He is a villain

"So... where is your workshop?"

Tamazuki asked that question as he looked at the forest before him.

"...sorry, I don't know. We have gotten lost." Saya could only lower her head.

"...."

Heroine.

This word has always been connected to all the female characters that affect the life of the protagonist.

As a heroine, naturally, each of them had a special trait.

If it was a harem comedy story, then one heroine had a tsundere character, and the other character had this gentle-like character.

In other words, a trait.

Saya Sasamiya was the same. She had this expressionless expression and was sleepy, but the author felt that wasn't enough as she also had a terrible sense of direction.

"Give me the address. Let me check where it is?"

"Here."

Tamazuki got the address and felt speechless; since the address was located in the Seidoukan, what was the point of them walking out of the school?

As he stared at Saya helplessly, she looked at him curiously and asked with anticipation, "Do you know where it is?"

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"Sorry!"

"It's okay. How about you show me your collections now?"

As for where they were, they were inside the room which was borrowed by Saya. He wasn't sure how she could get this room as she was just a normal student, but maybe because she was the daughter of a certain famous professor or perhaps because she was the partner of Amagiri, the world gave her advantages, which was this workshop.

"Yes!"

This room was one of several classroom-sized workshops belonging to the Society for the Study of Metoeric Engineering, located below the main training hall.

Most clubs were based in the extracurricular activities section of the main school building, but it seemed that the highly influential ones were given special treatment.

In fact, those who showed ability and results were given special treatment was a fact of life both in and outside the school.

Yet, Saya hadn't shown that result, so how could she get this room as her rank wasn't that high either, and she also didn't enter the Pages Ones or Named Charts.

However, it didn't matter to him as he was coming from the reward of the system. He observed the room and could see how messy it was. It was a cluttered room filled to the brim with machinery. The floor was covered with so many cables that it was impossible to see where they all went, so much one might have a hard time thinking where to stand.

Meanwhile, Saya excitedly explained her customized Lux.

"There is a grenade launcher, a machine gun, a blaster, a Gatling gun, a canon...."

Tamazuki was silent and knew that Saya had a complex with her height since everything she showed him was just a large type of weapon. It was a weapon that was impossible to be wielded comfortably by hand. Instead, it should be used as artillery. While it wasn't impossible to be used in a duel, it was rather hard, and one needed time to master this type of weapon.

Yet, without a doubt, in the matter of damage, Saya's weapon was amazing.

One hit was enough to take down anyone.

The problem was... was it possible to hit someone so easily with such a bulky weapon?

However, he didn't discourage her. Instead, he seemed to appreciate her customized Lux.

"Hmm, now, this is interesting. A unique Lux. Two mandates at the core... No, three? It looks like they were forcibly linked to increasing output... there is something."

Saya was surprised. "...that's right. How could you tell?"

"I also like to customize my Lux. Do you remember a bag filled with Lux during my duel before? I have made all of them."

"Oh, right! I remember that!" Saya's gaze toward him changed as if she had found a long-lost friend with the same hobby.

Her relationship with Amagiri was good, but Amagiri didn't understand a thing about her love for a weapon.

Moreover, Tamazuki didn't lie since he knew this type of weapon, as it was also included in the research which he exchanged from Camilla and Ernesta.

"LOBOS transition method, which involves the linking of multiple cores."

"That's right! That's right!"

Frankly, this system wasn't perfect, as it was abandoned over a decade ago. The output can't be stabilized, and it places a large burden on the user. Not only will the Lux itself be bulky, but to maintain high output, one must induce mana excitation overload, which requires long pauses between attacks.

Moreover, he could see that Saya and her father hadn't improved those flaws. Yet, it didn't matter; he comforted her as he talked with her about how to improve her Lux.

Saya was also excited, and she also took his advice seriously without doubting what his intention was.

By now, it wouldn't be weird to say that he had become one of the closest existences in her heart.

One should know that she was just a girl, and she came to the Asterisk to help to advertise her father's weapon alone without the help of anyone. Fortunately, she met Amagiri, but instead of supporting herself, Amagiri was focused on his own problem and thought about Julis all the time, yet she, who had stopped communicating with Amagiri when she moved away, thought that it was her punishment since she felt like she had abandoned Amagiri.

This was why she needed to do something for Amagiri, even if she had to sacrifice herself, ignoring her problem and burying them until everything was okay.

Yet, "his" existence broke all of that.

The feeling that she suppressed couldn't be stopped anymore as she talked excitedly with him.

One hour, two hours, and more.

As they continued to talk, they didn't realize how long they had been together. It felt like time moved so fast, especially when she had someone that could accompany her like this.

"Tamazuki, what about this?"

"Well, maybe, you should do this, Saya."

The two discussed each other as they had their uniforms full of dirty oils, yet they ignored their appearance and focused on the weapons before them.

Yet, Tamazuki felt that he had warmed up enough, and it was time to take this heroine down. Frankly, dating and making the girl fall for him was the best way, but he had to say it took too long of time. Even if he had made his existence clear in her heart, it would be hard for her to stop loving the protagonist as it was the setting.

Then, what should he do?

Kissing.

Doing something more than that was impossible, but if it was just kissing, he should be forgiven, right?

Soon, he made a natural coincidence when their hands touched each other, and they sat so close that when they turned, they might kiss each other.

When their hands touched, and her hand was held by him, she realized that he was so close by her side—his scent, warm, big hands. Everything was so clear and close. Then, when their eyes met each other, her mind stopped, overwhelmed by this ambiguous atmosphere.

His eyes... they were the eyes of man. It was obvious, but those eyes were different from Amagiri, who was always absentminded. Those eyes were staring at her like she was a woman. She blushed and felt shy all of a sudden, but then she saw him moving closer. She was in a daze, but the closer he got, the more she realized what they were about to do.

"......"

She tried to reject him, yet her resistance was almost null, and her heart was beating so fast as if she anticipated something that shouldn't be done. Ah... she knew that she shouldn't do this, but this forbidden thought was impossible to stop, so in the end, she let him take her lips.

<Congratulations, you have received "Gun Manipulation">

By now, he realized that he might have become a character in a certain hentai manga, but he should be better, right? After all, what he did was just to take the chaste lips of those pure and ignorant girls.