This Villain is Soft - Chapter 142



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Episode 142

It was a day no different from any other day.

Haon was busy reorganizing the old city by recruiting the discharged Weaver and her subordinates.

I had just arrived at the break room of the District 1 office after running around here and there to block the villains from other regions who were coming to target Juyeol-do Kwon Young-shi.

Click, I turned on the light and the first thing that caught my eye was the window through which Haon used to look up at the sky.

The afterimage of Ha-on looking up at the sky with his chin resting on his hand lingered.

‘You said you’d be staying in District 5 for a long time today, but I got here first.’

He walked unconsciously and opened the window, trying to think of something else.

The dark old town buildings and the sky stretching far above them.

The scenery that Haon had been looking at unfolded before his eyes.

“… … .”

What would Ha-on think as he looked at the sky, which may extend to an unknown distance, or perhaps even to his hometown?

Even though I told myself every day not to be anxious, a wave of anxiety rose in a corner of my heart.

Joo-yeol lowered his gaze, gripping the windowsill tightly.

He turned around, startled by the strange sensation he suddenly felt.

A long, black gap was opening in the empty space.

“What now?”

Joo-yeol, who remembered what the boatmen had done at the port, quickly pulled out his gun and became nervous.

But what emerged from the gap in the air was… … .

“Ugh, I feel dizzy. Where am I? Nana. Did I arrive at the right place?”

[Check the coordinates of the dimension. As a result of the search, we arrived at the destination.]

It was ‘another space fever’ talking to a small blue hexahedron cube.

“… … !”

Joo-yeol, whose heart sank, couldn’t move until the gap in the air disappeared.

The childhood friend that Ha-on had been desperately looking for, ‘Woo Joo-yeol’.

The reason Ha-on hugged me defenselessly as soon as he saw me was ‘Woo Joo-yeol’, who was like family to me.

He crossed dimensions and came here.

Joo-yeol adjusted his grip on the gun and moved his mouth as if possessed.

“… … ‘Space fever’.”

“… … ?”

Only then did Woo Joo-yeol realize that there was someone in the room and was surprised to find Joo-yeol.

“It wasn’t just anywhere, it was falling into a place where there was an ‘other me’?”

Then he wrote something on his cell phone and raised both hands as if he was not going to harm anyone.

“I know you’re surprised, but guns don’t work on me. I don’t plan on doing anything bad, so could you put that down?”

Same voice, but a distinctly different vibe.

Indeed, it was a gentle tone that made Ha-on say, “Our Ju-yeol doesn’t swear.”

Joo-yeol asked without putting down his gun.

“Why did you come here?”

‘Woo Joo-yeol’ looked at Joo-yeol with suspicious eyes and then replied.

“What a strange question. What is your identity? Where did you come from? It’s not even a question like that. Why are you here?”

“Okay. Why did you come?”

“I came here to pick up someone. Do you know Eunhaon by any chance? She’s that big girl who carries around a blue bird.”

“… … .”

Joo-yeol felt his throat was parched.

I had a guess from the moment ‘Space Heat’ appeared. It didn’t look like it had just landed here by chance.

Joo-yeol moistened his dry lips with his tongue, suppressing his anxiously beating heart.

I even had such petty thoughts that I thought, “Should I tell them to get out since there’s no one named Eunhaon here?”

Ha-on didn’t even want to imagine what would happen if he met ‘Woo Joo-yeol’, whom he had longed for so much.

Suddenly, ‘Space Heat’ opened his eyes wide as he noticed the checked shirts hanging on the hanger.

“Huh? Those clothes. Does Haon live here? No, is it ‘another Haon’?”

‘Woo Joo-yeol’ was now not paying any attention to the gun in Joo-yeol’s hand. To be exact, he seemed not to be interested in Joo-yeol’s very existence.

Juyeol suddenly felt shabby as he leisurely looked around the southern part of the checkpoint.

Even though I was the one spending time with Haon in this space, I was the only one feeling restless.

The strength in his arm left his hand and the hand holding the gun also dropped down.

Then, ‘Woo Joo-yeol’ said with a cheerful smile that was completely different from Ju-yeol’s.

“I guess you’ve decided I’m no longer dangerous?”

“… … .”

Joo-yeol silently put the gun in the holster and flinched. He felt a familiar presence.

A hurried and anxious gait, as if he had never tried to hide his presence.

I felt that something I couldn’t stop was about to happen, so I slowly turned around to look at the door.

As soon as ‘Space Heat’ asked in puzzlement, “What’s wrong?”, the door flew open.

Haon came running in, sobbing, as if he had sensed something.

“Juyeol-ah!”

At that call, Ju-yeol instinctively tried to spread his arms, but Ha-on passed him by and fell into Woo-joo-yeol’s arms.

“… … !”

Joo-yeol staggered for a moment, unable to control his hardened expression, and quickly stood upright.

All I could do was grit my teeth and stand there helplessly, feeling as if the ground beneath my feet would collapse if I took even a single step.

Meanwhile, Haon stared at Woo Joo-yeol’s face for a long time while sobbing.

“‘Juyeol-ah’. Is that really you? Huh? How did you get here? This is ridiculous.”

“Really, I guess. Everyone said you were dead, but I never believed them. I thought you were alive somewhere.”

As ‘Space Heat’ hugged Ha-on’s shoulders and back with very familiar hands and comforted him, Ha-on burst into tears.

“Haon-ah. I missed you so so much.”

“Me too. I missed you so much.”

Joo-yeol felt sick to his stomach, feeling like a complete stranger.

As I watched Ha-on crying in the arms of ‘Space Heat’, I thought to myself, perhaps I wasn’t enough.

A black flame arose deep in my chest.

Juyeol seemed to know what it was. It was a jealousy that was incomparable to what he had felt because of Nova.

It was such a suffocating feeling that even though he knew how much Ha-on had wanted ‘Universe Heat’, he couldn’t help but be happy about their reunion, even if it was fake.

“Honey. What’s going on? You’re talking nonsense. … .”

Nova, who had arrived at the break room late, stopped when he saw Juyeol and ‘Space Heat’.

“Huh? Look at this? ‘That’ is here.”

A hint of amusement appeared on his lips.

On the other hand, the eyes of ‘Space Heat’ who saw Nova trembled slightly.

Joo-yeol caught the feeling of anxiety and crisis in ‘his’ expression and furrowed his brows.

‘Did you instinctively feel that he was a dangerous person? It seems a bit… … .’

Somehow, I felt a similar sense of impatience in his face as he seemed to be losing his composure.

I asked, hoping it wasn’t ‘space fever’.

“Haon-ah. Have you met someone here…?”

But, as if he knew the answer just by looking at Haon’s face that turned bright red, ‘he’ made a shocked expression and quickly hid it.

“… … That man in this room?”

Haon nodded his head with an embarrassed expression at the slightly lowered voice of ‘Space Heat’.

‘Space Heat’ slowly swept his face, covering his expression.

After that, he left Haon behind and walked slowly to stand in front of Juyeol and Nova.

“You’re meeting Haon? I didn’t know I would meet Haon’s boyfriend like this in this universe… … .”

‘Space Heat’s’ gaze was directed towards Nova.

Nova tilted her head and said, “Hmm?” and then she let out a sly smile.

“I know exactly what’s going on here.”

“What the hell are you talking about? The man Haon is dating is me.”

Joo-yeol, who had been frozen in absurdity, exploded.

‘Woo Joo-yeol’ looked at Ju-yeol and Nova alternately with a bewildered expression, then became extremely embarrassed.

“What? You? Not this way?”

“Why do you think it’s this kid that’s annoying? If it’s because of his own voice─”

“Well, this side is too… … .”

‘Space Heat’, who had been slowly looking Nova up and down, continued speaking bewilderedly.

“It’s too much for Haon’s taste… … ?”

“……what?”

An awkward silence fell over the break room as the dumbfounded Juyeol and Haon, who was covering their mouths in shock, made eye contact.

‘Space Heat’ kept looking back and forth between the two men’s faces as if he still couldn’t believe it, and the one who broke the silence that had become even more desolate was Nova.

“As expected. You like my face too, don’t you? You said I was the prettiest among all the people you know.”

“… … ?”

As Juyeol narrowed his eyes with an expression of disbelief, Haon hastily waved his hand and hurriedly approached him.

“Juyeol-ah! That’s not it. W, of course Nova is pretty! I mean, she literally has a pretty face! It’s true!”

Joo-yeol loved how Ha-on talked nonsense and tried to avoid any misunderstandings, but he also felt annoyed.

Now that I think about it, I remember that Haon’s cheeks would turn red every time Nova brought her face close to him.

It wasn’t for nothing that ‘Eunhaon’ fell for Nova.

“Well, maybe I should have tried a little harder?”

Juyeol became even more upset at Nova’s words.

Seeing him so calm and confident in the face of ‘Space Fever’ made me feel even more insignificant.

‘Woo Joo-yeol’, who had just accepted the truth in a series of circumstances, asked as if confirming it.

“Then you’re really dating me here. No, this guy?”

“Okay. What’s wrong?”

Joo-yeol put his arm around Ha-on’s shoulder as if he was looking at her.

‘Woo Joo-yeol’ looked at the two with a strange expression and then slowly grabbed Ha-on’s hand.

“Haon-ah. I came to pick you up. You should go home.”