The Main Character Killed The Villain

#032

This is clearly a choice telling me to select Kim Sehyun.

I confidently chose Kim Sehyun. Then, the familiar character setting appeared before my eyes.

Kim Sehyun

Age: 23

Occupation: S-class Guide

Birthday: March 14

Appearance: 172cm, black hair. Black eyes. Round and sorrowful eyes. Neat face, pure beauty type.

Personality: Slightly materialistic, craving love. Afraid of losing the attention he’s currently receiving.

Family: Orphan, from the same orphanage as Jaeha

Special ability: 98% matching rate with Haejun

Constellation: Lord of Betrayal and Intrigue (A)

Special note: Manifested 3 years ago, upgraded from F-class 2 years ago, Lee Jaeha is essential for guiding

Just as I thought, “This is the same as before…”, suddenly the text in front of me shimmered and changed in a few areas.

Personality: Materialistic, knows that being a good kid is the way to receive everyone’s love. Likes things that make him stand out.

What kind of setting is this? It was a really strange setting for a romance protagonist. It’s because of this kind of niche setting that the author writes such an unstable story.

As I frowned and stared at the personality section, I lowered my gaze and the next item had changed.

Special ability: 98% matching rate with Haejun (acquired)

‘Does this mean the innate matching rate was different? Maybe it changed when his grade went up?’ I wasn’t sure which was correct, and since I didn’t know how this world’s settings worked, there seemed to be no way to verify it.

However, this seemed a bit odd for a protagonist’s setting…. Don’t romance stories usually prefer fateful love and such? Why did they set it up as an acquired trait rather than an innate 98% match?

Special note: Manifested 3 years ago, upgraded from F-class 2 years ago (the day Lee Jaeha manifested as a guide. Was in the same place), Lee Jaeha is essential for guiding, wasn’t the main character in the initial setting

“This is really suspicious.”

I blurted out without realizing. His grade went up 2 years ago, and that was the day I manifested? We were even in the same place?

‘Could this be related to why he needs me?’

Suddenly, my hands became slightly damp. If I’m really not just a simple F-class…

‘Could I really have a place where I’m needed and can fulfill my usefulness?’

Shin Haejun’s words about liking me had struck something in my heart, but I still felt dazed about whether it was real.

A place that truly needs me, my role. If I could have my own place…!

‘That would be nice…’

My heart pounded. Even though I might leave this world someday, if I could remain as someone useful before then, that would be good. When the real Lee Jaeha returns, it would be nice if he could have an environment where he could live well, not just be criticized.

‘I hope he lives a different life from mine.’

I wandered among relatives, couldn’t maintain friendships for long, and couldn’t adapt at work. Maybe it’s because I have a big problem, as everyone said. Just like how black stands out when dropped on white, deficiencies tend to be noticeable.

So I hope Lee Jaeha lives a different life. Whether he can return or not, I hope the Lee Jaeha who remains afterwards lives a better life than me.

‘Come to think of it, wasn’t the “main character” the main protagonist?’

It was a term I had seen several times in the comments. But… Kim Sehyun wasn’t the protagonist in the initial setting?

‘Did the author change it?’

No, why would they change such an important setting? In a romance story, doesn’t changing the protagonist mean changing the entire setting from beginning to end?

This is really strange. Completely strange. It’s strange beyond just calling it strange. I only thought about why an A-grade quest reward appeared again when I had seen it before, but there was a reason for it.

‘Nine must have thought I absolutely needed to see this.’

Because he thought this was very important information for me.

‘If… perhaps… this is a story where the protagonists were switched…?’

With this chilling thought, I immediately went to the author’s SNS and started searching through their old posts.

After scrolling for a while, I finally found an important piece of information.

[A conversation on social media between the author and readers discussing changes to the story’s main characters and plot direction]

Only after seeing this conversation from long ago did I realize.

Originally, it wasn’t a story with Shin Haejun and Kim Sehyun as the main characters. The original work had Hyun Dowoon and Lee Jaeha as the main characters.

Is this why Hyun Dowoon and Shin Haejun showed such rapid interest in me?

I couldn’t be certain, but without this, the behavior of the two that deviated from the author’s settings couldn’t be explained. Could it be that because I keep changing the story, previously set elements are popping up?

‘If the author hadn’t taken it away, Lee Jaeha… would have been the protagonist of this world.’

A world created by the author. One might think there’s no problem with them doing what they want… but from the perspective of the one who was robbed, it feels awful.

The idea that I was actually the real one.

***

Until Hyun Dowoon sent a message saying that a re-verification would be held soon, I was looking for a new house. Because I had been in a state of confusion the whole time, I needed something to keep holding onto so that my head wouldn’t get complicated.

The place I was looking at to settle down was a bit far from the center. Of course, it was also an area distant from where I’m currently living. Anyway, with 850 million won, it was impossible to find something like Shin Haejun’s luxury officetel.

As I continued my real estate tour, I thought it might be better to buy a small older apartment instead with this money. It would be reassuring for Lee Jaeha to have his own place when he returns.

‘If he doesn’t come back… well, I need to live too.’

I shook my head, washed my tired body, and lay flat on the sofa, looking at subway maps on my phone.

‘I should go to a different neighborhood tomorrow.’

I don’t know how much I’ll be able to enter S-class dungeons. Honestly, if I can’t enter the dungeon, my abilities are useless, and I was looking for a house assuming that 850 million might end up being all of my assets, trying to save some money.

The fact that I haven’t found the perfect house yet clearly shows that my standards have become too high from living in such a nice place.

As I was rolling around looking at other people’s interior designs, wondering how to decorate, suddenly the doorbell rang a few times followed by loud knocking.

“Lee Jaeha!”

“Who… Mr. Shin Haejun?”

The voice faintly heard through the door was Shin Haejun’s. I tilted my head and opened the door. There stood Shin Haejun with a flushed face and deeply furrowed brows.

“What’s the matter?”

“You… you’re moving?”

I wondered how he knew, then realized this chaebol young master must have used some chaebol-like method to find out about my actions.

“I earned my own money, so now I should live in my own house instead of a temporary one.”

“Where are you going?”

“I don’t know that yet.”

When I replied coldly, Shin Haejun thumped his chest as if frustrated.

“You can’t do this! What about me!”

“What about you? I was thinking it would be good to talk about the contract issues anyway.”

I gestured for him to come in, opening the door wider. Shin Haejun entered with wide eyes.

“Wait a moment.”

A guest is still a guest. I went to the kitchen to make tea for Shin Haejun.

“Is this citron tea? For me?”

“Yes, it’s not as good as last time by coincidence. This is a practice batch.”

“You even practiced to make this for me?”

For a moment, a look of emotion flashed across Shin Haejun’s eyes, then quickly darkened.

“Why did I throw that away.”

He muttered glumly, as if he had been regretting it.

Right, I didn’t expect to end up feeding citron tea to Shin Haejun like this either. Honestly, I chose it because I had too much troublesome citron preserve and had been drinking it instead of water recently.

‘Seeing him apologetic and upset does soften my heart a bit.’

I watched as Shin Haejun sipped the tea. With his large hands, the mug looked like a toy.

“The contract is here.”

“What contract? Did we form a pair?”

It seems that’s all that’s in Shin Haejun’s head. I pulled out the contract I had kept in the lower part of the table.

“I mean the contract for this house. The one that says it’s being lent to me.”

“Ah… right, that existed. Why? Should we write a transfer contract instead of a loan?”

What are you talking about? I looked at Shin Haejun with cold eyes.

“I’m telling you I’m moving out now. I wanted to ask about this clause.”

I pointed to the part on the second page of the contract that said, “Kim Sehyun becomes Lee Jaeha’s agent. This means that this contract has valid effect.”

“I never made Kim Sehyun my agent. So this contract is invalid.”

The content of the contract was just a long-winded way of saying that as long as Kim Sehyun is Shin Haejun’s pair, Lee Jaeha must live in the downstairs apartment. It was a real estate contract, but it was a kind of agent contract. Even though I don’t know much about law, I know that a contract I didn’t make myself is invalid.

I pointed this out beforehand because I thought Shin Haejun would make a fuss like this, but unexpectedly, he let out a small snort.

“What are you talking about? Kim Sehyun said he made the contract with your fingerprinted power of attorney.”

“What did you say?”

Lee Jaeha, how on earth did you live? Why did you make a friend your agent! I don’t know about this…. Because it was something that happened before I fell into this world, something I had no memory of, I couldn’t say anything definitive.

As I glared at the contract with a serious face, Shin Haejun whispered in my ear.

“So, you can’t run away from my side.”