SOS! I’m Being Forced to Be a Villain - Chapter 60

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Episode 60

Come to think of it, I had experienced the same thing a few weeks ago.

‘Why do these things always happen only when I’m with Seo Jung-hoo…’

If it had been Kwon Tae-min instead of Seo Jung-hoo, it might have been better. At least Kwon Tae-min wasn’t as malicious as Seo Jung-hoo, and though he was stubborn, he would listen to what I had to say, and also…

‘Damn it, it would be best if they all just disappeared. Who’s better than who.’

I wondered if this was also a form of gaslighting. Hastily shaking off the annoying thoughts, I parted my lips.

“Move. Stop blocking me.”

“…”

“Hey. You bastard.”

Seo Jung-hoo slowly rolled his half-unfocused eyes. He stared down at me with an expression devoid of any trace of laughter, then reached out his hand.

“Crazy, hey!”

“Come here. I’ll help you up.”

I instinctively cowered and shouted, but all I got back was an utterly calm response. While I was dumbfounded and could only gape, my wrist was grabbed. Along with my shirt sleeve, my body was lifted by the gentle pulling force.

But I wasn’t one to stay still. Even knowing that what Seo Jung-hoo was trying to do was help, not attack or criticize. Honestly speaking, that was entirely due to my essential personality, not the System.

I swatted away Seo Jung-hoo’s hand.

“Just leave me…!”

My hand, filled with strong force, cut through the air. Though I had already shaken off Seo Jung-hoo’s touch, my hand that had received all that force couldn’t stop immediately and flew forward. And soon after, it collided with the cheek that was unfortunately exposed defenseless in that position.

It was just a tiny fist. Nevertheless, when I belatedly withdrew my hand and looked, I could see a reddish hue faintly hovering over the pale cheek.

Thwack.

The pale cheek quickly turned reddish. Though I hesitated for a moment at the unintentionally thrown punch, I soon lifted my chin defiantly.

In the past, I would have panicked and tried to apologize first. Even until not long after I had started being manipulated by the System’s coercion, I would tremble in shock at throwing a single punch, and be horrified after spilling a drink.

But humans were creatures of adaptation. Moreover, I now had an indignation that I hadn’t had in the past, as well as a desperate desire to survive boiling within me.

“See, I told you to get lost from the start.”

I snapped with a sharp tone.

“If you understood, then even now…”

“…”

“…Seo Jung-hoo?”

For some reason, there was no answer. His somewhat dreamily unfocused brown pupils were just fixed on me.

Soon Seo Jung-hoo tilted his head sideways. Then he brought his own face down to rest against my palm that had been hovering near his cheek, unable to move either way.

Seo Jung-hoo’s hand that had fallen away couldn’t rashly grab me again, and was floundering in the air near the wrist it had caught and lost. Instead, he buried his cheek deeply into my cool palm.

I was so dumbfounded that I could only blink. My mind couldn’t process the absurd situation that had suddenly unfolded, so even my hand froze in place.

“What… what are you doing. Crazy pervert bastard?”

“If I admit to being a pervert, can I stay like this?”

Has he really lost his mind?

Last time he asked if it was okay to do that if he liked me, and this time he was acting as if he would agree that he was a pervert bastard.

Maybe he needed to get hit one more time to come to his senses properly. What the hell was inside that pretty-looking head of his?

Would you like to check the profile information of ‘Main Character Seo Jung-hoo’?

As if it had been waiting, the System window suddenly appeared, shooting blue light. Though I had reluctantly gone along with it that day at the hospital, since then I had never once checked the profiles of the other three people through the System window.

Not only did I not want to use the System’s power as I had done so far, but I also didn’t want to scan through their profiles only to face another unbelievable situation and grab the back of my neck.

‘Keep floating there all you want. As if I’ll do what you want.’

It wasn’t bad that the System window was covering Seo Jung-hoo’s face. While I rolled my eyes as if I had won, the gradually fading blue light soon disappeared.

I thought it had given up. But the window that appeared next contained words I didn’t want to believe.

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

‘…Shit, you could show it without my permission all along?’

Name: Seo Jung-hoo

Age: 18 years old (Seolam High School, 2nd year, Class 3)

Role: One of the main characters of the novel ‘Only Two’

Background: This character grew up in a wealthy and harmonious family with a gentle and considerate nature… (Show more)

Current emotional state: Satisfaction, stability, a little elation, impulse, internal conflict, affection!

Inner thoughts: “How nice it is when you stay still and obedient like this. You can’t move around freely or struggle.”

Without realizing it, I was scanning through the content when I suddenly froze. Soon that sentence blurred and was newly written.

Inner thoughts: “Right. It would be better to tie you up somewhere so you can’t get hit or hurt yourself.”

“…Ugh, hic.”

I let out an empty hiccup, startled by the creepy content.

Only then did Seo Jung-hoo’s face begin to come into proper view. As it had been from earlier, his expressionless face was unchangingly emitting a hollow and chilly atmosphere.

But that was different from Kwon Tae-min, who was generally consistent in his expressionlessness. No, it was completely different from Seo Jung-hoo’s usual expressionlessness that I knew.

It wasn’t simply arising from anger, nor seeping out from murderous intent.

An unfamiliar sensation swept from my head to my toes, leaving deep traces. The prey’s instinct fanned the fear it was trying to somehow suppress, making the hiccups echoing in my lungs not stop.

‘…Crazy, crazy bastard.’

This wasn’t the usual casual curse word ‘crazy’ I’d used before. It was a heartfelt curse that welled up from deep within my chest.

Inner thoughts: “Putting on shackles would be a bit much after all. I can’t have you collapsing from stress. So instead, I should find a place with good water and mountains, and confine you comfortably without any chance to feel stress…”

As Seo Jung-hoo’s mental plan became more concrete, the fear gripping me also grew stronger. I couldn’t help my body trembling on its own. However, once the instinctive fear subsided, this appearance of Seo Jung-hoo didn’t feel particularly threatening.

Even after reading those insane thoughts that had done a complete backflip beyond a 180-degree turn, no particular disgust or displeasure arose. Rather, it might be good. Just as Seo Jung-hoo said, wandering around in a place with good water and mountains, with a body not bound by anything, would certainly be much better than this damn situation I was in. Such thoughts quietly raised their heads.

No matter how much there were no restraints, if it was indeed confinement, the security and surveillance would be strict. There was no way those black bastards sent by the System could break into such a place.

Moreover, if either Seo Jung-hoo or Kwon Tae-min stayed by my side to protect me. Then the System wouldn’t be able to act rashly either.

Since confinement was the purpose, they wouldn’t just leave me there abandoned and neglected. One of either Seo Jung-hoo or Kwon Tae-min would definitely be by my side, whether to protect or monitor me. Then both those black bastards sent by the System and the System itself wouldn’t be able to act rashly.

‘Then just…’

I stopped mid-thought and suddenly pulled myself together. It was because my gaze had inadvertently gone to my wrist, precisely the one under the hand that was cupping Seo Jung-hoo’s cheek.

I could see that my shirt sleeve had slipped down halfway. The cut wounds were fine, but if the marks remaining below were discovered, things would get serious.

I hastily withdrew my hand and pulled it to my chest. I pulled the rolled-up sleeve down as far as possible to cover my wrist.

Seo Jung-hoo flinched momentarily at the sudden action. Having noticed my strange posture, he slightly furrowed his brow.

“…Why are you suddenly covering that area. Is there something wrong with your wrist?”

“When did I ever.”

“Did the wound get worse?”

Seo Jung-hoo, who had been muttering, narrowed his brow as if he had some idea.

“Don’t tell me you went home yesterday and did more…”

“Yu Baek-hwa!”

I quickly raised my head. When I turned around, the School Nurse was leading the students but had stopped to gesture at me.

That was a perfect opportunity and excuse. I roughly pushed away Seo Jung-hoo who was looking at me suspiciously. I jumped up from the gap between the mattress and wall and went down to Stage Underneath as if fleeing.

I deliberately ignored the persistent gaze that wouldn’t leave my back.

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