This Villain is Soft - Chapter 115



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Episode 115

Knock knock. Knock knock.

A moth was swooping through a crack in the iron door, where the hallway light was streaming in.

‘I guess I can’t find a place to go.’

Ha-on, who was sitting in the corner of the prison cell, sat up.

“If you came in through the vent, you have to go out through the vent. You can’t go out there.”

Haon tried to catch the moth and release it towards the ventilation shaft, but he couldn’t reach it. Even using his crow’s feet wasn’t enough.

Haon sighed as he gave up after jumping around in place a few times.

“Ugh. Just stay with me. I’m glad you’re here.”

The solitary cell, smaller than the main room, was always dark as if the sun was setting, making it difficult to tell the time.

The only light was a small emergency light.

As soon as Ha-on was transferred to Kwon Young Rehabilitation Center, he was put in this solitary cell and was not allowed to take a single step out.

It’s been three days since I just ate the food that came in through the distribution box when it was time, and slept on my hard bed when the light coming in from the hallway started to dim.

‘I want to eat the fried rice that Juyeol made.’

The bed in the penthouse and the food in the main hall floated before my eyes.

Thinking back on my daily life outside of prison, I ended up missing people.

‘Joo-yeol must be worried. I miss him. Cha-cha and Bani too. Nova too. Sol-mae too… . . . ‘

Haon stood in front of the door and stared blankly at the butterfly.

‘This guy probably lived in a place with big streetlights and wide streets, like other flying insects.’

Just then, a dull thud rang out from outside the door.

“Get away from the door!”

“… … !”

Haon, who was so surprised, quickly walked away from the door.

The guard struck the door with his baton a few more times before squeaking it open.

‘What’s going on all of a sudden? Am I being transported to another place?’

Haon retreated into the shadows to avoid the blazing light. His heart was beating anxiously.

I remembered the time when I was being transported here and there without even knowing English.

I had a thousand thoughts running through my head, wondering if I would be dragged to a desert or snowfield in another country and buried there without anyone knowing.

It would have been better if I had just been with the butterfly.

The guard stared into a dark corner and flicked his baton.

“From today, you too will go to the break room.”

“… … Break room? Then won’t you be transferred to another place?”

“That’s funny. You’ll never get out of here. Get out now!”

“… … .”

Haon, who had been hesitating, took a step forward.

‘If we meet other people in the break room, maybe we can help each other? Maybe someone will know how to get out.’

The moment he left the shadows and stepped outside the prison cell with those thoughts in his mind, Ha-on’s shoulders stiffened.

“Follow me. Move quickly!”

Haon followed the urging instructor and observed his expression.

‘Manada.’

I felt a very faint and faint mana from the guard.

But he was neither a magician nor did he seem to have taken any potions or possessed any magic devices.

‘… … It was bought.’

This was buried on purpose to warn me that Bae An-jae was reaching out to Kwon Young Rehabilitation Center.

‘Are you telling me not to think about nonsense?’

When did he start bribing people like that while extracting potions? It seemed like he wasn’t just hiding in the old city.

‘That’s right. Since there are several Bae An-jae, they could have prepared several things at the same time.’

Haon felt sad that all he could do here was speculate.

How long will I have to be locked up like this when no one will come to visit me?

“Come in.”

Ha-on was startled and woke up from his reverie when the guard pushed him on the back.

When I came to my senses, I found myself in the break room.

“… … .”

A suffocating silence fell over the break room. Haon rolled his eyes down, feeling cold sweat running down his face.

All the prisoners were looking at me. With very cold eyes.

The atmosphere became even more tense as the door slammed shut behind them.

‘You’re the ones I saw on the villain list.’

Haon swallowed his groans and sat down in the place with the fewest people.

And then I raised my head at the sound of approaching footsteps and saw a woman swinging a mop while glaring at me as if she was going to kill me.

“You finally crawled out, Dr. Eun!”

“… … !”

Haon turned pale and threw himself to the floor.

Kwajik!

The wooden table buckled into a pole shape and whistles and cheers erupted from all directions.

“Okay! Finish it!”

“This day has finally come!”

Haon gasped and looked around.

‘These people are all enemies of the ‘Eunhaon’… …!’

The woman became more excited by the urging from those around her and jumped over the table and approached Haon.

“Wait a minute! Wait a minute, calm down!”

As the terrified Haon retreated, the woman gradually narrowed the distance between them as if she was cornering a rat.

“You didn’t know you’d come in here, did you? That’s why you’ve accumulated such karma.”

“K, Kyo! Over here! Over here! This guy is, eww!”

Kwak!

As Haon rolled to the side, a pole struck him.

“You’re rolling well? Let’s see if you can roll even with a broken ankle!”

A woman with a strong stomach pulled a short knife out from the sole of her shoe.

Ha-on, whose heart sank, tried to back away further, but the cold wall hit his back.

“… … !”

As I realized that there was nowhere left to run, red lights started flashing in my head.

Haon eventually squeezed himself into any gap he could find and hid deep under the closet.

Loud laughter erupted from all over the break room, and a woman was clawing at a cabinet with a knife.

“How did you get this ruined mouse!”

Haon shivered and shivered with his shoulders shivering.

Only then did the guard guarding the break room speak as if giving a warning.

“I told you not to kill it. If you want to keep it for a long time, use it sparingly!”

“… … .”

The guards brought me here on purpose.

“Ugh.”

Haon, who had been sobbing, shed tears sadly.

There was no one here who could help me.

* * *

An hour later.

Ha-on, curled up in the corner of the cell, had no energy at all.

I was exhausted from running and hiding in the break room.

‘You treat me like some kind of toy… … .’

The prisoners teased Ha-on, who was not very fast on his feet, by deliberately letting him go, catching him, and then letting him go again.

The guards seemed to have no interest in what the inmates did as long as they didn’t kill me.

It was fortunate that there were plenty of places to hide in the break room.

‘it hurts…….’

Haon sobbed and rubbed his arms and shoulders.

In the end, he was left hanging in the air for a long time with his arm held by an inmate.

The bruised area, shaped like a handprint, felt cold and sore.

Knock knock. Knock knock.

The moth was still trapped here.

‘You idiot. You should have gone out when the door opened earlier. If I had the chance, I would have… . . . ‘

I felt like I was being pushed off a steep cliff.

Haon was trapped here and felt frustrated for the first time. When he went to the break room, he was overcome by an overwhelming fear.

Am I really going to have to live like this until I die?

If this continues, I might end up getting murdered in the break room.

I wonder if neither Juyeol nor Nova can find a way to get me out.

Alone like this, without meeting any of the people I care about…

Haon’s moist eyes darkened.

‘I knew I’d get retaliated against. Why did I hack when I can’t even use magic? …?’

Then he shook his head.

‘No. I made the best choice I could.’

Just then the prison cell door opened with a bang.

Haon, startled, sat up and looked at the instructor.

“Come out.”

“Hey, I just came back from the break room… …!”

“It’s an interview.”

“… … ?”

Visitation? They said that only immediate family members are allowed to visit, so in reality, visitation is impossible.

“Come out quickly!”

Haon flinched at the urging voice and went out the door.

The guard handcuffed Ha-on’s wrists and headed off somewhere, looking extremely anxious and upset.

‘So is this a good situation for me?’

As I walked, keeping an eye on things, a heavy door opened and the ground appeared.

“Wow.”

Haon felt like crying at the sunlight he had encountered for the first time in several days. It felt like a warm, thin chiffon curtain brushing his cheek.

Finally, we arrived at the outdoor meeting room.

‘This is the place where I was trying to meet the plateau.’

It looked like a neat cafe that had been reorganized after the highlands exploded.

“If you do something stupid, you will be sent down immediately.”

The guard gave a stern warning and then sat Ha-on down on the chair.

There was no screen or iron bars on the table, only chains to hold the handcuffs in place.

Usually, the visiting room is separated by iron bars, but this place seemed to be trying to maintain the park-like atmosphere of a rehabilitation center.

I even felt confident that no one would be able to escape from here.

‘Who’s coming? Is it Vanina Chacha pretending to be my family?’

As the question ballooned, another guard brought in an interviewer.

Haon looked at the person sitting across from him with a blank expression.

“……uh?”

“Haon-ssi. It’s been a while. How have you been… …? It might be strange to ask, right?”

“Huh? How is it here… … ?”

A deeply pulled-down hat and a mask that completely covers the lower face.

The interviewer was Noh Hye-jeong, deputy team leader of Team A, Engineers at Hero Headquarters.