I’m Not Your Dad, I’m a Villain

EP.58 EP3. In a place darker than the ground (2)

Duck, Duck.

Its sharp teeth squashed its body, and the digestive juices in it melted the lump made of protein and calcium.

The moment when the previous tremors and screams are absorbed into the body through the arms and the esophagus.

Anatomy didn’t care, injecting a neutralizer into her arm, and returning to her original state, she began to stretch out her hand toward the boat.

“Now then, let’s get out of here slowly. Don’t worry too much, I’ll take you to the continent safely if you get on the back. … .”

“No, wait.”

An old master who restrains himself from moving forward.

Her gaze was still fixed on the path she had passed.

“Is there anything else you are concerned about?”

“Because Brad hasn’t joined yet.”

“… Ah, that guy?”

What do you care about

Anatomy, who did not take it too seriously, turned around and threw a word.

“Shadow, can you bring some of your friends this time?”

-I see. anatomy.

A voice emanating from the surrounding darkness.

Afterwards, the black traces on the wall with him began to spread rapidly inside the ship.

Even if it was a sinking ship, I was not worried.

His gift, ‘Dimension Control (dimension change)’, is the power to freely control the dimension that the body is affected by.

Its body can be changed from three-dimensional (solid) to two-dimensional and one-dimensional (line and point) perceived by ordinary people, and furthermore, it is possible to teleport to a place where the coordinates are connected by interfering with the upper dimension.

The target covered by my body can also be affected by it, so if you find it, you will be able to return safely.

“Come on, the Shadow will protect him, so we’re leaving soon.”

“… … okay.”

Hesitation is only temporary in the end.

She, who was well aware of Shadow’s abilities, soon agreed, and took a seat in the back seat of the boat Anatomy was driving.

The engine starts, and then the boat proceeds toward the open and closed exit.

Afterwards, he heard a roar from behind, but the fate of those who escaped was only good for him.

The seawater rushing in by the collision of the iceberg will shake the center of gravity of the hull, and even if the inclination is about 5 degrees, it will move like a lever and become a chaos from the other side in an instant.

If you go there, the sinking of the ship is really quick.

After that, the entire area will be devastated by the whirlpool created by the sinking of the ship, and everything in the vicinity will be buried and sink to the bottom of this deep sea.

So, the sooner the escape, the better.

“Boss, can I ask you one thing?”

Anatomy, who had stabilized the timing, drove the boat towards the shadow of the continent that was faintly visible in the distance and handed her a question.

Despite the polite question, she still only maintains a blunt attitude.

“Speak comfortably. Now I am no longer your lord.”

“No, well, even if the reorganization was over, the fact that I followed you remains the same.

Unlike herself, who stared at the continent, her gaze was still fixed on the cruise ship just before sinking.

Are you still concerned about your subordinates who are still navigating inside?

“…what if you want to ask?”

“Well, if it’s difficult to answer, you don’t have to tell me.”

What followed was a spit out of such an attitude.

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Minor jealousy, bigger curiosity than that.

“Is that guy called Brad some kind of hidden executive?”

And since the memory has been erased, it is a question that has no choice but to be cautious even asking.

In the meantime, her gaze was focused on the ship in the distance.

The more I saw the ship gradually leaning, the more my fist leaned against the railing was gradually clenched…

“… … Why are you asking such a thing?”

The question that followed when I looked at it with a squint.

It was also a reaction that he would not see at all if it were a boss he knew.

“Well, there are a lot of things that are absurd to be a common pawn.”

Of course, there is no doubt that this girl is her master.

The man who has been protecting her all the time is just a pawn… … . Is it not a story that is hard to believe for a person who has lived half his life as a villain?

“There is no sign of succumbing to the subject of a pawn, not only to me, but also to the guy named Seolhwa. Above all else, his mental power is different from those of other humans I know.”

In a state in which the whole body including the spine was broken, didn’t he give himself a shot using only the nerves and senses that were revived through regenerative power that had no horns?

Those eyes that looked at him while all his teeth were being pulled out, even for that brief moment of meeting him, gave him chills on his back.

‘I’m sorry, boss.’

Even so, the guilt he felt toward his master who had tried to save him was sincere.

But, no matter how much he was enamored with her existence, was it just that he, who was nothing more than a scumbag, would have had such an absurd loyalty?

“So, did you think there was something hidden there?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

As she put such a question in her mouth and asked, it was only then that her gaze began to be drawn from the sinking ship.

Looking at the trajectory created by the boat passing by with the eyes he had gathered like that, he just smiled bitterly.

“I’m sorry, Anatomy. Coincidentally, I know nothing about him.”

“If you don’t know anything… … ?”

“It was at the end of the Great War that I became aware of his existence. Prior to that, I had no direct experience of asking what kind of life he had led.”

A being who rushed at the moment when he was about to give up everything with the defeat of that day. In terms of human beings, that being was nothing more than a tiny and annoying flying fly.

Why did it feel so intense when such a being burned himself like a moth to save himself?

“However, for the past three years, I have only been protected by him. It was not easy for him to even get to know him because he had only been treated unilaterally. He’s only recently found out that he doesn’t have any hobbies… … .”

I did not regret or regret the relationship I started for such a trivial reason, but I was also feeling sorry for that.

His life was led by his own will.

Because the subject was centered around him, not himself.

“…that friend seems to be a very serious workaholic.”

“On the contrary, if you allow it, I want to bring back only the memory of him. You seem to be related to Brad in many ways, so maybe we can get to know each other’s questions.”

Of course, he also has to use his presence, so it’s not something to be taken lightly, but for the sake of his former loyalists, he can afford it.

But, coincidentally, what Anatomy feels towards him is only a light curiosity.

“No, you don’t have to save anything. Because the answer is enough.”

There was no sense of urgency in the present question.

Even if he called himself a friend.

Do you feel that you are genuinely friendly to humans? Isn’t that absurd?

“… … Do you hate Bread?”

“I can’t like it. He is also human.”

But even then, he doesn’t lie to her.

He hated humans in the first place, so he went under her.

Since the basis of that loyalty was based on hate, that attitude alone could not be bent even with politeness.

“To hang out with him is just to be patient. Because the guy you cherish may have something I haven’t discovered.”

a little bit though.

If that’s also a test of my loyalty, I’d be able to demonstrate that level of patience.

“Then what if.”

But, coincidentally, she is now very different from the past.

“What if I ever betray your trust?”

Before talking about strength and weakness.

If she now loses the dignity she should have as a transcendent, and eventually falls into a human-like existence.

If such a day really comes, how will his heart be distorted?

“… … That’s when the time comes.”

Anatomy, evading that answer, even grabbed the steering wheel and stepped on the pedal.

A boat that goes fast through the sea with a motor spinning more fiercely.

At the same time, a faint sound of the rushing sea water could be heard from far away.

and… … .

***

– Here… … .

The interior of the ship with all lights and sounds turned off.

The interior of the heavily tilted ship was in a mess wherever they went.

Rooms messed up by various explosives.

In the place where the bloodstains on the wall continued, there were corpses that were being washed away by the slowly stagnant waves from the bottom of the boat, like a guide.

Even then, while they were disappearing with the violently raging waves, the shadow that passed them eventually reached a warehouse area.

A place where the entrance is blocked by the rising seawater, waiting for it to be flooded.

-… … Brad, sir?

The man, who sat alone on top of the boxes piled up like a mountain, raised his head in response to his voice.

The one who hid his face with a paper bag soaked in blood that had not been washed away even by seawater in a suit that had now become nothing more than rags.

“Oh, Mr. Shadow.”

As soon as he grabs the tool to hide his face, it rips apart.

maybe it’s good What was finally revealed on the exposed face was close to relief.

Okay, now there’s no one else to attack. as if to say so.

“Are you here to find me?”

-Ah yes. By the way, are you seriously injured?

“… If it’s only 10 minutes, you won’t be able to move.”

You can only move anywhere.

No one is going to say it’s okay to move while suffering fatal injuries such as fractures, bleeding and organ damage due to muscle rupture.

Even at this moment, the salt water soaked in the wound must be causing bitter pain.

‘Alone, did you survive?’

Yes, it was caused by such a body.

Dozens of corpses scattered all over this warehouse. All with that ragged body.

alone by one’s own strength.

“… Seolhwaran, what happened to that guy?”

Did he not realize that the person he met was embarrassed?

In an environment still full of corpses, he sat down on a pile of boxes built on top of it, looking down at the shadow and asked calmly.

without taking care of myself.

Even the corpses around me are treated casually.

As if very familiar with this present moment, he calmly asked only the person he was looking for.

But the little thing in his two eyes was already close to resignation.

Because you can’t already achieve what you want…

-If it was Seolhwaran, I think he would probably have left.

Shadow, who met that gaze, answered with difficulty.

I haven’t met him in person, but Seol Hwa-ran is a very determined person when it comes to operations.

If the goal is to sink a ship, there will be no reason to stay any longer than it has reached the point where recovery is impossible.

If you have already escaped this ship, it will not be easy to catch up with your own ability to freely navigate the dimensional boundaries.

“… … okay.”

Hearing even that answer calmly, he smiled bitterly and quietly placed his hand around his eyes.

“This time too… … .”

The moment when a wet hand wiped his eyes.

Drops of water on it start to add to the weight of the wet clothes little by little.

“Is it too late this time?”

What was spit out with him was definitely going to be called Han.

no matter how desperately you struggle.

No matter how much trials stood in the way, even if they survived to the end.

In the end, it was because he realized again that the scene he reached after surviving was always after everything had ended.

None of the results I’ve encountered so far have been swayed by that hand.

‘In the end, it failed again.’

‘We lost again.’

His heart was broken so badly that he got used to such self-blame, and had nowhere to fall.

As if it became powder enough to not even crumble any more.

– Kuwagang!

But the world is not even given room to chew on such loneliness alone.

The reversal of space intensifies, and the center of the pile of boxes on which he sits is also in danger.

Soon, this place will also be completely destroyed.

Aware of that, the Shadow hurriedly started reaching out to him.

– Mr. Brad. First of all, can I take you with me?

“I’m taking you, where… … .”

A head raised in an instant.

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Maybe in the eyes that opened after that.

Expectations were drawn, but even that volatilized appearance and disappearance.

“… Yes, it is. It’s not the time to go the other way.”

Isn’t it funny

I’ve already given up, and I’m thinking that maybe there’s a chance that I’ll catch up with her at least once.

Her body couldn’t even reach her in the first place, so there’s no reason to ask her for such a thing?

“Come back. with him.”

So, I want to turn away from what I don’t have in my hands and still focus on the role I have to play.

His eyes were still young as he reflected on it.

Just as it teaches us that the failure of the present is nothing but a renunciation, and never becomes a setback in that life.

‘It didn’t break, it didn’t.’

No matter how strong a tree is, if it is broken, it cannot be rebuilt. Its body, which is nothing more than a slender reed, is preparing to stand up again as soon as the wind stops.

On the contrary, he realizes his own weakness and wants to prepare for a more intense journey than anyone else.

It seemed difficult for Shadow to let it go.

Even if your body and mind become rags and wear out, if you can still keep that attitude and move on.

It can certainly be called ‘nonchalant’ to have bloomed like that.

‘Boss, I think I understand a little bit why you chose this person.’

Ouroboros, the Order of Evil.

The being called the second in the ranks of the group that was called the strongest and worst in Pangea’s history, at this moment, felt a chill coming from the person it was overlapping with.

In the stomach heading towards the deep sea.

From a place darker than anywhere else on earth, like the belly of a giant angler.

Because I could feel the seeds of such a great evil wriggling beyond even beings born with evil… … .