This Villain is Soft - Chapter 61



Only Noblemtl

Episode 61

‘Should I swap it with a fake? Instead of the petty fights like before, I’ll wait for a big fight to break out. The opportunity will come soon.’

Gangs don’t run on loyalty and respect alone.

Gang members also need to be paid. If a gang is large enough to occupy a section of the old city, it must have a lot of money to spend on its subordinates.

After losing all his belongings that were to be sold on the black market and at auction, Q was left penniless.

Everyone thought that if they just left the queue alone, the gang would fall apart on its own, but they found money from somewhere.

They sold large logistics warehouses to gangs in other regions and smuggling ships to smuggling companies in Macau, which was their business partner.

‘I somehow managed to survive by selling other things besides that, but it seems like the money I earned that way has run out now, right?’

It was two days ago that Q contacted Haon, asking for money or potions, saying that he had sold all the weapons he had bought from him.

When I rejected her and returned the fancy clothes she had given me, she cursed me, calling me a merciless and unkind woman, so I blocked her.

He asked Chacha to make counterfeit money for him, but was refused.

‘Other people will know that the queue is on the edge. We need to make a counterfeit, whether we use it or not.’

As they went down to the cafe, Nova came over with a smile as if she had been waiting for them and kissed Haon on the cheek.

“Honey. Did you sleep well?”

Ha-on, who was startled, rubbed his cheek in embarrassment. Even though he had been experiencing it for almost a week, he still couldn’t get used to it.

“When will this greeting end? Are you still okay?”

“You don’t like it? It’s still hard… … . If you don’t like it, then there’s nothing you can do… … .”

Nova shrugged her shoulders and eyebrows simultaneously.

“Poetry, it’s not that I don’t like it.”

Haon shook his head, embarrassed by his sullen attitude.

Nova slightly raised her head, which had been hanging down in dejection. Her eyes looking at Haon were sad and cautious.

“Really? You’re still not scared of me?”

“I was scared until recently… …but not anymore. I know Nova helps me a lot.”

Ha-on was making excuses for himself because he looked so pitiful due to his good looks.

“I’m embarrassed. I’m really unfamiliar with that kind of thing.”

“Then you don’t hate it?”

“Of course! So don’t be upset.”

As I held Nova’s hand tightly, he nodded slowly.

Haon felt relieved only after his expression brightened.

“After all, there is no one else but you. Who else can I trust besides you?”

Nova smiled gently and led Haon to the sofa.

On the table was the food he had bought.

It was for Ha-on, who would only eat convenience store food if no one took care of him.

Haon thought carefully about the recent changes in Nova.

He was having a hard time because of ‘Eunhaon’. It seemed that he had realized belatedly that the person who had always been by his side had suddenly disappeared.

It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t troubled by the words that said it would be less difficult if we could just exchange greetings like we used to with ‘Eunhaon’…

I couldn’t ignore his sobbing words about how he couldn’t bear the feeling of loss and how lonely he was.

Haon knows how much loss and loneliness can eat away at a person’s heart.

He needed Haon’s help, and Haon thought he could help him.

In the end, I allowed her to kiss me on the cheek, and looking back now, I’m glad I did.

He has become much more quiet recently.

‘While searching for Halo, he avoids the heroes he encounters now. It doesn’t seem like he’s doing anything else.’

Moreover, he doesn’t say things like, “Make something for me” or “Love me.”

If things continue like this, he might be reformed to the point where he can no longer be called a villain.

“Honey, eat some more. After I leave, you’ll just keep drinking coffee.”

“I’ll eat it. Nova, eat some more too.”

Haon felt a sense of wonder at the sight of him pushing the strawberries in front of her.

If he just stayed like he was, I could make him a few more things.

Nova, looking at Ha-on like that, was convinced once again. There was no better way to dig into the space next to Ha-on.

There was no special trick involved.

As I had guessed from the way he treated Bunny, this Eunhaon is extremely vulnerable to weak people and the weaknesses of others.

Even if you pretend to be in pain just a little, people feel sympathy for you, and if you say that you are suffocating from the sense of loss, they don’t know what to do and try to comfort you.

If you treat them like ‘galaxies from another dimension’, their vigilance will crumble like a sand castle.

Regardless, if there is an exception that makes you anxious and hang on to everything, it would be Ghost.

Even though he left on his own two feet, I still couldn’t let my guard down.

Even now, Ha-on sometimes looks back at him and calls out, “Joo-yeol!” without realizing it, only to get startled.

I wish I had died the day I blew up Anga… … .

Nova stared blankly at Haon, who was putting strawberries in his mouth, and recalled their conversation from a few days ago.

“Honey, what if I accidentally kill a ghost while trying to get away from the scene?”

“Don’t do that.”

“Why? He’s the guy who left without even believing in me?”

“But I still need Juyeol.”

“Even if you’re not here?”

“… … Yes. We need a world where Juyeol exists.”

If you kill Ghost, it’s a complete accident. Or you have to kill him at the hands of another villain.

‘If that’s the queue, I could handle both at once.’

Nova asked, the corners of her lips raised as if she was enjoying just imagining it.

“Honey. You don’t look so good. What’s wrong?”

“Hmm. It’s past Bunny’s time to come, but I haven’t heard from him.”

Haon was fiddling with his cell phone with a worried look on his face.

“Maybe you overslept? Maybe you suddenly want to take a break today.”

“But I always called if I was late or couldn’t come… … .”

Haon, who was worried, decided to wait a little longer.

‘He’s usually a diligent kid, so I should let him be okay with him being late for work one day.’

But even after Nova left and daylight had passed, Bunny still did not appear.

‘Where does it hurt?’

When Ha-on, who had suppressed his anxious mind, contacted Cha-cha and asked her, she answered with a burst of laughter.

[Oh, Bunny! You said you were going to stay up all night with a bunch of cute kids last night, but I guess you’re still asleep. I’ll go check on Bunny.]

Haon also laughed at Chacha’s words, which seemed like she was dying to tease Bunny.

As I was drinking my strong coffee, thinking that I was lucky, I got a call from Chacha again.

‘Did you wake up Bunny? I should tell him to just rest today.’

Ha-on, who had been answering the phone while giggling, dropped his coffee cup at Cha-Cha’s unexpected words. A loud clanging sound rang out like an alarm.

“……what?”

[Q This guy is crazy, he kidnapped Bunny! He demanded ransom from you! I don’t know what he’ll do to Bunny because I can’t see anything right now!]

The moment I heard those words again, it felt like all the blood inside my body had drained out.

When Q contacted me asking for some money, should I have given him even a little bit?

Shouldn’t you have just blocked them so they could curse you to their heart’s content?

Until yesterday, Bunny, who had a young face and cute dumpling hair, was walking around the cafe and caught my eye.

‘Report to the police first… ‘

Haon, who had been flustered, stopped. The police do not enter the old city.

The heroes might be keeping a close eye on Area 1, but would they want to barge into Q’s compound where a fight for position could break out at any moment?

Should we also save the young burglar who left Eunhaon and Chacha behind?

My heart was pounding with anxiety.

Haon eventually left the lab in a hurry without being able to report it to anyone.

* * *

‘I didn’t mean to go this far. I’m not some low-level scum who kidnaps children.’

Q paced around the office, biting his fingernails. His anxious eyes were fixed on the picture frame where the secret safe was hidden.

No matter how much I thought about it, it was strange.

‘I know the gang was unstable. But it wasn’t enough to collapse this quickly. As long as you have money and potions, your subordinates will stick together.’

Queue took over District 1 with her awakened abilities, but it was her financial resources that kept the gang going.

It was natural, since he had connections with smugglers and overseas traffickers.

But at some point, the money disappeared too quickly.

As soon as he started a new business with the money he earned from selling smuggled goods, it went bankrupt, and suddenly rats appeared in the warehouse.

After exterminating those nasty rats, this time the thieves came and the gang members escaped to other areas.

Even the gang’s secret information was leaked out.

‘Is it a two-shot? Or is it Rusty?’

Maybe it’s Weaver, who pretends to be noble in everything, or maybe it’s Halla, whose district borders meet.

‘If only I had sold that jewel, it wouldn’t have been like this… … !’

The picture frame shook as Q kicked the wall with a loud thud.

She recalled her conversation with Nova, who had come to visit her a while ago.