A World Where You All Are The Villains - Chapter 133

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133.

“Father… please…”

Ruellin clutched her struck cheek, her voice trembling with tears.
Her complexion had turned ashen, her eyes quivering like aspen leaves in the wind.
She hadn’t anticipated being struck the moment she arrived—her shock and bewilderment were written plainly across her face.
‘Of course. In this world, no one would dare conduct themselves with such shameless disregard.’
Having been treated with reverence as the sole Purifier, to suddenly face such treatment must have left her utterly dumbfounded.
Even Edith Blake, the antagonist herself, had refrained from laying hands on her out of concern for appearances.
Absurdly, watching the situation unfold, I found myself suppressing quiet laughter.

“You said you were confident! You said you could succeed! So what is this?! I nearly died of shock, they tell me!”

Her biological father erupted in fury, unleashing a torrent of curses and rage upon Ruellin.

“And that’s not even the worst of it! Yu Ji-han’s ability wavelength is barely detectable! Even if his eyes open, whether he can use his abilities again remains uncertain! What happens if this leaks to the outside world?! What then?!”
“….”
“I told you to suppress the rampage, and you’ve turned a perfectly healthy boy into a cripple?! Do you have any idea how precarious my position has become because of you?!”
“….”
“I never should have trusted someone who hasn’t even awakened… and now everyone knows you’re my daughter. How am I supposed to clean up this mess?!”

My biological father’s grating roar reverberated even beyond the crystal sphere.
I reflexively furrowed my brow, yet my ears perked up at his words.
‘Oh. That’s actually welcome news.’
Of course, it was unfortunate that he hadn’t died outright, but the outcome was satisfactory in its own way.
‘Yu Ji-han without his ability.’
That bastard who had been adopted by the General and fast-tracked to captain rank all because of a single ability, climbing the ladder of success.
I wondered how devastated he would be to learn that he had become like me—an Awakener who had never awakened, someone he had so thoroughly despised.
And a man who cast aside his own daughter would never keep a useless chess piece around any longer.
Imagining Yu Ji-han, who had lost his ability through a moment of blind choice and would now be abandoned by his biological father, sent an exhilarating chill through my entire body.
But that wasn’t all.
The information about him brought an unexpected certainty as well.
‘As expected. When I purify the Magi completely, the ability disappears.’
It was a pattern quite similar to the Space Ability User incident from before.
Since cure-1 was ultimately a substance created based on my purification ability, it would produce the same effect.
‘Finally….’
I had gained it too.
A means to attack someone.

“…B-but I am Father’s biological daughter, aren’t I?”

While I was grinning like a madwoman, Ruellin inside the crystal sphere made a pitiful appeal.

“I-I know you care for Ji-han oppa. But I’m your biological child, Father. Parents are supposed to protect their children when they make mistakes… How could you say such things?”
“Child? Ha! When did you say you didn’t need parents and left this house? Now you come crawling back talking about being my child?”
“Father…!”
“Don’t even call me Father! I told you—once you left my house, if I ever hear you carelessly claiming to be my daughter anywhere, I won’t let it slide!”
“….”
“You caused this mess—fix it yourself right now. Whether you strip yourself bare or Ji-han dies in your place! Don’t you dare crawl back home until then. No!”
“….”
“If you so much as breathe a word about me, you’ll spend the rest of your life locked in a psychiatric ward! I never considered someone as incompetent as you my child! Do you understand?!”

Faced with her biological father’s cold and violent demeanor for the first time, Ruellin stood frozen, unable to utter a single word.
As I watched her being driven out of the General’s Office, I clicked my tongue in disapproval.
Bloodshot eyes and wildly disheveled hair.
She looked so dazed that she didn’t even seem aware of her flushed cheeks.
‘If you’re going to steal someone else’s body, you should at least take care of it properly before returning it.’
If it were me, I wouldn’t have just stood there and accepted a beating from my biological father.
I would have dodged somehow, or immediately fled the scene after being hit.
‘Why did she follow along so meekly when he called her in the first place? Did she really think she’d earn praise for creating such a mess?’
It had been some time since she possessed this body, yet she still seemed utterly clueless about the situation. I found her pathetic and absurd.

“Why… why doesn’t magic work well in this world? Is it because my body is different? Ugh… what am I supposed to do now?”

As Ruellin trudged out of the Official Residence with an anxious expression, she muttered nervously while gnawing at her fingernails.
Unfortunately, her ordeal was far from over.

“There! That’s Dr. Yu!”
“Dr. Yu! Please comment on Captain Yu Ji-han falling into critical condition due to this clinical trial!”
“There’s a rumor that you’re the General’s only daughter—is that true?”
“Why is your cheek like that? Did the General perhaps call you in and commit violence against you…!”

The moment she stepped outside the Official Residence, reporters who had been waiting swarmed toward Ruellin like a hive of bees.
Frozen pale by the sudden barrage of camera flashes, unable to do anything, she ultimately shoved the reporters aside and fled in a panic.
It was a far cry from the confident demeanor she had displayed when announcing the cure-1 clinical trial—she looked utterly pathetic and miserable.
Separate from my satisfaction regarding her and Yu Ji-han, the realization that this was my current situation drew a deep sigh from me.
“Damn it… that’s why I said not to act without knowing what you’re doing.”
I held no expectations that Ruellin, immune even to mental manipulation, would navigate this situation well.
Just thinking about having to clean up the mess she’d created made my vision darken.
Ruellin barely managed to get into a taxi and returned to the Research Institute, immediately barricading herself in her Dormitory Room.

“Dr. Yu! Dr. Yu, are you in your room?”
“Director! People from the military came looking for you!”

Staff members came by in turns trying to address the situation, but she didn’t even respond.
It was an utterly irresponsible display.
Covered under her blanket as if in hiding, she didn’t budge until late night when all the employees had left, then sluggishly got up.
And she began rummaging through my desk and computer indiscriminately.

“We need to fix this immediately! Where did things start going wrong, and how did it all fall apart like this?”
“I followed the experiment log exactly as written! So why has everything become such a mess!”
“No. We can fix this. We can restore everything to how it was. Then it will be fine.”

Yet even I, the actual owner of this body, felt utterly lost about what to do if I returned right now.
No matter how thoroughly I searched this cramped little room, there was no chance a solution would suddenly materialize.
And besides.

「Breaking News! S-Rank Awakener Falls into Critical Condition After Participating in XX Research Institute Clinical Trial—High Possibility of Ability Loss!」
「Doctor Yu, the Awakeners’ beacon of hope—what is the truth about her?」
「General Yu and Doctor Yu’s Biological Father—No Blood Relation Confirmed. Strict Warning Issued for False Information Dissemination.」

Upon seeing the stream of accusatory articles flowing up, she let out a wail.

“Aaaaaahhhhh―!”
“How could this happen! He’s family! He’s my father!”
“Even if he couldn’t protect me from everything, he shouldn’t deny it! I’m his biological daughter, so how could he…!”

‘And to think she still doesn’t realize what kind of person he truly is.’
As the actual biological parent in question, I remained completely unmoved.
Watching Ruellin suffer as though she were truly his biological daughter struck me as absurdly pathetic.
After wailing for quite some time over this new life suddenly thrust into the mire, she eventually collapsed onto the floor and wept bitterly.

“I thought everyone could be happy if I came to this side… So why am I the only one suffering like this? What did I do so wrong…?”
“If it were that other world, everyone wouldn’t just stand by watching me struggle like this…”
“Sob… I miss them. Vincent, Dylan, Ethan, the Crown Prince…”

Ruellin, calling out the names of the male leads and all those who had loved me, eventually pushed herself up with trembling limbs.

“The crystal… where did it go? I need to see how everyone is doing.”

Watching her frantically search for the crystal orb she’d carelessly misplaced while I’d been busy impersonating her, I understood instinctively.
‘Now is the moment.’
I’d hidden the orb so she wouldn’t notice my surveillance, and I immediately bolted from the bedroom.
‘I need to see the Duke or Vincent right now!’
I had to show them.
How peaceful and blissful this place was without Ruellin.
A stark contrast to her own precarious and miserable circumstances.
So that she’d envy me, so that jealousy would consume her.
So that she couldn’t help but long to reclaim her position as the beloved heroine.
Bang!
In my haste to leave, I collided directly with someone standing before my door without even seeing them.
Thud.
“Oof!”
“Be careful.”
Someone’s firm grip steadied my stumbling form before I could fall.
Through my dizzied vision, I glimpsed shimmering silver hair.
“…Brother.”
“Where are you rushing off to in such a hurry?”
Ethan looked down at me with his usual impassive expression and asked.
Whether by chance or fate, he too had come seeking me.
‘Well, even dog dung has its uses as medicine.’
Annoying as he was, this man was also a male lead.
I forcibly suppressed the frown threatening to crease my face.
And instead, I bloomed into a radiant smile…
“I was just coming to see you, Brother.”

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