I Became the Academy's Kibitz Villain [part 1]

Chapter 8: Living As A Villain (3)

First, you couldn't buy a house while living as a villain.

No matter how beautifully you decorated it, the house was likely to be destroyed if you were caught.

So, villains typically created a natural fortress where nobody could approach recklessly or arrange for a mobile dwelling.

Or, they stayed in hotels for the long term, which meant spending considerable money.

Although it felt like wasting money, from the viewpoint of a temporary dwelling, it was just better to rent monthly.

Especially in the Busan of this world.

'Reality's cost of living is five times higher. It's not like I'm going to live here for a lifetime. Who would want to buy a house here?'

The cost of living was expensive, too expensive.

There were several factors for this, but the biggest factor was indeed 'mana'.

For superhumans, the cities on the east coast were the places where they could absorb mana the fastest and most efficiently.

Not only Koreans but superhumans from abroad also found accommodation in Busan regardless of the cost and accumulated mana. So, anywhere you went in Busan, the rent was expensive.

'Well, this is reasonable for Busan. If you go up there, it's hell. Really.'

The trap was that it got more expensive the further you went north, closer to a place called 'Sejong Island'.

In the case of Pohang, which was directly connected to Sejong Island, the cost of living was higher than in Busan.

Busan was the capital, so you might understand it to some extent, but why was Pohang more expensive than Busan?

The reason was simple.

Simply because of 'distance' and 'environment'.

Pohang was the closest city to Sejong Island, and Sejong Island was the place you arrived at when you headed approximately 150 km northeast of Pohang.

'If you go up to Uljin or Gangneung, there they charge 3 million won for a night in a full villa, so Busan is the most economical.'

Mana had shaped this world like this.

Despite such crazy prices, there was demand, so those who sold listings were trying their best to get as much money as possible.

Of course, whether the cost of living was murderous or not, it didn't affect me much.

As the cost of living increased, my compensation also increased.

Heroes were civil servants and received a salary like in reality. Still, as a freelance villain, I received a minimum of 50 million won per month as long as the organization did not go bankrupt.

The organization must not go bankrupt.

Because it was my lifeline.

To ensure this, the primary element that could ruin the organization, the 'protagonist,' must be eliminated.

"So, in the end, am I destined to kill the protagonist for my survival?"

Whether it was a light novel or a fantasy novel, when one reincarnated as an extra in the original work, there were generally two ways to deal with the protagonist.

One was to become a supporter who supported the protagonist from behind.

The other was stabbing the protagonist in the back, sabotaging them, and eliminating them.