How A Mythical Holy Knight Lives As A Villain (Novel) - Chapter 14
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Chapter 14
The moment Yoon Seung-ah took it out, “…What’s this?”
Thump. Go Johan’s heart pounded. Along with the rising emotion.
Pah! The barrier Yoon Seung-ah had spread shattered.
“…This damn curse.” It was because the immature body couldn’t control the emotions and reacted with the curse. In other words, what Yoon Seung-ah had just taken out was irritating Go Johan’s nerves that much.
That tiny red jewel-like thing. ‘The seed of the demon beast.’ It was an item of demons that turns humans or monsters into demon beasts.
“…It seems to have finally shown itself,” Go Johan said in a quiet voice, as if spitting out the words.
Even before the Black Gate appeared, there were movements of those trying to create vessels. And.
‘I opened the door.’ Go Johan opened the door. Since then, it had been quiet, but as expected, the demons were moving insidiously in places unseen.
Yoon Seung-ah was acting separately for that purpose.
“Demon worshipper.” Corrupted humans who worship those cursed species. They were responsible for more than half of Travainia’s destruction, and also the reason why Go Johan took in the children.
“Where did it come from?” Go Johan asked.
“The source is Gangnam. We’re still tracking it, but…”
“What’s its relationship with the school?”
“It seems some of them were sold to Shinsung Middle School students.”
“Ha.” It was ridiculous. Travainia, and Earth too.
“…The same old tricks.” They reach out, blinded by greed, without knowing what they’re touching. They must know that it will bring about a calamitous destruction. After all, the seed of the demon beast was like a kind of drug.
“It hasn’t spread much. We’ll resolve it before it’s too late,” Yoon Seung-ah said, as if watching Go Johan’s reaction.
“Good job. I’ll keep an eye out too.”
“…I didn’t mean to bother the Boss.”
“I can’t just leave you guys alone, can I?” Only then did Yoon Seung-ah smile broadly.
‘The seed of the demon beast.’ What was annoying about this trick was that it was hard to notice before the seed sprouted.
It was then. A gaze felt from somewhere. It was too insignificant to be considered an enemy, so he left it alone.
“Looks like more trouble is coming.” Knowing that it was due to his emotions exposed by the curse, Go Johan frowned and quietly walked out.
“I’ll share if I find out anything.”
And then.
-Research the seed of the demon beast well. We can’t keep getting hit every time those damn things start moving.
Go Johan’s voice echoed in Yoon Seung-ah’s mind.
-I’ll keep that in mind, Boss.
After Go Johan disappeared.
-Unnecessary act.
Yoon Seung-ah spoke towards Envy, who would be hiding nearby. The gaze from earlier wasn’t just because of Go Johan’s emotions.
-Why, why, what…
Envy’s voice was heard.
-Sis, isn’t this what you wanted! You think I don’t know that?
Envy, true to his name, was a child who had the curse and sin of jealousy. Thus, he was more sensitive to the emotion of jealousy than anyone else.
-I was thinking of you, sis…
He must have done something unnecessary after noticing his own feelings.
-Envy, remember this.
The children Go Johan saved. They became ‘apostles’ according to Go Johan’s and their own will. Connected to Go Johan, moving according to his will and subordinate to him.
‘You are apostles of the goddess.’
Go Johan called them apostles of the goddess, but that was wrong.
-We must never do anything that harms him.
Envy, never act on something he doesn’t want again. Remember that you are an apostle solely for him, for Go Johan.
-Ah, no…
-Remember.
Answer.
-O-Okay! I got it!
They had incomparable power, but they were still young children.
* * *
“Hey! Did you hear that?”
“What?”
“They say the student teacher and Go Johan were together behind the flower bed!”
Kim Se-hyun pricked up his ears at the voices chattering in the classroom.
“What? Really?”
“Wow, Go Johan, that crazy guy… Now even the student teacher…”
“Aaargh! Don’t talk nonsense!”
No one at Shinsung Middle School approached Go Johan easily. His past actions and the tattoos engraved despite being a middle school student were the reasons, but.
“Honestly… if it’s Go Johan, it’s totally possible.”
“Aaargh! I can’t hear you! I can’t hear you!”
Go Johan’s popularity was as extraordinary as Kim Se-hyun’s. Not to mention the Shinsung background, despite his past actions and tattoos suggesting delinquency, there had been no problems with Go Johan’s behavior, such as bullying someone. Although he spent most of his time sleeping without participating in classes.
‘They said he had a chronic illness, right?’
There was a story that it was due to a chronic illness, such as easily getting a fever.
Above all, his appearance. Although he had silver-white hair and sky-blue eyes due to albinism, it rather gave a mysterious impression. Moreover, even though they were called tattoos, they didn’t look delinquent but rather seemed to blend in well.
“But they do look good together.”
“Hey, does it make sense with a middle school student?”
“You’re a middle school student too, idiot.”
Kim Se-hyun got up abruptly as he listened to the conversation. For some reason, his heart was pounding, and his hands and feet were trembling slightly.
‘Johan!’
Just as he was about to leave the classroom, thinking he had to see Go Johan right away.
Thud.
Kim Se-hyun was pushed back as he bumped into a student entering.
“Se-hyun, where are you going in such a hurry?”
It was quite a calm voice, but Kim Se-hyun’s face hardened instead.
The class president of 2-A.
“Si-Shinwoo.” It was Choi Shinwoo. Even taller than the quite tall Go Johan. He was quite popular due to his calm impression, but.
“Where are you going in such a hurry?” Kim Se-hyun only felt uncomfortable with Choi Shinwoo.
“Se-hyun, Shinwoo is asking you.”
Choi Shinwoo wasn’t alone. A group of people standing with him. They were all known as Choi Shinwoo’s gang.
“Se-hyun?”
As Kim Se-hyun was hesitating and backing away, it was then.
“Kim Se-hyun.”
“Johan!”
Go Johan appeared at the front door of the classroom and called for Kim Se-hyun.
“Let’s go to the school store. Teacher Lee Jae-kyung said he’d buy us something.”
“Huh? Oh!”
Kim Se-hyun quickly ran towards Go Johan as if he had been saved.
“……”
Choi Shinwoo’s face hardened as he watched the scene.
“They’re all so annoying.”
The group flinched at Choi Shinwoo’s voice.
Choi Shinwoo, Choi Shinwoo’s family was once one of the top 3 guilds in South Korea, but Shinsung, which was rapidly catching up, took that place.
Shinsung, and Go Johan. And…
Grin.
“Kim Se-hyun.”
Choi Shinwoo tapped his fingers as if calculating something.
* * *
“…Johan.” Kim Se-hyun carefully called out to Go Johan. She and Go Johan each held a chocolate milk that Lee Jae-kyung had bought them.
“Speak.”
But Kim Se-hyun didn’t open her mouth.
‘…Thank you.’
It was always like this. Pretending to be indifferent, pretending not to care. It was the same in elementary school. In a school where only the children of notable power holders attended, Taehan’s declining status wasn’t very high. When hierarchies naturally formed as young children often do, Kim Se-hyun was busy being dragged around here and there.
‘Se-hyun.’
‘Se-hyun!’
‘Se-hyun.’
When she was in trouble like that.
‘Kim Se-hyun, I heard you’re the best at math. How do you do this square root?’
Go Johan would approach and talk to her. Go Johan, the youngest son of Shinsung, must have received excessive early education, so there’s no way he wouldn’t know.
“Ah, they say you were with that student teacher…”
As Kim Se-hyun opened her mouth, Go Johan frowned.
“Ha.”
It was obvious what had happened.
-I’m sorry, Boss…
Envy was only 11 years old. Even if his power was comparable to Lee Jae-kyung’s.
‘We need a guard.’
The apostles took turns guarding Go Johan as they had decided among themselves. Of course, he didn’t need any guards, but.
‘It wouldn’t be bad. Just experience it well.’
He allowed the children who didn’t want to go to school to experience it indirectly. But at their young and immature age, there were still aspects of immaturity. Like unnecessarily involving others while looking at Yoon Seung-ah and himself, though it would only lead to false rumors.
There was nothing to blame. No one was harmed.
‘He must have been scolded enough already.’
It was also partly his responsibility as the one who had imposed such a harsh fate on them.
“It’s nothing. We knew each other before.”
“…Huh?”
“Church.”
“Ah!”
Kim Se-hyun exclaimed as if she had just realized something.
“I saw her briefly while volunteering there. We just greeted each other because we were glad to see each other.”
“Ah, I see… so that’s what happened.”
Go Johan once again felt how pitiful his situation was.
‘For high school, I’ll definitely take the qualification exam.’
It was then that he thought he couldn’t give up on high school, even though he said it was for his family who could suffer incomparable wounds someday.
“So you were here?”
The voice from earlier.
“Shinwoo…”
It was Choi Shinwoo and his group approaching Go Johan and Kim Se-hyun.
“I have something to talk about with Se-hyun for a moment, is that okay?” Choi Shinwoo said, addressing Go Johan.
Kim Se-hyun nervously gripped Go Johan’s arm.
‘Sky Guild, was it?’
Even though they had fallen far now, he was once the child of a guild that surpassed Shinsung. Moreover.
‘There are talks of an arranged marriage with Taehan.’
It didn’t matter that they were still young children. Whether Taehan or Sky, they had fallen all the same, and those who couldn’t let go of the taste of power were using their young children as hostages to hope for a rise.
After all, to some power holders, whether in the past or present, children were nothing more than tools.
‘I guess our parents are rather unusual.’
It could be said that Shinsung was rather the unusual one.
“Or you can listen too if you want.” Choi Shinwoo said, looking at Go Johan who had stopped and wasn’t moving.
“What are you doing after school today?” Choi Shinwoo asked, addressing both Kim Se-hyun and Go Johan.
“Want to hang out together if you’re not doing anything?”
“Johan says he’s busy, and I…”
Kim Se-hyun spoke up courageously.
“Am busy.” It was her first attempt at courage, feeling as if Go Johan might be harmed because of her, but.
“That’s great, I had nothing to do.” Go Johan said, completely out of the blue.
-Yoon Seung-ah.
At the same time, he sent a voice to Yoon Seung-ah.
-Investigate Choi Shinwoo for me.