This Villain is Soft - Chapter 148



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Episode 148

Joo-yeol continued speaking with an expression that showed his complicated feelings.

“Haon, from the moment I first saw you, it felt so natural for you to approach me? Did you make it so?”

“If anyone heard that, they would misunderstand.”

“I won’t say no.”

“What’s wrong with making it so Haon can always come to me and lean on me?”

“I didn’t say it was bad. I said it was annoying. It seems like you’ve been tamed with selfish intentions.”

“Wh, what? What the heck… …!”

‘Space Heat’ blushed at the blunt words.

How could he say something like that to Haon? I just thought that guy was too bad to be kept by Haon’s side.

“I had selfish intentions, but to say I tamed it or something like that is excessive! Don’t make assumptions. I just did what my heart wanted.”

“… …Why are you making such a bashful expression on my face? You’re unlucky, so get rid of that shy expression.”

At Joo-yeol’s trembling words, ‘Woo-joo-yeol’ said, pulling his hat down to cover his face.

“You said you would respect Haon’s choice, so keep your word.”

“I told you I would do that.”

Joo-yeol answered calmly and wiped the sweat on his palms on his pants.

“What would you do if I suddenly disappeared?”

“I’m going to design equipment that can be used without me, so it’ll be hard to contact you and you’ll be busy.”

Ha-on’s words, which made a corner of my heart tremble, lingered in my head.

* * *

“Come in!”

Haon smiled bashfully as he hugged the waists of the two spaceships that entered the break room.

“Where did you two go?”

“Just looking around District 3.”

“Haon, how have you been? You seem busy today.”

‘Space Heat’ turned Ha-on’s attention away without saying a word about what happened in Area 3.

“I decided to change the material of the heroes’ activewear. I’m going to make it thin and light, but with excellent bulletproof vests, like the ones I made for Nova.”

“So you made those clothes.”

“Doesn’t it go well with Nova? I put a lot of thought into making it.”

“… … Yeah. Just looking at it, even the outfit is your style.”

“No, that’s not it.”

Haon rolled his eyes and looked at Juyeol.

However, Juyeol’s expression became sullen as he remembered that Nova had received clothes as a gift from Haon before him.

“You didn’t make anything for Nova again, did you?”

“yet.”

“Not yet? So you’re thinking of making it?”

“I’ll make some shoes for you when I have some spare time. I guess they can’t handle Nova’s power, so they change shoes almost every day. I should make some armor for Chacha and Bunny too.”

“Let’s make the Nova Gun later. After we change all the hero uniforms and weapons.”

“Hmm? Can’t you make it before then?”

“No. You don’t have to do that. You don’t have to make it at all.”

“What is Nova’s opinion…?”

Woo Joo-yeol, who had been quietly watching Ha-on and Ju-yeol’s conversation, stroked Ha-on’s hair and asked.

“Haon-ah. Are you having fun working there?”

“Yeah! I would have gone there more often if they hadn’t been renovating the old town.”

At the answer that came back with a bright smile, ‘Woo Joo-yeol’ also tried to raise the corners of his lips.

“……I see.”

“And today the team leader─”

Haon was babbling about what happened in the engineering lab, and the two spacemen listened tirelessly.

Before he knew it, Ha-on’s eyelids had become heavy, and the three of them laid down side by side on a wide bed in the living room.

Ha-on, lying on his back between Ju-yeol and ‘Space Heat’, muttered with a satisfied sigh.

“It’s so nice to have both.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

The two spaceships lying in the direction of Haon briefly glanced at each other.

That day too, Ha-on fell asleep while watching ‘Space Heat’ and around dawn, he was hugged tightly by Ju-yeol.

‘Space Heat’, who had been watching the process with his eyes, quietly came out from under the blanket.

At that sound, Juyeol opened his eyes and gave him a look telling him not to talk nonsense, but ‘he’ only looked at Haon, who was held in his thick arms, and then headed out of the break room.

I walked through the hallway where only the faint sound of machines could be heard and entered the warehouse I had been eyeing.

‘Space Heat’ sat with his back against a shelf filled with daily necessities and played with his cell phone.

“Nana. Now let’s get ready to go home.”

[Should we activate the multiverse signaling device?]

“Not yet. Just get ready. You can leave anytime tomorrow.”

‘He’ created a dimensional gate to get here together with professors from the Department of Magic Engineering at Gimpo Institute of Technology.

Even now, the professors are probably just waiting for ‘him’ to send a signal to the dimensional gate to return.

Although the multiverse was not my specialty, and I only ran errands for the professors, all the researchers agreed that there was no one better than me to cross dimensions to fetch Haon.

Haon, who was seen as an afterimage in the dimensional gap by ‘Space Heat’, was in pain.

If by any chance it was a dying figure, and if Haon had already died when we arrived here… … .

‘I guess he thought his family should at least give him a proper funeral.’

Even if that weren’t the case, everyone seemed afraid to jump directly into dimension travel, where success wasn’t guaranteed.

‘He’ stopped tapping his phone and took a handkerchief out of his pocket and unfolded it.

Inside was a single strand of thin brown hair. It was hair rich in mana.

‘Woo Joo-yeol’ stared at it with a complicated expression and then moved his cell phone.

“Nana. Set the owner of this mana as your companion for dimension movement.”

[According to the scan results, the registered magician on your device is Eunhaon. Would you like to ask for my permission to accompany you through this device?]

“no.”

[I will not ask for your consent. Should I classify Eunhaon as a person subject to forced movement?]

‘Woo Joo-yeol’, who had been hesitating, answered softly.

“okay.”

[Classify the Magic Engineer Eunhaon as a forced mover. When the multiverse signal device is activated, transmit the movement signal of ‘Juyeol’ and his companion to the dimensional gate.]

“… … .”

‘Space Heat’ put his cell phone away and washed his face dry.

‘Are you going to blame me?’

The chief of the house said that he would respect Ha-on’s choice, but ‘he’ became more and more scared the more he saw Ha-on living here.

I didn’t mean to have a hard time here, but I’m doing much better than I expected.

Even though he didn’t have a proper home and lived in an office that he decorated like a home, he seemed to lack nothing.

It could be because Haon is so outgoing and doesn’t have any particular desires outside of the lab, but it didn’t even seem like he had a personal lab.

‘When I go back, I will have my own personal research lab at school, my father and I will be there, and although Haon may not be interested, the country will give me a medal. Above all, it is the place where Haon was born and raised.’

With an impatient expression, ‘he’ listed the reasons why Ha-on had to go back as if making excuses to himself.

‘It’s too dangerous here, and Haon said he wanted to see me. I’m sure he’ll like it when I go back.’

However, I decided to think that the uneasy feeling that could not be appeased was a feeling of guilt.

* * *

The next day, as Juyeol was about to leave the break room, he returned to Haon and asked her a question.

“Are we meeting in this building today?”

“Yeah. I really wanted to introduce you to ‘Juyeol’, and luckily, I guess you have time.”

“… … .”

Joo-yeol caressed Ha-on’s expectant face and smiled faintly.

“The weather is nice today. I put a table by the window in the office.”

“Really? You didn’t have to do that. When did you even move the table? Thank you!”

Haon opened his eyes wide and smiled brightly.

Juyeol couldn’t hold back his heart-wrenching smile as he hugged Haon tightly and then let go.

“I’ll go and come back.”

“Okay. Take care on your way.”

Ha-on waved to Ju-yeol as he left the break room and headed to the reception room with ‘Woo-joo-yeol’.

Just as Juyeol had said, there was a table next to the window. There was even a small vase of cookies, which must have been prepared at some point.

“Wow.”

Ha-on, who was admiring them with a moved expression, checked the time and sat down next to ‘Woo Joo-yeol’ first.

“He will be here soon.”

‘Woo Joo-yeol’, who had been keeping his mouth shut with a pensive expression the whole time, opened his mouth.

“Haon-ah. Who are you meeting today?”

“Hmm. You’ll know when you see it.”

“Do I know this face?”

“It’s my first time seeing it, but I guess it looks familiar?”

Even though he answered in an excited voice, ‘Woo Joo-yeol’ rolled his eyes because no one came to mind, and then noticed Ha-on’s legs shaking back and forth.

“… … I guess you’re really looking forward to it.”

“Yeah! I met this person here as a gift.”

At the word ‘gift’, Woo Joo-yeol suddenly became scared again.

‘Aside from me here, and the guy named Nova, is there anyone else? Aside from the friends you’ve made on your own?’

I asked in a trembling voice, suppressing the urge to question him right away.

“By any chance, I… … . didn’t miss home?”

Then Haon slowly shook his head as if to ask what that meant.

“No way. I even created a dimensional portal to get back home. It’s all broken now though.”

“… … !”

A look of anticipation crossed his face.

“You created a dimensional gate? Because you wanted to leave this place?”