I Became a Villainous Character with a Limited Lifespan - Episode 113

Episode 113

“I think it’s because of stress. Since his body is already weakened to the point of overreacting even to mild stimulation, it would be best to have him rest as much as possible, but…”

There’s nothing better than staying at the hospital for management, but this place was no longer suitable for that. Professor Kim thought for a moment and said,

“The friend I mentioned isn’t loose-lipped, but since the hospital isn’t large, I can’t guarantee security. Finding an attending physician who can make house calls is also…”

“I understand. First, as soon as he wakes up, we’ll discharge him, so I’ll get the procedures done in advance.”

Seok-hyung got up from his seat to go take care of the discharge procedures. Professor Kim looked at Seung-hyun’s pale face and let out a small sigh.

From the beginning, this was a patient focused on how peacefully he could spend his remaining time. Although he had seen him for a long time, it wasn’t a relationship where he particularly grew fond of him. He was uncomfortable and scary, but he never thought the day would come when this person would look so weak.

“Is everything he’s been holding back exploding all at once?”

Professor Kim unknowingly muttered to himself and got up from his seat. As Seung-hyun’s condition started to become known to people, the number of people who knew about his appearance would gradually increase one by one. 

Especially since Tae-sung, who had been at odds with Seung-hyun, had come and gone, he became a little curious about how things would turn out in the future.

‘It will surely get noisy, but I hope they don’t treat him too harshly.’

The thought that he hoped Seung-hyun’s pale, drained face would at least be peaceful at the end passed through his mind. To think he would have such thoughts about Seung-hyun of all people, not someone else, Professor Kim felt like he had unknowingly become much more nosy.

“Keep an eye on his condition until Secretary Lee comes back. When he comes, return to the doctor’s office.”

“Yes, Professor.”

After entrusting Seung-hyun to the intern waiting at the door, Professor Kim returned to his seat. The rest of the story would become something unrelated to him.

But for some reason, he felt like Seung-hyun’s face would remain in his memory a little longer.

***

“What on earth…”

Tae-sung couldn’t leave that spot and continued to guard it until Seung-hyun disappeared into Seok-hyung’s arms and his bloodstains were erased.

He couldn’t properly grasp what had happened and what he had seen. He never knew the face he had seen so often that it was tiresome all his life could feel so unfamiliar.

It was purely coincidence that he met Seung-hyun right away at the place he had hurried to a bit, thinking that if he missed him once, he wouldn’t know when he could see him again.

Seung-hyun, whom he discovered while looking around to see where the elevator to the VIP hospital room was, looked quite different from the last time he saw him.

If he had been a little further away, he might have thought it was someone else and passed by. It wasn’t just because of his pale, drained face or his thinned appearance.

Listless and dazed eyes, dragging feet while walking, gaze unable to look straight ahead.

Only after watching for a moment, doubting if he had seen wrong, did he barely confirm that person was Seung-hyun. Although he was startled, he couldn’t miss him. After looking at Seung-hyun for a moment, Tae-sung quickly moved his feet and approached him.

“…!”

When he pulled his wrist, Seung-hyun was startled and dragged along. Tae-sung couldn’t help but be a little surprised too, as the grabbed wrist was thinner and weaker than he thought.

“Ha.”

On the other hand, Seung-hyun, who confirmed Tae-sung’s face, sighed. He felt like he knew what he was trying to say without listening. It would be related to what Seok-hyung had done.

Of all times, he had to run into a bothersome person when he was alone. Although he thought his luck was terrible, come to think of it, had there been a single thing that wasn’t like that since he became Han Seung-hyun?

“If you have something to say, say it quickly and go. I’m tired.”

“…Where are you sick that…”

But the words that escaped Tae-sung’s lips were not what he had intended to ask all the way here, but something irrelevant.

He clearly had a lot to ask and a lot to take issue with, but the moment his eyes met Seung-hyun’s, he forgot everything. Tae-sung was briefly startled by his own unintentional words, and Seung-hyun struggled to shake off his grabbed wrist.

“You didn’t come here because you were curious about that.”

Seung-hyun was exhausted. Perhaps it was because the time he had lived as “Han Seung-hyun” had gotten a little long, and it seemed like he had assimilated a bit into his emotions.

“Just say what you have to say and go. We’re not in a relationship to have a long conversation anyway. What does my physical condition have to do with you?”

“Right now, that’s…”

Tae-sung, who was about to say that wasn’t important, stopped. If that’s not important, then what is important? In the first place, didn’t he not come here to check on Seung-hyun’s health condition?

But seeing Seung-hyun’s appearance, he couldn’t remember what he was trying to say, what he wanted to ask, or anything.

‘No. This isn’t what I came here for. It’s also true that no matter what Seung-hyun’s health condition is, it has nothing to do with me.’

Tae-sung slightly shook his head, trying to pull himself together. Afterwards, he tried to move to a different place because they were blocking the middle of the hallway, drawing people’s attention, but Seung-hyun refused.

“Just say it here.”

“…Do you have to go this far?”

Tae-sung frowned and spoke for a moment. He couldn’t understand Seung-hyun causing this incident when his health was so poor that he couldn’t even properly take care of his own body.

Does he dislike him that much? Why is he doing this? Tae-sung pushed Seung-hyun a little towards the hallway wall and said,

“You naturally think I did that.”

“Well…”

Isn’t it obvious? However, Tae-sung couldn’t answer and hesitated for a moment. Thinking about it after hearing Seung-hyun’s words, there was no clear evidence that Seung-hyun had committed that act.

It was just that based on the circumstances, only Seung-hyun would do such a thing, so he thought he must have done it.

“Haha.”

Seung-hyun laughed a little. He knew they would naturally think of him as the culprit, but judging from the reaction, it seemed there was no definite reason or physical evidence.

He probably didn’t even look into it. While thinking it was natural, he felt a little annoyed.

“Yeah, whatever. Do as you please.”

“What do you mean by that? Are you trying to say it wasn’t you who did it?”

The crease between Tae-sung’s brows deepened a little. Although his heart wavered a bit at Seung-hyun’s bitter face, Tae-sung soon laughed in disbelief, thinking there was no way.

“Nonsense. Who doesn’t know that Secretary Lee is your closest aide and won’t lift a finger unless it’s your order?”

“Can you be sure that Secretary Lee spread that incident?”

“I may not know much else, but I at least know who Lee Seok-hyung was under for a while and who would benefit in the short term if that became known.”

Tae-sung said, shrugging his shoulders. Yeah, knowing just that much was enough to sufficiently infer who the culprit was. Because it was an incident involving none other than Seung-hyun.

“It’s not like I don’t know you.”

“Is that so? You know me that well?”

Seung-hyun let out a small sneer. The current Seung-hyun is not the “Han Seung-hyun” he knows. So of course Tae-sung doesn’t know about Seung-hyun.

But does he know “Han Seung-hyun” well enough to be so confident?

“At least I know you as much as you know me.”

“Ha.”

This time, a clearer scoff escaped than a little while ago. Did Han Seung-hyun know Han Tae-sung well? From a third-person perspective, it wasn’t like that at all.

He was just caught up in hatred and only detested Tae-sung as he thought of him. As a reader, such Han Seung-hyun was pathetic, but in the end, the two were the same, only differing as the protagonist and the villain.

‘You’re a more pitiful person than I thought.’

“Then what do you think is the reason I dislike you?”

Seung-hyun asked. The current Seung-hyun knew the reason Seung-hyun abhorred Tae-sung, the reason he disliked him to the point of wanting to obstruct his future even if he himself died and disappeared.

What about Tae-sung who prided himself on knowing “Han Seung-hyun” well? He didn’t know what answer would come back, but one thing he could be sure of.

“…Because I’m getting in the way of your life. Because everything should be yours, but ever since I entered this house, your life plan has been ruined.”

Tae-sung said after hesitating a bit. There couldn’t be any other reason, could there? From the moment they first met, there wasn’t a day when hatred wasn’t in Seung-hyun’s eyes.

He just forcibly took on something he didn’t want, but those eyes that saw him as an obstacle in his life were so vicious. There was no reason to understand someone who disliked him, so he lived confronting him head-on.

“So that’s probably why.”

“You think that’s all?”

“Then what else is there?”

His thought that he, who had barely read “Han Seung-hyun” in a few letters, knew more about “Han Seung-hyun” than Tae-sung wasn’t off the mark. It might be because of “Han Seung-hyun’s” actions, but he also felt a little bitter.