I Became The Villain The Hero Is Obsessed With

385 – Hilltop Date

Quite some time had passed since the Cathedral began seriously expanding its influence.

Sitting there, Celeste quietly thought this.

…Under the gods’ blessing. Bearing the mission to save the entire world. The heretics’ union, the Cathedral – formed of those discontent with the current system.

Amidst the current reality where the incompetent ‘Hero Association’ held all authority over ability users.

For being branded villains just because they opposed them.

She had thought for a long time.

The board needed to be flipped over.

The gods must have given me this power and said ‘Conquer and save this world, my child-‘ for that reason. She believed.

And so Celeste formed the Cathedral.

A meeting for villains to share intel – under that pretext. Gathering all the famous, rebellious villains together. Letting them regularly meet and bond.

Abilities were basically granted by the Sun God.

So even if they were branded villains, those chosen by god surely could become symbols of rebellion.

She believed that.

…And amidst gathering at the Cathedral.

Finally, the moment she had awaited arrived.

She could sense the gods drawing near this world.

She couldn’t exactly explain, but having directly received her power from the Sun God, she could sense it clearly.

At the same time, all ability users worldwide were getting stronger.

– Surely the gods’ influence.

Feeling her own power become unimaginably stronger. Only then did Celeste intuit.

Now was the time.

To finally accomplish the gods’ wish.

To flip the system and achieve world salvation.

And so she gathered the Cathedral’s members and declared. Let’s join together and grip the world in our hands. Conquer the world under the Cathedral’s name.

…Since officially sending the Cathedral against the world, Celeste had thought there would be many difficulties in the process. Her workload would become immense, with many worries.

But ah.

Now, she was leading the Cathedral much more smoothly than expected.

All for one reason.

…This man, Egostic, sighing as he sprawled before her.

“Ah…”

He was incredibly capable, beyond her thoughts.

If she delegated everything to him, he handled it perfectly.

Especially making and executing plans – he excelled without fail. His plans were always thorough, leaving no room for error.

He performed well amidst sudden situations, always seeing the big picture so everything flowed organically.

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As a result of advancing per his strategies, the Cathedral’s influence now had roots all over.

With the resisting Hero Associations worldwide being a minority, they were slowly having their hopes crushed and imprisoned one by one.

Since heroes had also been chosen by the Sun God, they weren’t mistreated…but most were imprisoned for now.

Amidst this smooth progression.

Celeste soon had to admit.

…He had become irreplaceable.

‘…How long has it been since I relied so heavily on someone like this?’

Always alone at the top, the lonely existence.

Was it because someone finally fully understood and stayed with her?

Celeste found herself increasingly relying deeply on Egostic.

…And so unconsciously she would often think of him even when free.

Even.

‘Hey, calm down. I like it too, but not here… Mm.’

‘Mm…ah, just a moment…! Mm…’

‘Mmm….’

“….”

‘…If we’re fated to kiss like the prophecy says anyway.’

Rather than being suddenly kissed like that.

Shouldn’t I take the lead and kiss Egostic instead?

‘…Wait. Come to think of it, I seemed quite familiar with kissing him in that scene…’

She would be so shocked realizing what she was thinking about alone.

Anyway, while she was having such delusions.

“Celeste. We have time these days…want to go on a date?”

Him suddenly saying that while lying back in the chair.

“Yes, well…wait, what?”

Celeste.

She spilled some coffee in surprise at his words as they drank coffee together in her Cathedral office.

W-what was he saying all of a sudden?

Seeing her flustered.

Egostic smiled casually as if it was nothing, looking at her and grinning as he replied.

“Why? Don’t Americans just call going out to have fun a date? That’s what I know.”

Answering innocently to her question.

…Her blood ran cold at that.

Right. It can be used that way. It can but…

“Ugh…just be quiet.”

Her face slightly flushed, Celeste glared at his grinning face and said that.

That man definitely knows and is saying it on purpose. He loves jokes after all.

“hahahahaha. Got it. Shall we go then.”

“…Hmph. Who’s going?”

At his laughing words, Celeste sulkily crossed her arms and retorted.

…But of course, her body was tingling with excitement.

Since she had never outright refused.

***

“So. Where are we going?”

Under the sunny sky, amidst the verdant bushes blanketing the wide open hill.

The green leaves fluttering in the breeze against the blue sky. There, looking puzzled, Celeste asked.

“Just. I wanted to come here with Celeste-shi since the scenery is nice. Isn’t it pretty?”

“Hmph…not bad.”

Though she tossed her head saying that, her expression seemed to indicate she quite liked it.

I had checked here earlier, and the scenery was good.

‘Or…’

She was just happy to be here with me.

No, it had to be that. The more she liked me, the lower the chance of world destruction. So. That was just.

‘…All for Stardust’s sake.’

Remember. All my actions are for our little stardust.

Affirming that(?), I grinned at Celeste.

Anyway, the reason for coming here was to get closer to her.

Of course.

“…And there’s a hidden secret too.”

“Hmm?”

At my words, she raised her brows and peered at me, analyzing my thoughts with golden eyes.

Though she didn’t actually have that power of course.

…Come to think of it, lately she’s been keeping her eyes open before me, unlike closing them like usual. Is that a positive effect?

“Well, I’ll find out as we go.”

After staring at me for a while, Celeste sighed and quietly followed me.

Anyway, the fact that she listened to my suggestion to simply go out and followed given how busy she was with Cathedral work showed she wasn’t indifferent to me. She had to…

So as we walked, I made small talk with Celeste.

“What’s your favorite food?”

“Favorite food…well, nothing in particular. Maybe pasta sometimes.”

“Oh. I’m pretty good at making pasta. I’ll have to make it for you sometime.”

A lie. I had never made pasta before.

“Pfft, you? …I’ll look forward to it.”

Seeing her smile, wasn’t it worth it?

Anyway, we continued conversing like that.

Sometimes she would ask me things too.

“By the way Egostic, about the sun relics…”

I tensed slightly at the mention of relics, but fortunately it was a different topic.

“You said you corrupted one of the Sun Knight’s relics, right?”

“…Yes, that’s right.”

I answered, secretly sweating, but she didn’t seem suspicious or resentful. Just pure curiosity.

Seeing that, it was hard to believe this was the same person who had tried to kill me for saying I broke a relic before.

“How did you manage to break it? Relics should be hard to damage.”

“Ah…that…”

At her question, I smiled slyly and said.

“I used the power of the stars.”

This much was true.

“Power of the stars?”

“Yes. My star power conflicted with and nullified the sun power, allowing destruction. That’s why I think the Sun God chose me as an agent against him.”

This setting I just came up with now.

…It was pretty plausible.

“I see…”

Nodding as if she understood, Celeste smiled slightly and replied.

“It’s a shame the relic was corrupted, but I guess it couldn’t be helped. I’m curious what exactly you did in there.”

She was curious what happened inside the ruins with the relic.

Hm. I could embellish it a bit?

I began explaining.

“Well, it was difficult getting in there, so I used Korea’s hero, Stardust.”

“…Stardust.”

“Yes. While the Sun Knight kept attacking, I used messages from the god to tell Stardust all his attack patterns, and as she blocked them perfectly with amazing dodges…”

My lips curled up unconsciously talking about Stardust. Ah, back then was epic.

And as I excitedly described it.

Celeste’s reaction was very simple.

“….Ha.”

The freezing cold voice from beside me as I enthusiastically explained.

I froze hearing that and looked over.

“…You must have enjoyed it so much. Being with that Stardust woman. Why not just stay glued to her side, instead of being with me?”

Exuding an icy air, she spoke in a lowered voice.

“…hahahaha, you m-mad…?”

“No. Just don’t follow me.”

“Ahahahaha…why are you like this?”

I apparently spent a while placating her as she strode ahead up the hill..