The morning sun rose over Ye Clan, shining on majestic buildings, grand martial halls… and finally landing on the servants' courtyard, the one place no one wanted to look at.
Inside a small, cracked room, a thin boy slept on the floor like a dead fish.
Suddenly—
BANG!
A wooden bucket smashed into his head.
"LIN FAN! Wake up!! 2nd Young Master wants tea! HOT TEA, not that boiled-water trash you made yesterday!"
The head servant shrieked like a dying chicken.
Lin Fan opened his eyes slowly, stared at the ceiling, and sighed.
"Another beautiful day to suffer."
He dragged himself up, dusted the straw off his clothes, and put on the Ye Clan servant robe that smelled like expired cabbage.
Lin Fan carried the teapot across the courtyard, trying not to trip over rocks, stray chickens, and other servants who pretended not to see him.
His talent was mid-grade spiritual root, average to the point of being insulting.
His job?
Servant of Ye Han, the 2nd young master of Ye Clan.
Ye Han, a genius with high-grade fire root, handsome, arrogant, powerful.
Lin Fan, meanwhile…
"I'm like the background character behind the background character."
He always dreamed of becoming a legendary villain boss one day.
Not a hero.
Not a savior.
A villain boss with a dark cloak, evil laugh, and a harem of villainesses.
But reality?
Reality slapped him daily.
2nd Young Master's Room
Lin Fan bowed respectfully.
"Young Master, here is your tea."
Ye Han didn't even look at him.
"You again? You useless thing, don't spill it on my robe like last time."
Lin Fan smiled politely.
Heh, one day I will poison you. Not today. But someday.
As Lin Fan placed the cup, Ye Han's sleeve knocked it over.
HOT TEA spilled onto Ye Han's lap.
Ye Han froze.
Lin Fan froze.
The entire room froze.
Then—
"LIN FAN!!! YOU TRASH!!!"
Ye Han punched him so hard he flew out of the door and rolled across the courtyard like a potato.
The servant girls giggled.
Lin Fan lay there staring at the sky.
"If villain manuals exist… I need one desperately."
He dragged his body toward the well to wash his face.
Suddenly—
A scream!
A small girl, around 10, slipped while fetching water and fell into the deep well.
"HELP!! Someone!!"
Servants panicked, running in circles but doing nothing.
Lin Fan blinked.
His heart said: Save her.
His brain said: Why should I? I'm a future villain king.
His legs said: You're going anyway.
Before he knew it, he jumped in, grabbed the girl, and somehow climbed back up.
Everyone was shocked.
"You… you saved her?"
Lin Fan puffed his chest proudly.
"Of course. I, Lin Fan, am—"
DING!
A heavenly chime echoed.
A golden screen popped before his eyes.
Heavenly Good-Deed System Activated
[HEAVENLY GOOD-DEED SYSTEM BOUND TO HOST]
[Major Good Deed Detected: Saved a Life]
[Reward: +300 Good Points]
Lin Fan blinked.
"W–What…?"
A voice echoed in his head.
System: Congratulations, host! You performed your first true act of kindness!
MC: No-no-no, it was an accident! My legs moved! I wasn't trying to be a hero!
System: Nonsense. Heaven has chosen you to spread goodness across the world.
MC: Heaven made a mistake! I'm a villain! A future mastermind!
System: I know exactly what you are.
A low-budget third-rate villain with loser talent.
MC: …You can insult me? Systems can insult!?
System: Only when the host deserves it.
Suddenly—
[Would you like to spend 50 Points to buy "Minor Body Strengthening"?]
Lin Fan screamed:
"YES!!"
Warm energy flooded his body.
His muscles tightened.
His bones strengthened.
His senses sharpened.
He clenched his fist.
"W–What is this?! I feel… powerful!"
System: Congratulations! You now have the strength of a slightly above-average servant!
MC: …Slightly above-average!? Just that!?
System: What did you expect? Instant protagonist template?
Lin Fan stood in the courtyard.
Servants looked at him strangely.
Ye Han glared from a distance.
Lin Fan clenched his fists.
"Heaven gave me power…
But it came with a moral system…"
He looked at the sky dramatically.
"Fine. I shall do good deeds.
But in a villain way."
System: That's not how it works.
"Shut up."
The story of the accidental hero with a villain's brain…
had begun.