I Became a Framed Villain

Episode 31 – Seminar, Black Auction

“Why, Ariel student.”

“Ah, that’s…”

Ariel, who was staring blankly at the suspicious message that appeared in front of her, rubbed her eyes and looked into the air again.

“……?”

Then, the message disappeared like snow.

‘”…it’s nothing.”

Thinking that she had seen a futile thing because her mind was exhausted these days, she tilted her head and answered.

“…when did you get invited here?”

Then, Oh Ji-seok looks at Ariel with a strange look for a moment and then asks a question again.

“Uh, yesterday. Actually, I don’t even know why…”

“Well, it doesn’t matter why.”

Then, his eyes suddenly change to terrifying.

“Go back, Ariel.”

“yes?”

“It’s not a place for students to come.”

“What is that…”

Oh Ji-seok was always kind to him.

But now, his eyes were so cold.

“I, too, have been formally invited. I am entitled…”

Thanks to that, Ariel started stuttering in bewilderment.

“I don’t know what’s going to happen here.”

“…yes?”

“It’s infested with the monsters I described.”

“……..”

“It’s too dangerous for you.”

Then she hears Oh Ji-seok’s explanation and puts on a dark expression.

“Are you saying it’s dangerous in a place where there are a lot of heroes?”

I didn’t understand.

Even if there are monsters, the International Hero Seminar is where top ranking heroes and other heroes from around the world gather.

Even if monsters appeared, of course they wouldn’t be opponents.

And the question was not only that.

“And, the professor personally chose Rumia as his assistant.”

“………”

“A partner to accompany such a dangerous place.”

Oh Ji-seok, who heard that, answered with a frown.

“Rumia doesn’t care.”

“But…”

“I’ll explain the details later. For now…”

So, when the two stories continued to collide.

– Ji-i-ing…

The air around you suddenly begins to tremble.

“Uh?”

Eventually, as the surrounding shapes begin to twist, Ariel, who was staggering in the aftermath, loses her balance and collapses.

“…ranking 4th place. Concept of transfer.”

Oh Ji-seok muttered in a low voice while gently hugging and holding Ariel.

Suddenly, in front of him and Ariel, the entrance to the banquet hall lined with luxurious decorations spread out.

“Yeah, it’s me!”

Someone starts walking towards Ariel, who looks around with a puzzled look, and Oh Ji-seok, who has a hard expression on her face.

“For security reasons, we have set the invitation as a transfer medium. Thanks to this, the participants do not know where this place is.”

Rank 4 hero. transfer.

Her ability is ‘Concept of Metastasis’.

He is a hero with a powerful ability to teleport himself or a person who touches a specific object to a desired location.

“Then, shall we unpack our luggage first? Or go straight to the banquet hall?”

When Oh Ji-seok stares at the transfer, she smiles brightly and asks a question.

“Is it impossible to get out on the way?”

“Yes, unfortunately, due to security concerns…”

“ha.”

After hearing his explanation, Oh Ji-seok sighs quietly.

“Uh?”

“Stay by my side.”

Then he whispered, holding Ariel’s hand tightly.

“The enemy is everywhere.”

Having said that, Oh Ji-seok put his arm around her shoulder and started walking forward.

“Oh, you have a special love for your assistant, Professor.”

“…do you know me?”

Then, he pauses for a moment at Transfer’s laughter-filled voice.

“Sure.”

“……..”

“The identities of all attendees are being penetrated.”

Her smirk and Oh Ji-seok’s dry eyes intersect for a moment.

“My assistant is inside.”

“Oh, is that so?”

“I guess you didn’t understand that.”

When Oh Ji-seok, who was staring at the transfer, spoke in a dry voice, the transfer nodded quietly.

“Well, could that be? Even I don’t remember everything! The 5th place in the rankings is better at that.”

“……..”

“That’s why we’re handing out name tags to visitors! Even if you don’t have a complete amnesia, you can recognize them at a glance. They also serve as proof of identity, so be sure to wear them around your neck during seminars!”

The woman, who humorously passed the atmosphere that could be a bit of a joke, handed a name tag with a string to Oh Ji-seok, and reached out for a handshake.

“Come on, you and your friends. Then, have a nice day!”

Oh Ji-seok looked at her until the end, shook hands, and then headed into the banquet hall holding Ariel tightly.

“…Yes, Chairman. I just went inside.”

After a while, Transfer, who confirmed that Oh Ji-seok had gone inside, began to whisper in a low voice, caressing his ear.

“How does your trauma look?”

Then, she tilted her head and furrowed her eyebrows slightly.

“Once I’m certain, it’s not normal.”

Even though we just shook hands for a while, for some reason, my lower stomach was tingling.

“Should we be nervous?”

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“professor…?”

“Why is that?”

“Ooh, can we… be apart for a bit?”

Ariel, who was walking in sync with Oh Ji-seok, almost hugged him, asked in a trembling voice.

“Why?”

“You’re too close. People look at me strangely…”

Ever since I was wrapped in Oh Ji-seok’s arms, I’ve been feeling strange for some reason.

I don’t know what it is because I’ve never experienced it, but it felt like I had to get out of it quickly.

“…just hold hands.”

“yes?”

However, Oh Ji-seok, who wanted to yield for a moment as he took his arm off his shoulder, grabbed Ariel’s hand.

“there…”

Ariel was about to say something with a slightly troubled expression.

“…..Wow.”

In her sight, the image of a successful seminar in progress came into view.

Heroes that are so popular that you can recognize them at a glance, and numerous sidekicks shining by their side.

Auxiliary items developed with the latest technology that ordinary citizens cannot access, and mystical weapons made using the hearts of beasts that have been suppressed in the meantime.

And the hero who died in battle.

Statues commemorating the so-called fallen stars.

“……..”

Ariel’s gaze, who had been blindly staring at those scenes, overwhelmed by the atmosphere, stopped in one place.

‘…sister.’

A space to commemorate the fallen stars. The statue of Justia, which was added just a few days ago, to the front of the space.

‘Did I choose well?’

A nostalgic figure with a confident smile and raising his fists forward as always. Looking at that figure, Ariel fell into thought.

‘Can I really become a hero that surpasses my sister?’

If she had been in front of me, of course I would have told her that I could.

Because Justia was such a person.

But to her now, there was no one who could say that.

Except for one.

“Professor, I…”

Unwittingly, holding Oh Ji-seok’s hand tightly, she opens her mouth and tries to ask a question in a low voice, but blurs the end of her words.

‘Professor, what are you thinking?’

Professor Oh Ji-seok, who has devoted all his heart to himself for the past week.

But for some reason, today he is only cold to himself.

What she had been sternly saying was not her assistant, that she had to leave this place right now, suddenly began to pop into her mind.

‘Am I just a hindrance…?’

A question she hadn’t been able to ask lingered in her throat.

‘Or I…’

“Are you Professor Oh Ji-seok?”

At that very moment, someone appeared in front of them.

“By order of the association president, I’m going to invite the professor to the VIP zone.”

The man in the black suit looked at Oh Ji-seok and said so in a low voice.

“By the way, is the person next to you also in your group?”

When Oh Ji-seok looks at him with puzzled eyes, he tilts his head and asks a question while looking at Ariel.

“No, we just met by chance.”

Then, Oh Ji-seok releases Ariel’s hand and falls to the side.

“Is that so? Some people have two or more assistants.”

“You misunderstood.”

Saying that, Oh Ji-seok’s whispering voice suddenly heard in Ariel’s ear, who was looking at him with a slightly bitter look.

“Student Ariel. Go to your dorm right now.”

“yes?”

“Come on. I don’t have time.”

Having said that, he pushed her away without even thinking about it.

“I will soon send someone who can help you.”

“uh…..”

In an instant, an unknown uneasiness of having to hold that hand again begins to provoke Ariel.

“Wait a minute….”

But when he came to his senses, Oh Ji-seok had already disappeared somewhere with a man in a suit.

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“…what the hell?”

several hours after that.

“What are you doing?”

Entering his room as Oh Ji-seok said, Ariel, who was lying on the bed in a daze, starts muttering in a frustrated voice.

“It’s already evening, why aren’t you coming back…”

At first, I intended to listen to Professor Oh Ji-seok calmly.

However, waiting for him alone in the room for hours, my patience was slowly reaching its limit.

‘Shall we go out?’

Thanks to that, after thinking about that for a while, Ariel lays down on the bed shaking her head.

‘It wouldn’t help anyway…’

While lying on the bed with such thoughts, she pondered for a while before taking something out of her pocket.

“…Let’s see what he writes these days.”

Although it has decreased frequently recently, she still used to do ego-searching quite often when her self-esteem fell.

“uh?”

However, as she searches for her name on the Internet, her eyes widen.

“Why is the internet not working?”

There was a red light on the radio signal.

“Can’t you even call me?”

She was trying to talk on the phone with a puzzled expression, but she scratched her head and got up from her seat.

“What the hell is going on…?”

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A group of masked people who arrived with the guidance of black suits.

– 24th in the previous ranking! Jewelia’s heart has sold for $250,000!

To be honest, this was quite expected.

– Next for sale, don’t be surprised!

Behind the seminar, half heroes and half monsters,

That these dark things are happening.

I boarded that kind of atmosphere in moderation and tried to get into the crowd.

– Wow, Justia’s little brother!

But guys.

– Don’t you want to see ‘weapons’ and ‘mysteries’ made from the world’s strongest hero, Justia?

At this moment, I have crossed the line of my patience.

– At the moment of winning the bid, we will cut out her heart in the dorm and start production! The entire process was streamed live…

don’t kill them all garbage.