Episode 131.Festival(2)

“Kkeueu….”

My head hurts.

Maybe I overdid it, because my whole body aches.

Liliana was still held in my arms. She seemed to be fast asleep, probably tired too.

Jumuljumul.

“Eueung….”

I roused myself while touching the soft breasts still within my grasp.

The horns and wings that had grown on Liliana were already gone.

“This is truly strange.”

I touched the spot where the horns had been, but it felt the same. It was flat, with no trace left.

‘Is this like… an awakening?’

I awakened during sex, so maybe Liliana awakened while masturbating while waiting for me?

No, that seems a bit… Even for a succubus, isn’t that too pathetic?

I checked my smartwatch; it was 7 PM.

Since I came back and went to bed before 9 PM, I slept for about 10 hours.

But why isn’t she waking up?

Kkuuk.

“A-eung….”

With the hand that had been holding her breasts, I pinched Liliana’s nipple.

“Wake up. If you sleep any longer, you’ll be groggy.”

“Heung… Eueut.”

Kkuukkkuuk.

As I played with her nipples, Liliana snuggled into my embrace.

“Liliana. We need to go get chicken skewers.”

“Ugh… Chicken skewers.”

Hearing ‘chicken skewers,’ Liliana also came to her senses and opened her eyes.

“Haa-euu….”

As she stretched, her ample breasts seemed to flaunt their size, as if inviting me to embrace them.

“It’s already night. The festival must have started.”

“Let’s play together….”

Liliana yawned and looked at me.

“Of course. Do you want to wash up first?”

“Mm….”

I sent Liliana to the bathroom and checked my smartwatch.

I had a ton of messages.

First, I replied to a message from Professor Im Sol that arrived around the time the survival test ended.

• Professor Im Sol: You worked hard on the survival test. Stop by the lab sometime.

• Me: Thank you. I’ll stop by tomorrow or the day after!

There were many more messages below that.

• Surin noona: You worked really hard today. I’ll treat you to a meal sometime during the festival.

• Lucy: Your sparring match was awesome! Wanna hang out tonight?!

• Lumi: I’m sorry I couldn’t make it to the sparring arena this morning. I saw the video, and you were so cool. Hoyeon-ssi.

“Hoo….”

I replied to Lucy, saying let’s hang out tomorrow.

I also replied to Lumi that it was okay and let’s hang out tomorrow, and to Surin noona, I expressed my thanks and said let’s meet next time.

Okay. Done.

Now I need to get ready to go out.

After Liliana finished showering, I took a shower too.

Since I haven’t gone out in a while, I styled my hair a bit.

While doing so, I turned on my smartwatch. I needed to check the public opinion on Everyday.

As expected, my name was at the top again today.

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[Breaking News!!!!! Lee Hoyeon’s Dual Attributes Revealed]

He revealed his ice attribute against Shin Dongmin during the friendly spar.

As you can see from the video at the bottom, it’s not fake or photoshopped.

As someone who saw it live, it was f*ing awesome…. One gesture froze the entire sea, giving me goosebumps all over… The noisy audience went completely silent.

He even looked like he hadn’t fully recovered from the fatigue of the survival test until yesterday.

His eyes were sunken and bloodshot, with dark circles and gaunt cheeks, looking exhausted.

But he was still f*ing cool.

The aura he gave off? Anyway, it was f*ing amazing haha.

Everyone who was there probably agrees.

Anyway, lately, all that’s posted are candid shots of celebrities. Stop looking at that weird stuff and check out the promising talent, Lee Hoyeon!

[Video]

Recommend!

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[Agreed, it was f*ing cool.]

[Lee Hoyeon’s the cool one, why are you getting the recommendations?]

[This video is also a candid shot, you crazy bastard lololol]

[ㄴ Yeah, f*. It’s a candid shot lol]

[I survived until the last day of the survival test, and 80 people teamed up to catch Lee Hoyeon lol But Lee Hoyeon still got first place]

[ㄴ Seriously? Does that make sense? During the test?]

[ㄴ Have you been attending the academy for just a day or two? During last year’s Battle Royale, the entire C class formed an alliance from the start and acted like thugs, so the other students got pissed off and 200 of them teamed up to take down the C class first lol. That’s why all the C class students ranked low in that test lol]

[That f*er was seen with a girl during the survival test too, maybe he was just late because he was tired from sex?]

[ㄴ I’m saving this as a PDF.]

[ㄴ Stop talking bullshit. Anyone who took the survival test knows. He slept for over 12 hours that day because he was tired. Lee Hoyeon’s stamina is truly unbelievable.]

[I’m clicking dislike and leaving.]

“Hmm. Not bad.”

Now, there are no more comments about fakes or anything.

As expected, people only believe it when you show your strength in front of the public often.

Public opinion is very good too… The only thing that bothers me is Moon Surin.

Most of the recommended posts, excluding mine, were daily photos of celebrities, and Moon Surin’s were particularly prominent.

‘It’s about time for things to get interesting….’

Of course, I’m not expecting a ‘depressed’ Moon Surin, but she’s holding up too well, so I have no idea how to approach her.

“Ah, right. The Elf’s Essence.”

The Elf’s Essence suddenly flashed in my mind.

I need to take this.

I rummaged through the subspace bag I’d left in the living room and took out the Elf’s Essence.

“What weird thing did you pick up somewhere else? A lump of magic stones?”

Liliana, who was drying her hair, looked at the Elf’s Essence with curiosity.

“No, it’s a potent elixir. I got it luckily. I’m going to take it now, can you watch over me for a bit?”

“Okay.”

There’s almost no chance of problems, but just in case, I asked Liliana.

I swallowed the Elf’s Essence.

Kkulkk.

As soon as I put it in my mouth, sweetness spread across my tongue. It was definitely a taste you couldn’t find in the human world. The scent of the forest seemed to permeate the depths of my mind.

After swallowing it completely, I checked the mirror to see if my face had changed, but I didn’t feel much difference.

Kkudeuk. Ppudeuk.

But a reaction occurred inside my body.

“Ah, sh*t… You should at least say it hurts…! Aack.”

“A-are you okay? Hey! Don’t die! You have to eat chicken skewers!”

Ppudeuduk.

My blood vessels, mana circuits, organs, etc., were forcibly rearranging themselves.

They changed to the most beautiful and efficient positions and sizes.

Since my face didn’t change at all, the changes within my body were immense.

“Aack… It f*ing hurts.”

“Oh dear. Come here. I’ll hold you.”

Liliana, not knowing what was happening, just opened her arms and hugged me.

Held in her embrace, I slowly observed my body.

First, my mind felt clearer.

My body was overflowing with energy, and my mana circuits expanded.

“Nice.”

This is like a health tonic.

Shwuk shwuk.

I threw punches into the air as if shadowboxing.

It feels good.

“…She’s lost her mind.”

Liliana clicked her tongue looking at me.

*

The festival was in full swing at the academy.

The academy’s festival, Cheonsangje, was filled with excitement from the very first day.

While Lee Hoyeon was asleep, the first-year students also recovered from their fatigue and went out to enjoy the festival.

Stalls, only permitted during the festival period, lined the streets, and Lucy was enjoying the festival with her friends.

“This is really delicious.”

“Awesome, awesome. It was definitely worth coming out!”

Eating monster meat skewers sold at the stalls, Lucy’s friends laughed heartily.

While other first-years were recovering from the survival test, Lucy and her friends endured their fatigue to enjoy the festival.

“What are you doing tomorrow, Lucy?”

“Me? I’ll probably hang out with Lee Hoyeon and Lumi.”

“Wow~ I’m so jealous. We want to hang out with Lee Hoyeon too.”

“Exactly. Hoyeon gives off a really cold vibe. Like a cold city boy?”

“…? Lee Hoyeon?”

Lee Hoyeon as a cold city boy? Lucy was taken aback, hearing this for the first time. He seemed more like a dependable, kind, and playful friend than that.

“Yeah, he doesn’t really talk much with people unless it’s a few specific individuals. He kind of keeps his distance.”

“Right~. I tried greeting him a few times, but he never greeted me first.”

“Hmm….”

Now that I think about it, I’ve never seen Lee Hoyeon being close with anyone else.

“You know, I think Lee Hoyeon might be interested in you and Lumi.”

“Huh, huh?”

“That’s right, that’s right! He always hangs out with you twins.”

“I think I get it! He always greets us first.”

“Kyaa! So jealous!”

The female students surrounding Lucy clapped their hands, exclaiming ‘Oh my, oh my!’

“…Hmm.”

Is it true? If I think about it that way, it does seem plausible….

Just then, new customers entered the skewer stall that Lucy and her friends had just left.

While the other friends were squealing, these customers came into Lucy’s line of sight.

“Ah, so this is what chicken skewers are.”

“Oh… Delicious…!”

Lee Hoyeon and a woman I’d never seen before were standing close together, eating skewers.

The woman’s identity was unrecognizable due to her sunglasses, but she wasn’t someone Lucy was familiar with.

“Here~, open up. I’ll feed you.”

“Don’t be like that. We’re outside.”

“Now, now. I bought it with my own money, and you’re not going to eat it?”

“Sigh… We’ll see later.”

Nyam.

“….”

She must be his girlfriend, right? Feeding him like that.

‘Right, she’s not anything to me, so what does it matter if he has a girlfriend?’

I knew it in my heart, but my chest felt inexplicably heavy.

Lucy couldn’t bear to watch any longer and ran off in the opposite direction.

“Huh? Lucy! Where are you going!”

“Hey, I told you to stop teasing me. Lucy! Come with us!”

Lucy’s friends, unaware of the situation, thought she was sulking and followed after her.

*

“Hey, I told you not to mess around.”

I flicked Liliana’s forehead as she kept trying to feed me chicken skewers.

Ttak. Ttak. Ttak.

One wasn’t enough, so I flicked her three times.

“I’m sorry. Ow. I said I’m sorry! It hurts! This is misogynistic!”

“Where did this crazy succubus learn such nonsense?”

She’s not even human in the first place.

Ttak.

I flicked the forehead of Liliana, who was talking nonsense, one more time.

“Aack! I heard that if I say this, guys will never hit me!”

That might be an invincible shield, but not against me.

“I’m a believer in gender equality, so I hit everyone regardless of gender. And you’ll ruin your broadcast saying things like that.”

“Huh? Really? These f*ing viewers taught me something weird!”

Liliana fumed, realizing she’d been tricked again.

“Sigh….”

Holding her forehead and whimpering while eating chicken skewers was cute, but she’s really hard to take around.

I’ve cast a minor perception-altering spell on Liliana and myself, so to others, she looks like a normal woman.

Of course, people who see me often would recognize me, but luckily, I haven’t run into anyone I know.

I looked around, but no acquaintances were wandering nearby.

Well, considering the important heroines, except for Moon Surin, are all first-years who endured until the end of the test, they’re probably sleeping right now.

I enjoyed the festival with Liliana without much worry.

“Next is that! We have to try takoyaki! Sir. 50 takoyaki, please.”

“What do you mean, 50? How can we eat that many!”

Still, it felt good, like releasing the stress from the survival test.

“Ah, Liliana.”

“Yeah?”

As Liliana was picking takoyaki with a toothpick, I remembered something I needed to ask.

“You know, what was that magic you used yesterday?”