SOS! I’m Being Forced to Be a Villain - Chapter 64

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Episode 64

Kwon Tae-min was right. Walking around in this state would obviously catch the teachers’ attention, and eventually it would reach my brother’s ears before long. With my current mental state already at maximum stress, I didn’t have the confidence to endure and handle my brother’s extreme worrying on top of everything else.

I habitually tried to bite my lip but hesitated. I remembered Kwon Tae-min’s finger that had naturally slipped into my mouth before, and just earlier too, making me pause for no reason. Instead of chewing on my lower lip, I spat out words filled with irritation.

“So you’re going to stupidly try to strip me without warning?”

“To change clothes…”

“That’s only if there are clothes to change into! What, are you going to take off your uniform and put it on me?”

Ah. Kwon Tae-min let out a quiet exclamation. Then he turned around without hesitation, so I hurriedly reached out and grabbed his wrist.

“What, what is it. Where are you suddenly going?”

“To get my gym clothes.”

It was a solution to my objection. But I had no desire to wear Kwon Tae-min’s clothes, and my own gym clothes were perfectly fine in my locker.

“Stop barking nonsense and get lost.”

“You think the size won’t fit? The width might be a bit loose, but…”

Damn it.

“I’ll manage to change properly on my own, so shut that damn mouth!”

It’s not like he’s bragging about being tall and well-built. Does he think life is miserable just because I have a body that’s slightly smaller than average? I can hide better, and also…!

“Are you angry?”

“Of course I am!”

I raised my voice in anger.

“Do you hate my clothes that much?”

“Is that the only thing I’d hate? You’ve been looking down on me since last time, treating me like some tiny little guy!”

…Ah. This time, a beat late, Kwon Tae-min let out another exclamation. He covered his mouth with his hand and slowly rolled his eyes, then straightened his body that had been half-turned.

I glared up at Kwon Tae-min with heavy breathing. Then I trembled out of habit at the hand reaching toward me again.

“Then how about we just roll up the sleeves for now. So the bloodstains won’t show.”

What need was there to do that, how far was he going to cross the line and interfere with me. I wanted to shout and resist like that, but I bit my lip with effort.

I agreed with Kwon Tae-min’s opinion itself that it would be better not to reveal the bloodstains. So if there was no way to change clothes right now, it was right to choose the next best option.

When I stayed still, turning my sharp glare to the air, Kwon Tae-min began rolling up the hem of my shirt sleeves.

“I’ll roll it up to where there’s no blood, so later you can change into gym clothes…”

Kwon Tae-min’s sentence was cut off mid-way without continuing. It wasn’t because I had recklessly interrupted with criticism, or babbled crude curses, or flailed my limbs in all kinds of struggles.

Then I reflexively let out a groan at the light pressure pressing on my wrist.

“Ah!”

“…What is this.”

Only then did I suddenly remember a fact I had forgotten.

The color drained from my face instantly. Flustered and only opening and closing my mouth, I slowly shifted my gaze.

My thin wrist held in Kwon Tae-min’s grasp, the wrist completely exposed without anything hidden as the sleeve was rolled up. What should have been pale and clean skin, even if it looked frail, was stained with bruises that hadn’t yet healed from the swelling.

It was red, blue, and yellow. Even trying to see it in a good light, it was no different from a dirty palette painted messily.

It was an all too vivid trace of violence.

“Yu Baek-hwa.”

Kwon Tae-min called my name quietly.

“What is this wound.”

My choked voice wouldn’t come out. No, I didn’t know what to say in the first place.

“Who did this.”

Who did this?

The System did it. Those bastards it sent did it, and this damn cruel world that’s only harsh to me did it.

And among those countless causes, Kwon Tae-min standing before me certainly existed as well.

I slowly raised my head. In Kwon Tae-min’s eyes that met mine as if he had been waiting, thick anger and worry were tangled together and writhing.

If I looked at Kwon Tae-min’s inner thoughts using the System window now, the word ‘worry’ would probably be stuck there. In other words, the emotion Kwon Tae-min was showing now might be light, but it wasn’t false.

But whether Kwon Tae-min worried about me or not, what did it matter?

The frog was already struck dead by a stone thrown unknowingly. That frog probably wouldn’t know why it died or because of whom it died, even until the moment it ascended to heaven.

But I wasn’t a stupid, narrow-sighted frog.

Among the various causes I knew all too well, Kwon Tae-min before my eyes, and Seo Jung-hoo, were relatively easy targets. Unlike the System that said it wouldn’t kill me right away but had the power to kill me anytime, and the strong and strange Dark Ones I wouldn’t dare confront.

I knew I was looking in the wrong direction. I was aware that I was trying to avoid and rationalize as much as possible to pour out the things overflowing in my chest somehow.

But the resentment that had been wandering pitifully without finding a target finally began to sprout toward them.

“…What did I do wrong?”

It wasn’t necessarily a question directed specifically at Kwon Tae-min.

I could see Kwon Tae-min’s mouth wavering in hesitation. But I didn’t wait for his response.

“Fuck, what did I do wrong!”

“…”

“But this damn world won’t leave me alone…”

My vision swayed blurrily. I tried to make a fist with my trembling hands, then lost strength and let it go limply.

“Watching and threatening me at every turn. Did I commit some damn criminal act or something?”

I couldn’t and didn’t want to forcibly swallow the sentences that were jumping out recklessly, soaked in impulse.

“And resorting to violence at the drop of a hat is routine! Shit, what’s this about it being okay as long as you don’t kill me!”

All words and actions that reveal the truth and reality of this world to the main characters of the novel are forbidden.

A System window that appeared in the corner of my vision flickered ominously. I glared at that window with eyes that had lost focus due to surging emotions.

‘Why are you warning me and going crazy again!’

Did I mention the System, did I reveal that this world is a novel? I can’t even lament a little?

What crazy person in the world would hear “I’m so struggling I’m going crazy” and reach the conclusion “Ah, this is a world inside a novel!” That damn extreme obsessiveness was also fate.

I didn’t feel like crying, but my nose stung sourly. I forced down the cough that was trying to escape and turned my head sharply. Then I glared fiercely at Kwon Tae-min.

“You think you’re any different? Ignoring someone’s opinion when they say no and forcing them—how is that different from threats?”

“…”

“Answer me, you psycho bastard without an ounce of guilt.”

If the System bastard didn’t like me babbling recklessly, it shouldn’t have forced me in the first place.

Who’s the one making me feel all kinds of negative emotions just by being near the main characters? Making my mouth and body move regardless of my will!

For a moment, the rough touch of the Dark One who had thrown me came to mind, but I endured it by pressing it down. Ignoring the anxiety rising in one corner of my chest, I shook off Kwon Tae-min’s hand.

The two eyes that continued to look down at me were strangely gleaming, dyed black. I faced him with trembling and tried to steady my labored breathing.

“…Never mind. Don’t worry about it. I just ran into some low-quality punks yesterday…”

“…Is the other arm like this too?”

Before I could answer, his question made my face crumple mercilessly.

Whether he objected saying it was unfair, or worried terribly like before, or got angry and heated up likewise. I had thought of several appropriate cases for Kwon Tae-min’s reaction, but there was no such shameless and calm appearance.

Before I could even avoid it, Kwon Tae-min reached out his hand. Soon the opposite wrist was also caught and the sleeve rolled up.

Kwon Tae-min’s undisturbed gaze seemed trapped by the miserable state of my wrist, unable to break away.

‘…He’s not being shameless and calm.’

Kwon Tae-min appeared to feel no emotion at all. Though he usually had quite a blunt face, hadn’t he shown me clear reactions earlier?

In other words, Kwon Tae-min was now deliberately suppressing his emotions.

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