How to Survive as a Villain in a Novel

39 – Obedience

My mind goes blank.

The empty space is replaced, however clumsily, by an image.

Imagination is a world that unfolds solely through my imagination.

Using all senses except sight,

A world that, however clumsily, embodies reality in our minds.

In the image where everything was made up of blurry lines, I saw a light source shining so f*cking brightly.

「Holy Grail of Divine Power」

A holy relic exclusively for anti-villains that consumes divine power to create evil. Nicknamed the answer of ‘good’ to ‘evil’

The weapon you have.

It dazzles me, as if it actually exists in my imagination.

[ Malice is forcibly consumed. ]

The ‘malice’ running around the circuit built in the body is forcibly sucked in by the holy relic.

The dark red line connecting my body to the sacred object was clearly visible even in the image.

“…f*ck.”

Isn’t it a foul?

What’s the point of pointing a weapon like that at a villain?

No.

Can that be called a weapon?

I’m fighting with rocks, but Sun A-yeon is like throwing a nuclear bomb out of nowhere.

‘Ah…’

One question is resolved.

Why did Rain, the ghost band whose buttocks were still so heavy, move?

‘I guess they offered that Holy Grail as a reward.’

Even if I were the leader of the Ghost Army, I would have accepted Seon A-yeon’s request.

– Jeopuk. Jeopuk

The sound of Sun Ah-yeon’s footsteps.

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My forehead is damp.

There must be blood flowing.

I grit my teeth and hold on as my mind tries to scatter.

There is still a chance.

Seon Ah-yeon’s irregular breathing meant that she was clearly quite excited.

“As expected, you, as expected, were struck down by a wicked person.”

“Calm down… Calm down for a moment… Cough! Try it.”

If it calms her down even a little.

With her words, her words…

In an instant, Sun A-yeon’s momentum changes.

Have I instinctively activated my malicious intent without even realizing it?

[ Malice is forcibly consumed! ]

– Kwaaa!

Once again, I was pinned against the wall.

The thick smell of blood.

… Damn it.

I have no strength in my legs.

I collapsed to the floor.

I feel the weight of a small girl on my stomach.

Seon-a-yeon, who climbed on top of me, opened her mouth.

“You were a villain after all…”

Seon A-yeon’s small hand felt on my neck.

At the same time, the Holy Grail shines.

I am being strangled by overwhelming force.

“Keuuuyy!

“Lee Han, you make it so hard for me.”

“What… Is that?”

“Every moment I see you… It’s a test. It makes me think about the meaning of the ice cream you buy me.”

“That’s what you like…”

“Why!”

“Off…”

“Why are you buying me what I like? No matter how stupid I am, I know it’s good intentions. You, a villain, why do you have good intentions towards someone like me…”

I could feel Sun Ah-yeon’s hands starting to tremble.

“Look at this. You’re starting to worry again. Even though you were sure you were a villain just a few minutes ago, now you’re doubting me again.”

Sun A-yeon muttered to herself what she was doing.

As if she had made up her mind, she opened her mouth.

“It should have been engraved.”

I somehow woke her from her darkening consciousness. Engrave. She f*cking had to know what imprinting was. She needs to know Seon Ah-yeon’s identity.

“If I go back in time, there will be no records left except my own body.”

…As expected, he was a regressor.

“The seal said. You… I have to save you at least.”

With those words, Sun Ah-yeon’s voice became crushed as if she was gritting her teeth.

“But you’ve become this bad. Killing people. Stealing relics…”

Her hands become stronger once again.

There is not enough oxygen.

Her mind comes and goes.

“Why didn’t I write it down?”

“……”

“Why why? Why do I want to cry like this when I see you?”

“……”

“Why, why, no matter how many times you do so many bad things, I end up wanting to protect you?”

“……”

“Should I kill you or not?”

A spirit that suddenly awakens at the word ‘death’.

“Wow!”

Taking advantage of the flinching of her touch, she spilled out something.

“I…You said you would save me…”

Her ferocious spirit wavers for a moment.

“This is my salvation.”

“What is that…”

“I’ve come to one conclusion. In order to save you, I have to kill you. So, I’m going to kill you.”

“What kind of thing…”

“Do you know? That the souls of the dead are purified by the power of the Holy Grail.”

I didn’t even know that.

“Do you know? Even if it was to serve God, those who kill people stay in purgatory?”

I knew that.

The pseudo-church that Sun Ah-yeon believes in is their damn doctrine.

“So, see you in purgatory. I’ll follow you too.”

Once again, light gathers in the Holy Grail.

This time, a bright light so brilliant that even my dark images are brightly colored.

Attracts malice.

“Queuuu!”

But as a reaction, only pain comes.

Burning pain.

Seon A-yeon’s slender hands feel heavy, as if they are crushed by rebar that she cannot escape from.

“I’m sorry.”

She chanted in a tearful voice.

“Please die, Mr. Lee Han. Please.”

“…Awesome.”

“So I can save you.”

Patter.

Her tears that continue to flow wet me.

In a blurry mind.

I go back to the time when I was a reader for a while.

Seon A-yeon.

A kind and foolish heroine.

A heroine whose innocence becomes attractive the more you read it again and again.

And, she once felt it.

Sun A-yeon doesn’t really have the attribute of being an idiot, she just seems to be lacking something. It seems like there is something that wasn’t described.

I thought it was ridiculous.

But now…

– Crackling

The energy emanating from the Holy Grail of Harmony,

It collides with my malice and rips through my entire body.

‘Am I really going to die like this?’

Everything becomes dark, even in my mind.

Just before sinking into complete darkness.

[ All malice has been consumed. ]

The status window rescued my spirit from the depths of the sea.

All the malice that has been used up.

The energy reacting with the Holy Grail completely disappears.

― Tuk

Seon Ah-yeon’s hands lose strength.

Her neck, which had been pressed by her delicate hand, barely regained her breathing.

― Tuuk. Tuk.

Tears are pouring from her eyes.

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry…”

Do you think that the reason the Holy Grail’s power ran out is because I died?

I wanted to move, but I didn’t have the strength yet.

After stroking me for a while, she stands up.

And then I felt him kneeling next to me.

“I just killed a wicked person.”

… Is it prayer?

I imagined her offering her prayers with her anxious expression.

Her face will be filled with an expression of guilt, and her clasped hands will be stained with my blood, a sign of punishing the wicked.

“The owner of this blood. Neither the wish to forgive his sins nor the wish to forgive my sins that led to his death. I will not wish for any wish.”

When she offers up her prayers, she is holy and saintly. However, now her insides are probably tattered and painful due to the wounds caused by guilt.

“Please punish me. Please give me the task of purifying him.”

This is not a prayer to escape guilt.

It is a prayer to put herself in pain.

“Please punish me.”

I remembered.

Why I liked her in her novel.

Seon A-yeon was a truly pure Sun.

Just reading one line of her description, she was like a pure white snowflake that purified my mind, which had been tainted by reality, a little.

A being who gave me the strength to overcome the dirty reality day by day.

So, she already saved me once.

“Cough.”

Breathing returns.

The brain, which has regained oxygen, begins to work again.

I think I know what prayer Seon Ah-yeon is reciting.

“… To do that, give me one more chance…”

She was once again pushing herself into the bonds of eternal time.

And I cannot tolerate that.

Now it’s my turn to save.

I am no longer a reader.

My role in this novel is a first-class villain.

‘Even if it hurts them.’

Even if I become a villain, I will save everyone.

That is the villain’s method of salvation.

I just have to bear the wounds they suffered.

That’s why.

You must be prepared to get hurt.

The ones I have to save too.

I also have to save them.

All of us.

“…Please don’t forgive me.”

And first of all, starting with Sun Ah-yeon, who is memorizing that damn return prayer.

“Okay, I won’t forgive you.”

Muttering like that.

I took out an artifact from my pocket.

* · * *

“Hey.”

I called on Seon Ah-yeon, who was reciting a prayer, completely immersed like a tragic heroine.

“Once again… Eh? Ehhhhh!”

Seon A-yeon makes stupid noises while seriously reciting a prayer.

I imagined her wide-eyed expression and I couldn’t help but chuckle.

“Why didn’t he die? It was definitely due to the power of the Holy Grail…”

“Resurrected.”

“Ah… I see. No. Huh?”

After muttering that, Seon-a-yeon once again held the Holy Grail in her hand.

I think he’s secretly planning to write to me again.

– Passsss…

A situation where all malicious intent has been exhausted.

The ‘Holy Grail of Divine Power’, which only reacted to evil, no longer shined.

“Uh…Why?”

Of course, if this trend continues, no matter how stupid Sun A-yeon is.

– “Is it true that you, Lee Han, weren’t really a villain?”

A situation that may raise suspicion.

To avoid that,

It is time to become a clear villain.

I held out her hand holding her relic towards her.

「Chain of Obedience」

An artifact that can permanently subordinate the target to you.

I am shocked by Sun Ah-yeon’s voice.

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“Woman…As expected, you stole the relic!”

Either way or not.

Holding it in one of her hands, I approached Seon A-yeon.

“Why, why are you coming…”

“Why would you do that? You’ve been hitting on me so well.”

“That…That.”

I can hear the sound of eyes rolling.

It’s cute.

I approached and stood in front of her, raising one corner of her mouth.

“Now it’s my turn.”

“What!”

“You know, right? The effects of this artifact.”

I held the ‘Chain of Obedience’ to her cheek. Her shaking body is transmitted through her chains.

“I’m thinking about whether I should use this on you or not.”

The effect of this artifact is absolute and permanent.

The target of the cast is in a state that is virtually the same as losing one’s self.

Seon Ajin will also know the effect.

So, I guess he gritted his teeth and tried to take this relic.

– Flinch

Seon Ah-yeon’s body trembles greatly with fear.

“Well, I was wrong. Boo, please stop with that.”

“Oh, where has Sun Ah-yeon, who was so confident a little while ago, gone?”

“Ah, earlier…”

“Where is Sun A-yeon, who was strangling me?”

– Quang!

A punch missed her face.

The sound of whimpering and tears can be heard.

“Please… I’ll do something else… Anything.”

“Anything?”

“Yes. Well, anything.”

“Swear to heaven?”

“…Ah…Yes.”

Okay, I’ve been waiting for you to say that.

From the beginning, she had no intention of using the relic to Seon A-yeon. Why did she use this on Seon-yeok?

“Then I’ll tell you a good way.”

I made her smile.

She laughs so perfectly and wickedly that you’ll never think of her as a good person again.

“Obey me.”

“…Yes?”

“Obey yourself to me.”

I adjusted her height to the sound of her breathing.

Probably at this point, we’ll be looking into each other’s eyes.

I can hear her breathing trembling with fear.

I slowly stroked Zinc’s cheek with my hand, holding her chain, and opened her mouth.

One letter, one letter, very slowly, as if counting in Sun Ah-yeon’s mind.

“I am your master now.”