11 Virtues A Hero's Civilian Friend Must Uphold - Chapter 3
Before Jae Kyung could even finish thinking, he stood up first, supporting Na Eun, and brushed off her outer garment which had become covered in dust from rolling on the ground as he asked:
“Are you okay?”
Rather than answering the worried question of whether she was hurt, looking around at the chaotic surroundings was more important to her.
Na Eun blankly stared at the sidewalk where she and Jae Kyung had been standing just moments ago.
Smoke was rising from the previously intact ground, and a large car was crushed against the utility pole right next to it.
It was a traffic accident. She took out her phone with trembling hands.
“Re… report.”
“Na Eun.”
“We need to report… there are people inside!”
Aside from nearly being hit by the car, the thought that there might be people inside that crumpled wreck of a car sent chills down her spine.
Thinking that an ambulance needed to come quickly, Na Eun tried to press the screen with trembling fingers, but Jae Kyung’s large hand stopped her.
“Na Eun, snap out of it.”
“Huh?”
“…There’s no one in there.”
“What?”
What do you mean? Before she could even ask, her head turned automatically, and she finally saw a bluish light through the shattered windshield of the driver’s seat.
The driver’s seat was empty.
Only the blue light from the dashboard was flickering. As Na Eun stared blankly at the scene, she thought:
…Did the car move by itself? But that thought only lasted a moment.
“…This is crazy.”
A low curse came from Jae Kyung’s mouth, something she had never heard from him in their relationship, not even harsh words.
There was no time to be surprised by Jae Kyung’s unfamiliar tone.
The wrecked and crumpled car made an engine sound as if it were alive, then reversed from the utility pole it had crashed into and started to turn.
Towards Na Eun and Jae Kyung.
“Jae Kyung…”
“Na Eun, can you run?”
That’s possible, but can we outrun a car? As Na Eun anxiously rolled her eyes around, she finally grabbed the hand of the one person she could rely on in this situation and put strength into her legs.
Whether she died running away or standing still here made no difference, so she thought she should at least struggle.
Holding hands tightly, Na Eun ran following Jae Kyung’s lead, with the sound of twisting metal behind her.
She had decided not to look back, but curiosity made her turn her head slightly, and she saw the white SUV starting to roll its wheels, dragging its battered body to chase after them.
If compared to a person, it was like a zombie.
What? Are we protagonists in a mechanical zombie story rather than a superhero one?
Na Eun, who had initially imagined herself as not even the protagonist of a superhero story, but more like the civilian friend of the protagonist, regretted looking at the scene that made her want to faint and turned her gaze forward again.
Faster. Faster. She ran like crazy, repeating this countless times in her mind, but how could a person be faster than a car?
Eventually, they were caught up to and nearly hit by the car again, and Na Eun, who had finally run out of energy and collapsed on the ground, let go of Jae Kyung’s hand.
Na Eun lowered her head with an expression that looked like she was about to cry.
No way, no way, to think that I would actually say this cliché line that I’ve seen so many times in media…!
“I can’t go on. You go alone!”
I’m done for! Sob.
Like a tragic scene from a movie, Na Eun’s gesture of lying face down on the ground with her head bowed low was reminiscent of a tragic protagonist.
Jae Kyung looked down at Na Eun, who was acting silly even in this situation, with a wry smile, but then his expression hardened as he confirmed the zombie car approaching right in front of them.
“Relax your body.”
“Huh?”
What did you say? There was no time to ask again.
Eek! Before Na Eun could scream or not, Jae Kyung put his hands under her back and behind her legs and lifted her up.
In an automatic reflex to avoid falling, Na Eun wrapped her arms around Jae Kyung’s neck and buried her face in the nape of his neck at the same time.
Ah. Jae Kyung must be wearing cologne. It smells nice. She hates herself for having such thoughts even in this life-or-death situation, but what can she do?
Hoping that Jae Kyung would never know that his girlfriend was such a pervert, she tightly closed her eyes.
And then, as if riding an amusement park ride, her body began to pick up speed regardless of her will.
“Kyaa! Jae Kyung, it’s too fast!”
Slowly, slowly!
“If we go slowly now, we’ll die, Na Eun.”
“How can you say such things so tenderly…!”
Even his voice is nice! She decided to keep her involuntary fangirling to herself.
It was deep into the night, past 11 PM.
The lights were still on in the commercial district, and there were quite a few people passing by on the street besides Jae Kyung and Na Eun.
Nevertheless, strangely, that crazy zombie car seemed to be targeting only the two of them.
Jae Kyung, with his exceptional athletic ability, started running as if he wasn’t carrying anything in his arms, and tried to hide in places with as few people as possible.
In this situation, rather than stubbornly trying to run again, staying quietly in his arms seemed to be more helpful, so Na Eun held her breath and struggled to reduce her weight by even 1g.
Just as Jae Kyung deliberately passed between trees to make the zombie car crash into them, and Na Eun’s eyes sparkled in admiration of his sense,
With a crunching sound, the car, its hood already crumpled like paper, staggered and stood up straight again.
The headlights flashed as if they were going to devour them.
It seemed to be glaring at Na Eun and Jae Kyung as if it was going to kill them.
That’s not a car.
That’s a monster.
Just as fear was about to surge up again, another unfamiliar curse flowed from Jae Kyung’s mouth.
He seemed to be thinking about something urgently, then put Na Eun down from his arms and hid her behind him.
“…Jae Kyung?”
“Just stay behind me.”
“What?”
What do you mean?
Na Eun’s face turned pale.
She turned her head and looked back, only to see the wall leading into the apartment complex.
In other words, it was a dead end.
And on the opposite side was the white SUV, half-destroyed but still rumbling with a menacing aura.
Stay behind? Are you saying to use yourself as a shield?
She tried to grab Jae Kyung’s arm in confusion, but he just pushed her back without even making eye contact.
As Jae Kyung acted firmly, Na Eun couldn’t take even one step forward.
It was to the point where she wondered if he had always been this strong.
Jae Kyung didn’t look like someone who had been running at full speed for nearly 10 minutes while carrying a girl his age in his arms.
Showing no signs of being out of breath, he physically restrained Na Eun from stepping forward and stood still.
She suddenly felt scared.
The car’s headlights flashed beyond the broad, immovable back like a mountain.
The sound of the revving accelerator and the rough engine sound that seemed to bend the wind intertwined, and finally the car charged towards Jae Kyung, who was standing guard in front of Na Eun.
“Jae Kyung!”
No! Na Eun screamed, and just as Jae Kyung was blocking her with his whole body in case she might try to come out−.
−The wheels of the car rushing towards them like a hungry beast made a screeching sound.
“…”
The ground shook from the impact, the vibration reaching up to their legs.
Na Eun, who had tightly closed her eyes in fear of witnessing the situation about to unfold, slowly opened them when she didn’t feel the pain she had been bracing for.
Jae Kyung was tightly embracing Na Eun’s body, which had already crouched down in fear.
Still in his embrace, Na Eun quickly scanned Jae Kyung’s body. Fortunately, he didn’t seem to be injured.
Then that means the car didn’t hit us.
“Yes, yes, I’ve arrived here. Collecting one crazy self-driving car.”
Hearing someone talking from a distance, she looked up.
In the distance, someone dressed entirely in black from head to toe was talking on a phone.
In his other hand, he was holding the crumpled car body like a crushed garbage bag.
“Huh? Casualties? Well…”
The man in black, who had been holding the phone to his ear, tilted his head for a moment, then carelessly stepped on the still twitching car body to fix it in place, and asked Jae Kyung and Na Eun sitting on the ground:
“You two there, you’re not dead, right?”
“…Pardon?”
“No. We’re fine.”
Jae Kyung calmly answered first instead of the dumbfounded Na Eun.
The man in black nodded and spoke into the phone:
“They say there aren’t any. That’s it, right? I’m hanging up.”
It seemed like someone was shouting something loudly on the other end of the line, but the unidentified man didn’t seem to care much and hung up.
Na Eun, relieved that they had survived for now, collapsed into Jae Kyung’s arms.
And soon, her ears perked up at a somehow familiar voice.
“You crazy bastard!”
This rough curse. A slightly low voice.
“The Center Director told you not to act alone just yesterday, yesterday! Are you going to keep doing whatever you want?”
It’s Seung Joo.
Na Eun recognized her without even looking at the hero in the same black attire who seemed to have closely followed the first man in black.
K, no, Seung Joo was cursing at the hero who had arrived first, shouting as if she was extremely angry about something.
“If you want to live your life alone, then keep living alone! Why did you join our team just to cause trouble?”
“Choose one: either speak formally or casually.”
“Ah. I really want to take off these rank insignias and fight you.”
Seung Joo said, grinding her teeth as if thoroughly angered, and the man snickered in response as if finding it ridiculous.
“You’d lose.”
“…”
That bastard. Even without saying it out loud, Na Eun could clearly hear the curses Seung Joo wanted to spit out, and she burst into laughter even in this situation.
Pfft. She tried to laugh quietly with her head down, but it seems the heroes with hearing far superior to normal people heard her.
The gazes of both heroes turned to Na Eun simultaneously. Was it a moment of carelessness?
If they had decided to pretend not to notice, they should never have done what they did next.
Na Eun unconsciously raised her head and met the eyes of the two people staring at her,
and their eyes met at the same time.
With Seung Joo.
“…Damn it.”
Another sincere curse flowed from Seung Joo’s mouth as she finally recognized her friend, and Na Eun felt a sense of emptiness as she directed her gaze into the void as if looking at distant mountains.
She muttered inwardly.
…The person who really wants to curse is me, you know.
Male lead says he’s pregnant — and it’s her child
Something seems a bit off about this world.
Wang Zhao thought as she watched a pregnant man walking towards her…
Intro
Female lead finds herself in a world where the men who possess the ability to bear children.
As she navigates this unfamiliar reality, she is caught off guard by the sudden appearance of her boyfriend, who reveals that he is pregnant.
Is this truly her boyfriend?
Why can’t she recall any details about their time together?
She begins to doubt whether the child her boyfriend is carrying is even hers.
Is there a hidden reason behind her amnesia, or could it be a side effect of her sudden arrival in this strange new world?
Just when it seems the protagonist’s life couldn’t become any more entangled, her ex-boyfriend makes an unexpected appearance, raising questions about the protagonist’s past.
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