SOS! I’m Being Forced to Be a Villain - Chapter 58

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Episode 58

I hastily got up and staggered toward the restroom. Soon I was gripping the toilet with the cover lifted, struggling to expel the things that were forcefully rising up.

Since all I had eaten during the day was an apple in the morning, all that came up from my stomach was thin gastric fluid. Coughing, I roughly wiped away the cold sweat flowing down my cheeks.

At lunch today, Seo Jung-hoo and Kwon Tae-min, who had gone to the snack bar as usual, had tried hard to get me to try this and try that. But whether my stomach was full from eating a few bites of apple in the morning, I had no appetite at all, and I was too preoccupied with needing to keep my distance from the two of them.

So today I had firmly refused to eat lunch and was in a fasting state, but now that nausea was rising, that turned out to be fortunate. It was easier to just spill out a little gastric fluid rather than vomiting up food.

After gripping the toilet for a while, I belatedly stretched my tired body. I caught my breath, struggled to get up, and slowly rinsed my mouth while holding onto the sink.

Then the phone in my pocket started vibrating. When I took it out and checked the screen, I saw the name ‘Lee Chung-hye’.

With wet hands, I pressed the connect button and switched the call to speakerphone.

“…What.”

– What, are you in the restroom? There’s an echo?

“It is the restroom, so what.”

– Were you washing up? Should I call back later?

I let out an annoyed sigh and rubbed my face. My still-wet palm rubbed against my facial skin, leaving cold water marks.

“Why did you call.”

– Ah, you came to school today, right?

I stood gripping the sink with both hands and slowly blinked. I stared blankly at myself reflected in the mirror, then moved my lips slightly.

“…I almost died. On Saturday.”

– What? Saturday? When we met at the bookstore… No wait, you almost died?

I staggered and couldn’t endure it anymore, so I slumped down onto the restroom floor. Pulling my knees up to hug them, I brought over the phone that had been leaning against the sink and set it down beside me.

“That psycho crazy System bastard tried to kill me. As a warning.”

– The System? What’s this about a warning.

“Don’t act like the main character when you’re just a villain, what bullshit.”

A moment of silence passed. Soon, Lee Chung-hye’s voice came through the phone a beat late.

– It warned you for getting close to those two people? That psycho crazy…

“Psycho crazy System bastard.”

– Anyway, the System tried to kill you for such a reason?

Such a reason. Right, I wasn’t the only one who thought that way.

I gently rested my cheek on my knees and stared blankly at the tilted bathroom captured in my diagonal view.

– So what should you do from now on. Would you be safe if you just stayed holed up at home without going out.

“That creepy System bastard even knows our house password. It’s a stalker bastard just like Kwon Tae-min.”

– What’s that supposed to mean. Kwon Tae-min stalks you?

“Look, that’s not what’s important right now. Focus!”

– What, I was listening just fine, why are you suddenly snapping.

Frowning, I irritably messed up my hair with my hands.

“What’s certain for now is that even with warnings like that, the System won’t kill me right away.”

– How can you be sure of that. Did you two have a conversation or something?

“Shit, so you’d rather I got taken out by that System bastard and died?”

– Sigh…

How could one twin be so gentle while the other has such a damn awful personality when they came from the same womb. I thought I heard such muttering faintly through the phone, but the sound was too quiet to hear clearly.

I clicked my tongue softly and continued speaking.

“I’m the only villain in this novel. And have you ever seen a story without a villain among all the novels in the world?”

– So what, you’re going to trust that baseless confidence and go wandering around outside?

“A novel is a novel, and I have to find my own way to survive too. Should I give up school and studying and just stay holed up at home?”

– Your family has a lot of money.

“It’s not my money!”

When I shouted, it echoed off the walls inside the restroom. I irritably closed my mouth and rolled my eyes, then muttered quietly.

“Anyway, that’s why I couldn’t go to school. I was hospitalized.”

– You ignored Seo Jung-hoo’s messages for four days.

“…Considering I almost died because of hanging around with those guys, would I want to reply quickly?”

It didn’t seem like a particularly interesting answer, as I heard other clattering noises from beyond the phone.

‘How rude to make noise while on a call with someone…!’

I cursed inwardly without realizing that I always acted that way when talking to my brother on the phone. Then, struck by a sudden thought, I slowly opened my mouth.

“Open up Seo Jung-hoo and Kwon Tae-min’s profile information right now.”

– What. All of a sudden?

“Hurry.”

Soon a response came through the phone that she had opened the System window.

– So what is it.

“Is the word ‘affection’ written there? In their emotional states.”

Affection? Lee Chung-hye repeated that word with a tone of disbelief.

– There’s nothing like that.

“Nothing? Are you sure there’s really nothing?”

– Yeah. Nothing.

I hesitated, then reluctantly rolled my eyes.

Opening profile information for ‘Main Character Seo Jung-hoo’.

Opening profile information for ‘Main Character Kwon Tae-min’.

“Affection…”

I muttered unconsciously then froze in shock.

‘…What?’

I had expected that the ‘affection’ that had appeared in the current emotional state section wouldn’t be temporary. But I hadn’t expected the word to change in that way.

Name: Seo Jung-hoo

Current Emotional State: Irritation, Anger, Anxiety, Affection!

Name: Kwon Tae-min

Current Emotional State: Anxiety, Regret, Disappointment, Frustration, Affection!

‘When did the exclamation mark get added?’

What had happened in the meantime? No, what was the difference between having an exclamation mark and not having one?

When I checked on Saturday, it was just plain ‘affection’. So when exactly…

– Hey! Yu Baek-hwa!

I snapped back to attention. I blinked blankly then belatedly moved my lips.

“Uh… what, tell me. I’m listening.”

– Listening my ass. Don’t try to do anything more today, just go to bed early and sleep.

“Why should I…”

– Take care of your body too. Don’t drive a nail into your brother’s heart for no reason.

‘Brother?’

I immediately furrowed my brow.

“What kind of bullshit is that…”

Before I could finish speaking, the call ended. I glared at the message that appeared on the screen, then slammed the phone down with a thud.

I wondered what the hell I was doing. Being treated inhumanely was routine, and now I was even taking phone calls while sitting on the restroom floor.

Even though I had grasped the situation, I couldn’t see any real solution.

I raised my hand and rubbed my aching eyes firmly. I picked up the phone, barely managed to pull my tired body up, and got to my feet. I put strength into my shaky legs and limped out of the restroom.

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Yesterday they seemed to be cowering uselessly all day, but as soon as a new day dawned, Seo Jung-hoo and Kwon Tae-min approached me tirelessly without getting worn out.

I thought they would be somewhat shocked by the emotions I had poured out, but apparently that wasn’t the case. I had hoped that the two of them would naturally drift away by not approaching me, but unfortunately that didn’t seem like it would happen.

Unaware of my burning insides, they acted as if they were determined to trap me within their sight. Under their persistent gazes, my stomach would often churn meaninglessly, and when I touched my arm that still hadn’t lost its swelling, disgusting displeasure would surge up.

Swallowing a sigh, I unnecessarily pulled down my long gym uniform sleeves. It was an action to hide my messed-up wrists.

Sitting alone quietly, I felt strangely cold for some reason. If it were outdoors it would be one thing, but since I was inside the gymnasium and not participating in class unlike the others, there was no way my body would heat up. But I couldn’t raise the gymnasium temperature, so I pulled the gym uniform zipper up to my neck.

Right now I was sitting on thick gym mattresses stacked three layers high on one side of the gymnasium stage. When I bent my knees and hugged them with both arms, the blue mattress briefly swayed following my movement.

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