Reincarnated in the Villainous Lust System!

"You're in a good mood today". I commented and he nodded.

"Haven't you heard?"

"Heard what?" I asked.

"The army, they made first contact with the beast monsters yesterday. It was at the outskirts of the kingdom. Our army completely decimated them, there were no losses, only a few minor injury".

I felt something that resembled elation rise in my chest, along with relief.

"You're serious?" I asked.

Mace nodded. "Yes dude, very".

"How come no one is talking about it yet?" I asked. I'd been to train earlier in the day and no one mentioned it, not even the masters. Besides, there was no air of celebration outside, the way there usually was when a kingdom's army had victory.

"That's because no one knows yet". Mace said with a smile. "The information is being passed to the emperor right now. The only reason I heard is because I was polishing the captain's sword this morning as he discussed with the messenger".

I nodded. I had no reason to doubt Mace, he was an easy going person who kept to himself mostly. There was little or no reason for him to lie to me randomly. If he was right, then it was a big win for the empire and a huge relief too. An air of hopelessness was starting to permeate the kingdoms ever since Garlem was destroyed.

Now people would know that the beast monsters were not invincible, perhaps they had only triumphed at Garlem due to the element of surpise.

"That's good". I said and smiled.

"I know." Mace replied as he shook my hand.

Just then the chief guard entered, at first his face seems as stern as it normally but when you looked closely you could see that his features were softer today and his face was more relaxed.

We all stood at attention when he entered and he observed our postures and nodded before saying.

"At ease boys".

He started to pace the tiled floor, his footsteps making slight squeaks as he did. "Today is good day boys. I won't get into details now but the emperor will adress it later".

Joe, a troublesome man who I heard was very handy with the sword raised his hands.

"Sir, is it the defeat of the beast monster army at Harukan?"

The chief guard's lips twitched as he fought against the smile that tried to grow on his face. Several guards chuckled.

"You troublesome man". The chief guard said and shook his head. It was common knowledge that the chief was fond of Joe, they had fought a war side by side before and have been cordial with each other since then.

"It's not for me to spread or encourage rumors". The cheif said. "And I will advise you all do the same. We're men of integrity, we only propagate the truth".

We all nodded.

"Good". He said. "Now let's all resume our duties. I'll be assigning each of you to your posts today".

The chief began to list us one by one and assign us to different places in the palace. When it got to my turn, he called my name. "Levi. You're guarding the empress's room".

I looked up in surpise. Maybe I heard wrong. I'd expected to be put somewhere near the stairs, guarding the empress's door was reserved for the most trusted and most powerful of the guards. Surely there had to be a mistake.

"Me, sir?" I asked.

"Yes you". The chief replied. "Guarding her majesty's door is reserved for the strongest guard and I've just gotten your report from the academy. It says you're more than capable as a one star mage now which means you're stronger than the average human".

He looked at me. "There's no better person suited for the job".

I beamed with pride. "Yes sir".

Mace tapped me on the shoulder as we dispersed and I tipped my head in acknowledgement.

I went up the stairs and took my position in front of the empress's door. To be honest, she confounded me, I still wasn't sure what to make of her. I'd been guarding for around a week but she had not step foot outside once. Her only visitors included her maids who brought food for her four times every day and her daughter the princess who walked as if she oblivious to everything around her.

The emperor never visited her and I wondered if they ever had sex or perhaps the emperor had his concubines to satisfy him. Perhaps the empress was too old for him now.

I checked my profile.

[Here's your profile]

[Name: Levi]

[Level: 3]

[Title: One star mage, Beast Slayer]

[Strength: 35]

[Intelligence: 30]

[Stamina: 31]

[Speed: 35]

[Mana: 310/1000]

[Element: Air]

[Lust points: 20]

My mana level had reminded at the same level since the serpent's pass due to me not killing any beast monsters. It would be almost impossible for me to kill any beast monsters as long as I was in the castle and which meant I'd be stuck at level one for a while.

I sighed. If I was stuck at level one, i wouldn't be able to leave the palace to fight beast monsters but if I didn't fight any beast monsters, i wouldn't be able to level up. It was a conundrum that gave me headache and I wondered how I was going to fix it.

Would I sneak off to the serpent's pass again and try to kill as many beast monsters as possible? Would I be allowed outside the castle? Or I'd have to sneak and if I sneaked would I be caught?

As I was pondering these I heard the sound of footsteps coming up the stairs, from the sound there were two pairs of feet.

I stood up straighter. The two people appeared in my field of vision and it was the empress's maid. Beside her stood a very handsome man.