This Villain is Soft - Chapter 33



Only Noblemtl

Episode 33

Bunny, a part-time worker working in the waiting room and cafe on the first floor of the Galaxy Research Institute, was wiping cups, but his ears and mind were focused elsewhere.

Directly to Haon and Nova, who were sitting next to each other on the sofa and whispering.

‘Didn’t we break up?’

Nova didn’t let the men who showed interest in Haon go unnoticed, but that was it.

As if telling me not to touch my stuff.

Anyone who saw Haon’s usual expression and attitude would have thought he was chasing after Nova.

When Nova affectionately tucked Haon’s hair behind his ear, my eyes almost popped out.

Seeing how their relationship had reversed, it was clear that Nova had begged and begged for them to start dating again.

Wasn’t it Nova who knocked on the lab door every other day?

I thought I had switched to Ghost, but this is what happened in the end.

Bunny wiped the last cup down and quietly took out his cell phone.

I couldn’t keep this exciting news to myself. I had to tell Chacha right away.

Meanwhile, Haon and Nova, sitting close together on the sofa, continued their conversation in a voice that Bani couldn’t hear.

“─So I tried different types of sleeping pills, but they didn’t work.”

“That must be hard. But honey, what are we doing now?”

Haon smiled, holding a mug of warm tea with both hands.

“Tell me about your hardships?”

“therefore…….”

Nova looked around, speechless at the situation that she couldn’t understand at all.

Bunny, who was fiddling with his cell phone, turned his head in surprise.

He pointed at Bunny as if he was finally starting to understand.

“Aha. Is that because that little kid is watching?”

“So it’s true that I spoke quietly… … .”

“If that’s the case, let’s go up to the penthouse. The sun has already set.”

“Huh? That’s right!”

Haon checked the time and jumped up.

“Bunny. Get off work quickly.”

After seeing Ha-on’s face brighten up for the first time in a long while, Bani hurriedly left the place. His steps were very light as he thought about meeting Cha-cha and chatting.

Haon, standing in front of the elevator, waved at Nova who was following him.

“Oh, just wait a minute. I’ll be right back.”

The elevator that went up carrying Ha-on then came back down and a blanket came out.

“Hey, can you please take just this one?”

As Nova lifted one of the blankets with a puzzled look on her face, a tired and cute face appeared.

Haon, who smiled bashfully, took the blanket to the sofa and put it down, then dimmed the lights on the first floor.

Novado also put down the blanket he had been holding at his side. His expression seemed to be one of surprise.

“Here?”

“Actually, I threw away the bed. And the sofa is soft.”

He shrugged and chuckled.

“I don’t mind though.”

I reached out with a face that looked young, and Ha-on was curled up on the sofa, wrapped in a blanket.

“Good night, Nova.”

His mumbling voice was full of fatigue.

Nova, who had been blinking with her hands outstretched, opened her mouth.

“Are you sleeping?”

“Ugh. I’m sleepy.”

From the moment he set foot in the lab, he was bewildered by the completely different situation than he had expected.

“Honey. I’m a little confused right now. Are you really saying you’re just going to sleep?”

“So? Do you need anything?”

And the moment Haon slowly poked his head out of the blanket, his spirits suddenly gave out.

Nova, who had lost all motivation in front of the harmless face, sat down next to Haon.

“… … No. Okay.”

“Yes. Good night.”

The drooping voice had no energy at all, so I laughed in vain.

Nova sat quietly, resting her arms on the back of the chair, muttering.

“Are you sleeping?”

I thought of Dr. Eun’s slender neck, which appeared from nowhere.

That very nape of the neck buried under the blanket.

It looks so fragile that it looks like it could break if I just applied a little force, but it sleeps in front of me without any fear.

I was really asleep when I could hear the sound of breathing.

‘Should I just kill him?’

Nova stared at the bundle of blankets curled up in a ball under the dim light.

If you give other people the ‘gift’ you don’t give to me, it will only be a nuisance.

It could kill you in an instant.

‘But it’s fun. He also said he’d make something for me, even though it wasn’t a weapon.’

He withdrew his hand from the blanket and stroked his chin.

It looked funny from the first time I saw it. It had Eunhaon’s face and such a fierce expression.

It was also strange to see her cry with that face. Eunhaon never cried.

After some time had passed, a groaning sound was suddenly heard from under the blanket.

“Ugh, uh… … huh… … .”

Nova recalled what Haon had said earlier. He had said that he was having nightmares about what had happened back home.

When I was thinking, what will happen then?

“Ugh… … !”

Haon let out a choking sound and suddenly raised his upper body.

He was panting with a pale, tired face, his shoulders shaking.

Nova, who had been looking at me with surprised eyes for a rare moment, gently pushed the hair that was stuck to her with cold sweat behind her ear.

Haon looked dazed and confused, as if he didn’t even know who was next to him.

The moment I was about to call her, “Honey,” she bent down and buried her face in the blanket.

And then he whined someone’s name.

“Juyeol… … .”

“… … .”

Nova froze for a moment, then leaned back against the seat.

“I hired him. Dr. Eun is now my engineer.”

My discomfort rose sharply as I recalled what the ghost had said to me.

I don’t know what caused it, but I felt so bad that I wanted to grab someone and take my anger out on them.

Haon kept falling asleep for a bit throughout the night and waking up with a start.

Nova’s expression turned cold every time she called Ghost’s name while sobbing.

* * *

‘It won’t work.’

That was the first thought that came to Haon’s mind when he woke up.

Even though Nova was by my side all night, I was plagued by nightmares and couldn’t sleep properly.

I was really grateful that he was more reserved than I expected, but unfortunately it didn’t help much.

‘I feel like I slept a little more than when no one was there, but it’s still not enough.’

Haon rubbed his bloodshot eyes and struggled to tidy up the blanket.

‘Do you need Joo-yeol? Or are you unable to sleep because you don’t trust Nova?’

As I placed the messily folded blanket on one side of the sofa, Nova held out her hand.

“You said you’d make something other than a weapon. I feel bad for you, so I need to take it right now.”

“Your heart?”

Haon recalled his hazy memories of the night before at the words he didn’t understand. Since he couldn’t guess anything, he figured it was an expression to just give up anything.

“I don’t know how long it will take since it’s my first time making it.”

“It doesn’t matter. I’ll take it and go.”

“Then I’ll make it. Get some juice from over there and drink it.”

As Haon headed to the elevator, Nova followed him with brisk strides.

“You want me to wait here again? I get lonely a lot, so I want to stay by your side.”

“You can’t go up here. No one can go up there.”

He stared at the engineer, who shook his head, then asked.

“Ghost too?”

Haon tilted his head at the sudden name and then answered.

“Juyeol can go up.”

Nova let out a sigh and returned to the sofa.

‘Why are you doing that?’

Haon headed to the studio with a puzzled expression.

It was strange to make things tailored to guns and swords, having only made things tailored to magic engineering.

But there was nothing that couldn’t be done.

Haon wasn’t called a genius for nothing.

Even the magic app is newly developed to be good at dealing with guns and swords, and it’s just something made of special fibers.

The results of swinging Mana with Blue in the workshop were also plausible.

Haon returned to the cafe on the first floor about two hours after finishing the test, holding a pair of white gloves in his hands.

“gloves?”

Nova’s expression turned dull at the unexpected object.

Haon explained, “Let’s just hold the gloves without putting them on.”

“These gloves are made by absorbing mana into Kevlar. They are bulletproof, swordproof, and heatproof, and they are incomparable to those available on the market.”

“Hmm.”

Nova, who had just put on the gloves, couldn’t help but be surprised.

I’ve worn Kevlar gloves before, but none of them were this thin and easy on the fingers.

It wasn’t bothersome because the length slightly revealed the back of my hand.

“Do you like it?”

Even though there was no answer, Haon knew that he liked her.

Nova clenched and unclenched his fists without taking off his gloves.

“Where did you come from?”

“… … !”

Haon was a little surprised.

Who would have thought that someone who has no interest in me other than gifts would ask something like that?

Just a question, huh?

“I actually come from another dimension.”

“First of all, you’re a human, right? That’s enough.”

“… … ?”

Haon, who answered without much expectation, was taken aback by his reaction.

Do you believe it? And yet you don’t take it seriously?

Just when I thought he was truly an elusive person, Blue chirped.

[Haon! Who came looking for you? It’s Chacha and Bunny!]

Soon red hair appeared.

“Galaxy! I heard everything from Bunny… … .”

Chacha, who was entering the cafe with an excited expression, stopped when she saw Nova.

Bunny, who was following him, also flinched, perhaps not knowing that he was still in the lab.

“Want to hang out at a cafe?”

Chacha answered Haon’s question in a clever manner.

“Yeah. I was just trying to catch up with Bunny. You look tired, though. Did you have trouble sleeping last night?”

“I feel like I can’t even breathe.”

“I guess so.”

Chacha smiled secretly and glanced at Nova.

“Should I go see Juyeol today?”

Then, my mouth fell open at Haon’s next words.

“Wow, the Milky Way… …!”