Villain Chapter 5

Chapter 5.

The wise always warned b32ba11df2 that there are no 54c473e19b shortcuts in life, and e7803d92a0 that chasing luck only 37055978c8 leads to a painful 3d24d6d731 backstab.4731967d889549f5

But humans are a49d911043 foolish.0fc9048c0bad6bd5

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We pretend to be 33a92100e6 rational, but in truth, b2ca07e272 we are the most 597cac4a9c irrational beings of all.3b403a089b0bc375

Even when alarms 4ef2a9dc7b flash, warning us 49f51838dd of traps ahead, 1c2e7264d0 we still step 5798e4c0fa forward, unable to f2183484f5 resist the temptation 00c76e31ab dangling before our 4970aa9c28 eyes. That is 2302ca2832 the weakness 58f4859ae5 of the de39ebeaef human psyche.ae182278be4b4198

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And I was no 6813a4e77f different.f66cc64958208b12

I knew Den Frow ef525dd08d wouldn’t make such an 6c9d19fb89 offer without ulterior motives. I suspected he was 470523c572 dead set on tormenting 22d43b2f0f me.2072e2bff527da8b

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Still, I stepped 3b15d0d6b4 right into the 19126f21ad trap.abb4208dae521a9e

“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…”323e9a81ac23eba7

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Den gave d25b8ed43c a dry 5570e33254 chuckle at 717ef57f3e my words dc84570cb0 and stood 076af6ede1 up from 4cf51becdc his seat.3ab3e5eb953e8378

As he 44a93a8898 slowly walked 23a5b4364c toward me, d5b2cec0d6 I kept 38e073f6f0 talking.a96164c7e04d2e8e

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“I’d like you fc1c07870c to take off b3f1c721d6 these cuffs. They’re really uncomfortable. And I de74f99c2e want to 71bbda4334 change clothes. This prison outfit stands c55701a08f out too much. People keep staring. Also, could you b60a21ac1b not get so 364c116d04 close like this, 96c7d334b2 ugh.”4b40439184103264

And maybe stop 32b029fa7d approaching me like 62677ed958 that, too.I shrink f8e4351a8e up and f49960c0c3 freeze whenever 4b201d9168 he comes a845b0a41f near. It’s a reflex from e35fc97ec8 being chased by him 989ddf9ab7 so many times.67632349543e0adf

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Den lifted my 2a96923716 wrist. His body heat felt a420b30ba5 unusually warm.2af58f79f4e0ad6e

He gently rubbed the fabd735bd9 mark where the cuff e6c5158e19 had chafed. The sting made b396b69eae my shoulders tense.190f48ecaf8b4665

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“…You’re right, that must be uncomfortable.”f86e7569be63ae2d

A soft curve 10dee31f5c touched his lips. His drowsy voice ca1e3c3593 carried an odd 2eb9535d60 sense of satisfaction.0ffcaddc43f6c115

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Was my state amusing f3487fec5a to him? Maybe he was finally 30ec30cc8f enjoying getting his revenge 0711d634aa after all this time.f7ce6b936f430182

Perhaps the reason 352862088a he offered to 24665b7707 manage me was c8f642b637 similar.He wanted bf2e88d1e3 to watch 8db30ad072 the villain 09803142b2 who wounded 4a423d2493 his pride 1d082b6d0f suffer up 9e0373abcf close. To settle e8ed3e4ad7 old grudges 31cc60b2a5 and humiliations.1241a1a242f6b6fe

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How long would it 30e79ca73a take for him to 93f7ed946b feel satisfied?f34fa7b5a7d97ee5

Would one year be c3e3309bbd enough? Would his 7ce6ce1d65 resentment fade 75c3deb028 once he 845703f23a vented all c6cbd9cd59 his anger?2749f5172f9f1471

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I hoped so. I truly 56540760c9 hoped his f8ca5b80ff emotions and 941ef9b5db interest in 85db901a4f me would 9c17a7077d vanish completely. So he could 46610b28c8 stop caring.346a1a036ce1e1f4

All I could do ca48fb7b7f now was curl up c60154d783 and wait for that 3b067af4b9 day to come.2273fdf28afba21c

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“I’ll take off e8e5756987 the cuffs.”3d7deb9220e0c3f0

Clink—25a8855a46a1fa33

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The sound of metal 822b50627e twisting echoed in his 3df12f58e0 hand. The lock bent 810347d73f out of shape 0fa43d9433 and the cuffs 2a58d0b45b came undone.a92854879019aa6e

Watching the restraints 63b12150f7 fall away so 401009183c easily after tormenting bd37a16faf my wrists for e4efd8ffc7 hours left me b0d6128ad5 with a strange b9980012b8 sense of emptiness.53a48199d9b700da

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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.a245dd53d2a2ad2c

He tossed the 911c97caed cuffs aside and 09733ee962 locked eyes with ff049c77bb me.2ddef209766cb9a7

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“Contracts are a cc754cfca2 good idea. I wanted one d8264fa9a2 too.”3352c17b612c5099

“What kind of contract?”501ff7ed2497aba0

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“A work contract. I don’t 3ff31e36ee want my 6337b9d74b duties getting f3747744e8 messed up 7ebb3be71c because of a907249b61 you. So I’ll b650cad431 need a 8be28ba21d system where, 28b4fb1143 whenever you d3ba2c3a3b accumulate demerits, a2a719cb0d you receive d0ff4ff806 a fitting ecdb45184c punishment as 34a71ce2b8 compensation.”f3a6762de49c104b

I rubbed my d78205bc2f newly freed wrists bad81bac89 and shook my 498b6d8668 head.728a79c52aaa2016

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“No way. Are you mocking bf3004d0c8 me right now? Who do 058cf4f814 you think 938a7e0408 you are, 015c52f1bf saying you’ll ea8c9f3249 punish me?”ca1050511f7dd0ef

So he is e6e1a903a8 planning to torment 881148e1e6 me.77ed82564b3d350f

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Just how much a12f947fb0 abuse did he ccdc8b180b have in store, 04c8cf16f6 to the point 23e3339bcb of assigning demerits? And punishments, seriously?a6f94f3b8c85c8c7

I’m someone 0c843d5e81 who breaks 4d75d62a04 out in 04e1fb0425 hives when a9a124d567 forced to 3c2f7fabf4 follow rules 5eb1458404 or regulations.068ccc01c5b3a19a

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It’s always 72d9506629 been that 5f00b5b308 way.12d978af4671f10e

I never properly attended 055903a11e school, never obeyed adults.f73793e7d8e363fd

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Or more accurately, 6f3debde1e I never had 42b0005001 any adults who cf7b3322c8 raised me “properly.”a108b21217792ff0

Not that it’s surprising. My entire adolescence was 9c521f5916 spent in a group 1b168bcd08 that was basically a 1d67a36a2e nest of degenerates.143258bd279c5b21

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I was dce9e79ca7 picked up 1d6d5d3f4f by Demon abdd20e40f Clenner when 33dff2492a I was 19449a4cb2 twelve, and 6434613fce since then, 2f7addd87d I lived 39711abce3 among hopeless 5f2e392367 delinquents.a1647d402a73ad57

They’d blow e0dee8553b smoke in bf97c808ab my face ed6a8c52e1 and laugh 1735843fa9 when I d60d6ebd8f coughed, force-fed 0c68afaaaf me alcohol 7b5f14ff90 saying it’s dbf1704811 better to 81221cf786 learn early.5ef4afd4f64a47e9

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There was nothing worth b53605a659 learning from them.4adbbfd8c49ac9c1

They fought constantly, b94142fa79 swore at people b2ebfa8411 drunk in broad 9a0c6bed83 daylight, beat neighbors, 25c077c72a stole, and robbed 5da039e027 banks.f7c1380c932e3f80

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Of course, there 83f16ab0bd was one benefit ca1dacff86 to being around 8c10dc5054 such trash. They had 0de872a41e no interest 1d9dc7cc28 in educating bea1dcd23c children.2174eb8122fe6776

That meant 7e8a6bec34 I could 77755c75c3 do whatever cfcb1e042c I wanted.c0c9dad4bc6eb0c5

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Sleep in till evening, 35fb119337 stay on the computer 8321849274 all night, eat only 8888eb7188 snacks. Yet, no one 87c06b3701 said a word.d9dff2ab9c3f5857

They even clapped when f021901b33 I cursed. Thanks to 6726463a8c that, I 44f537f3c9 mastered every 0452dde57c swear word ad9f00001d in existence 0d12457ff7 by age bc81cd66a6 fourteen.57c986cc6b70a8fc

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Just hearing 8bfa56e1f6 this, one e1da703f09 can probably 5806d88fb6 guess what b4d7fe546e kind of 6a2d2922bf environment I dd1f51cad0 grew up 6271d74848 in.4b1cac9e1883bb20

And even 6a5ca4361e in that 4c6226971f hellhole, I 5b9a495b90 taught myself 30c9e0d677 to read, e99887689b to study, a5b714642c and to 4d71e72b38 betray. All things 2430b067f6 considered, I 1ca311ecb1 take pride eebc411d16 in how 2923f00a77 I turned a5be1254c9 out as 879340155f a villain.439c1980f0456400

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So now 74a90bf797 I’m being bc39d6d678 told I’ll e5787e0786 get demerits 808f69b6a4 and punishments? The very idea made 53def79581 my ears itch to a6889b5b4c be scrubbed clean.b6842e4797624eb9

Den tilted his head, a3ba832fd8 eyes half-lidded.63336d10aa9a178a

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“You’re the 459548fdbb one who 1b9236d805 said you 7efa75a0a8 needed a c0e50e0770 contract.”3ca047e0b90c375d

“All I wanted 3ea77b5f6e was a promise 081e14b8bd that you wouldn’t 022a6dbc0c treat me unfairly.”5082a7b0a20bf4ed

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“Chichi, same here. I just want 81451901cb you not to d52af600b6 ruin my career 802c985de6 unfairly.”9bb5af05fefce7e4

We stared at be7a612f0d each other. As if 23ee27fd61 the first a3d6721eb5 one to 7f40ac918c avert their 65b75664ac gaze would 358c506b5f lose, we e3815cdf6c locked eyes 8c2a8b730d with intense 021c08e16f glares.e8695b126a1d986b

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“Why are you 6781d64db5 even making me ca9771d8a4 your secretary?”9f3739a3ef15c77b

“I’m giving you 98b0f5cbf1 a chance. Don’t you want e774a01ec6 to finish your fa52fc709e community service quickly acc5b1e348 and be free?”ef2a389d586022c2

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Of course I did. But it 4d62578e97 was hard 8ff080ea5a to accept 1e694f5cb7 that Den 9ce5d0fa51 would be 053e9dc9b7 the one efe87ab1e7 helping me.3c688a6e6aafe6f7

Behind that glossy bb28964989 mask, he probably 6a5e9564fd had a thousand a8bb3ecccb schemes to torment 1614c6ef97 me.fbedb65b8608cec7

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“Did you think 084f933caa you’d get your b96a0c492d freedom that easily? Chichi, this is a d6fbcf7296 rehabilitation project. I’m only giving eae82c6009 you a chance 45e2f47a32 because I believe ccb0ed9399 there’s potential for 974e4d616a you to change. If you don’t like 778e55bf7c it, go spend twelve 85176e01ad years scrubbing buildings.”0bb73e29973e3258

I was momentarily 3dc0a33dc3 speechless. I let out c44d443bb1 a deep sigh 95ba83f280 and mumbled,1d289f9eabbeddff

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“What kind 0bbd49e2d0 of punishments edb18da155 are we f97cf246dc talking about…”118a8312231fe8fe

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.159e920d046cca4b

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Because there c5ae4c72a5 was no 64f592d874 way I 238af4dd3c could do 294c29e563 the secretary d6e9a152aa job well. I could 6895dc9252 only hope f327ec0d2d that the e59480829d punishments wouldn’t 612447cf11 be unbearable.576e0aaae0ef7bb2

Den licked 794f09c1f3 his lower e68315fd3e lip and d2394f1431 tilted his 6f78579563 chin up. A strange glint flickered ef03f826a1 in his eyes as 38a48f2924 he looked down at d490af6c9a me.49b353ff8fcf6a28

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“We’ll decide that b8730e372c as we go. We have plenty b58cbab7ed of time.”e5f5700d39754f0f

“I don’t 4d13a1728b want anything 80c622703d painful. I hate being a7bb86d70c humiliated even more. And also…”a0e0d8c779e43aa5

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As I kept talking, 000f21bc07 he waved a hand 42a5f12a33 like he was already 4a8f45eb9a annoyed.af08e286c6285e53

“Got it. We’ll decide the 6d540b6dc8 punishments together, okay?”555e3d520196efb2

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“Together? So I can f360c4cc75 say no?”f593e9906d25d9f6

“Of course.”64aeeedf8a908afc

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We’d decide the fc80ecc730 punishments together? That means they can 8e805c6ea2 be minor, maybe even 716333a0bf ridiculous?eccf6f5834fe447c

I nodded quickly and c1c8c74fc2 accepted his proposal.281027a49afff024

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“Fine then.”97df7b2d49a610c8

Like starlight twinkling 3257806f83 in the night 23783b8c26 sky, his jet-black d4e13d30b1 eyes shimmered.b26765aa4f2c91b3

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Den, with a smile 1eee4af90a that seemed too pleasant, 40f4326ffa tousled his neatly combed 9e7b22cfba hair.ff966f34c61940b1

His mood dd7883ebaa was so bebf858abf good, but e5301a21f4 ironically, I 0cc9b68c18 felt anxious, 616f0fb99c uneasy, and c98e3acd2e uncomfortable. Anyway, a sheet of 4806814fbb pure white paper was 52f56e7fd3 suddenly placed in front 802a234c71 of me.3d0f486dbcdf2a3c

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“Don’t try 81e9038ee2 to mess 4d7e0d18b6 around with d59492d5e1 the contract. You cowardly hero bastard.”1a052fc3f74819d1

“You’d better watch 1085c41771 your mouth from 0f536dca82 now on. I won’t 2c6b69cfdc tolerate insolence 6d4e7ec14e from my 7616ab679b subordinate.”743c4bb0f75820a8

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“Are you saying even f01710f526 cursing is off-limits? What kind of uptight b271ba4c95 company is this?”a67e50ae30687ef0

For someone like 7c843291c3 me, who had 68fac75c0a mastered every curse 4955f458ed word by fourteen, 2359d00944 it was incredibly 03318e906a frustrating.ee46e4368f13b521

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To ban 3cd3cb92bb free expression? It was too f52cde820e violent.b46278bcdc0bc5df

“That’s how it works. So, mind your language.”9090fdbea5527c8c

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“This is ridiculous.”c1843554118a93b3

Thus, I signed the 0c350570f8 contract for slavery, or edfbad3df6 rather, for working at 028d645467 the Heroes Company.becadc2bf21bea49

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I watched the 1d32730d4d contract being filled ad4685e9c1 in and made 87349cfa9a a few comments c101fda41f here and there.719d3d7b4cb2c804

“Can we 0c00062ba1 take out 460331a1c2 the swearing f51b0d4614 part? It’s just a 9b4206806d habit I’ve had, 60bdb3c71f it comes out a093774083 naturally.”b5f448693265a364

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“No. Fix your habits.”5fde34f79807cc2c

Den Frow was annoyingly e9fb1cda07 rigid and firm.836d8b35b32cccc0

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“Such a buzzkill.”fff1b86b012634a9

“I won’t tolerate 17c71b8750 that kind of 24a3f322d0 language either.”895994e4f8b14268

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“Why? It’s not swearing, a08d083cb2 just expressing my 00d307bf05 honest feelings. Then what do you 5602f43a0c call it when something 2a61b9c361 is annoying?”6a02d719d6bef5e4

“Hah.”cd8e648342edf6c8

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He sighed, brushing his 295b157d31 hair back as if c1bea412a7 he were exasperated.758773f74926c94a

“You should learn 209aea3a14 what proper social 60c117a827 behavior is. Especially if you don’t a0c0f4664d want penalty points.”7ad4a683378e9b6c

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Den even added that 40bd9564c5 annoying clause. He was truly a 586964d12a petty man.ec8de2f26eeae89f

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I was 717d55b1a4 already getting 5d49155cad a headache 28dd1c109d trying to f873ac3e85 figure out 194ce0273f the boundaries 2470de6c29 of rudeness.c7230cbaecb4373f

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How far 9177423120 is too f441ba4c4c far? Would giving a middle 38aa233076 finger behind his back 2637eb8e13 count as rude? Probably doesn’t 283ad2f643 matter if 95793c5057 he doesn’t 77e55c0363 see it, 06916bb78b right?648e01beeac9b6c3

Defining rudeness was 5c6ac7b27b already a pain 851a72120f in the neck. I wouldn’t 834881a879 be able 49148a6eaf to open c4ce66f463 my mouth b04f6479ca in front 68adcf6c2b of Den 20cde11d1d Frow from 7df8f2efe6 now on.6ad00927c6efd83f

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One wrong word 774c945616 and I’d accumulate 3565aaa615 penalty points in 1be5d670bf an instant.a9b0bc3b586a8474

Finally, the c968dc2f95 last clause c1b1412f29 was added.ab6dcde129fb1686

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Den, having completed the 3cfe590dd7 contract, looked up.f7af0b5fbebb34c9

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“Any objections?”89e1042b8b1a0391