This Villain is Soft - Chapter 8
Only Noblemtl
Episode 8
Haon couldn’t stop crying because of the overwhelming sense of relief. It was a dream where he was dropped alone into an unfamiliar dimension.
That too, in a dimension where ‘Juyeol’ was pointing a gun at me and there was no Gimpo. That couldn’t be real.
He must have been caught in the explosion and lost consciousness and only just now waking up.
‘Juyeol’s’ arms were wide and warm.
The moment Ha-on rubbed his wet cheek against the sturdy shoulder in relief, the smell of gunpowder wafted past his nose.
‘……uh?’
Haon, whose tears had welled up, lifted his head slightly.
My eyes met with black eyes that seemed to be assessing me.
The twisted, discontented expression and the ominous atmosphere were unfamiliar.
My mind suddenly opened.
“ah.”
Haon’s mind was cold as the reality poured out like cold water.
“It’s not ‘Juyeol’… … .”
Joo-yeol’s brow furrowed as he muttered, unable to hide his disappointment.
You’ve been calling me “Juyeol, Juyeol” since yesterday, but this time you’re saying it’s not “Juyeol”?
He opened his mouth bluntly.
“Is that right?”
When Haon looked at him strangely, he wiggled his eyebrows and spoke again.
“What you’re holding is cosmic heat.”
“… … ?”
Haon, who was confused, slowly lowered his gaze.
He sat sideways with one hand on the floor, one knee raised and his arm resting on the other.
He had a black pistol in his hand, but it wasn’t pointed at me.
And his other knee… … .
“Huh?”
It was only then that Ha-on realized that he was sitting on Ju-yeol’s leg and hanging on to him.
My face turned red in an instant.
‘To Joo-yeol, not even Joo-yeol!’
I got down from his lap, not knowing what to do.
“I, I’m sorry. I thought this was all a dream. I thought you were my friend… …!”
He was waving his arms and talking nonsense, but now he was holding his head.
“Did I just make a fool of myself?”
“If that’s not an embarrassment─”
“Ugh, no! Don’t answer!”
Two small hands hurriedly covered Juyeol’s mouth.
Joo-yeol’s eyebrows twitched again. He grabbed her slender wrist and muttered displeasedly.
“Why are you clinging to me and touching me so shamelessly… … .”
I know he’s not in his right mind, but he has no sense of distance.
“hey.”
Joo-yeol stood up from his seat and put his gun in his holster.
“Tell me what kind of guy this ‘Juyeol’ you’re talking about is.”
Then he looked down at Ha-on, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying.
She blinked, smiled faintly, then gradually became clearer.
“He is the son of the director of the orphanage I used to live in. He is two years older than me, but he is my best friend. He is like my only family member.”
Haon wiped his tears with the back of his hand and smiled bashfully.
“You’re from another dimension. Your face and voice are the same, so it’s a little comforting to see you.”
The eyes and voice that spoke about ‘Juyeol’ were warm and affectionate.
“Hmm.”
Juyeol, who had been thinking about it carefully, thought it wasn’t a bad idea.
‘That’s the concept.’
I had never heard that other dimensions existed or that dimension travel was possible.
But to Juyeol, that no longer mattered.
Even though he’s out of his mind, Eunhaon will still be connected to the villains. It’s not like he’s thrown away the weeds that spread out everywhere.
‘If not now, then when will I ever use this as an informant?’
I don’t know when Eunhaon will come to his senses, and I don’t know when ‘that guy’ will come back.
I had to use this situation to my advantage, especially if I was suspended from work.
“But you came anyway.”
A voice with a welcoming smile shattered Juyeol’s thoughts.
“I thought you might not come. You’re a hothead too, so I guess you’re not that cold-hearted.”
“What now… … .”
Joo-yeol felt a strange feeling creep up on him, and he wrinkled his face and touched the back of his neck.
“If you knew he wasn’t coming, why did you leave a note like that?”
“Just in case I made a wasted effort. Was it a good idea to put it up?”
I felt awkward making eye contact as if I was expecting a compliment.
“So who killed my brother?”
“Oh, that. I couldn’t find that, but… … .”
Haon hesitated at the somewhat stiff tone of speech, then spoke as if he had made up his mind.
“But I figured something out! I’m not sure, but it seems like the person who killed ‘Eunhaon’ and your brother is the same person.”
“… … .”
“Even if it’s not the same person, I think ‘Eunhaon’ found out the identity of the culprit and was killed.”
Joo-yeol unconsciously put his hand on the holster.
I held back my instinctive desire to grab the gun and opened my mouth.
“Do you remember how to use the machines in the lab? Can you take out all the data?”
“Some of the data is because of the password… … .”
As Juyeol’s eyes narrowed, Haon quickly added.
“I can handle any machine! That’s my specialty.”
“I remember that.”
He responded calmly and continued.
“Why is the intrusion prevention system turned off?”
“That killer cut all the wires!”
“… … .”
He suppressed his irritation and repeated, ‘Let’s think of it as that kind of concept.’
Joo-yeol opened his mouth again.
“I’m not sure if you have partial amnesia or are out of your mind, but I believe there’s something wrong with your head.”
“No, I─”
“Don’t talk about dimensions again. No. Just try it out, I’m curious to see what happens.”
At the sight of her reaching out towards the holster, Haon widened his eyes and shut his mouth, which had been smiling.
“Try it.”
Haon shook his head hurriedly at the teasing tone. He even bit his lips.
‘There is no magic engineering here, so research on the multiverse would not have been conducted at all.’
In that case, would it be best to be treated as ‘Galaxy On with unstable memories’?
Ha-on pursed his lips tightly and felt cold as he checked Ju-yeol’s reaction. When he took his hand off the holster, he quickly returned his lips to their original position.
“Didn’t you say yesterday that you would definitely find the guy who killed my brother?”
Suddenly, Juyeol sat down at eye level and asked quietly.
“You said you would help me.”
“Okay. I’ll help you find it. I’ll help you.”
Haon nodded his head with shining eyes.
“Juyeol, you help me too.”
He looked at me with suspicious eyes.
“I thought it was just stupid. It’s not like that. It’s just unpredictable.”
Joo-yeol, who had been clicking his tongue, nodded his head as if telling me to speak.
“I need to fix this to help you.”
Haon picked up his cell phone.
“But it would take a long time to fix this without an awakening tool.”
“… … .”
“The awakening sphere you showed me yesterday. Give it to me.”
Juyeol suddenly became tired as he looked straight at her and said, as if asking when she had noticed.
“What kind of awakening tool do you need to fix a cell phone? Who are you kidding?”
I let out an annoyed sigh, and suddenly the word ‘magic engineering’ that Haon had mentioned several times came to mind.
Did you break into some strange field and then lose your mind?
Joo-yeol looked Ha-on up and down to figure out his intentions.
It was shocking that ‘that galaxy’ could seem so insignificant and weak.
“… … I don’t have that anymore.”
When I answered in a trembling manner, Haon opened his eyes wide.
“why!”
“Why, why? That’s because it was originally managed by the Hero Headquarters. It must have gone back into the safe.”
“……safe?”
Haon tilted his head and asked quietly.
“How big is the safe?”
“I’ll just take that bed.”
“Look, how many awakening spheres are there in headquarters?”
“Twenty or so.”
“Juyeol-ah.”
Haon suddenly woke up.
“what?”
“Let’s go find the awakening gate tomorrow.”
The sound he made with his eyes sparkling brightly was absurd.
Joo-yeol was dumbfounded for a moment, then frowned.
“Are you crazy? Are you trying to raid Hero Headquarters right now?”
“That’s not it.”
Haon added with an excited expression.
“Let’s go find something that no one has discovered yet. Let’s go dig it up tomorrow.”
In a world overflowing with mana like this, there couldn’t have been only twenty or so mana cores, or awakening orbs.
It was clear that they couldn’t find it since there was no one here who could see Mana.
“How on earth do you find something that appears randomly on any piece of land?”
“Just find the traces of mana!”
“Mana?”
Joo-yeol furrowed his brows as another unfamiliar word appeared.
“Ah, mana is an essential element of magic engineering. It’s one of the subatomic particles that is created when ultra-high energy cosmic rays, such as Oh My God particles or Amaterasu particles, collide with the atmosphere at the speed of light and shatter. It’s originally golden, but when used with a device, it turns blue─.”
“Fuck, I’m going crazy.”
“sorry.”
Ha-on immediately stopped talking and apologized at Ju-yeol’s harsh irritation.
He was shocked to see Ha-on, who had been excitedly telling a story that only he knew until just a moment ago, become so discouraged in an instant.
Come to think of it, I was wearing some weird t-shirt and a big checked shirt yesterday too.
Even without glasses, if you combine this appearance with today’s, it was a collection of images of engineering students that had transferred the world’s prejudices to the past.
Joo-yeol placed his hand on his forehead and then opened his mouth again.
“I don’t know what it is, but there is a way to find out the location of the Awakening Orb, right?”
“That, that’s right!”
“… … I’ll come tomorrow afternoon, so get ready.”
With that he turned around and muttered.
“What are you talking about? How many comics have you read?”
“It’s not a cartoon, it’s in the sky─.”
“Tsk.”
“No, really in the sky… … !”
As he clicked his tongue in displeasure and left, Haon shouted with a resentful face.
“And yet the Earth turns!”