This Villain is Soft - Chapter 111



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Episode 111

Chacha and Bani were shocked to hear the news that Haon had become a dispatched engineer at Hero Headquarters.

Nova was surprised, but after thinking about it carefully, she quickly accepted it, saying that it might be better.

Chacha and Bunny urged him to quit, saying that not all employees at Hero Headquarters are on the citizens’ side, and that there were quite a few who hated ‘Eunhaon’ to the point of being disgusting.

However, as the days went by, I saw Ha-on’s face brightening like before, and eventually I gave up.

There was nothing I could do about it, because it was much better than just sitting there blankly, not stepping out of the lab again.

Haon gradually adapted to the engineering lab.

There were still engineers who disliked me, but they never did anything childish like openly insulting me or hitting me on the shoulder.

It was heaven compared to the bullying I experienced at school and in the lab.

As I was going back and forth between the research lab and headquarters, I regained my energy and started to show my face again in Areas 1 and 4, which I was in charge of.

Joo-yeol made a new suggestion.

“Hey, Haon. Do you want to learn how to shoot a gun?”

“Why the gun?”

“I think it would be good to know how to handle at least one weapon.”

“I know how to shoot, but I’ve never hit a target. So I’m a little… … with guns.”

Ha-on, who had been hesitating with an unsure attitude, discovered the shadows of me and Ju-yeol. The difference in size was enormous.

Even considering that Ju-yeol was quite large, Ha-on had a small build and thin limbs.

It was thanks to magic engineering that I was able to keep this body safe, but now I don’t have a mana bullet or a mana shield.

When I went out of the lab, I had Juyeol and Nova with me, but I couldn’t always count on their help.

In an emergency, I had to be able to protect at least one of my bodies.

Haon, who had been hesitating, steeled his resolve and answered.

“Hey, can you teach me how to shoot a gun? I’ll try hard to learn.”

* * *

“Now, look.”

Joo-yeol headed straight to the shooting range and showed Ha-on how to use the earplugs first.

Bang! Taang! Taang!

He quickly changed the direction of the gun barrel, pierced the heads of all the moving targets, and quickly replaced the magazine, annihilating even the newly appearing targets.

He put down the gun and looked back at Haon.

“Try it.”

“… … ?”

Haon stood in the street with a bewildered look on his face and raised his gun.

The gun felt much heavier than it should for its size, and it felt completely different from holding a cell phone.

Standing here, the target also seemed to move faster.

As Ha-on followed the moving target with his eyes, Ju-yeol pressed the button to stop the target.

“Just aim for the closest one and shoot once.”

“Yeah.”

bang!

The moment he pulled the trigger, Haon’s shoulders hunched and his eyes half-closed.

As expected, the bullet missed the target.

“… … The method of phage is perfect, so why is that?”

Joo-yeol asked in surprise, then came over and pointed at the gun barrel.

“Just aim the gun so that the sights and rear sights are aligned with the target and pull the trigger to shoot.”

“… … ?”

“Why, don’t you know?”

“I know that. I know it, but I can’t do it.”

“I know, so why can’t I do it?”

Haon looked up at him, dumbfounded by his incomprehensible tone, and realized something.

‘Ah. Is this what it feels like when I explain magic engineering?’

I felt embarrassed for no reason when I remembered the way he used to shiver when he talked about Mana.

“Shoot again.”

Joo-yeol stood behind Ha-on and adjusted the position of his arms and shoulders.

Haon stared straight ahead, trying hard to ignore the body and temperature touching his back.

“Don’t be afraid of the bullets you shoot. Don’t take your eyes off your target until the moment you pull the trigger all the way.”

“I shot you, but what if you die?”

As Haon asked worriedly, a sound of air escaping was heard above his head.

“You don’t look like you can even hit me with one shot, and yet you’re already thinking about killing someone?”

“I might miss and hit you in the head.”

“What are you talking about? Aim for the stomach or legs. Think of it as making it impossible for them to chase you, not killing them.”

“Don’t chase after me… … .”

Thinking that way, Haon felt like the target was much clearer.

“You don’t know how to run, so you’ll have to shoot yourself in the face to escape.”

“I know how to run!”

“Do you know you’re slower than a tin hamster?”

“… … .”

Haon stuck out his lips and glanced at me with a sly look.

Joo-yeol let out a soft laugh and grabbed Ha-on’s lower body and turned him towards the front.

“You have to look ahead. I’ll shoot anything coming from behind.”

Then I placed my hands over Haon’s. My hands holding the gun were completely buried in his hands.

Thump thump.

Haon slowly let go of the tension that was making his back tingle and pulled the trigger following his hand.

With a bang, the bullet pierced the target’s heart.

* * *

It was surprising that Haon could be so busy even though he had nothing to study.

I went in and out of the headquarters’ engineering room, touched various equipment, learned shooting, and also managed the three districts of the old city little by little.

And I often stopped by the storage room for the dudoo that couldn’t be repaired.

Since the AI ​​software wasn’t broken, we decided to try to fix it without using any magic.

Thanks to that, I was spending each day feeling like 24 hours was not enough.

Since Bae An-jae started producing potions at the factory, the inside and outside of the old town have become noisy.

As the heroes got busier, the engineering room also got busier, but fortunately, various equipment and tools were being filled without any shortage.

Haon did the work of three people alone in the engineering room.

He seemed slow as he walked around and took out tools, but his hands were very quick when handling the machines.

I mostly worked with Deputy Team Leader Noh Hye-jeong, and as time went by, she seemed to become less uncomfortable, but I could still feel her glancing at me.

Still, it seemed like he liked the fact that I was quietly concentrating on my work, so he would occasionally give me gloves or give me a word of praise.

‘I have to work with the deputy manager today too.’

When Ha-on, dressed in work clothes, was crossing the now familiar engineering room.

“hey.”

Seo Seung-yeon blocked the way. He was an engineer who persistently glared at Ha-on every day.

“Oh, hello.”

“I didn’t call you to say hello.”

Seo Seung-yeon looked at Ha-on with an expression that seemed to ask, “What is this?”

“I don’t think anyone will say anything about me wandering around the engineering office since the team leader gave me permission to do so.”

“… … .”

“If you have any sense of humor, don’t go near the deputy manager.”

“Ah, that’s… … .”

“You can tell it’s uncomfortable, but you’re doing it on purpose?”

Haon had nothing to say. In fact, it was intentional.

At first, it was because I wanted to get out of the habit quickly, but as we worked together, we realized that our working styles were similar and the order in which we displayed our tools was the same.

I also liked the feeling of slowly but surely getting closer.

But, as Seo Seung-yeon said, Deputy Manager Noh Hye-jeong was uncomfortable with me. It’s getting better little by little, but she’ll probably still be uncomfortable today.

‘Am I being too greedy… … .’

Ha-on, who had become gloomy, was looking at his toes when someone poked his back.

“Mr. Haon. Today is work station number 8.”

“……yes?”

I looked back in surprise and saw Deputy Manager Noh Hye-jeong holding out her gloves.

“If you know how to fix a car, do you want to join us?”

“… … !”

Haon opened his eyes wide and hugged the gloves to his chest.

“Yes! I know how to make a car!”

“I’m taking care of your hands.”

“That’s good too!”

Ha-on stamped his feet in excitement as if he had never felt so down before.

“Vice-Chief.”

When Seo Seung-yeon called out in a voice mixed with confusion and worry, Deputy Team Leader Noh Hye-jeong patted her shoulder.

“Thank you for your concern, but it’s okay. Really.”

“… … Okay, I understand. If that’s what the deputy manager says.”

Seo Seung-yeon hesitated and then turned around.

Haon tilted his head as he looked at her slumped shoulders.

‘I guess he really likes the vice-chairman. Was he looking at me because he wanted to work with the vice-chairman?’

Then, when Deputy Team Leader Noh Hye-jeong asked, “Shall we go?” I quickly followed her and headed to the workbench.

Since that day, Ha-on felt a strange sense of kinship and connection with Deputy Team Leader Noh Hye-jeong.

She also seemed to gradually become more comfortable with me, and there was no longer an awkward silence at the workbench.

The two began to work together while conversing naturally.

“When a machine is not working, I try removing and reinstalling parts. Or I even turn it off and on again.”

“It’s the same here.”

When Ha-on burst into laughter at Deputy Team Leader Noh Hye-jeong’s words, she asked.

“The other universe that Mr. Haon came from. How much has humanity learned about space there?”

Haon suddenly remembered that Bae Anjae had reached the Void Realm.

But that was it. Just visiting a place once wasn’t enough to know about it.

“The universe is so vast that it probably won’t make much of a difference.”

“What about humans then?”

When Ha-on blinked at the question that came right back, Deputy Team Leader Noh Hye-jeong added an explanation.

“Do you think that evil people are born evil there? Or is it a matter of circumstance?”

“It seems like opinions are equally divided on that issue.”

When Haon answered with an awkward smile, she asked again.

“… … What do you think, Mr. Haon?”