The Villain in the Side Story Wants to Live

The future will come true anyway

“Oran.”

Serena called me by name.

She knew in her head that she had to answer the call, but for some reason her voice didn’t come out.

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Maybe it’s because her eyes are so cold. My senses were warning me that her life might be in danger if I said anything wrong.

“Oran, this is not to blame you for anything wrong.”

Serena’s voice was insanely cool. She said it all because she felt like it was the scariest thing in her voice she had ever heard.

But you’re not saying that to bruise me.

Of course she believed that Serena couldn’t do me any harm. Still, this was a bit scary.

“I want to ask if you really had to choose that way.”

“This was the surest way.”

“No, you could have escaped in any other way.”

“There should be. But at the time, this was the best…”

In an instant, goose bumps ran up her arms. Serena laughs miserably. The lifeless blue eyes glared at me.

“Best? At least you were able to intimidate the hero with the lie that you hold my weakness.”

Using her own weakness to intimidate her hero.

How do I do that?

Even if it worked, I didn’t want to do that much.

“…The excuse of having a weakness would have backfired.”

“No, absolutely not. You just found it comfortable to sacrifice yourself.”

You think I’m comfortable making sacrifices? I just wanted to live a more peaceful life.

That’s why I know that my life is not worth it. He understands the importance of life better than anyone else, as he has memories of hurting countless people.

‘The reason why I took such a reckless gamble is probably.’

Because I wanted to meet Serena as soon as possible. It was just to reassure her that she might be worried about her.

‘Serena would feel guilty if I told her the truth.’

I decided to hide it. She simply assumes that she is a whim at the time and is stubbornly determined not to give in to my will no matter what she says.

“Even the hero wouldn’t have harmed you if he had told you that you made me… Impregnated.”

“……What?”

Serena’s words went blank in her head.

Pregnant. I finally came to my senses after tens of seconds had passed.

“…Serena? Wasn’t that an exaggerated excuse?”

“It’s the future that will come true anyway, so it doesn’t matter if I say that.”

Serena spit out word by word in a trembling voice, and her face blushed.

She was shy. But she didn’t pull down her hat or avoid my gaze like before.

Serena’s clear eyes, where you can feel her determined will, prove that what she just said is not simply a bluff.

“Ah, anyway! What I wanted to say is that now your life is not yours alone.”

Has there been a limit to meeting my eyes anymore? Serena, her ears flushed all red, hurriedly spat her out and turned her head away.

“So please be careful.”

“Sorry.”

“I’m not sorry. It was your choice, so you should try to respect it…”

Serena never said she would ever understand. That means he doesn’t like the fact that my lifespan has been shortened.

“I’ll stop.”

Serena left her heap of food on her own bowl and got up from her seat.

“Are you done?”

“That’s not it.”

“Then why did you wake up already?”

“Because I need to get some medicine to heal you.”

Looking for a drug to extend my life span.

The cost of using life leaves scars on the soul. It is so difficult to treat, but the medicine… There was only one.

If it’s an elixir, a legendary elixir that is said to cure all diseases, it’s possible. But it was something that only appeared in legends.

I know it’s impossible. I wanted to say that it was already done, so there was no need to waste effort.

But her eyes, full of resentment, seemed ready to pour out her tears at any moment, so she couldn’t bear to tell her truth mercilessly.

“Even if it’s already too late, you still don’t know.”

Her voice full of water contained regret and guilt for not being able to do anything.

…… Even if it is impossible, if it can relieve the burden on the heart, it will be meaningful as it is.

Her

I finished her checkout and followed her out of her store waiting for me.

Her little grip held my hand tighter than ever.

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My hand hurt from the grip. It hurt so much, but her trembling hands felt so pitiful.

It’s no consolation to say you don’t have to worry. In lieu of that, though, she decided to keep quiet until she felt better.

After passing by the street, the place where Serena headed was an alley where no light came in.

Her words that she had been here for the first time put her words to shame, but she moved her steps toward the dark alley without hesitation.

She wanders around the alley for a while as if looking for something.

“Who are you?”

“You don’t need to know. So get out of the way when I say nice things.”

I met a giant in a black robe at the end of the alley. Behind him was a door that seemed to lead somewhere.

“Looks like a tourist who has lost his way, but this place…”

“Do you want to die?”

The giant who tried to drive us away with a snort hesitated.

As he rolled his eyes, he grabbed his ear and muttered something. After a while, he got out of the door he was blocking, apparently with permission from his superiors.

When I opened the door, a cave lined with lamps spread out in front of me. Serena took the lead again this time and started walking.

She knows she’s in a bad mood. So, she tried to keep quiet as much as possible without going against her planting, but she couldn’t stand it anymore because she was curious.

“Huh… Serena?”

“What is it?”

“Where are you going?”

“It’s as I said before we set off. I’m going to get some medicine that can cure you.”

She replied curtly and started to walk faster.

“So where is it?”

“It’s a black market.”

“The black market?”

As she spoke, she arrived at the end of a narrow, dark passage.

A gigantic joint unfolds before your eyes. There, people with their faces covered were peddling goods on the floor.

It looked no different from an ordinary market, except that people who looked like visitors were looking at the goods while wearing masks.

Artifacts and cursed items that look dangerous at first sight.

And the fact that humans, elves, and beastmen were listed as a product gave off a strong nuance that this place was illegal.

Serena walked past them casually. She felt it from a while ago, but it was a very familiar movement, as if it was not the first time she had visited a place like this.

“Why doesn’t it move?”

I stopped and Serena turned to me.

“How did you know there was a black market here?”

“There’s no such thing as a bright place. I just had a feeling that it might be there because I’ve cleared the black market a lot.”

Serena said, scanning her surroundings with her calm eyes.

“And if it’s an illegal place like this, there’s a good chance you’ll find the medicine you need, since there’s a lot of stuff flowing in.”

After saying that, Serena pointed in one direction.

There, a man in a suit with a puffy coat was walking toward us.

“My name is Cals, the manager of this place. What did you come to a place like this, a noble lady?”

Arriving in front of us, he took off his bowler hat and greeted him.

Is it because of Serena’s clothes? The man who introduced himself to her as Kalsra seemed to recognize Serena as her tomboyish, noblewoman, and me as an aide-de-camp.

“Is there a drug that can prolong life?”

“This is my life span, so please wait a moment.”

After calling an errand boy and chatting for a while, he turned toward us with a sinister smile.

“There is a potion with similar efficacy.”

“Really?”

“Of course. Would you like to take a look?”

Serena nodded her head, and the man said he would lead and started walking.

Is it that easy to get an elixir-level medicine? Something was unpleasant I whispered in Serena’s ear.

“Isn’t that dangerous?”

“What do you mean?”

“That’s suspicious. Could it be that the man lied?”

At her words, Serena bit her own lips.

“If the author cheated on me, I’ll have to pay the price.”

“You pay the price?”

“It will bring down the black market, which is not doing its job.”

She said softly, ‘I’ve done it a lot before, so there’s no problem.’ She chewed her lips.

‘…… I just genuinely wanted to enjoy dating, so why did it end like this?’

Trading in illegal goods on the black market. And if you’re wrong, collapse the black market.

If the sage had overheard our conversation, it wouldn’t be strange to consider me a dangerous person.

The man’s steps stopped before he could think of a way out of this situation. Entering the cabin, he took out a small glass bottle from the box.

“Okay, this is it.”

A bottle of an unpleasant black liquid. At first glance, it felt more like crude poison than an elixir-level potion.

There was no way Serena wouldn’t notice that fact.

Yes, even though she must have known it was strange, as soon as she saw the potion, she hurriedly reached out her hand.

“Please pay the bill first.”

The man who managed to avoid her hand said with an eerie grin.

Serena pulled out her money pouch from her bosom.

“This is not enough. Do you have more?”

Looking into his pockets, he held out his hand with a smirk.

The look on his face that said he caught the hukou clearly said that. It was clear that this drug had no effect.

“Oran, I want you to hand it over.”

There was absolutely no reason to be deceived. I wanted to turn around with the words not to cheat right away.

Serena’s glimmering eyes were so pitiful that she pretended to be fooled and handed him the pouch of her jewels.

“This is… Pretty good quality.”

Looking at the jewelry in his pocket, he gave Serena her potion with a big smile.

“Go ahead and try it.”

As soon as she received the potion, she opened the lid and handed it to me.

The stench from inside the bottle stung her nose. Do you have to drink something like this? It would be better for Serena to take her own medicine.

I wanted to throw it on the floor right away. But I couldn’t bear to ignore Serena’s earnest eyes looking up at me.

Is this how it feels to be victimized even though you know it? I sighed and poured the potion into her mouth.

“Oran, does it work?”

After drinking it all, Serena asked in her expectant voice. I couldn’t answer anything to that.

As expected, this was poison.