episode_0022

A long-haired female student is standing in front of me.

The students who were listening to the lecture quickly gathered around and ran out of the lecture hall as if they were being chased, as if they were so surprised that they had just summoned a monster using illusion magic.

The classroom quickly became quiet after a few academy students were lifting up a fallen desk and cleaning up a fallen chair.

A few of them looked curiously at her standing in front of the door, but they seemed to have lost interest right away and looked away. I think he thought maybe he was trying to ask a different question.

And in the quiet classroom, I looked at her in front of me.

Big eyes that remind me of a deep pond are staring at me.

“The lecture is over. If you have any questions, come back on Wednesday afternoon.”

I looked back at her again.

She was wearing simple, neat-looking clothes. A simple coat over a long black layered dress. The accessory is a necklace.

It was a small necklace, but it stood out considerably because of her large breasts.

Underneath the dress, which was cut off at about the knees, black stockings covering her smooth legs were visible, and beneath them she wore low-heeled brown shoes.

“Professor.”

Her long hair, which reached down to her waist, appeared to be slightly damaged.

Looking at the shine, I wonder if she applied hair essence or something like that. It seemed like they were managing it to some extent, but it didn’t look like they had been managing it for a long time.

“Tell me. But don’t take my time. I should have said that after-hours questions would be asked on Wednesday afternoon.”

He calmly exhaled, holding the file folder at his side, which had become lighter due to the loss of all the handouts, and holding his briefcase in his other hand.

He lowered his head a little, probably a little nervous about my cold demeanor. The fingers of the two joined hands twitched and the lips glistened.

I almost smiled a little at the sight of him faltering, but I calmed my expression after realizing the atmosphere of the lecture a little while ago.

“… Thank you.”

“What do you mean.”

She raises her head, her watery eyes look at me, and her pale pink lips sparkle. It looked moist and looked like I had applied lip gloss.

The moist lips opened little by little, and a small but clear voice, as if pushed from deep within my heart, was heard.

“… Thank you for saving me. I’ve wanted to tell you this all along.”

“… .”

Thank you for saving me.

That’s exactly what I heard from GDO. I don’t know what it was, but she said she would say thank you and harassed the employees every day to let her meet me.

But I don’t remember anything clearly about her. She must have lived in Korea, so it is true that she was saved there, but we do not know when or where she was saved.

Was it when we killed the giant monster Trampler that was trying to attack the refugees in Daejeon? Or was it when they pushed back up a collapsed high-rise building in Busan?

In both cases, I received thunderous applause from the citizens I saved. There were also elderly people who bowed close to Ochetuji with tears in their eyes, thanking them for saving their lives.

Even excluding those incidents, there are countless others. Perhaps she was mixed in with those citizens.

By the way, how should I answer her? To be honest, it pricks my conscience to say that I don’t know.

If I were to say the same to the woman who innocently came to me just to say thank you, it might cause permanent scars for the rest of my life.

Later, her son Han Si-woo comes to visit with a knife, saying he is a devil who played with his mother’s heart.

Being hated by the main protagonist is a bit scary.

So, it would be better to give an easy answer and encourage her to answer on her own.

“Huh. I never thought you would remember that. Surprisingly.”

“There is no way I could forget that. The professor also remembers me, but I can’t believe I’m forgetting him. mind… This doesn’t make sense. I… Never!”

The end of his words tremble along with his determined expression. The hands she was holding together became tense and her fingers trembled.

“Then tell me. As you remember, where did I greet you?”

She brings her arms together in front of her chest. His eyes become faint, as if he is praying.

Are you thinking about the past? I quietly waited as she spoke of a past I didn’t know about.

“2 years ago… . The day it snowed.”

A faint smile appeared on her lips. No, I’m not sure if it was a smile, but the corners of her mouth twitched very faintly.

I consciously changed my posture. As I looked into her eyes, I felt like I was being sucked into an endless abyss.

“It was building 204, Sungshin Apartments, Mapo-gu. The professor was looking at Seoul from the rooftop opposite, with the gate open. lol. I was a fool because I shouted presumptuously without even knowing who he was.”

ah.

“… I’m sure the professor was thinking about something, but I’m sorry for interrupting you. but… I was in a hurry at that time. ah… Nothing came to mind, so I thoughtlessly… .”

Something pops into my head.

She then continues to tell the story. I feel sorry for her, but at this moment, rather than her words, the memories of that day that had been locked in a corner of my memory came to mind like a panorama, and I felt like I was going to lose my mind.

Just as a spring doll in a box jumps out, or a pirate toy in an oak barrel flies out when a plastic sword accidentally falls into it,

The memories of that day, which I had buried tightly in my heart, overflowed from my mind as the last pieces of language that came out of her pink lips came together.

Bodies being torn apart by monsters, countless lives disappearing as they say their last words.

A series of microcosms that disappeared with a strong scent of blood at such a terrible distance that they were clearly visible even with pupils shaking like crazy.

I felt dizzy and threw the empty file album I was holding down on the table. My hands were shaking and I felt like I would let go of everything in both hands if I continued like this.

And that girl was the impetus for deciding to end that tragedy.

That’s it… .

“… So, I have been wanting to meet the professor for a long time. Because it was the professor who saved me. Because I’ve never been able to say thank you… .”

‘That was you.’

That’s you. It was Yoon Sia.

He threw away the briefcase he was holding in his other hand, walked up to her, and strongly grabbed her shoulders with both hands.

She seemed a little surprised by the sudden situation, but smiled again and accepted my hand.

She slowly raised her hand and gently touched my hand that was holding her shoulder.

A soft, silky feel wrapped around the back of my hand.

As I was looking at her blankly, I felt the warmth of the back of my hand and was startled, so I took my hand off her shoulder.

All this time, I had been holding onto her shoulders so strongly that my knuckles were turning white.

Now, I am not a dragon but a human polymorph, but my physical abilities are still incomparable to that of an ordinary human.

‘Why didn’t this kid say anything?’

The bruises may not be severe, or at all. The entire shoulder blade may have been crushed.

“… Are you okay? Show your shoulders. There must have been a problem. We need to treat it quickly… .”

Even now, her arms are shaking slightly. It seems clear that there is a problem.

She slowly grabbed my hand as I was hurriedly trying to take the potion out of subspace.

“Two years ago, you were your true self as a professor. If you don’t mind, could you show me what it was like at that time?”

“This is not the time! Hurry up and start with treatment.”

“Please… .”

I couldn’t refuse her request. It was as if I myself was under a spell, and now I couldn’t push away what she was saying.

As I was about to release my polymorph and transform into the form of a dragon, something occurred to me and I hesitated for a moment.

If I return to my original form, all the clothes I’m wearing will be torn.

No matter how expensive a suit is, it doesn’t matter how many you lose.

However, it did not seem appropriate to show such an appearance in the current position of principal, alone with a female student at the academy.

It doesn’t matter to me, but she might get caught up in some weird scandal.

Applying saliva to the corner of my dry mouth, I took off my charcoal striped suit coat, threw it on the table, and unbuttoned the wrist buttons of my dress shirt.

When the shirt is pulled up to the arms, bare arms are revealed.

“When it returns to its original state, the size of the body changes. I’ll just show you about my arms.”

At her nod, I began to partially unravel the polymorph.

The bare skin swells greatly and turns red, and scales appear on the skin. The nails, which were neatly and briefly trimmed, also became longer, resembling sharp daggers.

A human with a human appearance and red arms covered in scales. It had a deformed appearance.

“Ah… .”

She came over and hugged the deformed arm. It took me a few seconds to realize that the softness I suddenly felt on my right arm, which had become Yongin’s, was her cheek.

She hugs my arm and rubs her face against the scales.

The sharp scales cut her cheek and blood began to flow.

“What… !”

My left hand fumbled in the air as I reflexively tried to push her away.

I was crying.

The blood leaking from my cheek mixes with her tears, soaking my scales.

“At that time, a bright light burst and I came to my senses, and the man hugged me like this.”

“… .”

I couldn’t say anything.

Rather, I was overwhelmed. It was too early for me to understand what was happening now. Even though I had defeated countless monsters, it was impossible for me to take the lead in this situation.

But we can’t continue like this.

I gently traced her face with one hand.

It felt like I had been cut quite deeply by the edge of the sharp scales, and I chewed my lips hard at the tingling sensation I felt at my fingertips.

He reached down and grabbed her chin, slowly lifting her up and away from the lizard’s arms.

‘this.’

She was a mess. As if someone had wielded a razor blade mercilessly, red blood leaked from the cut cracks, soaking her beige coat and running down the necklace around her neck.

“I’m sorry.”

My head hurt. Why are you apologizing?

Her language was deeply sticky and dark. sorry. It was just a simple word, but the deep stickiness felt like it was squeezing my heart.

It was a struggle to force air into my lungs, which were hardened by the gloomy emotions.

As I was racking my brain trying to make sense of the situation, my mind took a trip to the past.

Was Yoon Shia this kind of character in 『Kiss: A Sense』?

I’m not sure, because it was only the name of mother that was mentioned in Han Si-woo’s monologue. It did not appear directly in the story.

Come to think of it, the main character in the story, Siwoo Han, lived alone. He was commuting to school from a house near the academy, not a dormitory. Plus, the house looked pretty poor.

It is a fairly common story in novels for the main character to live alone. Therefore, I thought it was a device to secure freedom in story development.

Looking at the current situation, I guess that wasn’t the case.

“… There was a time when I resented that guy. Why did you save me when my whole family was dead and I was the only one who survived? Why did you leave me alone in this world? There was a time when I grumbled that it would have been better if I had died so I could be with my family.”

I watched blankly as her beige coat and dress were soaked in blood, and the red liquid that had flowed down her necklace began to pool in her cleavage.

“… It wasn’t supposed to be like that. You shouldn’t try to throw away the life you left behind. And I hated myself so much that I even blamed the man who saved me. There was a time when really─”

“Stop it.”

I stopped her monologue and strongly grabbed her chin. As I got closer, she smelled of peaches.

But before she could even smell the scent, he stuck his finger into her mouth and forced her mouth to open.

She seemed a little surprised by the sudden situation, but accepted my touch without any resistance.

“Drink it all. Don’t leave a single drop.”

With my free hand, I opened the cap and poured the potion into her mouth.

She made a small gurgling sound as the liquid suddenly poured into her mouth.

As the potion poured in, the potion overflowed from her mouth and flowed back up her nose.

But did he even remember what I told him not to leave even a single drop behind? After moaning for a moment, she swallowed all the liquid in one gulp.

I poured the potion while watching her small neck move cutely.

The end of the potion, which was about 500 ml, was slowly visible. Her hardships were soon coming to an end as she was forced to open her mouth and take in the thick liquid.

Eventually, when the glass bottle was empty, he threw it roughly onto the classroom floor. The sound of breaking glass was heard like an echo on the solid marble.

“I wasted precious potions because of you. I used the secret treasure brought from Grandis, which does not exist on Earth, just to make up for your foolish actions.”

He snapped at her nervously.

It is very important to set the mood first. I don’t need to say that the reason I used the potion was actually because I crushed her shoulder.

In fact, her wounds were healing quickly thanks to the advanced potion I gave her.

The wound heals at a visible rate, and new skin fills the space that has fallen away.

Although it is not visible due to the coat, her shoulder must be recovering rapidly.

“Ah… iced coffee… Sorry!”

She urgently kneels down on the marble classroom floor.

Are you trying to do something like that? There is no need to apologize to that extent.

When I look at her for a moment, I see her sticking her tongue out at the marble floor.

“What are you doing!”

For a moment, my mind went blank. Is this woman truly crazy?

When I came to my senses, I found myself grabbing her by the collar and lifting her up. I grabbed her coat and lifted her up, her breasts touching the edge of my grip.

Even though he felt it on the coat, his body seemed to shrink a little, as if he was startled by the contact with my hand.

“That… But. The professor told me not to leave a single drop behind… .”

“… .”

iced coffee.

How did this happen? What happened?

What on earth is going on with the main character’s mother?

I bit my lip tightly as I saw Yoon Sia lowering her head, looking downcast.

Was he like this in the original work? I looked at her.

Her clothes were very disheveled due to my grabbing her collar.

When he entered the classroom, his neatness was gone, his clothes were stained with blood, and he was soaked in overflowing potions, making him look as if he had been forced into something bad.

I shook my head looking at that unkempt appearance.

‘Was this the reason Han Si-woo didn’t live with her?’

Han Si-woo was from a single-parent family according to his records. I don’t know if it was a divorce or something else, but it happened anyway.

In addition, Han Si-woo in the original was intentionally reluctant to mention her.

The heroine, Jang Su-ri, also did not pay much attention to it, so little information was revealed.

‘Could it be that it was this much devastated in the original work? .’

I thought about it for a moment. The Yoon Shia from the Seoul Gate incident is the woman in front of me now.

In this world, I saved her, but seeing as Han Si-woo was born in the original world, she must have survived somehow.

However, all of her family members passed away. Regardless of whether Yoon Sia survived or not, her family members were deceased, so it was highly likely that she lost her family in the original work as well.

then… .

‘Then the reason why Yoon Shia in the original work has the ability to see the future… .’

A puzzle was coming together in my head.

This ability is greatly influenced by the state of mind at the moment of awakening.

She was heartbroken after losing her entire family, and at the moment of her awakening, she wished she would never have to go through this again, which may have opened her eyes to her ability to see the future.

If you know the future, if you know when and where future disasters will occur, you can simply avoid that time and that place.

‘Still, she was quite lucky in the original.’

If I’m not careful, I might have received an ability that’s no better than a bad one.

It’s the ability to become infertile and unable to create a family in order to avoid losing one. This means awakening the ability to disappear emotions so that you no longer experience sad things.

‘But this time, it got twisted because of my intervention.’

As I was thinking for a moment, something soft touched my hand. She was wiping the blood stains from my hands with a handkerchief.

When I grabbed her by the collar earlier, was it because of the bloody coat?

After looking at her like that for a while, I decided to completely change my attitude.

Because I didn’t think my current concept would work well for this twisted child.

As I just looked at her and said nothing, she groaned softly.

“I think we need to talk a little more now.”

He opened his mouth in a slightly softened tone. There seemed no need to use a strong tone in her current state.

She clings to me like a baby puppy that has lost its mother and runs to the first person it sees as its owner.

I walked over to the nearest desk, pulled out the chair, and sat down.

I opened my mouth to see Yoon Si-ah, who was holding a blood-soaked handkerchief and looking at me defenseless.

“Come and sit. I have a story to tell.”

Yes, professor. She happily responds to my words.

It was something she had been saying before, but this time, the professor’s words contained a slightly brighter emotion, as if she was singing to show her heart.