Just Because I Have Narrow Eyes Doesn't Make Me a Villain!

Chapter 92

I hugged the pillow on the bed tightly and pulled the covers over me.

It’s warm. It would be a lie to say it’s not.

The cozy blanket, the luxurious pillow, and the soft, fluffy bed.

These small things are the good parts of crossing over to this world. I normally wouldn’t dare covet these expensive items.

The high-end bedding is definitely cozy and warm, as befitting the price.

But, but why...

“It’s... lacking.”

It’s warm, but it’s not warm.

I know better than anyone that it’s clearly contradictory.

It doesn’t make sense to say it’s warm but not warm, right?

But I can clearly feel it. It’s not warm.

The blanket that was cozy up until yesterday...

I suddenly covered my head with the blanket up to my ears and closed my eyes for fear that I would hear the Author’s voice.

Doing this can’t stop me from hearing the Author’s voice.

I know that well too.

But if I don’t at least do something like this, I won’t be able to bear it.

Why isn’t she saying anything?

Why? For what reason?

She definitely heard it, right? Right?

The possibility that she didn’t hear it doesn’t exist.

Because I directly heard the Author’s startled voice.

She definitely heard it. I’m certain.

But why aren’t you saying anything?

I hugged the pillow in my arms even tighter.

It still wasn’t warm.

“... Author. Are you asleep?”

There was no reply.

Since that time, the Author hasn’t given me any response.

Why could that be?

Is it because she’s embarrassed? Or is she disappointed in me?

I couldn’t know.

I felt even more anxious because the Author had never been like this.

“Please, answer me...”

There were actually many times I wished the Author didn’t exist.

If that were really the case, I would be able to accept this world as reality.

I could enjoy the world and go on adventures like the web novel protagonists I’ve seen before.

It would be fine even if I didn’t feel like a human who fell among a puppet show.

But now that the Author has really disappeared, I feel anxious instead.

Why isn’t there a response? Why isn’t there any word? Have I been abandoned?

I became scared.

The Author, the only basis I have to judge that I’m human, has disappeared.

Seeing people change, seeing society shift, I thought I was different from those puppets...

If the Author secretly changed my settings, I would have no way of knowing.

I would just perceive it as reality.

The Author was a basis for me. A place where information came from.

The fact that Lyla changed. The fact that Investigator Lee Ha-Yul changed. The fact that Amelia’s past changed slightly.

The appearance of the secret room. The number of members in Arachne. And so much other information.

It’s all information I found out through the Author.

Then what am I if she isn’t here?

Am I no different from the people I considered puppets?

...Haha. I don’t know.

I hugged the pillow in my arms once more.

I still couldn’t feel any warmth.

I missed that warm temperature I felt during the day.

I shouldn’t have run away.

***

“It’s strange...”

“What is?”

“No, it’s just that Arte didn’t show up at my house last night.”

“...?”

“She usually comes every day, but she didn’t come yesterday... I’m a bit worried.”

Amelia was confused about where even to start.

It was Arte’s voice.

The relief that my worries were for nothing was short-lived.

She was taken aback by her exhausted face.

Arte looked like someone who hadn’t slept properly in ten days.

Can a person change this much in a single day?

“You, you... stayed up all night?”

“Whew... Yes, yes... No I slept...”

“What time did you sleep?”

“Umm, 2 AM...? No, 3 AM... 4 AM... 5 AM was it...? No, 8 AM?”

Amelia was shocked at the time every time she spoke.

She didn’t sleep at all.

It seemed she had stayed up the whole night.

“You, you didn’t sleep?!”

“I couldn’t fall asleep.”

“...”

If the two of them were anxious about what might’ve happened last night,

Then what thoughts did Arte herself have?

Amelia couldn’t easily imagine what she was thinking.

“Yaaaawn...”

The sight of Arte yawning loudly entered her vision.

It could seem peaceful, like any other day, but that wasn’t the case.

Their relationship has changed greatly.

Since finding out Arte’s secret.

“Ah. Hello.”

“...Hi, Arte.”

Perhaps due to the guilt of making Arte anxious by talking unnecessarily...

Siwoo, who couldn’t easily meet her eyes, was stared at intently by Arte.

What?

“...Ah. Right.”

Her confusion and Siwoo’s was short-lived.

That confusion turned to astonishment.

Because Arte took an action that would normally be unimaginable.

“Ah, Arte?!”

“Mmm... It’s warm...”

“Oh...”

“What, oh?! H, help me!”

It was a sudden situation.

Arte threw herself at Siwoo.

He seemed to have sensed it and tried to dodge it but thought Arte might get hurt if he did, so he caught her in his arms.

“You’re warm...”

“Arte? What is this all of a sudden... Arte? Arte?”

“She’s sleeping?”

Inhale, exhale.

Breathing evenly, Arte fell into a deep sleep.

Siwoo tried to get out of her embrace in bewilderment, but seeing her furrowing her brows every time he tried, he gave up and left her be.

“...Hey, what did you do?”

“I didn’t do anything!”

“Suspicious...”

“What did I do to deserve this!?”

‘Chance!’

A chance to tease Siwoo.

Amelia decided to wait for Arte to wake up while tormenting him.

“Hello. Huh? Why is Arte sleeping...”

“Oh, you came at a good time. Dorothy. Listen to what I have to say...”

“Oh my, oh my, oh my...”

Arte said she stayed up all night, was it?

She’ll sleep for at least four hours.

‘Then as payback for making me worry, I’ll tease you to the fullest, Siwoo.’

___________________________

Author’s Notes

Obsession ON

Fan art has been uploaded in the announcements. Everyone, please take a look.

Thank you for it!