episode_0080

Some time has passed.

I had no choice but to stop myself from shooting him with a gun because Seo Jae-hyeok kept stopping me from the side. Thanks to that, my anger continued to build up.

“Ji, calm down, everyone. Why are you trying to fight? ”“

“That bitch was a total slut. Aren’t you pissed? Are you just going to let it slide because you won? ”

“Oh, no. That’s not it.”

Seo Jae-hyuk stuttered with a troubled expression. The corners of his mouth were up, but it didn’t look like he was in a very good mood to anyone who saw him.

Surely I won’t keep nagging you, will I?

Anyone can see that it’s not true.

“Still, it’s fortunate that I didn’t make a bet.”

Since I couldn’t keep getting angry, I decided to just endure it for now. There’s no point in doing anything more here anyway.

More importantly, why is Yuseo suddenly acting like a jerk?

We had a good match and it wasn’t bad.

Even when I think about it again, I still don’t understand.

As I frowned, Seo Jae-hyuk seemed to notice and spoke from the side.

“Hey, I’ll buy you a drink. Wait a minute!”

“What? No. You don’t have to. I said no? Hey! Where are you going!”

Seo Jae-hyuk ran outside as if he was escaping from the current situation. It seems like the current atmosphere was somewhat awkward for him.

Did you hate it that much?

“Oh my.”

I took a deep breath and sat down. I was really tired, probably because I had been moving around a lot. As I sat still, Yuseo also sat down next to me.

I looked at her expressionless face for a moment and then opened my mouth.

“So why did you really stop? Was there a problem?”

I couldn’t help but be suspicious, so I spoke with a slightly annoyed expression. Then, Yu Seo looked at me intently for a moment and shrugged his shoulders slightly.

“Well, what does that mean?”

“You must have done it because you had it. Do you think it was a situation where I would lose if anyone saw it? Even if that were the case, why didn’t you just leave it alone? Why did you insist on ending it there? I knew I would lose, right? ”

I clicked my tongue and complained. Honestly, I didn’t know why he did that, so I felt even more angry. Yu Seo-ra remained silent for a while before opening his mouth.

“Everyone can see that Jaehyuk will lose.”

“What?”

“I ended it on purpose because Jaehyuk was in a losing situation. Are you satisfied now?”

At those words, I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“Hey. Does that make sense? Of course I’ll win if I use mana, but I don’t really want to do that. So let’s just keep fighting.”

“No.”

Yu Seo said in a serious tone.

“I saw you winning.”

I looked at Yusera, slightly embarrassed. She had an expression on her face as if she really didn’t know.

“Where did you learn such swordsmanship? Weren’t you originally bad at it? No matter how talented Jaehyuk is, he can’t beat him. You didn’t know that, did you?”

I kept my mouth shut for a moment. Come to think of it, he was a swordsman named Yu Seo. So he would be able to properly understand my swordsmanship, and thanks to that, he would be able to better predict the outcome of the fight.

I think perhaps I have become an even more mysterious person to her.

“Honestly, I don’t think it would be good for me if Jaehyuk lost. Don’t you think so? He lost to an ordinary person, so he could be discouraged and just sit there and do nothing. Of course, I like Jaehyuk like that too. But I wouldn’t feel so good about it.”

I kind of agree with that.

That’s because even if I, an incompetent person who isn’t even an Awakened, were to defeat Seo Jae-hyuk, who is an Awakened person, it wouldn’t look good. Up until now, I’ve been training well, unlike in the original, so if I stop here, I could end up even weaker.

So, I could say that Yusera’s judgment was right for me as well.

Of course, I don’t know if he really thought that and said that.

“Okay, then I’ll admit it.”

I answered in a light tone and vaguely.

Even though it was Yuseo, his expression was different from before and he turned his head away. The conversation didn’t continue after that. I’m not the type to speak first either, and Yuseo was no different. It was natural.

In just a few minutes, Seo Jae-hyuk came running in with a drink in his hand. We stood up as we watched him.

“Mi, sorry. Am I late? ”

Sure enough, Seo Jae-hyuk came back a little late. There must have been a vending machine nearby. But since it wasn’t something to worry about anyway, I decided to just ignore it.

“Okay. Here.”

Seo Jae-hyuk smiled and handed me a drink, which I lightly accepted. Then I looked at the drink I was holding for a moment and thought seriously.

‘Crossing the line?’

Why did you buy cider instead of cola? Don’t you know that cola is the real drink?

To be honest, I wanted to scream out loud, but I decided to keep my mouth shut and endure it. Since I was the one receiving it anyway, it was free, and I had worked so hard to get it, I decided to let it slide because of his attitude.

Still, it’s a bit annoying.

“Thank you! Jaehyuk! As expected, you are really kind!”

“Huh? Oh, no. I just wanted to buy it for you.”

“No. You’re really nice! That’s why I couldn’t help but fall in love with you!”

Yu Seo spoke with a bright smile and glanced at me.

“You’re really kind, unlike anyone else.”

Is that kid picking a fight with me right now?

I felt a deep sense of anger at that moment and wanted to shoot him right away, but since I had no chance of winning anyway, I decided to just hold back.

“That, that’s more to say! You guys have exams, did you study?”

Seo Jae-hyuk seemed to want to lighten the mood as much as possible, so he started talking about a random topic. Naturally, I found myself wondering how to respond.

‘I have no intention of studying anyway.’

I had decided this when Lee Ji-hye asked me the question before. So the answer could have come out of my mouth right away, but strangely enough, I kept my mouth shut for a moment as thoughts about the original came to mind.

‘Come to think of it, what happened to the original work around this time?’

I felt momentarily stuck, perhaps because it wasn’t such a big deal. While I was lost in thought, Yoo Seo-ra answered from the side.

“Not yet. Oh, right! We can study together!”

“Huh? Oh, well. Then I guess it can be done.”

As the two of us were awkwardly conversing, Seo Jae-hyuk spoke to me with a confused smile.

“Then Seojin-ah. Are you going to do it too?”

It seems that Seo Jae-hyuk thought that I would study with him. However, I thought that it would be more beneficial to train during that time, so it would be better to refuse. In reality, all of those theories were useless to me.

So I tried to open my mouth.

“Hey, Jaehyuk. That person doesn’t have to study like that. So let’s ignore him.”

“What? Oh, no.”

“And you don’t plan on studying anyway, right? ”

I felt a surge of anger at the thought of Yoo Seora’s unintentional swearing. Perhaps she was happy that she and Seo Jaehyuk would be studying together. Seeing Yoo Seora so happy made me feel emotional for some reason. I couldn’t hold back my irritation and immediately said.

“No. Are you going to study?”

This is a chew.

And at the same time, I ended up regretting it. When I think about it, there was no benefit to me getting involved in their relationship.

I suddenly had a thought, why do I have to be with you?

What is happening in the original at this time?

“Really? Hey, you don’t have to force it. You don’t have to do it.”

I took a moment to collect my thoughts and then opened my mouth.

“What are you talking about? I’m serious.”

Yusura tilted her head and made a puzzled expression.

“Really? I don’t think you’re the type to do that.”

“No kidding. So when are you going to do it?”

When I asked Seo Jae-hyeok, he looked momentarily flustered.

“Huh? Well, how about we start together tomorrow?”

“Okay. Then let’s decide roughly where we’ll do it after class. Maybe we can do it at a cafe or something.”

After I said that, Yusera stood next to me, looking slightly embarrassed. It seemed like she couldn’t believe that I really wanted to study with her.

“No, are you really going to do it?”

“ I’m going to do it. What are you going to do?”

“No, I thought you wouldn’t do that.”

Well, since you’re a Yusera, you know my personality.

Actually, I had a mindset that studying for exams was a bit much until just a moment ago, so I have nothing to say. But now, it’s something I can’t refuse. I decided to study with Seo Jae-hyuk.

The reason is very simple: it was because of the original.

‘If not me, who the fuck is going to stop it?’

An event where Yoo Seo-ra ranks higher than Seo Jae-hyeok. That’s what happened in the original.

*

Seo Jae-hyeok is officially said to be a genius in theory. And in fact, up until middle school, he never missed first place. However, that all falls apart when he enters the original high school, and it’s because of Yoo Seo-ra.

Since it is exam period, Yuseo asks her to study together. And of course, Seo Jaehyuk, who would never turn down a request from someone, accepts with a smile, and that is how things begin.

She continues to harass him by staying by his side with the excuse of studying together. As a result, his grades naturally drop, and Yuseo uses this as a reaction to become number one.

This is the story of how Seo Jae-hyeok first becomes second in his class in theory and his self-esteem, which he never had before, is shattered.

Of course, Seo Jae-hyuk, who is a fool, doesn’t even blame Yoo Seo-ra and just has his pride completely destroyed.

‘The reason why he really took first place was amazing.’

It was ridiculous, but it was a very yandere-like thought.

This is the first step to making Yu Seo depend on himself.

So he said he stole it. Thanks to that, Seo Jae-hyeok actually started hanging out more with his close friend, Yoo Seo-ra.

There are many reasons for this, but some say it’s because he wanted to learn from the top student in the school, Yu Seo-ra.

“Oh my. Now I have to stop it.”

No matter how much I think about it, the more Seo Jae-hyeok relies on Yoo Seo-ra, the weaker he becomes. Especially when I think about the fact that it was only in the second half of the story that he started to become stronger mentally, I still feel hopeless.

“You have to become much stronger than the original.”

That way, I can beat up those damn cult kids more easily. With that thought in mind, I sat down for a moment.

Now I was in the forest behind the dormitory, taking a short break. The dormitory entrance was still being repaired, so I needed a place to continue waiting. So this place suddenly came to mind and I moved.

“The air is so refreshing.”

I deliberately inserted swear words into my monologue.

Even though I usually swear a lot, this time I couldn’t hold back. That’s because I had no idea how to stop Yoo Seora.

“Well, I guess Yoo Seo-ra will probably imprison Seo Jae-hyeok or something like that.”

Of course, there was no such scene in the original. However, if I continued to stand by and watch, I could predict that he would not be able to control his anger and would not hesitate to try something like that.

So we had to block all of that.

“It’s simple.”

Even though it looks like this, I am also a possessed person.

I live like a retard who can’t do anything, but I’ve read the original novel and memorized the behavioral patterns.

“Yeah, I can see what you’re going to do, that’s what I’m saying.”

You know what to try first, you know?

“Okay, I’ll block everything.”

Of course, it’s a bit scary because I don’t know what Yoo Seo-ra will do to me later. But still, Seo Jae-hyuk needs to be the top student in the school.

“And while I’m at it, let me study properly too.”

With that in mind, I decided to head back to my dorm room. By now, the construction would probably be finished and everything would be fixed.