I Became the Academy’s Kibitz Villain

Morning.

Baek Seol-hee woke up from a deep sleep, her mind still groggy.

She remembered falling asleep extremely exhausted the night before, but her whole body felt surprisingly refreshed upon waking up.

It felt as if all her accumulated burdens had been lifted.

She woke up feeling so deeply rested she wondered if it was even possible to feel happier than this upon waking.

When had she last felt this way?

Right.

That day, in Ulleungdo—

“!!”

Startled by the whisper-like voice coming from right beside her, Baek Seol-hee felt her heart drop.

“Ji, Ji-hwan…?”

“You seem still half asleep.”

“Why are you… Ji-hwan?”

“Teacher, the soup is ready.”

“Okay. I’ll be right there.”

Another woman’s voice came from the direction of the kitchen.

Baek Seol-hee initially thought, ‘Who is that woman?’ but then realized it was Yumir’s voice.

But why?

Why were they both in her room?

“I left my Taeguk Watch here. Yumir opened the portal. Keeping it in my room was uncomfortable, so we moved here.”

“Oh, that, right. I have been getting continuous… Ah!”

Baek Seol-hee reflexively reached for her bedside table.

“The messages…!”

“There weren’t any urgent ones. We would have woken you if there were.”

“……Ah.”

Baek Seol-hee’s face reddened, feeling like she had caused some sort of farce.

“To check the Taeguk Watch first thing upon waking up. The life of a hero really is tough.”

“……Something feels odd.”

“What is it?”

“Us….”

Baek Seol-hee pointed back and forth between herself and Do Ji-hwan.

“Didn’t we agree to speak informally…?”

Do Ji-hwan, who had been looking at her expressionlessly, felt relieved that Baek Seol-hee remembered correctly.

“Really?”

“You remember well.”

Do Ji-hwan relaxed his expression and gently stroked Baek Seol-hee’s hair.

“Get up. The meal is ready.”

“The meal is…”

“I brought ingredients from my fridge. It’s fine. I didn’t open your fridge.”

“!!”

Baek Seol-hee suddenly snapped back to full alertness.

Wait.

They entered her room?

Yes, they did.

Yumir had agreed to stay in this room like a night watchman, and during that time, she had tested her indomitable will against Do Ji-hwan.

But it was unexpected for Do Ji-hwan to enter this room.

The fact that Do Ji-hwan entered meant she hadn’t cleaned up her room before moving to Do Ji-hwan’s room –

“…Ah.”

While Do Ji-hwan headed to the kitchen, Baek Seol-hee quickly scanned her room.

It was neatly organized.

The coat she had casually thrown on the floor, the underwear she tossed into the laundry basket, even the empty beer cans she had stacked like bowling pins from drinking alone to relieve stress – all of it!!

“…….”

Baek Seol-hee thought of Do Ji-hwan’s room.

It wasn’t to the point of being obsessive-compulsive, but his room was so tidy it could be mistaken for a model house.

Of course, one could say it was because different people visited every day. Still, compared to Baek Seol-hee’s own room, it was like the level of tidiness in a hotel.

Then that meant.

This room, could it be that Do Ji-hwan…?

“Ah….”

“Sister.”

While Do Ji-hwan was busy serving food on plates in the kitchen, Yumir approached Baek Seol-hee and spoke in a hushed tone.

“I did all the cleaning. Teacher Ji-hwan doesn’t know.”

“Ah.”

“While you were busy with the teacher, I cleaned your room.”

“…Thank you…?”

“Hehe. Wake up. You need to eat breakfast. Don’t worry. Nothing you’re worried about was noticed.”

“……Really?”

“Yes.”

Baek Seol-hee felt a mix of gratitude and guilt towards Yumir.

“I’ll treat you to a big meal later.”

“I didn’t do it for that. But, later, you know.”

Yumir glanced around the kitchen and then, lowering her voice held out her pinky finger.

“If I can’t handle it alone, I can ask you for help, right…?”

“…….”

Baek Seol-hee felt ashamed of herself in front of Yumir’s kindness.

She wanted to monopolize everything, yet this woman seemed to understand and show consideration.

Even though she was younger.

“Of course. If there’s a next time, I’ll ask for your help.”

“Yes. Let’s help each other. Against that vicious villain.”

“……!”

Baek Seol-hee’s heart sank for a moment, and Yumir winked, placing her index finger on her lips.

“Let’s talk about the details later, just the two of us.”

“…Alright.”

Baek Seol-hee was a bit confused, but then she thought.

That villain, was he just a brutish figure in the night?

If taken literally, Do Ji-hwan was the epitome of a day-and-night contrast.

In reality, the club he wielded was so vicious that it made Baek Seol-hee want to surrender everything. She ended up losing consciousness at some point.

She couldn’t check the time due to the lack of a clock and had no idea when she started or lost consciousness.

If that’s the case, it’s just a cruel joke.

But if it meant what Baek Seol-hee understood?

‘I know that Do Ji-hwan is the Goblin, so don’t worry.’

‘I’m pretending not to know, so please cooperate with me.’

‘I’ll tell you why I pretended not to know and approached him later. Just cooperate with me for now.’

That seemed to be what she was saying.

Yumir.

If Platinum Sun knew that Do Ji-hwan was the Goblin and was still in this relationship.

Why wasn’t she telling others and keeping his identity as the Goblin a secret?

Maybe there’s something she didn’t know.

Unlike her, a mere S-class hero, this was the woman with divine abilities to purify demons.

“……Sigh.”

Baek Seol-hee decided not to overthink.

“Sit down.”

“… It’s Western food.”

“It’s easy to prepare.”

But as soon as she saw Do Ji-hwan, who seemed to have picked only her favorite foods for breakfast, Baek Seol-hee gave up on thinking further.

“Why?”

“I just don’t want to think about anything.”

Right.

So what if Do Ji-hwan was the Goblin.

Or if he’s a married man.

In the end.

“Do Ji-hwan.”

“Hmm?”

“Ah.”

It was all this man’s fault for falling for her.

If.

If that was a lie.

Then…

“I guess I made an unnecessary comment.”

“Hehe. But it turned out well, didn’t it? I calculated everything and then dropped the hint.”

After serving breakfast to Baek Seol-hee and exchanging greetings, I grabbed Yumir as soon as we returned to my room.

“Now that I’ve drawn attention, they’ll ask me rather than the teacher. Why hide that you’re the Goblin. What’s the reason?”

“What will you say?”

“Is it more beneficial to hide that I’m a Goblin?”

“Beneficial?”

“Yes. To resolve it like a hero would.”

Yumir grabbed my shoulder and pushed me against the wall.

“Even if a villain walks the path of a villain, it’s the hero’s mission to pull them in the right direction and make them a hero.”

“Are you trying to convince me?”

“A Goblin on the side of justice. Sounds plausible, right? And actually, it’s working. The Goblin is currently refraining from killing people.”

“… That’s not wrong.”

“Hehe. It won’t go as seriously as the teacher worries. If the teacher gets stabbed in the stomach by an ice spear, it won’t be because of hiding the Goblin’s identity, but…”

Yumir’s index finger brushed over my lips.

“It would be because of the lie that you fell for Baek Seol-hee.”

“…….”

“Baek Seol-hee honestly doesn’t care much about the Goblin thing, right? It’s not like the Goblin harassed her, teased her about being bald, or smashed people’s heads in front of her.”

“I didn’t do anything bad.”

“Right. So, you don’t have to worry about being the Goblin. We basically revealed everything yesterday, and I persuaded her with the baseball bat.”

“I won’t deny it.”

Yumir was right.

Baek Seol-hee wouldn’t feel betrayed now, even if she was certain that I was the Goblin.

Rather, she might feel more betrayed by the statement, ‘I did it because I liked you’.

“Sigh. I guess I was the one overthinking.”

No need to overcomplicate things.

Just accept the situation as it was.

“It’s easier if I reverse the cause and effect.”

I exposed my identity to Baek Seol-hee because I liked her, and I wanted to impregnate her.

Among the many heroines and women on this island, there was only one reason I got close to Baek Seol-hee.

I…

Wanted to make her mine.

Wanted her to bear my child.

Honestly.

If I didn’t like Baek Seol-hee, I wouldn’t have approached her in the first place.

“Right. Maybe I did like Baek Seol-hee.”

“…….”

“Why?”

“…Huh? That’s not it?”

Yumir rolled her eyes, looking serious.

“Hey, teacher? Weren’t you a bad guy playing with women’s hearts?”

“I was. But, thanks to you, I thought about it. If I didn’t like Baek Seol-hee, I wouldn’t have bothered her. I don’t touch those I don’t like.”

“Why do you like her?”

“Pretty, good figure, nice personality, seems like she’d have kids well?”

“Wow….”

Yumir’s mouth dropped open in shock.

“What about me?”

“You are…”

I was about to answer but just pushed Yumir’s face away with my hand.

“Enough. I don’t want to answer when you look at me like that.”

“Come on, tell me.”

“You want to know?”

“Yes!”

“Then listen.”

I pulled Yumir’s ear.

“I never thought about using a condom with you.”

“…….”

“Done? Let’s go. To vanquish the demon.”

“Are you going to use it in the future?”

“No.”

That’s because.

“I’m a patriot.”

A traitor.

Swoosh.

Gentle waves lapped at Busan Port.

A large white passenger ship, much bigger than others, arrived at the port.

As many people gathered at the harbor, a line of 1-ton trucks began moving toward the docked ship.

The trucks, painted white, were all specialized vehicles, and each carried a container that filled the truck bed. The containers were marked with the Hero Association logo.

Rumble rumble.

As the trucks carrying one person each in the containers started boarding the ship, a brown-haired woman in a black suit on the deck tapped her Taeguk Watch and made a call.

“Yes. Yes. Boarding has started. I’ll move everything to the destination. Yes. All for the eternal development of the nation and its people.”

Click.

“As soon as the ‘traitors’ arrive on the island, they will be transferred to the laboratory.”

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