This Villain is Soft - Chapter 134



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Episode 134

Joo-yeol suddenly recalled the memory from just before he opened his eyes.

Bae An-jae, who was almost dead, rushed at Ha-on, so he stopped him, swung his fist, and was pushed back towards the dimensional gate, staggering.

Then, it seemed like I had touched a thin pillar of black energy that was disappearing.

After that, it was just a feeling of being swept away somewhere.

“… … Could this be another dimension? Hey. Is this really the dimension I live in?”

[Information not entered.]

“Ah, you tin hamster.”

[I am Ttiyong!]

Juyeol sighed in exhaustion at Ttyong’s proud attitude.

“How did you follow me here?”

[I must protect my master!]

“Who asked that? I fell into a place I don’t even know, and does that matter now?”

[That’s my job!]

“… … .”

Joo-yeol, recalling the settings Ha-on had set, let out a sigh as he gave in to the feeling of floating.

A little hero who protects me in any situation.

Besides, since he said he was going back home, he could have pretended not to know about the comfort of an unfamiliar dimension, but he didn’t.

Haon was a hero until the end.

Joo-yeol clicked his tongue as he recalled the moment when his body tilted towards the dimensional gate.

I felt helpless because of my ability to become one with shadows at will, but to be pushed out of there was quite a blow to my pride.

‘But I’m the only one who got involved, so I’ll be okay, right? I hope you don’t blame yourself… … .’

I was worried about how much Ha-on, who was very tearful and had a soft heart, would be crying by now.

And my younger brother, who I thought was dead.

‘Hye-seong also lost a lot of blood… … Sol-mae will treat him well. Since Halo went with him, he probably wouldn’t have been attacked by other villains in the middle.’

Anyway, it was good that they both lived, Joo-yeol thought to himself as he looked around, wondering if there was a hidden path somewhere.

‘It’s empty.’

There was endless darkness spread out.

Then, at one moment, a light went off in Juyeol’s head.

‘… … Void? Is this the void area that Haon was talking about?’

Now that I think about it, Haon said this about the dimensional gate that was emitting black energy pillars.

“Just looking at the schematics, it looks like it’s trying to open a window connected to the void realm.”

And when I touched the black energy pillar, I felt as if I was being swept away somewhere.

He knew nothing about the Void Realm, but he seemed to know that this was no ordinary space.

But if this place is truly a void realm… … .

‘That dimensional gate looks like it’s been completely destroyed. Is there any way to go back?’

Joo-yeol, whose heart was starting to feel uneasy, spoke to Tti-yong.

“Hey. You were made with magic too. Find a way back. Or find Haon.”

[This area is not registered on the map!]

“… … .”

Is this how I’m going to die? No, I might already be dead. I might just be dying very slowly.

‘Is it better to die than to endure eternity without dying?’

A floating grave, alone in a dark space with nothing, or rather, with a mechanical hamster.

It was a far cry from the death I had imagined.

Joo-yeol withdrew all his strength from his body and fell into the darkness.

There was no way to return to Haon.

“Should you be thankful that you have ‘another universe fever’?”

The moment I muttered that as if talking to myself, laughter erupted.

How could Eunhaon be happy to be with someone other than me?

My heart was pounding and my jaw clenched on its own.

Perhaps it was natural that Haon was in my heart.

From the moment we first met, Haon only looked at me. Even though he knew that she had found another man in me… … .

Even though he knew that, and foolishly did not believe Ha-on’s words, didn’t he end up liking her?

Joo-yeol was convinced that anyone who looked at Ha-on properly would never be able to hate her.

Because of my lack of faith, I ended up hurting Ha-on deeply, but even so, I couldn’t help but hold Ha-on in my heart as he poured in like sunlight.

If you look closely, Ha-on, who is timid and tearful, is always self-willed.

Even if I push you away coldly, you somehow come after me and shake my heart. Now that I think I can properly confess my feelings, I’m going to leave.

The more I thought about Haon, the more my heart started pounding happily.

‘If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have rushed you.’

Joo-yeol smiled bitterly.

When I found out that Haon was preparing to go home.

Thanks to you, I was able to briefly learn what happiness and peace in life were.

I’ll miss you when you leave, but let’s each live well in our own universes.

But it’s still a shame, so leave this tin hamster behind.

My mind was filled with thoughts that I should have said that.

Joo-yeol covered his tearful eyes and let out a trembling breath. His heart, which had been beating happily, gradually slowed down.

The face that had been calling me, “Juyeol-ah!” with a big smile came to mind.

‘How can I miss you so much after not seeing you for so long? I don’t know how I endured it when we didn’t see each other for so long.’

Whether I closed my eyes or opened them, it made no difference. I felt trapped in empty darkness.

All I had left was the mechanical hamster that Haon had made for me.

“… … Hey. What have you been doing since a while ago?”

Joo-yeol sat on my chest and tapped the light that was blinking on the belt.

[They’re sending out a distress signal.]

“signal?”

[Areas that cannot be found on the map cannot be considered safe. I will take the owner to a safe place.]

Even while answering, Ttiyong didn’t stop blinking his signal.

Ju-yeol wondered how far the rescue signal would reach in this void area, where he didn’t even know where it was located, and if it would even reach him.

But the white noise coming from the blinking lights on the Ttiyong strangely gave me a sense of stability, so I closed my eyes and listened to the sound without saying anything.

Blink.

Blink.

Blink.

Ss …

Blink.

“… … ?”

Joo-yeol opened his eyes and flinched when he felt a strange noise mixed in the middle.

In the empty space where there was clearly nothing, very fine and tiny strings appeared and trembled.

“Hey. What is this?”

When Juyeol asked, pulling out a gun from its holster, Ttyong answered.

[It’s a string.]

“Did you ask that?”

[It’s a vibrating string.]

“This is driving me crazy.”

He floated around with nowhere to set foot, looking around cautiously.

The strings were just vibrating, but this was unknown territory. There was no way to guess what was going to happen.

At that moment, the vibration of the strings grew stronger and they became entangled, suddenly transforming into several mirrors.

“……mirror?”

[It’s a mirror!]

At some point, Ttyong stopped sending distress signals and curled up into a ball.

The column was floating in a state of weightlessness, slightly rotating, and the mirrors rotated along with his field of vision.

How many laps did I do like that?

Suddenly, a familiar face appeared in the mirror and Juyeol’s face hardened.

The mirrors reflected my mother, who had passed away when I was very young. Each mirror contained a different image of my mother.

I was wondering if this was not the void realm but the afterlife, when all of a sudden, the mothers in the mirror started moving all at once.

Juyeol looked at the mirrors as if he was possessed.

It was definitely the mother in my memories, but there were also images that I was completely unaware of.

But the sight of all mothers smiling brightly while holding their young children in their arms was certainly familiar.

In an instant, the mother in the mirror lost her life in a traffic accident.

“Hey, wait a minute. Why is this happening all of a sudden… … .”

As the cold-hearted Juyeol reached out to the mirror, all the mothers in the other mirrors began to die, each for their own reasons.

“… … .”

Juyeol stood there in a daze, forgetting to exhale, feeling as if all the blood had drained from his body.

“why…….”

Then, realizing that they were mothers from another universe, she covered her eyes with her hands.

Just as his own mother had died in an accident, the mothers of the ‘other universes’ had also died long ago for some reason.

“This kind of thing… … why on earth are you showing me this!”

As he cried out in frustration, the mirror began to vibrate rattling.

“Who said you wanted to see something like this?”

Joo-yeol shot the mirrors with the gun he was holding in his hand, bang, bang, shattering them.

In an instant, the magazine was empty and the gun only made a tick, tick, sound, so I ended up throwing the gun and breaking the mirror.

Shards of broken mirror orbited around him as he gasped for breath.

Parts of the image continued to play on each section of the shattered mirror.

“Fuck! If this isn’t hell, then what is!”

The moment Juyeol exploded in anger and started swearing, the mirror fragments that had been revolving around him suddenly stopped.

And then they all flew towards Juyeol.

“… … !”

While he was frozen by the unexpected event, Ttiyong suddenly jumped up and transformed into a large sphere.

[Master! It’s dangerous!]

“What, wait─”

────!

The shards of the mirror flashed, a bright light spread before my eyes, and a loud noise that seemed as if even the dark space would split apart shook my head.

“Ugh.”

Joo-yeol closed his eyes tightly and covered his head. When the vibrations he felt throughout his body subsided, he raised his head.

“… … !”

Before my eyes, only the fragments of the disintegrated Taeyong were scattered in small pieces.