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The rabbits look shocked as if they had been hit on the head with a hammer.

They soon came out of their illusion and muttered with vain faces.

“That can’t be possible…”

“Yeongeun···. I thought he must have recognized our species’ courtship method and confessed…”

The rabbits’ ears drooped.

The corners of the eyes were moist and red.

As I looked at that scene, I felt a little sad.

“Drawing the ground…”

“Lotus root···.”

The frustrated rabbits were lying on the floor and slowly crawled towards me.

And suddenly he started massaging my feet.

“What are you doing, all of a sudden?”

Surprised, I stepped forward and asked.

The rabbits responded by persistently clinging to my feet again.

“Carrot···. I knew we had misunderstood. Then, if you confess again, it will be resolved…!”

“I’m sorry for misunderstanding you all this time. This time I will confess officially, so please accept it! Lotus root!”

Rub, rub, rub.

The rabbits kept massaging my feet harder and harder.

I was embarrassed.

I didn’t know that he would make a new confession as soon as he realized the truth…

The rabbits looked up sadly at me, who was in trouble.

“Do you hate us…?”

“If you don’t like it, tell me you don’t like it. Then I will give up cleanly, lotus root…”

It looked like he would commit suicide if he refused.

I kept my mouth shut and thought for a moment.

What should I do with this?

First of all, it’s not that I don’t like rabbits.

On the contrary, I liked it a lot.

But is that feeling a rational liking?

‘···I’m not sure.’

iffy.

Even though it was my feeling, I wasn’t sure.

Because I’ve never been in love, I don’t know exactly what love is.

‘From what I heard, there are people who first date each other and then gradually get to know each other…’

The rabbits were still looking at me with tearful and sad eyes.

It’s fatal.

It was so cute that my heart pounded for a moment.

However, this feeling was not a rational crush.

It’s just a feeling that comes from a heart that loves animals.

I tried to imagine what the rabbits looked like in human form.

‘The human figure is pretty, but…’

Anyway, there is no one in this world who is not pretty.

It’s a world where all women are pretty girls.

Even if the rabbit sisters have the prettiest appearance among them…

‘But you can’t judge my feelings based on looks alone.’

The other person’s appearance didn’t help me understand my feelings.

In the end, like men in this world, we have no choice but to prioritize personality when looking at the opposite sex.

What are the personalities of rabbits?

Playful and quirky.

Sometimes, I often play pranks that might be disliked.

But I don’t think I’ve ever felt any dislike for rabbits. At least recently.

I couldn’t hate them because they don’t play with malicious intent, they always care for me, and they always help me in various ways.

This probably means that I like the personalities of rabbits.

“Umm······.”

There is silence.

The worries are getting deeper.

It is also difficult to refuse a confession.

Accepting a confession is also ambiguous.

I didn’t know how I was feeling, so I felt like I couldn’t come to a proper conclusion right now.

so that,

“Professor, instructor. I think it would be difficult to answer right now, but would it be okay if I answered later?”

I decided to hold off on answering.

I decided to take my time, slowly, and seriously think about my thoughts.

Considering that I didn’t stoically refuse, it doesn’t mean that I don’t have any rational attraction to rabbits.

“Carrot? I will answer you later…?”

“Just answer me now… Lotus root…”

“I’m sorry. I think I need to think about it.”

“···If you have trouble answering now, there is nothing you can do. I get it. You can think about it slowly and answer, Carrot.”

“How long should I wait, lotus root…”

“I’m not sure how long it will take.”

I will give you an answer as soon as possible.

If the problem persists, I will contact you separately.

After saying that, I bowed my head to the rabbits and left the professor’s office.

***

When I came out of the building, Seo Yi-eung, who was leaning against the wall, saw me and came running towards me.

Even though I told him to go first today, he seemed to be waiting.

“You came out late. What did you talk about?”

“···Just talking about class.”

The fact that he received the confession was kept secret.

It’s not polite to the rabbits to go around talking about this fact.

“Rather than that, what about Isabella?”

I looked around and asked.

I told him to go back first, but since Seo Yi-eung waited, I thought Isabella would have stayed and waited with him. These two are always hanging out together these days.

“Isabella went first. He said he had some things to think about alone.”

“Really?”

Come to think of it.

His expression was full of worry since morning.

Do you have any concerns?

I’ll ask you when I see you tomorrow.

Afterwards, I was leaving school while having a small talk with Seo Yi-eung.

“Ah, that’s right. Kang Ha-hwi, you don’t have anything to do today, right?”

Seo Yi-eung asked in an awkward voice.

Unlike before, his face looked full of tension.

“I have nothing to do, why?”

“That… Um…”

Seo Yi-eung licked his lips and continued speaking.

“···Do you want to come visit my house today?”

“Suddenly?”

It was an unexpected suggestion.

At best, I thought the two of you were going to go out into the city and have fun.

As I was hesitating to answer, Seo Yi-eung added.

“Actually, my mom said she wanted to see you.”

“Your mother?”

“Yes. As you know, I never really had close friends, right? But when I told him that I had made a close friend after entering the academy, he thanked me so much and said he wanted to treat me to a meal and asked me to invite him to his house. Up until now, I kept making excuses and putting it off because I was afraid it would make you uncomfortable, but as I kept putting it off and putting it off, my mom seemed a little upset.”

“Well, it’s not difficult to get there… Then shouldn’t we invite Isabella too?”

“Isabella doesn’t have time today. And unlike you, she often came to my house to play.”

I think I heard it last time.

Isabella once boasted that she had become close to Seo Yi-eung’s mother.

Anyway, I decided to accept Seo Yi-eung’s offer.

It’s like visiting a friend’s house.

***

Seo Yi-eung’s house was a magnificent mansion.

A house of such grand size that it makes you feel intimidated just by looking at it.

I knew I was living well, but I never imagined I would be this wealthy.

‘It’s more gold than I thought… No, it was a diamond spoon. I heard he had a suspiciously large amount of money.’

As I passed through the yard, opened the front door, and entered, a woman came running at me at a brisk pace as if she had been waiting.

She was a beautiful girl with big and small scars on her face.

Even though it had scars, it wasn’t ugly at all, perhaps because the original was pretty.

“Oh my! I received a call saying it was coming, but it arrived sooner than I expected!”

“Hello. My name is Kang Ha-hwi.”

“Nice to meet you. I am Lee Eung’s mother.”

This person was Seo Yi-eung’s mother.

And, it was only after meeting her that I realized why there was a rumor that Seo Yi-eung was the daughter of a gangster.

Her mother has tattoos all over her body.

Even the neck area.

An ordinary person would have frowned.

But I wasn’t like that.

There is no prejudice against tattoos.

I just thought it was overflowing with personality.

“Ah. The tattoo is a bit ugly, right? Haha.”

Seo Yi-eung’s mother said, scratching the back of her head as if she was aware of her tattoo.

The scar is okay, but the tattoo looks dishonest.

Didn’t you do it because you wanted to?

Or are you the type of person who later regrets getting a tattoo?

I don’t know why, but I let out my true thoughts about tattoos.

“No. I thought it was cool.”

“···As Lee Eung said, he seems to be a very kind-hearted person.”

Thank you for saying that, even if it’s empty words.

My mother smiled brightly as she added those words.

Contrary to his first impression of being energetic, he seemed to have a very limited personality.

After saying hello to each other, we moved to the living room.

The house was large, so it took about 5 minutes to get from the entrance to the living room.

While we were on the move, Seo Yi-eung told me that the tattoo on her mother was a type of healing magic.

Long ago, when I was active as a hunter.

There was a time when my entire body was cut into pieces by a monster, and it is said that the tattoo was the trace left in the process of piecing together the severed bodies. It was a heartbreaking fact that made me feel solemn.

“I’m preparing dinner right now, so can you sit there and wait for me?”

When we arrived at the living room, Seo Yi-eung’s mother smiled brightly and said,

After nodding, I said I understand.

That’s when I took out the chair and sat down.

Duuuung-

The cell phone I had in my pocket vibrated.

Who sent the text?

Without thinking, I took out my phone and checked it.

『Shuboma/Hanabi』

─Speak bluntly. You will be my man from today.

···What is this again?