The Villain in the Side Story Wants to Live

It’s not a story that can’t happen

“Now that I’ve changed my clothes, I’m going to start moving.”

Muttering a small ‘So please follow me well’, she seemed excited for some reason.

If anyone sees you, you’ll think you’re on a date with someone you like.

When she came out of the tailor’s shop, the sun had already set.

However, the number of people walking the streets was almost the same as before.

“There are a lot of people.”

“There are bound to be a lot of people at a festival like this even in the evening.”

It is a festival to honor peace in commemoration of the disappearance of the demon king.

Yes, peace.

The men who went to war return and are greeted by the women who have been waiting for them.

As we’ve been apart for so long, we’ll be together until the end of tonight.

In fact, looking around, most of them were lovers in pairs rather than families enjoying the festival.

I was impatient because I couldn’t reveal that the other person was ‘my lover.’

Among them were couples wearing fancy couple rings.

I get goosebumps just by looking at it. How can you walk around like that?

“They walk around holding hands like we do and wearing the same rings.”

“…Is that so?”

After hearing what she said, I thought that we might look like a couple in the eyes of others.

Actually, the relationship between the prisoner and the guard.

“There are a lot of people. Be careful not to miss it.”

As I passed through the narrow alleys, I frequently bumped into people around me. At the same time, her grip on her and her hand loosened little by little.

“I think I’ll miss it soon.”

Serena stopped in the crowd. She stopped those who tried to push her with her back, and I did the same.

“It’s still a long way to go. So don’t let your hands loose.”

“I’ll try not to miss it.”

Serena shook her head, apparently not satisfied with her efforts.

Serena stretched out her hand and held out her palm to me. It’s as if she’s giving the puppy an unspoken command, “Hands!”

Chin.

Unknowingly, she put my hand on her outstretched palm.

Guess it was her answer, Serena drew a smile on her lips and put her finger in the gap between her hand and interlocked my hand.

“There’s no risk of missing out this way. Let’s start again.”

Two hands tightly intertwined like a net. As she said, there seemed to be no fear of losing her hand.

Instead, one problem is that there are so many dirty couples with hands interlocked around them.

It was a strange feeling because Serena and I felt like we had become one of them.

“Oran, we have arrived.”

The place where they arrived led by Serena’s hand was an outdoor theater.

Most of her seats were occupied by her couples, but Serena had pre-purchased her best seats, she said.

Serena’s preparation was more thorough than I thought. Rather than using her head in the novel, she was the one who hit her with her head and looked at her.

For a moment, she thought that someone might be helping Serena behind her back, but she decided to put her doubts aside for a moment as the play began.

「My dear! We have an impossible destiny… !”

「I know too. But my heart is already…… !”

The content of the play was the story of two antagonistic men and women who gradually fall in love with each other.

There was something I could relate to.

Of course, it wasn’t because they fell in love, but because some scenes in the play where the male lead was almost killed by the female lead’s colleague overlapped with me.

「I can’t cut you because I love you… !”

「Me too!」

The ending of the play was a happy ending in which a man and a woman fight due to distrust, but eventually realize each other’s feelings and get married.

“It’s too unrealistic.”

Personally, I was satisfied, but Serena didn’t seem to like it.

“That’s why it’s a story.”

In response to my answer, Serena said, ‘I wonder if you think so too… ‘, She muttered, frowning her brow.

Looking obviously regretful. Could it be that I believed in that story and tried not to express it?

I suddenly thought that I should protect Serena’s innocence.

“But it’s not impossible.”

As I shrugged her shoulders, Serena’s eyes widened as she looked at me.

Then, perhaps realizing that she was staring too hard, she cleared her throat and opened her lips, blushing on both her cheeks.

“Hmmm, are you more hungry than that?”

“A little?”

“Then wake up.”

We left the theater when most of the seats were empty.

The place Serena headed was the night market. Even though it was already past dinner time, the street vendors were full of people.

“Do you have any food you want to eat?”

“I want to try that.”

There were various types of food, probably because it was a night market in a fantasy world.

She didn’t think it would be bad to try something new, but she chose a yakitori restaurant she was familiar with just in case.

“Welcome! You’re a pretty couple, aren’t you?”

“We are like that…”

“Yes, yes, I’ll give you a special quiet seat!”

Before Serena could make an excuse, the man who appeared to be her boss succinctly cut her off and shoved her on the shoulder into a room that hadn’t had any guests yet.

“……It seems there was a minor misunderstanding.”

She said that and bit her lip, but her face did not contort with anger.

Doesn’t she feel bad? It was fortunate that I did not have to mourn the death of the president.

A corner seat with a small table and two chairs facing each other. There were plenty of other seats, but Serena was reluctant to sit there.

“Now, what would you like to order?”

“Two of the usual, please.”

“Yes! We’ll have it ready soon!”

After I sat down, the man I saw earlier reappeared and took my order and went back.

She said that she always ate it. Turns out, Serena was a regular at this place?

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Have you been here before?”

“It comes once whenever it is suitable.”

Serena ran her hand across her table. Her appearance, which seemed to recall her memories, made it easy to guess that this corner seat was where she sat whenever she visited.

“It’s the first time you’re coming with someone else.”

Serena’s eyes looked damp as she muttered those words, perhaps because she was immersed in her sentiments.

“Have you ever been with your colleagues?”

“That… I couldn’t help it because everyone was busy.”

Serena sniffed and quietly offered her excuse.

Come to think of it, the main character of this novel, the hero Evil, connected with the saintess Sharenne.

It was rumored that the sage and the priest who left the kingdom to exterminate the remnants of the demon king’s army would be connected.

After all, now that the public enemy of the devil is gone, Serena seems to be left alone.

Of course, the solidarity with her colleagues is not completely severed, but since each other’s position has been decided, there will be no place to stand proudly next to her.

Once upon a time, we fought hard together, but now we even notice that we’re together.

A bit pitiful.

I don’t know what the author of this novel was thinking by leaving it alone.

“If it’s okay with me, call me when I’m bored.”

“…You?”

“It’s lonely when you’re alone.”

I thought that if it was okay with Serena, she would want to be by my side.

But I wonder if it was too out of the blue. Hearing my answer, Serena opened her lips. She closed again, but she didn’t say anything.

As expected, these words don’t suit a villain.

It was understandable to some extent that she reacted like that.

“Are you serious about what you just said?”

“…Are you serious?”

Then, Serena asked in an excited tone.

Certainly you didn’t mean that I didn’t have any friends, did you?

Serena’s face turned red as she looked at me. She looks really upset.

It was at that time that she thought that if she didn’t apologize quickly, she might get in trouble.

“A promise must be kept.”

“Huh? Uh, uh…”

Unexpected to get angry, Serena puffed out her cheeks while muttering, ‘Just try not to protect it.’

“Hey, the food you ordered is here!”

During the subtle silence, the chicken skewers I ordered were served.

“So, sir? I need to leave the food, so could you please clean your hands?”

The man with her bowl came across the center of her table and she looked disapprovingly at Serena holding her hands, she said.

Come to think of it, even after entering her shop, she didn’t let go of Serena and her hand.

If someone who doesn’t know the details sees it, they’ll think it’s a polar couple who don’t want to be apart even for a moment.

I tried to let go of her hand. But Serena didn’t want to let go, so she grabbed my hand tighter.

“…Wouldn’t it be okay if I let go for a while?”

“No. You must never let go.”

“Then what do you do?”

As she chewed her lips, she raised her hand up. Even though she was able to put her bowl on the table thanks to her.

I wonder if it was necessary to go this far when I could just let go of her hand for a moment.

“hahahaha… I’ll step aside!”

The man who hurriedly put his bowl on the table said to have a good time and ran away.

“Can’t you loosen your hands now that you’re inside the store?”

“I know when you’ll run away, I can’t listen to you.”

When I asked if I had to go this far, Serena stubbornly spat out.

If you’re going to do this, why did you fill the ring? Is this a sign that I belong to Serena?

Whoa.

She let out a deep sigh. Yeah, how do I know what Serena is thinking.

First of all, the food arrived, so I decided not to think too much about it.

Chicken skewers grilled to a golden brown color. Before reaching her hand at it, she tried to take off the mask first.

“Don’t take it off.”

But Serena immediately stopped him. Are you telling me to eat without taking off the mask?

I thought it was just a prank, so I tried to lift her mask again, but she frowned and held her back.

“What the hell is that?”

“I don’t want to show your face to others… I shouldn’t show it.”

“Then how are you going to eat?”

Did I realize my situation only then? Serena blinked and opened her mouth again.

“…Don’t take off the mask completely, just hold it up to the top of your mouth before eating.”

“Then you should be holding the mask with one hand, but you’re holding the other hand now.”

Serena widened her eyes as I pointed to her clasped hands with her eyes.

Do you let go of your clasped hands, or do you let go of the mask?

Now Serena will give up either one.

“I have one hand left. So shouldn’t I just feed it myself?”

Oh… ?

She could never have imagined not giving up on both.