I Became The Villain The Hero Is Obsessed With

349 – Shaky Bridge

Celeste.

The first time she felt something was wrong with her body was when her ability didn’t activate.

“….?”

Egoistic.

Pretending to be a follower of the sun god, she followed the cunningly smiling man to the ruins in the middle of the desert.

…She never let her guard down around him, not even for a moment.

She had sensed that he had brought weapons like guns with him, but she didn’t care.

The difference in their abilities was obvious from the beginning.

She was directly chosen by the god, receiving the full grace of his blessings.

A false god, Egoistic, who received the power of the stars but seemed genuinely weak.

Celeste, who could easily crush him with a flick of her wrist, but chose to endure it because she was chosen by an angel.

She never even considered what he could do to her.

Because she had always been strong.”

“Not even for a moment, had she ever been robbed of the tremendous power swirling inside her.

That’s why.

For the first time, when her ability didn’t activate.

Celeste couldn’t help but be flustered, unlike herself.

“Wait…”

And with that, she felt a dizzying sensation in her head.

“Ugh…!”

The moment she staggered, holding her head.

An unbelievable event occurred.

‘Wait a minute… My, my power…’

Her ability had vanished.

The ability she had possessed all her life.

In just a moment.

As if the one who had given her the ability had taken it back, she felt that all the power she had accumulated until now had disappeared.

And then.

“Ah…”

In this situation, Celeste felt a much greater confusion and fear about her body’s weakness than Egoistic had anticipated.

It was because she had never been weak even once.

Since her childhood, when she was driven by hunger and prayed desperately to God, she received her current ability and was saved.

She had never been weak since then.

Celeste had always been at the top.

So when all her power, including her defense mechanisms, flew away in an instant.

She felt like she had been stripped naked and thrown into the middle of a crowd, her head spinning from the drastic change in circumstances.

In a state of extreme confusion, she wondered what on earth was going on.

“I’ll clean up for you.”

“No… What is this…”

Not hearing the voice coming from the front.

She looked down at her trembling hands and muttered.

Her basic ability to see through things was blocked, and she stared into the world with unblinking eyes.

Unable to accept reality, she struggled with confusion.

It was when she finally understood the situation she was in.

That’s when she remembered.

At this moment, there was another person here besides her.

“Ah…”

At the thought that crossed her mind, she lifted her head.

And only then did she see the man in front of her.

Wearing black clothes, a mask covering half of his face, and smiling cunningly.”

Originally, he was a man who could kill more easily than a bug.

…Now, he could kill her with just a wave of his hand.

A grown man with a gun in his arms.

Egostic, his appearance.

‘You’re going to die.’

And in that moment, such fear swallowed her thoughts.

Death. When was the last time she had thought about it? Basically, she hadn’t since she was very young.

This place was a trap from the start.

She shouldn’t have come here.

Why did she ignore Egostic? She knew long ago that he had removed anything related to god.

Now it’s over.

Is she going to die here?

As that fear engulfed her.

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Egostic, standing in front of her, said:

“Shall we continue?”

He just smirked and said nothing more.

As he said so and turned his back.

He walked forward, flapping his cloak as if showing no interest in her.

Watching his retreating figure.

Celeste was dumbfounded.

‘…He’s not touching me..?’

With that thought, she felt relieved.

Feeling embarrassed for having been so tense, she blushed and clenched her fists tightly.

“Ugh… why am I getting scared by a weak man like Egostic…”

Although she thought that way.

…The problem was, reality was harsh.

In fact, she didn’t know how to get out of here, so she had to continue fearing when he would shoot her…

‘…But I still don’t know how to get out of here.’

She had to follow him for now.

With that thought, she carefully followed Egostic.

Keeping a safe distance.

***

And despite Celeste’s worries.

Egostic didn’t touch her at all.

“Why would I hurt you? We’re both followers of the same sun god, haha. I don’t know why you lost your power, but I’ll focus on helping you regain it.”

He just laughed as he said that.

…She didn’t believe it, but it was true he hadn’t laid a hand on her.

In fact, she thought that if he wanted to, he could kill her without any resistance.

‘Doesn’t he want to hurt me…?’

And that fact felt very unfamiliar to Celeste.

“She knew herself well. She knew that if she were to lose her power, there would be many people who would want to pull her down from her position at the top. She didn’t even trust her own subordinates. They were the ones who followed her not for who she was, but for the power she had.

Of course, they could suddenly change their minds and try to kill her…

But after careful consideration, Celeste concluded that the possibility was quite low.

The reason was none other than the prophecy she had been denying all along.

‘…Surely, in the future scene, I was kissing Egoistic…’

Until she kissed him, there was no way she could die.

It was a simple matter. The moment she would die would be after that.

With that thought, she felt relieved.

…Still, she couldn’t help but feel humiliated. Believing in that prophecy meant admitting that she would eventually end up kissing Egoistic.

And not just that, she wouldn’t even resist. Instead, she would look up at Egoistic with watery eyes. She wouldn’t push him away, but rather embrace him tightly. And keep on…kissing…

“Uh…”

“..? What’s wrong?”

“…It’s nothing. Be quiet.”

This beast.

Swallowing the last words, she sighed and hid behind the wall, avoiding Egoistic.

…It was true that Egoistic was scary, but being near him made her remember the scene of them kissing, causing her face to turn red…

With such thoughts, she quietly followed Egoistic.

Across the ruins of the Sun God.

And then.

“Ah…”

When they finally arrived at a rather spacious area deep within the ruins.

She couldn’t help but let out an exclamation and look around.

The entirely white buildings with golden patterns interspersed between them.

The murals depicting the origin of the gods, the sun, captivated her without her realizing it.

No matter what anyone said, she was actually a fan of the Sun God…

‘The records of the gods are so vast…'”

As she looked at the pictures of the myths drawn on the wall, her eyes sparkled brightly.

In fact, there were not many records of the sun god.

It seemed that in ancient times, the gods descended and lived with humans, but those records were almost annihilated.

In the end, only a few oral traditions and scriptures remained, and it continued as an ancient religion that no one believed in. She could barely find any remaining materials herself.

But the records of the sun god.

There were so many of them here.

“Is it that interesting?”

As she looked at the murals with her eyes wide open,

A man’s voice came from right behind her.

Surprised by him, she turned around and saw Aegostic looking up at the mural she had been watching with a natural expression.

‘…What? When did he approach?’

Perhaps because her abilities had been taken away, she didn’t notice that he had come close.

…But maybe it was because she was now sure that he wouldn’t attack her anymore.

She decided to just stay still.

That being said,

‘…Aegostic, who is this man?’

How could he know more about these things than her, a saint of the gods?

She had doubts.

…Could it be? Was she so confused that the sun god had really abandoned her and chosen him?

Of course, that wouldn’t happen… but it was true that she wondered if there was something about this man.

With such complicated feelings, she continued to follow him deeper into the ruins after looking at the murals.

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“Heeek…!”

At the sudden strange sound echoing from the inside, she unwittingly stiffened her body in surprise.

…Celeste was smart, having run the world’s top villain organization for a long time.

And since she had such immense power, she knew her current state well. She knew that her body was now so fragile that even a single wolf could tear her apart.

That’s why the sound of a monster, heard without any defense mechanism in her extremely sensitive state, was enough to frighten her.

At the moment Celeste was startled.

“Don’t worry. I’ll take care of it. Hide behind me.”

Suddenly appearing in front of her and saying that with a smile, the figure of Egoistic hiding her behind his back was…

“Heh, of course.”

…enough to make Celeste, without realizing it, cough awkwardly and blush.

For some reason, she felt relieved being by his side without even knowing it.

***

In the depths of the ruins.

I smiled quietly, looking at Celeste who was slightly trembling and sticking close to me.

‘Good. Everything is going according to plan.’

The swaying bridge effect seemed to be working well…

To ensure world peace, I needed to get closer to Celeste. And from my experience, this method was the most classic and effective way to become friends.

‘It’s a bit of a trashy thought, but…’

I couldn’t help it. A villain has a villain’s way. It was all for Stardust.

She would understand, right?

‘Of course.’

Thank you, Stardust…!

Having a conversation with myself, I nodded.

Let’s keep going like this!