VILLAIN 6

When I stumble, clutching one ear and lowering my head, Seo Kangsan quickly catches me.

“Hey! What’s wrong with you!”

“…Don’t shake me. I’m dizzy.”

My head throbbed because he was shaking my shoulders so hard with a panicked voice.

As he acted like he was about to pick me up, I reached out, grabbed Seo Kangsan tightly, and shook my head.

“I’m fine, so just let go.”

“You, damn it… don’t go talking shit about how it’s because of me again, and just go to a doctor already…!”

“I’ll be fine if I sleep, so let go. I’m more dizzy because of you, Hyung.”

Above the head of the restless Seo Kangsan, the heart-shaped icon sparkled excessively.

The favorability, which had been cut in half, had risen before I knew it, reaching the staggering figure of 65%.

Surely, it’s not that his favorability rose just because I’m sick. …Right?

Well, at this age, people tend to trust easily and follow those who are even slightly kind to them.

“I think I need to sleep, so get out.”

“…Do you really not need a doctor? For real?”

“Yeah. It’d be nice if you could bring some medicine on your way out.”

“Am I crazy? Why would I bring that?”

“Fine, goodnight.”

The heart was so bright it made me even dizzier, so I lay down on the bed and gave a half-hearted wave.

Don’t just wave your hand like you haven’t a care in the world! I told you to slap his cheek! ( >д<)ꐦ

Seo Kangsan must have stood there for a long while; a moment later, I heard the sound of the door closing.

Listening to the sound of small footsteps receding from the door, I slowly opened my eyes.

‘So, why can I even see that favorability level?’

Well, who knooows. Won’t there be a need for it somewhere as you proceed with the quests?

I should have just stabbed my wrist earlier.

Haa, I let out another long sigh and pulled the blanket up over the top of my head.

So… let’s organize this roughly….

My guess is that I’ve entered some kind of dating simulation game. That part is still uncertain.

The role assigned to me is the villain, and I have to work hard with Lee Sera to do wicked things and torment Seo Kangsan. This is certain. Oh, and one more certain thing. The story is that the protagonist, Seo Kangsan, is supposed to grow up here suffering all sorts of mistreatment from us, then meet the main lead, be healed, and become happy.

‘I have no intention of doing that, but what happens if I kill Seo Kangsan right now?’

Do you think you can do it?

“I’m going to die anyway, so what’s stopping me?”

I had absolutely no intention of doing it, but I spoke fiercely out of spite.

Do you think you can do it?

Do you think you can do it?

Do you think you can do it?

Do you think you can do it?

Do you think you can do it?

Suddenly, several red system windows popping up in front of my eyes began to glitch. Wha—what, did it suddenly lag or something?

Well…, it goes against the probability, so it would never actually happen.

Don’t worry. If anyone’s dying, it’s me; I have no intention of killing that kid.

Wicked deeds? I don’t want to do what you guys tell me to do, so I’m going to live a kind life out of pure spite. Why do you keep telling me to hit a kid or not?

Ah, seriously! ( >д<)ꐦ If you do that, Seo Kangsan’s perfect past won’t be completed! I’m talking about the turning point for Seo Kangsan to become perfect, which the author personally! planned! from start to finish.

Bullshit. What “perfect past”? Don’t make me laugh. Isn’t Lee Sera alone enough of a painful and cold past? Don’t you know the saying that you shouldn’t even hit a child with a flower?

Ah, since you’re a system window, you might not know.

Are you… ignoring… me right now…? Even though I’m the system…?

“Just kill me now. That would be the cleanest way.”

Thump—

The small sound of something dropping was heard from right in front of the door. Patter-patter-patter! Immediately following was the sound of small footsteps quickly receding. I jumped up and opened the door.

In front of the door lay a bottle of children’s fever reducer.

“What…? Could it be Seo Kangsan?”

ㅎ_ㅎ Who knooows.

“…Did he hear what I said, or not?”

Of course he heard everything?

“What are you even helpful for?”

I get it, so just close the door before you speak, Mister. =△= Do you want to be dragged off to a mental hospital for mumbling to thin air?

That was also a fair point, so I picked up the fever reducer, went inside, and closed the door.

‘How am I supposed to torment a kid this kind?’

He’s a kid who brings me medicine even after everything I’ve done to him.

First… let’s just take this and sleep.

My head really hurt now, and I was too tired to think about anything.

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Clatter.

Mealtime with the family, where we had been eating for ten minutes without a word. Even so, it was only Lee Sera, myself, and Seo Kangsan.

After sleeping, my headache was completely gone and my appetite had returned, but as soon as I came to the kitchen and sat down, my appetite vanished again. Glancing to the side, the difference between Seo Kangsan’s food and the food for Lee Sera and me was starkly obvious at a glance.

Unlike our meal, which looked quite lavish, in front of Seo Kangsan sat nothing but a bowl of rice that had turned into mushy porridge. Watching Seo Kangsan steadfastly eating it, I let out a soft sigh.

‘Isn’t this too petty and mean to do with food?’

Should I meddle or not?

I was already bothered by how thin Seo Kangsan was, so what should I do? Chewing my food slowly, I tapped the bowl with my finger, tap, tap, and finally raised my voice on purpose, pointing at the food Seo Kangsan was eating.

“Hey, why is what Kangsan-hyung is eating different from mine?”

“…What…?”

As if it were a completely unexpected comment, Seo Kangsan opened his eyes wide and looked at me with his mouth slightly agape. He seemed very flustered. I don’t know why I’m being so meddlesome either, but right now, that thin body bothered me too much.

“Does that taste good? I want to try it too.”

“You, are you cra—…”

“Let’s trade with mine.”

I considered just throwing that unnutritious, terribly unappetizing food on the floor, but I held it in and quickly swapped my bowl, which was filled with fried rice and meat, with his.

“…Are you really crazy…?”

“Why? Can’t I be curious? I really want to eat this.”

As I acted recklessly, Lee Sera looked at me with bewildered eyes, then motioned to the Mister [housekeeper/maid] who was fidgeting behind us.

“…Give the children all new food.”

Lee Sera, who had been gracefully eating her rice in silence, took a sip of water, let out a small sigh, and smoothly rose from her seat.

“I’m fine. I have no appetite today.”

Lee Sera gave a dismissive wave to the housekeeper who was scurrying to prepare a new meal for her as well, and walked straight into her room. The more I see her, the more unpleasant she is. She’s a bundle of greed and desire… though I don’t know what that desire is directed toward.

As I sighed, put down my spoon, and drank some water, I felt a gaze on me.

To make your mother lose her appetite! What a wicked brat! ᕕ(ꐦ°᷄д°᷅)ᕗ

Should we just pour hot water on Seo Kangsan? The boiling kind.

When I didn’t answer, the system window, which had been silent for a moment, grew in size and shook slightly.

Let’s pour it!

[Pour hot water on Seo Kangsan 0/1]

This is driving me crazy.

I let out a hollow laugh, set the cup down, waved my hand dismissively in the air, and glanced at Seo Kangsan. When I looked at him as if asking why he wasn’t eating, Seo Kangsan, who had been staring at the rice bowl with his spoon raised, finally began to eat ravenously. Seeing how hard he ate, as if today were his last, I wondered just how much of that strange food he had been eating until now.

‘He’s eating so well, why on earth would I pour water on him.’

Resting my chin on my hand, I watched him eat and slid my portion toward him too.

I wasn’t full yet, but since I might vomit blood again if I rejected the quest this time, I figured it was better not to have anything in my stomach anyway.

“Aren’t you eating?”

“You eat it all, Hyung. I don’t have an appetite.”

“…That’s why you’re so scrawny.”

I don’t think you’re one to talk.

Seeing how good his appetite is, it seems like he’ll grow up tall later on.

[Pour hot water on Seo Kangsan 0/1]

Ah, please avoid the face! ^0^

[Pour hot water on Seo Kangsan 0/1]

[Pour hot water on Seo Kangsan 0/1]

Ding-ring, ding-ring.