This Villain is Soft - Chapter 119



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Episode 119

A loud noise rang out right next to me.

Haon was startled and turned his head to see that Chacha had fallen over along with the chair.

“Chacha? What are you doing?”

“Hey! You surprised me!”

Chacha got up from her seat, grabbed Haon’s face, and looked him over.

“Uh, uh, chacha… … !”

“Wait a minute! Why are you suddenly up from your sleep and talking to me? I was just dozing off for a bit, but I thought I passed out.”

Haon stopped resisting at the worried voice and just surrendered to it.

As Chacha’s pale eyes kept looking at my face, I felt embarrassed and smiled.

“What did you do well enough to make you laugh?”

“It’s like Joo-yeol’s way of speaking.”

“… … You might as well swear.”

Chacha grabbed both of my cheeks with a trembling expression, stretched them, and then let go.

Haon looked around, caressing his cheek.

The fact that my body is fine and Chacha is here means that my plan to escape from the prison was successful. But… … .

Nails driven into the dark wallpaper tightly, and bombs hanging from them.

The floor is littered with clothes and bullets.

No matter how I looked at it, it was an unfamiliar place. It didn’t seem like Chacha’s house.

“Where am I? How long have I slept?”

“I slept all night and here I am─”

“It’s my house. Did you sleep well, honey?”

Just then, the door opened wide and Nova appeared, cutting off Chacha’s words.

“He is dead now, so he must be well hidden.”

“Nova! Are you hurt?”

“I told you, you’re the only person who asks me that.”

He sat up in bed, laughing as if he had heard something funny.

Then Chacha checked the time and prepared to leave.

“Nova is here too, so I’ll go. I left Barney alone.”

“Where are you hiding, Bunny?”

“River’s house.”

“… … ?”

“I was thinking of going out to a foreign country, but River said he had recently made a house and gave it to me.”

‘When did you become so close?’

Haon knew that Chacha had been hanging out with River often since he stopped robbing banks.

The four of us had a drink together at the lab with Nova, and it seemed like we got along well back then too.

Although it was natural for the heroes and villains to be wary of each other, they were now close enough to give each other peace.

‘Yeah. I’m on the villain list, but I’m getting along well with Juyeol. I work at the hero headquarters too.’

A smile appeared on Ha-on’s lips as he realized that he had never imagined that he would become this close to Cha-Cha.

“Chacha. Thank you.”

“What is it all of a sudden?”

“Please tell Bunny I’m grateful for protecting the area even when I can’t do anything.”

“… … .”

Chacha just smiled blankly and then hurriedly turned around, covering her blushing face.

“What are you talking about, seriously?”

“Take care!”

Then, without even responding to Haon’s greeting, he quickly left the bedroom.

Haon opened his eyes wide as he noticed the blue bird decoration on the doorknob swaying gently.

It was a decoration that didn’t match the atmosphere of the room at all, so it stood out really well. I wondered why I only noticed it now.

Nova tilted her head and met Haon’s gaze.

“Doesn’t that seem like a bad match?”

“Oh. Well, it stands out, but it’s still pretty.”

He looked at Haon intently at the vague answer and muttered.

“Yeah. It’s pretty.”

Then he placed the back of his hand on Haon’s forehead to check his temperature.

“Solmae said she was coming earlier, so she’ll be here soon.”

“yes.”

Haon nodded and glanced through the slightly open bedroom door.

‘Is there no one else here but Nova?’

Nova’s face, suddenly leaning forward, blocked my vision.

“Honey. Are you looking for a ghost?”

“Yes. Is Joo-yeol at headquarters?”

“It’s disappointing, really. Yesterday you clung to me and said you liked me better than Ghost.”

“When did I! It’s just that Juyeol doesn’t seem to like crying… … .”

“Yeah. Even though he was next to me, he ended up going to Ghost on his own.”

Nova leaned closer to Haon.

“I guess it will be like that in the future too?”

“Now, wait a minute, Nova. It’s too close… …!”

Haon, who had been pulling his shoulders back as he approached, eventually fell onto the bed.

Nova placed a hand on Haon’s shoulder and chuckled at his helpless face.

“Why is that when we used to kiss on the cheek?”

His long, braided hair rustled around Haon’s ears.

“No, Nova.”

Haon looked at Nova with a slightly red face, embarrassed.

Her pure white hair reflected in her clear, clean eyes, making her look cloudy as if covered in clouds.

Nova let out a self-deprecating laugh and then sat up.

“I know it doesn’t really suit you.”

He got up from bed, looked back at Haon and smiled beautifully.

“But I like it. My bluebird.”

Haon sat up slowly only after he left the bedroom.

‘Wh, what was it?’

I rubbed my flushed cheeks and looked at the bluebird decoration. It was a wooden bluebird with its wings spread wide.

He smiled prettily and said mischievous things no different from his usual self, but his expression and atmosphere felt a little different.

‘Why is that?’

Ha-on, who had asked the question casually, got out of bed and went to the door as a thought suddenly occurred to him.

My head rolled slowly, as if another me was whispering to me not to think too deeply.

‘Maybe─.’

At that moment, I was reaching out to the bluebird decoration that was gently swaying from side to side.

The door flew open and Juyeol appeared.

“Haon-ah!”

“Whoaaah!”

He hurriedly caught Ha-on staggering in surprise. Ju-yeol’s expression became serious as he looked him up and down.

“Why? What did Nova do?”

“Why did you come to such an unfair conclusion about someone who was being careful?”

Nova snapped back bluntly.

Haon shook his head, comforting his pounding heart.

“No, that’s not it. I was just surprised.”

“Get out.”

Solmae pushed aside the two men the size of the door and entered the bedroom.

Then he sat Haon down and started examining him.

Since I was administered a lot of things that are not good for my body, I need to check if there are any side effects.

Fortunately, there was no problem, but Solmae did not forget the time she had made a terrible sleeping pill at Haon’s request.

“Just in case, don’t touch any sleeping pills or any medications with anesthetic properties for the time being.”

He relayed those words to Juyeol and Nova, not Haon. It seemed like he regarded Haon as a disobedient patient.

“I… … . But, Elder Solmae.”

Whenever Haon got lucky like that, Solmae would always sigh.

“Something again.”

“Isn’t it okay if it’s an ingredient that activates physical abilities rather than lowering them?”

“Are you asking for some tonic?”

“Actually, I thought of a way to get back magic engineering… … .”

At those words, Juyeol and Nova opened their eyes wide at the same time.

“Haon-ah. Really? What is that?”

“that is…….”

Looking at the way he was taking his time, Solmae guessed that it wasn’t an absolutely safe method.

“I’m going to try a forced awakening. Right now, my power as a magician is turned off, so I’ll try turning it back on.”

But he didn’t seem to have thought that far ahead, as soon as Ha-on finished speaking, he put his hand on his forehead and let out a deep sigh.

“What are you talking about? Forced awakening?”

As Juyeol muttered with a pale face, Nova also opened her mouth with a hardened face.

“Honey, that’s a life-threatening thing. Even if you succeed, it’s incredibly painful, and you could have an ambiguous success like a sniper.”

“I know. I took that into consideration before making my decision.”

Haon slowly brought out the information scattered in his head.

“I thought about it, and most of the magicians in the universe I came from would succeed in forced awakening.”

“How can you be sure of that?”

Ha-on answered Ju-yeol’s question as if it were a given.

“Because it has good compatibility with Mana. And the Mana of Bae An Jae won’t be able to push out the Mana of Awakening Orb.”

“Honey. Whether it’s a forced awakening or a natural awakening, no one knows what abilities will be revealed.”

“That’s right, Nova. But at least I know what powers I’ll have.”

When Nova made a face of incomprehension, Haon hesitated for a moment before continuing.

“Magicians sense mana with their entire bodies. Even though I can no longer use magic, I can still sense mana. The path to mana is already open in my body.”

It was difficult to organize and explain in words what was in his head, but Haon did not want to ignore the people who were worried about him and do something about it.

So, I tried my best to make it as understandable as possible for them.

“Since the direction in which the power will expand has been determined, the ability that will be manifested in me through awakening will probably be ‘sensation with mana.’ It is probably an ability that magic engineers originally possess.”

After the explanation was over, Juyeol furrowed his brows and asked in an anxious voice.

“What if it fails and runs wild? What if it explodes like a plateau and I die?”

“I thought about that too. Maybe… … .”

The three people who were listening to Ha-on became even more anxious as he hesitated again.

Ha-on asked with an awkward smile, not knowing whether he knew her feelings or not.

“Is there any elixir left at headquarters?”