Became a Villain Heroine in a Harem Story

The man sat on the sofa.

He carelessly stubbed out his cigarette on the table and threw the remaining trash roughly on the floor.

No matter how I look at it, he seems like a completely corrupt person.

“Ah, sorry. There’s a kid here.”

“…”

“Should we talk about the job first?”

“…”

“Even so, talking to a wall feels a bit… Could you answer me?”

“Yes.”

I looked at him with cold eyes. Perhaps due to my already sharp features, he showed signs of being flustered.

An adult being flustered by a child—his credibility keeps dropping.

“Where should I start explaining…”

“I roughly know.”

“Huh?”

“Your ability requires direct contact with the target to be effective. It’s burdensome to deal with unregistered criminals alone. So you need a guard whose abilities haven’t been revealed. Right?”

I used all the knowledge I had seen in the game to guess his intention.

Whether it matched my expectation or not, he opened his mouth for a moment with an expression that seemed impressed.

And then, he answered.

“No?”

“…What?”

“More importantly, how old are you really? Judging by appearance, 5? 6? It’s strange.”

“I’m 5.”

“Anyway, you’re wrong.”

He opened his mouth wide and laughed as if he was having fun.

Even covering his eyes with his hands!

He was openly mocking me.

“What is it then?”

“Ah, I’d like you to help me sell this. You were right about wanting a guard role.”

He lifted something invisible with his hand.

“Want to touch it?”

“…Yes.”

Something fell onto my hand.

It had a heavy weight and a metallic texture. It was cylindrical in shape and similar in size to a battery. But the end was slightly blunt… no, pointed.

That’s when I finally realized what this object was.

It was a bullet.

This man was making and selling invisible bullets in South Korea.

“…Don’t you have a license?”

“You realized it already. Strong power is needed to maintain public order.”

“…”

“But I didn’t have strong power; all I had was the ability to make objects or people invisible. So I thought I’d rather negotiate.”

He approached me and flicked my forehead.

It was a very light tap.

“If you’re not like a typical child, you’ll understand what I’m saying, right? I make what they want invisible, and in return, I maintain the security of this area very safely.”

“It’s illegal.”

“They forcibly recruit ability users, send them to life-threatening areas, and still treat them as lowest-rank public officials? Even though they pay a lot.”

“…”

“So, this much is fine, right?”

“If transparent bullets are discovered, won’t the government know it was your doing?”

“Do you think this country’s government cares about insignificant lives? Oh, of course except when recruiting!”

He started laughing awkwardly and loudly as if it was his best joke.

I just stared at him expressionlessly. I didn’t particularly have any reaction.

“What do you think?”

“…Okay.”

“Good. Unregistered ability users are very valuable resources. I wanted to make them allies in advance if possible. Especially with a good ability like yours.”

He was someone with no relation to me. Did people even care about humans dying of hunger and dehydration in the distant continent of Africa?

People who die because of these bullets died by the person who shot them.

It’s not like I directly sold those bullets and guns.

I’m simply protecting a merchant.

Yes. This is okay.

I rationalized it.

“Should we go to school first?”

“…What?”

“There’s an identity issue. After some time passes, you’ll need to enter elementary school.”

♦♦♦

As time passed, I ended up entering elementary school.

I didn’t misread.

Really.

Fortunately, thanks to his consideration, I could keep using the name ‘Bia’ that my parents gave me.

I only told him part of the accident I caused in the past, but his attitude was that it didn’t matter. “The government doesn’t have manpower to waste on places like this, so don’t worry”? Something like that.

School life felt pretty normal.

If there was something not normal, it was that due to knowledge that didn’t match my age, I would write all the correct answers within 5 minutes of the exam starting and fall asleep every time.

The feeling of pretending to be a genius among elementary school students… was good.

Surprisingly, the sensation of receiving gazes filled with interest and admiration from others was very pleasant. Unlike my past life, which was far from this kind of attention.

After school ends, in the afternoon, I head to the office and hide my face.

I either escort him as he sells invisible weapons wearing a gloomy, cheap-looking hoodie and mask, or I receive money from muscular men requesting to make ‘corpses’ invisible. That’s all.

“When will my salary be deposited?”

“Could you wait a bit…?”

He awkwardly laughed “haha-” and averted his gaze.

It meant there wasn’t enough money in the bank account to pay my salary. I’ve already seen this behavior of his 15 times.

“Until when?”

“Well, about that. A month?”

“Mister.”

“I provide room and board too! Give me a break…”

“Where do you spend all that money you earn?”

Whenever I asked about where he spends his money, he immediately shut his mouth.

Judging by his personality and appearance, perhaps a red-light district… casino? Maybe he blew it all in one night at a high-end bar.

“Anyway, what’s today’s work?”

“Don’t change the subject.”

“I’ll tell you later. Later.”

“Fine.”

He probably doesn’t intend to tell me anyway.

Women, alcohol, cigarettes.

If there are three things to avoid in life, these would be the first ones to come up.

That man was close to all three.

He probably won’t live long.

♦♦♦

Several years have already passed since I started working under this man.

Gradually my body began to develop, and signs of secondary sexual characteristics started to appear. To make matters worse, I’m entering middle school!

There was still a lot I didn’t know about women, but for some reason, women had an excessively high affinity for “sharp-looking women who act masculine.”

Yes. This was the problem.

I still hadn’t developed immunity to women, yet I was about to spend time bumping skin with middle school girls.

So what about getting close to boys? That’s dangerous too. That’s a flag.

“…Why?”

“Ah, it’s nothing.”

I slowly composed my slightly reddened face.

And then, I turned my gaze toward him.

Before I knew it, several years had passed since I started working with him.

Come to think of it, was it exactly today?

The day I first encountered him in the alley.

‘…Now that I think about it, the status window hasn’t appeared for a while.’

It was the one who would always speak first and be annoying when I was still.

Could it have left because I ignored it a bit?

If it left, that would be fortunate, but I don’t think such a malicious thing would disappear so obediently.

Well, whatever.

“Ta-da!”

While I was lying still on the sofa, suddenly the mister approached me and pulled out a long gift box.

I didn’t understand.

“…What is it?”

“I thought you might need a weapon by now.”

“What?”

“It’s a bit difficult to get a gun, and aiming is hard for beginners. Since you’re young.”

“So you chose a sword?”

“Umm… Don’t you like it?”

“No, it’s fine. But isn’t it a bit strange to give me a knife with the logic that I’m too young for a gun?”

“Is it?”

“…Is it perhaps an item?”

“No, I couldn’t get that.”

Very rarely, cases where abilities manifest in objects are called ‘items.’ I asked just in case, but it seems difficult to obtain even with a lot of money.

I casually took the gift box and lifted it.

A heavy weight. I could faintly feel the metallic texture shifting inside.

I slowly opened the lid.

…A Japanese sword?

Is this man sane?

“I’m asking just in case, but is this really a Japanese sword?”

“A schoolgirl wielding a Japanese sword. It’s romantic, isn’t it?”

“…No, I don’t even know how to swing a sword.”

“It’s okay. You can just wrap the shadow around your body to assist your strength, right?”

“That’s easier said than… ha…”

I let out a deep sigh and stuffed the box straight into the shadow.

“That can be stored too?!”

“Only one object that I recognize as ‘one item.'”

“Complicated.”

It was a new application I discovered while trying to understand the limits of my ability and training.

It’s an ability I’ve seen somewhere, but since the status window keeps ignoring me and doesn’t even give me the most basic ‘inventory’ function, what can I do?

Well, I’m even doubtful if it’s really a status window.

Useless thing. Actually, it’s not that it doesn’t give the inventory function, but that it can’t give it, right?

: You, you ignored me!

‘It’s been a while. Did you pop out because you were offended by me saying you’re useless?’

: Grow up quickly! Grow up quickly and prepare to go to the academy!

‘I’ll never go to the academy, even if I die.’

: If you don’t go to the academy, you will die. This is a prophecy that will definitely come true. It’s a core event.

‘Isn’t it better to die?’

: What?

‘A life with no family, no money, and no friends?’

: Then, what would you do if there was a way to save you?

: What if I give you [Resurrection] or [SAVE & LOAD] as a quest reward?

I kept my mouth shut.

Hope was visible.

Outside, the blue sky is shining on me.