The Villainous Guide’s New Life

Ditching that damned Omega body and ending up in a Beta’s? Now that was a miracle.

I possessed the villain Lee Tae-rim, who used his status as an S-rank Guide in the novel The Good Guide—a world without secondary genders—to torment the original Soo.

Though a loner without a single close contact at the Center, Tae-rim was content to quietly do his job in a body free from heats and pheromones. That is, until he rescued a berserk Esper during an internal mission.

"It looks like that Esper imprinted on Guide Lee Tae-rim."

Wait—what? The Esper he saved imprinted on him, unilaterally?

Now saddled with the unstable Esper Seon Juho, Tae-rim hoped it wouldn't be too big of a deal since everyone in this world was a Beta anyway. But as if to mock him, Juho becomes increasingly, suspiciously obsessed with Tae-rim’s scent…

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[Preview]

“So for now, you'll be living with Seon Juho until he makes a full recovery.”

“Living together?”

“Yes.”

“But... can’t you call me Juho-ya instead? I don’t like Seon Juho-ssi.”

“…All right.”

“And drop the formal speech, too.”

“…Okay.”

Seon Juho fiddled with Tae-rim’s hand before pressing his cheek against his palm and rubbing into it. It almost looked like a tail was about to pop out of him.

“Um… so anyway, there’s a lot you’ll need to learn first.”

“Okay.”

“It’s all going to be unfamiliar, but I’ll be with you, so there’s no need to be scared.”

“Okay.”

“Make sure to listen to what the instructors tell you.”

“Okay.”

“Are you even paying attention to me?”

“Okay!”

Juho nodded while rubbing both of Tae-rim’s hands against his cheeks. Watching that soft, hazy smile spread across his face—even from such a light guiding—left Tae-rim at a loss for words.

“…Let’s go outside for now.”