episode_0033

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“You’re amazing!”

“How can a crystal ball burst?”

When it was break time, the children came up to me and talked to me.

I guess it must have been quite a shock to have the crystal ball broken into pieces. I said, shaking my head humbly.

“No, that’s great… I guess it’s because the crystal ball is old. I think it’s defective.”

“I see…”

“Well, mana isn’t infinite… There can’t be enough to explode the crystal ball, right? But didn’t the teacher get really surprised?”

“….I guess he’s doing that because he’s worried I’ll get hurt.”

I responded nonchalantly.

“And also….”

“That’s right, that’s right!”

‘….It’s quite cute how it squeaks like a parrot.’

While I was having a conversation with the extras, listening with one ear and letting it go out the other, and living my own social life, the kids suddenly started to hurriedly leave the place, saying something urgent had come up.

I looked over wondering what it was and saw Remy coming towards me. As expected, they were also afraid of Remy.

‘But what’s going on?’

The atmosphere is ominous…

But it’ll be okay. I was a little nervous, but then I relaxed.

Because next to me was Raon, staring at me with his chin resting on his hand.

There was no way Remi would show any violence as long as Raon was by his side.

“Hey.”

“….uh.”

“Drink this.”

What Remy handed over was milk.

Embarrassed, I pointed at myself with my hand.

“…..Huh? Me?”

“Hey, you want to drink too….”

“Oh, thank you!”

Remy gives each of me and Raon a pack of milk and then quickly returns to his seat.

I looked at the milk with a puzzled face.

Even if that’s true for Raon, why me? Is there poison in this?

Raon drank the milk nonchalantly, looking as if he had hit the jackpot.

I felt uneasy too, but I drank it anyway since it was given to me. Poison doesn’t work on me anyway.

As expected, I didn’t feel anything special even after drinking milk. This is what I mean when I say that skills are good.

After exchanging names with the other students and drinking the milk that Remi gave me, and taking a few more boring history and academic lessons, which were different from the first class, it was already lunchtime.

“Jodel~ Let’s go eat.”

“…..with me?”

“Yeah. You and I. Let’s go.”

I see Raon smiling and talking happily, and the children looking at me as if they are envious.

I got up from my seat, feeling shaky.

If you refuse, I’ll just glare at you like I did before.

Since Raon gets bored easily, I wanted to keep trying until he gets sick of it.

It seemed like he was curious about me because he was meeting me for the first time.

It’ll probably take a week at most.

Anyway, in the upcoming episode, he will become fully involved with Lara.

By then, I won’t have time to care. I’ll just be one of those stories that passes by.

“The food at this restaurant is really good.”

The place we followed Raon to was a restaurant inside the academy.

It had a more restaurant-like atmosphere than a restaurant.

From sitting down to ordering food from the menu, to having it brought to you… it’s definitely different.

“Please give me this.”

“Ah, I want this menu.”

I ordered a menu full of meat, while Raon ordered a menu full of vegetables.

“Jodel really likes meat.”

“Yeah. It’s delicious.”

“I like the crunchy texture of vegetables more than meat…”

I know that too. I saw it in a webtoon…

We continued our meal while chatting casually. It was mostly Raon asking questions and me answering.

‘……How long is he going to be like that?’

With Raon’s chatter and Remi’s persistent gaze following him even when he came to the restaurant, I couldn’t tell if the food was going into my mouth or my nose.

Following me all the way here… Am I already showing signs of being a stalker?

Remi is seen sitting alone, eating the same vegetable menu as Raon, and glaring at me.

As I was clicking my tongue, Raon, who had been chattering away, suddenly became silent.

When I looked at Raon, his gaze was directed towards Lara.

Lara was also sitting diagonally across from Elsie, probably having come to eat.

She had her eyes half-closed as Elsie fed her food.

‘…..I guess you were interested from that time?’

Well, Raon can’t stand pretty things.

Lara was objectively very pretty.

From her cotton candy-pink hair to her green eyes that looked like they were soaked in grass, she had a beauty like a fairy.

“I’ll go first.”

“….Huh? Already?”

“Uh. I have to go see Professor Luken. See you later.”

After finishing my meal, I got up first using Professor Luken as an excuse.

Fortunately, Raon didn’t follow.

After leaving the restaurant, I headed to a deserted place. I figured it wouldn’t be comfortable to continue like this.

I need to clear up Remy’s misunderstanding.

“Come out.”

“……How did you know?”

“How can you not know when you’re walking around with all your might?”

Remy paid no attention to what I said and instead spoke with even more anger.

“…..Get away from Laon.”

I wondered why he followed me, and I guess he came to threaten me.

“I think you’re misunderstanding something. I’m a guy.”

Remi’s brow furrowed. Her eyes naturally scanned my body up and down. It was a look that no one could believe.

“…..Lies.”

“A real man. Look here. His Adam’s apple. It’s clearly there. And I’m afraid you’re misunderstanding, but I’m talking about the same roommate as him. So you don’t have to worry about anything. Got it?”

Remy was speechless for a moment at my words.

He seemed to be struggling with whether to believe this or not.

Why don’t you believe me?

I glared at Remy in a manly manner, especially emphasizing the area around his neck. Then Remy, with a slightly relieved expression on his face, said,

“…..Really? You’re a man?”

“….Okay. Ask Raon.”

Only then did Remy’s stiff face completely relax at my words.

I was a little surprised at that sight. But he still has some humanity.

In the original webtoon, Remi should have had a doll-like expressionless face at this time, but she clearly had emotions left.

That wasn’t the face of a girl in love, to the point where Raon thought Remi hated him and was chasing him.

But the current Remy didn’t look like a doll at all. Her expression was vivid and alive.

Is this a chain reaction that occurred because you protected the tiger cub Aru?

My heart was moved by Remy’s changed appearance.

I think it might be possible for Remy now…

Can I help you out a little?

Anyway, the real wife is Lara, but since it’s a harem, Remi also has a chance as long as he doesn’t do bad things. He has a cute face.

“…..Follow me.”

“….where?”

“I gave you milk earlier. I’ll help you.”

“What?”

I walked away, leaving Remy dumbfounded. I knew a good place to have a conversation.

Remy seemed to hesitate, then started following me, probably wondering what I was going to say.

The place I took Remy was a place with a bench in the schoolyard within the academy.

As I sit on the bench provided for resting, Remy stands still and looks at me.

I tapped the side of the chair to tell him to sit down. Then Remy approached him cautiously. It felt like I was taming a wild cat that was very nervous.

I looked at Remy, who had just sat down, and asked him directly.

“Do you like Raon?”

“……Okay, okay, I don’t like it! I’m just interested! ”

“That’s it.”

At my words, Remy jumped up from his seat.

“Ugh. Let’s go!”

“….Sit down. I told you I’d help you.”

“What are you helping me with!”

“How to be loved. If you keep doing that, you’ll only get hated. So I’ll tell you a special way to become close with Raon.”

Yeah. Remy doesn’t know how to be loved… That’s why he made such terrible choices.

“…..What do you know!”

“I know more than you?”

I thought he would just leave, but fortunately, Remy seemed to know that his methods were wrong, so he sat down quietly after thinking about it for a while. However, his eyes glared at me fiercely.

“Listen carefully first. You shouldn’t be following the other person around like you are doing now.”

“…..Why?”

“Would you like me to follow you around without you knowing?”

When asked from the opposite perspective, Remy didn’t answer at all, as if he didn’t like that.

“Yeah. But it was good that you gave me milk earlier. If you give me something to eat like that every day, try talking to me at least once. It’s too burdensome to look at me during class, so it’s forbidden. Oh, what Raon likes is….”

I gave him some information about Raon that I knew from reading webtoons.

Since Remi is a villainess, it’s at a disadvantage, so it’s okay to tell her this much.

Remy nodded intently, concentrating.

I found it quite cute to see him relax, concentrate, and listen, so I unconsciously raised my hand and stroked Remy’s head.

Remy’s eyes widened. Fortunately, he didn’t hit me or anything.

I stroke her head, which feels softer than I thought, but my hand is eventually pushed away with a clicking sound.

When I looked at Remy, he was covering his head with a bright red face.

“This, this… this!”

Remy left those words behind and ran away without looking back.

‘….Why is the reaction like that?’

Are you that upset?

I reflected on myself, thinking I should be more careful next time, but then a memory flashed through my mind and I exclaimed, “Oh no.”

‘…Raon is the first to pat my head.’

I did it first.

Hey, it’ll be okay. Something like this…

Surely, I don’t think he would change his mind if I were the one who patted his head first instead of Raon.

I didn’t think much of it.

But it wasn’t long before she realized how fragile the mind of a 15-year-old girl in puberty was.