After I Quit Being a Villain, the World Tried to Erase Me

[Western Fantasy] [Academy] [Multiple Heroines] [Misunderstandings Make Him Seem Brilliant] [Slice of Life] I transmigrated into an old-school Western fantasy harem novel called Sword and Roses. I became Ron Mitel, son of Duke Mitel and the empire's chancellor, as well as a mid-ranking BOSS in the villain faction. At the end of the story, the hero Arthur would kill me in the imperial capital's main square. To change my doomed ending, Ron Mitel's survival plan was simple: act like a scumbag so the main cast would hate him. Save a little money on the side, then coast through life until he died. Build up his strength, grab a bucket, and run off to retire in the north. But he never imagined things would turn out this way. When I publicly broke off my engagement to the princess and humiliated her, hoping she'd hate me, she said, “You tarnished your own reputation so I wouldn't get dragged into this? Ron, you've been carrying so much all by yourself... I'll marry no one but you!” When I broke the original male lead's sword and tossed him a piece of scrap metal to humiliate him, he said, “A heavy sword has no edge, and great skill appears effortless! Young master, you're teaching me the very essence of swordsmanship! I'll gladly go through fire and water for you!” When I didn't want to walk and built a steel tortoise to shut myself inside, the whole school said, “He directs affairs from within that steel fortress. Is this the profound wisdom of the Homebound Club president?!” He is the chancellor's son, a Dark Saint on the move, the mysterious leader of the Homebound Club, and the mastermind behind the creation of the North's mighty steel army. This is the story of a man who has to bamboozle the entire world just to stay alive.