High School Girl and Sleepyhead(2)

Lee Seol tended to respect the Ancestor.

Of course, she didn’t fanatically respect and serve her like her eldest sister Lee Yeon-ah, but she respected Shin-yeon immensely compared to the general standard.

In the past, when Shin-yeon was sleeping inside the pumpkin, Seol respected her overwhelming presence that made her skin tingle just by looking at her and her incomparably beautiful appearance. When she came out of the pumpkin and awoke, Seol respected Shin-yeon’s appearance of not daring to submit to any being and being arrogant, but showing the power to back it up.

Besides these, if asked to give reasons for respecting her, she could probably list a few more, but anyway, the conclusion is that Seol herself greatly respects and admires Shin-yeon.

Therefore, Seol always thought when Shin-yeon woke up and was working in her room.

To become a descendant who wouldn’t be shameful to her, at least.

To show her worth as a founding family member serving her as the Ancestor.

For that, Seol started to consistently do self-discipline again, which she had been postponing with excuses of being sleepy and bothersome, and reduced her sleep from about 19 hours a day to about 12 hours.

She started to hone herself by drastically changing her lifestyle pattern enough to make Yeon-ah and Baek-jin fall on their backsides in surprise when they glanced by.

Truly tiring past days. However, with the single goal of becoming a descendant without lacking, Seol continued her efforts.

And because there had been such days of effort, now that she was out as Neon’s attendant.

‘I’m really doing work together with the Ancestor… Thank you, sister……!’

Seol was feeling moved while glancing at the side profile of Shin-yeon walking beside her, behind Neon who was walking ahead.

Certainly, until just earlier when she was in the tower, she was in a state of drowsiness from only being able to sleep for 12 hours, but now all that fatigue had flown away and her eyes were wide awake.

So much so that if it weren’t for this plain mask covering her face, Seol’s eyes rolling constantly towards Shin-yeon would have been clearly visible.

Therefore, while being grateful for that fact, Seol was simultaneously grateful to Yeon-ah who had entrusted her with Neon’s attendant duties today.

‘If it weren’t for sister, such an opportunity would surely have come only later……’

Or in the worst case, it might not have come at all.

An opportunity to directly prove her honed worth in front of the Ancestor.

How could she not be grateful to Yeon-ah for giving her such an opportunity?

Seol once again inwardly conveyed her gratitude to Yeon-ah and barely managed to calm her glancing gaze.

‘I need to calm down. Yes.’

Although it was good to see Shin-yeon’s unique confident gait and expression, today Seol was here as Neon’s attendant after all.

Therefore, if she neglected her main duty by being distracted with looking at the Ancestor she respected, it would be nothing short of a huge mistake for her goal of proving her worth.

So the first priority Seol herself should focus on was her duty as Neon’s attendant.

Her job as an attendant was to help and safely protect Neon until she got fitted for her uniform, looked around the streets, and returned to the tower.

She should be able to prove she was a worthy descendant by handling such a simple task on her own without causing trouble for Shin-yeon.

“The uniform shop… We’re here……”

“Ah, is it here?”

Therefore, Seol pointed out the uniform shop located right next to them to Neon, who was looking around, while deciding to definitely complete this task successfully.

And only then did Neon discover the uniform shop and turn her steps.

Ding-a-ling—

“Welcome~ Customer!”

“Hello. I came to get fitted for a uniform.”

As Neon opened the door and entered the shop, a bell sound rang out and the classic atmosphere inside the shop greeted the three of them.

Then Seol quietly brought out and released her ability while watching Neon state her purpose as soon as she entered the shop.

‘《Eyes of the Wind》.’

Saaah—

A formless, colorless wind spreading quietly without any sound.

It was an ability that Seol, who was in charge of insight and surveillance of the 2nd District, always used and utilized every hour, every minute, every second without ceasing.

A technique created by Seol that dissolves vision into the wind itself to obtain multiple viewpoints.

This Eyes of the Wind was a technique that only Seol, who was born with the innate ability of ‘Resonance’, could use.

Isn’t the first thing Seol should do as an attendant to prepare for protecting Neon’s safety?

Therefore, Seol stood by her position next to the counter inside the shop, not letting her guard down, after not only checking the inside of the shop but also scattering the Eyes of the Wind in a 100m radius around the shop.

“A uniform? Which school uniform are you looking for?”

“I’m here to get fitted for a Gaeam Hunter Training High School uniform.”

“Oh my? Are you a transfer student?”

And when Seol opened her eyes again after finishing synchronizing her vision, the shop owner and Neon were having such a conversation.

It seemed the shop owner was quite surprised since there were virtually no cases of transferring into a hunter training high school.

But that surprised expression only lasted for a moment, and soon the shop owner erased her surprised expression and brought out several sets of uniforms from the inner space.

“For now, these are the only Gaeam High School uniforms that seem like they might fit you right away. Would you like to take a look first?”

Was it because she was a civilian? The shop owner, who didn’t seem to notice the presence of Seol herself and Shin-yeon wearing top-grade perception reduction masks and cloaks at all.

She rustled past right next to Seol and laid out the uniforms she had brought in front of Neon.

“So this is the Gaeam High School uniform……”

“If you’d like, you can try them all on.”

When Neon’s eyes lit up as she examined the uniforms, the shop owner casually took out a uniform from its plastic packaging and held it out while saying so.

“Ah, then I’ll try one on.”

“Yes, take the size you want and try it on. With your great style, I think it will suit you very well!”

“Aha…… Thank you for the compliment.”

As Neon accepted the uniform, the shop owner guided her to the fitting room while continuing the conversation without pause.

Indeed, like someone with more than just a few years of experience, the shop owner led the conversation with Neon smoothly like a professional.

And both Seol and Shin-yeon, who were standing quietly in the corner of the shop, couldn’t help but agree with the shop owner’s words about Neon’s good style.

‘Neon is pretty indeed……’

Certainly, Neon’s appearance was indescribably beautiful to the point where one couldn’t think she was from the slums.

From Neon’s white hair dyed in various light colors that stubbornly didn’t fade, to her sharp and chic red eyes within her extended eye lines, to her body with perfect golden proportions.

Even though it was a natural body, if one said Neon wasn’t pretty, there would be no pretty people in the world.

So while the two were nodding their heads at the shop owner’s words, suddenly Seol, who felt the presence of someone walking towards this uniform shop within the boundary range where the Eyes of the Wind were spread, flinched her shoulders and straightened her gaze.

‘Who is it?’

There were two presences approaching the uniform shop.

However, while one seemed to be an ordinary girl, the other was wearing a perception reduction mask like Seol herself or Shin-yeon, so Seol had no choice but to strengthen her vigilance even more.

If they’re hiding their identity to that extent, they surely can’t be ordinary.

“……It seems something has come?”

“Yes.”

Shin-yeon, who was next to Seol, also noticed Seol’s heightened vigilance and raised her guard together, and the next moment.

Ding-a-ling—

Finally, the door of the uniform shop opened and the owners of the presences caught in the Eyes of the Wind entered the shop.

“Welcome~ Customer…… Ah! You said you’d come today, right?”

“Yes, ma’am. I came to pick up the spare uniform I left for alterations.”

The shop owner raised her voice with an exclamation upon seeing the black-haired girl who entered the shop, as if she was a customer who had left a uniform.

And Seol and Shin-yeon, who were on guard, couldn’t help but burst out in question at the man standing behind that girl.

More precisely, at the man who had been wearing a perception reduction mask when seen through the Eyes of the Wind.

“Huh?”

“Ah?”

Because that man with blonde hair slicked back with pomade and wearing glasses was a man very well known to both Seol and Shin-yeon.

So when the two simultaneously let out low questioning sounds, the man also turned to look at Seol and Shin-yeon and uttered a questioning sound.

“…Hmm?”

Perhaps because of the mask and cloak, the man didn’t seem to recognize Seol and Shin-yeon for a moment, but only for a moment.

“Huh?”

The man took off his glasses, then his mask as well, put his glasses back on, and only then did he properly raise a questioning voice from deep in his chest.

His eyes seemed to be asking why they were here.

But that was something Seol’s side wanted to ask equally, so for a moment, only an awkward silence lingered between Seol, Shin-yeon, and the man.

This was the meeting of Na Tae-hyun, the team leader of the Geumryu Team, and Lee Seol and Shin-yeon of the General Management Team at the uniform shop.

A meeting that no one had expected suddenly took place here today.

Thud—

“……What are you? Sorry, but could you not block the way like that?”

“Ah, sorry……”

“Can’t you understand what I’m saying? I’m not telling you to apologize, I’m telling you to move quickly!”

And while a moment of silence flowed between the three, the incident happened in an instant.

“Uh…… Uh?”

Tae-hyun belatedly panicked and broke out in a cold sweat.

“……Anc-, Shin-yeon, please stay still.”

Seol, whose perfect work was interrupted, was about to get angry.

The incident between Ju-ri and Neon, that is.