Villain Chapter 5
by biniChapter 5.
The wise 819634f691 always warned e501d54a7d that there 719fedf6b9 are no 2479187972 shortcuts in 72f877e602 life, and ea21f07dad that chasing f5dc767236 luck only b9e9b50e97 leads to 89b1b257ac a painful 208562cd1d backstab.d82f74499685ca98
But humans are 557ebd29c7 foolish.126d6720d01f3735
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We pretend de23fcace2 to be 8a22e15659 rational, but 12bd088a18 in truth, 2a8dc9ca4f we are de5de3ca40 the most 886e370cf0 irrational beings 1953726c63 of all.e7b14dd74d7e67d2
Even when 3dec576623 alarms flash, 64c5e96c35 warning us 872ee6799f of traps 9d1105e8a3 ahead, we 27c8cd0767 still step 1ce2c60b99 forward, unable bcde9234dd to resist 5223565da3 the temptation 29901ce74e dangling before 5062c95aab our eyes. That is the weakness a0f875462c of the human psyche.e82435b32879bed9
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And I a7928d07e8 was no 3384b31ba2 different.035f092f70c7f61f
I knew Den Frow 0e233fb6c8 wouldn’t make such an 3112258cbe offer without ulterior motives. I suspected he 1b73998047 was dead set 9446280b6f on tormenting me.0c47232b6b43c37b
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Still, I stepped 9d5aed4caf right into the 16742359e5 trap.38c163347ca8106a
“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…”f6625302d2dce63f
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Den gave a d9a66aba15 dry chuckle at 7c1bad1d74 my words and 0a2f008f1c stood up from 784578330c his seat.b1c6e845b1fd913f
As he 834f60b63d slowly walked 747650b894 toward me, 4107027d3f I kept 16a2e4b088 talking.e631ebc0aee43beb
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“I’d like you 6d79689c65 to take off cc9f5f73ab these cuffs. They’re really uncomfortable. And I 99aaf1bc27 want to ad846fa229 change clothes. This prison 59c4aeeabb outfit stands f6daab1f7e out too 149c57292b much. People keep staring. Also, could you 22c8121ed2 not get so bee065f680 close like this, 6aa575324c ugh.”c715ce3cdb85f8ca
And maybe 96247ac666 stop approaching 3539e2af35 me like ad20c08b60 that, too.I shrink up and 4918285794 freeze whenever he comes 8755a43979 near. It’s a reflex 2d898733c1 from being chased e1e2eec44c by him so 73baaf1811 many times.28ef3c4dd5452eee
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Den lifted my b001a64c66 wrist. His body a173f250ae heat felt f2bf40c3d4 unusually warm.b9003740feec9fd7
He gently rubbed the 449183df45 mark where the cuff 6e1f03cc67 had chafed. The sting made ef4cca6aa6 my shoulders tense.3b2e8469671ea49b
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“…You’re right, that must be uncomfortable.”de36dc0ebef65c4e
A soft curve 633d948c1c touched his lips. His drowsy voice 58b1b23acd carried an odd b02fe6c532 sense of satisfaction.6b4c9ca5c83b4878
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Was my 93c9914e98 state amusing d84d864227 to him? Maybe he was finally f3ce721efa enjoying getting his revenge accf689cf5 after all this time.dae62c4517a1a036
Perhaps the a35f8c8310 reason he 4c53599c00 offered to e4349033a3 manage me c40e8cf836 was similar.He wanted to watch bba5c51205 the villain who wounded 19b2e37100 his pride suffer up d7e25f2b11 close. To settle old 8cb0add26d grudges and humiliations.0efedc52f50e309b
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How long would it 71c64a32df take for him to 544b6e6052 feel satisfied?ed5785fe845107e3
Would one 34bc7dcccd year be 47d79dd4be enough? Would his 3fd66d7914 resentment fade e4216dc92f once he ad95a83d82 vented all 8c57602356 his anger?a3ab66e4fac938e7
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I hoped so. I truly hoped 26ca260028 his emotions and a83be37d48 interest in me da9a884536 would vanish completely. So he could bda40ebcec stop caring.8e978d46b9f5e036
All I could do 0c0890d06f now was curl up b69c54fe0b and wait for that 470358fd5a day to come.d2cfdce1596d75c9
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“I’ll take off the fedb72e9f0 cuffs.”71117b684b76b99d
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The sound of metal 5dd6578d46 twisting echoed in his 9e32d9c220 hand. The lock bent out 4c95a89622 of shape and the ab693246d5 cuffs came undone.bf8e431ee262eedc
Watching the restraints 4ec8f54587 fall away so 30323da86e easily after tormenting 521ff5926d my wrists for 2050513405 hours left me a2951a25c4 with a strange 8eae257c7e sense of emptiness.433e73df04c47510
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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.9e33de8b9a0e7059
He tossed the cuffs e03e385092 aside and locked eyes 3f43e08791 with me.73fbdbaf56bd62f9
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“Contracts are a c8d3cf4f26 good idea. I wanted one too.”b06908bcdaaeaaf0
“What kind of 7d803f5ed8 contract?”110deba593ee39ad
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“A work contract. I don’t want 4e46223f88 my duties getting 211081b72b messed up because dea895e0a3 of you. So I’ll need a e6c4a7268c system where, whenever you 28c984213b accumulate demerits, you receive 808657f585 a fitting punishment as bcb78cc635 compensation.”ddf9e29adc954c2d
I rubbed 1de6938568 my newly 3a16a611c4 freed wrists db8c9dbe10 and shook b456208ca9 my head.f8e6c09f05d652c8
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“No way. Are you mocking 3b0e56b53d me right now? Who do you 04e6586501 think you are, e4f9427728 saying you’ll punish 735ab37c7b me?”f09c213e008563ad
So he is 72c4a0ddac planning to torment 6935aaf1d0 me.f27750108eabf220
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Just how much a57c3726c2 abuse did he 2b6b7f3470 have in store, b1eea528dc to the point e628baef91 of assigning demerits? And punishments, seriously?bb62473c5cb587ad
I’m someone who bebd54b67e breaks out in 42d157141f hives when forced f1862167f7 to follow rules 100bfe870c or regulations.c2633f089ab343b7
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It’s always been 8377e1eda9 that way.5fd0d22847bd8c58
I never properly attended eaa67f235d school, never obeyed adults.334c94854ae93625
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Or more f9ef06940f accurately, I 634a427201 never had eceea75aa3 any adults 66582031b9 who raised 34def958ac me “properly.”89d339867465124a
Not that 0896288c86 it’s surprising. My entire adolescence was d12599aabb spent in a group 800a63991e that was basically a e19afa1807 nest of degenerates.0b94c62686264509
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I was 1694705b2b picked up 62658d3291 by Demon d48e4daea4 Clenner when d0e87efd36 I was a8b249a23e twelve, and d7f5488902 since then, 8f5e10aaf0 I lived 5f9d04b32f among hopeless 3706f3f84a delinquents.dc75ce1ed2b4d41f
They’d blow ead46b98a9 smoke in 5f442507a9 my face 58090ea5ce and laugh f9dcbf6bb1 when I 9ab197c3a5 coughed, force-fed 0e08ca13ab me alcohol 347632b19f saying it’s f2709b557e better to e36e5a5b2c learn early.acdd5e0e0ac683a6
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There was de3ee55a29 nothing worth 132617ca1c learning from 4b61976a9c them.e064bbe5dff5c805
They fought constantly, swore 1337071d6c at people drunk in 669cfa3798 broad daylight, beat neighbors, cd30d84cbe stole, and robbed banks.849abbf0e1589cb1
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Of course, there was 155a93271c one benefit to being 54b99aaf01 around such trash. They had 264f236e37 no interest 75ce130a1d in educating 61c8ec93bb children.f3bfa0881eab6ac2
That meant I could 53141a1bc1 do whatever I wanted.18b3a58241580535
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Sleep in till evening, fdb4422cf7 stay on the computer 5d35535897 all night, eat only 4915728e95 snacks. Yet, no a6cf38d995 one said f3643d3407 a word.9c6539214dcdfaf2
They even clapped e1e702f468 when I cursed. Thanks to that, I 791e4a5402 mastered every swear word 2b90ca9edc in existence by age 31688e5acc fourteen.4dc6812e6848f7ad
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Just hearing this, one e8b2b72107 can probably guess what 9223933f93 kind of environment I 276e6e8643 grew up in.bd545b1ecc2a6471
And even ca87f2879c in that b7192e031b hellhole, I e16a0cf01a taught myself a15e5a208d to read, c197a869d9 to study, 77fa96b142 and to 528c5a7f51 betray. All things 5374d2d535 considered, I 5e3fd4fce6 take pride f10bff527e in how 967c7b1599 I turned 24d1527747 out as 11ccc4a039 a villain.5b3702b474d60286
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So now bda2c1fda8 I’m being 32c2084597 told I’ll b7c2a4414e get demerits 4af2182952 and punishments? The very abaa2c260b idea made 5c43ae6aba my ears 3b7ad6cc40 itch to 23380fefa7 be scrubbed 49b49ac5a4 clean.9d9b0790ea763645
Den tilted 5551f3ce20 his head, 7fb1fd6130 eyes half-lidded.2002d8b9309a9bcf
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“You’re the e229facc8c one who acbb4a8be7 said you 249f1edc9c needed a 71b03981b1 contract.”e432de288f895311
“All I wanted 2887d9081f was a promise 9cd3ddbdb6 that you wouldn’t 36d310c722 treat me unfairly.”789234dc53860734
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“Chichi, same here. I just want you 3c23f59333 not to ruin my 9e227145d9 career unfairly.”eb02965c0bb9a1fb
We stared at each 724358f9a1 other. As if efaed72685 the first 71a786cd58 one to a6202a0b1c avert their 1100add655 gaze would d9d8cefcc6 lose, we 3c712e5fd2 locked eyes 5ccb36e062 with intense da52471808 glares.01b4a27790fb3d23
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“Why are you even 33da427a32 making me your secretary?”0edeb7776df98ed3
“I’m giving d1240fd1d4 you a 4439cf1c91 chance. Don’t you want to 4bb19b4fa0 finish your community service 5ad543b6c5 quickly and be free?”196e663f9858c216
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Of course I 141351e8f8 did. But it was hard 21be2cc862 to accept that Den 582c56ba48 would be the one 4e9036e2b2 helping me.59028fe07cbdf546
Behind that glossy mask, 5b29136412 he probably had a 32cd8ccff4 thousand schemes to torment e0ce7e6e7e me.fc017e6d5da99a5e
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“Did you think 0ee0027449 you’d get your b41a2ab2d2 freedom that easily? Chichi, this a66f70cc07 is a df55f96187 rehabilitation project. I’m only giving bdcfdb48f0 you a chance 7792202fd4 because I believe 231e753856 there’s potential for b67127140c you to change. If you don’t like cead770cf6 it, go spend twelve dda82d224c years scrubbing buildings.”3c43953b2b87ca2a
I was momentarily speechless. I let eac62b0a11 out a 401cd99d1d deep sigh f2e53acf15 and mumbled,81f9b7d29f26f9c0
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“What kind 4dde402bae of punishments 989ac2542d are we 4a0444b5a1 talking about…”94873169783880ae
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.c74139264479479e
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Because there was no fe63bb9746 way I could do 604d1c03bc the secretary job well. I could only 2ce3c3145e hope that the cd3d538f31 punishments wouldn’t be 68f1d9b3a2 unbearable.2882eefe14cc4a6d
Den licked his f8c914c483 lower lip and cc4c4d0722 tilted his chin 6ee9d29773 up. A strange glint 5331658e3a flickered in his 17d83af852 eyes as he 2e344aa67b looked down at b8549c2c5c me.1480c160d39e2aab
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“We’ll decide that as 27d39110b2 we go. We have 7e4821c004 plenty of 4edda91225 time.”c6b8d4142d9a3735
“I don’t want anything 0213ef2276 painful. I hate f5ab38a4d1 being humiliated 839e341769 even more. And also…”1752926c955cad49
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As I kept talking, c1ba918bd0 he waved a hand 0050aeae15 like he was already 6d32ada5bd annoyed.e6c5d4b6edb24e63
“Got it. We’ll decide the punishments 4153808168 together, okay?”3e2356d95d530371
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“Together? So I can 16fb78e91a say no?”bbad49eeb06e99b6
“Of course.”875476773f1a2bae
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We’d decide the punishments 6c59a3b281 together? That means eca017fd8b they can 13164f062f be minor, f941e1156c maybe even dfbeb4c3eb ridiculous?addd38c99b28f30e
I nodded bd926978dc quickly and 35489e16ba accepted his e44316975f proposal.ecef689660ffe800
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“Fine then.”af0cc43601905741
Like starlight twinkling 55d9a78a43 in the night 027ab45d8f sky, his jet-black 8ef6e04dcf eyes shimmered.f91285bb651449f1
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Den, with a smile c71b8cb964 that seemed too pleasant, 1e10eb31af tousled his neatly combed 8ebdbaa3b2 hair.6c5219ce09ece526
His mood df6a0135d3 was so 2e4e6071f8 good, but 751c349e6e ironically, I dff0162648 felt anxious, 905f9c1dcb uneasy, and f950aa8aaf uncomfortable. Anyway, a 8b48519783 sheet of 6014fb25ba pure white 0aa57955f4 paper was a43391ec55 suddenly placed 79bffceb15 in front 278f457910 of me.70ce28bb965e3f52
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“Don’t try to mess 1d68d5a68a around with the contract. You cowardly hero bastard.”e2621be7f1180725
“You’d better watch 3857d9fc3b your mouth from 03f9971e56 now on. I won’t 9fe37711b0 tolerate insolence 48038e7514 from my 3542d0cad9 subordinate.”1a1cd5c0431a5457
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“Are you saying 518ac67de6 even cursing is 6c0eecf7e8 off-limits? What kind cc229d91e5 of uptight 5f4de60efe company is f87957239f this?”dd434c8216791e47
For someone 28f34a81f3 like me, 60c6a1956f who had d6aa5884ed mastered every a0d46edd85 curse word 3dabcc0f01 by fourteen, 6705244e9f it was f8376f71f6 incredibly frustrating.d5f79d2a96ef77d3
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To ban free expression? It was too violent.825ba1e40d5392f2
“That’s how e326e63ff6 it works. So, mind your 291fa2596a language.”6c86ba25783d3be4
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“This is ridiculous.”4f5dee2b9554f8af
Thus, I b16f6ca1ec signed the b18f4be5b4 contract for f86d4612a2 slavery, or 9574a3d530 rather, for 9773545947 working at e42733fd29 the Heroes 8d58e8dc76 Company.24f299c19a180476
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– Work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, until the 43,000 hours of community service are completed. (No holidays.) – Obey Den Frow’s orders. (However, disobedience is allowed if the order is deemed inhumane. The judgment will be made by a third party appointed by Den Frow.) ecc9d8d7638b07c5
– Penalty points will be given for any disruption in work. (Including poor performance, bad behavior, swearing, defiance, etc.)5bb322833bdc660d
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I watched the bfb2c9494a contract being filled e8e7a63cce in and made e3a45b5132 a few comments ae47ca4b86 here and there.4484001bd18b20e8
“Can we take f860aa2ba6 out the swearing da8dbae5dc part? It’s just a habit 8a76e44110 I’ve had, it comes 21dba7f68c out naturally.”7c46a95e589374b3
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“No. Fix your habits.”c3f64caf145a94b8
Den Frow was annoyingly 47808c212d rigid and firm.a6240158f9501805
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“Such a buzzkill.”d40bae067e0e9b18
“I won’t 69f4ce0b8a tolerate that babc99b5e6 kind of dc33d1f7df language either.”7a63d9004737fccb
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“Why? It’s not swearing, cbad21c3d6 just expressing my 5e9b693e91 honest feelings. Then what do you 755e24d94d call it when something 5f1386fcb9 is annoying?”8e5b70208eb2f541
“Hah.”d34eee27a7545ced
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He sighed, brushing c587acf323 his hair back 6a73095fb9 as if he af82fac5be were exasperated.2273bb07846b98e2
“You should learn what 4c08a2af86 proper social behavior is. Especially if dda92d0b8e you don’t 23ec71f447 want penalty fb0c4ff92e points.”e0cb6ba78b09c39a
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Den even added 21aab622c9 that annoying clause. He was cbc825b33f truly a 323429d0a6 petty man.b5584c9b0f66b55e
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I was 919e896471 already getting 812f60f1ab a headache 42a7183ff2 trying to 1e1a9131d4 figure out 7225dc2f2e the boundaries b23b282a08 of rudeness.1f64bbfa58c66ce2
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How far is too f0a91dbf73 far? Would giving a 84804f4f12 middle finger behind 5fec6197bb his back count c91232888e as rude? Probably doesn’t matter 9639091f2b if he doesn’t 0c50f66831 see it, right?d22c20508f06f216
Defining rudeness was 26008ba600 already a pain 429927c865 in the neck. I wouldn’t be b4e71ab2ce able to open 6f17d59252 my mouth in 97775b6752 front of Den 0dfadcfeb5 Frow from now 2fedf192d5 on.a5cf1f991caa44f9
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One wrong 5722b637a0 word and e5f578419f I’d accumulate bf37082915 penalty points 02ec113325 in an a1df5a48ed instant.9f17c900aefc3242
Finally, the ac3a1ff283 last clause cc97ede7ac was added.468d7788c8cd6417
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– If penalty points exceed 10, the parties will mutually decide on a punishment. (If agreement is difficult, Den Frow will present two options for Chichi Clenner to choose from.)522d314f03f35207
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Den, having 8dbdf8b7ae completed the 167f44c4f7 contract, looked 301522c476 up.b17e64e0d858aa7a
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“Any objections?”7ff934d63d153d1c