How to Survive as a Villain in a Novel

74 – Joint sparring (4)

11 Training room, personal training room.

“Whoa. “I’m somewhat used to it now.”

Lee Han wiped his sweat.

In the meantime, a dagger was flying around.

It is a dagger forged with malice, with a black and ominous energy constantly flowing out like smoke.

Currently, there are three daggers that Lee Han can use stably.

Lee Han lightly shook his hand.

– Hwiik!

The daggers that had rushed around the training room returned and disappeared with a single gesture.

“Good, good.”

Lee Han nodded his head in satisfaction.

If this is the case, there will be no major problems in using it in practice.

“The consumption of evil is not as great as you think.”

A long-distance attack, whether it is magical power or malicious intent, inevitably consumes a lot of power.

However, the case of this dagger created with malicious intent is different. Unlike other abilities that disappear once fired, the focus is on cutting down the opponent.

If it can be retrieved after cutting, there is no need for additional consumption of malice until it disappears once it is created.

The necessary malice is the amount required to initially create and use the dagger.

That’s enough to cover up Lee Han’s malice right now.

It’s all thanks to the lot of malice I gained from the last Dicke’s Scale scenario.

“Whoa.”

A sigh of satisfaction naturally flowed out.

Since there is a joint sparring at the moment, there is ample opportunity to test this newly trained ability.

The cadets participate in sparring quite seriously.

It is said that if the performance is properly demonstrated in sparring, it will also be effective in actual combat.

This is enough for today’s training results.

I headed outside, dragging my limbs and screaming happily in the aftermath of the training.

“Let’s drink something first.”

I’m too thirsty to shower right away.

I think the vending machine was here somewhere. Ah, there it is.

Orbis’ tuition fees are prohibitive. That also means that he has excellent facilities and welfare.

The story is that all cold drinks are free.

Beep, beep. Shake!

I opened the cold aluminum can and poured it straight into my mouth.

Gulp, gulp.

A cool sensation spreading down the throat.

“Kyaa-!”

This is it.

A can of cool ionic drink to drink after finishing a hard workout. This is why training is fun.

Now let’s go wash.

As Lee Han wiped his sweat with a towel and turned around, a person who shouldn’t be here caught his eye.

Fiery red hair, and cold blue eyes.

Ryu Seo-ah.

No. To be precise, he should never be here, that’s not true, but there’s no reason for him to be here, right?

Liu Seo-ah was looking up at her with a stern face.

And then his lips twitched.

“… I feel bad.”

He muttered.

Of course, Lee Han was dumbfounded.

No.

She feels bad for looking at her blankly like that. Rather, isn’t it you who is in a bad mood? Of course, she might feel bad if she sees a sweaty man drinking a drink without washing himself, right?

“If you feel bad, stop watching and go on your way.”

“Oh, no!… It’s not like that.”

Ryu Seo-ah mutters, “What are you doing?” And then closes her mouth. I think she was hypnotized or something in the middle, but she couldn’t hear it clearly in Lee Han’s ears.

Instead, Ryu Seo-ah raises her eyes as if she has made a promise. She took a step closer.

“Over there.”

At the same time, the tip of her nose twitched.

“Do you smell sweat? “If you have anything to talk about, let’s come out and do it.”

“… Ha? Whoa, someone was sniffing your sweat! I never thought it was good! Under. “It’s ridiculous, really!”

Ryu Seo-ah blushes and blurts out unsolicited information.

I can’t even make eye contact with her.

Why on earth is he acting like this all of a sudden?

She looked at Ryu Seo-ah with her narrow eyes for a moment.

Lee Han remembered one important fact.

‘Hmm.’

Come to think of it.

The time to stabilize Ryu Seo-ah’s magical power was slowly approaching.

Full-scale joint sparring will begin soon.

Ryu Seo-ah’s skills are such that it is obvious that she will advance straight to the finals.

Naturally, then, she will have to push her conflicting circles to quite the extreme.

Before the real joint sparring begins, she needs to calm down her circle.

Now that I think about it, I always worry when this moment comes.

How should I touch Ryu Seo-ah this time?

Let’s continue to worry about that for a while.

It seems like there was a bit of luck this time.

For some reason, Ryu Seo-ah, who was secretly watching her and widening the distance between her, slipped in the water flowing on her floor.

“aaah—!”

She lost her balance and stumbled as if she would fall in front of her.

Naturally, she was about to fall down, but her Lee Han caught her.

Ryuseo came into her arms, leaning against her arms.

“……!!!”

Her face filled with astonishment.

Anyway, now is your chance.

Lee Han quickly injected her magic stabilizer through her touched hand.

‘Phew.’

Why is this rice cake?

This is a mission that I always had to work hard to complete.

— Hmm.

“Ah.”

The top of Ryu Seo-ah’s head, with her face buried in her chest, caught her eye.

Even her ears were completely red.

This is clearly angry.

Lee Han quickly took her away and stood in front of her.

“…Are you okay?”

Ryu Seo-ah still has her head down.

Doesn’t that make you feel anxious?

Isn’t she attacking something?

— Gulp.

While Lee Han was swallowing his saliva and preparing for the surprise attack.

Ryu Seo-ah muttered.

“Rice, pervert.”

… No, what does that mean?

“Hey. I just caught the falling side…”

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Liu Seo-ah took a deep breath and shouted while still lowering her head.

“Woman, it’s clear they’re doing some sort of brainwashing!”

“What do you mean by brainwashing?”

“You, you. You use pheromones or something like that, right? Hyunjin unnie does the same. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have fallen for that. Yes, that’s it.”

“Hey. Listen to what people say.”

“Everything, everything, you. I’m going to watch you?! If you do something strange to Hyunjin, I won’t stay silent!”

“Huh.”

Ryu Seo-ah disappeared just like that.

There is no chance to make excuses.

Why on earth are you doing that?

“What happened?”

Her magic power must have also been stabilized. I must have finished training.

I feel like I completed everything I had to do today.

Let’s wash up and take a good rest.

* · * *

The training room we rushed out of.

“Haaa…!”

Rounding the corner of her building, Liu Seo-ah exhaled her breath.

—Thump thump thump.

My heart is still beating wildly.

Ryu Seo-ah leaned her back against the wall of the building.

I feel like my mind has calmed down a little from the feel of the cold cement.

… My heart was still pounding.

‘… ‘Why are you doing this?’

My heart is probably racing because I’m running fast right now.

It was like this when I saw Lee Han from above.

His sweat-soaked muscles suddenly flash in his mind.

“No!”

Liu Seo-ah shook his head.

Her sinking red hair came to mind even later.

There is definitely something strange about Ryu Seo-ah herself right now.

It feels like part of his brain has slightly melted.

‘There is a real possibility that it is brainwashing… ‘

In fact, right before I met Lee Han, I was constantly sensing whether or not he was using magical power.

But I didn’t feel that kind of energy…….

As a result, he and Hyunjin Yoon are in similar situations.

“… What on earth is this, really?”

Ryu Seo-ah leaned against the wall and waited until her heart sank.

It took quite a long time.

* · * *

There are various training facilities at Orbis Academy.

Some of them took the form of so-called stadiums, and Arena 1 is one of those places.

An outdoor sparring hall with a wide marble-like floor and spectator seats surrounding it.

Students were summoned to this place, which was selected as the location for joint sparring.

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“I think everyone has checked the groups that belong to the joint sparring. There are a lot of participants, as all first and second year cadets and some third and fourth year cadets are participating. The schedule is also tight. Everyone sticks to the schedule….”

The reason for the convocation was simple rule explanation and guidance.

In particular, the equipment that has begun to be installed in the sparring area stands out.

[ mana simulation device Ilsung Technology Co., Ltd. ]

Hamdong sparring is always a part of class.

A story that says students should not get hurt or die.

Therefore, through this magical power simulating device, cadets are able to unfold their abilities.

“It is a device that can perfectly replicate everything, including casted magic power and abilities. In fact, pain is also implemented. However, you will not get hurt. This means you will not die. So, let’s all do our best!”

— It is said that this equipment was introduced for that reason.

The instructors’ explanation follows.

“Haam.”

Lee Han yawned.

It was also a setting that everyone knew.

‘As long as it doesn’t hurt anything, it won’t hurt.’

To the point where saying such a confident thing is meaningless, quite a few people got injured in this joint sparring.

Because there are forces that have their hands on that device.

Unfortunately, I don’t know who it is. You don’t even know when you touch it.

– I think it would be better to strictly manage the device.

– We are already doing our best. Please don’t worry.

I have already inquired with the person in charge of Orbis equipment, but the response I received was a formal one.

The story is that not even the seed was eaten.

It seems like even if I were to make a more assertive claim here, it would only raise suspicion.

Therefore, prevention is also difficult.

“Well, it’s funny that a villain prevents something like this from happening.”

Lee Han himself is a villain through and through.

If the incident was caused by someone else, you can move after the incident.

After the boring instructors’ explanations.

The moment Lee Han yawns and tries to turn his body.

— Chin!

I bumped shoulders with someone.

“Oh, I’m sorry…”

I was about to reflexively apologize, but the other person with an arrogant frown opened his mouth.

“You’re dirty, IC.”

Judging by the name tag and participation number hanging on his chest, he is the first opponent in the preliminaries.

‘… This bastard?’

Are we going to start a fight already?