The 9th Kakuyomu Web Novel Contest. Special Prize winner in the Professional Author Category.

The print edition was published on November 15, 2024, by [Dengeki no Shin Bungei].

The comic adaptation will be released on May 29, 2025, from Tokuma Shoten.

"What's going on? This is... could it be reincarnation?"

I was speechless, staring at the sullen-eyed boy reflected in the full-length mirror.

It was because he looked exactly like Cain, the villain noble from the game [Apocalypse] – the pitiful punching bag whose fiancée is stolen by the hero Abel before he's killed.

What's more, the one stolen by the hero was Selvia, my ultimate favorite heroine from the game.

Damn it! At this rate, my ultimate favorite heroine will be taken by that pick-up artist hero, and I'll be killed. I absolutely won't allow that!

I resolve to shatter the game's scenario and seize a future where I'm happy with Selvia.

"I, who've mastered this game, should be able to do it!"

This is a story about a protagonist who reincarnated as a lazy villain noble, and through [game knowledge × excessive effort], imperceptibly becomes a hero who surpasses the original hero.

Former title: *I Reincarnated as a Villain Noble Who's Nothing But the Hero's Stepping Stone, and While Trying to Become Happy With My Favorite Heroine, I Imperceptibly Stole the Hero's Events and Shattered the Scenario*