SOS! I’m Being Forced to Be a Villain - Chapter 67

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Episode 67

I knew that Seo Jung-hoo and Kwon Tae-min wouldn’t have left Lee Chung-hye alone. However, looking at Lee Chung-hye’s reaction now, it seemed like there was something more than that.

I opened my mouth to ask for more details, but Lee Chung-hye stood up abruptly before I could.

“There’s no need to worry about such useless things. It’s a waste of time.”

“What do you…”

“So just focus on preserving your body. Don’t get hurt for no reason.”

There are quite a few people who would cry their eyes out if you shed even one tear. At Lee Chung-hye’s additional words, I moved my lips.

“…You too?”

“No? Why would I.”

At the response I heard, I irritably pressed my forehead and let out an annoyed sigh. Even though it was obvious that such an answer would come, I regretted my past self who had asked impulsively.

Then I raised my head when I heard Lee Chung-hye muttering belatedly.

“I would cry though.”

“…”

“Of course, it wouldn’t be because of you, so don’t get the wrong idea.”

The way she talks.

I scrunched up my face and cursed at her to get lost. Then Lee Chung-hye left the house after leaving behind nagging words like an old man telling me to eat a lot and sleep well.

After the sound of the entrance door closing, the house fell into hollow silence. I looked around the empty living room for no reason and fidgeted with the bag sprawled next to me.

Somehow, it felt like my heart had become a little more at ease.

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The week that followed was peaceful. Of course, it wasn’t ‘peaceful’ in the dictionary definition of the word, but at least it meant I wasn’t threatened by the System.

And I was faithfully carrying out the proposal Lee Chung-hye had given me as much as I could.

As much as I could.

“This is bullshit again, again!”

As expected, there was no response to my outburst.

Seo Jung-hoo closed the door of the infirmary, easily blocking my only escape route. Meanwhile, Kwon Tae-min, who had moved inside first, prepared a simple chair.

Seo Jung-hoo pushed my back and led me. He managed to bring me in front of the chair despite my attempts to escape somehow. Then, before I could do anything, a hand suddenly appeared from behind and gently pressed my shoulders to make me sit.

A week had passed since that day, but neither of them had changed much. This was despite the fact that I had caused even more chaos and mayhem over the past week.

‘I didn’t want to prove that Lee Chung-hye was right in this way.’

Of course, I wasn’t completely certain yet. My heart still sank instinctively whenever they showed subtle signs. Even though I tried to think rationally with my head, my heart acted separately, and I couldn’t let go of the impulsive nature that became stronger especially when I was with them.

Anyway, because of that, I had been dragged to the infirmary for the entire past week to receive treatment I didn’t even want.

Pretending to sleep no longer worked. Hiding in various places inside the school also failed. The method of leaving the classroom early before class to hide myself didn’t work either.

Naturally, running away with pure physical strength was also difficult. And I couldn’t keep begging Lee Chung-hye for help forever, and in this state, even receiving help wouldn’t be very effective.

So I put all my effort into acting like an even more damn annoying villain.

With half-fabricated sincerity, forced impulses, and even more exaggeration added on top.

“I said no! Get lost!”

I blocked Seo Jung-hoo approaching me with my foot. The sole of my indoor shoe pressed firmly against Seo Jung-hoo’s abdomen, leaving a faint mark on his white shirt.

However, Seo Jung-hoo leaned forward without caring. Even when I lifted my other foot to try to push away his abdomen, it was the same.

My knees bent. It was the same conclusion of defeat every time, but I felt annoyed and hurt in my pride every time.

“Hey! You bastard!”

“Why. Should I bark for you?”

Recently, I had been saying “don’t bark like a dog, just shut up” a lot, so he would often make such sarcastic retorts. I got even more angry because it was absurd, and after seeing Seo Jung-hoo imitate a dog unlike himself, I didn’t repeat the same mistake anymore.

“You’re crazy…”

As I trembled and muttered, Seo Jung-hoo, who had been quietly looking down at me, slowly smiled.

“I’ll just apply the medicine quickly and finish.”

Soon, Seo Jung-hoo carefully held my wrist and rolled up my sleeve. The exposed skin had recovered a lot in a week, but was still full of bruised areas.

Still, thanks to being dragged here by Seo Jung-hoo and Kwon Tae-min to consistently apply ointment, it had recovered this quickly. My body, which was already slow to heal normally, would usually take a week just for the thick swelling to go down.

Taking advantage of the moment when I was lost in thought and silent, Kwon Tae-min quietly spoke up.

“When will it all heal?”

“…It seems like it’ll still take quite a while until all the bruises fade.”

Soon, cold cream touched the exposed skin. When my body flinched, Kwon Tae-min’s hands that were wrapped around my shoulders also trembled together.

If it were before, he would have asked if it hurt or said something to check my condition at this timing. But Kwon Tae-min just fidgeted with his fingertips imperceptibly without opening his mouth.

Kwon Tae-min, who had experienced all kinds of trouble because of me for a week, had become much quieter. Unless it was absolutely necessary words or words he couldn’t hold back, he would just hesitate or waver several times. He seemed like a beast cowering while reading its owner’s mood.

Seeing that, I sometimes thought without realizing, was I too harsh? However, I deliberately ignored it and erased it from my mind.

I was finally living without the System’s threats and felt like I could breathe. I didn’t want to lose this unstable peace.

I slowly rolled my eyes.

Seo Jung-hoo had also undergone small changes, no less than Kwon Tae-min.

He used to always wear a mischievous smile and be restless if he couldn’t tease people, but starting from that day a week ago, his expression had become noticeably dry. Whether his emotional fluctuations weren’t significant or he was deliberately hiding them was unclear, but there was a pervasive dryness somewhere.

It was the same now. I slowly blinked and stared at Seo Jung-hoo’s face as he looked down at my arm from close by.

His tightly closed lips formed a straight line. At other times, he would have constantly poured out words that could be jokes or provocations, but now that mouth just wouldn’t open. He only exchanged quiet conversations with Kwon Tae-min occasionally.

Since that day, he didn’t ask anymore, didn’t try to make impossible persuasions like demanding explanations or wanting to talk. Moreover, he no longer followed me insisting we had to go home together, nor did he pester me by continuously sending messages I didn’t reply to.

But they still followed me around at least within the school. Especially Seo Jung-hoo periodically sent me messages that I might not even read. Most of them were just purposeless and meaningless words, but he didn’t stop.

Meanwhile, Seo Jung-hoo, who had finished treating the other wrist as well, pulled down my sleeve. He stood up after patting and smoothing out my wrinkled shirt.

“Should we walk for a bit and then return to the classroom? Along the walkway next to the playground.”

“Earlier you said we’d just go down to apply medicine, why are you suddenly changing your words? Stop this bullshit…”

“Let’s do that.”

Kwon Tae-min, who had suddenly interrupted and intercepted the answer, withdrew the hand that had been pressing my shoulder.

At that, I hurriedly grabbed the bottom part of the chair and held on. Unlike earlier when I had struggled and tried to escape somehow, this time I expressed my will not to get up while screaming.

Of course, it wasn’t very effective. Because Kwon Tae-min, as if he had been waiting, slipped his hands between my armpits and lifted me up.

In the blink of an eye, I let go of the chair. My body rose lightly, then my feet landed stably on the floor.

Seo Jung-hoo, who naturally took me over, gently pulled the arm he was holding.

“Shall we go?”

I looked up at his shameless smile with a distorted face.

Suddenly, I remembered the phone conversation I had with Lee Chung-hye the evening before yesterday. After hearing my report of my efforts as a villain during that time, she let out a hollow laugh in bewilderment and nagged me for a long time, asking how that could be considered the main villain of a novel.

“Then what should I do?”

– Don’t just rebel, but attack. Attack.

“What kind of attack should I do? Swing fists that won’t even leave marks? Keep kicking pathetically at guys who don’t even react, let alone get hurt?”

– At least curse. Mock and ridicule them. You’re good at that kind of thing.

However, I still couldn’t figure it out.

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