Chapter 4: Behind the Mask, Beyond the Mirror

“…F*cking hell.”

I used to laugh at people who got TS’d for being unlucky, but it was me? Really?

“It’s nice that filtering doesn’t work, but…”

I looked in the mirror again.

Flawless, clean skin.

Eyes as blue as the autumn sky.

And white hair like newly fallen snow.

It’s the Saintess.

Although I can speak and my impression has become cold, this face was a carbon copy of the Saintess’s illustration.

If so, the good news is that at least I won’t be told I’m ugly for taking off my mask, and the bad news is that I’m not excessively ugly.

In the novel, the author praised the Saintess as the most beautiful in the world, so I have to live a very annoying life.

Damn it.

And I don’t even want to imagine what will happen if the academy students above the second grade see me like this.

Will they see me as a crazy person who stole a body?

Will they see me as the Saintess who was resurrected and changed her personality?

“No matter how I think about it, in this world, the former makes more sense..”

I wanted to drink, so I quietly contacted the hotel room service.

In the Saintess’s beautiful voice, I spoke clearly.

“A lot of alcohol, preference for liquor, preference for wine, a lot of snacks, I can pay up to 400 platinum coins.”

I’ll have to take off my mask when I drink.

I don’t know how quickly I’ll get drunk in the Saintess’s body, but if there’s any left, I can put it in my dimensional bag.

“Chef? How many high-quality ingredients do we have in our hotel right now?”

The manager in charge of the hotel ran to the kitchen and asked the chef.

“Wash your hands before entering the kitchen, because anything you touch will get dirty.”

The chef frowned and said, looking at the manager’s hands, which showed no moisture.

Only then did the manager mix wind and water magic to clean his hands.

“Ah..sorry.”

Only then did the chef smile and answer.

“We have Wyvern flesh, lobster, top-quality Korean beef, and chicken raised in an environmentally friendly way that we’re newly trying to challenge.”

“If you add it all up..”

The manager said while tapping on the calculator.

“It’s about 6 gold coins, but one Wyvern flesh takes up almost everything.”

The chef held the kitchen knife that he had been with throughout his cooking life and began to prepare the ingredients.

“Looks like we have some big-handed guests?”

Tap tap tap tap..

The chef asked while cutting the asparagus at regular intervals.

“..There was a woman with a very nice voice and a nobleman with a unique outfit.”

The manager recalled the man wearing a black suit and a crow mask.

His voice was very low, but it was as soft as a teacher’s voice.

“He said he could pay up to 400 platinum coins.”

“400 platinum coins??”

The chef’s trimming stopped for a moment and he looked at the manager with a bewildered face.

“Where did such a crazy guy come from?”

“Chef! Please refrain from speaking!”

The manager was flustered and said, reaching out his hand.

“..Okay, I understand.”

The chef called all the cooks and started a large-scale cooking.

“We will use no other methods and bring out the original taste of the meat! Grill it!!”

Does the plague doctor know that countless cooks were sweating in front of the fire and constantly adjusting the strength of the fire with magic?

In addition, the manager watched the cooking for a while with a blank expression.

Then he came to his senses and ran to the hotel’s liquor storage, using telekinesis to move countless wines, vodkas, and whiskeys.

I turned on the water in the bathtub for now and looked at myself in the mirror, falling into despair once again.

I thought the food would come soon, so I put on my mask, neatly straightened my clothes, and checked my voice for a moment.

‘F*ck!!’

“This is truly difficult.”

Okay, I’ve been re-TS’d again.

As soon as I straightened my clothes, the doorbell rang.

Ding-dong

“Marquis, your snacks and alcohol have arrived.”

..It somehow sounds like multiple people’s voices, but I’m probably just imagining it.

I hesitated for a moment and opened the door.

And what I saw in front of me was multiple employees on multiple trolleys with glasses and various alcohols, and…

What is that?

All kinds of delicacies were there.

The neatly dressed manager handed me a receipt.

“The total is 50 gold coins.”

Hmm, 50 million won (approximately $40,000 USD).

It’s a ridiculously small amount compared to what I said, but it’s still a huge amount for one meal.

“Here it is.”

I took out 50 gold coins from my pocket and handed them to the manager.

The manager, unlike the employee at the cafe, calmly received the money, quickly checked the amount, bowed his head, and moved to the lobby.

I closed the door and looked at the food.

Admiration came out on its own.

The temperature preservation magic was applied, so all the food was warm or cool just right at the most delicious temperature.

I was going to enjoy the night with my mask off, so I poured a little vodka and shot it.

It’s bitter, but sweeter than this damn reality.

So sweet that my tongue tingles.

And I picked up a dish that was familiar to Koreans and went well with beer, fried chicken.

“I wanted to see chicken..”

Crunch

The fried skin of the chicken was묻으며 (smearing) in my mouth, and the moist and soft flesh was different from the crispy exterior, making my mouth happy.

By the way, my words are getting a little slurred.

Well, I don’t have to worry about anything happening even if I get drunk, so I’ll just take a bath and sleep if I feel like I’m going to get drunk.

Pour pour pour

“Pour it~”

Who would fill a beer glass with wine?

I shouted while drinking the beer glass full of red instead of the usual yellow.

“Me!”

Who would mix vodka and gin and drink it?

I shouted once again while drinking the strangely colored alcohol.

“Me too!”

Ah, I’m not a jerk anymore.

Hahaha.

I kept drinking while joking trivial jokes.

My chest was a little tight, and I used heal while my stomach hurt.

But heal didn’t even heal the drunkenness.

The last thing I saw was the color yellow, and then I lost my mind.

“I..I came to see the teacher.”

Is this really right?

The clerk at the store only put in one white chocolate, and he’s trying to go to where the teacher is staying.

The hotel that I asked the headmaster about, who seemed upset that he had lost a lot of money, was Reliquum Protitorium, which was famous for being used only by nobles.

This place is really famous for being expensive.

Is this really okay..

“Hello, customer.

Reliquum Protitorium, where angels stay.

It seems that it will be difficult to stay because all the rooms are full.”

The employee looked at me.

His eyes sparkled a little.

Why are his eyes sparkling?

“However, if you came as a promotional model for the hotel, I’ll bring the person in charge right now.”

..Why do I get this misunderstanding a lot?

I’m just a very ugly and ordinary high school student.

“Do you know where Pest Raven is?”

The employee blushed slightly and smiled.

Then he told me quietly as if he was giving me high-quality information.

“It’s best not to go now, there’s a beautiful sound coming from there now.”

It’s beautiful, so I can’t go?

“What do you mean?”

Then the employee smiled.

He made an okay sign with one hand, and then started putting his finger in and out of the hole in between.

“How intensely are they doing it, the woman was crying? Her voice was very clear..”

“Eek!”

I handed the white chocolate to the employee and ran without thinking.

“Pl..Please tell Marquis Raven!”

The clerk who received it smiled slyly and said.

“If you go to room 4308, you can hear it~”

I heard those words while running and felt my face getting hotter.

“..I wonder if you know that our hotel doesn’t have separate floors?”

The employee muttered something.

I was running to find a bathroom to cool my face.

Ah! Found it, Room 4308..

Wait, why am I finding this!!

I grabbed my head and leaned against the door of room 4308.

This isn’t weird.

It’s just the teacher’s voice.

It’s a pure heart..

To try to listen.

“Heu..Heuek…”

I heard the sound of water flowing and the voice of the beautiful tone crying as the employee said.

It was a familiar voice.

But the voice I thought I heard couldn’t be heard.

The girl’s last remaining voice shouldn’t exist.

So that’s why.

I wanted to comfort someone who resembled her voice.

“Are you okay?”

It may have been faint, but I definitely made a loud noise that could be heard in the bathroom.

“I’m not okay..? Why is some f*cking guy coming and making a fuss?”

It was a bit harsh, but I didn’t feel bad because I heard the sound of a bottle rolling on the floor.

“..Were you forced to do it?”

Did the teacher really force her?

I didn’t want to be disappointed in the teacher, so I checked again.

“Then..would I be crying after doing it my way?”

..Please, let it not be true.

Let that woman be a bad person.

I left the hotel with the biggest wound from the person who tore down the wall of my heart that I had built up after the death of Saintess.

I won’t spread rumors.

I feel bad just talking about such a person.

But, I hope that person will explain it someday..

Why is some kid asking if I was forced to do it or something?

Then, f*ck, would I have wanted to be TS’d?

I was so dumbfounded that I cursed and kicked him out.

I’ll never see him again.

If a woman I see for the first time starts swearing like this, anyone will think that she’s strange and avoid her for sure.

…?

But how did he know I was TS’d?

I was carefully telling people that I was TS’d in case someone heard it and used it as my weakness.

Did I just mistake a good young man?

Oh no.

“I’m sorry…I’m sorry..”

I didn’t know that that one word would make the boy who was moving away have even more anger towards me.