[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with":3,"chapter-i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-chapter-262":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","I Became The Villain The Hero Is Obsessed With",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1218055,1602,"Chapter 261: Seo-Eun’s Heart","i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-chapter-262",262,"\u003Cp>Chapter 261: Seo-Eun’s Heart\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can’t believe it’s already getting cooler…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a scorching hot summer, fall was just around the corner but we, the members of Ego Stream, were busy working as usual, with training and competing in power-ups.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….No, we’re not heroes, we’re protecting the country…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, there were some whiners, like our own Seo Jae-young.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting on a tree with her purple demon fire floating in the air, she said in a languid voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh-huh. A villain needs land to terrorize to be a villain. It’s all part of terrorizing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Heh. You’re not doing this because of Stardus?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes narrowed and she smiled as she blurted out a joke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was just about to make a defense when I realized that I wasn’t so much embarrassed as I was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the other side of the room, Choi Se-hee walked over, wiping her sweat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is it, Seo Jae-young, were you whining again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I wasn’t whining, I was asking reasonable questions…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Jae-young could say anything, Choi Se-hee chuckled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hey, wouldn’t it be fun if we could wipe out all the monsters raining down on the earth? Just think, with a wave of my hand, they’d be fried by lightning and swept away…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Choi Se-hee’s hands were crackling with yellow electricity as she spoke and one hand was raised in excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Sure, that would be fun.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just like that, she said as if she was slightly intrigued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, with a flash of lightning, Choi Se-hee climbed up the tree, grabbed her by the hood, and pulled her to her feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, come on, let’s go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Eh, eh, eh, eh…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Da-in, should I take her back?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh, hurry up and take me back…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After escaping from the training center, Seo Jae-young was caught by Choi Se-hee again and dragged away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The end of the world scenario for Moonlight Church is just around the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as I destroyed Seo-Eun’s enemies, the HanEun Group, the time has come to destroy Eun-Wol’s enemies, the Moonlight Church. That’s why we, the members of Ego Stream, are doing everything we can.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among us, Seo-Eun was the most determined to capture Stardus, and she had already built a destructive weapon by studying mechanical engineering to the limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Seo-Eun, what have you been doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Da-in!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The white humanoid robot’s head descended from the cockpit, her short white hair fluttering, and she looked at me as she said so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she landed on the ground, she ran toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Look at me, training even on my birthday!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m proud of you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ehehe…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I casually stroked her, she smiled, looked up, and then I dropped it with a surprised gasp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmmm, hmmm. I’ll let you have it just this once, with an adult mindset. I’m an adult now!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our Seo-Eun says confidently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right. As of today, her birthday has passed, and she is now a legal adult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…When I first met her, she was just a kid, and now she’s an adult, and I feel a little overwhelmed. It was a mixed feeling, both proud and complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Because in this world, Seo-eun was the first person I ever had a relationship with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Okay. Seo-eun, if you’re done, let’s go eat. You’re the star of the show.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though I’ve been busy lately, it’s Seo-Eun’s long-awaited first birthday as an adult, so of course we’re going to have a big, loud dinner. I helped Soobin cook and most of the food was Seo-eun’s favorite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hehe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…When I first met her, she was cold, hostile and wary but now she could smile and laugh like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seo-Eun and I walked across the large, open research center, just the two of us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…It’s only a short distance. Should we just teleport together?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as I was thinking that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Da-in.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Seo-Eun turned to me with a wide smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I said that, she glanced to the side, still smiling and with her eyes never leaving mine, she opened her mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s just… I’m done being a minor, and now that I’m an adult, there’s something I really want to tell you when we’re alone like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“About…everything. Thank you for raising me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She smiles brightly at me as she says it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…I didn’t do anything. You grew up on your own.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I say that with a smirk, Seo-eun replies with an unexpectedly determined expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No. If I didn’t have you…I’d be a lot different, that’s for sure.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She says that with a bitter smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, the original Seo Eun overlapped with her, and I couldn’t find the words to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if on cue, Seo-eun smiled again, looked back at me, and continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you for being with me, for holding on to me when I was pushing you away, and for going with me to the end. Without you, I probably wouldn’t be who I am today.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Seo Eun, as if she’s grown up now, confesses what she’s been keeping in her heart all this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way she spoke to me with such sincerity made my expression falter for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I look at Seo-eun, who is looking straight at me with her transparent eyes and memories flashed through my mind and for a moment, I was immersed in them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I, unknowingly. Perhaps for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I told her my true feelings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Thank you, too, Seo-Eun.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, before I met you. I was going through a lot myself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I looked at one wall of the factory and said, “Yeah. I was struggling then.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dropped into this world where I don’t know a single person and my powers were crap. The lore sucked and I felt like giving up on the whole thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But then…after meeting you I tried to get to know you… to talk to you… to help you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I forced myself to do something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing I did was to get to know Seo-Eun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tried to convince Seo-eun, who was almost at the top of the difficulty scale from the very beginning, and I got a lot of rebuffs and struggled a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather, because I was immersed in the task, I was able to gradually adapt to this world without thinking about anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gradually, I got to know her better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We gradually opened our hearts to each other, even though we were shy on the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t know how much it comforted me to know that she was secretly looking into my heart and gradually approaching me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…For the first time in my life, I killed a villain. I mean, I killed a person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When I was in shock and a little depressed, she slowly approached me, genuinely worried about me, and quietly comforted me without saying it, and it was a great comfort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s thanks to Seo Eun, who always stood by my side that I can be here today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you, too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At my words, Seo-Eun smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So, we appreciate each other, then?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah. Haha.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…I feel a little embarrassed after saying that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, I felt like Seo-eun had grown up, and I was too sentimental after hearing her sincere words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I scratched the back of my head and was about to say, “Shall we go now?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seo-eun grabbed my sleeve as I was about to walk away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Da-in.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After holding on to me for a moment, she turned around and looked up into my eyes with a big smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…Seo-eun, you’re really taller than I thought, to the point where you’re almost under my chin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as I was thinking that, she looked up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked troubled for a moment, but then she giggled and said to me,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Never mind, I was going to tell you as soon as I became an adult but I don’t want to embarrass you, so I’ll tell you later.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What is it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Nothing. Anyway, just remember this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She released her grip on my arm and took a step backwards, tilting her upper body towards me as she whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Because no matter what, I’ll never give up on you…That I’ll always be by your side.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seo-Eun smiled as she said that, flipping her white short hair back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was so much more mature than I remembered and I was at a loss for words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Anyway, let’s go now! My birthday party is upstairs, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After she said that, she stuck her tongue out at me and said with an excited expression, walking ahead of me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….Haha, yeah. Come on, let’s go. We’re going to be late.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Seo-Eun with such a bright expression, I smiled and followed behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…By my side, always…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wonder if I’ll be able to stand by Seo-Eun’s side even in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swallowed a bitter smile, and took a step forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being gone might be the only way to protect her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ll do my best, but I doubt I will be able to stay by her side until the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought, I walked home with Seo Eun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s how Seo-eun’s cake-cutting ceremony and coming-of-age birthday came to an end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thanks to the fact that she was now an adult and working double time without sleep, the plans were gradually being finalized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And before that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“….”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, it’s time for Stardus final test before the catastrophe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Terrorizing would continue after the catastrophe, but for now I set out to carry out what would be, perhaps, the last attack of the year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stepped outside to terrorize.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>****\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stardus!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah. What’s going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A giant fiery red dragon has appeared in the skies above Seoul!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…Another dragon?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing that, she jumped up from her seat as a thought flashed through her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>-Crackle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The television on the wall in her office turned on and the nostalgic, familiar voice rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Hello, citizens of the Republic of Korea, it’s Egostic!]\u003C\u002Fp>",1656,"2026-06-03T14:38:02.428Z",1,"novelbin.me","d6c3c925d2d560fd608fe6941f6fc8c385537760e452715f25b986ebae10f610","i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-chapter-263","i-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-chapter-261",449,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-became-the-villain-the-hero-is-obsessed-with-cover.jpg"]