The Reason I Have To Be A Villain

(3rd Person POV)

As soon as Reden opened the door, the first thing that he saw was the bed placed in the middle of a spacious room. 

He then caught a glimpse of a mixture of pink and scarlet red. Without even taking a proper look, he could already tell who the person lying on the bed was.

It was the hair color of his one and only sister.

Reden carefully took a few steps. His expression was somewhat unusual.

When he finally arrived near the bedside, he quietly looked at his younger sister.

Her eyes were closed. Her forehead, which had always been relaxed, was wrinkled, and the sound of her breathing was quite loud. 

Her eyelids and cheeks were flushed red. Her chest was rising and falling at a fast pace.

‘Is this true?’

Her incessant sweating did not fare well with her usual arrogant appearance.

“… No way. Is this for real?”

(T/N:  Ahhh yeah… LMAO)

Reden, muttered without him realizing it, as he reached out and placed his palm close to her cheeks. The air that came out from her lips was very hot. As well as the forehead that touches his fingertips.

‘Did she swallow a fire?’ Reden thought in vain as he looked at her chapped lips.

Then, a complex white pattern appeared from his fingertips.

Reden began chanting words. Patterns began to spread across her face but shattered like dust shortly after. The particles floated in the air like fireflies and disappeared as soon as they touched her body. 

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Reden quietly withdrew his hand at the sight.

“Healing magic doesn’t work.”

“Divine power didn’t work either.”

Just as Catherine mentioned a while ago, according to the priest, divine power did not work… Redden was immersed in deep thought.

“What should we do? Would you like me to call another clinic…?”

“No.”

“……”

“You don’t need to call. Just leave it be.”

His voice was as cold as ice. However, his expression was different from usual.

It was the first time that she saw that kind of expression, but Catherine, the housekeeper, remained silent. 

She foresaw that things were about to change. 

-ˏˋ ━━━━━━ ʚɞ ━━━━━━ ˊˎ-

(Renée’s POV)

– How dare you! How dare you call yourself a human being…

– I curse you!

– I hope that you live your life without being loved!

“Gasp!”

When I opened my eyes from the cry of a woman, everything felt surreal. A hazy vision welcomed me. 

‘What was that? A dream?’

Though it did not last very long, a splitting headache penetrated my brain. As I let out a cry of pain, I immediately took hold of my forehead. Then, I remembered how it came to this.

[A penalty is given for rejecting all of the daily missions.]

Words were engraved in black letters over a pink translucent window. The penalty.

‘Yeah, I received a ridiculous penalty.’

‘Why? Because I refused to do anything bad.’

It’s almost as if I was inside a cartoon. No, to be precise, it’s more like an online game. Though, as I remember, I transmigrated inside a romance novel, would this be considered to be a novel-like situation? 

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Whenever I tried to think about my situation, ridiculous thoughts flowed out needlessly. 

For the past few days, I was in a (*)dough-like state. Of course, that was a bit of an exaggeration. I sensed that someone had kept coming and going inside my room, but I was in so much pain that I had no time to worry about these things. 

(T/N: (*) She’s comparing her appearance and the state of her body to dough being kneaded.)

The main reason I was in this state was just that I rejected the missions. A desperate smile appeared on my face.

Just then, I came to a realization. 

If this mission window existed before I possessed Renée Blair’s body…

Then, Renée Blair must have been forced to commit evil deeds.

‘This means she couldn’t help it! To receive such a penalty that gives you a fever for a week. Who would want to go through that?’

Having experienced the pain and suffering from the penalty myself, I could now understand Renee Blair clearly. She probably didn’t want to go through that hell ever again. That’s why she had no choice but to be that…

“Hay…”

A deep sigh escaped my lips as I realized the conundrum that I would be facing.

My main goal is to enjoy Renée Blair’s money and live well with Anastasia Solen.

But for that to happen, I had to prove to Anastasia that I’m different from before. That I’m a changed person.

In other words, I was supposed to stop doing evil things…

‘But how can I do that when I’m being forced by the mission window to complete wicked tasks?’

‘So what should I do now? What do I need to do?’

Suddenly, Renée Blair’s last words came to mind. Now that I think about it, Renée Blair was killed by someone in a banquet hall, right?

I don’t remember exactly what happened, but I’m certain that she died because she offended an influential person.

‘What if it happened because of the mission window?’

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When I thought about it, I got goosebumps as if all the blood had been drained out of my body.

“No way!”

“What’s wrong?”

“Oh my god!”

I was still in a daze as my thoughts ran, so I jumped out of surprise when I heard an unfamiliar voice beside me. 

Unwittingly, I screamed and looked towards my side, only to find a man sitting quietly on a chair beside me, holding a heavy book in his hand.

It was only after blinking several times that I could properly see the man’s face. 

Coral hair and coral eyes.

‘Have I met him before?…. But he shares the same hair color as I’ve seen in my reflection when I first possessed this body. 

The answer was obvious. 

“Reden…?”

‘This person must be Reden Blair. But what is he doing here?’

Reden’s eyebrows subtly narrowed at my call.

‘Ahm, did I make a mistake?’

I tried to figure out how Renée Blair in the novel called Reden Blair. But after being sick for a week, my head didn’t function well.

In the end, nothing came to mind…

“Big brother?”

I’ve never used the word brother in my life. So my delivery was quite awkward. 

It was so awkward that all my facial muscles were trembling.

‘Oh, how stupid of me. Now that I think about it, Renée may have never called him brother in the original story.’

I vowed to myself that I would never call him brother again.

Then, I heard a loud thump beside me.

I looked towards the direction where I heard the sound, as I wondered what it was, I saw the book that had fallen to the floor. Reden was also looking at me with a face that looked as if he couldn’t believe what he had just heard. 

‘Damn, I think it’s because I called him ‘Big brother’.’

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry! I just wanted to call you ‘Big brother’ even just this once…. But don’t worry I will refrain from using that name in the future.”

“You’re sorry…?”

Reden mumbled at the last word that I had just said. As if it was his first time ever hearing those words come out of my mouth. ‘What?! I screwed up again.’

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Based on Renée Blair’s personality, she was not the type of person that would readily apologize for her wrong-doings.  

Redden’s eyes narrowed. I was sweating quite a bit from the intensity of his gaze towards me. 

‘Wait, isn’t this the perfect opportunity? Should I tell him that I’m going to live my life as a changed person from now on?’

However, I wasn’t able to successfully give my ‘so-called’ excuse. Before I could even say anything, Reden began to speak while picking up the book that he dropped.

“It must have hurt a lot. For you to apologize for what you said as soon as you woke up…”

“……”

“Before you say sorry to me, for calling me big brother. You must first apologize to Solen, since you slapped her a week ago.”

As he talked, he pressed on the crumpled page with his fingertips. I frowned as I blankly watched him.

‘Why Solen? Solen… It sounds so cold.’

I didn’t really like the name he used to call Anastasia. That’s what I thought even back when I was still reading the novel.

Reden Blair.

He lost his parents at a very young age, and inherited the title of a Marquis at a young age as well. On top of that, he was so good with magic that he’s a renowned genius in the field. 

Naturally, he became a wizard. The king had taken such a liking to him that he received the highest rank among the royal wizards. 

To sum it all up, aside from being a Marquis, Reden Blair is also a man who lives his life as a wizard. 

And there was someone that shook his heart deeply. His aide and a wizard like himself… Anastasia.

Well, he couldn’t help but fall in love with Anastasia. She is intelligent, always dazzling and a very skillful magician. 

‘But….’

‘How come he still calls her Solen? Without any trace of affection.’

It won’t help him fight for his feelings against the other competitors if he won’t even give an inch of effort. Even just by simply adding a tad bit of affection whenever he called her name. 

“Aren’t you going to apologize?”

Then suddenly, Reden’s voice interrupted my thoughts. I quickly came to my senses and shook my head vigorously.

“No, I will! I was going to do that anyway.”

Reden stared at me with a quizzical look and then got up from his seat.

“Take care of yourself then. It’s always been a pain when you got sick, ever since you were young.” 

“Of, course. Don’t worry about me, I’ll do well on my own!”

“As if you are!”

He whispered as if I wouldn’t be able to hear him. He made brief eye contact and left the room.

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I hurriedly got out of bed.

Come to think of it, did he stay by my side while I was sick even though he was busy?

In the novel, Reden’s character was written as a person who had completely given up on Renée. Perhaps it was because he was tired of Renée’s repeated misdeeds. Even when she died, he didn’t shed a single tear on his face. 

‘But just now, he stayed by my side…’

Over the past decade, I felt lost because I had never received love from my family, even more so the people around me, due to my piled up debt. 

‘Is it out of common courtesy between family members that Reden stayed by my side?’

‘Or is it friendship?’

‘Uhm.. Did he want to be closer to me as a friend? It would be really nice if that was the case. If by any chance I show him that Renée has finally changed, would he show a drop of emotion?

(T/N: My gosh I can’t, I feel so sad for her… It’s as if she was yearning for even just a little bit of affection.)

The sunlight was peering in through the window. As I blankly stared at it, I heard a sound that I had heard before.

A monotonous squeaking sound. It was that sound of the bell that I heard the first time I saw the mission window.

As expected/Like clockwork, the mission window popped up at the sound of the bell.

Ding.

As soon as I realized what it was, I began to feel sick.

I have yet to figure out what to do about it. It appearing so soon is definitely a setback, but it was inevitable. I clenched my fist and slowly raised my head. 

Today’s Mission
‘Let’s slap the maid on the cheek!’
Accept / Reject

‘What?! The maid again? Can’t they just leave that maid’s cheek alone.’

‘It’s very uncomfortable, but what should I do? I have no choice but to accept it.’

As soon as I pressed the option, the mission window disappeared.

I felt strange. I felt as if I had just begun a new life after I possessed this body.