Chapter 56
Chapter 56
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 56
Chapter Title: Self-Justification
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"Do you really love me?"
"O-Of course! You're all I have left now, Lily. So please... don't ever say things like you want to die..."
Instead, it was Crow who ended up sniffling and clinging to her.
Crow, who had tried to hold out as strongly as he could for Lily's sake, now whined like an anxious puppy the moment Lily herself uttered those words about wanting to die.
"I don't want that either. All I ever wanted was for you to love me, Oppa..."
"I do love you! What more can I do? Huh? There's no one more precious to me than you...!"
Lily whipped her head away, her eyes glistening with tears. She seemed to be stifling sobs with her hand over her mouth.
"Lily, please... I-I don't know what to do anymore. Don't do this to me, Oppa."
"I don't know either..."
It was a bit contrived, those tears. Just contrived enough that ordinary people wouldn't notice.
The usual Crow would have picked up on Lily's true intentions at least a little, but the Crow kneeling now, clinging to her legs, couldn't muster a single coherent thought.
"But... when you hold my hand or hug me, it makes me feel a little better. Oppa, could you hug me?"
And so he hurriedly pulled her into an embrace, his body trembling. He didn't know when the shaking had started again. The anxiety, amplified by the drugs, wouldn't let him stay still.
"As much as you want! I can hug you forever, Lily..."
"Ahh... You're always so warm, Oppa."
Still sniffling through her tears, Lily savored Crow's embrace. Unlike her moist eyes, her lips curved into a full smile. Melting in the arms of the one she loved felt like owning the whole world.
"Oppa, please give this warmth only to me. Don't compromise with the other villains. I love you. Even if everyone else abandons you, I never will."
A little more firmly,
squeezing him tighter in her arms,
Lily whispered into his ear.
"...As long as you love only me. Forever."
Their faces were so close they nearly touched.
Lily spoke to him with their lips almost brushing.
"I'll try to understand you wanting to protect me. You're compromising with Orca Unnie and the other villains for my sake, right? But... if you won't even kiss me, the one who loves you more than anyone, I'll be too heartbroken to bear it."
Once more,
Lily blinked to emphasize her tears, then leaned in for a brief kiss on Crow's lips.
Crow reflexively tried to pull back,
but seeing Lily's eyes and face, he ultimately gave up and stayed still.
This is for saving Lily,
not some impure act between man and woman.
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3:12 PM.
The correctional officer's office still buzzed with the lingering tension from the morning's violent clash.
Orca sat there, shooting a cold glare at the clock, thinking about Crow's impending visit.
Knock knock-
"Correctional Officer."
The guards entered after a brief knock, seating only Crow on the sofa in the middle of the office before withdrawing.
Once the door closed, sealing off any sound from leaking out,
"...Crow."
Orca spoke first, calling his name. His deadened eyes turned toward her in response to her icy tone.
"That bitch Lily's turned into an even worse villain than you. I never liked her from the start. The way she looked at me pissed me off. Just like you do now."
Orca couldn't hold back her temper today. The insults and provocations from that loathsome Lily just hours ago still clawed at her insides.
"What the hell is wrong with you two?"
But still,
she couldn't give up her physical love for Crow. So, still seated, she undid her belt.
"I'll give you two choices. One: you serve me whole-heartedly, making up for that bitch Lily pissing me off too. The other:"
Standing boldly with legs planted, her uniform skirt barely clung to her hips.
"You take all the punishment fitting for both your sins, by yourself."
Orca positioned herself
in front of the sofa,
right in front of Crow.
The wide hem of her skirt draped over her hips, twitching impatiently as if awaiting his decision.
"..."
Crow stared blankly at that spot with sad eyes, then looked up at Orca and asked,
"What the hell am I supposed to do?"
"You know that already."
Orca crossed her arms, watching his choice. She had no intention of going easy on him.
Daring to call her an "auntie" and paint her as some creepy girl pining after Crow—Lily had her fuming from head to toe today.
"Every time I come here, I crawl under your desk and eat your pussy all day—what's that gonna change? You beat Lily half to death, and now you want me to serve you diligently again?"
Spilling out a torrent of half-mumbled thoughts or questions, Crow poured out his confused heart.
"If I just sit here, you'll beat me and Lily to death again, right? We might actually die. But Lily would still want me to do it."
Orca tapped her heel impatiently. His pitch-black eyes shook unsteadily as he looked up at her once more.
"Then what the fuck am I supposed to do?!"
"Choose whatever. I gave you options."
Surprisingly, Orca was savoring a twisted thrill from the situation. She'd worried touching Lily would make Crow hate her, but on second thought, wasn't this the perfect excuse to [punish] him freely?
"One tip: keeping me waiting is never a good idea. Crow."
So Orca sat on the opposite sofa, crossing her legs to provoke him. Her elegant legs and smooth skin, paired with stockings, swayed seductively.
"Your answer?"
No chill in the air. Orca was actually flooded with dopamine in this moment—a rare rush.
She didn't need his heart.
She could ravage his body at will,
and only she could bear his child.
She controlled the birth control shots, after all.
No matter how much Crow raged, his child would grow in her belly.
"Last chance. Your answer?"
If there was a child,
Crow couldn't leave her. No matter the hatred, like with Creep, he'd have to take it seriously.
But Crow's response was utterly unexpected.
"Fuck you, you bitch. I don't know anymore."
Spitting curses he never used before, he lunged at Orca.
Crash!
It happened in an instant. Orca startled by his unforeseen action, swung her baton—but took a few direct punches to the face first.
"Just die, you fucking bastards! Why me! Why the hell?!"
But they weren't that strong. Drugged and broken, his punches couldn't kill Orca.
Still, the pain was real with each hit. Yet Orca kept her eyes open, taking a few more blows.
Her mind looped only one thought: Crow dares defy me. The pain fueled pure rage.
After five or six more hits, blood trickling from her nose, she let out a hollow laugh and struck back.
Thwack-
Ridiculously, one punch from Orca sent Crow sprawling. Blood filled his mouth. It hit too hard.
"Fine. You piece of shit. That's your answer, huh?"
But Orca was unfazed. Dusting herself off as she rose, an unprecedented chill swirled around her.
"You and that bitch both have a talent for pissing me off. Alright. Challenge accepted."
Crow writhed on the floor, clutching his stomach and retching, while Orca rolled her shoulders in a stretch. What came next was obvious.
"From now on, both. One hour beaten to the brink of death, the next squeezed dry till you pass out. Best to crush this early. Can't have fights like this after the kid's born—bad for development."
Thud!
Orca's shoe tip slammed into Crow's curled-up gut again. All pain converged, assaulting him viciously.
"Even when I! Try to! Show mercy! You shits!"
Orca kicked Crow with all her might. Furious and irritated as she was, a faint glow of satisfaction seemed to play on her face.
"Fucking! Villains! All of them!"
Lily daring to provoke her,
Crow trying to protect her—
both undeniably villains now.
Such a venomous bitch couldn't be anything else. Orca had sensed the villainy in those red eyes.
Any lingering guilt in her heart had long vanished. Now she could punish Crow in justice's name, molding him into her man alone.
"You only learn when you get hit!"
Wasn't that the only salvation?
The bitch beside him was a shady villain, everyone else had abandoned Crow,
and the only ones caring for him were villains.
So wasn't it true mercy and justice for righteous her to step in and recycle this broken Crow?