episode_0212

“Senior.”

“I wondered who it was again.”

Yeonminha said, gently wiping her chest with her hand.

There is no trace of the anxiety that seemed to waver for a moment. What is in front of me is her as usual.

Cheeky and cocky like a cat, but in reality very lonely.

I really feel like it’s been a long time since I last saw her.

Maybe it’s because she committed a rather embarrassing act of recklessness last time. Or maybe it’s because her presence is that big.

“Where are you going?”

“Student Council Room. I was on my way to a sudden emergency meeting.”

“Emergency call?”

“Yeah.”

Yeonmin-ha, who was walking alongside them, nodded.

“Did something happen?”

“It’s been extremely hot these past few days. They say that it might not be a natural phenomenon, but that there might be a problem somewhere in the cradle system. So they’re going to form an investigation committee to find the cause.”

After learning of the existence of the creature called the witch, I was already on edge.

I thought it might have something to do with you, but… I guess that’s not the case.

“The Board of Education has requested that students who are good at exploration magic be recruited to join the investigation team. I think they will be working on compiling the list.”

Her voice also had a tone that suggested it was not a big deal.

I probably won’t be joining the investigation committee. Despite all the practice I’ve put in, my proficiency in exploration magic is still at rock bottom.

The main point of the search magic is to detect collisions by spreading the internalized particles as widely as possible, but I was wrong from the beginning about the prerequisites…

“I see. I hope it’s nothing serious.”

Then Yeonmin-ha turns her head and looks up at me.

“And you?”

“I was on my way back from the infirmary. For a regular physical examination. After that, I have a training evaluation schedule. ”

“I see… What was the result?”

“… I’m fine. I don’t have any pain and I feel very good.”

My heart aches. Actually, it’s not a lie.

The test results only showed a slightly higher overload value, and strictly speaking, the idea that there were already a hundred cracks was just my vague idea.

All I did was promise myself to be a little more careful.

“Thank goodness. But you have to be especially careful. You know? You always run wild and run wild… A child who is supposedly the successor to five families is acting so undignified… ”

The only thing that stands out is the look of pity that doesn’t seem suspicious.

As I watch her nagging, a smile somehow appears on my face.

We had just reached the floor right below where the student council was located.

Suddenly Yeonmin-ha turns around and looks at me.

Even in the midst of all this, he looked around as if he was plotting something.

“Why are you suddenly like that?”

She, who had been hesitating like that, opened her mouth as if she had made a big decision.

“… Can you kiss me just once?”

“… Are you talking about here?”

“Yeah.”

“If anyone sees it… ”

“No one’s here. Just finish it quickly… ”

Despite the expression of reluctance, he continues to urge with compassion.

A look of coexistence of embarrassment and strong will.

I’m a little taken aback by the unexpected request.

It seems like the demands are getting higher and higher… What is this girl trying to do?

Yeonmin-ha pouts when she sees me hesitating.

“… You don’t want to do it? Then just quit… Hehe.”

Well, that doesn’t mean I can’t listen to it.

I covered Yeonmin-ha’s lips, which were about to vent their complaints.

Yeonmin-ha’s eyes, which had dilated for a moment as if she was surprised, soon closed. The sweet scent of flowers rising from her pale skin tickled the tip of her nose.

“Choosh… Haah… Haa, haah… ”

The quiet hallway resonated with the sound of sticky saliva mixing for a long time. After a few minutes, the pitying, satisfied man finally left.

The eyes were still slightly unfocused.

“… Beast.”

Yeonmin-ha, who had come to her senses, glares at me with a prickly gaze.

“How could something come in so suddenly?”

“Who asked you to do this?”

Now, I shrugged my shoulders and responded to the familiar treatment.

“What can I do? It’s an order from a senior as high as the sky. Even if he asks for more, I have to give it to him.”

“Oh my… Are you really a pervert? This is worse… ”

Yeonmin-ha, who had sold me out, lowered her head as if she had imagined something shameful. Rather, I was the one who received the embarrassing request…

“… Then it’s not an order… Can I ask you a favor?”

After a while.

Yeonmin-ha opened her mouth again, wiggling her fingers.

“What would you like to ask?”

“… ”

No answer came.

He raised his hand without a word of pity, then unbuttoned the top two buttons of his uniform shirt and tossed it aside.

Part of her neckline and collarbone were clearly visible beneath her pale skin.

And even the traces of whitish bruises that covered it all.

“That last time… Make it again.”

Yeonmin-ha, who looked like that, looked at me calmly and made a request.

“When I checked in the morning, almost everything was erased.”

“Senior… ”

I recalled past memories of losing to a request that was almost like an appeal. I could understand why Yeonmin-ha was making this request again, without ever feeling sorry for her.

With the student council meeting just around the corner, the gamble was all too clear.

Because it was already decided who she would meet there.

“… ”

“Hurry up. We’ll be late for the meeting at this rate.”

The urging continues again.

She was feeling anxious and pitying. And she wanted to relieve it by leaving my mark on her body.

But this was never the way I wanted it to be.

Aside from the relationship I had with Yeonmin-ha, I also didn’t want to insult the person who passed by.

Disappointed, hurt, still in pain… but still.

But in the end, it was also true that there was no other way.

That kind of anxiety of Yeonmin-ha is also my karma from the past.

Regardless of how uncomfortable it may be, this is something I should take full responsibility for.

Finally, I approached Yeonminha. Then I put my mouth over the trace of her previous bruise.

To engrave that mark again.

“Sigh… Huh… ”

She let out a sharp moan as she was held in his arms. Before I knew it, I could feel the fingernails digging into my back as I hung on to them.

After finishing work and falling down.

Only after he noticed the reddening bruise did he button up his shirt and straighten it.

“… Thank you.”

Even the words of gratitude that are blurted out hesitantly.

“… Something like this.”

But it seemed that she still had something to say. Even after she had finished tidying up, she hesitated and could not take her steps.

Then he opens his mouth without even making eye contact.

“I know. By any chance… ”

“… ?”

“No, no.”

But soon he bit his lips and shook his head.

“… I had something to say, but I think I forgot. Can I say it later when I remember it?”

“Yes, sir. But I think you really have to go now.”

“… Yeah.”

Yeonminha nodded.

“I’ll go first. And I’ll be a little late today because of student council work. I guess I’ll have to eat dinner alone… Um… Sorry.”

“Something like that. It’s okay.”

“… I guess you won’t be lonely even if you’re alone without me?”

“Oh my… ”

What do you want me to do? Whenever I made such a ridiculous complaint, my mom would slap me hard on the cheek.

It’s just a shame that I can’t treat my cute senior like that.

“… I’ll go. Do your best in the training evaluation.”

Yeonmin-ha, who had been waving her hand, walked away. I was left alone in the empty hallway.

“… ”

As I walked back to the Dalian Evaluation Center, I thought about the secret traces that had been reflected on Yeonminha.

Of course I’m not stupid, I could clearly see that she was hiding something.

However, we still have no way of knowing what it is. Whether it is important or trivial, or what it is about.

The urge to find a secret boils over me in an instant. I have to clench my fists and suppress that blatant and explicit impulse.

I don’t plan on making the same mistake I made a while ago. I don’t want to feel anxious and then face another embarrassing situation like my period.

People have things they don’t want to talk about. I also didn’t bring up the breakdown syndrome in front of Yeonminha.

I feel pity for him and no one else. I have no choice but to believe him.

Of course, there’s no way she’d betray me or anything.

***

“3. Pass.”

“Thank you.”

I finished the sparring evaluation easily and sat down. Judging from the surprised expression on the assistant’s face, I could tell that I had gotten a fairly high score.

Actually, it would be stranger if it didn’t happen.

“Pressure down!”

“Haa!”

The cheers of other students who are still evaluating the surrounding area resonate.

Because of all the things that happened one after another, it was difficult to calm my mind.

The witch, the leader and his sisters, the culprit who attacked our village, that girl and Yeonmin-ha, and even Yena who rarely shows up.

I’m about to explode.

“Hey. Are you thinking about something else during class?”

While sitting like that.

Hook – The shadow of a giant figure approaches, creating a shadow.

Choi Woo-jin, who had approached, opened his mouth in his characteristically arrogant and boastful voice.

“If you have time to spar with me, why don’t you spar with me?”

“You lost last time.”

“Hehehe, but it wasn’t so bad.”

As he slumps down, a cloud of dust rises.

“It seems like we’re catching up more and more. If we keep doing this, we might really turn things around next time.”

“What a surprise.”

I responded bluntly, but all I heard was a mocking laugh.

Now that I think about it, I’ve been through a lot with this guy. I think we’ve become pretty close. At first, I thought he was just some arrogant rich kid.

-Bam! Bam!

The bell signaling the end of the test soon rang. Students were collapsing here and there, perhaps because they were exhausted from the muggy weather.

“Tsk tsk, weaklings… ”

Looking at Choi Woo-jin clicking his tongue, I get a strange feeling.

Seongsan is also one of the forces that may have been behind the attack on our residence.

If Seongsan was the real culprit behind the attack… this guy could have played a part in it too.

“… ”

But I shook my head.

People of the so-called Myeongga clan are usually said to be sinister and two-faced, but Choi Woo-jin was one of the few who could break free from that stereotype.

If you’re blatantly arrogant and unlucky, you wouldn’t know.

Maybe it was his older sister, Choi I-re.

“What are you looking at like that? You’re making the guy feel bad.”

Choi Woo-jin blurted out, noticing my gaze.

“I’ve never seen it.”

I shook my head and changed the subject.

“Let me ask you one thing instead.”

“What is it?”

“Do you know Ha Ye Na? She’s a first-year girl like us. She has brown hair and brown eyes… ”

“Hayaena, Hayaena… ?”

He let out a gasp as if he had remembered something while muttering.

“That scholarship student? I know who he is. Why?”

“Have you seen it recently?”

“Well, we don’t really have anything in common.”

Choi Woo-jin shook his head.

“Ah, I think I heard from someone that they saw you with some guys… ”

“… What?”

“What are you so surprised about? It could be possible. And why are you asking that… Aha.”

He had a sinister smile on his face as if he knew something.

“Then, at the beginning of the semester, that rumor was true… ”

“That’s bullshit. Get out.”