I Failed to Oust the Villain!

One day, my father presented me with a young slave boy he claimed to have rescued from the battlefield, drawn by his striking appearance. “This seal carved into his heart binds him to you,” he explained, handing me a peculiar bead. “As long as you possess this, he cannot defy your commands—use him as you wish.” The boy’s expression darkened at my initial orders, making me wonder if I had crossed a line. When my father crushed the bead, the boy dropped to his knees before me. “Master,” he murmured, his crimson eyes glowing unnaturally as a twisted smile spread across his face. His unsettling devotion left me baffled—hadn’t I tried to treat him with kindness? Yet here he was, responding with eerie fervor. No matter how hard I attempted to push him away, fate seemed determined to tie us together. My efforts to abandon him proved futile, as if destiny itself conspired to keep this dangerous figure by my side. The more I resisted, the tighter the invisible strings between us pulled, leaving me trapped in a web I couldn’t escape.