How to Survive as a Villain in a Novel

36 – New Student Welcome Party (2)

“……”

When I saw Lane, I stopped on the spot.

Should I approach her?

‘…Just time.’

The new student welcome party begins shortly after with a congratulatory speech from the student council president.

And the masquerade ball, where the actual scenario begins, comes a little later.

【 ‘Scenario Quest: New Student Welcome Party’】

◆ Stop attempts to rob the Demon World of relics.

After one song at the masquerade ball ends, the full-scale scenario begins with a huge explosion.

– “Wow, this is your first time seeing a mana crystal that big?”

– “After all, Orbis is Orbis.”

A decoration that some freshmen are looking at with curiosity.

The Placed in the middle of the ballroom is the catalyst for the explosion.

‘Originally, the demons artificially created by the student council would have run amok.’

Thanks to the fact that I intercepted their preparations in advance, that won’t happen.

In the end, what I have to do is watch the situation from a distance and retrieve the artifact at the timing when the mana crystal explodes.

‘There is still time.’

I think it would be a good idea to check as well.

We need to know why Lane came here.

If she is a member of her ghost squad as I expected…

‘It’s a big deal’

Because things are getting quite complicated.

The point of intervention of the Ghost Army is significantly faster than in the original work.

If we consider the level of force of each ghost unit, there is a possibility that the scenario that will unfold in the future will change considerably.

Of course, this is still too much of a worry.

First of all, two assumptions can be made as to why Lane is here.

First. She understood the value of the relics located here in the Ghost Zone. For whatever reason, the content of the original story was slightly distorted, and as a result, the Ghost Army, which understood the value of the relic, moved.

‘Not good.’

In this case, the situation becomes quite complicated.

The Ghost Army never lightly gives up on a target they have decided to attack.

‘It might be better this way.’

Second possibility.

The Ghost Army itself may not yet know the value of the relic.

In other words, someone entrusted a request to them.

‘Rather, this is more likely.’

If the original story is changing little by little due to my possession, the influence should be greater the closer it is to me. It is said that it is unlikely that the Ghost Army suddenly realized the value of the relic located in the Orbis French branch.

Then the question is condensed into one.

‘Who on earth entrusted the request??’

Excluding saints and student council presidents.

Due to the nature of the memorial service, there is a high possibility that they will dislike them.

The problem is that, except for them, no one knows about the existence of the relic…

“…Ah.”

Goosebumps suddenly appear all over my body.

There is.

A person who would know the existence of the relic.

No, someone who might know about the upcoming freshman welcome party scenario.

‘Regressor.’

* · * *

I’m going crazy.

The fact that there were regressors among Orbis students was put aside in the subconscious.

Why?

Because the writer of the damn original story just told me there was a returner and didn’t reveal his identity.

This is because there was too little information to guess who it was.

“Lee Han? You don’t look good. Are you okay?”

Thanks to you, this division was created.

‘It’s not too late.’

If Lane was employed, his employer would be a regressor.

If you ride from the lane to the station, you can find out who is a returner.

There is one more reason to approach Lane.

“Hey, Lee Han! Are you okay?”

“Sorry. I need to go to the bathroom for a moment.”

I hurriedly walked away, ignoring the worried Hyunjin Yoon.

I could see Lane’s back going up the stairs to the second floor.

The moment I hurriedly tried to follow her.

“Hello, Lee Han. It’s been a while.”

A harsh voice caught me.

“Has it been almost a year since I left the student council?”

Large size. Towering muscles that will tear apart even the shirt you are wearing.

A man overflowing with a sense of intimidation that can control the crowd just as much as his weight.

“Kwon Ho-rang.”

The guy who asked me questions about everything from the first entrance ceremony. Kwon Ho-rang was looking down at me with a frown on his face.

His energy, which was like an iron thorn, seemed to pierce my skin.

“This is an honor. The famous Lee Han personally remembered my name.”

– hahahaha.

The subordinates he carries around like rattles laugh.

It was clearly an act of mocking me. I have a busy way to go right now.

I answered in a calm tone, hiding my discomfort.

“Because I can’t forget the name of the student council officer.”

“This is an honor. Well, as you said, Orbis students don’t seem to forget your name either. If there are kids who are bothering you, always tell the student council. They will be happy to help you.”

Kwon Ho-rang joked.

“Of course, you will have to pay for what you did before.”

I raised my eyebrows with vicious hostility.

Kwon Ho-rang was clearly provoking me with the intention of starting a fight.

Why on earth?

‘Ah.’

I guess the president really broke it because I disrupted the student council’s plans.

In short, it means that someone was needed to vent their anger.

“There is nothing particularly difficult in life. If anything happens later, I’ll tell you about it.”

I tried to move forward with a calm answer.

But Kwon Ho-rang once again blocked my path.

“It’s been a while since we last met, so I’d be sad if I just left.”

“What? Are we going to fight?”

At my words, Kwon Tiger, who has taken a step forward, sneers.

“You still think you’re better than me? Since you’ve been blinded, you’re no match for me.”

Since I’m from the student council, it’s none of my business whether I lose to that guy or not.

I ignored him and looked at Rain.

While it was hard to see because of Kwon Ho-rang’s size, Rain suddenly climbed the stairs to the second floor and was out of sight.

The problem was that Kwon Ho-rang was talking without any intention of getting out of the way.

“…But since we’ve been together for so many years, the student council president said he would consider it. As long as he properly apologizes, he can accept me back into the student council at any time. It’s in the interest of saving me from the bottom of my life.”

Why has this cub’s tongue become so long?

He can’t seem to close his mouth and leave.

However, it is not possible to exercise one’s skills in a situation where attention is focused.

“It’s only natural that your reputation has fallen…”

For a moment, I felt irritated.

“Hey. Kwon Ho-rang.”

“?”

I walked right in front of him and whispered lowly.

“If you think I’m so easy, don’t criticize me and attack me properly. I’ll deal with you as much as you want.”

“!!!”

I smiled at the guy clenching his fist.

“What should I do if I get angry? Hit me here? Will the student council president stay still?”

After looking at the student council president’s facial expression,

Kwon Ho-rang is trembling while stuck in his seat.

I leisurely walked past him.

The spectators gathered at the untimely conflict split to the left and right to clear the way.

I just went up the stairs.

Fortunately, the second floor was sparsely populated.

“Did I miss Lane?”

I walked along the hallway to calm my feverish head for a moment.

At that moment, I was standing on the terrace at the end of the hallway and wondering whether I should continue tracking Lane.

“…Saint?”

Someone’s voice was heard.

* · * *

I turned my head toward the voice.

What appeared in my mind was Lane’s face.

Saint? I don’t know what that is.

However, given the context, it was highly likely that it was a pseudonym or deep web nickname of the person who received the request from Lane.

My goal is to understand Lane’s purpose and her clients.

If she believes that I am her client, things will be much easier.

‘…Of course, if it’s discovered that it was an act, it won’t end well.’

This is not a situation where we have to resort to risk-taking.

I answered while feigning composure.

“That’s right.”

“It was a woman’s voice on the phone.”

Raine glared at me with her eyes narrowed.

Hmm. After all, was it unreasonable for her to pretend to be the client?

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Her hand slowly goes to her pocket.

‘It’s ruined.’

At that moment, the number on her business card that she received from her casino came to mind.

“095851…”

“!!!”

“Do I need to say more? Of course the voice was modulated.”

Are you convinced to this extent?

Her hand, which had been reaching for her pocket, naturally relaxed.

Thank goodness.

“You’re more meticulous than I thought, huh? It’s different from what you said on the phone.”

It wasn’t something that needed an answer, so I just turned my head and pretended to look at the street.

First of all, I got some information.

The client is a woman,

A personality that is not meticulous.

There is a possibility that the request was entrusted without knowing what was hidden here.

‘I think he’s a regressor after all.’

After thinking about it for a while, I asked a question that the client might ask.

“So what’s the progress?”

“Access is harder than I thought. The security is quite thorough. Even for Orbis, the security is high. Of course, nothing is impossible.”

I clicked my tongue at her confident words.

Are you saying you can confidently break through Orbis’ security system?

I think I roughly know Lane’s location in the ghost squad.

– Bam~Bababam! Bam!

The sound of dance music can be heard from afar.

Has the time come?

It seems like I got as much information as I needed.

“I guess I should go back now.”

“Don’t worry about requests.”

Rain smiles brightly and takes out his mask.

It is a pure white fox mask.

I nodded and took out my mask.

“I believe it.”

After saying that, I walked towards the ballroom.

No.

I wanted to walk.

If you hadn’t heard Lane’s mumbling.

“… But where have we met before?”

With a goosebump feeling, I unconsciously stopped in her tracks.

“… I feel like we met recently? Our faces are different… But our physiques are similar.”

Damn.

I didn’t know that I would remember the physique rather than the face.

Did I become more noticeable because of the mask?

… Should I jump out?

– Ttogak ttogak.

The moment the sound of Lane’s footsteps slowly approached me.

— Kwaaa!

The sound of an explosion covered the building.