Why Are You Becoming a Villain Again?

Even You (5)

Dozens of days pass.

Life at the academy was smooth.

Asena was busy, so I couldn’t meet him often.

I was secretly happy with this time.

There is room to calm your mind.

I was still in pain, but I felt like I could hide the fact that I was hurt in front of her.

It is also a virtue of Kirsi.

He healed the wounds he received from Asena through Kirsi.

We were so close that our faces were pierced when we looked at them.

If she affirmed me, I could still think that I was useful.

After all, the reason I wanted to become a knight was because of these twins.

I chose this path to be their support, but someone needs me to gain strength.

But lately, I have felt the atmosphere around me change.

A strange feeling….the gazes.

At first, I thought it was because I was from the Frysters.

The nobles who did not know that I was an adopted child of the Pryster family heard the truth and thought they were looking at me curiously.

It was stressful, but I was able to persevere.

I had to endure it, so I was able to endure it.

Because it was the part that I was worried about with Liana too.

I thought it was just the wind blowing.

As time passed, and the more gazes reached me, I realized that wasn’t the case.

It’s like gossip sometimes.

Sometimes it’s like laughing.

It was an unsettling feeling.

Even if I tried to think of it as a sense of damage caused by low self-esteem after hearing Asena’s shocking words, that was not possible.

As if it was accelerating, it became more blatant.

Gossip developed into gossip, gossip from gossip to quarrel, and quarrel to bullying.

They were clever and stayed at a level that only made me weird when they got angry.

For example, accidental shoulder bumps have increased.

Whether it’s intentional or not, I’m not sure.

However, it is clear that the frequency has increased.

Laughing at me grew louder.

Sometimes I even listened to what he was saying.

The funny thing about the backstory is that you can learn what you’re saying without even listening to the person in the air.

The pieces of gossip that I did not understand when I first heard them come together to form a single mass.

dirty talk,

tales of vulgarity,

talk of incompetence,

It was too high for a member of the duke’s family.

I was puzzled.

Aren’t the Frysters afraid?

It was more surprising than annoying.

Although I am an adopted child.

A fryer is a fryer.

The family crest on the shoulder is not so light.

Still, they quarrel with me.

It’s not that simple…

I was starting to feel it on my skin.

I feel embarrassed by the situation.

Maybe it’s because I read about this place in a novel.

In fact, the power of words was very powerful in this worldview.

That is why the Department of Politics is famous for its political science department, which, after all, uses the power of words and writing to suppress opponents.

There are witch-hunts that kill innocent people only with words, so no further explanation is needed.

I felt that the arrows towards me weren’t just for fun.

There seemed to be a focal point.

Otherwise, it would not have been necessary for them to be so active.

This was an attack from another family.

Before I touch Asena and Kirsi, I will attack the politically weak me first.

I knew.

After all, I read the novel.

So I figured out a way to stop this.

In the end, you have to find a party and negotiate.

They had to act before their reputation dropped to a point where they could no longer be raised.

****

After dinner, I parted with Kirsi.

After giving her a good night kiss on her forehead, I return to the dormitory.

– Kick.

“Eric, I’m here……”

When I opened the door, I was unable to speak at the sight unfolding before me.

Wherever the stylish and tidy rooms go, there is a complete mess.

As Eric was cleaning out the messy room, he got up from the pile of garbage and scratched the back of his head.

“…is it a mess?”

I am puzzled by his so casual attitude.

“Did you do it, Eric?”

He shook his head.

“Of course not. Haha…where do I start explaining this?”

Eric put down the cleaning tool he was holding weakly with an apologetic expression on his face.

“….Sorry. Because I’m a powerless noble… Actually, the bullying is a bit harsh. I didn’t know you’d come so openly… Because of me, you’re taking a lot of damage.”

“Is this what happened to bother you?”

“….sorry. I will put it away quickly.”

I snorted.

“No, Eric…you’re mistaken, but if it was just you, you wouldn’t have made this room so messed up. There’s no way you don’t know that this is the room I’m living in.”

“….yes?”

I put my things down and headed towards my room.

Without delay, twist the doorknob to open the room.

“…her.”

Eric swallowed a breath.

My private room was also smashed.

“…it’s bothering you and me.”

“…..”

Attack speed is fast

Who is behind it that makes it so strong?

If there is no certainty that it is okay to attack, there is no way I can do this.

I did not want to get involved in the political battles between the families.

But beyond that, there is no other way.

“Eric. Please do one thing. It’s a good story for you too.”

“……Please speak.”

“There’s got to be a kid in your class named ‘Kyle Benthrac’.”

“….there is. How did you know that? You are a quiet friend.”

“Please arrange a meeting with that friend. No, can I still see you? Do you know the friend’s room?”

“……I will check to see if there are any friends I know. wait please.”

Eric left the dormitory, dusting off his body.

No one knows, but there is one peculiar character in this novel .

It was a character created by the author to explain the lack of information.

He is a person who can be viewed as a ‘explainant’ or ‘speed wagon’ position, but it was set with great curiosity. All the rumors going around the Academy were pierced by this character.

When I read it as a novel, he was a character lacking in probability, but now he is a very useful character to me.

I didn’t know the person who attacked me.

That there is a different species called ‘Kyle Benthrock’.

As soon as I found out, I felt like I had to leave it to Asena or Kirsi.

Eric comes back and beckons.

“Brother, I found it.”

****

There was no one else in his dormitory.

It seems that the roommate hasn’t come back yet.

Things were going well.

Eric, I, and Kyle Benthrock face off.

“…what are you doing?”

Kyle asked cautiously. A dwarf, cute man. His body was shuddering as if he was terrified.

“…Kyle. I know about you.”

I said threateningly. It was the intention of taking advantage of Kyle’s fearful personality.

“…yes?”

“Kyle, do as he says. You are from the Fryster family.”

Eric started catching the wind from the side. As the main character, he is quick-witted.

“…”

But Kyle must have known. That I am Kayden Pryster. Because this friend who likes gossip doesn’t know.

“I know you know a lot.”

“…”

Kyle is anxiously rolling her eyes and looking at me.

“…I don’t mean to hurt you. We just need to tell you a few questions. Then we can pass without any problems.”

“…are you threatening?”

“It gives you a chance. Actually, I don’t like you that much.”

It wasn’t a lie.

In the novel, Kyle is one of Eric’s most helpful characters.

That means, they are making a lot of effort to get behind the Frysters.

To that end, he followed the twins immensely.

Afterwards, he is caught and trampled on by Asena and Kirsi, but…

Now, as a member of the Pryster family, I was only seen as a stalker clinging to my younger brothers.

…Of course, it’s still within the acceptable range.

Because you haven’t been following the twins in earnest yet.

Because I haven’t been able to dig into all the families in detail yet.

So, for now, I thought I would just dig up the information I needed from him and warn him to leave his brothers alone.

“…If you use the power of the family to forcefully press me like this, there will be a lot of backlash.”

he said sarcastically. I close the distance enough to make him uncomfortable.

“…The power of the family?”

said with a smirk.

“Can I have something like that?”

It was convenient in this respect to read the novel and know the inside story.

“…..you. You sneak into the student council room.”

He hardens at my words. Eric looked at me in surprise.

“Don’t think about getting lost. It’s a warning.”

Once again, instill fear. I knew that if I didn’t approach it in this way, I wouldn’t spit out anything until the end, so I had no choice but to do it.

I felt remorse, but… well. Asena is the student council, and I don’t like going into that room arbitrarily.

“If this is revealed, you will be expelled from school. I heard that you broke into the student council room….the family will be more worried about succession.”

“…what do you want?”

Kyle became obedient. There is no need to press him any further.

After re-separating the distance, ask a light question.

“Me and Eric. The fortress was taken by someone. Tell me who you are.”

“…Is that enough?”

“I know?”

“Roughly. But you have to promise. If you answer me, then what you just said is nothing.”

“I’ll promise. Eric?”

I looked at Eric.

He nods his head too.

“I do as my brother said.”

Kyle pulls a small wooden chair and sits down helplessly.

Then he looked at me.

“Are you curious about what happened in the room today?”

“You know that too?”

Eric was amazed.

Kyle ignores him and says:

“What happened today was just bullying. It’s like heartbreak. There is no one behind it.”

I couldn’t believe the words that broke my heart.

“…don’t roll your head, Kyle. i want the facts Lately, it is true that gossip about me has increased, that my reputation is declining, and that someone has touched me.”

“That is true.”

“But is this just bullying? Who touches the fryer with such a light heart?”

“Who touched the fryer?”

Silly words began to flow from Kyle’s mouth.

At first, I thought I had forgotten that I was a Priest.

“…touch me-”

“I was touching Kaden-sama, not Pryster.”

I wrinkled my expression.

“What kind of bullshit is that?”

“There is. It’s okay if you don’t act in front of me. It’s clear that you are hated by your family, right? Who is afraid of you for being abandoned by your family?”

“…….What?”

Kyle looks at me and says, scratching me as much as possible to scratch my nerves.

“Oh yeah. If you dare say that Kaden is behind everything that happens…”

He shrugged and said.

“That’s Kirsi-sama.”

-bang!

I quickly closed the distance and grabbed him by the neck and lifted him up.

His clothes began to crack and tear, but I was not a bodhisattva who could stand still after hearing gossip from the family.

“You dare taunt Pryster? You know everything, but don’t you know our hypotheticals?”

“Ah, I know..

Kyle struggled as he answered.

“Someone I know touches Kirsi in front of my eyes!?”

“buy..! Because it’s true…!”

“It’s hard to breathe,” Kyle nodded.

Then his finger, which was hovering in the air, pointed to Eric.

“Eh.. just ask Eric!”

“What?”

“Eric probably saw it too! Kirsi-sama is gossiping about you…!”

I looked at Eric without loosening the strength in my hands.

He had an uncomfortable expression on his face.

The look on that face is creepy. Power is released from your grasp.

Kyle fell to the ground and grabbed his neck.

“….Eric. Say no.”

“……”

“….Kirsi went around swearing at me? Kirsi?”

I couldn’t believe it.

I feel like my whole body is losing strength.

The hole in my chest is getting bigger.

It was as if his consciousness was being eroded into the depths of the underground.

said Kyle, who was crawling on the floor.

“Ugh…I’m sorry, but the rumors spread that both of your twins hate you, so everyone is ignoring you…! There are many people who have heard Kirsi-sama cursing you…! Otherwise, who cares about cluttering the room?”

Attacks on me were no longer important to me.

Kirsey.

It was more important whether Kirsi was really like that.

Today alone, all day, she clings to me.

They flirted with each other, hugged, and fed each other food.

When we parted, I even kissed him on the forehead.

But she was swearing at me from behind.

“Eric. Say it quickly.”

“…..yes. I heard.”

“…haha..”

His words seemed to put a brand on his chest.

It is said that when people get too excited, they start laughing.

That was my case.

From Asena to Kirsi…

Until that Kirsi…

“…what did you say?”

“…Brother, I don’t know that far. Really. I could only see him from afar, and I felt uncomfortable knowing him, so I avoided his seat.”

“…”

“Really. So I know now that things have gotten this far.”

“Kyle.”

I asked Kyle, who was sorting out his clothes.

“…What did Kirsi say?”

“…do you really want to hear it?…This is a humanitarian question.”

“…..”

Looking at me, he sighs as if he can’t do it.

“…I’m not quite right either. I only know roughly. I guess I said a lot of things. He said that he snores a lot, that he had a lot of bravado, that he had no manners, that his body smelled…”

Do you hate snoring a lot?

It was Kirsi who came to my room.

there’s a lot of lies

I’ve never looked up myself.

There is nothing I can say about courtesy as it is the standard of a person who accepts it.

Your body smells…

I still just hugged you out of love.

“…even if you keep trying to teach me troublesome things, even if you’re crazy about women,”

The words that followed were painful.

I taught her out of a heart for her.

Why do you make up lies about being crazy about women?

It was the life they only wanted.

Has Kirsi been hiding all of this inside?

“…and incompetent. have no will I said that.”

The strength of the legs is released from the feeling of disappointment.

I sat down on the chair next to me.

Why have you been working so hard all this time?

Eric ran up to me and grabbed my shoulder.

“…incompetent.”

Those words hurt the most.

It seems that the evaluation is in line with Asena, who is trying to banish me from the family.

Of all the ridicule I heard behind me, the most annoying word was that I was incompetent.

Because to some extent it was true.

As a commoner, it was difficult for me to help the family.

That’s why I came to the Knights Department so far away.

He had endured the pain of popping blisters, blood bruises, and muscle aches.

However, the starting point of the incompetence was the mouth of Kirsi, whom he loved so much.

If it comes out of someone else’s mouth, it’s tolerable.

It is so painful to come out of their mouths, the cause of my efforts.

My despair was so clearly visible to Eric and Kyle that no one spoke out loud.

Even Kyle, who had been in conflict for a while, noticed me.

Then he cautiously approached me and even comforted me.

“….I’m sorry. But I didn’t lie.”

“no..”

A sudden thought came to my mind and I looked at him.

“no. That’s a lie. If Kirsi hates me so much, then why does he keep coming to me? People who heard the gossip couldn’t be convinced?”

I thought I was stabbed, but Kyle’s expression didn’t change.

“…I heard that you are taking care of it because you are a member of the family.”

Again laughter erupted.

“……ha… that’s really ridiculous….

It’s annoying and understandable.

Even in the novel, they put the family first.

“…just… be quiet. I heard that you will be expelled from the family in two years.”

“…..older brother?”

Eric looks up at me when he hears it for the first time.

I didn’t answer.

Kyle continued.

“…the twins have abandoned you. So be careful.”