This Villain is Soft - Chapter 50



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Episode 50

‘……no.’

My heart was pounding with anxiety, so I stormed out of the lab and ran to the cafe.

It might be okay if there’s even a bunny next to you.

He also invited Chacha to a cafe and invited her to chat all night.

But there was no one in the cafe.

“ah…….”

Only then did I remember that today wasn’t the day Barney came to work.

So I said I was going to travel to different places with Chacha.

Haon couldn’t sit anywhere and just loitered around the sofa.

All the seats were empty, but it felt like there was no seat for me.

In an instant, I felt like vomiting and my eyes became so hot that they almost stung.

Parangi doesn’t appear even once in my dreams.

I couldn’t even apologize in my dreams.

It’s my fault. I did something wrong.

I made you die.

While I was muttering, ‘Juyeol’ sat next to me and kept whispering that it was not true.

“It’s not your fault, it’s the terrorists’ fault.”

“Those guys are bad.”

“Blue won’t blame you.”

When I heard that, it really didn’t seem like it was my fault.

Every year, I felt like I was suffocating from the recurring guilt, but ‘Juyeol’ always created a hole for me to escape.

But there was no such breathing space here. It was just a swamp.

Because of me… … .

I have blue… … .

A thorny feeling of guilt dragged Ha-on down, down.

The more I struggle to escape, the more the loneliness of having no one by my side chokes me.

* * *

Ha-on ended up going to Ju-yeol’s house.

The house was empty, perhaps because he hadn’t returned yet.

‘If you go into an uninhabited house without permission… … that won’t work, right?’

Even if that weren’t the case, I didn’t have the confidence to sit alone in an empty house.

Haon, who was thinking, put down the paper bag containing the ingredients and leaned his back against the wall.

‘I told you not to come, but will you listen to me if I say I came?’

Even so, I had no intention of going back. I didn’t have the courage to do so.

I really didn’t want to be alone today.

Urrrr… … .

Haon flinched at the sound of a shallow thunder.

I looked up at the sky and saw dark clouds covering it without a single space.

‘Barney said it looked like it was going to rain.’

Thud. Thud.

As soon as I thought that, raindrops started to fall.

The asphalt became wet and a distinctive road smell rose up.

“… … !”

At that moment, Haon suddenly woke up.

It seemed as if a scream was coming from somewhere.

The voice was thin.

‘Are you a child?’

Haon got up from his seat, feeling his heart pounding.

“Blue. Take me to where the screaming just came from.”

[The guide begins!]

Before Blue could finish speaking, he ran into the rain.

Every time I took a step, the ground felt like it was sinking.

Hurry up. I had to find it quickly.

Shh …

The rain that had been falling gently suddenly turned into a downpour.

The rain was so heavy that the skin felt stinging as it touched the raindrops.

I could feel the rain splashing under my feet, but the rain was so heavy that I couldn’t hear any sound.

If it rained like this, it was clear that even if I screamed, it wouldn’t be heard.

Haon, who had hurriedly entered the alley following Blue’s instructions, found a girl sitting down and sobbing.

“… … !”

A skinny woman grabbed the boy and shook him roughly, trying to take something from him.

Haon blasted the mana bullet straight away without even having time to check what it was.

Thud!

The woman was slumped against the wall, unconscious, and the girl was sobbing, clutching a small bottle.

Haon, who found out what the bottle was, approached the child and held out his hand.

“You shouldn’t eat that.”

“Well, I wasn’t planning on eating it. My mom kept eating it and it made me feel weird, so I was trying to stop her from eating it… … .”

The girl placed the potion bottle on Haon’s hand.

Haon was quite flustered because he didn’t know that the person he attacked was this child’s mother.

“Sorry.”

When I apologized, the child shook his head.

“Go home. If you see anything like this again, just break it.”

“Yes, I will.”

Then I picked up my mother and went into a nearby building.

Haon stood there blankly for a while, getting rained on.

On this day, the ground beneath my feet felt particularly empty.

It’s like walking around without knowing what you’re standing on.

I felt like I didn’t know when my feet would sink and I would fall into the abyss.

Haon, who had been standing still for a while, took a step forward.

‘Juyeol might have come back.’

I decided to go back to Anga.

I thought the paper bag I left in front of the door might be soaked. I hoped there weren’t any groceries rolling around on the floor.

I don’t know how many steps I took, but suddenly a lightning bolt struck me, turning my vision white.

It was the scythe of death that took away the lovely sunshine.

“… … !”

I felt like my feet were sinking deep into the darkness and my breath was caught in my throat.

Soon, a huge thunder that shook the heavens and the earth broke through the torrential rain.

“Ugh─.”

Haon took a deep breath at the sensation piercing his eardrums.

A lightning-like surge of mana.

The sight of the terrorists’ murderous mana raining down on people’s heads was played over and over again.

The building is collapsing.

An arm wearing a bracelet was found in the rubble.

Even I myself collapse in front of it.

The ground beneath my feet is crumbling.

The mana of the terrorists who had destroyed everything roared above their heads again.

Haon clutched his chest and sat down on the floor.

I don’t know how long I’ve been holding my breath.

I was clearly breathing, but my breathing was so suffocating that my ears started to feel stuffy.

“Blue… … . Blue… … .”

What I inhaled was a nightmare, and what I exhaled was my soul.

Was breathing always this painful?

My chest felt like it was going to burst as soon as I tightened it.

“Hey. What are you doing here again?”

Then someone sat down in front with his knees folded.

“main…….”

Haon was so out of breath that he couldn’t even call his name properly.

I pressed my chest again with the hand that had been reaching out towards him.

Juyeol, who noticed something strange, grabbed Haon’s shoulder.

“Why is it like this? Hey. Take a deep breath.”

Haon shut his eyes tightly as his head felt dizzy.

Juyeol’s eyes trembled slightly at the sight of her seemingly losing her breath at any moment.

“Breathe. Hey. Wake up! Eunhaon!”

“Ugh… … . Huh… … .”

He chewed on a small curse, cupped her pale cheek, and pressed his lips together.

Shh …

In this place where only darkness and the sound of rain existed, an unfamiliar warmth was felt.

“… … !”

Haon realized belatedly what had happened and opened his eyes wide.

Juyeol’s downcast eyes were staring at me as if they would pierce me.

I couldn’t take my eyes off those black eyes.

As I flinched, feeling as if I was being swallowed by something, a large hand gently touched my cheek as if to say it was okay.

I wanted to be fooled by the affectionate touch.

It’s really okay. It’s not my fault.

As he gave and took, my breathing gradually calmed down.

Is this what it means for lips to touch?

Our lips touched, but the warmth spread to my chest.

It was strange. Until just now, there was mud under my feet, but now I was on solid ground.

It was so painful to breathe that I felt like I was going to die, but now it’s what keeps me alive.

The lips fell very slowly.

He leaned his forehead against mine once and then moved away.

Haon unconsciously grabbed the hem of his clothes. Only then did he see that he was wearing a black suit.

The stopped Juyeol’s throat moved and stood out.

He tilted his head down again, then stopped at some point as if holding it in.

That alone was close enough.

He carefully touched Haon’s lips with his trembling hands.

“… …Why are you doing this?”

The voice was hoarse.

In an instant, tears fell from Haon’s eyes along with a sense of relief that made his breathing easier.

“Juyeol-ah.”

Joo-yeol froze at Ha-on’s action of hugging him tightly against his chest, then slowly wrapped his arms around him and hugged him.

It was heartbreaking to see her sobbing in my arms.

He walked through the rain, holding Haon tightly in his arms.

As he walked towards Anga, step by step, Haon got further and further away from the swamp.

* * *

Ha-on came out of the bathroom wearing Joo-yeol’s borrowed clothes.

They said that the clothes were too small to wear anymore, but they were really big for Haon.

As my head, which had been spinning like I had a fever, calmed down, I kept thinking about what had happened in the rain.

Haon held onto the doorknob and stamped his feet until he was about to leave the bathroom.

‘Juyeol was just helping, but… … .’

His actions were perfectly plain and the prescription was appropriate, but his lips still felt as if they had been burned.

Haon buried his hot face in the towel and shook his head violently.

‘It was my first time doing something like that… …!’

Aside from kissing the orphanage director, I had never even touched a man’s cheek with my lips.

Haon’s only interest since he was young was magic engineering. He really only studied.

Even if that weren’t the case, I went to school by skipping a grade, entering early, and graduating early.

I always took classes with people much older than me, and the war started before I even became an adult.

I had no time or intention of having a romantic relationship.

Ha-on, who still raised his head with a red face, suddenly thought that maybe this wasn’t right.

‘Juyeol is a hero and saves people in trouble… … It might be rude to even think like that.’

He gripped the towel tightly in his hand and spoke firmly to himself.

‘So it’s just something to be thankful for. It’s not like it’s your first kiss or anything.’

Dalgrak. Dalgrak.

Just then, a noise came from the kitchen, waking me from my embarrassing thoughts.