I Became The Villain The Hero Is Obsessed With

368 – Bittersweet Date

On the streets of Seoul.

There, I was walking hand in hand with Haru.

“hehehe~”

The vast city spread under the blue sky.

In the middle of a bustling street, filled with shops and where the latest pop songs were playing from the street speakers.

Without our masks and wearing casual clothes, the two of us were walking down the street like a normal couple.

As I held hands with Star… Haru, who seemed to be in a good mood and was smiling.

‘…..’

Even though we hid our faces with a recognition interference device so that others couldn’t recognize us, her charm, with her blonde hair fluttering and her blue eyes, was enough to make people on the street glance at us.

…No, how do they see us when we even turned on recognition interference to prevent our voices from being heard?

Of course, I too was feeling excited as I walked, holding her hand which felt strangely warm and soft.

…In fact, as a villain, as a self-proclaimed fan of Stardust, I felt a very slight sense of guilt about holding her hand so shamelessly.

“…Ego Stick. Do you want ice cream?”

Holding my hand and looking up at me with those sparkling eyes, I thought to myself, why not, as I saw her asking.

“Sure.”

So we went to have some ice cream.

We bought an ice cream cone each and decided to sit on a nearby bench and eat.

Unlike me who ordered a simple vanilla, Haru ordered a mango flavored ice cream.

“Mango flavor. Do you like fruit flavors?”

Watching her eat the bright yellow soft serve, I threw her that question.

Of course, I knew well that Haru likes sweet things, but I asked because I had never seen her order mango flavor in the original work.

At my words, she smiled and answered me.

“Well, that’s true, but I thought of you when I saw mango. Isn’t your nickname Ego Stick? Mango Stick.”

She said that and chuckled.

…Wait, does that mean my nickname has become so famous that even Stardust knows about it? I thought no one used it outside of my fan club.

I felt somewhat embarrassed, but then I realized that she was so cute ordering mango flavored ice cream because it reminded her of my nickname.

“hahahaha, yes. Some people do call me that.”

I smiled unknowingly and answered her like that.

On a sunny day. When everyone else was spending their own time.

We were also spending our own time, just like any other ordinary people.

Of course, it was time that was very hard to get.

…Right now, in the next town, my Ego Squad heroes and the army of the Cathedral I summoned are fiercely fighting. Well, they’re pretending to be fiercely fighting…

Anyway, despite the situation in the next city, it felt strange to see these people living their everyday lives peacefully as if nothing happened.

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I wonder if the day will ever come when South Korea in this world loses its sense of security? Of course, if one of those fighting guys came, everyone would run away quickly… But for now, there was no difference from usual. The only difference might be that quite a lot of people are watching my broadcast on their smartphones. …It wasn’t exactly a positive difference.

While I was thinking that.

“Hey.”

Startled by the cold touch I felt on my cheek, I came to my senses.

Turning my head, I saw Haru, who had put her palm on my face and was laughing.

With a playful smile, she picked up her ice cream with the hand she had touched my cheek with and asked me.

“Ego Stick. What are you thinking about on your own?”

“Ah. It’s nothing. But…”

Feeling a little guilty about my daydreaming, I put on a playful smile and asked her.

“Why have you been calling me Ego Stick? Weren’t we supposed to call each other by our names?”

“Huh? Did… did I do that?”

At my words, Haru was flustered and unconsciously flipped her hair back.

…It was a new side of her even for me, so I couldn’t help but chuckle.

“Don’t laugh… Well, I guess I’m just too used to calling you Ego Stick. Dain, Dain…”

“Yes, Haru.”

As we laughed at each other…

…In the middle of that, she suddenly asked me as if she was curious.

“But Dain, how old are you? I just realized I don’t know your age.”

“Ah…”

So I told her my age.

“…! So you’re one year older than me?”

“Yes. hahahaha, didn’t you know?”

“Of course I didn’t…! I thought we were the same age. Uh… what should I call you now?”

As she was conflicted.

…She lifted her head slightly, looked into my eyes, and asked me with a slightly reddened face.

“…Dain oppa?”

“hehehe.”

And at her reaction, I couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

…No, this is too awkward. I never thought I would hear Stardust call me oppa in my life. It was even embarrassing.

As I began to gesture nervously, she seemed to sense something.

Soon, she took on a playful demeanor, holding an ice cream in one hand, and began to speak with a teasing smile.

“Why are you like this, Dain brother? Egoistic brother?”

“Stop… stop it.”

“Yes, brother.”

“….”

After a brief moment of playful banter, I finally decided to just talk as usual.

However.

“…Still! It’s weird that I use informal language to you who is older than me, and you use formal language to me. Just speak comfortably.”

“Hmm…”

To her approach, I finally blurted out after some conflict.

“Okay… like this?”

“Yes! See, it’s good.”

“…Is that so?”

“No, you should use informal language!”

Unable to refuse Haru’s smile and words, I agreed.

…Actually, this was also awkward, but well, if she wants it.

Of course, I was not yet accustomed to it, so I decided to keep using formal language for now and gradually change.

So we finished our ice cream and decided to get up.

“What flavor is that?”

In the middle, she said she was curious about my ice cream and even stole a bite.

After I took a bite of her ice cream, Haru’s face turned red for some reason. It was cute. By the way, the ice cream tasted like mango.

After that.

We held hands again and walked around, spending a leisure time. We also went to a park for a walk, and went to a shopping center…

What we focused on during our time together.

Was nothing other than conversation.

Because, we didn’t have much time to chat like this.

And because there was so much we didn’t know about each other.

“Egoistic… no, Dain. So you were the mentor of the four PMC kids, including Seol Ah?”

“hahahaha, yes. It wasn’t exactly a secret…”

In this way, she asked me many questions, and I answered each one as kindly as possible, as long as it wouldn’t hurt her.

…Because we were so excitedly chatting, I didn’t notice.

Every time the name Seol Ah came out of my mouth, she began to hold my hand tighter. Gradually her expression darkened.

Anyway, as we wandered around here and there, we eventually moved to the sky for a more comfortable conversation.

Lying between the clouds in the blue sky, enjoying the cool breeze, we chatted.

In my arms, lying on the cloud-filled sky, she sat snugly in my arms. I hugged her from behind.

And it was during such a smile-filled conversation.

“Yes, so I was raising the PMC with Seol Ah.”

“Hee…”

Listening quietly in my arms, Stardust, Haru…

As soon as my last words ended.

Suddenly, she fidgeted and turned around in my arms.

Looking up at me from my arms, she made eye contact and opened her mouth.

And it was exactly then.

“But Egoistic…”

“Yes.”

“What is your relationship with Seol Ah?”

The moment she asked me that with dead eyes and an expressionless face.

At that moment.

I felt the ambient temperature drop by about 10 degrees without even realizing it.

In a situation where I didn’t know what was going on.

My superhuman intuition that I didn’t even know existed began to whisper urgently to me.

‘Hey, sh*t. We’re screwed. Start thinking fast.’

What to think, sh*t.

The biggest crisis of my villain life that came in an instant.

I don’t know exactly what the problem is, but I had a bad feeling that if I said something wrong here, I would be divided into Ego / Stick, so I started thinking desperately.

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Of course, while doing so, she continued to speak.

“hehehe… It seems that Seol Ah knew you a lot earlier than me. When did she know your identity? Recently? Or since a long time ago? Ah, it seems that Seol Ah knew your name much earlier than me?”

With her arm around my neck, she looked into my eyes and spoke, breathing shallowly in front of my nose.

…Now that she was completely pressed against my chest, I was only sweating cold sweat in a situation that would normally be embarrassing.

For some reason, I felt like I had to speak correctly here.

So I, who thought faster than usual.

After taking a quick deep breath inside.

…Soon with a grin.

I confidently told her.

“Miss Stardust. It’s a misunderstanding.”

It’s a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding.