9 – Villain Luna (4)

“Come tomorrow too.”

I said to Song Soo-yeon after the meal was over.

After eating, she felt a little more docile.

Maybe I calmed down while eating.

In fact, if there was no emotional agitation even after being bullied, that would be strange.

“…..If you keep doing this, you’re not going to like him?”

Song Soo-yeon told me.

What kind of ‘like’ you were talking about, I honestly had no idea.

In a rational sense, it doesn’t matter at all. I don’t even want to do that to her.

….But if you just said that you wouldn’t like it as a person…. I’m a little disappointed.

No, don’t you feel grateful? Can’t we just be friends?

i’m still lonely

….Of course, I will rehabilitate Song Soo-yeon for the sake of Solas. If Song Soo-yeon becomes a villain like this, it will be too much of a burden on Solas.

A beat later, I answer her.

“…..does not matter.”

“….what the. If you put on a sad face and say things like that…”

“Nope. It really doesn’t matter. I do whatever I want. First of all, come tomorrow and eat.”

After all, no one can help but her.

That’s because no one else is still in my store.

“……You really live like a hukou, mister.”

Saying thank you doesn’t end there.

“………losing.”

Unknowingly, I end up yelling at her.

Song Soo-yeon’s reaction was explosive.

“What, what?!”

“Oh, no.”

I took a step back from her reaction, which came alive immediately.

Song Soo-yeon blushed, but she stopped chasing after my words.

She seemed to realize that nothing good would come of scratching each other.

She soon packs up her things and prepares to leave. I still had a lot of questions about her, but I wasn’t close enough to talk.

Without saying a word, she turned and approached the store entrance.

I started clearing the bowl of jajangmyeon that she had completely emptied.

I didn’t hear her say thank you today, but no, I only cursed at her.

Perhaps, when Solas saw this, he would have been applauding and liking it.

Relying on that thought, I moved with a relieved heart.

“……?”

But now I see Song Soo-yeon stopped in front of the store door and not moving.

The door is open, so why aren’t you leaving?

“….What are you doing?”

“……..”

She doesn’t respond to my questions.

Then she flinched and assumed a stance that seemed to be about to leave.

I kept looking at her, wanting to understand what she was doing.

“……Mmm… it was good enough to eat.”

After she spat those words out, she hurriedly disappeared.

This time it was my turn to stand still.

I was startled by the sound and couldn’t move.

It might be safe to assume that the fact that she said such a thing was actually expressing her gratitude. I didn’t know why she had a change of heart, but it wasn’t a bad feeling. No, it was rather good.

Maybe if you say something like a compliment after cursing like that, the destructive power will be doubled.

When I remember what she meant by that, I put a big smile on my face.

A smile did not leave his mouth.

As expected, the choice in this life was not wrong.

Seeing how even a simple thank you can make you so happy.

****

The next day, I went up to the roof of a building with my cell phone.

A mask covered his nose and mouth, and sunglasses covered his eyes.

I am doing a disguise now that I didn’t even do when I was living as ‘Dice’.

It was such a covert operation, I didn’t want anyone to see my face.

“…Hey, damn, did you finally give your body to me yesterday?”

I glanced down in the direction the voices were coming from.

Below were Song Soo-yeon and a few Iljin children.

On the roof of a four-story school building, it wasn’t too difficult to spot the bullying scene.

I picked up my camera and zoomed in on the scene.

I was here to keep the promise I made with Song Soo-yeon yesterday.

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Didn’t you offer to solve her problems? Also, in order to prevent her from degenerating into a villain, I had to get rid of that bully.

Of course, the simplest way would be to use abilities to wipe out those Iljins, but that doesn’t make sense. Private sanctions are a crime, and I didn’t want to go back to being a villain again.

Even if it’s embarrassing, it’s better to collect the evidence and bring it to the heroes.

……If you look closely, it must be the job of the police, but what’s certain is that it’s a hero.

No, and if you’re a hero, you’ll have to deal with this as well. Bastards with mouths.

….Except Solas. Because Solas is a hero worthy of a hero.

“…I didn’t give it to you.”

Song Soo-yeon answered dryly.

As much as I kept spitting out offensive words yesterday, I thought it would be nice to be bullied a little more, but that thought quickly disappeared when I saw the level of bullying.

“You’re fucking, whore.”

The bullying was more extreme than expected. It was a bit too much.

-puck!

As Song Soo-yeon said yesterday, my help was scrapped, and they did not hesitate to engage in physical violence.

I wanted to stop it, but the evidence comes first. It’s better to get hit once more and fix it for sure.

I wished she could hold on just this one more time.

it’s for her I don’t know how old this bullying is, but I’ll end it.

I continued frowning and taking pictures with my smartphone.

However, the water level gradually rises. To the point where I think it’s a bit risky.

Eventually, I picked up a small pebble from the roof and threw it down.

-Pak!

A moderately sized stone hits the floor and disperses the surroundings of the Iljins.

“…..what?”

The bullying towards Song Soo-yeon is also stopped for a while.

The flow is broken, so it would be nice if they went back like this.

And at that moment, the door on the roof opened.

“Oh.”

When I turned around, someone who looked like a teacher was looking at me with wide eyes.

“Who are you!”

“damn…”

I had to run away in the end.

It wasn’t that difficult, but for some reason I felt like I had done something villainous, so I felt uncomfortable.

But this is all for Song Soo-yeon. I hope that someday she will understand my sincerity.

****

late evening.

Song Soo-yeon pulled up her mask.

I didn’t want anyone to find out about the lips that had burst through bullying.

There are some things that I don’t want to show off because of my pride, but when I see an injured person, men approach me with a disgusting look, so there was something to prevent that.

Song Soo-yeon’s footsteps were heading toward the store before she knew it.

I hesitated for a long time whether to go or not, but I couldn’t find a reason not to go soon.

As I felt the day before, I showed all my shabby sides to him anyway, so I had no pride to show off more, and I shook off the burden of having to give him something in return.

He decides to use him like Hogu.

‘…..so who likes me?’

She repeats to herself, erasing her sorry feelings.

Just, let’s use him until he becomes an adult. Let’s go easy for a few months.

I’ve collected almost all of my deposit, and now that I’m due to graduate, I’ll just have to settle down somewhere and get a part-time job or get a job to make ends meet.

she moved on

Passing through the desolate and dark alleys, I find a signboard of a store shining alone in a corner.

As the weather was getting chilly, she wore her coat tighter.

Arriving in front of the store, I took a few deep breaths and opened the door.

The man inside looked at her and smiled.

“came? Come in.”

“…..”

Song Soo-yeon was surprised at how warm she felt at that simple greeting.

It was embarrassing. It seemed like I was being careless and was stabbed at a weak spot.

It was humiliating that I could barely feel the warmth of something like this.

Song Soo-yeon shakes her head and sits down. Raise the mask a little higher to cover your face.

He didn’t even answer.

…. But do ordinary families feel this way every day? It was the first time someone greeted me with interest, so it was hard to describe.

Song Soo-yeon denied the warmth she had just felt and spoke as if ordering him.

“…..Give me the jjajangmyeon.”

However, Hogu, whose name he did not know, seemed to be angry and approached with a smile.

“Oh, wait a minute. Did I promise you something before that?”

“…..promise..?”

Song Soo-yeon tilted her head. In the meantime, the man took out a postcard-sized wad of paper from his bosom.

“sleep.”

“….what it this.”

Now, when he makes a sudden move, he is not as nervous as before. It seemed that the perception that he was now harmless was deeply rooted in her head.

Song Soo-yeon did not receive the paper he handed over. It was awkward because it seemed like he was trying to hold my hand.

Embarrassed, the man smiled shyly and put the wad of paper down on the table.

“I was sweating filming this, really. I am a person who does it when I do it.”

He said with a happy and proud expression.

Only then did Song Soo-yeon know what they were.

These were retrieved photos.

And in that photo, there was a picture of herself being bullied.

“…..ah….”

Song Soo-yeon’s expression hardened into embarrassment. His own ugliness was captured and left as a trace.

Could there be a picture more embarrassing than this?

“Don’t go to the police with this, go to the Hero Association. If you go and make a big problem, it will be solved somehow. If it’s a little embarrassing, I’ll go with you. I will help you.”

Looking at the pictures of herself helplessly being beaten, Song Soo-yeon felt a momentary rage. It was anger against himself. It was the first time I saw myself weak through the eyes of others.

But this time, the whereabouts of her anger found a stern person.

She gets up and pushes the man.

“100 million!”

The man who was pushed fell to the floor.

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“Are you really crazy?”

“….yes?”

The face of the man who collapsed after pushing the tables is distorted with embarrassment. Unsure of what to do, the eyes alternated between her and the photo.

In an instant, that rare auditory hallucination also resounded.

‘Why…why? I am for you…’

However, Song Soo-yeon shakes her head and ignores that salty voice. According to his taste, he judges the sounds as hallucinations this time.

“I told you to stop acting perverted.”

“…Rice, it’s a pervert…”

“I came to school and took a voyeur, right?”

He blinked his big eyes, then lowered his head. Looking at him in despair, Song Soo-yeon gains more strength to move forward.

“You stare at my legs, try to eat what I spit out, and show kindness for no reason, but now they are stalking and even voyeuring?”

She had somehow misunderstood his intentions and was putting him down.

I know, actually. That he just doesn’t have a knack.

It’s just a clumsy way to express a crush.

Compared to other men, the level of affection itself is very subtle.

I never approached her with sexual desire ahead of reason, and I never made an effort to touch her body by force.

But it just keeps doing this to him.

It would also play a role that he was like a hukou, and that he was showing a side that only he could not see.

“……”

He said nothing.

Song Soo-yeon knew it too. These pictures will be of great help to her.

However, his own appearance in the picture was so pathetic that his emotions took precedence.

And with the help of a hero…

It was absurd for her, who hates heroes so much.

“…I want you to stop doing nothing. I see…?”

I poured my feelings into him to make myself feel better.

The man looked down at the floor and stayed still… then slowly stood up.

“…….”

In an instant, Song Soo-yeon swallowed her fear.

His mood changed in an instant.

Glad I had a mask. Otherwise, I would have given him a frightened expression.

His gestures, which were awkward and stiff, become softer with a certain atmosphere.

“….It’s really too much.”

Even the voice is low. It was as if I had become a different person.

The hogu-like atmosphere disappears and an adult man appears in front of her.

“…Ah…this isn’t…”

His expression was still invisible. Song Soo-yeon was taking a step backwards before she knew it.

The moment she secretly began to want to run away, something caught Song Soo-yeon’s eyes.

Something fell from his bowed head.

“…?”

tear…?

“…..uh.”

The atmosphere that had sunk heavily changed once again. I didn’t even have to check if the tears were right, the second and third tears continued to fall.

“…Are you crying?”

It was the first time she had seen a grown man shed tears, so Song Soo-yeon was dumbfounded. The tension dissipated in an instant.

“…..They said the food wasn’t good, so do you know how much I practiced…? He said he was being bullied, so he saved me by giving me money. I was treated like a criminal and even took pictures to solve the bullying, but what the hell am I going to do if that person does this to me too?”

Seeing him shed tears without any embellishment and clashing with his honest feelings, Song Soo-yeon couldn’t help but be embarrassed.

It was funny, but at the same time it felt genuine.

Hearing his inner thoughts at that moment.

‘…so lonely, really…’

Song Soo-yeon inhaled. I was starting to feel sorry for him.

Unbeknownst to her, she began to soothe him.

“…No…First of all, stop crying. What if an adult cries?”

“…..is it so hard to just say thank you? What did I really do wrong to you? Why do you keep seeing all my actions as perverts?”

He pointed to the picture on the desk and said.

“I know it can feel bad to have a picture like that taken… but it’s an opportunity to end the bullying. Wasn’t it difficult?”

“…no… I know… starting with tears…”

Song Soo-yeon felt a strange sense of sympathy as she watched him become shabby.

He seems like a bad guy, but he has no choice but to admit it in some parts, and he lowers his body one more level.

Are you a crying adult? It got easier for him.

“Even if I genuinely try to help, they won’t believe me…”

She took a step closer to the mumbling man. I tilted my upper body a little to examine his expression more closely.

The man seemed ashamed of shedding tears then, and began to make excuses while turning his head.

“….Oh really. Because I’m old… Mr….”

Song Soo-yeon held back a laugh that almost burst out without strength. Even so, he didn’t seem old enough to say such a thing. Even his excuses were stupid.

He wiped away tears with his sleeve and shabbyly rearranged the tables he had bumped into.

Then, without a word, he walks into the kitchen.

Song Soo-yeon couldn’t help but know that he was upset. Feeling guilty, she followed him.

“Mister, are you angry, no… are you angry?”

“……..”

He didn’t even answer now. It really makes me feel uncomfortable when the guy who used to be a hogu goes this far.

I thought it was a bit too harsh.

And earlier, in his heart, he said he was lonely…

Song Soo-yeon looks around the store. I’ve never seen him with anyone else.

Even at the first meeting, he was eating alone at a soup restaurant.

Could he be a loner like himself? If you think of Chinta-like appearance, there is credibility.

When he remembered what he had done to such a person, he became even more disturbed.

she speaks in an apologetic tone.

“…..No, really, but it makes me feel bad.. To think that a picture was taken in an unknown place…”

“Iknow, right. I guess I should have let him continue to be bullied. I would have been happier that way.”

“…sigh.”

Song Soo-yeon frowned and looked at him.

He kept turning his head to hide his red nose.

Seeing that innocuous expression made me feel compelled to apologize.

“……I see. That… I’m sorry.”

“yes?”

He asks as if he didn’t hear. Song Soo-yeon bit her lip and said.

“……I’m sorry.”

“yes?”

The man asks again. Song Soo-yeon realized that he was doing this on purpose.

“……..”

Song Soo-yeon is silent, and only then does he speak.

“…..That’s Okay. You don’t have to apologize. Don’t worry, I’ll make jajangmyeon for you.”

“…That’s not why I’m doing this.”

As if he could feel the sincerity, he could see his ears pricked up. Song Soo-yeon suddenly had something she wanted to ask.

“…Mister, I’m just asking… do you have any friends?”

The man’s head turned and he stared straight at Song Soo-yeon. And answer sternly.

“No.”

“……..”

It was cool enough to be sure. And that was even more pitiful.

It wasn’t a question I asked because I showed no friends.

All he had to do was to check whether the sound in his heart that he had said he was lonely earlier was an hallucination or not, and then dug up and asked.

……But this time, convincing evidence came out. Really, I thought maybe I could have a mental system ability.

Song Soo-yeon brushes her hair and feels a bitter aftertaste.

Actually, I curse at Hogu, but I was a little surprised.

I don’t know if it’s only to myself, but that such a nice person can also be a loner. It also gave her some comfort.

I repeated to myself that anyone can become a loner.

she was out of breath

What the hell are you doing to someone who has the same pain as you?

What is the difference between Iljin and Iljin, who is harassing her?

Unknowingly, she explained to him.

“……In the picture…”

“yes?”

“…I did it because I looked like an idiot in the picture.”

“……”

“…I’m not mad at you because of you. Sorry.”

The man blinks his eyes, his expression benevolently relaxed.

Seeing that face, Song Soo-yeon regains her peace of mind. The bitter aftertaste gradually disappeared.

With just these words, you forgive yourself right away. Of course, I don’t know if it’s because I fell in love with myself.

“…which…”

“…….”

“…Do not have any strange hopes when I say this. Either way, I’m not going to like you. by the way….”

“…….”

“…..thanks. this and that.”

Earlier, I complained about why it was so hard to hear him say thank you. Those words got stuck in her heart, and Song Soo-yeon expressed her gratitude to him.

The man who heard those words still looked at her with red eyes and turned his head.

“….under. Seriously… Ha.”

At the same time, he couldn’t hide the smile that was beginning to appear on his face. It was as if he couldn’t handle the rising corners of his lips.

“Ah… really… I know who will like it…”

A man with a smile showing his teeth.

Song Soo-yeon watched him smile from behind and felt a sentiment she never thought she would do.

I shouldn’t be like this…… I cried because I was sad, but when I said thank you, I genuinely liked him and couldn’t hide his smile… He seemed a little cute.