I Became the Younger Sister of the Game's Villain - Chapter 5.1
Being swept away by the portal felt like bungee jumping without a safety line.
Was this how Alice felt when she fell into the rabbit hole?
Unlike Gu Seo Bok, who landed gracefully on his own, I stumbled and got up with a sore bottom.
The dim light seeped into the blue cave terrain.
Quaeaeak.
The cries of the beasts pierced my still disoriented mind.
‘I’m in.’
It was indeed a portal.
Feeling a slightly cooler temperature than outside, I unconsciously rubbed my arms.
A background I saw almost every day anyway.
A reflexive sense of unfamiliarity washed over me.
I forcefully rotated my neck muscles, stiff with tension, to loosen them.
As I roamed around, observing protruding stalactites and falling droplets like a spectator, a voice interrupted.
“Are you okay?”
“….”
“Did you hurt yourself?”
“I’m not hurt.”
Gu Seo Bok’s despairing figure unnerved me.
The guy squatting in a corner of the cave, not curling up but burying his face between his knees, seemed like he was protesting, ‘Look at me.’
What do you mean, you’re not hurt?
I patted his back with a reluctant, tired hand.
Grabbing the edge of Gu Seo Bok’s sleeves as he was squishing his face like a lump.
“What can I do, I’m already in trouble.”
Pretending to be sympathetic, Gu Seo Bok’s expression, with drooping eyebrows, gradually hinted that he was feeling wronged.
“That’s why I keep saying-!”
I covered Gu Seo Bok’s mouth, cutting his shout off.
Is he crazy?
The C+ rank installation-type beasts, the footsteps of the flesh-eating rodents, responded to the sound and were getting closer.
I’d known since I heard the howling.
These creatures were different from the beasts appearing only in specific areas and had fragmented habitats.
Anytime, anywhere. If it was a B or C-ranked portal, it was a common beast encounter.
As for the visuals…
‘It looks like a vicious mouse that was subject to a bad experiment somewhere.’
He’s about my size, and his eyes are sunken in.
His teeth were impressive, making iron sounds on the floor.
Although it was a beast that could be easily handled with Gu Seo Bok’s rank, dealing with a swarm of them would be troublesome.
I sank deeper into the rocks behind me.
Shhh. Swoosh.
The dragging sound of its long, plump tail receded into the distance.
‘Gone.’
I was glad it didn’t have an acute sense of motion.
Otherwise, it would have sensed her body temperature and lunged for me.
While shooting a glare with my eyes, I subtly removed the hand covering his mouth.
Gu Seo Bok looked defeated, perhaps acknowledging his recklessness.
However, he kept grumbling incessantly.
“I kept saying let’s go back to the guild. Yeah, it’s not like that. If they find out that I took you
“I’m truly sorry for that…”
“You did it on purpose.”
“…”
“Before the portal opened. You definitely swatted my hand.”
There was a sharpness that pierced through with his intentions. He spoke confidently.
Quite perceptive.
I stared into those eyes, searching for something.
Smile. I bowed my head to hold back my laughter.
“No, I didn’t.”
I said through clenched teeth.
It was Gu Seo Bok who seemed more confused by my confident attitude.
His eyes trembled enough to be visible to me.
I did my best to put on my best face in front of the director.
“I was so freaked out and scared that I froze, and then I realized that I’ve been dragging you around all day, and I was kind of, like, worried that I’m going to do it again……”
“Huh? Oh, no, Miss, it’s not that.”
“Why is this happening to me? Everywhere I go, it’s mistakes, misunderstandings, and nothing but trouble…”
“No, no, please, don’t do that. It’s not like that!!”
“I’m truly sorry, mister.”
I knelt down at the peak of his anger.
Gu Seo Bok couldn’t hide his bewildered aura and fluttered about.
He grabbed my shoulders and tried to pull me up, but I pushed his hands away.
Like a child.
And considering that I was the guild leader’s family, almost like a direct superior, Gu Seo Bok didn’t know what to do with me kneeling.
Just once, feel the feeling of being an asshole.
I declared dramatically, pressing my head against the ground.
“No. I’ll keep doing this until you accept the apology. I’m sorry. Really sorry.”
“Miss…!! Please!”
Apologizing while on your knees, lightly and smoothly, is a virtue of an office worker in the Serengeti called the company…
Eventually, Gusobok, with both hands and both feet, knelt down in front of me together.
He looked me in the eye with a serious expression.
“It’s okay.”
“….Really?”
“Yes, yes, of course. Why do I get paid a salary? Because I’m the guy protecting you, Miss. There are all sorts of things like this and that happening. Well, it’s fine. It’s completely okay. It’s just this much.”
“… Then, sir, will you save me?”
“Why would you say such an obvious thing!”
“With your life?”
“…W-well….”
With a face that said, ‘Well, that’s how it is,’ he laughed, patted his butt, and stood up.
He’s consistently a transparent guy.
I felt it in Akka, but he’s like a salaryman who’s easily swayed by money yet has a strange sense of loyalty.
His loyalty to Lee Gyeom is remarkably strong.
‘Does he get… a lot of money?’
