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Yejin glances at her from afar.

As I tried to avoid eye contact and pretend not to see Yejin, the first lunch break at kindergarten arrived.

The menu wasn’t anything special.

White rice, beef radish soup, stir-fried fish cake, spinach, cabbage kimchi, tofu and egg pancake.

It may look like a shabby table, but when you actually eat, the food is so delicious that you can tell that this place is delicious.

“People who have finished eating can stack their plates in front of you, and those who want to play outside can do so, but you must change your shoes! Got it?”

“”Yes.””

“There are toys in the classroom, so those who want to play can play and those who want to rest can rest. I’ll see you later?”

“”Yes.””

I had just finished eating, so I took a seat in a corner to avoid being stepped on by the kids who were running around leaving their plates.

Let’s massage the growth plate before taking a nap.

“Jaehoon. What are you doing?”

“Just stay. Why?”

Minjun suddenly appears, holding a girl’s hand.

“Hello. This is my girlfriend Jiyoung!”

“Huh?”

“You’re my girlfriend?”

“Isn’t this the first time we’ve met?”

“That’s right! We decided to start dating today.”

“Yeah.. Okay, take care”

As a prospective magician who had never held a woman’s hand in 29 years in my previous life, it was an astonishing sight for me to see such a guy like Balang.

After seeing off Minjun, who only said hello and left, wondering if he really came just to brag, I finished massaging the growth plate and lay down to sleep.

After about 30 minutes of sleep, I heard whispering next to me.

“My mom said that a sleeping princess wakes up when you kiss her!”

“Jaehoon is a guy?”

“I don’t know! Anyway, that’s what mom said.”

“Then even if I kiss you, it won’t happen?”

“Once you try it, you’ll know!”

What kind of nonsense is that?

I suddenly came to my senses as I was hearing whispering sounds in my sleep.

I opened my eyes and looked to the side and saw two girls sitting next to me talking.

“I understand Yejin, but who are you?”

“I’m Park Hye-ji! I’ve been friends with Ye-jin since kindergarten!”

“Oh, okay, hello. But why?”

“Why don’t you confess to Yejin if you like her?”

“Huh? Me?”

“Oh. The teacher said that earlier too!”

“Oh my, I need to go to the bathroom.”

After understanding the situation, I chose to escape rather than explain.

I think I’ll need to instill in Ye-eun the right sense of humor when I get home.

***

As I was somehow avoiding Yejin, free time ended and drawing time arrived.

A teacher handing out crayons and sketchbooks to the children.

“You can draw your family, friends, or animals. Just draw whatever you want. Okay?”

“”Yes.””

Knowing that I have been bad at drawing family since my past life, I looked at the kids around me to see what I should draw.

A family photo was being drawn with great care, some people drew a family photo imitating Jjollman, and there was even an unidentified animal. Then, a tree caught my eye.

That kid is clearly a genius. It’s easy to draw, and if you just fill in the colors, the drawing time will be over.

I started drawing an apple tree right away.

I took out brown and drew a wooden frame first, then took out green and drew a round leaf frame, and while I was grabbing red to draw an apple, an uninvited guest came.

“Wow. Jaehoon. You draw well.”

“Go play with Minjun.”

“Minjun can’t draw.“

“Then you help me.”

“I can’t draw either?”

Looking at the sketchbook in the hands of Minjun’s girlfriend, Jiyoung Lee, it seems that the family photo imitating the Chollama that we saw earlier was of this child.

It seems that my hands, which I thought were clumsy, are golden hands for a 5-year-old.

“Then I’m going to draw a picture, so stay quiet.”

“Yeah!!”

I picked up the red color again and started drawing the apple.

“Oranges and bananas too!!”

“This is an apple tree.”

“But why is that?”

“No, I got it.”

I gave up on explaining and started drawing an orange, then picked up a green one and started drawing a banana.

“Are you stupid? Bananas are yellow!”

“It’s green when it’s hanging on a tree.”

“No, it’s yellow.”

“Yeah, I’m sorry.“

As I had never been able to develop innocence from the beginning, I picked up yellow and drew a banana to preserve Jiyoung’s innocence.

As I was filling in the remaining empty spaces with color, an uninvited guest came again.

“Lee Ji-young, why don’t you play with me and play with Jae-hoon?”

“Jaehoon draws better than you.”

“See you.”

Minjun glaring at me.

I really don’t know why everyone does this to me.

***

After being pushed here and there, the time to go to the lower house has arrived before we knew it.

“Then everyone, go home safely and see you tomorrow~!”

“”Yes.”‘

Some people were busy greeting the teacher and leaving, while others were running out as if they had been waiting.

But since we live next door, I looked for Minjun to ask if he wanted to go with me, but he was still upset and had disappeared.

I put on my kindergarten bag, said goodbye to the teacher, and left. The mother holding Ye-eun saw me and waved.

“Jaehoon! Did you make any friends? Was kindergarten fun? How was it?“

I guess you’ve been waiting to ask this.

“I don’t know. It was too hard. Let’s go quickly.”

“Did you fight with Minjun? He said hello and I asked him to go with me. He just ran away.”

“No. He has a girlfriend, and when his girlfriend came to me and talked to me, I answered her a few times, and she got mad because I hung out with her instead of her.”

“Oh my! You have a girlfriend? How long have you known each other?”

“I heard you met today.”

“Huh?? Is that how it’s always been? Are kids these days just fast?”

“I don’t know either. It’s weird that a kid is already getting baladang.”

“Hahaha Jaehoon. You talk like you’re not a kid. If someone saw you, they’d think you were an old man!”

“Haa. I don’t know. Let’s go quickly. It’s hard.”

“Did you make any new friends? Did anything else happen?”

I was already having a hard time because of my mother’s constant questioning all the way home, so I passed her and quickly headed home.

When I got home, washed up, changed clothes, and came out, Ye-eun was sitting in the living room.

“Yeeun-ah!“

“Huh?”

“Ye-eun can never have a boyfriend until she becomes an adult? Got it?”

“Huh? What’s your boyfriend like?”

“No. I’ll tell you later.”

“Yeah.”

If I tell her about my boyfriend, I have a feeling she’ll wait for her fairy tale prince until she goes to kindergarten.

I quickly withdrew my plan to instill proper sexual concepts in Ye-eun.

***

The morning came without fail.

I wonder what kind of trouble awaits me today.

I forced myself to get up even though I didn’t want to, ate breakfast, and started getting ready for school.

“Do you hate going to kindergarten that much?”

“Yeah. Can I not go?”

”How can you know if you go once? It’ll be fun if you go a few more times.”

“No. Mom doesn’t know my pain.”

“Hehehe. I’m curious~”

”Don’t come out so hard. I’ll go and come back.“

I walked slowly to arrive as late as possible, but before I knew it, the kindergarten appeared before my eyes.

As I opened the door and went in, the teacher greeted me brightly again today.

”Hi Jaehoon~ Did you sleep well?“

”Hello. I slept well.“

”Jaehoon’s hand!“

Just like yesterday, the teacher left me behind and headed back to the entrance as we held hands and entered the flower petals.

Today, too, the morning greeting time has begun as I sit quietly in the corner.

”Petal class, gather together!”

These kids have become close friends and are now chatting amongst themselves.

”From now on, we will have an attendance time every morning! When your name is called, raise your hand and answer. Got it?“

“”Yes.“”

“Kim Minjun”“Yes.”

“Kim Seong-ho”“Yes.”

“Kim Young-hee””Yes.”

After 20 people showed up, it was snack time again without doing anything.

While waiting in line, I checked the location of Yejin, who had received the zao zao, to avoid making the same mistake as yesterday.

When it was my turn, I received the Zhao Zhao and went to the opposite side of Ye Jin to look at the Zhao Zhao.

Yesterday it was strawberry flavored, but today it’s grape flavored jiao jiao.

After eating quickly and looking around, I saw that the petal class was quiet, unlike yesterday. I was glad that I got through today safely.

“Attention Petal Class members!! Today, we’re going to do a role play. The teacher will make teams of four, so choose a topic and choose a role for each of you. The roles will take turns, so don’t fight, okay? “

”“Yes.”“

“First team. Kim Cheol-soo. Park Hye-ji. Kim Min-jun. Lee Ji-young.“

“Second team. Lee Ji-hoon. Han Soo-bin. Park Sung-min. Seol Ji-won.“

”Third team. Joo Ye-jin. Han Seon-woo. Lee Ji-eun. Seo Jae-hoon.”

Huh?? If there are 5 teams of 20 people, there’s a 20% chance, but I overcame that chance and ended up on the same team as Yejin.

Something seemed fishy.

When I look at the teacher, the corners of my mouth slightly go up. I wonder if the teacher is the enemy.

First, the people whose names the teacher called gathered together.

”Let’s play hospital. I want to be a doctor.“

“Then I’m a nurse!”

Oh, that sounds like a good idea.

If the patient closes his eyes and lies down, the role play will be over.

“I’ll be a patient!“

”Okay. Then, finally, what does Yejin want to do?“

A girl named Lee Ji-eun, who was in charge of the nurse, asked.

“Um… What can I do?”

“Can’t you just ask the teacher?”

“Yeah, right!!”

“Teacher!!!”

“Huh? Ji-eun, why?“

”We decided to play hospital. Seonwoo will be the doctor, I will be the nurse, Jaehoon will be the patient, but Yejin doesn’t know what to do.“

The teacher suddenly looked at me and our eyes met.

I feel uneasy when my eyes get slanted and the corners of my mouth go up.

“Then you can be the patient’s guardian!”

“What is a guardian?”

“Um.. Jaehoon could be his mother, his wife, his girlfriend, or his girlfriend? What does Yejin want to do?”

“I.. I’m your girlfriend.”

“Yeah! That’ll do it!!”

It turns out, the teacher is the enemy.

After mentioning girlfriend twice, when Yejin chose girlfriend, the bright smile on her face was the most radiant smile I’ve ever seen from a teacher. Isn’t it vicarious satisfaction?

”Teacher!“

”Yeah. Jaehoon. Why?

“Does the teacher have a boyfriend?”

“Yeah. Right? Why?“

”Tsk.“

The preemptive strike failed.

If not vicarious satisfaction, then what is it?

I don’t know why.