Leave the Hero's Ex-Girlfriend Alone! - Chapter 9

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Leave the hero’s ex-girlfriend alone!
EP09
From the back, people began to rise from their seats one by one and shout.
“V-villain!!”
The moment someone yelled it, the garden dissolved into chaos.
“Get the kid out of here! Hurry!”
“Please, save us!”
Someone dropped a shopping bag, and someone else ran off, dragging a child by the hand.
Countless people stumbled and fell as they tangled together in their rush to flee.
Then—
Clang!
In an instant, the area around the café shook violently.
A table flipped over, sending drinks sprawling across the floor.
Without thinking, I wrapped my arms around Eunho.
“Eunho, are you okay?”
“Noona, watch out.”
As he said it, a second shock tore through the air.
This time, bowls, glasses, and dishes burst upward from the table right beside us, as if they’d exploded.
The moment I shut my eyes, my body was suddenly shoved backward.
And then—
Some invisible wall settled over us, as if enveloping us.
“What is this…?”
The sharp debris around us was pushed outward in a circle, centered on Eunho.
Inside it, we stood there without a single scratch.
Just then, a glass sculpture near the café shattered with a sharp crack, bursting into a thousand pieces.
Through that transparent barrier, I could see everything clearly.
Through the white smoke and the wreckage, a massive man was slowly walking out.
The man kept his head bowed low, flexing and unflexing the fingers of his right hand.
“Noona, I’m scared…”
In one motion, I pulled Eunho into my arms and stepped backward.
The man slowly raised his hand.
At that moment, the chairs, streetlamps, and trees in the garden lurched as if swept up by a tsunami.
A Power User.
‘I have to protect Eunho…!’
But just then—
Boom—!!
With an explosive roar, a huge sculpture came hurtling toward the villain.
Cutting through the air, Alpha appeared.
His cap must have already been blown away, because his face was fully exposed.
And his eyes burned with fury.
“Take Eunho and back off.”
Short and firm.
I responded to that voice on instinct.
I hugged Eunho, dashed to a pillar, and ducked behind it.
As Alpha raised his hand, the wooden fragments from the garden drifted up like clouds and gathered into a single orbit.
In the next instant, with a flick of his hand, they shot toward the villain like arrows.
Boom—!!
Just as I thought they’d struck true, a dense mass of air hardened and blocked them.
At that moment, an unseen force yanked the villain down to the ground.
“Telekinesis…”
The villain muttered under his breath and stepped back.
Alpha flicked his hand as though he’d anticipated the move.
At the same time, trash cans, signboards, and flower pots lashed through the air.
Every time Alpha’s fingertips moved, the objects changed direction.
Precise and meticulous, as if he’d calculated every single thing in his head.
‘How much training did he actually go through…?’
I held my breath and watched him.
Even as he wielded his power, the guy glanced at me for a moment.
But it was only a fleeting glance, and he turned back to the villain.
Alpha yanked an iron railing from the garden’s edge and hurled it straight at the villain’s feet.
“Ugh—”
The villain staggered back, trying to defend himself, but the second strike that followed cost him his footing.
Alpha didn’t let the opening slip.
“Got you.”
With those words, he closed the distance in a single stride.
The villain stepped back quickly and pulled a small round device from inside his jacket.
Alpha caught on at once and reached for the device with Telekinesis, trying to rip it away.
But the villain was a beat faster than that—
Whoosh!
A blinding flash burst out, and my vision went white.
I shut my eyes, but the light was so intense it stung even through my eyelids.
Alpha clenched his teeth.
While he rubbed at his eyes and tried to recover his sight, the villain had already slipped over the railing.
“This should be enough for now.”
The villain shot a sidelong glance our way.
He left those words hanging in the air and threw himself toward the structure on the floor below.
Alpha immediately leaped down after him.
The steel railing rattled, and debris slammed against the floor with a clatter that echoed through the mall.
I sat frozen, holding my breath, and watched everything unfold.
Alpha pursued without hesitation, but by the time he reached the blind spot behind the elevators, not even a shadow of the villain remained.
A brief silence. Then only the sound of the wind was left.
With the villain gone, the shopping mall descended into chaos.
I sat there for a long while, dazed, holding Eunho against my chest.
My heart was still pounding, and my fingertips tingled as though they’d been frozen.
“Eunho, are you okay?”
“Yeah…”
At that small voice, I carefully lifted myself upright.
Eunho kept his face buried against me and couldn’t bring himself to look up.
I stroked Eunho’s hair gently, letting out a breath of relief.
Thankfully, he didn’t seem to be hurt anywhere.
But what had just happened… that was definitely strange.
“What was that just now…?”
I murmured more to myself than to anyone.
Crunch.
In that instant, the sound of someone stepping on broken debris came from right beside me.
“That kid is a Power User.”
Alpha had returned.
There were traces of the fight on him, but he didn’t seem to have a scratch.
‘Thank goodness…’
But a Power User? What was he talking about?
Alpha’s gaze was fixed on Eunho.
In that look, I could make out wariness, judgment, suspicion… all of those emotions at once.
“…What do you mean by that?”
“That barrier just now was a Defense Type ability. At least B-Rank or above…”
“So what if it was?”
“The problem is… he’s an unregistered Power User.”
I didn’t fully understand what he meant, but a bad feeling settled over me.
Alpha slowly moved closer to Eunho.
I stepped in front of him, blocking Alpha’s path.
“So… what exactly is the problem with that?”
“Every Power User is required to register with the Association. If someone hasn’t registered, it means…”
He trailed off, pressing his fingers to his forehead.
I know Alpha wasn’t wrong.
Still, I didn’t like how he was weighing whether he was a Power User or not above the safety of a child.
Alpha slowly raised his head and met my eyes.
Then, his face twisted, and he muttered under his breath.
“Why would an Unregistered Individual be standing next to you…”
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
At my question, his lips moved as if he meant to say something, but then he pressed them shut again.
I read everything in that silence.
In the end, they still weren’t telling me anything.
“…Fine.”
I gripped Eunho’s hand tightly.
Then the siren grew steadily louder.
Red lights flickered wildly off the glass railings of the third-floor outdoor garden, and before long, someone came bounding up the stairs.
“This is the Hero Association. Where are the victims?”
The few people still left around us raised their hands and started shouting for help from every direction.
Even after the Association agents arrived, the scene was still utter chaos.
People were talking over one another in a din, and the area had been left as it was, a mess no one had bothered to clear.
“Go on. Do your Hero work, the thing you love so much.”
“…”
Alpha bit his lip, then whipped around and turned away.
Honestly, who’s the one who should be angry here…
I sat Eunho down on the one chair that was still intact and let us both catch our breath.
Looking around, considering the signs of battle, no one seemed to be hurt.
“Does anyone remember what the Villain looked like?”
A few people raised their hands in answer to the Association agent’s question.
And so the investigation into what had happened and the circumstances of that moment began in earnest.
Alpha, too, was mixing in among the Association people, helping to sort everything out.
Watching that guy direct the scene with a composed face, I couldn’t help but think, a Hero is a Hero.
Yet every so often, I could feel him sneaking a glance our way.
“What are you looking at?”
I growled at him, mouthing the words.
Honestly, just when I’m starting to like him again, he goes and does something infuriating…
Smack!
I slapped my own cheek to snap out of the stray thought.
What did I just say?
Worth liking again? Wo-orth li-iking-nooo-?
I’ve really lost it. Actually considering diving back into that pit.
Only if I’d lost my mind.
Unlike me, Eunho sat perfectly still, not moving an inch.
Is he scared?
To ease his tension, I stroked Eunho’s hair.
“It’s okay. The Villain ran off, and the Association people are here, so it’s all over.”
Right. It’s over.
It’ll be fine now. That’s what I was thinking, anyway.
An agent arrived, breathing hard, and spoke up.
“…That child, I think they’re a Power User. I just checked the garden CCTV.”

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