episode_0179

179.

Since Jin Soyeon enthusiastically spread the news of her relationship with Lee Jinhyuk,

the academy was set ablaze.

It was no wonder, as the two hottest individuals in Union had officially become a couple.

The two people known as the strongest in the academy.

Add to that a handsome man and a beautiful woman.

And a childhood friend.

They were a perfect combination that people would love.

However, Jin Soyeon couldn’t be as happy as Hee Woo when revealing the news of their relationship.

She thought that by revealing their relationship, the girls who were eyeing Lee Jinhyuk would back off a bit, but it only served as a catalyst to stimulate the emotions she had buried deep inside.

The girls were just hesitating because he wasn’t dating anyone.

The sudden news of them being in a relationship ignited a fire in their hearts.

As a result, some girls became more overt and approached closer than before.

Just like this.

“Hey, hey! Yuseolhyun! Don’t you back off right now?!”

“Oh my? Why are you acting like this?”

In Lee Jinhyuk’s living room.

Jin Soyeon and Yuseolhyun were at odds.

Jin Soyeon, who had pushed the two apart with a smirk on her face due to the subtle distance between Lee Jinhyuk and Yuseolhyun, couldn’t help but feel annoyed.

“Why are you so close to Jinhyuk?!”

Is this a provocation? Right?

She glared at Yuseolhyun, but she just smiled casually.

“I was just brushing off some dust on his shoulder.”

“Don’t be ridiculous.”

There’s a limit to shamelessness.

She was subtly annoyed by Yuseolhyun’s habit of subtly tempting with justifiable excuses.

‘Ugh. Yuseolhyun, this guy.’

I thought she would give up!

But now she’s clinging even more annoyingly.

She used to maintain a proper distance, but now she tries to tempt Jinhyuk whenever she has the chance, even though she doesn’t do it blatantly.

Jinhyuk, the clueless fool, seems to be unaware of it.

But what if they, these two, who often meet due to business, have an affair?

I-If Jinhyuk and Yuseolhyun…?

Just imagining it makes her blood boil.

I can’t stand to see that. I can’t!

“Ugh… Jin Soyeon is acting up again… I don’t know why she lives so annoyingly…”

“Why don’t you dress properly and speak, Baek Yurin!”

“What did I…?”

Baek Yurin, who was lying on the sofa without a care in the world, was showing a lot of skin due to the hot weather, which irritated Jin Soyeon, but Baek Yurin didn’t pay any attention.

For Jin Soyeon, every girl near Lee Jinhyuk was a key figure.

Especially Baek Yurin.

Doesn’t the quiet cat go up to the hearth first? Is she secretly aiming for Jinhyuk?

You can never tell what’s on her mind since she always looks expressionless.

If her face was ugly, she might have been relieved, but why is she so unnecessarily pretty?

She was a heavenly beauty that even other women would envy, so Jin Soyeon couldn’t help but feel a sense of unease.

Why, isn’t there a saying that goes like this?

Men always pursue new beauties.

Jin Soyeon was confident in her own beauty, but regardless of that, men are creatures who can’t resist a beauty.

“…You dress like this at home too?”

“W-Well, I’m Jinhyuk’s girlfriend.”

“…You dressed like this even when you weren’t his girlfriend.”

“T-That’s…”

If she says that, there’s nothing more to say.

“Don’t worry from the start. I’m not interested in Lee Jinhyuk, so… He probably doesn’t have much interest in me either, right? Why bother with someone as boring as me?”

Baek Yurin waved her hand nervously, yawning.

But does Baek Yurin know?

Approximately a year from now. Will she fall for him as he empathizes and understands the scars and traumas she has carried since childhood?

And will she also awaken to unknown emotions?

Right now, she was just a girl who seemed annoyed by everything, yawning as if nothing mattered, but she was just an immature lady who grew up without knowing love.

And the man who would teach her warmth as a human and the love of truly caring for someone was right by her side.

“Soyeon. Do you think I’m interested in Lee Jinhyuk? Would I go after a man who damages my pride?”

Yoo Seolhyun, laughing lightly, but the thought of going after Lee Jinhyuk was not just a passing fancy.

And why does going after a man with pride make it more tempting than damaging it?

Why does the thought of taking Lee Jinhyuk away from Jin Soyeon ignite a fiercer desire?

The villainess who steals the female lead’s lover, Yoo Seolhyun.

It has a subtly good ring to it, doesn’t it, Soyeon?

So Yoo Seolhyun was slowly, very slowly, preparing her moves.

Means and methods didn’t suit the villainess Yoo Seolhyun.

What mattered was always the result.

If Yoo Seolhyun could get what she wanted, means and methods were never important.

“Haha. It might be busy preparing for this and that.”

A few months later. Lee Jinhyuk and his friends set off on a trip for winter vacation.

On that day, Yoo Seolhyun utilized what she had prepared to cause an incident(?), but the reasons behind it were still unknown.

“If you dare touch Jinhyuk, he won’t stay still.”

“Boo. Scary, scary~.”

“Hey!”

“Oh, you two? Can you calm down for now…?”

As always, Roxanne intervened in Jin Soyeon and Yoo Seolhyun’s squabble.

She was busy stopping the two who were bickering like children with a bitter smile and a stern tone.

But at that time, Roxanne never imagined that she, too, would be caught up in this love and war.

Due to the incident(?) with Yoo Seolhyun that would happen later, Lee Jinhyuk, who was caught off guard by Yoo Seolhyun’s weakness, would be exposed in front of Roxanne, who happened to be there.

How could she have known that the emotions she had suppressed deep inside would explode at that moment?

“Ah, haha. Jinhyuk, sir? You’re quite popular, aren’t you? As expected of a senior.”

“I don’t need this kind of popularity…”

Ha Yua eventually realized that her feelings were not those of a fan, but for now, she didn’t need to know.

“Hoo. Really. If I knew this would happen, I wouldn’t have invited them over for a housewarming.”

To celebrate moving into a nice house, she had invited the kids over, but they ended up fighting for no reason.

Especially Jin Soyeon and Yoo Seolhyun.

They always fought over trivial matters like that.

It seems the female lead and the villainess can never get along.

“It’s noisy.”

“And it’s all your fault.”

“What did I do?”

Suna-ri snorted and glared at Lee Jinhyuk with a stubborn expression, but he just shrugged.

Suna-ri knew.

That Yoo Seolhyun hadn’t given up on Lee Jinhyuk.

She instinctively noticed that Yoo Seolhyun was preparing something diligently, but she didn’t feel the need to tell Lee Jinhyuk.

After all, Suna-ri was always on Yoo Seolhyun’s side.

She might feel slightly sorry for Jin Soyeon, but what can she do? Suna-ri’s loyalty lies with Yoo Seolhyun.

“Anyway, whatever.”

Jinhyuk quietly watched the bustling children and then chuckled, uttering a word.

“Another peaceful day~.”

Grateful that he could joke around, play, and fight in such a mundane way, Jinhyuk felt content.

With the worst villain Yudahee and the rebellion safely dealt with, Jinhyuk was now enjoying a peaceful life at the academy.

Honestly, at first, Jinhyuk was at a loss on how to defeat Yudahee and the rebellion without sacrificing anyone, but they managed to reach a happy ending.

Of course, everything wasn’t completely over.

As a hero, he would continue to be threatened by monsters and villains who lived to harm.

Perhaps another villain like Yudahee might appear and cause trouble again.

But it was okay.

Because Jinhyuk had his reliable childhood friend, lover, and heroine, Jin Soyeon, by his side.

And also.

“Oh? Soyeon? Popular girls don’t cling too much? What if Jinhyuk gets tired of you acting like this?”

“Hey! It’s all because of you! You keep pretending to ignore me!”

“Me? When?”

With his reliable friends by his side.

“Argh! I can’t stand it, hey! Let’s have a match!”

“Trying to solve it with violence? Scary~. You seem more like a villain than a hero~.”

“S-Soyeon? Calm down for a moment.”

“Why do they always fight… Ugh. It’s so noisy, I can’t sleep…”

Although their relationship seemed a bit bad, anyway.

Jinhyuk sincerely prayed for this peace to continue in the future.

But unfortunately, his peace wouldn’t last long.

Because many trials (?) and tribulations (?) would torment him for quite some time starting a few months later.

Well, what can he do?

It’s all the seeds he sowed.

“…It seems like they’re targeting Jinhyuk. Since it’s come to this, we have no choice but to confine Jinhyuk.”

“Ugh, Soyeon? Can you hear everything?”

“Hehe. If we confine him, we can have Jinhyuk all to ourselves, right? Hmm? Having Jinhyuk all to ourselves? It might be nice.”

“Just like a yandere, tying him up tightly so he can’t escape, right?”

“…Huh? Really? But, that might be uncomfortable. But still, what if Jinhyuk manages to escape… Hmm.”

“It’s a joke, so don’t give me that look?”

“….”

“What the hell? Soyeon?”

So, Jinhyuk, endure a little longer.

“Yurin! I only trust you! You should pay for the meal, right?”

“Uh…? Well, okay… Since you’re my bodyguard…”

“Hehe~? Yurin? Calling me by my name?”

“Of course… He might not win, but…”

Even after the epilogue, the lives of the characters continued.

Jinhyuk’s life in the otome game and the bittersweet love stories of the heroines would continue.

Because the future of the romance hero academy’s top hero Jinhyuk, Jin Soyeon, and the heroines looked very bright.

(The End)