I’m Not Your Dad, I’m a Villain

EP.16 EP2. letter.

Hero Association.

Located in the center of the continent, this place is adjacent to the 26 cities of Pangea, so it is a place where you can find out about accidents and incidents happening in Pangea earlier than anyone else.

But the fastest solution is not always the best solution.

“It is absurd to bury this case!”

A member of the Hero Association. After hearing the report of the results of the meeting from which he was excluded, Seras immediately went to the vice president of the association to protest.

Recently, the movement of the villains has been strong, so they received orders from the association and took on the overall command on the field.

Then, it wasn’t enough to let the villain alliance’s great invasion happen, didn’t he even put forward a plan that he couldn’t understand?

“It has already been decided.”

“It hasn’t been done yet, so can’t it be overturned?”

“Return? You know how easy it is to change a decision made as a manager!?”

“Yeah, so you have to be careful with your decisions. It’s not like it’s coming down as carelessly as it is now!!”

An opinion that I would have strongly opposed if I had.

It must have been that he did not call himself at the time of the incident even though he knew it. The blunt expression of the vice president, who spat out only the decision to himself, proves that.

“Then, are you saying that we need to report this incident on a large scale?”

“Yeah, of course… … !”

“This terrorist incident

It’s an unprecedented situation that will make Pangea uproar. If you dig up and report every single incident that happened there, the public sentiment will be shaken and the government’s position will be affected.

it will be endangered Do you really think you will be able to sort out the chaos caused by that!?”

Revealing the truth of the situation raises the awareness that the leaders are incompetent, and an apology comes with a lot of responsibility in itself.

The bigger the scale, the more you should avoid revealing the truth. Knowing such an obvious result, all the executives of the association, including the vice president, decided to report this incident as much as possible.

Seras also understood with his head.

What he has to do is to guide everyone who lives on this continent, and to build and keep the ‘rules’ for their safety.

“… … Isn’t the case over yet?”

But aren’t politicians human after all?

“You mean we didn’t root out the villains? You know it’s a waste of manpower and time to go after some dwarfs, right?”

“It’s not about villains.”

“Then what are you talking about?”

“people.”

“…….”

“Heroland is

Among the places that civilians are allowed to enter, it is more protected by the Association than any other place. As a result of such propaganda, that day, hundreds of people

people who have lost their lives. Many more have lost family, friends and neighbors.”

As individuals, we face hundreds of deaths. We must hear the pain and screams of many more survivors.

How much would it cost to ignore all those cries and bury the situation? No, before talking about money, is that acceptable as a human being?

“… It’s less than 1% of the total. It is possible to reduce the report.”

“Vice President!”

“ha… … !”

Feeling frustrated, the vice president soon stood up from his seat.

His flushed face showed his emotions were fluctuating, but he finally calmed down and turned his back on Seras.

“Ceres. I know you have a strong sense of justice as you are from a hero.”

She is inexperienced, but she has a strong sense of justice than anyone else.

If it were her, she would surely be able to lead this society in the right direction. When she assumes that she has accumulated experience to the last.

“However… … . If it’s been three years since you ascended to the position of an executive, please realize. That leaders should prioritize the group, not the individual, and statistics and proportions, not emotions.”

“…….”

What is Seras trying to say? He quickly turned his back from his seat, clasping his hands that were hanging beneath him.

Okay, I’ll comply… … .

It was as if he couldn’t even spit out such a polite answer.

***

3 years.

Enough time to realize the difference between ideal and reality.

-smart.

Feeling frustrated by it, as he was sighing in his personal office, someone who came in with Knock began to approach Seras.

An impressive man with gray-white hair and narrow eyes that can be seen through glasses. A similar impression among the heroes would be the Ronin Blade.

Of course, only the impressions are similar to the last.

Unlike him, who brutally murders the villain on the spot, the person in front of him was a ‘common person’ who had never entered into a fight between a hero and a villain.

“ah… … . This is Mr. Mars.”

Officer Seras’ secretary, Mars Hector.

He approached Seras with a pile of papers in between, writing slowly in the notebook in his hand.

[what. Work?]

Convey your intentions in writing, not verbally… … . It was a means of communication that was taken for granted for him, who had a congenital abnormality in the vocal cords.

Of course, it only interferes with communication, but as a secretary, it is possible to assist with work and get things done quickly.

Ceres, who had a lot of work to be dealt with as an executive, was grateful in many ways.

“It’s the same as usual.”

But is that so?

At times, in difficult times like now, there was a tendency to depend on him more than necessary.

“You must have heard about the raid on Hero Land, too, right?”

“…….”

Masu raised his glasses without saying a word and nodded his head.

Seras scoffed at Mars what he had written about him.

“For the victims… … . The heroes will go to a consolation performance. As always.”

The shaking of the people’s heart inevitably after the crisis.

Sending idols as a way to subdue it is a very effective way.

Just by opening the festival in a grand way, people’s interest gathers, and the more noisy it gets, the more excited they become, and thus they forget their own pain.

Broadly speaking, this is the best way to silence confusion.

‘However… … . Recommending only this method is only delaying the situation in the end.’

As a result, people who die are dead, and shouldn’t those who lose them live with a sense of loss for the rest of their lives?

The association’s policy was only to prescribe painkillers for such people, but it could never be said to cure them.

Moreover, since the birth of a villain has always started with individual deviation.

‘After all, it’s hard to get an executive position alone.’

When I clenched my fists, I heard a knock that sounded like a ‘tack-tak’.

No, it was the sound of the person in front of me tapping the desk in the office with a pen.

“Ah yes. mas. Please speak.”

Seras immediately came to his senses and faced Mas.

After that, Mars handed her a note and looked at the papers piled up next to him.

[This page, the documents?]

“Ah, that’s… … . Here is a list of the victims who were swept away this time. Among them, the association’s contacts have been selected and collected… … .”

While continuing the explanation, Mars held the document placed on the top in his hand.

Did you become interested in the name on the document?

“Gingerbread.”

Seras took the name written on the document into his mouth and continued explaining.

“Heroland’s

A civilian who helped rectify the raid. If it was originally, it would be worthwhile to appreciate the merits and accept them as members of the association.

I considered… … . Coincidentally, he said he had no intention of going into the hero industry.”

Of course, he can forcefully recruit him for propaganda, but in the first place, isn’t he in a situation where he lost his wife in an accident and raised a child alone?

From an ethical point of view, it would not be right to force him to be the focus of attention.

‘But someone will try to get him to somehow.’

An E-class capable person not only defeated C-class villains, but also took on the assistant of Spiritas, who was a candidate for the next generation of hope, and even killed A-class villains.

A person who is highly coveted by an association that needs at least one propaganda target. He does not interfere directly, and someone may be secretly looking for a detour to attract him to the association.

– Taktak.

Masu, who had meticulously arranged the documents with such a person in it, nodded his head towards Seras.

It would mean that he would soon start working as a secretary.

“Ah yes. Please organize the paperwork, Mars.”

Our conversation ends with that. Afterwards, Mars left her office, clenching her chin, leaving behind Seras, who was in her troubles.

– Click.

A hallway outside the office where the door closes and silence passes.

Mars, standing alone in the center, glanced at the documents in my hand.

Gingerbread. A person who was pointed out as a propaganda target about the events of Hero Land.

However, upon inspection, the gift he was hiding was only an E-class, and there was no special feature in his life or the environment surrounding him.

As far as the gingerbread itself.

[Moa Bread]

The only family in the spotlight.

A girl who has turned 7 this year and has reached the appropriate age for entering the academy.

– Click.

Masu’s gaze, raising his glasses, was still fixed on the girl’s name.

***

and.

About a month after the terrorist incident that day.

“Brad, look this way.”

An apartment located in Shellstown.

After spending time in the residential facilities provided by the association, I finally realized that the day had arrived.

By confronting the boss looking at his clothes in front of a mirror.

“Are there any strange places?”

“Yes, you get along well.”

The blazer and checkered skirt worn over the white shirt were the designated school uniforms of the ‘Mariss Academy Elementary School’ located adjacent to Shells Town.

Since the entrance ceremony has arrived, it is natural to dress accordingly. Looking at my reflection in the mirror, the boss smiled contentedly and placed a hand around her waist.

“Fufu, looking at it this way, there is no other young girl in this body.”

girl.

The reason why he emphasizes that word is obviously to prepare for a major event in the future.

The entrance ceremony is an event for children, so if you don’t emphasize your girlishness that much, people around you will look suspiciously at you.

So I’ll have to pay attention to the superficial at the very least… … .

“Oh, Boss. Not a single button is locked.”

I reached out to the boss’s top to solve the part I immediately noticed.

After tying each button, take a moment to check if there are any other parts that have come off.

“Then… … .”

As if he remembered something as he saw me lock the button, the boss opened his mouth and said.

“You used to change my clothes.”

“Oh, yes. Yes, it was.”

“It’s a pity I don’t have the opportunity to do that lately.”

“… … hahahaha.”

He flinched with a smile and avoided his gaze from the boss.

Obviously, in the early days, the boss was not good at dressing himself.

So I reluctantly served clothes from this side… … . To be honest, I am still a bit conflicted.

Should the boss, who wants to experience the daily life of a human being, be able to do it on his own, or should he still have to take care of the clothes market like he did when he was in the organization?

“Look, I forgot about this.”

While even looking at the clothes, the boss seemed to remember something and pulled something out of the shirt pocket of the school uniform and gave it to me.

A small pink ribbon. It was the item the boss had his eyes on when he was shopping before.

“I heard that girls wear jewelry like this.”

“Yes, yes, but… … .”

He curled his tail and fixed his gaze on the raised ribbon.

After that, seeing the still attitude, I glanced back at the boss.

“Fufu.”

The boss who smiles and looks at me with meaningful eyes.

Guessing the rough meaning, he received a ribbon and put it on the boss’s head.

Yeah, I don’t know about changing clothes, but I can do this much.

“Then let’s start slowly.”

After that, the boss stands at the entrance with a backpack on his back.

Before I opened the door and left my seat, I expressed my worries about the boss in an old woman.

“Admission ceremony, are you really okay by yourself?”

“Okay. There is no need for a guardian to accompany the event such as the entrance ceremony… … . Above all else, shouldn’t you be looking for a job?”

“Yeah, but… … .”

“Don’t worry.”

The boss, who wears shoes with ribbons, looked back at me, tying the straps of the bag.

“Isn’t this one of the safest places on the continent where we are now? Even more so, if the tiger pattern was engraved on it, the tiger’s burrow would be safer.”

No one doubts who we are, so we can walk confidently.

But wasn’t Hero Land such a place?

The impossible has happened, and no one can guarantee that it will never happen more than once.

Sure it will, but… … .

“The Hero Association is the force that defeated Ouroboros.”

“…….”

“If such a force repeats the same mistake twice, wouldn’t that be considered a humiliation in itself?”

Oh yeah.

Although they were once enemies, they still have a degree of respect for the forces that defeated them as the leader of the organization.

It would be absurd that I, a pawn, could not participate in that thought.

“Ah, Moa-san!”

Even after leaving the front door with a light heart, I turned my head to the lively voice I heard from the side.

The door next door opened and came out, a girl with impressive freckles wearing the same uniform as the boss.

It was Nella, who lived next door.