Playing the Perfect Fox-Eyed Villain Chapter 50

Episode 50. Fake Face, True Nature (2)

After the 'Open Eyes' appeared, Alphas' whole body was slashed.

Above Alphas' head, who was grimacing in extreme pain, a deep purple haze symbolizing 'fear' continued to bloom.

Still, as if he had the will to fight back, the guy looked around while holding the severed part of his arm.

Perhaps… … to find the missing sword.

Alphas was so focused on finding his sword that he didn't even realize that he had turned his back on me and continued to look around.

“How dare you turn your back on me? Even a demon wouldn’t do such a thing.”

With a cold smile, I took advantage of the gap and swung my sword, cutting the guy's back.

“Kuaaaah!”

I could barely contain my laughter at the sight of the guy falling over.

The malicious instinct of 'Yurien' blooming from deep within his heart.

If I accepted all these emotions that had been heightened by 'open eyes', I felt like something unmanageable would happen.

“Ugh… Ugh.”

Alphas collapsed, gasping for breath.

As if he had just discovered the sword, the boy's blurry pupils were focused on his severed right arm holding his sword.

A distance that can be barely reached if you hit the ground right now.

“Kuaaaaaaah……!”

“If you want to wield a sword in front of me, you need my permission.”

Of course I have no intention of allowing it.

I stomped on the guy's stomach and put my weight on him.

Alphas tried to attack me with his left arm and right leg in order to survive somehow.

At the same time, I tried to squeeze the mana from the mana blood and use it to momentarily strengthen my body to bring it down.

To me now, his movements felt slower than a turtle crawling.

“Ugh……!”

“Is this the best?

I smiled wickedly and slowly thrust my sword into Alphas's forehead.

The location where the opening of the 'Daehyeolmaek', the blood vessel of Mana, is located.

As his mana blood was damaged along with the excruciating pain, Alphas' face turned dark.

He tried to pull out the sword stuck in his chest with his remaining left hand, but the aura surrounding it only cut off his finger.

“Ugh, ugh…….”

As if he sensed that there was no other way, the guy released the grip he had on his hand. Then he looked up at me with a blood-red smile.

“Te, just because Arch Bishop Tenelon favors you… don’t act like you have it all. Yurian!”

Ignoring Alphas' words, he began to slowly turn the handle of the sword.

To make sure the guy's breathing is cut off.

“B, bishops and the next…… ugh! Bishops… most of them…… ugh! You, you are…… not being welcomed…… here…… hmph!”

With a little more force, a rough cough came out and a handful of blood flowed out from Alphas' mouth.

“You, you monster… You’re waiting in hell….”

Alphas' head, which had been uttering all sorts of curses, fell sideways to the floor.

Looking down at the sagging body of the guy, I felt truly desolate.

I never thought that the gap that was usually clear would widen this much, perhaps because of the 'open eyes'.

“With this level of power, wouldn’t it be possible to kill ‘Geomseong’?”

I was startled by the words 'Yurien' that came out without me knowing.

Has anyone heard?

“Cough…… Cough!”

Startled by the coughing sound coming from behind me, I quickly turned around.

'Oh, Linne was lying down.'

At first glance, there didn't seem to be any major injuries.

It seems that the internal injuries suffered while operating 'Aura' must have caused her to end up like this.

Father's revenge.

A girl who collapsed helplessly even though her enemy was right in front of her

But now there was something else to worry about besides the pity that came from Linnaeus.

'Did you hear…?'

A situation where it is not certain whether the person is still unconscious or has regained consciousness.

If she had been awake, she might have heard me and Alphas talking about the Dawning Society.

'If you just infer a little, it was a conversation that could lead you to infer that I belong to the Dawn Society.'

Of course, if you were unconscious you wouldn't have heard it, but it's stupid to be hung up on such uncertainty.

'Hmm. What should I do?'

It's not something you want the main character to die, but that's a priority.

I slowly approached her with a stern expression and tightened my grip on the sword.

Like Alphas, to eliminate 'future threats'.

Stop.

At that sight, I stopped pointing my sword at Linne.

'What am I doing now?'

This train of thought went beyond the level of 'acting'.

Isn't what I'm pursuing perfect 'acting' and not 'assimilation'?

As I thought about it, I began to feel a presence outside.

People gathered at the loud noise.

“What the heck is this!”

The Academy officials who entered the annex were shocked to see the brutally murdered corpses, the broken interior of the annex, and the scattered bloodstains.

Some officials, unaware of the situation, displayed open hostility.

“You, Sir Yulian…?”

Fortunately, the misunderstanding didn't get any worse, because Vice Principal Alomm Chorni, who had hastily pushed his way through the crowd, recognized me.

***

"ah."

Linne came to her senses with a short sigh and opened her eyes.

All she could see was a white ceiling and wallpaper, and glass bottles that smelled of alcohol.

‘Ah, it’s the infirmary… … Ouch.’

As I tried to get up, a slight pain engulfed my whole body.

'What happened?'

As Linne regained consciousness, her hazy mind cleared of fog, and the reason she had come to the infirmary began to vaguely come to mind.

– 'I thought her face looked familiar, but it turned out to be Derain Rondbell, the daughter of that parasitic brother.'

An encounter with Alphas, a member of the Dawn Society and one of the group of thugs who attacked the mansion and killed my father.

– 'This is absurd. If this continues, won't it be a disgrace to me, a fellow student?'

At the same time, the reason why I was alive like this also occurred to me.

A man who uses the teachings of his teacher, Haydn Reich, solely to satisfy his own selfish desires.

Yurian Kraiphart Frasson.

He saved himself from a desperate situation.

Linne squeezed her eyes shut and clutched the bed sheets tightly.

‘… … It’s embarrassing.’

With help from Yurian?

I can't say that it's not like that at all, but I feel more disgusted by my own weakness.

Because I couldn't avenge my father.

Because I failed to properly follow the teacher's teachings.

All sorts of negative thoughts swirled around in her head like a whirlpool. What had all her effort been for?

“Are you awake?”

As the questions began to pile up, a familiar voice was heard at the entrance.

“……Lord Yurian.”

Normally, she would have glared and let out a snarky remark, but Linne held back.

Because it is clear that the man saved her.

First of all, I would like to express my gratitude.

As a disciple of the 'Black Sword' and as the honor of the Rondbell family, I could no longer tarnish his reputation.

“Thank you for your help, Sir Yulian. I will repay this debt someday.”

“I don’t think of it as a debt. I just hope you think of it as a little mercy shown to a weak fellow student.”

Shudder.

At Yurian's words, Linne glared at him with wide eyes, but that was all. There was nothing wrong with what he said.

“You’re strangely calm. I thought you’d refute what I said.”

“……Because you know my current situation better than anyone else.”

“Now that you’ve realized your own abilities, please reconsider this as well.”

With a tone that showed no emotion, Yurian took out a piece of paper from his bosom.

Application for objection.

This is a document that Linne submitted to the Student Affairs Office, asking them to reconsider Yurian's personal views.

“Your lack of stamina is your fault. It’s really shameless of you to not acknowledge that and instead file this complaint.”

“It’s not that I don’t admit it……!”

“Then instead of submitting this application, you should have humbly accepted my opinion.”

Chook──!

Yurian tore up the objection form that Linne had submitted, with a bitter smile and expressionless, squinted eyes.

Yurian stood up from his seat, placing the torn papers on the table.

He turned around and adjusted the top of his shirt as if he was done with everything he had to do.

Linne, whose face was dead, lowered her head with a blank expression.

'That's right… … .'

If I had humbly accepted his opinion as he said, I would not have raised such an objection.

It's just a backlash against Yurian, a little pride, and being intoxicated with the name of 'genius' and being self-righteous.

'What on earth have I been wasting so much time for? I have tarnished my family's reputation, and I have not even been able to properly avenge my father. What on earth have I been doing──.'

“Your mana blood is greater than others.”

Linne lifted her bowed head and looked at Yurian.

"……yes?"

“If you approach it with a general concept, there will inevitably be problems. You won’t just have to accumulate mana in the main blood vessel, ‘Opening Gate,’ but you’ll also have to utilize other main blood vessels.”

Linne was so flustered that she couldn't give a proper answer to Yurian's words.

'Are you giving me advice just now? That man who only wants power and luxury and sees kindness as nothing more than a passing fancy?'

She stared blankly at Yurian's back.

“……Why are you suddenly telling me that?”

“Because we’re from the same school.”

Alumni.

Linne's lips trembled at those words.

Now that I think about it, it probably wasn't said for me. It was probably said indirectly to not tarnish the name of 'Geomseong'.

Because the world knows that he is obsessed with the name 'Geumseong'.

“By any chance…what happened to Alphas?”

“He died.”

There was no emotion in Yulian's words.

“That……is going.”

The revenge she deserved. When one of those fragments left her hands, Linne felt a mixture of emotions.

“It looks like you were completely unconscious. Well, that’s a relief.”

At the word fortunate, Linne slowly opened her mouth.

“Actually… I vaguely remember the conversation you and Alphas had.”

Ouch.

Yulian, taken aback by her words, slowly turned his head away. The smile that always appeared on his lips disappeared.

As always, there was no sign of bewilderment.

“Is that so?”

"yes."

Yulian looking at herself with disgust.

Linne felt as if her breath was suffocated by that gaze, but she did not avoid it.

– '… … I… … lost.'

As he said, Linne was able to eavesdrop on the conversation between Yurian and Alphas to some extent in her hazy consciousness.

– '… … After that incident, I… … No, I guess the person called 'Yurien' is dead.'

Among the vague and uncertain conversations, there are certain words that remain clearly in my mind.

'Lost'.

'After that incident'.

'I'm as good as dead.'

Linnaeus summarized these contents and came to a conclusion.

Yulian also lost someone precious to the Dawn Society, just like himself.

“Would you believe me if I told you it was a misunderstanding?”

“Where is…. a misunderstanding?”

“That’s all.”

lie.

Her intuition told her that Yulian was lying.

“So please don’t tell anyone.”

With those words, he took another step and left the room.

– '… … This is a fact that I have not told anyone.'

Not showing affection to others means not receiving affection yourself.

Not understanding others means not wanting to be understood yourself.

That's why he left his past unanswered.

'What a fool.'

Linne felt a bitter taste lingering on the tip of her tongue.

I couldn't understand the man's values, but as someone who also wanted revenge, I couldn't help but admire his mindset.

‘… …I have to try harder.’

Thinking so, Linne turned her gaze towards the window where her scabbard was placed.

***

Meanwhile, Yulian began to walk more quickly as soon as she left the infirmary.

'Do you vaguely remember the conversation between me and Alphas?'

His mask-like eyes hid his emotions, but his quickened footsteps spoke of his urgent state of mind.

'Isn't that X!?'