The Main Character Killed The Villain

#026

Even while helping Shin Haejun, Hyun Dowoon kept worrying about me. When I tried to get closer, he shook his head and tried to stop me, but when I stuck close to him, he frowned.

“What are you doing here? I can only use two abilities simultaneously. Even if you’re in danger, I can’t use teleportation right now.”

“I can’t help it. I absolutely need to hold your hand right now.”

Seeing Hyun Dowoon worry about me somehow made me feel soft inside. The people who used to worry about me died long ago. Receiving such affectionate attention after so long made my heart flutter for a moment, even though I knew it wasn’t the time.

“Give me your hand.”

“Are you saying you want to do simultaneous guiding?”

I nodded at Hyun Dowoon’s words.

Simultaneous guiding was a method used years ago. When there weren’t many high-ranking Espers, it was a strategy for lower-ranking Espers to conquer higher dungeons.

It was a method where the Esper and guide held hands throughout the conquest, continuously guiding to maximize the Esper’s power.

However, guides often died during conquests, so now it’s changed to periodic guiding at base camp.

“It’s too dangerous.”

“I’m not saying I’ll continue simultaneous guiding. I just need a little time.”

When I insisted more strongly than ever before, Hyun Dowoon clicked his tongue and held out one hand to me. I took his hand and started pouring Love Coins into Hyun Dowoon through the mercenary strengthening tab.

Mercenary strengthening failed.

Mercenary strengthening succeeded.

Active skill ‘Healing Barrier’ skill level increased by 1!

All abnormal statuses are removed.

Failures and successes kept repeating. I focused all strengthening on the Healing Barrier skill. I considered the Wound Healing skill too, but since it was described as healing target wounds within a 100m radius, I thought it might only work on external injuries, so I excluded it.

Hyun Dowoon’s skill level kept upgrading. At first, Hyun Dowoon didn’t notice, but when his skill level increased about three times, his eyes widened, and after about ten increases, he looked at me sharply.

“What… is this?”

By this point, he must instinctively feel that his skill range has expanded and its effectiveness has increased. Instead of answering, I just smiled brightly.

As efficiency increased, the boss mob conquest sped up. When all the skills previously used to remove poison were poured into nullifying the barrier, it melted away instantly, and as written in the plot, Shin Haejun eliminated the boss in no time. Now it felt like a battle worthy of an S-class.

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Qk****: Kyaa Haejun is truly S-class

Ko****: I thought the battle wouldn’t progress because the mains were fighting each other, but the problem was solved instantly bb Thank you author!

Everyone was excited about the main characters’ battle. But the author probably won’t be laughing.

Because Kim Sehyun’s poisoning, which should have made him sickly, was completely and cleanly cured.

Judging by the lack of comments about Kim Sehyun becoming sickly, I could tell that I had successfully twisted things.

“Ah…”

Kim Sehyun, safely rescued, was looking at me and Hyun Dowoon with an inexplicably complex expression. It was as if something had been taken from him.

Isn’t it enough that Shin Haejun saved him? He always seemed to crave attention so obviously. But Kim Sehyun’s face suggested that wasn’t enough. Seeing such a yearning expression made me sigh inwardly.

Does he even realize he nearly died?

“Let’s quickly finish the rest of the battle. My spaceship will take care of it.”

I led everyone back to the spaceship. The spaceship, which had been quietly protecting people, immediately transformed into a battle machine as soon as I boarded. As it swept away monsters with lasers, people lost their jobs and just watched the outside.

The Espers looked like raccoons that had their cotton washed out. They seemed very disappointed as a stronger item appeared and swept everything away without giving them a chance to use their powers.

The monster that had thrown Shin Haejun and me to a strange place had a very unique pattern. Thanks to the Espers who stepped forward to attack that monster directly, we learned that it throws away both the Esper and their pair guide together.

In the end, the spaceship’s bright light was tremendously effective in eliminating that monster. Instead of appearing in foggy terrain, it melted under intense light. It was an incredibly anticlimactic strategy, but due to the terrain characteristics, Hyun Dowoon said it would probably receive a high rating in the monster grade evaluation.

‘But if it throws away the Esper and pair guide… why did Shin Haejun fall with me instead of Kim Sehyun?’

It was an incomprehensible reason. For now, it seemed I couldn’t know, so I just kept my suspicions to myself as the dungeon conquest ended.

‘One, ten, hundred, thousand, ten thousand… 800 million!’

Today, most of the monsters were killed by my items. As a result, my contribution score shot up.

Thanks to that, 800 million was deposited into my account at once… and I forgot all thoughts in my head. Adding the 30,000 from the previous dungeon conquest with Hyun Dowoon…

From today, I’m a person with 850 million won. It felt like winning the lottery. I guess this is what it means to feel full without eating.

It was an amount that made it clear why Espers don’t use their powers in reality and just participate in dungeon conquests.

‘If this were real-world money. I would have quit my job long ago.’

Not just quit? I could even slap that bastard Park from my department, who always picked fights with me, with a 10 million won bill.

I clenched my fist. For today at least, I felt like I could forgive Shin Haejun, who was staring at me like a madman from a distance.

***

After resting for about two days following the dungeon’s end, I got a call from the center. More precisely, it was a summons from Hyun Dowoon.

I went there without thinking much, only to see an unexpected person.

Hyun Dowoon was at the head seat, and opposite me was Shin Haejun.

I couldn’t help but wonder why these two had called me together.

‘Are they going to hear the report from the last dungeon?’

Suddenly, I felt a sinking feeling.

What if Hyun Dowoon called to ask about what happened when Shin Haejun and I were separated last time?

The memory of kissing Shin Haejun suddenly flashed through my mind, making my face burn hot.

Then I felt sorry for Hyun Dowoon, and my heart cooled again.

‘For some reason, it weighs on my mind.’

It happened before I formed a pair with Hyun Dowoon anyway. It was something I did to survive, so there was no need to regret it.

However, sitting in front of Hyun Dowoon in what looked like a three-way confrontation made me feel nervous.

“The reason we called Jaeha here today is to discuss a request made by Esper Shin Haejun.”

“To be honest, we’ve already finished discussing, this is just to inform you.”

As soon as Hyun Dowoon finished speaking, Shin Haejun immediately said with an arrogant face.

Hmm, I’m already feeling resistant. But at least it doesn’t seem to be a reporting session, so I felt some relief.

‘Why does he look so flushed?’

Shin Haejun looked very pleased. But it wasn’t just that he looked happy, he somehow seemed excited too.

It feels like I’m involved in something, but I have no idea what it could be.

“So what is there to discuss?”

I turned away from Shin Haejun, who was staring at me intensely, and asked Hyun Dowoon. Hyun Dowoon stroked his chin as he spoke.

“As you know, Jaeha, because I hold the position of Center Director, I only participate in dungeon conquests once a month.”

I nodded at the familiar explanation. Then Hyun Dowoon continued.

“Which means, Jaeha, you’ll hardly have any dungeon conquests to do.”

“Yes… I suppose so?”

“So as a guide, Jaeha, you’re essentially left with nothing to do for now.”

I kept nodding like a bobblehead. I might have lost the chance to earn a lot of money from dungeons, but thinking of it as the price for being Hyun Dowoon’s pair, who needed me as a guide, made it easier to accept.

“As it happens, Esper Shin Haejun has made a request. He asked to borrow Jaeha, who has free time, for Team 1.”

…Huh?

“I think it’s a reasonable arrangement. It’s true that Jaeha needs to work as a guide, and you can participate in Team 1’s conquests to some extent and then do dungeon conquests with me.”

For a moment, I couldn’t believe my ears.

Isn’t a pair… supposed to be constantly bound to each other?

Hyun Dowoon was thinking about lending me to another team right after forming a pair. Didn’t he ask to form a pair because he needed me as a guide, because he needed me as a person?

I clenched my fist, feeling like I might burst into tears at any moment.

I finally thought I had some use, I thought I had someone on my side…

‘Dowoon is the Center Director. His judgment as the Center Director is certainly correct.’

But… didn’t he say he would protect me by his side?

It felt like I was fully understanding Hyun Dowoon as the Center Director for the first time. It’s a rational choice. But…

‘I didn’t want someone who makes logical and rational choices. I wanted someone who would be unconditionally on my side.’

I felt like I’d been hit hard on the back of my head. Hyun Dowoon’s words were certainly correct. So there was no need to feel this betrayed. But I was clearly hurt.

Why am I hurt? I should have known this would happen…

‘It’s only natural. It’s my fault for thinking there would be someone who would care about me enough to throw away reason, for mistaking that as mine.’

Suddenly, my heart ached. Anxiety instantly consumed me from my heart to my toes. I desperately pushed my trembling hands under my thighs to hide them.

“I understand. I’ll do that.”

This wasn’t a place for discussion. I was being informed. Feeling even more miserable at the thought that I couldn’t lose Hyun Dowoon, who was at least on my side in this matter, I had no choice but to give a positive answer.

After all, there would be no rejection in the mind of the fair Center Director.

“Good, even if you’re active in Team 1, don’t forget that you’re my pair. That you belong to me.”

You say I belong to you, so why are you sending me away?

I wanted to ask that, but I just nodded again. I didn’t want to see Hyun Dowoon’s disappointed eyes.

I’m not sure in what state of mind I left the Center Director’s office. As I staggered out of the building, someone grabbed my arm. It was Shin Haejun.

‘Why did you ask for me to be sent to you?’

Anger that I couldn’t fully express to Hyun Dowoon rose like flames. I shook off the arm holding me and instead grabbed Shin Haejun’s arm, dragging him to a corner of an alley where there were no people.

“Why do you need me? You have Sehyun.”

I asked Shin Haejun in a rough voice. Shin Haejun, who I thought would be angry at being dragged around, looked somewhat sheepish.

“I thought I needed to keep you by my side and watch you.”

Shin Haejun looked at me with intense eyes.

“You’re the only one in my dreams.”