SOS! I’m Being Forced to Be a Villain - Chapter 71

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Episode 71

Since it was an impulsive remark thrown out in anger, I expected immediate rebuttal. At the very least, I thought they’d burst into incredulous laughter or frown in annoyance.

Seo Jung-hoo and Kwon Tae-min froze like stones, not moving an inch. Their mouths, which had been constantly fidgeting and looking for chances to interrupt, were tightly shut, and their postures had stiffened in an awkward state.

Caught off guard by their unexpected reaction, the sharp curses that had been ready to spill from my throat naturally subsided.

‘…What?’

Aren’t they even upset? When someone they obviously don’t like just asked if they were gay and went off on them?

‘…No. Maybe that’s exactly why they’re shocked.’

Seo Jung-hoo and Kwon Tae-min are the main characters of a BL novel, so they must be gay. Whether they’re aware of it themselves or not is another question.

Could that be it? Because I accidentally hit the nail on the head about their sexual orientation.

But something felt off about dismissing it like that. My instincts were telling me so. As if I was missing something.

“…Yu Baek-hwa.”

At Kwon Tae-min’s call finally cutting through the air, I gritted my teeth.

Why is his voice suddenly so low?

“Forget it. Shit, it was just something I said in anger, so don’t worry about it…”

“Then is it okay to cross the line?”

This time the voice that interrupted wasn’t Kwon Tae-min’s, but Seo Jung-hoo’s.

I furrowed my brow sharply.

“What?”

“If it’s true that you like us, is it okay to cross that line?”

It was nothing if not a shameless question. Meanwhile, a strange sense of disconnect arose at Seo Jung-hoo’s face as he waited for my answer without his expression wavering in the slightest.

My heart pounded and churned. I couldn’t be sure if it was the same unpleasant feeling as usual, but it was definitely not a good feeling.

Asking if it’s okay to cross the line if I really like them. When they’ve already been crossing lines all along…

‘No, shouldn’t they be denying it first?’

What the hell are these bastards thinking?

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

Would you like to check the profile information for ‘Main Character Kwon Tae-min’?

I flinched at the two system windows that blocked my vision as if they’d been waiting. Just seeing the blue flickering screens made me think of the System’s deceitful attitude and my teeth chattered with rage. But at least right now.

As always, but especially today, I wanted to dig into their incomprehensible mindset. More precisely, I had to.

Really, absolutely, never would such a thing happen. But just in case, what if…

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

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

The system windows seemed to be loading longer than usual, but I didn’t have the luxury to worry about that right now. I was busy and overwhelmed just trying to figure out my way to survive.

‘…Come to think of it, both of their emotional states included the word “affection.”‘

Crazy bastards. Completely insane.

‘There’s no way such ridiculous delusions could…’

Beep, beep, beep, beep.

Four sounds of the entrance door’s passcode being entered.

Soon, at the creaking sound of the door opening, I whipped my head around.

The entrance door at the end of the dim hallway was faintly visible. The entryway where three people’s shoes were scattered messily still had the sensor light off, and there was no cool draft or wind seeping through the open door crack.

I stared wide-eyed as the opening and closing continued repeatedly like noise.

The entrance door in my dim vision seemed both open and not open at the same time. Simultaneously, it seemed like guys in pitch-black suits were barging in through that entrance, and also like they weren’t.

Was this simply an optical illusion caused by accumulated stress? Was I going crazy and suffering from hallucinations and auditory hallucinations? What about the possibility that the System was toying with me?

Suddenly my legs gave out and my knees buckled. My staggering body crashed to the cold floor. Even so, my gaze and mind were entirely focused on the entryway, so I wasn’t the least bit afraid of the pain that would soon come.

Before I could stop it, one side of my collapsed body’s head hit the floor. A dull pain spread with a harsh noise. It wasn’t as much pain as I’d expected. Perhaps it was nothing compared to the anxiety I was feeling now and the despair and humiliation I would feel in the future.

“Yu Baek-hwa!”

Two voices overlapped as they cried out my name. With thuds, they knelt down without caring if their knees hurt from the impact and reached out their hands to me.

I was helped up by Kwon Tae-min’s support, staggering. My head throbbed dully and felt stiff. I was sure a big bump had formed.

But what mattered at this moment wasn’t such secondary problems.

“…Get lost.”

Now too tired even to shout, I mumbled with slurred pronunciation.

“Get lost, please… before I kill you all…”

It was about 90% sincere. Rather than struggling and waiting for the novel’s ending that could come at any time, it seemed a hundred times better to just kill the world’s protagonists and get dragged off to prison.

However, the remaining 10% of my heart stubbornly expressed the opposite opinion. It wasn’t fear or regret about committing a crime, but because of Seo Jung-hoo and Kwon Tae-min themselves.

There were many things I wanted to deny but couldn’t. They carried me to the infirmary every time I collapsed after throwing violent fits, and they took care of me without seeming annoyed, personally applying medicine.

Though it was mostly uncomfortable, thanks to them I ate meals quite regularly, and for the first time in my life I even visited an exotic bookstore. When I saw families passing by on the street, my gaze would unconsciously follow them, but I didn’t feel as intimidated as when I was alone.

“…Disgusting.”

When did it start?

‘This is a disgusting emotion.’

Nausea welled up. Because of this emotion that was brutally stabbing at my heart, I wanted to vomit up everything inside me right now. Due to that sensation, I thought this unidentifiable thing must be something disgusting.

Then I barely managed to open my mouth and let out a hoarse voice from swallowing dry saliva over and over.

“All of you get lost, fuck. Get lost please…”

“…Yu Baek-hwa.”

I lifted my head with difficulty. Kwon Tae-min, whom I soon faced, was looking down at me with a considerably distorted expression.

Soon I felt a hand reaching out from the side, brushing my cheek. When I shifted my gaze there, Seo Jung-hoo, who had lightly rubbed around my eyes, quickly withdrew his hand. Then he asked quietly in a flat tone.

“If we stay here longer, it’ll cause you harm. Right?”

I couldn’t manage any response and just moved my mouth wordlessly. I wanted to dig out my ears if I could because of his excessively tickling tone, but my body wasn’t coming to its senses and wouldn’t follow my will.

Seo Jung-hoo, who had been staring at me like that, slowly stood up. He gestured to Kwon Tae-min with his eyes, then turned his back and picked up his bag.

“You can see messages, right?”

“…”

“You can send them to us too, right?”

Leaving me unable to answer until the end, Seo Jung-hoo turned around a beat late. Kwon Tae-min clicked his tongue quietly and belatedly followed him.

“…Contact us anytime. Whether it’s night or dawn, it doesn’t matter.”

Kwon Tae-min added without being able to look back at me.

“About the house too, tell us if you change your mind.”

I followed the two people moving away until the very end, until the last moment when they disappeared through the entrance door crack, not missing them. My eyes, which had sunk emptily, soon lost their target and wandered through the air.

“…Ha.”

I exhaled, then burst into crazy laughter. I seemed to have been doing just that for over five minutes.

Then when the entrance door opened again and I discovered those bastards I never wanted to see again finally approaching me, I faintly cursed under my breath.

Condolences and respect to all the villains in the world, fuck that.

I sincerely hope they achieved successful world destruction and ruin in their story.

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