Bad Boy Enters the Scene -1

Two weeks have already passed since returning from the amusement park.

After the Pumpkin incident, Athena was properly recognized for their achievement, and everyone returned to their daily lives.

The same goes for me. I’ve been spending time working part-time jobs and hanging out with Noah.

Confession…? After doing something similar, Noah has become noticeably closer to me.

Though our relationship itself hasn’t changed much, she’s become more clingy, or should I say… more intimidating.

Anyway, it’s fortunate things haven’t gotten worse.

In fact, I feel good about being trusted even more than before.

For example, like in this situation.

[Mister, you know you need to come from the 5th period today, right?]

[Of course]

[What time does the 5th period start?]

[Dunno?]

[?]

[?]

[Come on, I told you it starts at 2 o’clock]

[Ah… is that so… was that it…]

[;;]

She asked me to attend a class observation.

As her official guardian, it’s only natural, but there’s also a joint meeting with the homeroom teacher.

Moreover.

[I’m joking]

[Really?]

[Of course, they say you’re going to present your self-composed song on guitar during music class, so I definitely have to go]

[It’s not that grand…]

[I’ll be looking forward to it, see you later]

[If expectations are high, disappointment can be bigger]

[Then I won’t expect anything, our Noah is terr~ible, hope your guitar string breaks]

[?]

Even a self-composed guitar song presentation.

No wonder she’d been practicing guitar constantly, and now she’s even composed music.

It’s a beneficial situation for me.

I needed to visit the school anyway.

The place where I transmigrated, this is the world inside an adult game.

Don’t think nothing will happen just because it’s a school.

‘From what Noah told me, he seems to be running rampant…’

That’s what Noah told me.

Lately, a pervert has been appearing at school. The culprit has been stealing female students’ underwear.

For some reason, they aren’t caught on CCTV, which is causing headaches.

Of course, I know the culprit’s identity.

‘The shadow villain Glasses.’

A villain who can hide in shadows or use shadows as weapons. However, he’s not that significant of a character.

In the game, he briefly appears in an event where Noah gets a debuff after having her underwear stolen.

But that’s just in the game.

‘If I could only get his essence…’

Noah swallowed Bagrude’s essence and gained the Berserk technique. Though she hasn’t noticed it herself yet.

After absorbing part of Pumpkin’s essence, her level just increased without much difference. That’s because Pumpkin didn’t have any special abilities.

There are several essences with special abilities like this.

Glasses’ essence was also one of them.

I confirmed again with Kkomul-i.

‘If you absorb a special essence, you can use it, right?’

‘Yes. But are those common? We’ve hunted for over a year and barely found one. And we gave that to Miss Noah.’

‘It was an emergency. So, you can do it, right?’

‘Yes. I can. Maybe not 100%, but I can digest it to some extent.’

A satisfactory answer.

What I’m envisioning is shadow tentacles.

Combining Kkomul-i’s tentacles with Glasses’ shadow, making tentacles emerge from my shadow.

This would add another attack route, so as Kraken, it’s like gaining a new weapon.

And.

‘How dare you trouble Noah, I’ll destroy you.’

The fact that he’s the leader of a violent circle that harasses Noah.

I won’t kill… no, even if I don’t kill him.

There’s no reason not to smash him. I plan to give a clear warning to those who bully Noah this time.

Never touch Noah again.

“…Sigh, let’s focus on the class observation first.”

Glasses is one thing, but Noah is the priority.

Being invited to something like a class observation means I’m considered a fairly trustworthy person.

Given how important this occasion is, I was currently in a dilemma.

“Damn… what should I wear…”

I never thought I’d live to see the day where I’d worry about what to wear.

I’m already terrible when it comes to fashion…

I regret my habit of just throwing on whatever clothes I could find.

But I don’t have money for a suit, and there’s no rental place nearby.

“I’ve got nothing here…”

As I rummaged through my closet, I found a familiar outfit.

It’s the uniform from Noah’s school.

‘If I wear this, people will think I’m crazy, right?’

I imagined that for a moment and shook my head.

It’s the perfect outfit to get beaten up by Noah.

After thinking for a while, I looked at the clock.

The clock hands pointed to nine o’clock.

‘I don’t lack time, at least.’

I picked up my phone and contacted someone.

After a few rings, a woman’s voice came through.

“If it’s okay, are you available now?”

+++++

30 minutes later.

“Thank you for coming, Jin-ah.”

“It’s nothing. This is all for our Noah.”

When I contacted her, Seo Jin-ah rushed to the clothing store without hesitation.

It was to help choose clothes for the class observation.

Jin-ah has excellent fashion sense. At least it would be better than what I would choose.

Look at this clothing store.

It looks several times fancier than the places I usually go to.

I wonder if this will burn through a lot of money.

“Don’t worry.”

“Pardon?”

“This place has lots of good clothes that are cheap.”

Then I’m relieved.

I won’t have to tighten my belt.

Entering the store like that. There were certainly many diverse clothes, and the price tags weren’t bad. Of course, there were some that made me gasp occasionally, but overall they were quite reasonable.

As I looked around, Jin-ah asked:

“So what style are you looking for, Mr. Shin Hyun?”

“What style?”

Is there a specific style?

“Just a class observation style…?”

“What kind of style is that?”

Is that so?

“I’m sorry. I’m completely ignorant in this area…”

“Hmm… that’s a shame. You’d make a great clothes hanger.”

“Clothes… hanger?”

“…Let’s do this then. What do you want to do at this observation meeting, Mr. Shin Hyun?”

What do I want to do?

Is there anything specific a guardian should do at an observation? Just seeing if they’re doing well and living well, that’s all.

There shouldn’t be anything else I want to do—

“…Ah.”

“Seems like something came to mind.”

Come to think of it, there is one thing.

Something I want to do.

“I’m not sure if I should mention this…”

“What is it?”

“I want to flatten the noses of the kids who look down on Noah, you could say…”

Jin-ah made a puzzled expression.

She didn’t seem to understand what I meant.

I added an explanation.

“There are kids who ostracize Noah at school.”

“Ah…”

“They’ve been doing it since middle school… I thought if I dress impressively, they might not dare touch Noah. So… impressive but also a bit intimidating?”

I never imagined becoming friends with them, nor did I want to.

Just enough for those guys to think, “She’s hanging out with such a cool person,” or at the very least, “There’s such a scary person, we better not mess with her.”

That’s enough for me.

Understanding my thoughts, Jin-ah nodded.

“Hmm… I see…”

“Is it possible?”

Staring.

Jin-ah stared at me.

“Mr. Shin Hyun.”

“Yes?”

“Could you try squinting your eyes a little? Half-lidded… yes, like that.”

“Hmm… hmm…”

“Keep maintaining that.”

It felt a bit uncomfortable, but I had no choice.

The person making the request should listen to the person helping.

There’s no point in complaining about everything.

“Hmm… this and this…”

Jin-ah went back and forth, carrying clothes.

Overall, they had a leather feel, and some had slight damage, appearing torn.

I felt a bit anxious.

Are those really okay? No matter how I think about it, they don’t seem like clothes to wear to a class observation.

“Is this… okay?”

“What?”

“Still, it’s a class observation, I should maintain some level of politeness—”

“Are you going there to maintain politeness, Mr. Shin Hyun? Or are you going there for Noah?”

I was at a loss for words.

“If you do something completely inappropriate, Noah would suffer… but we’re aiming for a twist charm.”

“Twist charm?”

“Yes, it’s fine, just trust me and leave it to me. At least someone who was once a high school girl would know the heart of high school girls better.”

“…That was at least 6 years ago—”

“…What did you say?”

“Nothing, ma’am. I’ll shut up.”

For a moment, I felt killing intent from Jin-ah.

I freshly realized that mentioning a woman’s age is taboo.

Was it because I’m always with kids younger than me?

Fortunately, she didn’t seem to be angrier than that, but I chose to keep quiet.

And a little later.

“Try these on.”

“These? This is a bit…”

“It’s fine, just try them on.”

I hesitated but changed into the clothes Jin-ah gave me.

“How… is it okay?”

“Oh…”

“…Say something!”

“I think it’s fine? No, more than that, it really suits you! Mr. Shin Hyun!”

Is that… so?

“I’m not sure myself.”

“Hmm… Ah! Then let’s ask Noah!”

“Noah?”

Thinking about it, that makes sense.

After all, Noah will be the one who sees me in these clothes the longest.

I stood in front of the mirror, took a full-body photo, and sent it to Noah.

[Noah, I’m going to wear this, what do you think?]

Ding.

[Are you crazy?]

“…She’s asking if this is right?”

“Ah, it’s fine. Here, take this.”

“Sunglasses?”

“Yes, wear these too. That’s when it will be complete!”

Jin-ah, with a sneer on her lips, handed me sunglasses.

I wondered if this was right, but.

[Well, clothes do make the man]

Seeing Noah’s text, I made up my mind.

This would be my outfit for today.

+++++

“Thank you to everyone who has visited the school. Please use the QR code that was distributed in advance to enter.”

Disciplinary committee member Lee Taehwa.

She was working seriously without the playfulness she shows when she’s with Noah.

This is the appearance of her as a disciplinary committee member.

It’s Taehwa’s true nature, working thoroughly and without exception.

While guiding the participants of the class observation, Taehwa suddenly felt something.

“Wow… look at that person…”

“Are they here to participate? Dressed like that?”

“If they look cool, who cares?”

It was noisy.

Not only the participants, but even the disciplinary committee members who were managing them focused their gaze in one direction.

Taehwa’s gaze naturally followed in that direction.

There stood a man.

Tall height and a striking appearance. He was certainly handsome, but is that enough to attract so much attention? Well…

However, Taehwa could understand.

The reason why that man attracted attention.

“…What is that.”

Black sunglasses, a leather jacket, and black jeans with slight damage, appearing torn.

Anyone would see him as a “bad boy” in polite terms, or a “thug” in not-so-polite terms.

And Taehwa, realizing his identity:

“Pfft… Noah is dead today.”

She couldn’t hold back her laughter.