Chapter 1 - I become the Useless Trash Son (1)

The man who is sleeping for a very long time suddenly felt that someone is calling out to him but the voice of the man is almost a voice of an elderly man then he felt a rough touch almost seems that he can feel the warm of the hand of a kind and caring person from that person hand.

"Young master please wake up it is morning already."

Even if the voice is almost a voice of an elderly man his tone was very earnest. The man who is lying down in the bed can feel the chills every parts of his body from hearing the voice of the old man clearly. He slowy opened his eyes and got up quickly but instead of seeing a warm and bright outside to warm the chills from the man's body, the man first saw a old man standing there waiting for him to woke up with a satisfide and a somewhat a very cunning smile.

"It is kinda surprising that you wake up with me just calling you with just a first attempt today young master."

"Huh?"

"Since you woke up the master or the Duke wants to dine in with the rest of the family today young master."

The man was dumbfounded by the old man so he quickly got up then stand to look at himself and only stared there infront of the mirror beside the old man trying to process on what is happening today. As he was staring at the mirror he can saw a black-haired man staring into him intensively with a dumbfounded look just like him.

'Is this guy, me?'

"Is there something wrong, young master Algard?"

The man quickly turned his gaze towards the source of the voice to find an old man, who is dressed a bit like an servant or a butler, looking towards at him with a bit of somewhat concerned look. But the man didn't care on what does the old man think or what the old man look but he was concerned on what he have heard by now.

'Young master Algard?'

The name seems a bit familiar to him so he thought deeply of the name, he slowly blured out that name.

"Algard Sora Halford?"

The old man was only stared at the man with a little bit confuse and concern look as if the old man is looking at his own granchild.

"Yes...That is your name, young master Algard...I'm guessing you are still procrastinating because of your head injury last day."

Listening to the old man's concerned response to him, the man slowly understand more that this name is much more important than he thought and the old man's name is important too than Algard Sora Halford.

"....Lucius....."

As the man blured out that name, the old man only was shocked and confuse of the man's reponse to him.

"Are you talking about my son, young master?"

".....Lieutenant....."

"Yes....My son is the lieutenant of the kingdom....Is there something wrong?"

The man only felt some chills in his spine and his surroundings become almost dark only to find out he started to fell dizzy. He goes back to his bed then he slowy sat down as he lowered his head and put it into his hand.

"Young master does your head still hurt? Should I call the doctor again? Or do you want to wash right now?"

The man slowly got up again and look at himself at the mirror, the man looked at the black-haired man at the mirror that was falling from his face. The darkness of the man's hair is almost similar from his previous original black hair.

Algard Sora Halford. Lucius. Lucius's father, Balcus.

The man only laugh out in his heart when he fully understand about the situation as found out that all of those name was actually a characters that appeared in a otome game called [The Noble Lovers] that he always play after he goes to work before he died in a car accident in his past life.

He calm himself down and he looked around his room. He could see that the bathroom is almost somewhat similar to a typical American design with a bit of typical Eroupean design. Every single thing in this room was extremely extravagant and luxurious.

"Young master Algard?"

The man quickly turned his gaze to the old man as a responsed and he saw the old man concerned and worried look looking at him but the man can see the old man cunning personality through those pair of emerald color eyes.

"Warm water."

"Excuse me?"

"I want to wash myself with warmbwater."

He needed some warm water to clear his whole mind and he looked at himself again in the mirror as he can see the given face of Algard Sora Halford in the mirror.

'Still looked younger, I guess?'

'According to this face I guess Algard hasn't gone to school yet.'

This black-haired man handsome face almost caught him off guard.

This man really become Algard Sora Halford when he opened his eyes after a long deep sleep.

Algard Sora Halford, the useless trash son of the Duke who was mercilessly beaten to his death by all of the male leads in the ending of the otome game [The Noble Lovers]. The guy who's the man currently was.

"Young master, your warm bath water you are asking for is already ready, you can take a bath in your bathroom if you want to now... Is there something else you want like a glass of water to drink?"

Algard turned his gaze toward Balcus. If he doesn't know Balcus very well then he will be fooled with Balcus pretending to be a liberal old man infront of him, but as he known from the game Balcus is actually hiding his real identity as a cruel and vicious assasins in his youthful days as if he can be a great mercenary even in his current age today.

Algard suddenly felt thirsty so he made a request to Balcus.

"Please get me some cold drinking water."

He wanted to drink water first to clear his mind and to also because he was thirsty.

"I will prepare it right away young master then if you'll excuse me I'll be going now."

"Great. Thanks."

Balcus flinched for a second then he turned away from Algard as he had an odd expression on his face because of Algard current reponsed to him, but Algard didn't notice this.

*****

Balcus leave the bedroom as Algard was only left there with his thoughts. Once Algard was left alone in his bedroom he headed himself to the bathroom. Algard knew that if there really is a large and wide mirror inside then he really is inside an otome game.

As Algard expected there really is a large and wide mirror inside the bathroom. Algard Sora Halford, who is a full narcissist and have a lot of interest in his appearance and physique, had this mirror set up in here by cunningly pursuing his father. No one ever in this household had such a large mirror like this.

The man in the mirror had black hair and very fit body. I wouldn't be wrong if I say myself as a narcissist but the man in the mirror have a body that would any style of clothes in him look good.

"I really did become Algard Sora Halford."

The man in the mirror was indeed Algard Sora Halford from the otome game. If I would say so myself but as you can see [The Noble Lovers] have a very descriptive and creative about each character's appearance that is easy to remerber each time they appeared in each event of the game. That's why the man had no other choice but to accept the he had indeed turned into Algard Sora Halford.

Some people will be freaking out and be shocked or suprised if they find out that they have been reincarnated but will be going to die again in this life but instead of freaking out Algard, no, James Hummington, calm himself down and calmly think and thought about it the whole night before.

He was in a day-off at work when his most closest and only friend showed him an otome game that his friend was reading for quite a while now so his friend decided to show it to him. His friend let him played it in his phone for a while then he got interested in the game so his friend gave him the whole copy of the otome game.

The name of the game was, of course none other than, [The Noble Lovers]. He manage to complete the whole six volumes before he goes to work and died in an car accident. But when he woke up after a long deep sleep, he turned into Algard Sora Halford, the side charcter that will be mercilessly beaten to his death by all of the male leads of the game in the ending of volume 1.

[The Noble Lovers]

This otome game is about the story of the heroine who was born and raised in the Nothern continent of this kingdom but the heroine had to move out to the Western continent to study. The heroine is a commoner who was gifted with white or pure magic as being said as the only commoner in thousands of century to be gifted with white or pure magic because of this she was accepted to be enroll in a noble school or academy of magics and swordmanships when she turned eighteenth where she met all of the male leads.

"....Is this bad?"

He was going to be beaten up by all of the male leads because of this person. But for him the much important thing, however, was that he hasn't enrolled to the academy yet so he has a lot of time to change the game ending of volume 1.

Algard get everything in his mind in order then took his eyes off the mirror and walked into the tub full of warm water. He leaned against the tub and then he looked up in the ceiling to find a somewhat like dragon mark design with full of expensive marvels and gems that clearly described in the otome game the estate or mansion that the Halford family lived in. The dragon mark was said in the otome game as the family symbol of the Halford family.

He continued to stare toward the ceiling as he mumble.

"As if there is something exciting to happen in this life."

Algard past life as James Hummington was not exciting and nothing much on it, he lost his parents at such a young age because of a robber that got inside their house that shoot both of his parents in the head causing him to be an orphan at the age of five. At the age of eighteen he was kicked out of the orphanage and he was left with no money. He have no lover or someone he love even in his early thirties but he only continue to live on because he met his closest and only friend that he can always relay on.

Yes he wanted to disappeared.

But because he was there when both of his parents died he completely hated the feeling or the thought of death or pain that made him an orphan at such a young age.

He hated pain or death that he would do no matter what if it all means that he would not feel pain or experienced death because for him it is all better than death or pain.

'Because of that reason I will do my best to not be beaten up to my death by all of the male leads.'

Algard doesn't know what day is it in the otome game right now but he is sure that he hasn't been enrolled yet in the academy and he hasn't met the heroine yet. The reason was so simple.

'I don't have a burn scar on my right arm yet.'

Algard Sora Halford, the useless trash son of Duke Halford's family. Before Algard met the heroine he was drinking and causing ruckus in the academy on the first day then he met the heroine, who was going back to her room after boiling some hot water for her tea, when night came up in the first day. The heroine caught the drunk Algard attention then the drunk Algard harrass the heroine but as he was forcing and harrassing the heroine she push him hard on the ground then the heroine throwed the boiling hot water as she run away back to her room but the boiling hot water was thrown in Algard right arm, resulting to his burn scar.

What an horrible and jerk character. He really deserve that burn scar for harrassing the heroine. He really is a trash and horrible character like what the rest of the readers and the fans of the game said. He met all of the male leads of the game after he got the burn scar from the heroine as short Algard continued to harrass the heroine where all of the male leads found out about it then they beat him to his death.

"Mhmmm."

Algard put one of his arm to his chin as he thought deeply.

Algard didn't showed up in the following volumes after his death but on volume five of the game he was revive by his older brother named Dmitri Sora Halford, who is attached to Algard and spoiled him in his childhood days, so that both of them can get revenge on the male leads and the heroine on what they have done to Algard in the past.

One of the male lead of the game is the prince of Redvelve Kingdom in the Western part of the continent of the kingdom thus he decided to prove to his father, the King, that he is more worthy to the throne than his two older brothers, the crown prince and the second prince, that's why he participated in the war that will happened in the future in Redvelve Kingdom, where Algard live in, to show his full potential and won the war.

Algard frowned as he only wanted to live a very simple life in this second life.

".....As long as the story proceed normally while I avoid the heroine and the male leads to take out the events of me getting beaten to my death, the male leads and the heroine can take care of the rest of the upcoming events in the future."

He was glad that he remember every lines and scene of the game so he can use this as an advantage from his future plans in the future. Algard relaxed a little bit and his heart calm a bit than before.

"It's worth trying than ever."

It will become worth it if he try his best to avoid the upcoming wars in each continents of this kingdom and the main characters of the game so that he can live peacefully here in my second life. This useless trash life in this time is much more better than his previous life as James Hummington. The location of the estate of the Halford's family was in the corner of the Western continent of this kingdom, making it to be an ideal location to avoid and escape the influence of the upcoming war, he can also be a little bit sure that he can live his peaceful life while the war is happening because the surrounding of this estate is surrounded by many high class knight, who have been trained by his father or the Duke, and have high security both inside and outside the house. Even if he have the higher chance to avoid all of this he have to be prepared to atlease reduce more the chances of the war influencing this part of the continent of the kingdom.

"Young master, are you finished taking a bath yet?"

He could hear the voice of Balcus coming from outside his bathroom. Algard remember and thought about the true identity of Balcus. Balcus was a top assassin who crossed over the whole continent of this kingdom in his early days. He retired in his old age so he take up the job as a servant in Duke Halford's family and pretended to be a benign and earnest old man, but the truth is that Balcus was a cruel and merciless man who killed thousands of noble and commoner in his days.

"Yes...I'm finish now. I'll be going outside now."

He talked formally to Balcus as he doesn't want to get to the bad side of Balcus. This made Algard thought and realized on what does he need to do in the future that he made up.

He needed to first to gain Balcus trust and made Balcus side or team with him in the future.

This old man could kill Algard easily if he wanted to with a single blow in a second, but he only treated Algard like a puppy who was abandoned by the whole world that you only treated well because you felt bad for it that something would happened to it. He was smiling gently at him but Algard knew that Balcus doesn't care if Algard die in the future or not. Even what Balcus do in the future I still need his help so if he is using me then I will use his trust and power for me live peacefully in the future.

Algard got up on the bathtub and put on his bathrobe as he quickly exited the bathroom. Balcus stand there with a gentle smile on his face and a tray with a cup on his hand filled with water.

"Young master, here you go your cold water that you requested."

Algard picked up the cup as he make an eye contact with the man as he smiled gently to the old man.

'Two can play your own game Balcus.'

"Thank you, Balcus."

Algard continue to smile as he formally reponsed to the old man as he slowly turned his gaze away from the old man. He walk past the old man but Balcus could see the gentle smile on Algard face turn into a cunning grin that made Balcus whole body flinched for a seconds and his expression from his face turned odd again.

'There are a lot of strong people here.'

In fact, according to the information that the heroine and the male leads found out in the future. That no matter where you went or where you go in any place of the continents of the kingdom there will be either a strong individuals or individuals with hidden dark secrets like Balcus you will found or meet.

'That's why I need to get more stronger and meet more stronger and faithful companions to protect myself in the future.'

In the future to live a peaceful life in a continent or a kingdom that will be soon be filled with different war, you'll need enough strength to protect yourself in the future. Of course you should not become too strong then some complicated things will backfire against you that will happened to you as result.

Algard thought deeply of the adventures of the male leads that they encounter with the heroine. The encounter that help all of the male leads with the heroine get the powers that get all of the male leads strengthen. Algard was thinking of the powers that can help him live long enough with feeling pain or suffering. He remember each one of the powers, he just need one of them for him to use.

"Young master, we will start dress you now."

"Oh. Right....Thanks"

The door on Algard's room soon opened and couple of servants entered the room to help Balcus dressed Algard. Algard didn't notice the odd and stoic expression on Balcus face unlike his usual self as Algard gaze was only focused on the clothes that all the servants were bringing in.

"What kind of clothing do you want to wear today young master?"

Algard turned his gaze from where the source of the voice came from and Balcus smiling at him politely just like before.

Algard gently smiled at Balcus as he was trying to pull his act together to gain Balcus trust so that he can use him as a protection against the male leads.

"Ah..something simple and casual today."

Algard turned his gaze again from the clothes and thought on how much he hated wearing such extravagant and complicated attires. For him only simple and casual clothes is much more comfortable and relaxing to wear everyday.

"As you wish, young master Algard."

The servant in charge of the attires or the clothes quickly pulled up some simple and casual clothes and Algard quickly change into the attire in which all of the servants called as "the most simpliest and casual clothes off them all". Algard smile slowly vanished as he lightly frowned as the clothes even if it is what the servant called as "simpliest and casual", it was still too extremely extravagant and not what he was thinking off.

However, his mood quickly lighten when he saw himself from the mirror that was quite handsome to look at.

'He really is quite handsome whatever clothes that he wear.'

If Algard ever live in his previous life then maybe Algard is going to be a popular actress and model because of this handsome face. Algard fixed his collar and his sleeves before turn around to look at Balcus.

Balcus was waiting for him again with his gentle and cunning smile.

"Balcus, I'm ready now."

"As you wish, young master."

Balcus lead Algard the way as Algard followed behind his back. It was nice for him that he did not need to know or explore all of the layout of the estate because for he was too lazy to explore this large estate. He just need to follow Balcus if there is a place he wanted to go. Algard notice that as he walk past all of the servants he saw, they all flinched and bowed their head respectfully when they saw Algard looking at them before they all run away from him.

'Is Algard really that kind of a jerk? But the game only said that the heroine is the only person Algard hurted and harrassed and no one else.'

He only knew that Algard only harrass the heroine and no one else in game because he fell inlove with the heroine. Algard just like to drink and cause ruckus. He never hit anyone except the heroine and he did break things. But that's why he is called as the useless trash son of the Duke Halford's family. He doesn't also treat anyone with respect even the one he liked.

'Well..I guess it's better if nobody talks to me and just avoid me every time.'

Algard thought of it peacefully and deeply. It will be a lot more difficult for him if he become part of the body of a model citizen. It will be much easier to live as a trash with a lot of strong secret companions because he can do the things he want as he pleases without any for him to worry.

"I'll be opening the door now, young master."

"Sure, go ahead."

Algard nodded his head as he smiled gently towards Balcus. The book mentioned that Algard always think of Balcus as his own grandfather. It is also mentioned in the book that Balcus is the only person that Algard treated with respect but Balcus didn't think of it that way.

"I hope you enjoy your breakfast."

"Thank you Balcus, make sure to eat a good meal too."

Algard smiled towards Balcus but as soon a he walked past Balcus his gentle smile on his face turn against into a cunning grin that made Balcus face again turn into an odd expression. As Algard walked past Balcus he could see his family sitting there in the dinning table waiting for him. His father and the current Duke of the Halford household, Alexander. Next to him is his mother and the current duchess of the Halford household, Elizabeth, as well as his four siblings. The six people sitting there looked towards Algard.

"Good morning little brother!"

Algard turned his gaze towards the source of the voices as he saw a black-haired teenage boy smiling with a gently looking red eyes who is almost one year older than him and much taller than him. This black-haired boy is his older brother, Dmitri Sora Halford, who will going to revive Algard to get revenge on all of the male leads and the heroine on the game.

"Your late here today, again."

Algard gaze turned towards his father who spoke just now. [The Noble Lovers] describe Algard relationship for his is somewhat cold and whenever his father is talking to him, Algard will just nodded to his head and follow his father obediently.

'Algard's father, has the same hair and eye color and even has the same pysical form from Algard, was the only person that Algard was afraid off and the only person who Algard listened to. That's the reason Algard did not leave the area and got everything he wanted inside the Halford's territory was because of his father, Alexander Sora Halford.'

Algard's father, Duke Alexander Sora Halford, is the strongest man in the whole kingdom who won countless war and save the whole continent from war thus making other people think that he is much more worthy to be the king rather than the current king who is the father of one of the male leads of the game.

"Dear...Please calm down. Algard... sweetie, do not mind your father just sit down on the table."

This is Algard's mother, Duchess Elizabeth Sora Halford, treat and love all of her children equally but Algard didn't think of it that way and he just always ignore his mother.

Algard follow his mother order as he nodded at her as his responsed, he walk towards the empty sit next to his older brother, Dmitri Sora Halford.

Algard always avoided all of his siblings even Dmitri, who love and care about Algard so much. His siblings, except for Dmitri, didn't pay much attention to this and just avoided Algard just like how he treat them.

Algard looked at the feast on the table that did not meet his definition of breakfast and sat down on his seat. He then felt something was odd and lifted his head up.

Algard saw the twins, Lucas Sora Halford and Fredirick Sora Halford, looking at him and he made eye contact with them. Lucas and Fredirick are twins was born after Algard. Even if they are twins they have different hair and eye color, Lucas have his father black hair and his mother blue eyes but Fredirick have his mother red hair and his father red eyes, they also are polar opposite to each with term of personality, Lucas have a cheerfull and energetic personality while Fredirick is timid and shy.

"Is there something wrong, Lucas and Fredirick?"

"...No..There's nothing wrong big brother Algard."

Fredirick was the one who responded first to Algard as he doesn't want his twin brother, Lucas, to get into Algard bad side. Lucas only looked towards Fredirick as he really appriciated Fredirick covering for him.

Fredirick and Lucas turned their heads towards the table then Algard turned his head toward the table as well. This luxurious feast that was different than the breakfast he used to eat just to fill his belly made him start to smile. He first started by cutting the sausage in half with the knife.

'It look so tasty and so juicy.'

Algard didn't know if juice flowed out as soon as he cut into it because it was handmade by the chef or is it because it was cooked well, but the color on the sausage and the food made him hungry that he started to smile without realizing it.

"ehem..."

Algard looked towards his father as he noticed that he become so much serious than before.

"Do you have something to say to me father?"

Algard continued eating as he only listened to what his father wanted to say to him but the next following words of his father made his heart sink.

"The third pince and his younger brother will be coming to visits our estate next week."

"Really dad?! Nicky will be visiting!"

Both the twins and Anise were both excited to see their closest friend who is the youngest prince of the kingdom but as they are all excited they heard a loud sound that fell on the floor.

Clang.

"You alright?"

Algard was so stunned that he dropped one of his spoon out of the table while we was eating while Dmitri was only worried on what happened to his baby brother.

"Ah...My apologies..."

Algard calmly apologies but he didn't notice that everyone is looking at him with an odd and complicated expression from their face.

"I'm ok now big brother, Dmitri."

"What did you just say right now father?"

Algard first reasure his big brother, Dmitri, with a big gentle smile that he is fine before asking and turning his gaze to his father.

"Next week, the third prince and his younger brother will be coming to visit our estate...so I want you not to get much in trouble starting today."

Algard listened to his father carefully but the words that came out to his father's mouth make more complicated thoughts filled his head on what's his going to do when the third prince and his brother visit next week to avoid meeting and communicating with the third prince.