This Villain is Soft - Chapter 118



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Episode 118

The moment Ha-on reached out for the syringe with a worried expression, Ju-yeol grabbed his wrist.

“… … ?”

Ha-on met his gaze with a puzzled look and was embarrassed to see his pupils trembling slightly. Why is that?

“babe.”

Nova smiled angrily as she picked up the syringe and bottle containing the medicine instead.

“Is this a euthanasia drug?”

“Oh, yes. That’s what the prison guard was trying to tell me─.”

“What are you doing?”

Joo-yeol urged him in a subdued voice.

“What were you planning to do with that? Why are you thinking of something like that?”

“……huh?”

Only then did Haon realize why the two were acting like this and shook his head.

“That’s not it! If I die here, can’t I leave legally?”

“so.”

“It is used as a euthanasia drug for animals, but that is the effect when administered in large doses. It is originally an anesthetic, so if used in moderation, breathing and pulse will slow down so much that it will appear as if the animal is dead.”

At those words, Juyeol narrowed his eyes and asked.

“Do you know how much is moderate?”

“Umm… … .”

“Are you crazy? Absolutely not.”

When Juyeol became serious, Haon turned his gaze to Nova. He glared at her as if to ask if she could help him persuade Juyeol.

“If you really want to use this method, leave it to the experts.”

“ha.”

Although Juyeol sighed with an annoyed expression at Nova’s words, Haon opened his eyes wide and showed interest.

“expert?”

Then, suddenly, without a sound, the storage room door opened.

“… … !”

Ha-on, who was terrified, grabbed the bag he could reach and was about to throw it, but then stopped.

“Why are you leaking stuff like this so recklessly?”

Solmae appeared carrying on her shoulders the male prison guard who had collapsed in the hallway earlier.

Joo-yeol took the man and hid him next to the female prison guard.

“You old man are really clumsy. Now that you’re old, you can’t even predict where blood will splatter?”

“If you get a cut anywhere, come to the hospital. I’ll sew your mouth up for you.”

Haon blankly looked at the blood stains on Solmae’s uniform and then asked.

“Elder? What brings you here?”

“Oh my, you ask me as if we met in front of my house.”

Solmae responded in a tone of absurdity and then tapped Haon’s arm and shoulder.

“I guess you’re hurt.”

“Uh. Yes. Just a little.”

Ha-on continued speaking with a tearful face in cold pain.

“But if even Elder Solmae is here, three districts of the old town are empty?”

“No.”

When Solmae shook her head, Juyeol added.

“Engineer Team A scattered their shooting drones like a swarm of dragonflies.”

“… … !”

Ha-on, who was surprised, suddenly thought of Noh Hye-jeong whom he had met yesterday.

Feeling a lump in my throat, I gently grabbed Juyeol’s arm.

“thank you.”

And then I saw Nova and Solmae in turn.

“Thank you all so much for coming all the way here… … .”

When I first fell into this universe, I could never have imagined that there were people who saved me, helped me, and cared about me.

‘The expert Nova was talking about must be Elder Solmae.’

Haon seemed like he could entrust the syringe to Solmae.

“Sir. I was thinking of a way to get out of here safely─”

Rather, he put out a plan, thinking that it was more trustworthy than himself.

“hmm.”

Solmae, who had been listening silently, asked.

“How much do you weigh?”

“Uh. I don’t know… … .”

“wait for a sec.”

Joo-yeol stretched out his arm and lightly picked up Ha-on, then put him down.

“Tsk. I think I lost two kilos.”

“How, how do you know that?”

Then, he told Haon’s weight, which he didn’t know, and kept mumbling that he wasn’t sure if it was really okay.

“Lie down here.”

Haon lay down on the floor following Solmae’s instructions.

Nova moved the two fallen guards to lay them down nearby so that they looked natural.

As Solmae rolled up Haon’s sleeve without hesitation, Juyeol let out a sigh.

“Inspiration. Is this really safe?”

“Is this safe? They’re injecting me with anesthesia.”

Joo-yeol’s expression became even more serious.

“… … Haon-ah. Do I really have to do this?”

“This is the fastest way to get out of here without anyone chasing you.”

“… … .”

Juyeol could no longer stop Haon from being determined.

However, when Solmae administered the medicine, she held Haon’s trembling hand tightly.

“scared?”

“……little.”

“Go to sleep. You probably haven’t slept properly for a while.”

“What if I have a scary dream?”

“I’ll be by your side until you fall asleep.”

Haon smiled bashfully and closed his eyes. His breathing and pulse gradually slowed down and his body temperature dropped.

Nova stared blankly at the sight and muttered, “It looks like it’s dead.”

Juyeol suddenly remembered the time when Haon’s heart stopped and unconsciously grabbed his neck. He felt like he couldn’t breathe.

Solmae checked Haon’s pulse and then got up.

“That’s enough. We should move first. They’ll probably notice that the two guards are gone soon.”

“… … .”

Juyeol and Nova barely managed to get their feet to rest.

In the place where they had left, Haon was lying pale and cold.

* * *

“What the XX! I won’t get the balance back if I die… …!”

The guard who discovered Haon cursed hysterically.

He was originally a prison guard in charge of Ha-on’s guidance, but today he couldn’t come out of the bathroom because he had a stomachache.

Another colleague offered to take my place, so I left it there, but it was lying around a little way away.

“Who would have thought that I would kill myself after taking him to the break room just once!”

Unfortunately, he had no choice but to call a doctor, as he had no ability to revive the dead.

The doctor checked the pulse and pronounced death, and the subsequent procedures proceeded quickly.

Two staff members were dispatched from the nearby hospital morgue and transported Eunhaon’s body.

The mortuary staff included a large, black-haired man and a thin man with a beanie covering his hair.

Since they were both extremely reserved and wore sunglasses, the prison staff had a chance to gossip about them.

“Even if he is a criminal, we are still transporting the deceased… … .”

“If you put style before manners, it’s the end of the world, the end of the world.”

“The repairmen who came today didn’t even say hello when they left. Anyway, these days, young people, tsk.”

The atmosphere at Kwon Young Rehabilitation Center was also chaotic after two correctional officers collapsed and an inmate took his own life.

So I didn’t pay much attention to the villains I had gathered in the break room, but something very strange happened in the meantime.

The doctors mumbled with expressions of confusion.

“What kind of crazy guy put a bullet in each shoulder of each guy in the break room and broke their arms?”

“Where did the gun come from? Did the guards shoot it?”

“I don’t know. It happened when the power suddenly went out earlier.”

“If you broke his arm, it doesn’t seem like you did it alone.”

It was something I had no idea about.

And after a while, the mortuary contacted me and said that there was no need for an autopsy and that Eunhaon’s body was disposed of because there was space in the crematorium.

“Anyway, I’ll just do X work roughly.”

The guards clicked their tongues at the mortuary staff’s inaction, but did not look into Eunhaon’s death any further.

“Eunha On, who was the genius of the century, the woman of Nova, a witch, and a villainess, has passed away.”

“Everyone will remember the countless evil deeds she left behind.”

The incident was completely closed when this kind of breaking news spread.

* * *

Clang.

The glass cup slipped from Bae An-jae’s hand and shattered into pieces.

“Dead? Eunhaon is dead?”

“I found out that he was killed by a prison guard who had been bribed by another villain.”

At Bae An-jae 2’s words, he seemed shocked and just stared blankly at the blueprint.

“What kind of neighborhood is this? I’m confused as to whether I should call it a good place to find this.”

Bae An-jae had something to prove. It wasn’t enough to mourn her death, but he couldn’t help feeling empty.

I wanted to show my former colleagues, who must be locked up in prison by now, what I did to Eunhaon.

I wanted to let the worthless Eunhaon know that I was the most special magician.

The being I wanted to kill so badly on the front lines died so meaninglessly because I couldn’t use magic.

As expected, the galaxy temperature was nothing without magic engineering. It must have been a stroke of luck that he succeeded in hacking.

“It seems that Baeanjae 5 is still being held.”

Bae An-jae, who had been standing still with a bewildered expression, came to his senses at Bae An-jae 3’s words.

“The experiment is over, so I don’t need him anymore.”

That wasn’t what mattered now.

He stood up, covering up the blueprints that he no longer needed.

“Let’s go and finish it up.”

The time has finally come to take over the universe.

* * *

Haon was slowly waking up from a deep sleep. It felt like his body was being turned off and then on again.

In my hazy mind, four-dimensional regular polytopes were rotating on different axes.

‘mom.’

Haon spoke to someone he didn’t even remember.

‘I know my mother’s face now.’

When you mutter that you know the voice, the look in your eyes, and even the way the wrinkles around your eyes fold when you smile.

Deputy Manager Noh Hye-jeong’s words lingered in my ears.

“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.”

I think we laughed while having that conversation.

I slowly rose above the surface of sleep as the voices that were being assembled followed.

“─What about humans?”

“─What do you think, Mr. Haon?”

I… … . Haon tossed and turned, moving his mouth.

“Humans are like machines─.”

The moment when your own broken and weak voice faintly reaches your ears.

Crunch. The four-dimensional regular polyhedra stopped all at once.

Haon opened his eyes wide and sat up.

“I need to get my magic back.”