★ The MC ends up in a game world as a total mob character who, in the original game, would’ve just become a minion of the final boss. Thing is, that last boss in the original had zero special traits—felt like the scenario writer just forced them in. Players even thought the story should’ve ended after beating the Demon Lord. So Claus grabs the “final boss” seat himself and starts spreading word across the country about all the unfair, nasty stuff he plans to do.
- He starts by “unfairly” punishing the chef. Claus had ordered a luxury dish—Red Dragon heart—but then throws the chef in an underground cell for supposedly not following orders, just to tank his own reputation. Butler Oliva and the Renford staff think it’s messed up—until they find out the “Red Dragon heart” was actually another monster’s heart disguised with illusion magic. Oliva’s impressed, assumes Claus knew all along, and thanks to his “mercy,” the chef only gets one week in jail since he was scammed by the merchant.
- While touring a town in his territory, Claus spots a “kid” stealing. He sides with the merchant victim, traps the kid with Wind magic, and shows zero mercy. People get mad—until the spell drops and the “kid” is actually a grown man. Knights investigate and—boom—he’s in a big criminal organization. Catching him helps the knights wipe out the whole gang and make the city safer. Claus tried to be evil… and accidentally buffed his good-guy rep.
- Grinding in a dungeon, he sees an adventurer party fighting a boss. He plans to steal the kill (super taboo) to ruin his image. Turns out the party’s about to die to an unexpectedly strong boss. Claus shows up looking like a blood-soaked wreck (thanks to an item that leaves the user at 10% HP), one-shots the boss, and walks away.
- Back home, he bumps into a maid who spilled water. Oliva says she has light duties and special lodging, so Claus decides to yank her “privileges” and pile on the work. Plot twist: the maid, Mary, has black hair and’s been discriminated against as a supposed demon descendant—kept in a separate place and given minimal tasks. Claus’s parents had hired Mary’s mom to look good for obeying the kingdom’s “no black-hair discrimination” policy. Mary figured she’d be trapped there forever—until Claus demolishes her old quarters, forces her into the main house, and has her work like everyone else. She ends up respecting him deeply. (Claus assumes she’s out for revenge, so every time she serves him food or drinks, he spams his poison-immunity buff… which maxes his resistance even though she never poisoned anything.)
- Marquess Windam invites him to a party. Claus wants to get hated, so he “refuses” by accidentally spilling tea on the invitation and mailing it back with no message. He expects outrage. Instead, Windam’s actually trying to smoke out traitors with those invites. He’s furious at first—then his butler notices the tea stains look like a map of Margrave Malcofal’s domain, and the blotched words kinda spell out a warning. Windam beefs up security and—right on cue—foils an assassination attempt on the king and himself. Now he thinks Claus is sharp and brave. (Meanwhile Claus: “I literally just spilled tea.”)
- Since everything “evil” keeps turning good, Claus tries staying hands-off. He weakens his territory’s knights on purpose—orders a full month of rest, no training—so people will be mad their knights are weak. A superior demon attacks. Its main skill multiplies any pain suffered over the last month… but the knights didn’t take any hits all month, so the skill whiffs. The demon’s backup skill drains opponents’ energy… but Claus has been shipping them tons of tasty rations, so they’re kinda chubby—and when their energy gets “drained,” they bounce right back to prime form and smack the demon down.
- The king hears about Claus’s “heroics” and summons him. Claus asks for the largest territory in the kingdom—thinking the greed will stain his name. Turns out the largest area is the borderland with demon territory—packed with tough monsters. Every noble who got that job quit. The king decides Claus must be bold and have a plan. He also figures Claus wants to dig into Margrave Malcofal’s demon ties, since that land is still under Malcofal.
One night at the palace, Claus runs into Sofia—super overconfident—so he drags her into a dungeon. She’s low-level and ends up begging for mercy. Claus clears the boss room and finds a ring only royals can wear. He slips it onto Sofia’s ring finger, and she assumes he just proposed. (Claus literally did it on a whim.)
Fast-forward to the finale:
The heroines fight a noble powered up by a superior demon. After they win, a demon lord’s lieutenant shows up—able to open a gate for powerful monsters—to wreck the capital. But as the gate opens, a stray mana shot from Claus (who’s off fighting an SS-rank monster in a secret dungeon) nukes the lieutenant by accident. He doesn’t even realize he saved the city. Claus strolls back from the dungeon and the whole capital hails him as a hero.
Mob NPC wants to be a villain and final boss, but has high luck and many misunderstandings to other people
