Chapter 21

Haon’s eyes widened.

Cha Yugeon’s hands gently cupping Haon’s cheek.

Liquid flowed between their touching lips.

Frozen in confusion, Haon instinctively swallowed the liquid pooling in his mouth.

He knew it must be mixed with Cha Yugeon’s saliva, yet he couldn’t refuse the gradually flowing medicine into his mouth.

The effects of the medicine quickly set in, and his condition began to improve.

It was barely enough to keep him alive.

Trying to push Cha Yugeon away with his sore body seemed impossible.

In the end, Haon could only swallow the incoming liquid and endure the embarrassing moment.

Kissing Cha Yugeon, of all people, felt indescribably strange.

He expected it to be unpleasant, but surprisingly, it wasn’t as bad as thought.

It was just confusing.

As seconds passed by, Haon was enveloped in a strange sensation.

It felt like a fever rising, then his heart started beating faster.

It was probably a side effect from the medicine.

Yep… That must be it.

Haon believed it without doubt, yet the unfamiliar sensations in his body felt unsettling.

“Haah….”

When he couldn’t bear it anymore, Cha Yugeon withdrew.

Haon exhaled deeply.

Then, for a brief moment, their eyes met.

His own reflection in the man’s black pupils seemed unfamiliar.

It was just for a moment, but there seemed to be an inexplicable emotion in his gaze. Somehow, Haon didn’t want to know its true nature.

He felt uneasy at the thought that knowing the name of that emotion might change his relationship with Cha Yugeon.

Haon quickly lowered his gaze and averted his eyes.

 “Are you okay?”

“Uh….”

In respond to Cha Yugeon question he just gazed into the distance with a troubled expression.

Despite the dizziness in his head, his body felt much better.

Just moments ago, he couldn’t even breathe properly due to the pain all over his body, but now, breathing was relatively easier.

Well, if he hadn’t improved after kissing Cha Yugeon, he would have felt so unfair that he would have drown himself.

Crash!

At that moment, with a fierce and destructive sound, the giant clock tower at the center of the park collapsed.

The water pressure was enough to shatter the brick clock tower.

That terrifying scene sent shivers down anyone’s spine just by watching it.

Moreover, Cha Yugeon, who controlled fire, was inherently incompatible with hydrokinetic espers.

While it wasn’t expected that Cha Yugeon would be helpless against them, it was bound to be disadvantageous.

Seeing Cha Yugeon has to face such a guy made Haon a little, well, very slightly worried.

Though knowing it was an unreasonable concern, he found himself chewing on his lower lip unknowingly.

“Cha Yugeon….”

“Why?”

“…Just.”

Although he called out Cha Yugeon’s name, Haon remained silent, unable to say anything.

This made Cha Yugeon to smirk.

It was an annoying sight, but Haon didn’t let it bother him.

“Got it, I won’t die.”

“I wasn’t really trying to say that.”

As expected, Cha Yugeon was a wretched guy.

Haon gritted his teeth and denied it, thinking that his true feelings had been discovered.

However, Cha Yugeon smiled leisurely as if he understood everything.

“Don’t be shy. I understand.”

“Fu-“

‘Fuck’

He couldn’t even finish the sentence.

It was because Cha Yugeon descended to the ground with Haon in his arms.

As they descended, Haon felt like he was going to be sick.

While Haon was momentarily dizzy, Cha Yugeon approached the man.

Using telekinesis to quickly close the distance, Cha Yugeon reached out into the air and created a fireball.

The fireball gradually expanded, until it became too big for Cha Yugeon to handle.

Although Haon did not want to, he accompanied Cha Yugeon on many missions.

In other words, he knew to what extent Cha Yugeon could exert his abilities.

While Cha Yugeon boasted formidable combat power as an S-rank esper, he wasn’t accustomed to handling such a large fireball.

But now, Cha Yugeon effortlessly created a fireball several times larger than what he usually makes.

The heat emitted from the fireball was tremendous in proportion to its gigantic size.

Despite wearing a fire-resistant uniform and maintaining a safe distance from Cha Yugeon, Haon furrowed his brows as the heat seared his body

Cha Yugeon threw the fireball towards the water jet approaching him.

For a moment, Haon thought Cha Yugeon had gone mad. He thought the water jet would extinguish the flames.

However, instead of extinguishing, the flames swallowed up the water jet.

Whooshhhh!

A large amount of water evaporated instantly.

His mouth gaped involuntarily at the unexpected scene.

Cha Yugeon lightly shook his head and smirked at the man.

“Is that all?”

“….”

“If this is the best you can do…”

Cha Yugeon muttered under his breath, then swallowed the rest of his words.

His smoldering anger was as hot as the flames.

Suddenly, his gaze turned towards Haon, as if Haon being hurt was the reason for his fury.

Even though that couldn’t be the case.

Quietly swallowing his dry saliva, Haon looked at Cha Yugeon. He, too, turned his head away soon after.

Cha Yugeon’s gaze seemed to linger in his mind.

― Mr. Cha Yugeon, Mr. Park Haon! Be careful! The esper is going berserk!

Director Han’s frantic voice came through the radio, and then the ground began to shake violently, as if there had been an earthquake.

Boom! Crash! Crash!

In an instant, the ground explode and streams of water burst out from various points in the ground, flooding the area.

The man had gone berserk.

Haon narrowly dodged the water jets. But dodging the water jets wouldn’t solve the problem this time.

The entire area was submerged in water in an instant.

The rapidly rising water reached Haon’s chest.

“Park Haon!”

“Don’t worry about me and focus on your task!”

Haon urgently responded to Cha Yugeon’s call.

Despite his efforts, the rising water reached up to Haon’s chin.

He even has tiptoe for a while.

Haon took a deep breath and lowered his head into the water.

If he couldn’t stop the rising water, he figured it was better to swim.

Haon fought against the raging currents and swam towards the man.

While Cha Yugeon dealt with the man, Haon couldn’t just stand by.

It was likely that the area would be devastated if Cha Yugeon tried to subdue the man alone.

Therefore, Haon needed to do something to end this battle as quickly as possible.

He wasn’t entirely confident in his ability to guide effectively, but considering his successful guidance to Cha Yugeon last time, he held onto some hope.

During this time, Cha Yugeon flew around in the air like a fish in the water.

Witnessing Cha Yugeon’s remarkable ability was shocking as Haon had never seen him display such power before.

He couldn’t understand why Cha Yugeon had been hiding this level of ability until now.

“Hey, ahh…! Cha Yugeon, tie the man’s feet!”

“Haon, what on earth are you thinking? Just stay back.”

“In a situation like this, I have to do something! Listen to me quietly! We might drown at this rate.”

“Damn it, what are you…?”

Upon hearing Haon’s words, Cha Yugeon seemed to come to a realization and looked towards the man.

Cha Yugeon’s pupils lit up with a crimson glow.

Before long, an enormous amount of water parted like the parting of the Red Sea.

Cha Yugeon had split the water using telekinesis.

Thanks to that, Haon was naturally pushed out of the water.

“What the… Cha Yugeon, you could do this?”

“…Well, this is nothing.”

Although Cha Yugeon confidently replied, he seemed surprised to be surprised as well.

It appeared he didn’t know he had this much power. He would never admit it, though.

He didn’t know why, but Haon was glad that Cha Yugeon seemed to be stronger than usual.

Haon immediately dashed towards the man who was tied up.

“Park Haon!”

Ignoring the urgent voice from afar, Haon instinctively embraced the man right in front of him.

Swooshh

At the same time, the water that Cha Yugeon had held back with his telekinesis suddenly collapsed, and the area was once again submerged in water.

Haon’s figure disappeared in the swirling, strong current.