This Delusional Voice Keeps Telling Me I’m a Villain

Main Story Chapter 1 Part 1
Hey, I’m Hearing Things! (I)

Translated by: chocolala
Proofread by: Dreamer

note: in the WN, the author used different kind of bracket to differentiate the lines that come from the ‘compelling force’ as author named it, it’s something like the will of the game(?), the force that turns everything to be in line with the original story, it could be a story narration or the character’s thoughts as it’s supposed to be. For this translation, I’ll bold these parts for easier reading like I saw it’s formatted in LN.

 

Main Hall, Janvangar College, the outskirt of the royal capital of the country of Janvangar1.

There, the graduation party of the most esteemed higher educational institute in the whole country, Janvangar College, was being held. The graduating, as well as their fathers and brothers, were gathered there. The students enjoyed their last night at the college before their graduation on the following day; the separation and feeling of desolation brought tears to their eyes while they also thought about the new life starting tomorrow.

This session of reluctant partings was suddenly interrupted by the voice of a young man.

“I’m sorry to interrupt you all in the middle of the graduation party! To the students currently dancing on the floor, apologies, I have to ask you to clear the center of this venue. Music band! Stop the music.”

Everyone at the venue moved their eyes and zeroed in on the youth. The youth was clad in an official attire… the outfit exclusive to the royalty.

He courteously apologized to the crowd and called out the name of the person he was searching for, “Urschel! Urschel Minusle2!! Are you not in here? If you are, come out right now!”

Suddenly hearing his name being called, Urschel Minusle, the son of a Duke, inadvertently went stiff, while he was about to scoop his most favourite custard pudding with a spoon.

(…..Huh? Did I just get called?)

He had light brown hair, big deep green eyes, porcelain-white skin, a short stature of a boy, and possessed an easygoing vibe. No one would expect him to be someone who could be called out from the centre of the hall.

The Urschel, who was called, was now blinking his eyes at the sudden summon.

Urschel, who was earlier being a wallflower at an obscure corner of the hall while quietly eating his pudding, couldn’t see the centre of the hall due to the crowd. Thus, he couldn’t discern who was the one calling for him, neither did he know what was exactly going on.

What he just knew was that his name was being called out from the centre of the hall and the hall seemed sombre, as if something big had happened.

While Urschel was in that state, another youth ran towards Urschel while gasping for breath.

(Ah, what a relief, the one I’ve waited for has arrived.)

Urschel, in the first place, was here just to wait for this person while holding the pudding in one hand. The youth whom he had been waiting for finally settled some matters and returned here.

“You’re late. Because of having to wait for you here all the time I couldn’t even go to the table and get another serving of pudding! Ah, that’s right, I think someone’s calling for me. I better go there, alright?”

As he thought about heading to the centre of the hall once he got a ‘yes’, the youth hurriedly grabbed Urschel’s hand and briskly walked away from the place they were, towards the outside of the hall. Incidentally, the youth took the custard pudding in Urschel’s hand and left it at the venue.

“Wai-, hey, wait!!”

Of course, Urschel was startled… By the fact that his custard pudding was left over there… He was agitated and tried to shrug off the youth’s hand. However, the youth was many times more powerful than him, so he ended up being dragged away towards the exit.

“Wait! I said wait!! That was the palace’s head chef’s specialty, the luxury fresh cream vanilla custard pudding with complete toppings of honey, caramel, konpeito3 and jelly beans. I’ve only eaten four!! I want to eat at least twelve more or take some home…! Ahh, and also it seems like someone is calling for me! Stop!!”

He resisted with a struggle, but to no avail. Eventually, he was lifted up and carried on the youth’s side like a luggage as the youth rushed to the outside the hall.

“Aaaaahhh!! My custard puddinggggg!!!!!”

“Urschel Minusle! You ran away?! This scummy criminal!” From afar, a reproaching voice could be heard as someone was still searching for Urschel who never appeared…

…There, Urschel woke up from his dreams.

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“…Hm?”

I4 just woke up from my sleep and subconsciously my head tilted.

Somehow, I felt like I just saw a ridiculous dream. Something was ridiculously taken away from me and I was forcefully dragged away, a bad dream that made me feel… unpleasant. But I just couldn’t really remember it…

Ah, but there was the palace’s head chef’s specialty, luxury fresh cream vanilla custard pudding with complete toppings of honey, caramel, konpeito, jelly beans… such a dream-like supreme custard pudding, I remember, it certainly was there in that dream!!!

“Mn, I wanna eat that!! Won’t they serve it during today’s teatime, custard pudding…”

‘I am Urschel Minusle.’5

‘The eldest son of Duke Minusle… And the only child. I had turned 14 just a month ago. Sweets are my absolute favourite. It’s rare for a boy, but I really, really like sweet things, which the other people say, can cause them heartburn. Everyone seems to hate those and call them ‘cloyingly sweet’, ‘brutally sweet’, ‘sweet desserts that you can never take lightly6’, ‘sweetness that ruins your taste buds’. But to me, those are exactly the best. The more sugar in it, the more I like it.’

‘Especially custard pudding, which is my most favourite.’

‘In my country, the custard pudding is traditionally made to be excessively sweet, so much that any sweet-o-meter could crash. Therefore, this insanely sweet dessert is also called by another name: Hell’s dessert. It’s sweet like hell. Anyone who eats it generally would have their taste buds damaged and then would pass out. However, I love sweet things, so it’s just nice for me.’

“Ah, now I want to eat pudding…”

Nonetheless, custard pudding was a luxury. Sugar was mainly imported and the tax for sugar was crazily high. So I could only eat it sparingly.

‘I wish I could eat custard pudding everyday, so in the future, I’ll build farms so that I can produce sugar in my own territory.’

I was having such thoughts when suddenly, something sounded in my mind.

Urschel Minusle, an ambitious man. He has wormed himself into the First Prince Leodore’s favour, and intends to control the political scene.

‘Wha-?’

‘When have I ever thought of doing something like that? You’ve mistaken something here. That’s a misunderstanding. That’s a whole other person.’

After that voice once fleeted, I heard that voice from somewhere I can’t fathom, and it sounded like it was doing some recitation.

I’m not someone who’s just worthy of being a Duke. I’m outstanding. I will definitely outsmart the princes and the royal family, shut all the nobles’ mouths, and obtain all the riches, power, and everything this country possesses. I shall create my own country!!

‘…..What the hell is he talking about?’

Footnotes

ヤンファンガル Some googling resulted with actual person’s name Jan van Gar, but the raw name here has no separation, so I just combined the words to be the name of the country. ‘Jan’ pronounced as ‘Yan’.アーシェル・マイナスル after googling, I found that the surname could plausibly be the combination of two pokemons: Minun + Plusle. So the pronunciation is like ‘Mainasel’ Japanese traditional candy

 

This novel is mainly narrated in first person view, usually from Urschel’s POV, only some parts like the dream before are narrated in third person viewI’ll be quoting it like this ‘ ’ when he’s talking in a monologue instead of story narrationIt’s actually a pun in Japanese as the word ‘sweet’ and ‘take sth lightly’ is the same.