VILLAIN 2

“Hmm, well. ꒰⍨꒱… Hmmm… surviving, maybe? Even so, please do as I tell you.

I can’t tell you everything right now. I have my own position to consider, too.”

“Are you doing this shit again just to go and tattle to that woman? Let go of this!”

Seo Kangsan gritted his teeth and tried to snatch the glass shard from my hand.

[You really should listen to me…. Is it okay even if Mister Seo Hosu gets hurt? Hurry up and proceed with the quest.]

[Shake off Seo Kangsan’s hand 0/1]

‘I don’t want to.’

I don’t know the reason, but I’m someone who already made up my mind to die and threw my body off a building. Since I have no intention of living anyway, there’s no need for me to die while bullying a young child like this, is there?

Thud—

‘Ah, this is a bit….’

Did “getting hurt” really mean it would hurt this much?

Even for being hurt, this is freaking painful….

“Cough.”

Clatter—

At that moment, the system window shattered into pieces, and a red-stained system window appeared as something surged up from deep inside me.

[A penalty is applied for failing to perform the quest.]

“What….”

As blood spilled from my mouth, Seo Kangsan’s eyes widened in panic, and he gripped me tightly. He didn’t even seem to care about his own blood-covered feet. Didn’t this kid hate me?

He’s not even wearing slippers, so why does he keep coming closer?

“…Move.”

My insides felt like they were being twisted, so the words didn’t come out kindly.

Frowning and covering my mouth, I staggered; Seo Kangsan held me firmly with both hands, looked around with a pale face, and muttered, “Doctor,” before running off somewhere.

This place, which looked like the living room, was also damn wide; I had to turn my head for a long time to see the end of it. The house itself seemed incredibly large and grand. That meant this was a place where rich people lived, and I was the son of a wealthy family….

‘I suppose it’s a relief that I can live without lack while I’m possessed here….’

[Shake off Seo Kangsan’s hand 0/1]

‘I said I don’t want to! What are you going to do about it?’

Just kill me right now. I have no intention of performing a villainous role anyway. That said, I didn’t plan on being kind, either.

If things go on like this, I’ll become a meaningless existence, so wouldn’t it be better to kill me now?

I’ve already committed suicide; do you think I’d be afraid of dying? I let out a smirk and looked at the system window with a belittling gaze, and it glowed red again before shattering to pieces.

“Ack—!”

[A penalty is applied for failing to perform the quest.] [A penalty is applied for failing to perform the quest.] [A penalty is applied for failing to perform the quest.]

‘Wow… damn. Did my organs burst?’

So you’re saying you’ll use torture to force me to be a villain.

I clutched my stomach and collapsed to the floor, trembling, but I licked my lips—tasting the metallic tang of blood—and grinned.

“Still… I’m not doing it.”

You messed with the wrong person, you bastard. Why of all people did you bring me here?

If I die now, well… isn’t it an early happy ending for the protagonist? There won’t be a villain, so things worked out great. Right?

“Hey, Seo Hosu, wake up! I called that person…!”

Who is “that person”?

Seo Kangsan, who had run back to me, supported my collapsing body and shouted urgently while holding me.

His eyes were filled with such panic that it was hard to believe he was the same person who had been looking at me with resentment.

Right…, you guys are too young to hate each other. I don’t know how much this character bullied you before I possessed him, but you’re going to have a reason to live now, Seo Kangsan. But how does this kid look so handsome even when he’s shocked? Even at a young age, his features are really something.

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…Or so I thought.

Upon opening my eyes to an unfamiliar sight, I sat up groggily and looked around.

Is it that thing? You know how it is when you play games. If you die, you go back to the beginning or to a save point.

Frowning, I reached out and felt my body. The pain of my organs twisting from earlier had vanished.

“Hosu!”

Just then, a young man saw me open my eyes, hugged me, and trembled.

[Would you like to read brief information on the character ‘Seo Jun’? Yes No]

With that gentle voice and those worried eyes… judging by the atmosphere, is he the father?

I gestured toward ‘Yes,’ and text began to fill the system window.

[‘Seo Jun.’ He is Seo Kangsan’s biological father and… deceived… …is…ing…. Seo Hosu is a son who is very affectionate toward his father. He does not yet know the fact that Seo Kangsan is his real biological son.

*Further information cannot be accessed because the story has not progressed.]

Seo Kangsan’s biological father. Does that mean I’m the child who came into this house holding a stepmother’s hand? Since it was said no blood was shared, that’s the most likely scenario.

Seo Jun looked at me with reddened eyes, perhaps finding it strange that I wasn’t responding to his worried voice.

I was about to say I was okay, but then I remembered that I was an “affectionate son” and that my age was at least very young, so I forced a smile for now.

“Uh… haha…, were you worried? I’m okay now!”

I spoke in a intentionally bright tone and gave the restless Seo Jun a tight hug.

“What a relief, such a relief…. That child doesn’t look for me often… but I was very surprised when Kangsan came to find me.”

I gave a soulless glance to Seo Jun, who was hugging me tight as if he’d been truly worried, and only smiled brightly after we pulled apart. Even if he was such a kind father, I felt no emotion toward him as someone who had just possessed this body.

“I see…. But where is Kangsan hyung?”

Acting like a young child, I elongated the ends of my words and gave Seo Jun a clear smile.

“Um….”

Seo Jun’s eyes widened, seemingly surprised that I called him “hyung,” and his gaze soon became troubled.

Seo Kangsan is in such a mess, is this man just okay with that?

Since he doesn’t know he’s his biological son yet, he might be neglecting him with indifference. He’s going to regret it so much later.

“…He’s with his mother right now.”

That means he’s being scolded.

‘No matter how I look at it, this definitely seems like a game world….’

Then can I also check where Seo Kangsan is located?

System, you’re using me for your own ends, so can’t you at least do that much?

[Hmph. No! Mister Seo Hosu didn’t even do the quest I asked for! I’m sulking!! (っ ̯―｡)

And what are you going to do when you get there? (—_—^ )]

Well, I don’t know. I don’t know what I can do if I go there, but that body covered in wounds from earlier keeps weighing on my mind and flickering before my eyes….

“Sweetie, are you really sure you’re okay? Should I call the doctor one more time?”

“Ah, haaaaam, I’m sleepy. I’m not hurting… but I’m so sleepy….”

First, let’s get rid of Seo Jun.

I let out an awkward yawn and lay back down on the bed.

Though he seemed restless with worry, because I kept acting sleepy, he tucked me in well, patted me, turned off the light, and left. Listening to the sound of his footsteps, I slowly got up, approached the door, and leaned my ear against it.

When the sound of him going down the stairs had completely faded, I slipped the door open, scanned the surroundings, and muttered expressionlessly.

“Hey. Now tell me where he is.”

[I! Said! What are you going to do when you get there!! ｡･ﾟﾟ*(>д<)*ﾟﾟ･｡]

“If you tell me, I’ll do the quest.”

At most, it’ll be something like shaking off his hand again.

It didn’t seem like there was any more favorability left to drop anyway, so I didn’t think something terrible would happen just by shaking off his hand once.

[Reaaaally? ( ◔д◔)]

…Are you actually a living human?

I frowned at the system window and gave a small nod, signaling it to hurry up and guide me.

At my action, the system window changed into a directional arrow and pointed toward one side. Killing my footsteps as much as possible, I crept forward, walking the way the arrow indicated. A room at the end of the second-floor hallway, in a corner where the sunlight didn’t even reach. The arrow vanished in front of it.

“Why do you keep appearing in front of that child and getting on his nerves!”

“Ha! Me? You think I went in front of that bastard of my own will?”

The sound of a high-pitched voice erupting in anger and a voice that was openly mocking reached me, and I leaned my ear toward the slightly ajar door.