I Reincarnated as a Wicked Girl
Chapter 6 How Does It Feel to Be Bad?
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Denis felt uncomfortable because he had spoken quite harshly to Eva. But he finally believed he was right. After all he thought that Eva needed to change her overly selfish attitude.
While Eva on the other hand, was already completely on the verge of the boundary. He fled the academy even though it was not yet home hours.
She unknowingly heads to the forest where Ren's tree house is located because she thinks no one knows of the place, except Ren. And Ren is currently still in the academy.
Eva's cry broke. He cried for quite a while at the place while blaming some parties for his bad luck. Even the day began towards the end of the afternoon and Ren returned home to the place and found her there alone.
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I was quite shocked when Ren suddenly appeared. I had completely forgotten that I had spent hours in this place. I didn't even realize it was late afternoon.
"I will go." I said softly, bowing my head in shame.
"Wait" but Ren stopped me by holding my hand. I flinched a little because it was too sudden.
"Are you crying?" ask Ren again. Of course everyone could guess that the girl was crying just by looking at her swollen and reddened eyes.
"Ti.no..."
Ren sighed. From Eva's response she knew that the little girl was embarrassed to admit that she was crying.
"Follow me in" he said seriously. Her words sounded like an order, so Eva inevitably nodded obediently.
They both went into the tree house. Eva sat on the living room chair, her seat as usual as Ren brought her to this place.
Ren goes somewhere, picks something up, so leaves himself alone in the room. Ren returns with a large bottle of soda and ice cubes. He poured the soda and ice cubes into the cup, then thrust it at Eva.
"Drink"
Ren thought this soda drink could improve the mood of the little girl. Since Eva liked it so much. He wanted to cheer her up with a soda.
Ren doesn't know what happened to Eva. And the reason why he cried so long in this place. Even though he was in the academy, he was busy being in his room without caring about the situation outside.
Ren didn't even ask her anything. He let Eva calm down.
Time has passed...
I occasionally look towards Ren. The man just sipped a drink while occasionally staring at me. It makes me even more awkward. I don't want to talk. And Ren also did not want to open the conversation. I could only hear the sound of wind passing through my ears.
I actually wanted to ask Ren something. Ren is known as the most evil and cruel figure in the world. A dark elf king who lived for thousands of years and had killed countless creatures. Since the reputation of the dark elves was really bad, coupled with the reputation of dark magic, all the rumors about Ren were truly frightening.
He was even more terrifying than Sayn, the prince who killed his entire family just to usurp the throne. Honestly speaking in the novel, Ren and Sayn are ruthless characters.
I didn't even want to meet Ren at first, because he looked dangerous. But who would have thought that he would disguise himself as a teacher in the human kingdom. Even worse, my mother had a past relationship with him. He doesn't look as bad as the rumors say.
So I really wanted to ask what it was like to be the bad guy in the eyes of the world to Ren.
"I want to ask you something." I said slowly.
Ren raised his eyebrows. She was quite enthusiastic because Eva opened the conversation. "Please"
"Before that don't take offense to my words, okay? I don't have any bad thoughts about you" Eva makes a deal to keep herself from being attacked by Ren for asking what she categorizes as 'quite brave'.
Ren looked at her with curious eyes and nodded slowly.
"Pulse...So I wanted to ask you how to deal with people who hate you. There was no need to hide that the public's view of the dark Elf king was terrifying. Especially since you were considered as the evil elf king by humans. And there are so many people who hate you for that rumor..."
Ren's eyes widened. He was quite surprised by Eva's question. He did not expect that Eva would ask him a taboo enough thing for him. But at least this is better than the question of why he does not have a partner. Such a question could put her to shame right down to the bottom and it was categorized as the most taboo question.
Ren smiled. "You asked the right person" he said.
"There are a lot of people who hate me. The forest elf race hates me. The humans hate me. And the witches hate me too. But I never considered them, you know? I always close my eyes to all that hate."
He continued. "There is only one decision that is my principle. If anyone is against you, fight. If anyone wants to kill you, you have to kill that person first" he said sharply.
I get quite goosebumps when I hear it but I keep hearing it.
"But if anyone does you any good, you have to repay him. Never owe anyone anything. And for the people who always sneered in the back, I never cared about them at all. Because they are just cowardly insects that don't even dare to come face to face with me. I don't want to waste my time and energy on people like that"
I nodded slowly. I also ignored everyone who sneered at me. But sometimes I can't handle it either and get angry. That is my lack.
"And to overcome all those who are against you you must have power and power. I've lived for thousands of years, and there are only five people who dare to challenge me. Even though those five people had already ended up being ashes" Ren smiled proudly. "As long as you're strong and can protect yourself, you don't have to worry about unimportant things like that. Live according to your own desires."
I felt relieved after hearing his explanation. Hearing the experience of someone who has been a bad person for thousands of years turns out to make you better. In essence, Ren would not be able to be killed by anyone because he was too strong. And he doesn't have to worry about his safety.