The Villain in the Side Story Wants to Live

Chapter 41

Flashback (2)

A bloody battlefield. There was no one living and breathing in the place where corpses were scattered randomly.

“Heo-eok…! Kkeok!”

No, is there still one left? I walked towards where the sound of breathing came from.

“Kuh… I’m going to die anyway, so the god of death came to visit me.”

A man lying among corpses, breathing heavily.

Crimson blood gushed from the blade stuck in his chest.

The existence in front of me was dying. Even though he must have known that, he was smiling.

“Can I kill you?”

“I don’t think that’s what you meant after you’ve already suffered so many casualties.”

“I thought the question was strange.”

The man asks with a fishy smile.

“If empty, will you save me?”

In his amber eyes, there was a vague lingering attachment to life.

That wasn’t just a look of fear of death.

The look in the eyes of a being with a purpose to achieve right before he dies.

…… It looked blurry and overlapped with me.

Is it because of that? For a moment, I thought I wanted to save him.

“Seeing that he didn’t say anything, it must be a refusal.”

“Right.”

However, that was impossible as long as there was an order from the demon king, ‘Kill them all and come.’

“Tsk, I knew the outcome anyway.”

“So do you mind if I take your life?”

“Why did you ask that earlier?”

“I think it’s just courtesy.”

“Kwu, what a crazy bastard.”

Even though blood leaked from the wound every time he laughed, the man laughed for a while wondering what was so fun about it.

“Do you enjoy killing someone?”

“…Enjoyable.”

“Is that so? I thought you had a story because you looked sad.”

I touched my lips. The corners of the mouth drawing arc lines were clearly the same.

You still look sad.

Has his eyes gone because he’s dying?

But the amber eyes staring at me clearly didn’t feel like telling a fantasy or a lie.

I worked hard for several days to finally build it. Before returning to the Devil’s Castle, I looked in the mirror and picked up the scythe, thinking that I should fix it properly.

“I think there is still time before I die. Is it okay if I ask you a question?”

“Sorry, I’m busy.”

“I asked if it was okay to take my life? I will answer that, so I hope you will answer my question.”

I was just saying this out of politeness. It was okay not to listen to what he had to say.

However, when I faced her shining eyes as if it were my last wish, I thought it wouldn’t be bad to grant it as a will.

“What are you going to spend my life on?”

“When fighting a warrior and his comrades.”

“I don’t mean to kill you.”

After picking and spitting out an airy laugh, he closed his eyes as if he had no questions.

“I’ll put it to good use.”

And I took his life.

Walking across the battlefield, he collected not only human lives, but even the lives of demons.

Now that he has this power, he might be able to deal with all of his comrades alone, including the hero.

When I was convinced of that, I went to the devil and told him.

I’m going to kill the hero myself.

That was the first request I made to the Demon King, who was always given orders.

At first the demon king laughed happily, but after a while he tried to stop me.

The appearance of the demon lord enumerating the dangers to the hero seemed urgent, to say the least.

But when I didn’t back down, in the end he gave me permission with a small nod.

There was no reason to kill the hero because it was not the order of the demon king.

In other words, it doesn’t matter if you don’t kill the hero and roll it to death.

Contrary to the notoriety in the castle, the hero was weaker than expected. Even if you provoke anger through provocation, there is a feeling of being there.

His colleagues were similar. It’s not bad, but I still feel like I need to roll more to make it usable.

But since our first meeting, the hero has avoided me. Secretly spying on me, I felt a wall or something.

I don’t have time to waste like this.

In the meantime, a woman named Serena came to kill me.

Her It wasn’t hard to captivate her.

After thinking about how to deal with this for a while, she wondered if a hero would come to rescue this guy.

As if my prediction came true, the hero who had not moved for a while ran through the camp of the Demon King’s Army to save Serena.

It is said that the warrior who was trying to escape crossed the line of death several times, and was awakened several times.

The effect of imprisoning a woman named Serena was better than expected.

…… Even this alone makes the warrior strong, but wouldn’t it be even stronger if he witnessed the death of his comrade?

A brave warrior who arrives late and clutches at his comrades who have been ruined by the demon army.

Wishing revenge, he will wake up.

As a person who has watched him from the side, it wasn’t a story without possibility.

If only one person’s sacrifice could find peace faster… The villain is done, me.

To find another scapegoat when you decided to shoulder the burden alone. It was the worst.

That day, I fought the hero for the last time. Just about equal.

At this level, the demon lord shouldn’t have any problems.

After confirming that the hero had the power to protect someone, he released Serena as well.

After that, I returned to the Demon Castle. I expected it to be broken by the demon king, but I was a little surprised by the return of worry about whether it was okay.

And what was even more surprising.

“Oran, I have come to kill you.”

Serena, who had let me go, came back to me on her own feet.

“I will kill you.”

Those were the words she shouted at me during her second meeting with her Serena.

Contrary to the courageous cry that she would kill me, she was caught again without even trying to do anything properly.

Since the hero was strong enough, she let go of course.

“I will kill you!”

But she came back. She caught on with ease this time as well, of course.

The eyes of Serena looking at me were full of life.

Anyway, it feels like if you let them go, they’ll come after you again. So, with her whole body bound, she was left near a group of orcs for half a day.

I was watching from the side, so nothing happened, but the sound of the footsteps of the orcs roaming nearby must have been quite frightening.

She released her to a nearby village, believing that she was a threat enough in the sense that her hands and feet were trembling as she lost her mind at some point.

I won’t come back anymore. Just when I thought I might be bored, Serena came back.

“Kill…”

She’s a woman who’s about to kill me without even her powers.

That’s not to say she doesn’t have talent. Although the edge of her sword grew sharper by the day, she could not hide her life as an assassin.

Does that mean you hate me that much?

It didn’t matter. If she keeps coming, all you have to do is scare her away.

“Kill…”

The twentieth day since Serena came to see me.

She made her have nightmares made up of the things she hates most.

But was she a failure? As soon as she woke up from her slumber, Serena with her blush on her face came after me with a look in her heart that she was going to kill.

“Porridge…”

The 46th day since Serena visited me.

After getting information that she was weak to alcohol, she secretly added alcohol to her drink while resting at an inn.

She drank her drink and soon fell asleep on her table.

I tried to widen the distance in this gap, but bad-looking assailants approached Serena, who was sleeping defenselessly.

The guys who eventually drag her and take her somewhere.

She was honestly just going to let it go. But she couldn’t pretend she didn’t know that it was because of me.

After beating all the assailants, I stood in front of Serena, who was sleeping naked in bed.

Fortunately, nothing seemed to have happened. She reaches out her hand to take her to town while she sleeps.

“…Ah?”

Serena opened her eyes. Seeing me and blinking her eyes a few times, she said ‘what have you done to me…’…. ‘.’ He muttered.

Her face immediately flushed, she drew her dagger from among her clothes and brandished it.

It feels like there is a misunderstanding. She didn’t seem to listen to her explanation, so she decided to run away.

“…….”

The 88th day since Serena visited me.

That day, Serena almost became a slut and she collapsed in front of me.

She heard that she fought the devil and she ran away, she said. But why did she come here and not in the arms of her comrades?

“Killed… Everything…”

A word that came out of Serena’s dying mouth.

With that one, the whole situation was understood.

To have broken through to the enemy’s fortress, the Devil’s Castle, for the sake of me alone. If I didn’t hide it, it was clear that I would be killed by dogs.

At this point, I was curious. What on earth does this woman want to kill me so much for?

“Because you’re a bad guy.”

When she woke up and force-fed her soup, I asked her, and that was her answer.

It’s because he’s a bad guy. It was a fact hard to deny.

Suddenly, one more question came to my mind.

“If I were a good guy, wouldn’t I catch up like this?”

“Of course! I don’t follow you because I like you.”

Serena shouted, blushing.

If I had been a good person, there would be no interest in me.

It was impossible unless the memories stained with blood were erased. So I tried not to think too deeply.

If memories were to be erased, wouldn’t the relationship between Serena and me be different?

You might be a little curious about the future that won’t come true.

In exchange for freeing Serena, she was punished by the Demon King.

Even though I had a chance to deal with the hero, I don’t think I’ll be able to survive because of the added guilt of not doing so.

As death approached, I thought that I did not want to die.

To be precise, I wanted to live a normal life like everyone else.

But that would be impossible as long as bloody memories exist in your head.

There is no such thing as a will, but I thought that if I survived, I would like to forget all the dirty past.

Then I might be able to live a good life.

It was a small wind.

With that, the content of the diary was over.

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Memory gaps, that is to say, all of Oran’s past came to mind.

On the one hand, I laughed out loud at the fact that I came to know the memories I wanted to erase, but I didn’t feel like I wanted to forget them again.

Because I want to remember as much as I do.

In a way, couldn’t it have been because of his sacrifice?

I guess that’s too much speculation.

“Rather than that, Oran in the past wasn’t such a bad guy.”

He willingly took on the role of a villain in order to grow a warrior.

Is that why you subconsciously felt that someone’s trust was more valuable?

In the past, no one recognized Oran’s sacrifice.

“But I haven’t learned anything about the reason why I have a vague fear of the demon king.”

I wonder if it’s because of the stigma of obedience, but Oran in the past wasn’t afraid of the Demon King.

There must be some other reason.

I was about to close the book, but a few words scribbled at the end of the last page.

「Oran, did you write an interesting story?」