Villain Chapter 5

Chapter 5.

The wise always warned a9940400e6 that there are no 1918533d5a shortcuts in life, and ccdb663f2a that chasing luck only d3a474ce33 leads to a painful ec2b084879 backstab.45cadea9cca114bd

But humans are 26341a5983 foolish.0ab10bad9508aba5

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We pretend to 84d6101710 be rational, but edbfb90e58 in truth, we f1e840f662 are the most df78c1336f irrational beings of 01f073f027 all.63a7f85d09735ae5

Even when alarms flash, 9bbf86764f warning us of traps ef1b967e84 ahead, we still step d14022c7b7 forward, unable to resist 580c507740 the temptation dangling before b33334a65f our eyes. That is the 4e4d470600 weakness of the 3456da9f95 human psyche.9bf15023f23a715e

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And I was no dd77b6f0ef different.498640af42e769bf

I knew Den Frow 9a13829188 wouldn’t make such an 1be1a0c7de offer without ulterior motives. I suspected he 71ae6ba2d9 was dead set f8aea8a584 on tormenting me.f8aca609b42f026e

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Still, I stepped 172cfde0e8 right into the 04076ac468 trap.260716c757277f6d

“Don’t you have a contract or something? Like… something that states you can’t do anything inhumane, or no violence, that kind of work condition…”bcce134fd697fe18

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Den gave f507bc5631 a dry 7a28fe3d8c chuckle at bbf967dce1 my words 61ce948cb0 and stood 4d69ebcced up from f11373ac0a his seat.6879c57fb725ac13

As he slowly walked 2c823278a6 toward me, I kept c2a587a255 talking.945f7a39030c84bf

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“I’d like f924964207 you to e2831bf9df take off 3e3b29d949 these cuffs. They’re really uncomfortable. And I want 8c32814bca to change clothes. This prison e335acb64e outfit stands 32da38068f out too 48324c3567 much. People keep staring. Also, could ca393a3b75 you not 8d66a2d768 get so cd324d245b close like 9d5f290f58 this, ugh.”1a966f52d21820aa

And maybe stop approaching d433948110 me like that, too.I shrink up and 49456ca76e freeze whenever he comes a16daac2d9 near. It’s a reflex from bd24241398 being chased by him 58de02c97b so many times.a6d74d7d9bfd2f03

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Den lifted my 087d00c4ed wrist. His body heat felt e082ec0856 unusually warm.603a7cbb3ae37f5e

He gently rubbed 2308fe76f2 the mark where b4e5cae91c the cuff had 6497808183 chafed. The sting made my ce892055d8 shoulders tense.b7085738f168bcd1

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“…You’re right, that must be uncomfortable.”6035e5809b699089

A soft 61f220c447 curve touched 011f025c66 his lips. His drowsy voice carried ab19f9cf65 an odd sense of d623c3f57c satisfaction.2e820515ad18044d

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Was my 8d999d19df state amusing fa513b0ba7 to him? Maybe he ac1f1d252b was finally 03745f615a enjoying getting c3a58bace9 his revenge f5690355e5 after all 36096f3759 this time.db09386753888565

Perhaps the reason he 03b2af8c62 offered to manage me 00059da2a1 was similar.He wanted to 7bae4e661c watch the villain a653044e83 who wounded his 8e3e92c872 pride suffer up 8703394481 close. To settle old 9a357bded0 grudges and humiliations.f693dde03a3bed2a

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How long 3cac631bcf would it c92f7b9711 take for 0bf598ea1d him to 6246bb0e75 feel satisfied?acf6cc3b20fb7ca8

Would one year be c068726caa enough? Would his resentment 582c77b277 fade once he 683273dc55 vented all his 0076892610 anger?df6d83c3c6aa3756

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I hoped so. I truly hoped his cdfeb97fdd emotions and interest in d598469429 me would vanish completely. So he 68ebbbf8bb could stop aeee81e53c caring.da7d07ce7c31cd21

All I bc70ed17c6 could do 6a34fcb3f3 now was 6de3a953af curl up e214ac9eca and wait fadce095ca for that 7dc9b0ee1e day to 17fff356f3 come.50e9ce583f76d70b

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“I’ll take off the a1589ffc50 cuffs.”cda63564f1981504

Clink—2bb8aaa78c21e64b

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The sound of 3c186e0b98 metal twisting echoed 85da2406ac in his hand. The lock bent b22a8e2602 out of shape 91723dc9f9 and the cuffs 21b6c3fefb came undone.d15bca0c6efb2818

Watching the restraints fall f179ccda2d away so easily after 8819a036ef tormenting my wrists for fe62dc50f3 hours left me with 17bacb4e47 a strange sense of f99ba91d38 emptiness.a122e4201a7f7660

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I wanted to ask him to remove the suppressor too, but I kept my mouth shut. There’s no way he’d agree.964cd1bde44775ac

He tossed the f3289348bd cuffs aside and b3ba999470 locked eyes with d0c7086ae5 me.c27e3448a76115f1

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“Contracts are a good 00ae3d33da idea. I wanted one too.”bfdb68bbf906f40d

“What kind of 7f7ed13e3d contract?”53e5c73b907b7ea3

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“A work contract. I don’t want my 763e8dfa23 duties getting messed up af9c8683ac because of you. So I’ll 783f4b18d1 need a e847654757 system where, 1b2c18876f whenever you 847efa198c accumulate demerits, 2257cee946 you receive 336dacd467 a fitting eb006e4123 punishment as d681eecc66 compensation.”832a14e7f7c71b15

I rubbed 9f77826d33 my newly ef63e1a123 freed wrists 9729938a17 and shook 637148a1a7 my head.c758384a9cc6a6d9

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“No way. Are you mocking 78759eb1ff me right now? Who do you think 1184190af3 you are, saying you’ll 96233888a5 punish me?”10552d91a0719c63

So he 1075159b6f is planning cf6c599ce4 to torment e6287e0505 me.e261a254fbc358c6

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Just how much abuse 4bde4519f0 did he have in f5c0ff4d75 store, to the point a6ecb9115d of assigning demerits? And punishments, seriously?253b6ae18bdacc54

I’m someone be1c548d5f who breaks f0c3b47ee5 out in 4bf47c5bc3 hives when 7f9e5de44f forced to d3ec9b2239 follow rules 045da71664 or regulations.b97279c7d720eed4

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It’s always 6ca9da7231 been that d9a1402a73 way.556dbd2f24e65e19

I never properly 1cc9bd77aa attended school, never dc4236727a obeyed adults.862e98f4375a0f96

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Or more accurately, 78cc8ebc28 I never had c6751f0dd8 any adults who 8b871ef0b7 raised me “properly.”743fa20dfdf28df0

Not that 0907b8f438 it’s surprising. My entire adolescence was d0ca0db3ab spent in a group ad1fe8bbeb that was basically a 5176e7c6ea nest of degenerates.df6dc0ac4ea78b54

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I was picked 4483c88b24 up by Demon dc9cbec6d3 Clenner when I 9d52d8abb5 was twelve, and 8f446962eb since then, I b18b6cef20 lived among hopeless d1ba997f48 delinquents.8b1f9137c9f9f83d

They’d blow smoke e0103c0f40 in my face 125a080315 and laugh when 0486f0cf6f I coughed, force-fed bdda722f76 me alcohol saying d9b65d3d3b it’s better to 3e736c6981 learn early.fe8bafa89ed04b1f

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There was nothing 15d1b7d902 worth learning from 52ac86b002 them.09da742cc813bdca

They fought 64b33b0c10 constantly, swore de1835928c at people ea0dce7461 drunk in ed18300e6d broad daylight, 1eba661a6c beat neighbors, 83ec0de27c stole, and ffea9ffbcc robbed banks.cb3e0986fb3c3733

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Of course, 0b239d4741 there was 68872673ca one benefit 2ee21a4d68 to being 3a8a6b1d02 around such d2c75dce9e trash. They had no interest df1ca132fd in educating children.79f03885da2ead9a

That meant 3c336078ae I could 8995ba36a0 do whatever e579bed853 I wanted.5efbf4238aa9e94d

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Sleep in till 42f4842b85 evening, stay on 90690a30d9 the computer all 666d2f4722 night, eat only 0cb2764ad7 snacks. Yet, no 6e232ec04e one said 2deac2f748 a word.25d116b11e40017d

They even clapped d200adda46 when I cursed. Thanks to b2b3b97143 that, I d938eb3822 mastered every 8bec41decc swear word d84a670c40 in existence 16f1ac9780 by age 573a749918 fourteen.616ef996fc36ca3e

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Just hearing this, one a4a40e8ebb can probably guess what b61c44ab76 kind of environment I 8709c95007 grew up in.75dc980aaaf7c882

And even in that fe07275699 hellhole, I taught myself 2e00b81c11 to read, to study, 4bcf92aaac and to betray. All things considered, afac8f655c I take pride 25a3349c27 in how I 81dfecb990 turned out as 3dabf80746 a villain.c6d660edef883217

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So now I’m 25585b6064 being told I’ll e5f79562d9 get demerits and 6a50b80245 punishments? The very f8e2f86b93 idea made 0026fdd281 my ears 4e5c237ebc itch to c542e140c0 be scrubbed dbafdeacb4 clean.2499b7d401a6eeb5

Den tilted 8ece5b6a46 his head, bd205c6f29 eyes half-lidded.9b1b46a339f6b760

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“You’re the one c035415487 who said you 809642d256 needed a contract.”7ba2c37eaa179ae4

“All I wanted ee313ccf51 was a promise e218ae2c0e that you wouldn’t 55135eacfc treat me unfairly.”37e511b09ff8d1e3

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“Chichi, same here. I just 3274093739 want you f66b242d54 not to fe71aae7fe ruin my d546058032 career unfairly.”fb6fc469198c5d27

We stared at each adae8da94a other. As if the first ee4f457fd5 one to avert their 918cde8767 gaze would lose, we 86b4386292 locked eyes with intense e270da67b1 glares.0605ec1ef5d7f8b0

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“Why are you e108e93a89 even making me f39edd3728 your secretary?”3cf2b962d5292d07

“I’m giving you a 45db0a97ba chance. Don’t you 43e8eab647 want to 1f26bdef52 finish your 4ad949ee7c community service 80035201fb quickly and 271115b2b8 be free?”aa215a96645ad858

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Of course I a99b74348c did. But it was 7ba8872ff5 hard to accept ec2bc411fb that Den would 6d7104c325 be the one 33d8cde877 helping me.74740e4af2190f41

Behind that 6e24a0827b glossy mask, d945fa05f6 he probably aa365d4a2b had a f642cd8bc3 thousand schemes e846e3a9cc to torment fbd3364105 me.c4203e5fea60bea6

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“Did you b192254c52 think you’d 5f5975c693 get your b391201526 freedom that deae3aa8c2 easily? Chichi, this is 428f3e1e24 a rehabilitation project. I’m only giving you 9dd41c4bf6 a chance because I 1e38ac25b9 believe there’s potential for 56530f7971 you to change. If you don’t like c397f4dbfb it, go spend twelve ff761c305b years scrubbing buildings.”eab402b3eec8d851

I was momentarily 23bea8a870 speechless. I let out a 7f1ab1ce3e deep sigh and mumbled,df7c4ffc1d4433b9

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“What kind of punishments 6982ea633b are we talking about…”9697d8028cc8966f

The sad thing was that Den’s words all sounded so reasonable and logical. And I had no doubt that I would end up punished eventually.7c7454fa0d78f176

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Because there was no 2c7b38191b way I could do 7e6b57f236 the secretary job well. I could f72cf46926 only hope 2e77aab9e8 that the dd0450397a punishments wouldn’t c2f09ccf4f be unbearable.c06bc7defbc59e5c

Den licked his 51ac07e5b6 lower lip and 0396328739 tilted his chin 484d858739 up. A strange glint flickered 123224f02f in his eyes as eac503d19e he looked down at 73873d9c4e me.356a2a602f3e1e49

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“We’ll decide that as de7c935846 we go. We have d68a221c3d plenty of 28941ca1f5 time.”56a57e10f923e653

“I don’t want anything 982810ae89 painful. I hate being e85904b6ef humiliated even more. And also…”40d86f73571efa03

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As I kept 79bf81a23b talking, he waved b6736c5b01 a hand like a90efe3035 he was already 5bac99eca4 annoyed.85fce5e5335fd0ee

“Got it. We’ll decide the punishments 6fe4875e0f together, okay?”dc92988d3364994b

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“Together? So I 0bee212480 can say e542f32c15 no?”86ad98f280d95881

“Of course.”e748643844238333

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We’d decide the d011e3f9ab punishments together? That means they 89229f0f9e can be minor, bbd078c0c1 maybe even ridiculous?af8e36e69ed3815b

I nodded quickly and c083f9f78a accepted his proposal.34823a53ad63c7a8

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“Fine then.”1d8bc2aadcb4eb75

Like starlight twinkling in 8edf7ea904 the night sky, his 08255f06b2 jet-black eyes shimmered.72882535cdf79c12

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Den, with a cc5e97f586 smile that seemed 54981e4c28 too pleasant, tousled e3eb48168c his neatly combed e3719de5a9 hair.0c3930339077e941

His mood was so 6911253d15 good, but ironically, I 4d03640854 felt anxious, uneasy, and 6a7a991c67 uncomfortable. Anyway, a cf69cc66e4 sheet of c902799dfa pure white c302d31ab3 paper was 4c41f8c830 suddenly placed cb7ee05337 in front ff85f0deb8 of me.5b0c58e5cd17f909

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“Don’t try d52209a4ef to mess b9adfc1ba4 around with 3d287f8e38 the contract. You cowardly ed5ade4bd1 hero bastard.”dfc549159fbdd0a1

“You’d better watch 8852dba1db your mouth from fb4327d03b now on. I won’t fdd476b445 tolerate insolence c72d580de7 from my dfe84d2be2 subordinate.”f73fade1720c69b4

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“Are you 9630b314aa saying even a5c74eb8c8 cursing is 8c5c5b2d4e off-limits? What kind of uptight 608d9a493f company is this?”82e85fc483bbef5b

For someone like me, 84fdea84e2 who had mastered every bbcf220134 curse word by fourteen, 8a2aed89c4 it was incredibly frustrating.95b048f367d38832

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To ban free expression? It was too violent.120c7f956919c421

“That’s how it works. So, mind 2c3f5d863e your language.”07f712fc77f5f1be

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“This is ridiculous.”d97847cb62892f1c

Thus, I signed the 084198a201 contract for slavery, or 1dc0cd1315 rather, for working at 3c03621cb8 the Heroes Company.0527f1ded94d844c

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I watched 4784838062 the contract 4ce0a115c5 being filled 681a554e96 in and bdf82d9622 made a b16e8f8b2f few comments 7912db9295 here and 6bbd3ef1bf there.0f91ed7aba9e80a0

“Can we take c02fffbcbd out the swearing 082298f634 part? It’s just a 189548ff90 habit I’ve had, 89e6d2c29f it comes out 0b90593ed1 naturally.”32bee6d3c7b60ad1

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“No. Fix your habits.”4ffda5b0a2071aa7

Den Frow e92a7f4385 was annoyingly 21a20ee330 rigid and 79a7f75833 firm.9f049a8a636663fc

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“Such a buzzkill.”39936d3438f055d2

“I won’t 065ea8e0d6 tolerate that a56b7857e6 kind of 35bdf9cd21 language either.”daeb610d799da616

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“Why? It’s not swearing, just 08cda5f212 expressing my honest feelings. Then what do you 0a28885060 call it when something f0a340a383 is annoying?”0ea1b210b24d61e5

“Hah.”4c98cbe09187a351

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He sighed, brushing af0f953735 his hair back 18327157cc as if he d9795371ed were exasperated.b54b5bd558b18cd2

“You should 056d53c389 learn what c65c9a768d proper social c50743a2d9 behavior is. Especially if 4204579d3b you don’t 2b86196770 want penalty aefc8f3a95 points.”bdf66224f69d1fd2

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Den even added that 21fbbc931c annoying clause. He was c97fa536d7 truly a c282cdf344 petty man.e6028c2369cb0416

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I was already getting aa4366d1b0 a headache trying to d73c7ed880 figure out the boundaries ad61088cac of rudeness.7e6e4e3082c37801

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How far is too 6afb2d30cc far? Would giving a middle ceac84f528 finger behind his back 4425119a64 count as rude? Probably doesn’t 26a1e71a99 matter if 0261088631 he doesn’t e5660b926e see it, 9c61a41d66 right?31b64fa91041fb0c

Defining rudeness was 02aa500973 already a pain b13dbbfef5 in the neck. I wouldn’t 2a2e0834a3 be able 9bd28d3717 to open 8a3da297fc my mouth 86b1ae18e2 in front d65a95dd2e of Den 7dd5b89158 Frow from 4270fed182 now on.15da1f2aece9efaf

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One wrong 2116df3138 word and 9c77c48f76 I’d accumulate a58e409374 penalty points 30236b2f57 in an 245779f99c instant.16dcae4f198227c2

Finally, the last clause 13ad24d9e3 was added.3a80b07a7d86d5b3

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Den, having completed the 6009ee430e contract, looked up.1cd99e17f5ae5fca

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“Any objections?”739473fdcc3a0b0b