rule or requirement, I'm just doing that cause it's fun.]

[Now if you're ruining the plot way too early. And I think your actions damage my long term enjoyment, what's the fun in that]

[Plus killing a main heroine and killing a side partner like Noah are far too different things, host. You won't even be able to do it and would only end up attracting the attention of various Gods.]

"Is she protected that much with luck?" Rio asked as he furrowed his brows, if he couldn't even kill her, then he should just forget about even touching the protagonist. 

[Of course, her position in the novel's story should be enough proof of how important she is.]

[So remove your thoughts about killing her till the plot begins, and keep doing what you were doing till now. Changing stuff on a small scale that doesn't just destroy the world.]

"That would take too much time, I did that much and you only gave me 4000 points remember. While just killing Noah gave me 4 times that amount." Rio said as he was sure if he could kill some characters like Noah, he would get all the points he would need. 

[Yes, but even if you get enough points early, I'd still advise against using them.]

"Why?"

[Can you really trust that crystal fully, knowing there might be a chance she might die taking it. Can you live with that guilt again.]

"So what , do I never use it?" Rio asked as he looked at the crystal's icon on his system panel. 

[We don't know what'll be the consequences of using it, host. So your best bet would be to wait till the plot starts and I can access my other functions. Who knows you might get lucky, and find something like that healing potion, in the shop or some quest reward to help you with the process.] System replied honestly as using the potion early would really result horribly, Rio who wasn't reincarnated and was in his soul form, was somehow able to handle the process, but it doubted if Amelia could live through it. 

Rio too thought about everything and agreed with the system as he didn't want to take any risk with Ria. He had lost her once, and losing her again just because he was in a hurry would be foolish. 

"You're right, you know you can be really helpful at times if you want to." So Rio praised the system a little since it had been helpful for once. Though of course he would've noticed all these details himself once he had calmed down and thought about it carefully, but still since the system acted and saved his time, so it deserved a little thank you. 

[I'm only here to help you host. I have nothing but the best wishes for you in my heart.] The system too shamelessly took that praise without a sweat, completely forgetting that just moments ago it had tried to kill its host and nearly died because of it. 

"Yeah yeah, or so you say."

"I still can't believe they're the same." Rio said as this might be the happiest he had ever felt. And he simply couldn't calm down. 

[It is true, host! She is your sister, so forget about reminding her of old memories for now, and make new ones. Wasn't that enough for you before you knew about the crystal.] System advised him again, thinking his unstable mind might revert back to killing someone and fixing it all. 

"You're right. It is enough. As long as she's alive and happy. It is enough." Rio said as he closed his eyes and thought about how he had started to ignore Amelia a little these past few days because she reminded him too much of Ria. 

'I should make it up to her. She might be worried if she did anything wrong.'

It was only then that Rio remembered when he got the notification about the crystal, he was with Amelia, and how fast he ran off to. 

'Damn shouldn't have done that. I also need to collect my first gift from her. Wonder what that is.' Rio thought as a bright smile came to his face guessing what gift she might have prepared for him. As the novel started when they were all going to the academy, the author never focused on Rio's childhood, he had no idea if this was something that happened in the book too, or because he changed something. 

'I should find her and apologize or something.' Rio thought and stood up, he went to the washroom to fix his appearance before he went for dinner with his new family. 

Rio's gaze fixed on his reflection in the mirror, his eyes tracing the tear marks on his face. They were not tears of sorrow this time, but tears of overwhelming joy. He traced a finger lightly over the tracks left behind, feeling the slight dampness on his skin that remained.

"Even if they're tears of joy, they left stains too huh."

A smile came to his face as he said that, he washed his face, fixed his hair and changed into a new comfortable suit, as what he was wearing now felt like a patient's wrinkled uniform. "Who even changed my dress from that artifact to this? Hey system, did you see anything?" It was now that Rio remembered he was wearing Dress of Ishwar when he passed out, but was now wearing some loose clothes. 

Ignoring the useless question of its host system asked one of its own [So what're your plans about Rebecca now]

"Well if what you said is true and I can't kill her before the plot begins, or change something major, then I'll just change stuff on a small scale."

"Now that I know Amelia is Ria, I can't just ignore her existence and let her follow the protagonist. That would only increase more danger for me and Ria"

[Hmm are you planning to have her in your harem? I've seen that happening in a lot of novels. My previous hosts did that too.]

"I think you should know by now that I'm different. So let's spice it up a little."

[What do you mean?]

"Since she's so protected by luck, and is custom made for the protagonist, she'll be my guinea pig to test the limits of fate. She'll help me learn which rules I can bend, and which I need to break."

[I don't understand.]

"You will." Rio said, and started walking towards the door, only to be surprised after opening it, he saw someone standing in front of his room, waiting for him to come out. 

'System, please tell me she wasn't here when I was crying just opposite this door.'

[ I _ have no idea.] 

'Fuckkkk'

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A/N - So when will Ria be back? what do you think Rio will do with Rebecca? What will be his future plans? And who was standing outside his room, were they listening? 😁😋