episode_0025

Weeeeing.

Leadership executive office.

While I was enjoying my morning leisurely while drinking my morning coffee, my smartphone vibrated.

“Whoop!”

I spilled my coffee and almost fell off my chair. Fortunately, no accidents occurred on either side.

It was fortunate that there was no one in the clubroom.

I quickly picked up my smartphone and checked the text message. As expected, a message arrived asking me to check my grades.

Midterm exam.

Handwriting, practical skills.

It’s all over.

Today was the day the comprehensive report card came out.

I immediately logged into the academy app.

‘please… !’

My heart was pounding like crazy.

‘Please let me save the manager’s face… !’

After closing my eyes and praying for a moment, I held my pounding heart and opened my report card.

My grades… .

[Aseong High School midterm exam comprehensive results]

─ Name: Ahn Woojin

─ Overall score: 98

─ Number of seats: 1

“Yes!!”

A shout came out of my mouth.

First place.

It was first place.

I wanted to immediately open the window, shout, ‘Take off your panties and scream!’ and then do the Spider-Man dance of joy on top of the window.

Of course, if he did that, not only would his dignity as a manager go down, but his dignity as a human being might also fall. I have no choice but to restrain myself.

“Kha… !”

It was difficult to control the trembling corners of my mouth.

The joy of being first place had such a powerful destructive power that it put to shame even the poker face I had trained.

Can not be done.

Be patient.

The moment the white paper came in, it was necessary to show the composure of the winner.

Wouldn’t that be the greatest pleasure that can only be enjoyed at this time?

It’s time for the white paper to arrive soon.

I took a deep breath, collected my emotions, and sipped my coffee.

“Manager, good morning.”

Soon, the long-awaited white paper arrived in the clubroom.

“Uh, hello.”

I said hello briefly.

From White Paper’s perspective, the composure of being number one must be flowing down my face right now.

‘First of all, we shouldn’t bring up sexual topics.’

As naturally as possible, wait for your partner to bring up the sexual topic first.

That would also be the winner’s margin.

Baek Seo started making tea in the tea room.

“By the way, did you check your grades?”

It came right away.

“Not yet. Did you get a good score?”

I asked calmly, expecting an answer from the white paper.

“Yes, I was in first place.”

?

“It was shared with someone. Are you the manager?”

what?

While the white paper was in the bathroom, I urgently checked my smartphone.

‘ah… !’

I guess I was so intoxicated with joy that I only checked ‘Seating: 1’ and didn’t properly see the ‘special information’ written underneath it.

I finally saw it.

[Aseong High School midterm exam comprehensive results]

─ Number of seats: 1

※ Tied for first place.

“… I think so.”

Tie with White Paper.

It was tied for first place.

Should I like this or not… . My mind became confused.

I was looking forward to studying well, perhaps because the power of pre-studying was greater than I expected.

At this point, it was in a state where there was nothing better than the white paper… !

“Manager, would you like some tea?”

“No, I’m done… .”

I should be happy because I came in first place, but I end up feeling completely defeated.

Baek Seo made a cup of black tea and sat down at the table to sip it. Meanwhile, she calmly watched internet news on her smartphone. Rather, the composure and elegance of being number one overflowed from her.

On the other hand, I stared blankly at the black coffee in my coffee cup.

‘If only I got one more question right… .’

I wanted to close my eyes tightly.

I didn’t want to have the mindset of an unlucky study bug who would say something regretful after getting one question wrong.

One, the fact that I couldn’t defeat White Paper causes a bitter feeling in my heart.

‘Off.’

I continued to push the regret down my throat with bitter coffee.

At that time, the door to the dormitory opened.

“Hello… .”

“Uh, hello.”

“Good morning.”

The person who came in was secretary Park Min-hyuk.

The guy had a distraught look on his face with his shoulders slumped. I was literally depressed.

‘You look listless.’

It’s like that for most of the year, but it looks better these days.

“Minhyuk, your grades… .”

“ Cleans… !”

“I’m sorry, I won’t say anything.”

I stopped talking when Minhyuk buried his head on the desk and let out a scream. One more word and Minhyuk would go straight to the school trash can where fallen leaves were swept.

Minhyuk, who was in a state of self-destruction and making hoarse sounds like a zombie, cried loudly and fell to his knees towards me.

“Manager, I’m sorry… ! It’s impossible for me, who only ranked 45th in school, to serve a manager who is like heaven! Please don’t forgive me for being ugly… !”

Min-hyuk apologizes like a plaster.

Ranking 45th overall would be a high rank.

It seemed that Minhyuk’s pride did not allow that rank.

“Someone like me is a piece of trash who deserves seppuku… !”

“Hello, Manager, Baek Seo Jjing… . Even Minhyuk… .”

The door to the dormitory opened again, and Ha Yesong, the person in charge of disorderly conduct, came in, greeting us in a weak voice.

“Uh, hello.”

“Welcome.”

He didn’t seem to have the same liveliness as usual. I didn’t go straight to the white paper.

He was showing a strong expression of ‘Ask me why I’m doing this’. It’s burdensome.

I immediately guessed what the reason was, but out of courtesy, I asked.

“Yesong, what’s going on?”

“I am the manager… .”

As if he had been waiting, Yesong looked at me and cried.

“I guess I was too arrogant… !?”

“Huh?”

Yesong clenches his right fist and raises it to his chest, shaking his body.

Useless regrets poured out of her mouth like rapid fire.

“I let my guard down… ! It was okay in first grade, so I let my guard down. If I had known that the second year exam would be this difficult, I wouldn’t have gone out to eat or anything like that… . Why did I do that? Why was I so pathetic and complacent in the past? !?”

“Are you dissatisfied with your grades? How long have you been missing?”

Yesong spread out his fingers with both hands and indicated the numbers. I didn’t feel any confidence in those movements.

Five and three spread fingers, respectively.

“53rd place is still top rank… .”

“Two hands… . So, 253rd place… This is it.”

“Ah.”

Since there are so many students in the school, 253rd place is not bad, but… .

Compared to Yeson’s grades in the first year, my ranking was significantly lower.

“… … .”

Minhyuk quietly watched Yesong, then stood up and walked to her side.

Then he placed his hand on Yesong’s shoulder and spoke in a clear tone.

“Sloppy.”

Yesong trembled.

Soon, Yesong went to the sofa, hugged his knees and buried his head.

“This is a mess… . sorry… .”

“Puhahahaha! under… under… .”

Minhyuk was cheerful and pointed at Yesong, who was depressed.

He must have soon realized that his situation had not changed, so he sat down across from her and lowered his head.

“I should have done better… . I don’t have any respect for the manager… .”

“I will go on a diet… .”

The two began a collective monologue.

As the head of the Seondo Department, I have a duty to work hard for peace and harmony in the Department. But it seemed like there was no need to touch that kind of depression.

One after another, boom! The door was wide open.

“I’m here!”

“Uh, hello.”

“Welcome.”

The person who came in with a confident voice led the accounting.

There are three ways in which results day can be so bright.

You got a good grade, failed a test, or gave up on life.

“Doha, did you get good grades?”

“Hmph. Does it matter? Once again, I couldn’t help but hold my tongue at the rudeness of the academy trying to evaluate me based on tests and such!”

“Yes, it’s good to be positive.”

It was my mistake to talk to that second-year middle school soldier.

… …

after school.

Banded clouds were flowing into the sky pond, turning away from the sunset.

‘I’ll just organize the documents and go.’

There was no urgent work today.

Unless something special happened, it seemed like I usually had some free time after the exam.

I will soon have to start volunteering with Lee Se-ah again. During the exam period, neither Sea nor I were able to do volunteer work because we were busy.

The purpose was, of course, to monitor Se-Ah.

Anomia, the rival of the Mafia Dohwa faction, has been destroyed. The need for surveillance was becoming more and more important.

I also asked my expressionless junior to do it. Don’t keep an eye on me like last time, just pay attention and let me know what Se-Ah is up to as soon as you see or hear her.

‘Ise… . The more we spend together, the less I seem like a bad kid… .’

A different perception emerged from the impression I had from recent games.

The point is that Se-Ah doesn’t feel like she could possibly be a villain.

It only looks suspicious on the surface, but it feels like he’s very kind?

However, the reason to monitor Se-Ah did not disappear.

In any case, she will become a black market merchant and engage in illegal activities. I had to prepare for any unexpected situation.

I also wanted to know why Se-Ah died in the original work.

This was a question that arose a lot after catching Anomia.

There must be something I don’t know about.

If I couldn’t even dig into that, even after my term as leading manager ended, I would still feel uncomfortable, like a piece of meat stuck between my teeth.

‘Come to think of it… .’

Thanks to the arrest of several sponsors and business partners while investigating the Anomia incident, the performance of the leading department was greatly accumulated.

However, it was not possible to reveal who the big sponsor was. That mysterious villain who provided Gray Stars to Anomia and greatly helped the organization’s finances.

The head of Anomia also stated that he did not know the identity of the sponsor because he did not ask for it. After using a lie detector test, it turned out that the statement was true.

Even if you dig into ledgers, cash flows, transaction records, official documents, etc., the results are the same.

Was it designed this way from the beginning, or was it a meticulous process? . Nothing was certain.

It was unexpected.

With so much money moving around, I thought it would be easy to find.

‘Who on earth is that sponsor…? .’

One thing was certain.

In order to be able to perform such fantastic acts as if performing a magic trick, there is a prerequisite to having too much power.

In that case, the suspect would have been narrowed down to a member of Hanyang Federal Academy, the center of Academy City.

Must be at least the student council executive level.

You must also have considerable assets.

However, Hanyang Federal Academy is a gathering place of city power.

It was a difficult place for the leaders of Asung High School to touch.

Unless you can secure at least solid evidence, dealing with Hanyang Federal Academy was difficult.

‘What should I do with this…? .’

“Manager, are you having dirty thoughts again?”

“?”

A loving and caring voice pulled me out of my thoughts.

“Is that possible? .”

“Here, black tea.”

“Thank you.”

Vice President Oh Baek-seo smiled and placed the tea on my desk. Then he brought a chair next to me and sat down.

“Hmm?”

White Paper rested his chin on the desk and looked at me quietly.

I don’t know why, but I couldn’t take my eyes off his face as it was illuminated by the glow of the sunset. Should I say that there is a halo shining through?

Since it was just the two of us in the club room, there was a mysterious atmosphere. For no reason, a fever rose in my head. I had a feeling that things would get awkward, so I quickly asked a question.

“Do you want to have a snowball fight?”

“I just saw it briefly.”

It was very disturbing because the eyes looked like I was looking at a cute child.

If I felt like I was looking at a boy I liked, I might have impulsively scolded him by confessing.

The white paper is really pretty.

Thanks to this, I felt a sense of happiness every evening when the sky was clear.

The couple’s face, illuminated by the sunset, was so beautiful that I wanted to take a picture and hang it in a frame.

Should I say that my eyes are good? It has the power to make you lose your mind, and there were many times when even I couldn’t tell the difference and wanted to express my affection for it.

But I had to restrain myself.

Because indiscriminate confessions or direct signs of affection run the risk of ruining our relationship.

“A snowball fight would be nice too… .”

White Paper muttered.

It was as if it were a conference room where opinions were heard and reviewed.

She didn’t tell me which direction she was okay with.

“Well, I don’t have anything to say?”

There is “”

“What is it?”

I asked, hiding the slight disappointment I felt.

“Bet, what should I do?”

That’s right, bet.

I was slow to think because I was lamenting the fact that I couldn’t defeat the White Paper through study.

“Okay. I have to decide.”

Originally, bets made with white papers had to be decided based on test scores.

Since we are tied for first place, we have no choice but to agree on what to do.

“Can I make a suggestion?”

“Tell me.”

“I think it would be better to tell each other your wishes and compromise somewhere in between. If compromise is not possible, try to grant each other’s wishes. How about it?”

It seemed better that way.

“It’s okay.”

Of course, you have to listen to the story first.

“Then… , What did the manager want to wish for?”

I had nothing to worry about.

“Platinum mileage has arrived. I’m going to go write this weekend, and I’d like you to come along.”

Immediately after the midterm exam, I confirmed that platinum mileage had arrived in the student app on my smartphone.

This time, two people, Kim Yeon-hee and I, were selected as Platinum Mileage recipients. Of course, I don’t know who Kim Yeon-hee is.

Anyway, I could finally entrust the forging of weapons to a platinum level blacksmith.

White Paper tilted his head slightly and smiled meaningfully.

“Why? Do you want to go with me?”

“It’s better to go together than to go alone. My military strength improvement will also help improve the work efficiency of the leadership team, and I can rely on you. That’s why I thought it would be better for you, the vice-president, to accompany me if possible.”

I just vaguely explained it.

Of course, I just wanted to go with White Paper. It’s like a date.

“In that case, should we just reach an agreement based on the manager’s wish?”

“Hmm?”

White Paper smiled mischievously and stood up.

‘wait for a sec. uh?’

It’s good, but it shouldn’t end like this.

“What was your wish?”

“It has already been decided that we will grant the manager’s wish, so is there any need to tell him?”

Isn’t that cruel?

“No, no. say it. What was it?”

Baekseo shook his head and went to the bathroom, left the cup there, and packed his school bag.

“Is it a white paper?”

“Let’s go home now. It’s been a while since you’re relaxed, right? I have to go in early on days like this.”

“Wouldn’t it be a bit weird if I were the only one to say it and end it… ?”

“It was agreed to grant the manager’s wish, but it looks like there is nothing more to talk about.”

It was very suspicious.

“… Did you change your mind while trying to say something, even if it was an awkward wish?”

“Well.”

White Paper smiled softly and avoided it.

“… … .”

It didn’t seem like there was any way to answer.

I had a feeling that if I asked any more questions, I would be the only one left out.

“That’s it… , let’s go.”

I swallowed my curiosity and got up.

We packed our bags, turned off the lights, and walked together under the glow of the sunset.

“It’s a white paper.”

“Why?”

“I can’t do it because my pride is hurt. You can also tell me your wish later. I will listen to you.”

“Will you do that?”

“If this goes on, won’t I only be left with a sense of debt? Just say it unconditionally.”

“Hehe, that’s coercive. Okay.”

* * *

The sky filled with sunset light was familiar and beautiful.

It was an extremely peaceful scene for Oh Baek-seo.

Vehicles pass sparsely on the road. When you pass by an old bookstore, you get the illusion of the smell of paper books. When I pass by small shops with pretty signs, delicious smells fill the air, and when I see pretty cake models on the shelves in front of cafes, I want to savor the taste with the man next to me.

And if you look away just a little, the hand of the person you like comes into view.

That the cat passing by on the street was pretty, or that the food at the newly opened restaurant was delicious.

This time of leaving school while listing meaningless stories with Manager Ahn Woo-jin was just a fleeting happiness for Baek Seo.

‘wish… .’

White Paper thought.

Occasionally, when the back of Woojin’s hand touched and he could feel the texture of his skin, he would feel a desperate desire. I want to hold hands.

Should I make a wish? I thought for a while about whether to muster up the courage, but as expected, I didn’t open my mouth willingly. Because that would cross the line.

As I got deeper into those thoughts, I felt a feather tickling my chest, and I became more conscious of Woojin than usual.

The optimist in his head, who may have been waiting for this moment, or whether it was an angel or a devil, whispered to the white paper as if to seduce him to hold his hand even now. The reason was that there was no need to worry about the future.

However, knowing that this moment would end one day, the white paper was content with occasionally bumping the backs of his hands.

“It’s a white paper.”

“Huh?”

It was when White Paper was about to cross the crosswalk ahead of me without realizing it.

Swish. Woojin grabbed Baek Seo’s hand and quickly pulled her towards him.

The sound of vehicles passing by.

Baek Seo placed his hand right in front of Woo Jin’s chest and bruised him for a brief moment.

“It’s still a red light. What do you do without looking?”

Woojin looks down at himself and urges himself.

“So… .”

Baekseo glanced sideways at the hand he was holding with Woojin. It was held as if it were wrapped around the wrist.

Warm warmth was covering his swollen hands.

Once again, Baek Seo felt that Woojin’s hands were bigger than he thought.

It was a common sentiment that only came out of the romance novels I read as a child.

However, at this moment, the white paper seemed to understand why that expression was so commonly used.

“What… , did you have dirty thoughts?”

As if he had been waiting for this opportunity, Woojin raised the corner of his mouth and made a joke. It was revenge.

The white paper immediately realized that it was a joke. However, it was not a question that could simply be dismissed as a joke. At least that was true for the white paper.

White Paper, who is good at organizing his emotions, did not show the slightest bit of embarrassment and just smiled sinisterly as if he was fighting back.

“What a shame, manager?”

“?”

Woojin was taken aback when the white paper showed an unexpected reaction.

Woojin tries hard to maintain a poker face, but the changes in his expression are obvious to Baek Seo. To White Paper, it was just cute.

“Thank you. Let’s go.”

The traffic light changed to green.

Baek Seo pulled Woo Jin’s hand down and held the lovely hand tightly for a moment, then naturally released it.

The two started walking across the crosswalk again.

… …

─ Platinum mileage must have arrived. Check it out.

The voice of an elderly woman on the phone penetrated my ears like a cold chill.

In front of the phone. Kim Dal-bi took out his smartphone and accessed the student app. Platinum Mileage was in front of ‘Kim Yeon-hee’.

“Yes, I came in.”

─ That’s what I’m trying to save. There is no way to get it other than the Platinum store.

“Okay. … But you know what?”

Dalbi smiled brightly and asked into the receiver.

“You sent a strange kid to my school district? Without even saying anything in advance.”

Dalbi narrows his eyes.

A bloody voice flowed from the smiling face.

─ Yes. Your boyfriend cut off my sweet children. I tried to tolerate it as long as it was at a reasonable level, but I went too far.

The elderly woman spoke calmly in a sighing voice.

“Isn’t it wrong for an old bitch to use incompetent kids like Anomia? I will express my opinion carefully.”

Dalby smiled brightly.

─ … Oh no.

The elderly woman spoke as if warning.

─ If you are a dog, act like a dog. Don’t do anything you’ll regret.

Pop.

The phone hung up, and silence came.

The corners of Dalbi’s mouth slowly sank. I lowered my eyes and kept my mouth shut for a while. Eventually, Dalby closed his eyes, raised his head, and took a deep breath.

“Phew… .”

Dalbi regained his composure and opened his eyes again.

“Fucking bitch.”

Dalby muttered in a calm tone and left the place.