How the Villain Lives

39. It is difficult to pretend to be kind.

"……."

Arben didn't say anything, just stared at the Holy Spirit quietly and turned around and left.

'Hmph, the singer.'

It was Choi Hyeol who approached Arben as he retreated. I was refraining from pretending that the situation was more than necessary because I knew it was a situation, and I also demonstrated the skill of blocking cognitive sounds for secret conversations.

"Ghost. I need to talk to you for a second."

"Tell me. If you'll come this way, I'll welcome you with a pair."

"No, that's not it. I just have a little favor to ask."

"What is it?"

"I have something to say about the hostages."

Sung-hoon said to leave the wounded and prisoners alone. Everyone else, except for the healthy ones, was almost taken captive. For Choi Chul, the problem was Yooseong.

'He's most likely escaped, but if something goes wrong, he could be caught. Above all, if this ghost kid is here...'

"Can I have one of the hostages on that side back?

"Do you have any close friends?"

"That's the way it is. There's a possibility of being caught on that side."

There is not much relationship between Yooseong Hoon and Choi Chul, both formally and informally. I didn't know if I could at least build a good relationship if I did this. But I can't. If you have the ability to do that, it may be the ideal development to stick to the Iron One and help the Dark Elves by pulling out the Elves' information.

However, the problem is that there is no means of doing so. After all, I have no choice but to take the position of one or both of the ghosts, not to mention that the ghosts are far more advantageous. Even then, Seong Hun thought about it and smiled with a small smile, covering his mouth.

'Ah, even if I think about it, I'm like real trash.'

"Cook Cook Cook."

"No?"

"Huhu, no. It's not like that. It's not that hard. But is that really going to be okay? Things are going to get pretty bad after that."

"What does that mean?"

"It's simple. If you go to raid and fail and the prisoners are captured, but only one of the prisoners is released safely, what will he or Choi Chul be treated as? I don't think you're going to get that good eye. If you look between the two races, you might be considered a traitor and you might be badly hurt."

"... Shit."

It was certainly a plausible story.

Seong-hoon thought he would back off if he said so, but surprisingly Choi Chul kept hesitating as he wavered.

'Was Choi Chul the type who valued the promise more than he thought? Or do I like it that much?'

Either way, it was surprising. It was hard to think that a grumpy attitude would really matter. It was quite intimate, but it was incomprehensible for Sung-hoon to hesitate so seriously for Yooseong only a day after he met her.

It didn't seem too bad to tell the truth and bring Choi Chul to this side, but it was a very uncertain plan. Above all, there was a risk that he would reveal his true identity. It was Sung-hoon's compromise to stop Choi Chul who was seriously thinking about the prospect of going towards the Dark Elves.

"You shouldn't be doing this, but it's also Choi Chul's request, so I think it would be okay to take a look at the situation for once. Instead, as I said, if you just release one person right now, there's a misunderstanding. So I'll sneak you out in five minutes."

"Do things change over time?"

"It would be different if you just let it go. But if you escape, the story will change. In situations of torture and ill-treatment to find out information, it means, oh, everywhere. I'm actually going to be nice to you. In any case, in such a situation, I accidentally seize the opportunity to escape and let the other elves escape with me. If this happens, the blindfold of doubt will disappear. And I'm going to go up quite a bit to the position of the person you know."

"Obviously not. But the guarantee that you will keep your word..."

Choi Chul, who was about to throw up, immediately realized who he was talking to and shut up with a bitter smile. People in other cities who meet for the first time will need solid evidence that they keep their promises, but there is no way that people in the same city who know each other's positions or roles publicly will break their promises. Even if you are a ghost, you will not choose the foolish option of losing to a top-ranker because of one person.

"Fine, then I'll let you back off."

"I'd appreciate it if you didn't pretend to see me later on the battlefield."

"That's what I'm going to say."

As he passed by Myrina staring at himself from behind, Choi Chul began to step back with a bitter smile. A quick retreat was also made, just as the raid took place in an instant. Just like when it appears, all that's left is dark elves and mirinas staring at this side with a trembling look.

Sung-hoon, who scratched his head lightly, approached Mirina and said:

"I think we need to have a conversation."

After the sudden fall of Sung-hoon, Miri began to search the area like crazy. However, even if it was her, it was impossible to locate the person who crashed in these dense forests. And as I searched the forest, I saw the battle between Elves and Dark Elves.

"Given the circumstances, I think you helped the Dark Elves. Why?"

"It's nothing. Describing the mission, I helped the Dark Elves because the side that is currently being pushed in this forest was said to be dominated by the Dark Elves."

"Uh, um... So in a word..."

"Shouldn't the fight be over soon if you help the stronger side? I thought, with their cooperation, we could find Sung-hoon sooner."

Mirina has no distinction between good and evil. There was a corner that resembled Sung-hoon in that it did not distinguish between good and evil to make it more efficient. However, if you feel joy or joy while doing evil things, the difference is that you are grave.

Miri, who helped the Dark Elves and blew them up, was recognized for his skill and was able to take on an important task. Mirina lends her strength and the Dark Elves mobilize their personnel in return to find Sung-hoon.

"But I didn't expect to be reunited so soon."

"That's the same for me. Anyway, you did very well, Mirina. This should make things a little easier."

"It's easy..."

Mirina, who was about to continue the story, kept her mouth shut and picked up the sword that she had just left beside the bird, and began to walk outside as she got up. I could feel powerful magical creatures coming towards me like I had no intention of hiding my energy.

Pot!

The Dark Elves, who jumped out of the tree and landed in the broken fortress in an instant, took out their weapons and began to guard their surroundings, keeping a certain distance. I'm probably a reinforcer when I hear you've been raided.

'That makes you an eyesore.'

Seong Hun, who was enjoying watching the clothes clinging to his body, felt a life rushing towards himself and frowned. It wasn't as if I was staring at him, but a dark elf started pointing at him with a bow.

"With filthy eyes everywhere!"

"Haah."

Is there a star attached to itself that causes misfortune? It was two people, not one person and one dark elf, who stepped up instead of Sung-hoon who thought it was annoying to make excuses.

"Where dare you put your sword..."

"Sister! Please don't do that!"

The dark elf woman who had sent me earlier dried the dark elf carrying the bow and as Mirina tried to raise her sword to live in the grass, she began to lower the bow with a gritty expression.

"You'll see the Dark Elf woman there again."

"Don't worry, it's nice to meet you. My name is Piel."

"Hmm, Pierre. It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Pierre. Now I want to hear why that woman pointed a bow at me."

"Man, isn't that because you look at me ugly!"

It was Mirina who rebutted the words of the Dark Elf woman, not Sung-hoon.

"That's ridiculous. How dare you look at a ghost and say that? Cancel that nasty remark right now."

"Hmph, I know what you're capable of, but how dare you push me? Do I look so ridiculous?"

"You look ridiculous. Why don't we fight here?"

"Sister, I apologize."

"Blood, Pierre?"

The dark elf woman, who stood up against Myrina and never stepped back, was surprised by Pierre's words. But soon Piel whispered into her ear with a slightly raised face, and soon she began to sink into life with an unbelievable look.

'You reap what you sow.'

I don't think it would be bad to see the good deeds that I just gave come back like this. Oh, of course, but it's a virtue that covers times and places.

'I can't believe it, but I can't believe it now that Piel told me..'

She hated to bend over and go in, but she also didn't mind saving her brother from a crisis that was almost raped. After a while, she sighed a little.

"I'm sorry. Human. I, I... I think I misunderstood for a moment."

"Isn't it polite to say your name if you want to apologize?"

"... It's called Ciel, the warrior."

"I have a very deep wound in my virginity, but it seems like you're still Miss Pierre's sister, so let me make a special note of that. I hope this doesn't happen next time."

As you can see, the life emanating from Mirina, who saw the holy smoke soaking her eyes slightly with her sleeve, was castrated, and Ciel, who felt Piel pinching his invisibly closed side harder, lowered his head slightly with a stubborn expression.

Sung-hoon, who thought it was fun to tease, paid attention to the title of Warrior General revealed by Ciel. Finally, the opponent appears to be able to obtain 'information' in earnest.

'Also, the most important thing to do is information. Wait, Arben. I will defeat you as soon as I can.'

"Brother."

"……."

"Brother Arben!"

"Oh, I'm sorry..."

"What are you thinking about?"

Seeing Arben, who had rarely seen a scary face since he suddenly decided to retreat, Lucia remained at his side, restless. Only then did Arben realize that he had become too serious and stroked her head with a bitter smile.

"I don't know what's going on, but if you're so nervous, it's not good for you."

"Thank you for your concern. But, Lucia, I need to ask you a question."

"What is it?"

"What would you do if we were bad people and they were good people? '

Arben, who was about to ask that question, shut up and did not open his mouth. Because I guessed what Lucia would answer. Lucia is not as weak as she looks. I'm the only one who waves at these jokes that ghosts throw at me.

After all, Arben was forced to take another long sigh.

'I have believed that I have done the right thing so far. Bringing people in the best possible direction and helping a just and good person win. But if there was a reason why I thought it was evil so far..'

Good or evil is designed to reverse as much as possible, depending on the circumstances.

Anyone who tries to kill or harm someone else is evil. Then is revenge evil? What if the victim had committed any offence against the perpetrator before? It doesn't end with just two silks. Depending on the factors, people, circumstances, and so on, good and evil can change.

What Arben didn't say at the end was the idea of that part.

'Ghost's words also make sense. But that doesn't make it possible to help people with one condition at a time. What the hell am I supposed to tell him?'

It is you who suffer the most if you do not acknowledge that you may be evil or give yourself a satisfactory answer, as the ghost says. So no matter what happened, I had to meet the man called the Ghost again. And after we met..

"Ghosts."

Ugh.

Arben recalls an unidentified man in a mask, grasping Pragarach strongly.

Why the hell am I going to blow everything up?