How to Survive as a Villain in a Novel

40 – Selfishness

“… Tsk.”

With the chain of obedience in hand,

I slowly stroked Sun A-yeon’s cheek.

Gurgling.

The tears that fell from her eyes,

It falls down her hand and onto her chain.

I slowly wiped away her tears.

The rustling sound of chains every time I move my hand.

“Huh…”

Of course she knows.

The function of this artifact is to bind the mind of the target and control the target whenever the caster wants.

In effect, it becomes a walking doll.

It would be better to die.

Rather than living with someone’s body completely out of control and following their orders.

“Please, please don’t use it…”

Seon Ah-yeon cried.

She will be especially afraid. All the hard work she put in to turn back time would be completely shattered by just one artifact.

“I told you. It’s simple.”

“But…”

Rebellion again.

I wrapped my arms around her slender neck.

Swallowing saliva, struggling to breathe, barely managing to get through the air.

I can feel every single one of them through my fingertips.

“Sigh…”

“Why is it so hard to say? Just say, I will obey, master.”

I long for it.

I hope Sun Ah-yeon completely obeys me.

‘At least one chance.’

I don’t want you to think of me as a good person.

The moment Sun A-yeon is defined as ‘good’, the worst penalty in history will be handed down.

「The Dignity of a Wicked Person」

This was the reason why she had to perceive me as a complete evil person.

However, there was doubt in Sun A-yeon’s voice as she brought up the story of ‘imprint’.

I don’t know if I’m a good person or a bad person.

Doubts about herself before her return.

No.

It is time to become a clear villain.

― Kuuuk.

She tightened her fingers with an unbearable sense of guilt.

“Ugh…”

A moaning sound of pain.

Seon Ah-yeon’s neck struggling to breathe.

How full of pain is her face right now?

You will be in pain, filled with tears.

It’s a good thing I can’t see her face because I can’t see her in front of me.

Otherwise, she would definitely have become weak-hearted.

“Off…”

The trembling that started in her neck was about to spread to her entire body.

I loosened my grip.

“Cough! Cough!”

Perhaps her legs have lost their strength, and Seon-a-yeon knelt down on her knees. It seemed as if she couldn’t handle the sudden outburst of breathing.

I followed her and got down on her knees.

“Does it hurt?”

Nod.

I felt her shaking her head.

“It hurt me too when you pressed.”

“Re…Rebirth…”

In response to my cold voice, Seon-a-yeon mumbled her answer in a choked voice.

I asked, patting her breathless back.

“You know what to say when you’re sorry, right?”

“…Well, I’m using it wrong.”

“No, not that. Obey.”

“Well, that’s…”

Ha.

With a sigh, I grabbed her neck again.

“Keuuu!”

This time she pressed until she dug her nails into my hand.

Seon Ah-yeon’s writhing legs are trying their best to push me away, and even the strength of their legs is fading away.

I let go.

“Haaa!”

Seon A-yeon falls to the floor.

When her breathing returned and I heard her crying, I opened my mouth.

“Seon A-yeon.”

“…Ugh.”

“Seon A-yeon.”

“Yes, yes…”

Let her stand up again.

At a distance where your eyes can meet her, slowly call her name.

“Line.”

One syllable, one syllable.

Emphasizing that there will never be another chance.

“Zinc.”

Her esophagus gurgling as she swallows saliva.

Her prayers expand for answers.

Every touch she felt on her neck was painful, making her bones ache.

“Yes, master.”

But despite her efforts, she managed to get the answer she wanted from her.

Because he’s a top-notch damn villain.

Only then was I able to take Sun A-yeon’s hand off her neck.

I passed the mark in the shape of my hand left on her neck and placed my hand on her head.

“…Hi.”

Seon A-yeon is shaking and shaking.

I slowly stroked her head.

Infinitely soft hair.

“Good job.”

“Huh…”

I wanted to hug her as she burst into tears.

But I know I can’t.

My smell, my touch, my words.

From now on, Sun A-yeon will hate everything.

– You worked hard.

I wanted to say that.

I couldn’t do that.

It couldn’t be anything other than damn fate.

So, even though she knew she would hate it to death,

I stroked her head with all my sincerity.

Endless selfishness, hypocrisy, and wickedness.

What on earth am I?

The reason I stroked her head for a while longer was because I felt like if I opened my mouth the wrong way, I would burst into tears.

― aaaeaaang! Piyong! Piyong!

The sound of an ambulance siren heard from afar.

With that sound in the background that meant it was time to move, I opened my mouth.

“Seon A-yeon.”

“Yes… Lord, master.”

“Escort me, I’m going back into the ballroom.”

There was no need to explain further.

Because there is no need for such a thing in a master-slave relationship.

“Yes, master.”

A cold answer came back.

I put on her mask and walked following her guidance.

[ The main character hates you with all his heart. ]

[ ‘Malicious’ has been collected. ]

[ ‘Malicious’ has been collected. ]

[ ‘Malicious’ has been collected. ]

[ ‘Malicious’ has been collected. ]

…

The message from the system that I could not read was,

They were all put to one side.

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The ballroom was still engulfed in chaos.

There was no need to check with the eyes.

The surroundings were filled with the acrid smell of smoke, groans coming from all over, and the sirens of an ambulance approaching from afar.

“Do you think there won’t be any suspicion if we go in like this?”

Seon A-yeon, who seemed to be looking around for a moment, answered.

“Yes.”

“……”

After a short pause, I could hear her clenching her teeth.

“…Master.”

[ Malice has been collected. ]

I hope that with just those words, Sun A-yeon will be angry for as long as possible.

“I know a door where we can sneak in. Let’s go that way.”

I came in through the side door of the building with Sun Ah-yeon, leaned against a random wall, and took off the mask of cognitive impairment.

“Go away now. I don’t need you.”

“… Yes.”

Bubble. Bruises.

The sound of Seon A-yeon’s steps moving away.

No one will suspect her due to the theft of her relics. She must have been preparing to catch the person who would jump out of the sewer exit long before the incident.

“Ha…”

When I sit on the floor, I feel tired.

It was a long day.

There were countless terrible things that happened,

Somehow we reached the end.

Since she collapsed here, her alibi for stealing the relic would be perfect.

“…Do I even have to shed blood?”

In the meantime, I curse my brain for thinking about directing, wondering where blood should bleed from her head.

“There’s no need for that.”

… Now that I think about it, I’ve already been beaten by Seon A-yeon, so I’m probably looking like a total mess.

Let’s wait for the rescue team, emergency team, or whatever to arrive.

― Togak Togak!

But what came was not a rescue team, but a nag.

Yoon Hyun-jin’s voice is heard.

“Hey! Lee Han! Are you okay? Where have you been!”

“I’m the one who can’t see, but it’s probably not you. As you can see, he’s lying face down.”

“… How did you become more grumpy? What? There was an emergency exit in a place like this. I guess you were trying to run away alone and got hit by some debris? Puheup.”

Seon Ah-yeon. Did you put me in a place like this as some kind of petty revenge? Let’s give the command more specifically from now on.

Anyway, Yoon Hyun-jin makes a laughing noise as if he’s having fun.

Her mouth opened with a muttering, “Thank goodness.”

“Phew. How can you really… Not follow any rules properly?”

‘It breaks the rules.’

Thank you for seeing me that way.

The ‘eyes’ attached to Hyunjin Yoon judge good and evil within the bounds of the law.

Now, if she had to make Yoon Hyun-jin’s ‘eyes’ look at me crookedly, she would have rather given up everything.

“If you’re going to nag, get out of there.”

Anyway, I said something with the intention of getting him kicked out.

But.

“……”

― Slurp.

The sound of rustling dresses fills my ears.

― Squeak.

This is the sound of water being poured from something like a water bottle.

“…?”

Oh, the car.

A cold handkerchief touches my face.

“Put it away.”

Hyunjin Yoon swats away my hand trying to block it.

“Stay still. This is also the job of the leader.”

The smell of multiple people’s blood emanating from her proved that what she said was true.

Her hands were also shaking slightly from fatigue.

“If you’re a leading manager, shouldn’t you take care of good people first?”

Kwauk-.

Her hand that was cleaning the wound took strength.

“… It hurts.”

“This is how we can punish bad guys.”

For a while, she wiped the blood off my face and sprayed things that felt like a stinging disinfectant.

Some of the medicines were really painful, so I tried to stop them with my hands.

– Cheap!

Every time, he was shot down by an incredibly agile smash.

– Wow!

Hyunjin Yoon, who slapped the back of my hand once again, opens his mouth.

“Kwon Ho-rang… You know the student council executive? He got one of his hands cut off. He went to the hospital with his free hand handcuffed earlier.”

“Hmm.”

“From what I heard, someone saw her intentionally explode a mana crystal. She will probably be treated and investigated right away.”

“I see.”

“And did you know? There was a huge relic stored underground here? There was a rumor going around that Kwon Horang was trying to steal it.”

― Slurp.

The hem of her dress suddenly approaches and sticks to my cheek.

Yoon Hyun-jin’s breath tickles my ear.

“It looks like a demon appeared and stole the relic. Among the new students, there was a demon expert.”

“…Is that so?”

That is a fortunate rumor.

Anyway.

Yoon Hyun-jin’s personality also changed quite a bit in one day.

I guess she seems to have a friendly side somewhere.

Am I mistaken because she shed a lot of blood?

I think I was a bit ticky to begin with.

Just as she was about to think such a thing, Hyunjin Yoon opened her mouth in a quivering tone of voice.

“Hey. Lee Han.”

“Why?”

She heard something wiggling her fingers next to her.

Yoon Hyunjin’s mouth was carefully opened.

“Uh… Thank you? You saved me earlier.”

At the same time, the surrounding temperature is getting worse and higher.

I guess I was so embarrassed that I said that.

No, but.

“… I didn’t save you. I was in your way…”

“Yeah, yeah. I kicked her because she got in my way. Well… Then. What, thank you for kicking her?”

It’s starting to get scary now.

Yoon Hyun-jin’s change.

Isn’t this actually Yoon Hyun-jin?

If I had left my mind’s eye, I would have checked her face right away.

“…Anyway, I survived thanks to you, right?”

But the very shy Yoon Hyun-jin, who ends her thank you with a question, is the girl I know.

‘……’

Well.

I will always be a lawbreaker,

Yoon Hyun-jin’s ‘eyes’ are not that scary.

Today, for some reason, I feel like leaning on someone a little bit.

I’m a little tired.

I spoke to her in a half-dazed state.

“Hey. Hyunjin Yoon.”

“Why?”

“I’m bad, right?”

She pauses for a moment.

It looks like he is torn between comfort and truth.

“…Yes.”

But as always, she spits out the truth.

And so funny.

For me, that was the most comforting answer.

“Thank goodness.”

On this difficult day, I don’t have to bother anyone again.

I don’t think leaning on her will make the fact that I’m a villain go away.

“Ha…”

I feel relaxed.

It was an unusually tiring day.

It was a very painful day.

It’s difficult.

I want to fall asleep leaning on someone.

“Have you saved all the people you need to save?

I muttered carelessly, with the mindset that everything would happen as it should.

“……”

Silence as if they were watching me.

Thanks to the silence, other people’s moans can be heard from afar.

But.

“…Yes”

Yoon Hyun-jin’s answer was that.

Well. If so, she’s probably right.

“Then lend me your shoulder.”

I collapsed without even having the energy to hear an answer.

The world has gone dark.

A sweet and bitter scent gently enveloped me.