Just Because I Have Narrow Eyes Doesn’t Make Me a Villain! - Chapter 140

TN: Thank Nepper for the chapter.

“…Amelia? Long time no see.”

When I finished the discharge process and came out, I saw Amelia and greeted her.

She said she was busy recently, so seeing her had become very difficult, but to meet like this…

“What a coincidence. It’s been a while…”

“…Who are you?”

“Huh?”

But I was surprised by Amelia’s reaction to my greeting.

There’s no way Amelia wouldn’t recognize me?

What on earth…

I was about to look for the Author out of habit, but I shut my mouth.

Because the Author is no longer here.

When something unknown or embarrassing happened, it became a habit to interrogate the Author, who was always by my side.

Just as I was thinking hard about what to say.

Amelia approached me with a smile.

“Sorry. I was just joking a bit.”

“…”

“Ow, sorry, sorry! It hurts…! Ow!”

Making me worry like that…

As punishment for making people worry with a joke, I pulled Amelia’s golden hair.

After doing that for a while and letting go, she groaned and touched her hair.

“Ugh, that hurts.”

“Then why did you make such a joke?”

“Well, at first I really didn’t recognize you…”

“…Huh?”

“I noticed right away, but at first glance, the impression is different. You’re wearing makeup, right?”

It’s because of the makeup.

Even to me, it was pretty, but…

Is the difference that big?

“…Well, whatever. Was today the day you were discharged?”

“Yeah. I just finished the process and was on my way out.”

“That’s good. What about the scar? You were badly injured on your chest.”

“I guess the doctor is skilled. It didn’t leave a scar.”

“That’s a relief. Be careful when dealing with Siwoo.”

“Wh-what…!”

“Am I wrong?”

I shut my mouth at Amelia’s appearance, grinning and raising her sunglasses.

She wasn’t like this before.

After that incident ended, Amelia started approaching me without hesitation.

It’s good that we seem to have gotten closer, but…

I felt like the fatigue I thought would disappear with the Author’s disappearance was coming from an unexpected place.

I decided to change the subject because I would be teased endlessly by Amelia’s pace if I talked more.

“…By the way, did you watch a spy movie or something?”

“Huh?”

“Wearing sunglasses and one coat… Aren’t you cold?”

The weather was getting cool beyond just being pleasant.

It’s still warm enough to wear just a coat during the day, but…

It will be cold at night.

As I looked at her with worried eyes, Amelia stammered in surprise.

“Uh, yeah…! Something like that…! Haha. I just wanted to get in the mood, yeah.”

“…?”

I stared at her for a moment, thinking something was strange about her intense reaction.

At that, Amelia showed an awkward reaction and started sweating.

…Well, whatever.

I decided to let it go up to here.

Even if Amelia does something, it won’t be as bad as the Author.

“So? What did you come here for?”

“Ah, that’s…! What are you going to do now?”

“Of course, I have to go see Siwoo.”

I purposely extended my hospital stay because I wanted to be discharged with Siwoo.

Siwoo’s discharge date and my discharge date are the same, right?

Amelia should know that too?

“If you’re asking me to hang out to celebrate my discharge, I’m a bit sorry, but let’s do it next time. Siwoo and I…”

“He already left?”

“Huh? What did you just say…”

“If you’re talking about Siwoo, he was discharged first.”

Did I hear it right?

I looked at Amelia, but she was confident, as if her earlier surprise was a lie.

“He left?”

“Yeah. He finished the discharge process and left.”

“…When?”

“Thirty minutes ago.”

My excitement sank at Amelia’s words.

Siwoo left first.

Leaving me behind.

“…Do you know where he went?”

“Oh, well… He said he was tired and wanted to rest at home…”

“Thanks.”

I thanked Amelia and left the hospital.

Huh, I see.

He left alone?

…I can’t forgive that.

I even matched the dates to be discharged together, but he went home alone to rest?

I was all excited to spend time with Siwoo.

It seems he wasn’t.

Was I annoying to him?

Did he leave me behind and head home alone because he wanted to be alone?

Am I just someone who’s not even worth remembering our promise to be discharged together?

Various thoughts swirled in my head.

He said he would always be by my side.

I fiddled with the bracelet Siwoo gave me for no reason.

Feeling better, I took steps that wouldn’t easily move and headed to Siwoo’s house.

***

“…Yeah, she just headed to your house. Roughly… I think she’ll arrive in about 30 minutes? I’ll text you right before she arrives. Got it.”

“Has she left?”

“Yeah. It’s finally starting. It was really long.”

Amelia and Dorothy watched Arte trudging away.

Getting angry, then sulking.

Seeing her emotions going back and forth without settling down, they felt sorry for no reason.

“…Are you sure this is okay?”

“Probably…? Um, I’ll have to be prepared to get hit later.”

“Sigh… It would have been nice to do it normally…”

Dorothy sighed, thinking it would be difficult to deal with the aftermath she would suffer later.

“If she finds out that Siwoo’s discharge date wasn’t originally today, it might be really serious…”

“There’s no choice. We needed time to prepare.”

“It might not end with just her getting angry… She might swing her threads a lot…”

“Haha… S-Siwoo will handle it well, right?”

Yeah, that must be the case.

This is what Siwoo decided to do too.

The two began to rationalize to themselves.

The fact that the two of them carried out the plan more actively than Siwoo because it seemed fun…

Well, let’s put that aside.

“Now that it’s come to this, we have no choice but to enjoy it!”

“…Right! Come on, let’s go quickly!”

“Okay. Amelia’s express bus…! This time, it’s to Siwoo’s house!”

***

“…”

I stared blankly at Siwoo’s house.

The curtains of the windows were not often closed after I started living together.

When I peeked inside through the gap in the window, even though the lights should have been on as the night was getting late, they were off.

“Looks like he’s sleeping…”

According to Amelia, Siwoo would have come back early.

Since the lights weren’t on, it was obvious that he must have gone to bed because he was tired.

I carefully entered through the front door, worried I might wake the sleeping Siwoo.

“I’m home…”

I mumbled softly, carefully, with a contradictory feeling of hoping Siwoo wouldn’t hear it if he woke up from sleep and wanting him to hear it.

…There was still no sign of movement.

Was Siwoo’s house always this cold?

Although it wasn’t a place I had stayed for a long time, this atmosphere was a first, so I unconsciously shrank back.

Thump, thump.

Maybe it’s because only the sound of footsteps can be heard in the quiet space.

It felt like the sound was particularly loud.

And maybe it’s because of that feeling…

It felt like that anxious feeling I had when I first came to Siwoo’s house was returning.

“…”

…This is too much.

He said he would always be with me.

Maybe he didn’t really like me.

If I matched the discharge dates, shouldn’t we naturally go back together?

Even if he’s tired, still.

As I walked through Siwoo’s house, which was cold and dark unlike usual, all sorts of thoughts began to swirl.

Thinking that I should go to bed a little early today to soothe my gloomy mood, just as I was about to pass the living room.

A corner of Siwoo’s house began to glow softly.

“…Huh?”

The light was connected like a path, as if telling me to go this way.

I followed as if I was enchanted without even thinking that it might be an enemy attack.

I didn’t really understand the situation, but…

Somehow, I felt like I had to follow this light right now.

As I followed the gradually brightening blue light, I soon arrived at the yard of the house.

And standing in the middle of the light was Siwoo.

Maybe he wasn’t sleeping.

What on earth is this situation right now?

There was a mountain of things I wanted to ask Siwoo right away, but I couldn’t open my mouth.

Overwhelmed by his presence in front of my eyes.

Maybe he was a little nervous? I could see Siwoo’s hands trembling slightly.

“Um, I’m a bit nervous. Dorothy and Amelia said events like this are important, so I tried preparing it…”

Maybe because I’ve never experienced preparing something like this, it might be a bit clichéd.

Saying that, Siwoo slowly approached me.

My mind was still confused, unable to grasp the current situation.

Just before I couldn’t hold back and asked what this situation was.

Siwoo opened his mouth.

“…Arte.”

“Y-Yes…?”

“Will you go out with me?”

Only then could I fully understand the situation.

Ah, Siwoo was trying to confess to me.

So that’s what it was.

He wanted to do an event for me. He wanted to surprise me.

So he came first without me knowing and prepared this.

As I blankly stared at the ring Siwoo handed me, Siwoo’s fingertips were slightly trembling.

“…Ah.”

“Arte…?!”

Tears flowed down.

It didn’t seem to stop at all.

I clearly knew that Siwoo liked me.

I thought I understood it well enough.

But it seems I actually didn’t.

I grabbed Siwoo’s head, who was fidgeting at the sight of my tears, and pulled him in.

“Mmph…!”

Our first kiss, clumsy because we were both unfamiliar with it.

It was just a kiss of putting our lips together, but a sense of satisfaction and warmth as if I had the whole world filled my heart.

How much did he practice to confess his love?

How nervous was he, worrying that he might get rejected?

It was the first time I saw Siwoo, who has Intuition, trembling like that.

After our clumsy first kiss ended,

I smiled at Siwoo.

I couldn’t be happier.

“…Yes, I’d love to.”

I hugged Siwoo again and kissed him.

This time, confirming each other’s love.

Translator’s Corner

We finally made it to the end. What a fun story. Luckily, there are 20 chapters worth of side story. I’ll post most of it here, but I’ll link the nsfw chapters to a docs file or maybe kofi link, cause I can’t be hit with the demontization hammer.

Also thanks again to all the kofi supporters and the ones active on discord. Definitely kept my motivation high and I had fun time chatting to you all. <3

-Ruminas