The Villain in the Side Story Wants to Live

chapter 22



Am I not enough?

It’s been a week since Serena was imprisoned.

Thanks to her resting from doing nothing, her arms are now strong enough to free herself from the handcuffs that restrain her own arms.

That’s right, it’s not strange that she rushes to subdue me at any time.

But Serena would just quietly watch me on the bed if I didn’t call her, and she never moved first.

I’m glad they didn’t give me a dog’s death without asking or questioning.

The reason she let her go is probably because she realized I was acting.

She was afraid that she might feel guilty again.

“Oran.”

“What’s up?”

“I’m thirsty.”

“Then…”

“You can eat it yourself. You can praise it or punish it if you want.”

She did not seem to feel particularly guilty as she accepted the situation that she was a hostage better than I did.

“Is it just giving?”

“Why? You want to be punished?”

“It’s not like that…”

Rather, what should I say? Should I say that I enjoy watching each and every one of my reactions?

Especially whenever the word ‘bee’ came out, she showed her expectations by drawing a small smile on her lips.

You don’t want to be punished, do you?

I’m starting to question if Serena was that way.

‘First of all, the important thing is that Serena is almost healed.’

I don’t feel guilty anymore. So even if you release it to society, it won’t behave strangely.

Okay, it’s time to free Serena.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Could it be that you remembered the punishment you wanted to give me?”

“Right, I remembered.”

At the same time, it also meant that it was time for me to escape.

“Stay still until I return.”

“…That’s too easy.”

“This is a punishment.”

Serena grumbled, but immediately shut her mouth when she was told that she was a punishment.

I might miss her obedient Serena, but she misses her freedom more now.

She took one last look at Serena, who was staring at me from the bed, pouting, then she shut the door.

“It’s been quite a while.”

The princess of a kingdom had nothing to do, so whenever she came out of the demon king’s stone, she sat on a chair and sipped tea.

That’s why it was impossible to escape Charen secretly until now.

“Did you just think I play every day while watching me?”

“…Wasn’t it?”

“I don’t care if not, but I’m on a mission to keep an eye on you.”

Sharenne snorted as she put down the teacup. She pointed to the seat next to her with her eyes.

Since I came because I had something to say, I did not refuse and sat down.

“So what are you here for today?”

“You threatened me to return Serena to her former self… I have done what you asked.”

“Come to think of it, that’s what I asked for.”

Shareen, who sipped her tea, opened her mouth after a while.

“So what?”

A question like what do you want from me?

That calm face, as if he didn’t know anything, was very confident.

“Didn’t you say that turning Serena back would help her escape?”

“Oh, I did.”

Serena shakes her head as if that had happened.

If she had answered ‘I don’t know’, she might have spilled her teacup on her.

“Yes, I did your favor, so keep what you said to me.”

“I made a promise, so I have to keep it. But how can I believe that?”

Is that foxy woman playing tricks?

“…How do you believe?”

“I literally haven’t seen Serena. How can you believe that?”

When she heard her words, she thought she had a point.

She was a person who would close her eyes to a lie if she was not.

“How can I prove it?”

“That’s easy.”

Charen, who moved her gaze from the teacup to me, smiled brightly and said.

“Abduct me and take me inside the Demon King’s Stone.”

“…What?”

“Why are you so surprised? I’m going to go and see it with my own eyes.”

She was ominous from the moment she put on her meaningful smile, but she didn’t know that she would tell me to kidnap her.

“I’d rather let Serena go…”

“Kyaaagh! Oran, the remnant of the demon king’s army, is trying to attack me… Ugh…!”

When things did not go according to her will, this crazy saintess let out a scream.

I tried to block her mouth, but the intense pain felt on her palm made her hand fall off.

“Would you like to kidnap me like I said? Or would you kidnap me as if I were escaping right before the guards attack this place?”

She

Gave her two options, but in the end her conclusion is the same.

She

She didn’t even think about it, and she decided to give up her persuasion when she saw Sharenne screaming at her again.

“…Okay. I’ll take you.”

As expected, poop is dirty, so it was right to avoid it.

“Wait a minute.”

Before meeting Serena, Charen went into her room saying she needed to get ready.

After a while, she came out wearing a white slip, replacing her usual white dress.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Are you looking at me with impure thoughts?”

Charen asked playfully and tilted her upper body toward me. Her cleavage exposed through her frills drew her attention, but well.

“I don’t want to die from the hero, but would you please leave immediately?”

She didn’t even think about doing anything to her because she was afraid of her aftermath.

Even if that’s not the case, a fallen saint who trampled on my innocence is something to be wary of rather than being recognized as a member of the opposite s*x.

“That’s not fun.”

“Why are you dressed like that when you sleep for fun?”

She straightened her face, which had been frowning as if she had just waited for a question, and began to explain.

“This is a setting where you were kidnapped in a surprise attack in the middle of the night.”

“Settings?”

“Yeah, it doesn’t make sense that I was suddenly captured. And taking me hostage would make me a better villain?”

It’s a setting, so there’s nothing wrong with having something like that.

But that was when Serena didn’t find out that I was playing the villain.

There was no point trying to put in those settings now.

“Serena, who doesn’t even notice, didn’t find out that she was acting, right?”

Could there be such an idiot? Charennen muttered her afterwords and looked up at me.

“…Of course not.”

“Then let’s go in quickly.”

I’m visiting Serena for a short time to check on her condition anyway, so I thought it wouldn’t be necessary to tell her the truth.

…… It wasn’t that I couldn’t speak out of embarrassment.

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As soon as she returned to the Demon King’s Stone, she handcuffed Charennen’s hand.

“What is this?”

“I’m still a hostage, but I need to match the assortment.”

After putting the shackles on her ankles, I headed to Serena’s room.

“Oran, you came… Why is Sharenne here?”

Serena, who smiled brightly when she found me, frowned when her eyes met Charenne behind me.

Serena’s expression is serious, probably trying to understand her situation.

“Did you make sure it’s okay?”

She whispered in Sharenne’s ear that she would surely become annoyed if she dragged out more time for no reason.

“Serena! I tried to save her…! I got caught too.”

She didn’t even pretend to hear me and yelled at Serena.

“Caught, what is that…?”

“Serena hasn’t been seen for a while and she’s trying to figure out why, but in the middle of the night she’s… umm….”

Charen lowered her head and pretended to cry. At the same time, Serena’s fierce eyes shot at me.

No, I’m not wrong.

“I don’t like it… Even if I resisted, saying that I already have an owner, I’ll attack me with a savage hand…!”

Now this crazy b*tch is acting.

“…… Oran?”

“I’ll explain everything. So…”

Just when I was about to reveal all the facts, I felt the warmth of a small hand behind my back.

‘If you tell me, they search?’

Charen spoke to me with the shape of her mouth. Shar-en then winked at her to change her place.

Since Serena is staring at me like she’s going to kill me, what should I do?

‘Aren’t you leaving soon?’

Yes.

For now, in order to live, I ignored Serena’s stinging gaze and headed to her drawing room with Charen.

Clap.

Close the door securely so that no sound leaks out.

“Hey hey… what are you doing?”

I barely endured the desire to pour out of me.

“Because it’s better to hold the setting firmly. The acting seemed to work perfectly, right?”

Sharenne said that and grabbed my wrist.

Feeling uneasy, she tried to shake off her hand, but a bright cluster of light was already emanating from her hand.

“Ugh… Why are you suddenly attacking?”

“The acting works perfectly. Let’s be honest. It’s already been exposed, right?”

The back of my hand tingled as if it had been burned.

I wanted to take her hand off right away, but she didn’t seem to want to let go easily with her bloody eye smile.

“Don’t you answer me?”

“…Everything was caught as you said. What should I do?”

I just said it because I was told to speak, but I felt a stabbing pain in the palm of my hand.

She finally let go of her wrist, Charen. She was, in her words, a filthy violent woman, as she did by force of what she would become.

“Eh, I thought it would be fun, so I prepared it, but I’m in a good mood.”

“When did you find out?”

“I felt it when I saw Serena say hello to you. Oh, these two are actually just chatting.”

I’m struggling because I want to live.

“If you noticed that from the beginning, wouldn’t you have been able to stop talking about bullsh*t like that?”

“Yes, but what can I do to get angry?”

In addition, she murmured, ‘I wanted to pour cold water on the salting.’

So you’re saying you pretended to be a hostage to f*ck me?

There really is no such thing as a crazy b*tch.

Whoa.

Since she still had something to receive from Shar En, she held back even when she was angry.

“So you made sure Serena was okay?”

“Certainly, it’s a relief that the eyes aren’t as empty as before. As promised, we’ve got Serena back, so I’ll help her escape.”

Still, she promised to help her escape if Charen had a conscience.

“Rather than that, shouldn’t we persuade Serena first? You looked so angry earlier.”

“It’s because of you.”

Charen looked around her and pointed at herself with a surprised look.

We decided to cancel the statement that there is a conscience in the way she muttered, ‘Am I the culprit?’

“It’s my fault, but isn’t it someone else’s fault for hiding the truth?”

“Okay, think about how to convince me.”

Then she raised her hand up as if Charen had something to say to her.

Although not trustworthy, she decided to listen.

“First of all, Serena might have a sudden act, so she takes medicine first. Do you have the sedative and aphrodisiac you gave me at that time?”

“Did you think I was going to say…? That’s overkill.”

A saint who does not hesitate to recommend her medicine to her companions.

She now thought that she was a colleague rather than that she was a saint.

“It’s just preparing for an unexpected disaster.”

“But still, this is a bit…”

“It’s just a safety device. You’re not going to do anything weird to Serena after feeding her, are you?”

“…There’s nothing wrong with being prepared.”

But as I listened to it, I felt that it was strangely persuasive.

There’s nothing wrong with being careful, right? She decided to follow her advice.

She took out the box she had hidden under the drawer and handed it to Charen.

She put a few drops of her sedative in the teapot. She even finished her trick perfectly by stopping by the kitchen to mix the tea.

Why not good? She was kind of agitated, but she didn’t have time to ask.

“Now take care of yourself.”

She handed me her tray of teacups and teapots, said Sharenne.

“But you look like you’re having fun?”

“Of course it’s fun, because it’s rare to get a chance to intuit something like this.”

I really wanted to punch him in the head, but I couldn’t bear to hit him because I knew I would lose.

Leaving behind Charenne, who was watching me with her curious eyes, Serena entered the room she was in.

Unlike before, Serena greeted me with a cold expression.

I couldn’t figure out where to start and how to explain it.

She sighed inwardly and poured black tea into a teacup. As soon as she accepted her cup, she drank it at once, as if her throat was burning.

Is the operation a success? It was then that she was relieved that she had put on the first button with this.

“Are you not satisfied with just me?”

Serena asked a question that seemed to trash me.


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