11 Virtues A Hero's Civilian Friend Must Uphold (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 4
In the middle of the night, I was nearly killed after being chased by a mad car, and barely got rescued—only to find out one of my rescuers was, of all people, my friend.
Worse still, our eyes met, and now he knew I’d discovered his secret.
As expected, civilians who knew a hero’s identity seemed to be a problem, so I couldn’t just leave after a simple thank-you.
Eventually, the four of them entered a café far from the accident site, and a heavy, awkward silence settled over their table for more than a minute.
“Can I get your autograph?”
Surprisingly, it was Jae Kyung who broke the gloomy, unbearable atmosphere.
Na Eun let out an awkward chuckle at her boyfriend’s unusually clueless and cheerful remark.
The man sitting across from them smirked and shot back,
“I only sign for girls. But I’ll sign for your girlfriend instead?”
At that, Jae Kyung’s expression froze strangely.
His bleached blond hair, tanned skin, and multiple ear piercings—
Just at a glance, he looked like a delinquent, yet combined with his handsome face, his words were exactly the kind a stranger would misinterpret—especially if they didn’t know his true identity as the hero who saved people every night.
Should he get mad, or just swallow it?
Seeing Jae Kyung hesitate over how to react toward his life-savers, Na Eun quickly patted her boyfriend’s cheek.
“Never mind. Didn’t you say your dream was to meet him in person and get his autograph? I’ll get it for you.”
“Where do you want it?” Na Eun asked gently. After a moment’s thought, Jae Kyung turned shy, his cheeks reddening as he whispered,
“…On my back.”
“Sure, sure.”
She knew well—just as she loved hero stories from publishers like M and D, Jae Kyung had been quietly admiring real-life heroes like a devoted fan, so she understood perfectly.
Na Eun quickly pulled off Jae Kyung’s hoodie and laid it flat on the table.
She’d even asked a café staff member for a name pen, and now she handed it to the delinquent-looking hero (who’d already cemented that impression in her mind).
“Please write it large here. And if you could add today’s date, that’d be great.”
“How about ‘With love’? Should I add something like that too?”
“Yes. And right under that, write ‘To Jae Kyung.’”
“Is that your name?”
“Yes.”
*Pfft.* Jae Kyung, sipping coffee through a straw behind them, tried hard not to laugh.
What’s the point of giving your name when we’re never seeing each other again anyway?
Na Eun nodded calmly, having just told a bald-faced lie to the shamelessly flirty man.
The man seemed to catch on to her lie from Jae Kyung’s reaction, but merely shrugged with amusement and began signing the back of the hoodie with practiced ease.
His smooth, celebrity-like penmanship suggested he’d done this many times before—apparently, plenty of fans besides Jae Kyung had asked for autographs.
As soon as he finished, Na Eun gave a brief thanks, then turned the pen toward the person beside him.
“Since we’re doing this, you should sign too.”
“…”
Seung Joo, who’d been eating her parfait with a sour, sullen expression next to the pierced man, crumpled her face like a sheet of paper.
“What did you say?”
“Come on, hurry up. Jae Kyung’s a fan of yours.”
“…”
Seung Joo let out a disbelieving snort.
Frustrated by the absurdity of it all, she clutched her parfait—but eventually gave in under Na Eun’s steady, expectant gaze and took the pen.
“Write ‘With love’ for him too.”
“…Ugh, seriously?”
Though grumbling, Seung Joo scribbled the cringey phrase as requested and roughly set the pen down.
Then, she unleashed everything she’d been holding back.
“Even if you’re on a date, why stay out so late and cause this whole mess?!”
“You could’ve died tonight! What’s a high school senior like you doing, not studying and just fooling around with your boyfriend late at night?!”
Na Eun shot right back without backing down.
“At least I study better than you!”
“Hey, if I hadn’t been doing this nonsense and just studied hard, I’d be doing as well as you!”
“I’ve always been super smart, you know?” Na Eun retorted defensively.
“If you’re so smart, why did you lock eyes with me back there?!”
You could’ve just ignored me! Then I could’ve pretended not to see you!
“You were staring so obviously!”
“Ugh, whatever! You’ve ruined everything!”
Na Eun collapsed onto the table in despair.
“Ruined what exactly?”
Jae Kyung, carefully cradling his returned hoodie, asked with puzzled eyes.
He was clearly surprised that his girlfriend had hero friends—and even more confused that Na Eun had known all along yet never let on.
With no reason left to hide anything, Na Eun spilled everything.
“Jae Kyung, we’re doomed now. We’ve gone from regular civilians No. 1 and 2 to official hero friends! Do you even understand what that means?”
She sat up abruptly, grabbing Jae Kyung’s sleeve and shaking it desperately to vent her frustration.
“Now we could get dragged into every single mess that guy causes!”
“Mess? Hey, I’m actually the quietest one at our center!”
Seung Joo frowned sharply and slammed her parfait down on the table in disbelief.
But Na Eun didn’t even seem to hear her, blurting out rapidly,
“Look at the hero’s friends in SuperXX Man—they all suffer like crazy! And why do you think BXXtman has no friends? Heroes are lonely for a reason!”
“Hmm…”
“Bad guys might even kidnap us later and use us as bait!”
Just as Jae Kyung’s expression started to shift at Na Eun’s anxious, self-pitying rambling—while she clung to his arm—
The blond man across the table chuckled, shoulders shaking with muffled laughter, while Seung Joo let out a deep, exasperated sigh.
Hurt by the implication that she wasn’t someone they’d want involved, Seung Joo snapped sharply,
“Hey, who’s going to kidnap you guys? You’re not that precious to me!”
“You wouldn’t come rescue me if I got kidnapped?”
“…I mean, I’d go!”
“There! See? Ughhh!”
Na Eun wailed as though Seung Joo’s promise to rescue her was a death sentence, collapsing dramatically into Jae Kyung’s arms.
“We’re doomed… Since that guy doesn’t have a boyfriend, I guess I’ll have to fill the ‘heroine-to-be-kidnapped’ role!”
“You wanna die?”
Seung Joo clenched her fist, ready to punch her for mocking her single status like that.
And seriously, enough with the kidnapping talk! She’d told her to lay off the movies! Jae Kyung stepped in, shielding Na Eun and smiling gently.
“Sorry, you know Na Eun’s a huge hero fan. She just gets overly immersed—that’s all. Please understand.”
Seung Joo only frowned at his mature, placating apology and looked away.
It was awkward—she’d known about Na Eun’s boyfriend for nearly a year, but they weren’t close enough to speak freely like she did with Na Eun herself.
After calming down in Jae Kyung’s comforting embrace, Na Eun suddenly sat upright as if remembering something.
“Wait—do you guys have anything like that? Some tech that erases memories?”
“You really watch a lot of movies.”
The pierced man, idly fiddling with his ear jewelry, chuckled softly.
“If you can crush a car with your hands, why don’t you have that kind of power?”
“We’re espers, not wizards.”
“What even is an ‘esper’?”
When the unfamiliar term slipped from Seung Joo’s lips, Jae Kyung reflexively asked—prompting Na Eun to frantically cover his mouth.
“Jae Kyung, don’t ask! Don’t find out! We shouldn’t know anything more! We have to stay completely clueless!”
“You’re right—definitely the studious type. Sharp kid.”
The pierced man smiled approvingly at Na Eun’s words.
“Exactly. Don’t dig deeper, don’t learn more. You might not realize it, but we’re crazy busy. You think we’d waste time splitting our schedules just to sit here sipping coffee in a café for fun?”
His smile carried a cold edge—clearly telling them to keep everything they’d seen and heard today to themselves.
Just as Na Eun flinched at his sudden shift from playful delinquent to something far more serious, Seung Joo, who’d been swirling her parfait with a spoon, spoke up with a pout.
“Don’t worry about that. She’s known who we were since freshman year—but kept pretending not to know till the end.”
Na Eun glared at her, stunned.
“You… you knew all along? No wonder your attempts to hide it were so half-hearted!”
Seung Joo just shrugged calmly under Na Eun’s betrayed gaze.
“You were pretending so obviously that it got comfortable.”
Na Eun’s jaw dropped.
“…Can I swear at you?”
“Your boyfriend’s here, so go ahead if you really want to.”
Her fists clenched.
Should I punch her? I really want to hit her hard… No, better not. My hand’ll just hurt.
Na Eun narrowed her eyes, glaring at her infuriating friend—but the blond man, who’d been watching the whole scene with clear amusement and laughing for a while, finally caught his breath, clutching his aching stomach before casually dropping a bombshell.
“If word of what happened today leaks out anywhere, I’ll kill you.”
“…”
“Both of you.”
His murder threat, delivered as smoothly as a breeze, turned Na Eun’s face deathly pale.
Jae Kyung’s eyes widened too—he never imagined a hero who saved people would say something like that.
Leaning back comfortably on the sofa, the blond man kept smiling as he continued,
“I can’t speak for the others, but I really don’t care if civilians die.”
It’s too hard to do this job if you worry about who dies or how many.
“If I kill you two to keep our secret, the higher-ups won’t really punish me. We’re that valuable. So don’t cause trouble—just keep your mouths shut. Okay?”
His gentle tone, like soothing a lover, carried a razor-sharp threat beneath.
Na Eun stared at him with a stiff expression, then instinctively turned to her friend sitting beside him.
Her classmate and prank partner of three years was now silently eating her parfait with an emotionless face she’d never seen before.
She didn’t argue, deny, or object to a word the blond man had said.
Seeing Seung Joo’s unfamiliar, cold expression sent a chill down Na Eun’s spine.
It felt as if someone she’d known forever had drifted impossibly far away.
Though fear gripped her, she hid the strange pang of loneliness rising from deep within and instead tightly gripped Jae Kyung’s hand beside her.
“…Okay. We won’t tell anyone.”
Never. No matter what happens.
Satisfied with Na Eun’s firm vow, the blond man smiled and praised her.
“Just as I thought—you’re plenty smart to study well. Really clever.”
When the male lead is punished by carrying the female lead’s child and having periods like a woman
“I’ve given birth to two children for you, yet you still think about him.
Was I nothing but his substitute to you from beginning to end?”
Synopsis:
Meng Huan, a scumbag who has dated countless girlfriends, transmigrates to a female-dominated country.
Day 1: Whether it’s female dominance or not doesn’t matter. The beauties here are passionate and amorous. Isn’t it easier to date them than in modern times?
Day 2: After a night, Meng Huan discovers the differences in the female-dominated world. Men here actually have chastity locks and menstrual cycles. This hinders his ability to perform, damn it!
Day 3: What’s wrong with sleeping around? I don’t want you to marry me. I’m meant to be a playboy. I don’t care about male virtues… What? You want to drown me in a pig cage? Marry, I’ll marry!
Day N: Meng Huan inexplicably vomits and receives the shocking news of his life… He’s pregnant.
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