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The fragrant aroma of pasta mixed with oil and the appetizing smell of meat.

On the table, Lily’s finished dishes were showing off their beauty.

Lily cooked much better than I expected.

Although all he did was make simple pasta, he still seemed to have a good sense of things like seasoning and how well the meat should be cooked.

Did I inherit my genetic talent for cooking from my older sister Dania?

“Wow…Lily…you’re talented at cooking?”

“..No.”

When I looked at Lily with sparkling eyes, she made an embarrassed expression and mumbled her words.

After that, I lifted the noodles with my chopsticks and put them in my mouth. The soft, oily noodles went down my throat.

“It’s delicious, Lilya..!”

When I smiled brightly and praised her, Lily’s face turned slightly red.

To this extent, it is a success… no, a great success.

Lily’s talent for cooking far exceeded my expectations.

Maybe if I just try a little harder, I could definitely make some amazing dishes?

Then Robin will definitely like it too.

I figured I’d have to make room for Robin and Lily later.

Is there a place where Lily can cook for Robin?

The most suitable option would be a dorm room, but that’s something I could never allow.

I could somehow tolerate dating, but if it went any further than that, I would light a fire in my eyes and punish Robin.

Lily is still a student.

For me, who still has some Confucian ideas left, I will not allow Lily to engage in any sexual activity until she becomes an adult.

‘Am I… being polarized…’

I thought it was a bit too much of a stretch, but I couldn’t help it.

I loved Lily that much and wanted to take care of her.

“Sarah. It’s on my lips.”

While I was lost in thought, Lily put her finger near my mouth and licked my lips once before speaking.

“Uh..uh. Thank you.”

“It’s nothing.”

After that, Lily, with a strange expression, put the finger that had been skimming my lips into her mouth and sucked it once.

As I blankly stared at Lily like that, she looked at me with calm but at the same time blazing eyes and said.

“Sarah. Why did you teach me how to cook?”

“Huh..?”

“Cooking? That’s so sudden.”

“Um…that’s…”

Even I thought it seemed a bit forced.

Suddenly bringing a friend to my house and offering to teach me how to cook.

It wouldn’t be strange for Lily to say something like that.

‘….Okay. Let me tell you.’

Anyway, I’m going to resolve the misunderstandings that arose last time.

I’m telling Lily everything.

Then I can build up her favorability.

Because there’s no one who hates their own side.

I wiggled my fingers a few times and then spoke cautiously to Lily.

“Lily..you said you liked someone?”

“Huh?”

Lily’s chopsticks stopped with a snap.

“Actually..I’m rooting for your love.”

“What..?”

I continued talking, leaving her with a confused expression.

“Lily, I hope you have a happy relationship.”

As I said that, I reached out to Lily and wrapped my hand tightly around her small, white hand.

“The person you love will definitely like someone who is good at cooking.”

“…..?”

Lily tilted her head in confusion and asked me.

“Do you like people who are good at cooking, Sarah?”

“Uh..huh? Yeah.. I like it too..”

Why are you suddenly asking about me?

For a moment, Lily’s face, which had been staring at me intently, darkened momentarily.

“….No way.”

My body shuddered at the short, eerie voice coming from her mouth.

Lily said, holding my hand tightly as if she would never let go.

“Sara. Are you saying this because you know who I like?”

“Huh…? Uh…yeah…”

Who does Lily like?

Of course…

“Robin….no..?”

“……”

A very brief moment.

I felt something was wrong.

It was because Lily’s eyes in front of me had become empty, as if everything had been sucked out.

It’s like the dark, sticky eyes that Lily had in the novel when she became worn out and went down the yandere route.

“Li…Lily…?”

“…..I don’t know anymore.”

bang-

With a loud noise, Lily jumped up from her seat.

“See you tomorrow, Sarah.”

Infinitely bleak and low. Leaving behind only such words.

He just left my room without looking back.

“…….Huh?”

In my room after she left, all I could hear was a voice that was as limp as a deflated balloon.

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“Sigh…..”

[The ground is going to collapse.]

‘….It’s because my head is complicated..’

[What on earth happened to make this happen?]

…..Something is going on.

Lily was angry. And angry in a way I’d never seen her angry before.

But the bigger problem was that I didn’t know why she was angry.

Am I being too nosy?

Or maybe the person Lily liked wasn’t Robin…?

But that’s not true. There’s no other target…

“Sera-yang..what happened yesterday?”

Iris looked at me with a worried expression, wondering if I looked okay.

“Ah..nothing happened, right? Right?”

And for some reason, Ariel demands an answer with an urgent expression.

“Nothing happened…”

Ariel’s eyes began to tremble at my answer.

Since then, Ariel has been asking me many things.

My whole mind was so full of Lily that I couldn’t hear very well.

ha….

What on earth should I do?

While I was groaning and worrying like that.

Someone tapped me on the shoulder.

“Huh..?”

I turned my head to look. The person who caught my eye was a girl who was one of the students in my class.

She looked at me and told me what she wanted to say.

“The…Chairman called me.”

“Huh…? Me..?”

“Yeah..They asked me to come now?”

“Uh…yeah. Thank you..”

I was taken aback by the sudden news.

But there is no reason not to go.

I put my questioning head to sleep and left the classroom.

Then, I stopped in my tracks at the appearance of another unexpected figure.

But this time, it was someone I knew so well.

“Lily..?”

“Where?”

A eerie voice came out of her mouth.

Until yesterday, she was clearly lovable.

Lily’s appearance now…was so dilapidated and dark.

It’s scary, really.

“Where is Sera?”

Lily asks me again.

“I…the CEO called me…so I’m going to go for a bit…”

“…..”

From then on, Lily just looked at me quietly, and I felt like I was slowly suffocating from an unknown pressure.

Soon enough, some time passed.

It was Lily who spoke first.

“Sarah. Can you spare some time tonight?”

“Ba..at night?”

“Yeah. I have something to tell you.”

“Uh..yeah. Okay.”

After hearing my answer, she smiled once and then turned back to her class.

‘…..Will it be okay?’

I suppressed the inexplicable anxiety rising in my chest and walked toward the chairman’s office.

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“What…what did you say?!”

“As I said. Cain von Barad died four years ago.”

……what?

“Ah..no..that can’t be.”

Cain von Barad.

A villain who appears in the first half of the novel and poses a threat to many students.

He was a character that could be found anywhere, who could not hold back his ugly jealousy towards the main character, and eventually fell into the temptation of power and became a demon.

Since I knew this in advance, I told Darkhan to be careful.

He died.

…..Why on earth? No.. How?

‘Could it be that my actions had that much of an impact…?’

But no matter how much I thought about it, I never did anything that would make me go to Cain.

Of course, the butterfly effect is something that cannot be predicted at all…

But… I don’t think it will change that much, right?

“I heard that he was a victim of Anima.”

Darkhan said, flying over the desk.

“No?”

…What is that?

“Don’t you know? But it’s a pretty widespread story.”

“This is my first time hearing about it.”

“4 years ago. There were incidents of unidentified deaths in various places. Medical experts diagnosed it as a disease and named it Anima.”

I don’t know.

There was never a specific mention of the disease called Anima in the novel.

Is that because the disease appeared before the novel began?

But one thing is clear. Cain did not die from the disease called Anima.

Because he was killed by Robin.

“Do you still not know what kind of disease it is?”

Darkhan shook his head several times.

“I don’t know the cause, but…all the people who died in Anima had something in common.”

“What do they have in common?”

“They all died suddenly. And their souls were all gone from their bodies.”

“……Soul..is it?”

There was definitely a concept of an indomitable warrior’s soul.

There was even a profession called a soul magician that dealt with it.

But has there ever been a disease related to the soul that appeared in a novel…?

I don’t know. The name Anima was so unfamiliar to me.

‘Well, if it happened 4 years ago, then it wouldn’t have had anything to do with me…’

It was four years ago. That was when I first became a psychic.

At that time, it was hard to believe that anything could have resulted from my actions.

Maybe it happened before I got into the habit.

“Well. Anyway, that’s what I’m saying. I don’t think you need to worry about Cain.”

“Um…yes..”

I answered, pressing my pounding head.

I wonder if…it’s going well.

Of course, one incident was resolved without any problems.

I kept feeling anxious, as if things were happening that I didn’t know about.

At least no one got hurt… so it’s a good thing.

At least there’s one less thing to worry about.

‘Yeah… what we need to worry about now is Lily.’

If it was for the plan to defeat the Demon King, then I had to take care of Lily’s condition.

I shook off my regret with a short sigh.

After finishing my conversation with Darkan, I headed back to the classroom.

I hope nothing happens today.