I Became the Childhood Friend Who Commits Suicide

Chapter 50

After a long silence, Si woo finally spoke.

“…Alright. Let’s get the situation under control first.”

“No. You still don’t fully understand.”

“Put down the sword first.”

“Disarming in the middle of a battle? You’re not making any sense.”

Their gazes clashed.

“Hana isn’t an enemy.”

“Kim Si woo, demons are humanity’s enemies.”

Si-hyun’s sword pointed at Hana, who sat slumped on the floor. Si woo shouted urgently.

“Stop!”

“Your emotions are clouding your judgment.”

“No, it’s you who’s losing reason! The most urgent thing right now is saving your sister!”

Si-hyun’s expression flickered. Though her sister was still alive, her condition was deteriorating with every passing second. If they delayed much longer, it might be too late.

“You’re right. The priority is saving my sister.”

Si woo breathed a sigh of relief, thinking he’d persuaded her. But the situation didn’t turn out as he’d hoped.

“Which is why we must eliminate any threats as quickly as possible.”

Without hesitation, Si-hyun swung her sword. Si woo intercepted, brandishing a blade of light identical to hers.

Si-hyun frowned.

“You’re obstructing the eradication of a demon.”

“We can’t be certain based on black blood alone… There might be a misunderstanding or a mistake!”

“If that were true, then the guidance counselor we killed might not have been a demon either.”

“…Even if she is a demon, she is still our friend.”

Si-hyun merely scoffed at his sentimental reasoning.

“Friend, huh? Then she’s a cold-blooded monster who tried to kill her friend’s sister?”

“That’s…”

“No matter what you say, you won’t change my mind. It was strange from the start that you were so close to a demon. She might have been a demon all along. Maybe she deceived you from the very beginning.”

A demon from the start?

Could Yoo Hana, his childhood friend, really have been a demon all along?

The kind, innocent girl he had known?

“No. If that were true, I would have noticed when she was hospitalized. She bled when she fell from the rooftop.”

“That makes it even worse. She went through all of that and still became a demon.”

No. Perhaps she was forced into it.

But what about stabbing the student council president?

Every justification circled back to the same point.

All evidence pointed to Yoo Hana being a demon, an enemy.

And yet…

Si woo refused to yield.

“No matter what you say, I’ll protect Hana.”

“So you’re choosing to blind yourself to the truth. How pitiful.”

A deadly gleam flickered in Si-hyun’s eyes.

“Then there’s no other choice. I’ll have to take you down and kill Yoo Hana.”

“I won’t let you.”

In a twist of fate, the two who should have been in love now stood opposed, clashing swords due to their convictions and circumstances.

—

“…Ugh.”

Perhaps from the blood loss, my head was spinning.

I knelt on one knee, struggling even to stand.

Though I knew I had to stop them, my voice wouldn’t come out.

But I managed to rise and shout.

“Stop… Stop it…!”

“It’s useless.”

The teacher’s voice echoed beside me.

I hadn’t noticed his presence, but there he was, watching the fight with a gleeful smile.

“They’ve both lost their senses, trapped in their own worlds.”

“You showed them illusions, didn’t you?”

“Humans are truly foolish and ignorant. They only believe what they see with their own eyes, oblivious to how easily their perception can be distorted.”

He knelt down, pressing his fingers into a bloodstain on the floor, and then gazed at it with a dark smile.

A vivid, red smear remained.

“Once people start believing in something, they’ll hold on to it no matter how wrong it is. Conversely, once they start doubting, they’ll question even the absolute truth. That’s human nature. The illusions I show are all the more potent as their minds become unstable.”

Both Si woo and Si-hyun had witnessed the worst possible scenario, pushing them to their limits.

I tried to kill the student council president myself.

The mere sight of it was enough to trap them in the illusion without question.

“I see you’ve realized it. Yes, I meticulously planned this scene. Isn’t it beautiful?”

“…”

“And I must admit, I was quite surprised. I didn’t expect you to accept my proposal so readily.”

His smile suddenly vanished, replaced by a cold, chilling look as he moved closer.

In an instant, his hand was around my throat, cutting off my air supply before I could even react.

“Ugh…! Ack…!”

His eyes blazed with madness as he strangled me.

“Why didn’t you aim for the heart?”

“Kim Si woo came in… It broke my concentration…”

“Enough with the pathetic excuses. That was your intention from the start, wasn’t it? Why? If you didn’t want to go through with it, you should have refused my offer outright.”

He was right.

If I didn’t want to kill, I should’ve turned down the offer from the beginning.

Even stabbing her in the chest but missing the heart posed a significant risk to her life.

“Either way… you’d planned this all along…”

“Hm?”

“Whether I accepted or not… the president was destined to die on your board, wasn’t she?”

“And what makes you so sure?”

“Because that’s the kind of bastard you are.”

I knew the original story; I knew his twisted nature. No villain could match his level of cruelty.

The moment I saw the student council president lying in the lab, I realized he had intended to kill her all along.

“…Ha. Haha. Hahaha!! This is amusing. So amusing.”

As soon as he released me, I collapsed weakly to the floor.

“So, you’ve seen through my scheme? Then tell me, what do you think I’ll do now to the president and your friends here? Surely, you’ve guessed that too?”

“Keep… your promise.”

“What? Oh, you mean sparing everyone but you? That’s hilarious. You didn’t even fulfill your end of the deal properly.”

“I stabbed her heart. The interruption just made the stab shallow.”

Slowly, his smile faded, replaced by a scowl.

But I couldn’t stop. I couldn’t afford to.

“I warned you, didn’t I? Enough with the weak excuses. Even if you’re telling the truth, I have no obligation to keep my promise. Don’t overstep.”

Through labored breaths, I played my trump card.

“…Really? I wonder if the Black Goat would feel the same.”

“You… you insane bastard… How do you know about that?”

His eyes widened with shock, and his jaw clenched.

“That damned little mouse…!”

“Honor the deal. If you touch anyone inside the academy besides me, I’ll let the Black Goat know.”

His face twisted into a monstrous sneer, veins bulging on his face, and the whites of his eyes bloodshot.

The overwhelming rage emanating from this otherworldly being struck terror deep into my soul.

This was no joke.

I felt like I could wet myself.

But idle thoughts vanished as agony exploded from my wounds, causing me to lose consciousness momentarily.

“Ahhhh!”

“Fine. I’ll honor the deal. No one will be touched… except for you.”

He stomped down hard on my side.

The pain was so intense I couldn’t even scream.

But my side wasn’t the only target.

He crushed my arms, legs, fingers, even my face.

The teacher, with a cold expression, stomped on every part of my body.

“Don’t worry. I’ll ensure your wounds heal sufficiently. Though, of course, not right now.”

“…Ah… Ahh…”

I don’t know how long he kept kicking me.

But suddenly, a strange laughter bubbled out.

“…Ha. Haha.”

“What’s this? Have you already broken? Worthless fool.”

No. That wasn’t it.

My mind wasn’t shattered—if anything, it was sharper than ever.

And strangely enough, the pain wasn’t as unbearable as I’d expected.

Compared to the chronic agony I’d endured all my life, this felt almost trivial.

Of course, just because I could endure the pain didn’t mean my injuries were minor.

Though I couldn’t see them, my body must be covered in bruises.

I could barely keep my eyes open.

In my blurred vision, I saw them still fighting, oblivious to my suffering in the corner.

They must still be trapped in the illusion.

But I was truly in danger now.

I struggled to lift my arm, weakly flailing.

The teacher paused his stomping and asked,

“What is it?”

“…Please… take the president to the infirmary.”

“Heh. And why should I? I already promised not to harm anyone, remember?”

My head spun.

If I let my guard down, I would pass out immediately.

Gathering every bit of willpower, I managed to lift my upper body.

Every nerve in my body screamed in agony. This external pain was a new experience.

Or did I feel this when I fell from the rooftop?

I slumped forward, grabbing the hem of his pants, and pleaded.

“…Please… I beg you.”

Luckily, he seemed somewhat appeased, stroking his chin in thought.

Then, with a sinister grin, he replied.

“Your pleading lacks sincerity. Try putting more heart into it.”

“…”

“Fine. Now, bark like a dog.”

This was…

A truly twisted demand.

“…Woof.”

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