The Villain in the Side Story Wants to Live

The Sage

‘Serena will try to dissuade me from going out alone.’

But it happened because of me. So, I wanted to take some responsibility.

‘I want to at least open your eyes in a safe place.’

As she came out of the demon king’s stone with such a wish, the bitter smell of cigarettes stung her nose.

It is a forest with thick trees everywhere, but what kind of environmental pollution is this?

As she moved her gaze along the gray smoke that drifted in the air, she saw a woman wearing a black veil squatting in her corner.

“Did you come out after a bout? You must be tired of waiting.”

The owner of the mocking voice was Sharenne.

After exhaling the smoke against the tree, she turned around, rubbing her cigarette butts on the floor.

She is dressed in a modest black and white nun outfit, but with the addition of Charennen’s pink hair, she feels like a delinquent girl.

“Why are you dressed like that?”

“You can’t wear a dress outside the palace, right? Seeing that you avoid talking about it, am I right?”

“I did bring Serena, who was sleeping in my arms, to her bed.”

“That’s not fun.”

She let out a shallow sigh and continued her words.

“I don’t know how far I’ve heard from Serena, but leave this place quickly.”

She added that the hero, the sage, and even the shrine are after me.

“It would be easier to think of going on a short trip to commemorate a date.”

“I was going to do that anyway. But how did you know that?”

At my question, Sharenne picked and said with a windy laugh.

“Serena is known for everything.”

“That’s right.”

Serena must have pretended that she wasn’t dating with her cheeks and earlobes blushing at Charen’s question. Who will see it and believe it to be true?

Thinking of Serena’s flustered appearance in her head made her smile.

“You’re running out of honey. Take this instead.”

Charien handed her a small pouch.

A bag with a sense of heaviness. When I sent her eyes asking what this was, she nodded her head, as if asking me to open it myself.

Even though I’m suspicious, he’s not the kind of guy who’ll do any harm. As she carefully undid her laces, golden light poured from within her.

“Gold coins?”

“You’ll need it while traveling. It’s Giselle’s bounty, so feel free to use it.”

With this amount, it would be possible to play and eat for the rest of your life without wasting it.

But I gave it back to her.

“What? You don’t want to receive it?”

“No, settlement money. Can we use this to agree to beat the warrior?”

“Can I?”

She said, not looking at her sack of gold coins.

It must have been a considerable amount for her to refuse with a single knife, but I wonder if it is the price of gum for a princess of a kingdom.

“I won’t accept it though.”

“Why?”

“I blew up some buildings when I blew up the hero. Use that to restore it.”

Sharon’s eyes widened for an instant as if he was serious.

She didn’t just return it with good intentions. In the first place, there are many expensive jewels inside the Demon King’s Stone.

It’s a thing without an owner, so it won’t be a problem if you sell it and use it.

“If you mean it, I’ll take the money back.”

With that said, she overturned her sack of gold coins. Gold coins piled up on the ground.

Did I lose my mind? She ignored my gaze and steadfastly shook the gold coins from her sack.

“Instead, you’ll need this.”

As all the gold coins poured out of the sack, many individually wrapped items fell.

Heaped up on top of the gold coins were condoms.

“If you have a child in a remote place, it will be difficult, so please use it.”

With nothing but condoms in her sack, she handed me her pocket again.

“What are those eyes looking at me like a lewd prostitute?”

“As of today, my stereotype that saints are pure beings is completely broken.”

“If obscene thoughts fill your head, isn’t that also pure?”

Just stop talking. Still, she agreed to accept the sack she gave her.

It’s her favor. She didn’t get it thinking she might use it.

“If you get everything you want, go quickly. I’m evil too, but if you get caught, you’ll get scolded.”

As if she had nothing more to say, Char-en looked at me and waved her hand.

Come to think of it, she was Evil’s lover and helping us.

I don’t doubt Sharenne’s kindness, but I’m curious about one thing.

“Why are you helping me?”

“You said you would help them escape. I couldn’t help it then, but when the situation is right, there’s no reason not to help.”

While saying that, she murmured, ‘It’s a service that opened another room inside the Demon King’s Stone.’

“You also had a conscience, right?”

“Oran-nim, you were very arrogant when you said your memories and powers were back, right?”

“I thought the same thing back then. I just couldn’t say it because I was afraid I would be beaten.”

“The obedient Oran was healed.”

Although Charien sighed, she showed no signs of attacking.

“Since Oran asked, can I ask one too?”

“If I can answer, I’ll answer.”

“Why did Oran save Serena?”

“Because I like it.”

I answered without hesitation.

Sharon’s complexion, which was darker than usual, straightened a little.

“I thought it was just in case my memory returned, but I think it’s okay to trust it.”

As she snapped her fingers, her forest, which had been dark for an instant, became bright like daylight.

It is the invocation of large-scale divine magic engraved throughout the forest… Rather, it was closer to release.

“…What kind of prank were you playing?”

“I should have insurance too, right? I’ve worked hard to deceive you.”

A soft light radiated around Shar-en’s body, which had absorbed the divine power that dwelled in her magic circle.

A holy power so powerful that it makes your skin sting just by looking at it.

If the holy magic circle had been activated, I would have turned to ashes without leaving a trace.

‘You were suspicious of me.’

Still, does revealing this fact mean that you will trust me now?

I was really grateful.

“Then I’ll go, so take care of yourself.”

With those words, she tore the scroll she took from her bosom.

With the gold coins piled on the floor, Charenne turned into a blue light and disappeared.

I stood still for a while, even after realizing that she had completely left.

‘Does it mean that I have to fight those things?’

I don’t think there is a member of the warrior’s party who will believe that I’m not in danger, even though Charende is suspicious of me.

Sangseong The shrine and the warrior cannot win. The spirits and divine powers they deal with are completely different from mine.

If you meet these two, you should run away without looking back.

On the other hand, if it’s about the level of the sage, I might be able to win.

Because magic with the property of forming something can be destroyed with magic with the property of destruction.

Of course, that wasn’t the only reason. The sage he saw in Oran’s memories—

“Wow, Charen really decided and set a trap? I don’t even notice this.”

A male voice with a hint of laughter came from somewhere.

“Hello, long time no see?”

A man with gray hair waving at me from a tree.

Is it because the flag was properly set? Staring at me with azure blue eyes, he was a sorcerer called a wise man, Layered.

“……How did you find this place?”

“That’s right, the scroll I gave to Sharenne for emergency use was used, so I was bored and tracked its location.”

I wondered if Charennen was trying to prank me, but I thought it was just a mistake from her carelessness.

‘What should I do now?’

It was impossible to escape from him, who could use the magic of teleportation.

So there was no other way than to subdue him and run away.

‘I don’t know why he showed his presence in the first place.’

It didn’t matter if I asked after defeating it.

As soon as I made up my mind, I sharpened my magic and combed the long scythe.

“Wait, our conversation…”

Layered shouted something while swinging the scythe, but he ignored it and swung it at him as soon as the scythe was completed.

Kwajajajajak-!

The blade of the pitch-black Magi slashed through the thick wooden pole as if it were slicing into radishes.

Obviously, it could easily cut off a human body. However, when the blade reached Layered, the only sensation he felt was that his fingertips were numb.

“It’s an attack without a hitch. If you thought I’d get hit by something like this, you’d be mistaken.”

Through the dust, Layered shook off his purple robe and stepped forward.

I caught a glimpse of an incontinent blue curtain around him.

The barrier is a basic defense method for mages, and if you can’t penetrate it, there’s no way to defeat him.

To break it, you’ll have to get close and strike it.

But when I faced him as an enemy, I couldn’t see a way to approach him.

“I’m not the wizard that used to be beaten by you.”

Blue magic began to rise around Layered.

The air around me suddenly became heavy. Then, the shallow night wind that brushed against the skin intensified, and at some point it turned into a gust of wind that made it difficult to stand still.

The magic used by Layered is a magical storm. It was a large-scale magic that tore apart the target he was targeting.

Because of the incomplete magical power around it, it was unable to escape the storm by flying high into the sky.

Then can it be cut with a scythe? It was hitting a rock with an egg.

To endure that… It’s absolutely impossible

‘Then how… Oh, there was a way.’

If you can’t deal with it, just ignore it.

I took out the demon king’s stone from my chest.

If you use the demon king’s stone that transports you to another space, there won’t be any danger of getting caught in that storm.

As far as I remember, the magical storm lasts about five minutes. In the meantime, all I had to do was go inside the Demon King’s Stone and wait for the storm to pass.

After covering the view by scattering demonic energy everywhere, he entered the Demon King’s Stone. And exactly five minutes later, he came out again.

“I got angry thinking about the old days. I’m sure he didn’t die? I wanted to ask you a lot!”

I wrapped the demonic energy around my body and removed my presence. Perhaps because of that, the sage didn’t notice me approaching at all.

I went behind his back and raised his fist.

“Like you said, it really reminds me of the old days. You were beaten like this back then, right?”

“…Huh? Why are you… Behind me!”

Perhaps it was after using large-scale magic, the barrier surrounding his body was even thinner.

Confident that I could crush him, I thrust my fist into his face.

Puck-!

A cheerful sound, as if skin were being ripped off.

I just lightly punched him in, but Laird fell to the floor drooling.

…… Could it be that he is not dead?

I thought that maybe they had declared war on the hero.