“I traded my life for a single piece of bread, but these villains find me way too cute!”

“Hey, you hungry?”

A soft, white loaf of bread appeared before me after I’d starved for three whole days.
After I devoured the loaf—which was as big as my forearm—on the spot, the villain gave a wicked smirk.

“Now that you’ve eaten, shall we talk?”

My life was now collateral for a single piece of bread.

The man who gave me the bread was a villain—specifically, the big boss who ran the whole guild.
Somehow, he knew about my [Clairvoyance] and came to offer a strange deal.

“I give you food, you do some work. It’s a fair trade, right?”
“Can I sleep somewhere warm? I won’t go if you’re going to hit me.”
“Of course. Why would I hit something the size of a mouse? I’ll even give you gold coins.”
“Deal! By the way, are you going to eat that bread in your pocket? Give it to me.”

He was a bad guy either way, but since he wouldn’t starve me or force me to beg like the orphanage director did, I figured this was better.
So, I took his hand.

“Newbie. Can I just touch your cheek once?”
“It’s one Brin (100 won) per touch.”
“Gasp! That’s way too cheap! I’ll give you my whole salary!”
“……I was joking.”

I thought I just had to do my job, but the guild members’ affection seems… strangely excessive.

I failed a mission for the first time. The Boss saved me just as I was about to get seriously hurt.

“Boss, I haven’t succeeded yet.”

I said this while dangling from his side.

“Does that matter? Are you hurt or not?”
“……I’m not hurt.”
“Then that’s enough. Let’s go eat. I’m hungry.”

They said he was cold-blooded.
The villain boss has gone soft.