Although a Villain, My Wish is World Peace

I doubted my ears at Seol Rok-jin’s words.

If it was really raising a dog, I would have welcomed even ten of them, but what was in front of my eyes wasn’t a cute, chubby puppy, but a person.

And not just any person, but one who created this horrific scene, even turning his trainer into that state. He’s telling me to take care of such a guy?

It’s not surprising that Seol Rok-jin treats people like dogs, but to try to dump such a guy on me.

“Why me…”

“Well, because there’s no one I trust as much as you?”

I was dumbfounded at those words.

In the first place, trust has no value to someone who can brainwash anyone they catch. What meaning does ‘trust’ have to someone who can make anyone do what they want with a single word?

I would be the only person in this world Seol Rok-jin can’t trust, yet he says such things.

If he was just dumping that guy on me purely to torment me, I would have understood. But twisting his words like this just made me angry.

“You said I’m a dog, so how can you entrust a dog to a dog?”

I knew the result was already decided no matter how I rebelled like this, but I didn’t want to just nod my head obediently.

Seol Rok-jin continued speaking in a gentle voice as if soothing me:

“Someone said the best way to train a dog with bad habits is to put it next to a well-mannered dog.”

“Who says such nonsense?”

At my words, Seol Rok-jin said:

“Are you afraid that guy will bite you?”

No, what I fear is your ulterior motive in entrusting that guy to me.

“If you really don’t want to, there’s nothing I can do.”

I hurriedly said to Seol Rok-jin who spoke like that:

“Who said I don’t want to? I just asked because I was curious.”

Because it was obvious what kind of action he would take if he spoke like that.

[Oh, really? Then I have no choice but to kill this dog who lost his trainer.]

He would have definitely said that and killed that guy in front of me.

Though I’ve seen countless deaths until now, the sight of someone dying before my eyes was still horrific.

Even in a situation where he’s being used as a tool to kill people by someone, he might still think he wants to live more… Anyway, I have no intention of just watching him be killed.

The problem is…

“So how am I supposed to take care of that guy?”

That’s what I’m asking, how am I supposed to raise him?

“It’s simple.”

Seol Rok-jin’s pupils began to glow yellow again. The guy’s body that had been still began to move. The guy who moved as Seol Rok-jin controlled him knelt down and began rummaging through the corpse of the trainer he had killed.

I turned my gaze elsewhere at the nauseating scene.

The guy who pulled out something soaked in blood from there approached me holding it.

Something metal about two finger joints long was glistening, soaked in flesh and blood. Looking at the object in the guy’s hand, I asked Seol Rok-jin:

“Wh-what is this?”

“Take it.”

At Seol Rok-jin’s order, I had no choice but to raise my palm up. The guy dropped something soaked in blood onto my hand.

“Ugh.”

My face wrinkled involuntarily at the damp sensation touching my hand.

“So what is this?”

“As you can see, it’s a whistle.”

I can’t tell at all even looking at it. And a whistle? Are you telling me to clean this blood-soaked thing and use it again? If it was just soaked in blood that’s one thing, but to use something with someone else’s flesh stuck to it?

I don’t want to put it in my mouth even if I die.

“I’d like to give you something else if I could, but it’s specially made so there’s only that one.”

“Specially made, is this thing an artifact?”

“No, but it is a product that makes a special sound. Because I set that as the trigger. Changing the trigger is quite a difficult task…”

A difficult task for Seol Rok-jin?

“That guy’s brain might go boom and explode.”

Ah, so he meant it’s difficult for that side to endure. I took out tissues placed on the desk and wrapped the whistle. I wanted to just throw it away right away, but there must be a reason why Seol Rok-jin specifically took out this whistle from that corpse and handed it to me.

“So how do I use this?”

“It’s simple. Blow it and give orders to that guy. The orders must be concise and clear. As you can see, that guy is very stupid.”

Isn’t it deceitful for the person who messed with that guy’s head and made him stupid to say such things? It’s all because of you that that guy became like that!

Moreover…

“If I can control this guy with this whistle, why did the trainer end up like that?”

“I told you. Orders must be concise and clear. That’s not advice. For example, if you blow the whistle and order to kill ‘everyone’ in this room…”

“Damn it.”

Do you mean he ended up like that because the ‘everyone’ included himself who gave the order? Seol Rok-jin smiled at me.

“Don’t worry. That guy won’t harm you no matter what happens.”

Ridiculously, these words didn’t feel like a lie. Seol Rok-jin won’t allow that guy to kill me. He didn’t raise me so preciously just to let me die to such a guy.

I don’t know what his scheme is, but since I’ve been entrusted with that guy whether I like it or not, I have no choice but to do my best.

“What’s that guy’s name?”

At my question, Seol Rok-jin said:

“He doesn’t need a name.”

“What?”

I asked back like an idiot at those words.

What on earth does that mean?

“We’re not sentimental people who give names to tools.”

Seol Rok-jin slowly opened his mouth at my face that still couldn’t understand:

“No one names tissues they use to blow their nose and throw away.”

I gritted my teeth at Seol Rok-jin’s words.

‘This is even worse treatment than a dog.’

Seol Rok-jin looked at me and said:

“So don’t give him too much affection. He’s a hunting dog, so it would be troublesome if he develops bad habits.”

* * *

I took that guy to my house.

I didn’t have to worry about the car getting dirty. The guy’s ability was to melt into shadows after all.

As soon as Seol Rok-jin’s order ended, the guy hid into my shadow, and I headed home with an uneasy feeling. When I arrived home, I reluctantly cleaned the whistle thoroughly first.

I really don’t want to use it, but since I’ve received it, I should keep it safe.

I shifted my gaze towards my shadow.

Though I saw with my own eyes this person entering this shadow, I couldn’t believe that big guy had gone in there.

“Hey, come out.”

Anyone watching would think I’m crazy.

The person inside didn’t come out even at my order. I guess he doesn’t come out to just orders without the whistle.

I whispered towards the shadow:

“Let’s wash up and sleep. You want to rest comfortably too, right?”

At my words, a head popped out of the shadow.

“Ah, shit! Y-you startled me!”

I who had fallen back halfway opened my mouth wide seeing the guy popping out of the shadow. The problem was that the guy was completely soaked in blood now, and blood began dripping onto the floor as soon as he came out.

“Damn…”

I opened my mouth seeing the half-congealed sticky blood dirtying my living room floor.

Of course there’s a cleaning lady who cleans here, but I can’t have her clean that.

“Go back in! Go back in!”

I quickly shouted. I gestured towards the guy looking at me with a stupid face, but he was immovable.

Whether he likes breathing outside air after a long time, or what.

“J-just go back in for now!”

The guy didn’t budge at my order. I fiddled with the whistle. Damn it, do I have to use this?

“Please listen to me. I don’t want to use this.”

Seol Rok-jin said he was using this whistle sound as the guy’s trigger. Keeping him circling back to the situation when he was brainwashed.

He made a kind of remote control so that people other than Seol Rok-jin could give orders to others like Seol Rok-jin.

So I didn’t want to use this if possible. I didn’t want to use it just to ask him to go back into the shadow unless an unavoidable situation arose.

“You don’t want to hear this sound either, right?”

At my words, the guy’s head slowly went down. As if looking at the whistle in my hand.

Since his face was completely covered by hair, I couldn’t tell what expression he was making. Surely he’s not trying to pounce on me too?

My fingertips trembled. Though Seol Rok-jin said that guy wouldn’t attack me, I couldn’t help but be scared after watching what that guy had done.

Fortunately, the guy listened to my words and melted back into the shadow.

‘Phew.’

I headed to the bathroom and spoke to the guy again:

“You can come out now.”

The guy slightly came out of the shadow again. Now it’s the bathroom so it doesn’t matter if it gets dirty! I said to the guy:

“Wash up thoroughly. I’ll bring you clothes to change into soon.”

By the way, do I have clothes that fit that guy? I didn’t think I was short, but seeing the guy who looked a head taller than me made me feel deflated. He’s not just tall, but his build is impressive too…

The clothes Seol Rok-jin bought me saying it was embarrassing to go around together all fit my body perfectly, so I had nothing suitable to dress that guy in.

But if I search well, there should be at least one.

“Shampoo and body wash are all there, and towels are in this cabinet, so wipe yourself dry and come out after washing.”

I was about to close the door after saying that, but the guy didn’t budge even at my words.

“Don’t tell me you’re rebelling because you don’t want to wash?”

No matter how much you hate washing, come on! Does he want to walk around our house in that state?

“Absolutely not. Wash thoroughly and come out.”

The guy just stood still even at my words.

“Haah…”

Only then did I think maybe the guy wasn’t simply rebelling.

“Don’t tell me you don’t even know how to wash?”

Now that I look closely, it’s not just that he’s dirty from being soaked in blood, but it seems like layers of grime have built up from not washing for a long time. Well, that explains this terrible smell.

“Ugh…”

I looked at the guy with disgust. Especially the matted hair where blood and grease were stuck together was the worst.

I don’t know what kind of person the previous trainer was, but it’s clear he had no interest in washing this guy.

But unfortunately, I brought this guy into my house, and I had no intention of leaving such contaminants in my house.

“Damn it.”

Let’s think of it as volunteering at a nursing home. I went with Seol Rok-jin once before, right? Yeah, let’s do it like then.

I grabbed the shower hose and said gravely:

“Take it off.”

The guy’s body flinched at my words.

“I-I don’t want to see your naked body either! But you have to take your clothes off to wash!”

But the guy again didn’t budge even at my words.

“Haah…”

Is there no choice? I should at least wipe off the blood for now. I grabbed the shower hose and turned on the water to check the temperature. After the water became moderately warm, I sprayed water on the guy.

The guy just stood still and took the water I sprayed.

“This feels like water torture.”

The guy silently took all the water I sprayed. I approached the guy who was drooping wet from the water. Just as I was about to touch him to take off his dirty clothes, the guy avoided my hand and slipped right into the shadow.

“Come out! You need to finish washing!”

That day, I shouted until my throat was hoarse, but in the end I failed to drag that guy out.