There Is No Hidden Villain in This Novel Chapter 7

…For the record, the aftermath of ‘day one’ was enormous. Thousands of times greater than what I had imagined when I said it. I knew it wouldn’t end with just the auditorium being turned upside down, but I never thought it would unfold to this extent.

“Ahem, ahem. We will now begin the entrance ceremony. Everyone, please be seated.”

Anyway, the three-combo standoff of a staring contest, a battle of wills, and a war of words between the two of us, which everyone was watching with bated breath while unable to make a sound other than screams, ended simultaneously with the declaration of the start of the entrance ceremony.

It seemed like a professor, judging that he couldn’t just let the de Millang family’s utter bullshit go on, had hastily cut it short.

‘How about that? You’re not the only one who can drag someone through the mud, Ryuseong.’

As if to prove my assumption right, the entrance ceremony preparations were still not finished, and teaching assistants were bustling about. While waiting leisurely, I looked around and saw people avoiding my gaze as if to hush things up.

It was a little funny because it was so clear what they were all thinking.

For reference, Dietrich, standing next to me, was letting out his unfinished laughter in hiccup-like gasps, and Capone, while pressing both hands over Dietrich’s lips, couldn’t keep his own jaw from dropping. Among them, Logan maintained a composed expression, relatively speaking.

‘That’s unexpected.’

I thought Logan, being the upright gentleman type, would be the most horrified.

“You are enjoying this, are you not?”

Just then, Logan bowed politely toward me and asked.

…Wait, what did you just say?

“What is the intention behind those words?”

“Ah, I was concerned that if the young master were to take a man as his legal wife, the future succession structure might become complicated. My apologies. I have overstepped my bounds.”

…Ah, so as long as the succession structure doesn’t get complicated, you don’t care if I date a man or do whatever?

Is your gentlemanliness what makes you say that with a straight face?

I felt a little faint, but I decided to let it go, figuring that’s just how nobles are. After all, I was just trying to do something with Ryuseong, not planning to tie the knot with him for a hundred years.

Enjoy, just as the word implies, that would be enough. It would be better if we could do it often, so maybe becoming partners would be nice.

That was the limit of my desires. But it seems there was someone right next to me who couldn’t just let it go.

“I have no intention of becoming a wife.”

A murderous voice, like the growl from a beast’s throat, echoed. I was flustered by the unexpected reaction, but Logan scowled and added fuel to the fire.

“What are you talking about. Lord Cassis is the young master of the de Millang family. If a marriage compact is to be made, it is only proper that Ryuseong of the Halla-pa marries into the family.”

…….

Hey, I appreciate you trying to take my side, but.

Are you trying to screw me over, you bastard, Logan?

‘It’s not about the power struggle between the Halla-pa and the de Millang family! It’s that he doesn’t want to be my wife!’

Why can’t you understand what he’s saying, making me doubly sad!

But unexpectedly, Ryuseong’s next words, far from making me sadder, set my heart on fire.

“Stop with the disgusting talk.”

‘…Huh? Wait a minute?’

Ryuseong, sitting next to me, stared straight ahead.

I don’t know what you find disgusting. That is, whether you find the talk of pairing a man with another man disgusting, or whether you find it disgusting that you, who are considered the next Grand Master of the Halla-pa, are being told to live the rest of your life as de Millang’s wife.

Regardless of which it was, it was a sentence that set a person’s heart ablaze.

‘This is thrilling, isn’t it?’

Contempt was palpable in every sharp line of his side profile. A rough, wild aura, as if telling people not to speak to him, hovered around him.

And yet, for some reason, the fact that he couldn’t leave my side.

Perhaps because of that, the element that he couldn’t hide his contempt even more.

‘…I’m drawn to it.’

This is a secret, but I actually have a hobby of conquering people who despise me.

Of course, I’m not a criminal! It’s just that I had a particular talent for seducing and conquering those who despised and loathed me. The process of someone who hated me falling helplessly for me was just so exhilarating.

In short, I was easily charmed by people who hated me…….

‘Saying it like this makes it sound a bit like? A strange fetish? I guess it does.’

As long as it tastes good, that’s all that matters. Isn’t that right?

“We will now commence the entrance ceremony.”

Anyway, the hastily started entrance ceremony was long and boring. In the middle, there was a situation where the top student of the entering class was told to recite the entrance oath, and I, not knowing that I was the top student, just sat there until Logan tapped my back, and only then did I realize that I was that person.

To be honest, I did wonder if the martial prowess the protagonist showed in the entrance exam wasn’t too outstanding for Cassis to be the top student, but thinking about it again, I realized it must have been like this in the original story too.

Back then too, de Millang must have secured the title of top student through family connections.

Cassis de Millang, who became the top student without even properly taking the entrance exam, and Ryuseong, who tore the entrance exam apart.

‘It’s a bit of a stretch to call it a fair evaluation.’

Of course, since Cassis de Millang is also a genius, people’s eyes still show an acknowledgment of ‘it’s understandable,’ but that will change in the future.

Ryuseong was just that much of a genius. To the point where people would be unable to accept that someone other than him was the top student.

So I wasn’t excited at all.

‘It’s not my ability anyway.’

Sigh, just thinking about the backlash I’ll face in the future because the body I ended up in was chosen as the top student is enough to make my head throb. So, I didn’t even wave to the reporters taking my picture and just read the oath cleanly before coming down.

There was no need to be arrogant or gleeful just because I was the top student. The only thing I was looking forward to was seeing Ryuseong’s expression contort as he looked at me, who had become his roommate just as he requested.

I mean, come on. Did he request a roommate knowing I would be this much of a lunatic?

And on top of that, the request was even accepted.

‘How much must he hate it……?’

Thump, thump. My heart pounded.

I wish I had realized a little sooner that this pounding was not a flutter of excitement, but a premonitory symptom of the catastrophe that was about to befall me.

[URGENT] [The Young Master of de Millang Proposes to the Next Grand Master of Halla-pa, “It’s Day One for Us”]

[While Cassis de Millang, the young master of the prestigious de Millang family, becomes the top student at Area Academy, a shocking proposal follows one after another in the auditorium where the entrance ceremony is taking place….]

[BREAKING] [The Prestigious de Millang Family Releases Official Statement, “We have no knowledge of this” “But we wouldn’t take him even if you gave him to us”]

[URGENT] [Grand Master of Halla-pa Causes Uproar with Crude Remarks, “What the hell did you say to my son, you XXX”]

…What I mean is, I didn’t know it would get this bad.

Until now, I had been mistaken. I knew in my head that even if Cassis de Millang’s position within the family was ambiguous, to others he was a noble, a man of power, and a member of the upper class who should be overwhelmingly revered, but I hadn’t properly recognized it.

In other words, I was the only one who had no idea what kind of ripple effect my every word would have on the entire world.

‘Because I was the unruly youngest son put out by a chaebol family!’

I was not someone who received this much of a spotlight from the media!

“Have you seen the de Millang family’s official statement!”

“Do you plan to change your relationship according to the family’s wishes!”

“The Grand Master of the Halla-pa……!”

As soon as the entrance ceremony ended and I stepped out of the auditorium, a mad frenzy of shouts and camera flashes erupted.

The flashes were so intense that I couldn’t even see the reporters who were swarming me, asking when we had been engaged.

When I furrowed my brow slightly, Capone stood in front of me to protect me from the reporters. Of course, the reporters had some sense and didn’t approach the young master of the de Millang family recklessly, but he blocked them because I looked displeased.

However, there was no need for that.

Thump.

It was because someone had thrown their durumagi and covered my head with it. It seemed to be an attempt to block the flashes, and I stood still for a moment, my vision blocked inside the durumagi, flustered. It was only after the explosive cheers that erupted immediately after that I finally realized.

“Where! Where are you going, Mr. Ryuseong! What will you get for the wedding rings!”

“Where are you two going for your honeymoon!”

…Ryuseong had thrown shit at me and bolted.

*

The reporters had not rushed in recklessly.

If it was ‘that’ young master of de Millang, he must have had an intention when he spoke in front of the reporters. In other words, he must have thrown out a hot statement at the entrance ceremony, a stage set by the reporters, with some kind of purpose. Thus, quite a few reporters acted on the judgment that swarming him like a flock of flies would be following Cassis’s intentions. This was the reputation of the person known as Cassis de Millang.

‘A meticulous and cool-headed strategist.’

‘A schemer and a high-roller who would bet every last drop of blood flowing in his veins if necessary.’

—Anyway, the rumors spread and became distorted quickly, so during the entrance ceremony.

The ‘marriage’ scandal between the young master of the de Millang family and Ryuseong, who was considered the next Grand Master of the Halla-pa, reached the ears of the de Millang family head.

“……It seems that child has gone mad. You’ve prepared a proper official response, I trust.”

“Yes. We have stated that we have no knowledge of it. Shall I summon the young master?”

“No, I will go myself. And tell them we wouldn’t take him even if he was given to us.”

It also reached the Grand Master of the Halla-pa.

“I’ll kill you, de Millang! How dare you touch my son!”

“Strictly speaking, he is neither your biological son nor your adopted son. And Ryuseong-gun did refuse……”

“He’s still my son! I may not have raised him changing his shitty diapers! But I still picked him up, washed him, clothed him, fed him, and put him to sleep, you punk!”

“Ah, Grand Master! The prestigious de Millang family has released an official statement saying, ‘we wouldn’t take him even if he was given to us’……”

“What the hell did you say to my son, you son of a bitch!”

Anyway, both the family head and the Grand Master thought that Cassis had spoken with some kind of plan in mind.

The family head’s objective was to uncover what foolishness Cassis had in his head, and the Grand Master’s stance was why are you getting my son entangled in your heinous scheme. In any case, their deductions could not have been wrong.

The only problem was that no one knew that inside Cassis was a person named ‘Jeong Ian,’ and that this person was a master of living without a thought.

‘But now that it’s come to this, wouldn’t it be a huge win for me if I propose something like a contract relationship?’

…The fact that no one could have imagined such a person was inside him was the root of all problems.