This Villain is Soft - Chapter 121



Only Noblemtl

Episode 121

Haon entered the hero headquarters wearing the overalls of Engineer Team A and his face covered by a hat and mask.

Although he has regained his magical powers, he still cannot properly control mana, so it has been decided to keep the fact that he is alive a secret.

Even at headquarters, no one knew that Ha-on was alive except for Hunter, River, Chaser, Team Leader Kim Song-mi, and Deputy Team Leader Noh Hye-jeong.

That’s why, whenever they saw Ha-on walking with Ju-yeol, the staff at headquarters greeted him warmly.

“Hello, Assistant Manager!”

“I will send you the information you mentioned yesterday by today.”

“Vice-Chief, why do you look so small today? Have you eaten?”

Ha-on felt a strange feeling as he watched people passing by, each greeting him warmly, thinking he was Deputy Team Leader Noh Hye-jeong.

It was stranger than being mistaken for ‘Eunhaon’.

As we arrived in front of Hunter’s office and took off our hats and masks, Joo-yeol, who had been walking silently, opened his mouth.

“If your condition gets even a little worse, you can go back right away.”

“Yeah.”

Haon nodded and looked up at him with courage. Their eyes met, as if he had been watching me for some time.

If you think about it, it’s always been like that.

When I looked at Juyeol, I often made eye contact with him. He was always looking at me.

“I told you that I would have something to say after you introduced me to someone.”

“… … .”

“I think I should tell you that today.”

He answered with an anxious expression, wondering what he was thinking.

“Don’t pay too much attention to what I said earlier. That was… … .”

Then, unable to continue speaking, he shut his mouth tightly and placed his hand on Ha-on’s shoulder.

“No, I’ll cancel. I really can’t do that.”

Instead of hesitation, Juyeol’s voice was filled with pleading.

“Be careful. Be tense, conscious, and thoughtful enough not to have any other thoughts. Don’t get confused with that kid again.”

Haon swallowed a groan as he felt his heart pounding.

It felt like an emotion I couldn’t ignore was engulfing even my shadow.

As I lowered my gaze, my breath hitching at the sight of his eyes that seemed as if he was going to devour me, I noticed his closed lips.

Suddenly something I had forgotten came to mind.

“Come to think of it, I made an elixir… … .”

As Ha-on unconsciously touched his lips with his hand, Ju-yeol’s lips slightly rose.

“That’s right. I fed it.”

“… … !”

Haon abruptly removed his hand from his lips as if he had been caught doing something wrong. His face instantly turned red.

“I can’t think of it as a dog, but I was selfish in that situation.”

Joo-yeol rubbed Ha-on’s lips with his thumb.

Ha-on unconsciously shut his lips as all the thoughts in his head evaporated and his face turned white.

“I’ve always had selfish intentions. Every time I slept next to you, every time I touched you. Even now… … .”

His hands moved more and more slowly.

Haon was out of his mind, beating so fast his heart hurt.

‘What is this? What should I do? Why am I out of breath?’

Even though my face was burning hot and I felt like it was going to burst, I couldn’t even think about pulling his hand away and just kept my eyes tightly shut.

The hand that was touching my lips stopped.

“Why are you closing your eyes when you look forward to it?”

There was a hint of bewilderment in the low, cracking voice of the sergeant.

Haon trembled with a bright red face.

“Joo, Joo-yeol can’t look at your face.”

“… … Then that’s right.”

When he laughed and took his hand away, Haon finally let out a gasp and wiped her lips with the back of her hand.

“Did I get something dirty on me?”

“No, that’s not it. It’s just too hot and ticklish.”

“You really should say things like that… … . That’s enough.”

Joo-yeol rubbed the back of his reddened neck and then knocked on the door of Hunter’s office.

“Come in,” came the reply from inside the door.

As the two entered, Hunter took off his glasses and pressed his eyes tightly together.

“Now I do more paperwork than field work. Is this heroism or office work?”

She looked back and forth between Ha-on and Ju-yeol, who were standing in front of the desk, with tired faces.

“Oh, hello? You were looking for me… … .”

As Haon greeted him, looking around, the hunter spoke nervously.

“I don’t know why I care about what others think when I do whatever I want.”

“Me, me?”

“Let’s talk about the very blatant illegal forced awakening attempt later.”

“Ah! That’s… … !”

Haon felt like he was sweating profusely. He wondered if she had called him to scold him.

“What happened to the sniper?”

“We haven’t had any separate contact since that day. We’ve never even encountered each other by chance.”

Then, he quickly became curious about what the two people were saying and made a puzzled expression.

“Did you make contact with the sniper?”

“Well, I did get some help. It was the sniper who got me the elixir, and the one who told me about the villain who was communicating with the guards at the Kwon Young Rehabilitation Center.”

“Really? Why did the sniper do that?”

“It seemed like he wanted to get away from Bae An-jae with Halo, but I don’t know the details.”

“ah…….”

Haon thought of the unstable state of the sniper and Halo drawing blood to create a drug that would alleviate it.

Probably still picking.

This must mean that the medicine made by Bae An-jae is effective.

“Even if I can’t make you turn this way, can’t I make you betray them?”

Haon shook his head at the hunter’s question.

“That’ll be tough. The Sniper has everything Bae An-jae needs, and Halo will stay there for the sake of his sick daughter.”

As soon as he finished speaking, silence fell on the office.

“……hmm?”

Haon looked back and forth between the two people, and Hunter asked in confusion.

“A daughter?”

“I’m talking about the sniper. … … Huh? Don’t you know that those two are mother and daughter?”

“That’s ridiculous. That can’t be true.”

The hunter immediately denied it, as if he had heard something absurd.

But Haon was confident. It wasn’t just a guess.

“It’s true. I thought it was strange that they were administering drugs with a lot of Halo blood to the sniper, so I did a genetic test.”

On the day I received the empty syringe that River had brought from the underground base of Baeanjae’s port, I conducted various tests based on the traces left on it.

“They are mother and daughter. I thought headquarters would know.”

Haon found it rather strange that Hunter didn’t know this fact, but she still looked confused.

“As far as I know, Halo has never been pregnant.”

“yes?”

“I was out of sight for a year, but I met Halo a few times during that time… … .”

The hunter who had been speaking stopped. His confused expression gradually changed to shock, and then he took on a look of despair.

“… … You fooled me with your abilities. You gave birth to a child during the year you were in hiding.”

“So the rumor that the sniper was a former Russian spy trainee was just a rumor? I thought it was true.”

Joo-yeol spoke absentmindedly, then narrowed his eyebrows slightly as if he remembered something.

“The last time I saw the sniper, he seemed a little strange.”

He recalled the day he received information about the prison guard.

“This is the last time we’ll see each other like this. Next time we meet, one of us will be dead.”

“─That’s what I said, but it didn’t feel like a declaration of war with enough determination.”

At his words, the hunter opened his mouth with difficulty.

“Have you heard anything about Halo?”

“Yes. Because when I asked about Halo, he didn’t even answer.”

“… … .”

The hunter wiped his stuffy face and gathered his wits. Her face, free of confused emotions, looked solid.

“And now, let me tell you about Eunhaon.”

“No, yes!”

Haon, who was very nervous because it was suddenly his turn, focused on what Hunter was saying.

“After dealing with the Bae An Jae, can you reseal your abilities?”

“……yes?”

“Hunter!”

As Juyeol leaned towards the desk in a hurry, Haon grabbed his arm as if to say that it was okay.

“Magic engineering is a technology and ability that does not exist here. If you have bad intentions, there may be no one who can stop you.”

“Do you think regulation is necessary?”

“Yeah. I wonder if it would be different if they were to be assigned to the Hero Headquarters. The government wouldn’t just sit back and do nothing about it either.”

Haon could understand what Hunter meant by this.

Because he himself did not reveal the existence of the dimensional gate for similar reasons.

“You don’t have to worry about that.”

But that won’t happen, because.

“Because once I catch the belly button… … .”

Haon felt it was too difficult to utter the following words.

The hand holding Juyeol’s sleeve tightened. I didn’t mean to tell him this.

The lips that had been twitching barely moved again.

“And then I… … plan on going back to where I came from.”