VILLAIN 35

I slowly raised my eyes and looked around, eventually shifting my gaze slightly downward. I saw Lee Sera lying prostrate on the bed, her shoulders trembling. The sound of her sobbing reached me, sounding utterly wretched; I slowly went to her side and reached out to embrace her fragile, shaking body.

“Yes… let’s run away….”

Far away. So that no one can find us. So that the main system can’t even dream of killing us….

Seo Hosu’s mind is breaking.

“The villain is exiting now, forever.”

That should do it, right? Main system, we—whom you hate so much—will exit on our own. To a place so far away that we can never encounter the protagonists. I don’t know if that will satisfy you, but you wouldn’t be stupid enough to abandon the main story and track us down until the end.

I slowly raised my head and looked into the empty air with a smirk, then took Lee Sera’s hand.

Seo Hosu’s mind is completely broken.

Seo Hosu’s locked memories are released.

I took off the wristwatch on my wrist and placed it on the floor.

I also left the phone that was in my pocket on the floor, and taking only my wallet, I left the house with Lee Sera.

Would you like to see the first-turn memories of ‘Seo Hosu’ saved by the system?

Hello. I am Earth_00001, here to help you progress through the story.

The role assigned to ‘Character 04’ is ‘Seo Hosu’.

The role of ‘Character 04’ is the villain who will break the spirit of the protagonist ‘Seo Kangsan’, the protagonist’s half-brother.

I saw a small child standing stiffly at the entrance, holding my grandfather’s hand. He looked taller than me, but I thought he seemed very small and frail. He had shaggy hair that completely covered his eyes, grimy skin as if he hadn’t been able to wash, and a tiny frame as if he hadn’t eaten well while growing up….

“This child is Seo Kangsan; he will be your hyung from now on.”

This small person is my hyung….

“U-uh… H-hi….”

Seo Kangsan stuttered, and perhaps flustered by meeting my eyes, he hesitated before approaching me and holding out a hand stained red. Glancing at his face, I saw his ears were also ripe with red.

Looking closely, the eyes revealed through his messy hair were so pretty that I smiled and tried to take his hand.

Ding!

A quest has arrived.

[Coldly brush off and push away Seo Kangsan’s hand 0/1]

[Harshly curse at Seo Kangsan, calling him dirty 0/1]

“This dirty thing is my hyung? How embarrassing!”

Eh?

I clearly intended to take his hand and smile to welcome him, but my body moved on its own, pushing Seo Kangsan and beginning to say nasty words.

“Dirty, dirty!”

I rubbed my hand—which hadn’t even touched him—viciously against my clothes and went to Lee Sera, hiding behind her.

“Eh? S-sorry… Sorry….”

‘Why, why am I saying such mean things? No! I’m happy hyung came. I…!’

“Dirty, don’t talk to me! Sob…, Mommy!”

I hugged Lee Sera and buried my head, crying sorrowfully. Even while crying, I was terrified because I couldn’t understand myself.

I’m scared. My mouth and body are moving on their own….

— Quest successful; a toy is given as a reward.

No, I don’t need things like that…. I just wanted to talk more and get close to hyung…!

[Pour hot water on Seo Kangsan 0/1]

[Push Seo Kangsan down the stairs 0/1]

[Cut Seo Kangsan’s hair in a funny way 0/1]

[Lock Seo Kangsan in the storage room for a day 0/1]

[Scribble on Seo Kangsan’s body with a needle 0/1]

[To Seo Kangsan… 0/1]

[For Seo Kangsan… 0/1]

Once a day, or twice at most, these bizarre phrases appeared, and it felt like my mind was going to go strange.

I didn’t want to do it. But my body moved willfully.

‘Stop, stop. Please stop…!’

Every time I did something terrible to Seo Kangsan, I asked the housekeeper to buy medicine, but I couldn’t deliver it to him.

Because whenever I got close to hyung, a strange system window would pop up and my body would move on its own to commit a terrible act.

“Ho- Hosu-ya….”

“Go away! Don’t show me that dirty face and get lost! Seriously, you’re so dirty. I hate you so much!”

Don’t you even hate me?

“Sorry, I’m sorry….”

Despite the increasing bruises and wounds on his body because of me, he didn’t hate me; he constantly appeared from somewhere to take care of me if I seemed sick or uncomfortable, and then vanished. And Seo Kangsan gradually began to hide his face and walk with his head down.

It’s stupid. It’s really like a stupid idiot. I don’t want to hate hyung either. I don’t want to make those wounds increase anymore….

‘I want to give hyung medicine. I want to treat those wounds….’

Apologize and say I’m sorry… and… stop now….

Time is moved back as it is judged to have no relevance to the main story.

It was the moment I moved my body to even kneel and apologize to hyung. I closed and opened my eyes to find an unfamiliar girl lying there, clutching her cheek.

“Eh?”

A main quest has arrived.

Bullying Lee Rowoon together with Jang Dohoon and Heo Minsoo… hmm, ah. Let’s pour milk over her body and strip off her clothes in front of everyone.

‘Wait… no. N—!’

My hand moved on its own. I opened the milk in my hand, poured it over the girl’s head, and laughed as if I were truly enjoying it. I wanted to cut my hand off. If there had been something sharp around, I would have stabbed my hand. No, actually, I was too scared to carry it out.

Scared? This girl is experiencing such a terrible thing for no fault of her own because of me, and I am… what am I….

It was horrific. I was so horrific that the hand pouring the milk trembled.

Raising my head and looking around, I saw this wasn’t even a classroom but the middle of the playground. Everyone passing by was looking this way. Among them was Seo Kangsan. Eyes full of horror, and pupils that seemed a bit disgusted with me….

“No… No…. It wasn’t me….”

“Stop… stop it….”

A frail voice reached me, and I turned my head. My eyes met Lee Rowoon’s, who was shedding tears with terrified eyes. In that moment, I had to experience the horrific feeling of my heart sinking.

What, why is this jerk stopping halfway? Is it a lag?

[Strip off Lee Rowoon’s clothes. 0/2]

[Strip off Lee Rowoon’s shirt. 0/1]

[Strip off Lee Rowoon’s skirt. 0/1]

‘No… No…. Why must I bully even this child….’

“No! Let go! Aaaaah!”

Lee Rowoon lets out a piercing scream.

I muttered repeatedly, begging for someone to stop me, for someone to block me.

“Stop it already, Seo Hosu!”

Slap!

In that moment, Seo Kangsan grabbed my hand. Before I knew it, the eyes of Seo Kangsan looking at me were filled with hatred and contempt.

I’m sorry, hyung. I don’t know why I’m doing this either. Why am I….

[Curses while brushing off Seo Kangsan’s hand. 0/1]

“Ah, what the, fuck. You’re dirty! Won’t you let go? Get lost!”

Heh, this is it. The prince who appears and saves them when the villain is bullying! Now Seo Kangsan falls in love with Lee Rowoon at first sight.

By the way… what should I do with those two? I’m getting bored with the villain patterns Seo Hosu and Lee Sera do; it’s too predictable. Would it be better to change the villains soon?