This Villain is Soft - Chapter 76



Only Noblemtl

Episode 76

Haon’s heart sank as he looked into those deeply shaken black eyes.

‘Ah. Juyeol is looking at me.’

As she smiled, tears welled up in her eyes. They were different tears than the ones she had been crying sadly.

I could tell just by looking at his eyes. He was looking at Eunhaon. Not ‘Eunhaon’.

Now, it felt like I was no longer a stranger living as ‘Eunhaon’, but rather existing solely as Eunhaon.

He himself was not the ‘fake’ that Halo spoke of.

“So you.”

As he was about to say something, he reached out and carefully wiped Ha-on’s wet cheek.

“Don’t cry. Think about it.”

“… … ?”

What on earth do I have to do with what I’ve been thinking about since a while ago? Ha-on looked up with a bewildered expression, and Ju-yeol chuckled.

“Another dimension? That’s really ridiculous… … . How could you tell me about your father, who you’ve never told anyone… … .”

As he muttered those words, his expression became much more relaxed and the prickle disappeared from his tone.

Joo-yeol tried to deny Ha-on’s words like inertia, but he couldn’t shake his head any longer. There was no turning back.

When I looked at Haon as a completely different being from ‘Eunhaon’, the box in my heart that I had tried to lock away somehow burst open.

He was deeply relieved to learn that there were two galaxies in his universe, and that they were not the same person.

The Haon in front of me was not a mad scientist who knew that the culprit who set fire to my house was Halo, but hid it and committed a fraud against me. There was another soul inside of me.

It was a relief to know that one of the problems that had been plaguing me like crazy had completely disappeared.

If you think about it, all of Eunhaon’s words and actions were nonsense.

‘That idiot. If you had trusted me from the beginning, I would have gone with Eunhaon a long time ago… … .’

He who used to curse at my distrust soon stopped blaming me. Since Haon had the face of ‘Eunhaon’, I would not have been able to trust him no matter what.

‘So I thought you lost your memory and went crazy.’

At that moment, a question suddenly occurred to Joo-yeol.

“Are there other dimensions besides the one you came from? Could there be more of you?”

“Of course. Since it has not been revealed how many dimensions exist, no one knows how many I am. New yous and me may be being created right now.”

Joo-yeol tilted his head and squinted his eyes as if he couldn’t imagine it.

“Does that make sense?”

“Why not? The pattern of the thirteen-letter password seems infinite, but it isn’t. The letters themselves are finite. The arrangement of the particles that make up the world is also finite, so the patterns of the particles that fill the universe are bound to be duplicated. Similar but different Earths are constantly being copied. In other words, the total amount of energy in a finite space is finite─.”

“This is driving me crazy, seriously.”

When Juyeol sighed, touching his forehead, Haon quickly stopped talking.

“… … Sorry. But I haven’t even started yet. If you listen, you’ll probably enjoy it too─.”

“So what you’re saying is.”

He quickly cut her off before Haon’s chattering began again.

“It’s certain that ‘Dr. Eunhaon’ is dead, and you are a completely different Eunhaon from that woman, that’s it.”

“Oh, that’s right. ‘Dr. Eunhaon’ was killed by a sniper’s bullet, and I ended up in this dimension due to an unexpected accident.”

“What kind of accident would have to happen to cross the dimension?”

He muttered something awkwardly, then suddenly remembered someone.

“What about that guy next to Halo who was using similar techniques to you?”

“I don’t know when or how he came over, but he’s a very dangerous terrorist. His magic engineering skills probably aren’t bad either.”

Joo-yeol was anxious that someone with such skills was next to Halo, but only then did he understand why he couldn’t find Halo.

Except for Haon, he has been repeatedly fooled by technology that no one in this dimension knows about.

“Can he make anything you can make?”

“Not really. I can make a lot more things, a lot faster. This dimension is so mana-rich that there are a lot of variables, but I’m not without confidence.”

The simple answer, which seemed so obvious, was even heartwarming.

Joo-yeol suddenly remembered the pistol being modified. It was a sight that was easier to accept if he thought of it as magic.

“So that’s why he was afraid of you?”

“That terrorist, me? No way. I was completely ignored.”

Haon pursed his lips again, feeling his pride hurt as he thought about it again.

During the war, there were more people fighting against the terrorists than there were terrorists themselves.

Although he told the terrorist that he wasn’t scared of being alone, he probably thought it was ridiculous and easy for Ha-on to face it alone.

So, wouldn’t it be that he attacked Juyeol even though he knew that he was clearly guarding him?

“……ignore?”

But Juyeol thought differently. Reading the movements in the shadows was a very easy task for him.

The man’s shoulders flinched every time Ha-on stretched his hand or foot forward.

The tips of her feet, standing firm next to Halo, but ready to run away at any moment.

A faint light that flashes without staying in one place.

The man was clearly afraid of this rat-sized creature, whose natural personality was to be flabby and listless.

“How could this soft thing have been at war for so many years… … .”

Juyeol, who was curious, remembered another matter that he had forgotten while being excited about Haon’s identity. There was one more problem that he wanted to solve as soon as possible.

“Actually, there’s another reason I came here.”

“You came because of Halo?”

As if he had guessed, Ha-on led Ju-yeol down to the lab.

He looked around with renewed eyes at how the lab had been remodeled to suit Eunhaon’s tastes. It wasn’t Eunhaon’s tastes that had changed, but the person had changed.

Haon took him to the messy production site and stood in front of the holographic map.

“Blue. Show me the Halo tracking map.”

[All right!]

A blue hologram that grew in volume like waves along the slender fingertips revealed Kwon Young-shi in 3D.

Juyeol sighed quietly at the astonishing sight again and pointed to the red-painted area.

“What are these?”

“There are definitely no Halo places there. With Nova’s help, we’re erasing the ‘non-places.’”

When Nova’s name was mentioned, his expression became increasingly displeased.

“I guess Nova was willing to help capture Halo?”

“Well, our goals are similar. I’m also looking for Halo.”

Joo-yeol expressed his doubts at what Ha-on said as he turned the city map in a different direction.

“Even so, Nova, why are you using Halo…? Is it because of that terrorist?”

“That’s true, and I have something to look for.”

Would the terrorist have just taken away Eunhaon’s cell phone? Haon thought that was impossible.

He himself was interested in the research records of the awakening sphere of ‘Galaxy On’.

The human experiments were truly horrific, but it was truly amazing that someone who knew nothing about mana was studying the Awakening Orb so accurately.

“If there are any research records on Eunhaon’s cell phone, they might include some related to human experiments. It’s research that would be of great interest to a terrorist, so he would definitely have backed it up.”

Since ‘Galaxy On’ doesn’t know anything about mana, he has been conducting research in directions that I hadn’t even thought of.

Maybe the data on that phone will give us a big hint about the creation of a dimensional gate that we’ve never completed. Or maybe we’ll find out about another crime that ‘Galaxy On’ was preparing.

“Human experiments… … .”

Joo-yeol muttered coldly and pointed somewhere on the map.

“Here and here. And here is definitely not it. These are the places that headquarters confirmed.”

“Blue. Mark the places that Juyeol just touched in red.”

[Apply changes to the map.]

“And I’m telling you this because I think it might help you find Halo’s whereabouts more quickly.”

“huh.”

Haon was looking at him with clear and shining eyes, in contrast to when he had just woken up.

I’ll help you. Those words were conveyed just by his eyes.

He shook off his hesitation and started talking about his brother.

From what happened to my brother as a baby to the fact that he may not have died ten years ago. Some of it was headquarters secrets, but this was not the time to cover it up.

Ha-on, who had been silently listening to Joo-yeol’s words, nodded seriously.

“Since ‘Eunhaon’ also conducted human experiments, he might know something. If you tell me the number of my brother’s test subject, I’ll look into it too.”

“… … .”

Joo-yeol’s heart fluttered at the positive words that came back so readily.

The headquarters was tracking Halo, but they weren’t investigating the human experiments my brother had been subjected to, so Haon was the only one I could trust now.

Haon, not ‘Eunhaon’. Haon, who gave me so much comfort and warmth and waited for me even after I turned away.

Juyeol slowly stretched out his arms and hugged Haon’s back.

“Hey, Joo-yeol?”

“wait for a sec.”

Haon felt embarrassed for some reason as he was held tightly in his arms.

It wasn’t like this when I was the first one to cling to Juyeol’s waist.

‘It’s strangely hot. Is there a problem with the ventilation system?’