I Became a Framed Villain

Episode 18 – Honorable Mention

“What… you mean?”

“……..”

The air in the room is cold.

Those who have visited the residence of the Shinwa Group chairman are quite familiar with it, but Himari was an atmosphere they had never felt before.

“grandfather.”

“Kang Ha-neul killed Justia?”

Because of this, Himari, who is sweating coldly without getting used to it, hears the president’s sharp voice.

“…Yes. According to the data.”

“impossible.”

Himari flinched for a moment at the resolute voice, then shook her head and started talking.

“No, it is certain. Cross-validation has already been completed. The results of our group’s own investigation…”

“Himari.”

But the president quietly raised his hand to stop her.

“Didn’t I say it’s impossible?”

“………”

“Are you trying to tell me I’m wrong?”

Hearing those words, Himari, who had been chewing on her lips, responded with tight eyes closed.

“That’s right.”

And the stillness started.

“It’s disappointing.”

Himari, who could not even stand properly in that suffocating atmosphere, was struck by words like the president’s dagger.

“Stop leaving.”

“Grandpa, but…!”

“Didn’t you tell me to leave?”

Himari, who was about to refute, quietly bites his teeth at the stubborn attitude of the president.

“You have already crossed the line.”

“……..”

“It’s too late to turn around.”

The president who looked at her like that, now with pitying eyes, murmured.

“When you leave, tell the secretary to come into the room.”

“…All right.”

Then, as the chairman slowly closed his eyes and laid himself down on the chair, Himari, who bowed his head, answered in a low-pitched voice.

“…Whoah.”

As Himari left the room, the chairman sighed with his eyes closed.

How did things get this far?

It was clearly the president who thought he was in control until he fell asleep.

But while he was sleeping, everything turned upside down in an instant.

‘After all, is it that guy?’

Thanks to this, it was a situation where I could not see even an inch ahead, but there were things that I could point out a little.

Rumia Obse. child of prophecy.

A boy who initially tried to embrace him, but decided to stand by for a while due to an unknown ominousness.

He was all involved in a series of events.

“I’m sorry.”

It wasn’t just a guess. If you’re close, you can’t see it, but when you’re far away, you can see it.

And the president had a basis for such a judgment.

“He can’t kill people.”

It was because of the contents of the contract with Kang Ha-neul in the past.

“It’s frustrating.”

The concept that resides in the chairman is none other than the concept of ‘contract’.

It was the power to make an absolute contract with the other party.

Therefore, I wanted to inform the contract I made with Kang Ha-neul right away so that my second granddaughter could come to his senses, but that was impossible.

One of the penalties of his ability was that he could not disclose the contents of the contract to anyone.

In fact, it was a really minor penalty compared to the enormous ability. But that small penalty was now rolling into a big snowball.

“Chairman, did you call?”

In front of the chairman who sighed quietly, a secretary with a hard expression appeared.

“Lumia. Let’s investigate the child.”

“All right.”

“And, umm…”

The chairman gives her a quiet order, ponders for a while, and then asks a question.

“…what is the first grandchild doing?”

“Bocchan has been out of contact for two days.”

Hearing that, the chairman frowned and asked the question again.

“It’s like an idiot. The second granddaughter just saw it, so that’s enough, and the third one?”

“Your lady was in the middle of preparing for admission until recently, but she suddenly left the house announcing that she would aspire to the Hero Academy…”

“ha.”

My head, which was already pounding, is pounding even more.

How can there be problems with the grandchildren and granddaughters who are the future of the group?

The first grandchild is completely crazy just like his children.

For the second granddaughter with the highest level of ability,

There is a fatal problem of lack of emotion.

And the third granddaughter has a good personality but poor abilities.

In addition to the sudden run away and the hero and support.

“Kang Ha-neul, I shouldn’t have missed him.”

The president, who had been muttering with his head bowed, immediately turned dark and spoke to the secretary.

“From now on, I’m going to treat Himari as a pretty granddaughter.”

At first glance, the words were the same as before, but the secretary understood the hidden meaning of those words.

I will treat her only as a bloody family, not as a single candidate for succession.

Within the group, it was like a death sentence.

“…are you serious?”

“Isn’t it a great opportunity to make him a member of our group?”

The secretary quietly asks, and the president answers in a cold voice.

“I’ve kicked my chance with my own feet, so I’m just collecting it.”

Then, the secretary asked a question with a puzzled expression.

“Is the river sky so important?”

“……..”

“Of course, I know he’s the one who has dramatically improved the condition of the second girl. But that doesn’t mean it’s going to affect the group’s vitality…”

The chairman, who was looking at such a secretary, begins to speak in a low voice to her who is looking at himself with his words blurry.

“You don’t know him.”

“yes?”

“What name he was called during his academy days, what anecdote he had with Justia, why I supported him. You don’t know.”

Then, the chairman stares at the secretary.

“And you have no idea what he gave up for Himari, or what he paid me for giving in to her heart.”

As the chairman’s voice begins to rise, the secretary involuntarily flinches.

living legend. Hiroto Minamoto.

Even though they were all dying, their momentum was still enough to overpower people.

“And, you don’t know his true powers.”

The chairman, who had given off a fierce momentum for a while, cleared his throat again and said:

“And that, even Kang Ha-neul himself doesn’t know.”

“……?”

“The one who secures the ability he has will be the one who will seize the hegemony in the future.”

His eyes were shining fiercely.

“From today on, I will be attached to my third granddaughter.”

“…why?”

“You say you want to be a hero, don’t you?”

“……..”

“I’ll need your help.”

After hesitating for a while, the secretary nodded, and the president closed his eyes again and added something.

“And, if you have time, look for the river sky.”

“that…”

The secretary, who was about to say that it would be difficult as much as that, sees the president shivering with one eye closed, sighing and nodding his head.

“…I will do my best.”

“Well then, so be it.”

After saying those words, the secretary bowed to greet the president with his eyes closed and went outside.

“…if that’s the case, wouldn’t it be worthwhile to be recognized as a son-in-law at most?”

In the room left alone like that, the chairman mumbled in a complicated voice.

“Himari, how the hell did you make that choice?”

A few years ago, a young boy kneeling in this place, proposing a completely unequal deal with no benefit to himself.

“Why did you let yourself go of a man who could give everything for you?”

When asked if his granddaughter was worth it, he answered the contract without thinking a bit and remembered him signing the contract.

– It’s not a matter of whether it’s worth it or not.

That answer was one of the most impressive answers the president had ever heard in his life.

– How would you value the emotions that a child who had no emotions started to send?

Falling back into a deep sleep, the chairman thought quietly.

‘A good guy like a nerd.’

But that’s why he was a shining guy.

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A few days after the transaction was completed safely by sharing kimchi stew with my sister.

“Every time I come here, I feel new.”

I returned to the academy as Oh Ji-seok.

It was because he could not attend for a while in the name of treating the wounds suffered during the academy disaster, but he could be fired if he did not show his face.

“I never thought I’d come back as a professor.”

Even just a few years ago, I went here as a student.

Although it is still ‘temporary’, it was a new feeling to come here as a professor anyway.

– growl…

‘But why am I so hungry from earlier?’

So, I was moving my steps while keeping my eyes on the facility, but I suddenly felt a terrifying feeling of hunger.

I don’t know why I’m so hungry lately, even though I eat three hearty meals a day.

Could this be the effect of villainization?

‘Shouldn’t it be better to ask Dyce later?’

I headed to the canteen, scratching my head at the unknown anomaly, and soon realized the reason.

“…looks delicious.”

It was because Justia’s younger brother, Ariel, was standing in the dining room in front of the canteen, salivating.

“Ugh…”

The restaurant of the International Hero Academy is famous for offering cheap and delicious food. When I was a student, I always ate food from the restaurant.

However, Ariel was just standing around with a dark face for some reason in front of such a restaurant.

– Brisket…

While looking at her with mysterious eyes, Ariel suddenly takes out her wallet from her pocket.

“…ha.”

After looking through her wallet for a while, she let out a deep sigh and trudged toward the store with her shoulders drooping.

“Hey… a cup of noodles, please.”

Then, with a sullen face, she chooses cup noodles.

“It’s 1050 won.”

“Ah, 1050 won… 50 won… so…”

However, she soon encounters an unexpected situation, desperately rummaging through her wallet and then quietly gnashing her teeth.

“……One triangular gimbap, please.”

She held out a crumpled piece of 1,000 won, bought a small triangular gimbap, and walked out of the store.

– growl…

As I stare at her passing by with my head bowed down among the laughing students holding a tray, my stomach starts to growl with a terrifying pain.

“I’m pissed off.”

That figure pressed the seizure button inside me.

How dare you eat poorly in front of me.

Even though he is sharing the pain with the ‘Physical Link’ skill, his stomach is sore.

“Two meal tickets, please.”

As Justia’s partner, this was something I couldn’t just watch even if dirt got into my eyes.

“there.”

“Oh, professor?”

With that in mind, I quickly bought two meal tickets, and with my eyes turned on, I approached her.

“I accidentally bought two meal tickets, so if you haven’t eaten, would you like to eat together?”

He asked with a smile that seemed as friendly as possible to a person.

“Ah, it’s ok… I’m…”

Then, she began to stir her hand with her shaky eyes.

– Loudly…!

But at that very moment, thunder roared from Ariel’s stomach.

“Huh? What?”

“That, that…”

I tried to pretend I didn’t hear it, and when I asked that again, Ariel, who had her ears turned red and her head bowed, answered with a crawling voice.

“…Gaga, thank you.”

Its appearance is so cute and unique. Without realizing it, I smiled at my father, and then I handed the ticket to the staff and walked away.

“Here, two.”

“Ugh…”

While holding her by the shoulder to prevent Ariel from running away.

‘I don’t know anything else, but I just can’t get past it as much as eating poorly.’

Now I was feeling a bit chilly.