episode_0062

I kept thinking about it.

Since entering the family, Suin’s reaction has been so… so desirable. Her determination to become a different person has been so firm.

This guy, isn’t this his real self? Wasn’t it true that he was more evil when he was a master?

I used to think like that.

I have also seen scenes of anger being expressed.

I’ve even heard people say that it’s not them who should be reflecting on themselves, but those guys.

“Why?”

“Did that girl named Yoojung bully you a lot?”

Suin laughed.

“No way. It’s been a while since I enrolled. I got hit a few times and was embarrassed. Since I had already awakened as a Master by then, I didn’t feel particularly bothered. Rather, I was glad that I had an excuse. In fact, I was a bit hesitant before that.”

After awakening as a Master, something like ‘Help’ seems to have appeared.

Subjugate your slaves, grow your power and strength, and wage war against other masters. Remember that other masters are dangerous. Such help.

“Honestly, I wondered if I was completely crazy. I tried making medicine, but I didn’t have the courage to try it, so I hesitated… . Then, when that happened, well… . I found out that the medicine really worked, and then I saw that there was a female-body transformation medicine… .”

“You mean your eyes are rolled back?”

“… Yeah. While making excuses that I have to prepare to fight another Master… . Ahaha… .”

I smiled awkwardly and then sighed.

“This isn’t something to be said lightly. It’s fortunate that you came and stopped that stupid thing, and that you could receive a little punishment… .”

At least I firmly recognize my own mistake. There is no point in me trying to do this or that in this matter.

“Then what do you think about Shin Myeong-jun?”

“I don’t know. Honestly, I just didn’t want to think about it anymore… . I might get tangled up with that guy or fight him… I can’t believe that prediction. And it’s not just mine… .”

“Really?”

“Yeah. I don’t know about the others, but that third premonition. I don’t think you’d let Senior Saya be like that… . If you didn’t know, then you wouldn’t know, but even more so when you’ve received a premonition.”

I tried to laugh, thinking that maybe my expectations were too high, but then I stopped myself.

The eyes of Suin looking up at me were very serious. As if she really believed it.

“You’ll have to put in effort, but… if you trust people too much, you’ll end up being used by bad guys and abandoned… .”

“What are you talking about, seriously… .”

I felt a little relieved when I finally saw a smile that wasn’t self-deprecating.

I knew that Soo-in and Shin Myeong-jun were more deeply entangled than I expected. As I said, their ill-fated relationship is truly endless, so even if my prediction was wrong, there was a possibility that they would be related somehow.

[Acceleration] to [Demon Sword]… .

“… What are you thinking that makes you laugh so badly?”

“I was thinking about what kind of training method I should use to successfully master the sword grip in real combat.”

“Hey?!”

“Just kidding, just kidding. I already told you the best way to deal with any crisis.”

Suin sighed.

“Just run first… .”

“That’s the best. If you run screaming in your current state, the whole world will be on your side.”

Training for when that isn’t possible is also necessary.

“Yeah, yeah. That really helped me out a lot. Okay, then you go. I’ll be fine now.”

“Really? Are you okay? If you need me, I can be your hugging pillow?”

“… .”

Suin paused for a moment. She must have hesitated without realizing it.

but.

“Stop talking nonsense and go. Senior Saya must be anxious because of that prediction, so you should be there.”

It was a fair story.

No matter how prepared you were, you couldn’t have been free from anxiety.

“Okay. Then let’s check one last thing.”

“What?”

“Are you going to go to that appointment tomorrow?”

Suin blinked for a moment. She looked like she didn’t know what I meant.

“Huh? Should I go? Well… I don’t know what will happen, but it’s something I have to do.”

Even though she knew there might be something related to Shin Myeong-jun, Soo-in seemed determined to keep her promise.

I said okay and left Su-in’s room.

After closing the door, I thought about Shin Myeong-jun. I didn’t know that he was related to Su-in. In the game, there is no character named Jeong Yu-jeong, and Su-in herself is destroyed by the player or another NPC master in the beginning.

But when the topic of the past came up in the game, I said that.

‘I lived a surprisingly ordinary life.’

According to Soo-in, he was the guy who harassed her for two years, kept the records, and then gave them to his girlfriend.

‘Surprisingly ordinary’… .

Was there no connection with Suin in the game, or was there a connection but they thought it was there?

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Fate is a scary thing.

Even if it’s bad, even if it’s evil, it doesn’t change.

Therefore, the Buddha said that we should try to form good relationships if possible, but… it is difficult to change bad relationships that have already been formed. No matter how hard you try, they are bad relationships because they tend to go in a bad direction.

The evidence was discovered the next morning.

Senior Saya, Yuna, and Yuren stayed at home. Deciding that it would be better for our relationship not to be known for now, the chairman went to school early in the morning.

So the only people left are me and Suin.

I ended up going to school with Suin, who kept yawning as if she was still sleepy. From the moment I got up and started preparing for the morning, I had a hard time waking up.

“You took a hypnotic drug and fell asleep?”

“… How do you know?”

“I thought there would be a call in the middle of the night once, but there wasn’t, and it doesn’t seem like you couldn’t sleep, but if you’re that sleepy, it’s obvious that it’s because of the medicine.”

“Really unnecessarily sharp… .”

Suin’s movements, which had been astonishing, stopped. No, it wasn’t just that her movements stopped, she trembled with chills.

I turned my head in curiosity, and there was a tall, handsome man with a refreshing impression staring at me. He was wearing a military school uniform, and judging by the color of his tie, which was yellow like mine, I could tell he was a second-year student.

Next to him was the female cadet, Yu-jeong, who had been entangled with Su-in in various ways.

This guy is Shin Myeong-jun… Since I haven’t seen him since the beginning, his face feels a bit unfamiliar.

But looking back, he was definitely quite handsome. It wasn’t for nothing that they said he had an A-class face and an F-class performance.

“Hey, are you Lee Soo-in?”

Shin Myeong-jun walked over with brisk strides and grabbed Su-in by the shoulder. Then he looked over her body from head to toe.

It’s been a few days since Su-in started wearing the girls’ uniform to school, so of course she’s wearing a skirt.

Su-in unconsciously shrank down when she realized that the other person was looking down at her skirt. She was wearing tights, so there wasn’t much exposure, but she tried to hide her body by lowering the hem of her skirt.

“They say you go to school dressed as a woman, so it must be true. What’s with your hair? A wig?”

“Evil!”

Shin Myeong-jun grabbed Su-in’s head and pulled it nonchalantly. It seemed like he was trying to check if it was a wig, but of course, Su-in’s head was real.

A movement that was no different from grabbing someone’s hair. Su-in screamed and threw her head back.

“What, really? It’s not just cross-dressing, you even had surgery?”

“Let go, let go… .”

“Huh? Are you short on words?”

“Let go… Please… .”

When Shin Myung-jun let go of her hand, Su-in quickly distanced herself. Tears welled up in her eyes, but she couldn’t even offer a proper protest and just stared at Shin Myung-jun’s feet.

Not only was I unable to utter a single word, my entire body was trembling.

I was just staring blankly at it. It’s not that I didn’t have room to intervene, but I was so embarrassed that I missed the timing.

Honestly, I didn’t understand.

If it were before, it might not have been different, but now Suin has fought the chairman. And she did surprisingly well.

No, it was the same even before. I remember being dumbfounded by the fact that Soo-in, who had seen a lot of pain right before declaring submission, was still pushing forward. Didn’t I conclude that this guy had no future after seeing Soo-in acting like that without understanding the situation?

I just couldn’t understand how a guy like that could be so passive.

Isn’t it?

If you think about it, it’s simple.

Should I think that the total amount of violence I received from that guy named Shin Myeong-jun for two years, or maybe my entire school life, had that much weight?

Rebel, be subdued, rebel, be subdued.

When repeated incarnations occur, the very form of the soul becomes distorted. Old wounds become like sponges, and they tend to ooze pus even with the slightest stimulation.

It’s truly absurd that I can stand up to the chairman who has become a noble mother, but I can’t do the same to this insignificant guy…

“What the hell are you doing to our cute junior?”

He stood in front of Shin Myeong-jun. He grabbed him by the collar and slapped him in the face.

He must have been taken aback by the unexpected attack. He didn’t hit me with much force, but tears welled up in his eyes.

When he realized that fact, he seemed to be overcome with embarrassment and anger. He also tried to hit me with his hand. As expected, he was a guy who was devoted to the sports circle, so he had considerable physical strength despite his sharp appearance.

However, if you hold the opponent’s center line, it is not difficult to subdue them even if you lack a little, no, a lot of strength. I hit their forehead with the hand that held their collar and lightly tripped them with my foot, causing them to fall down easily.

I slapped the other cheek of the fallen guy as well. It shouldn’t have hurt, but it left an even red mark on both cheeks.

It is provocative, full of feelings of contempt.

“Get out, you idiot. That’s not shit.”

Get angry, get angry.

Since it’s a street with people and CCTV, you can’t just do whatever you want. Is that a wooden sword bag on your back? If you’re going to do it, why don’t you take out the contents? Or you can use your awakening ability.

I don’t know what kind of bad relationship you have with Su-in, but if you end it here, there’s nothing wrong with it.

I was looking down with all my heart, but unfortunately it didn’t continue.

“Ha, don’t do that!”

Su-in grabbed me urgently and hung on. On the other side, Yoo-jeong ran over and supported Shin Myeong-jun, who was glaring at me with his teeth gnashing.

“I don’t think I’ll do it anymore, so you can let it go.”

He was glaring at me, but there was no fighting spirit in his eyes. Either he had completely regained his senses, or he was scared. Either way, it wouldn’t happen.

“Mi, sorry. My brother suddenly started saying strange things… . I’m sorry, senior… .”

Yujeong quickly apologized to Suin and me.

Neither Suin nor I showed any sign of recognizing each other. It seems that they still do not remember what happened while under command hypnosis.

In other words… this request for help sent again this time seems to have been sent from an area unrelated to my usual memories.

Both Suin and I felt a little awkward talking to this kid. We said we understood and left Shin Myeongjun, who had collapsed, behind as we went to school.

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This incident, which occurred on the way to school, seemed to have spread to many places by the time the morning session ended. There was even a video that seemed to have been taken by someone on an anonymous website within the school.

The chairman came to the unit room during lunch time and confirmed the contents of the anonymous site.

“I made a mistake… .”

There was nothing wrong with people’s reactions. If you just watch the video, you’ll see a tall, handsome man harassing a small, quiet girl, and then he gets punished by his group.

The only problem is that the ‘small and quiet girl’ was a boy until recently. The story about the cute pink-haired first-year student who suddenly appeared one day was going around little by little, and this incident seemed to have been the trigger.

“I thought I could beat Shin Myeong-jun with a just cause, so I gave up… .”

“Thanks to that, Suin Yang became a huge topic of conversation.”

By lunchtime, the hottest topic on the anonymous site was whether the pink hair was a cross-dresser or had even undergone surgery.

“Why are my breasts so important, are you crazy… .”

There were many who thought that since she had no breasts, she must be a cross-dresser.

There were extreme claims ranging from the idea that men who want to be women ultimately want to have breasts, to eyewitness accounts of people sneaking a peek inside their breasts during class but finding out they weren’t there, to the idea that women should dress up as women because it’s better to have them hanging on… to other, more extreme claims.

On the other hand, the faction that said that the food was already ready, not the cross-dressing, mainly cited physical evidence as an example.

The guy who made his point with several photos that carefully captured his pelvis, even though he had narrow shoulders, was persuasive.

I insisted that if this is a man’s pelvis, I am a homosexual from today onwards… .

“I don’t know if you’re gay or not, but this is a secret photo, you crazy bastard!!!”

Regardless of Soo-in’s screams, the material was persuasive, so there was quite a bit of discussion about it.

Of course, in early April, questions were raised as to how a boy who went to school disguised as a boy could have completed the surgery, but the atmosphere changed again with the emergence of the ‘he had already completed the surgery and was going to school disguised as a boy’ faction.

And in the end… it ended up developing into ‘she was originally a woman’.

“I’m mixed up with guys ㅓㅜㅑ”

“Even though my chest was visible, no one noticed that I was a woman lol”

“Trrr… I shed tears sometimes… Isn’t the washboard a woman, you fuckers…”

“First of all, I will take action against those who took secret photos or peeped, Miss Suin. I will also ban any related mentions… .”

“Thank you, Chairman. But… It’s okay. He’ll quit when he gets tired anyway… . Before that, even if I stop him, he’ll keep talking… .”

“It’s not like we’re specifically limiting the number of people we can give you. We can’t let you talk about the privacy of students like this.”

Even as the chairman requested action from the anonymous site administrator, related articles continued to appear.

And among them… there was a piece of writing that caught my eye.

The post was titled, ‘Proof that pink pervert was a guy’… .

“… Ah, it finally came up… .”

It was a picture of Su-in, a younger man, wearing women’s clothing that looked like anime cosplay. He had bruises all over and was crying, so he reeked of crime.

“… This is a bit… .”

Both the chairman and I frowned, but Su-in remained calm.

“What… I guess you’ll think I’m overlooking it just because it’s a picture of me wearing clothes… .”

“… Shin Myeong-jun, is that guy?”

“I don’t know. I don’t think he’s the only one who has it. T-what’s wrong? Don’t worry about it. There’s no need to be embarrassed now. … But I hope the chairman or the others don’t see it. I don’t mind this much… I don’t like dirty or messy things anyway… .”

I saw the same thing I saw yesterday again.

The way he pretended not to know anything about Shin Myeong-jun to the chairman. He was a guy who had absolutely no talent for lying, but at that time, he acted so naturally that even the chairman didn’t notice.

Perhaps he is skilled at hiding the fact that he is being bullied.

I couldn’t bear to ignore that effort, so I kept my mouth shut. Instead… .

“Let’s go together when we meet him today.”

“Why? Are you wondering if something is wrong? Nothing happened last time either.”

There is no need to tell the story that I had already gone to the meeting place at that time.

“There’s also the premonition… Even if Yoo-jung was just asking for help, Shin Myeong-jun might notice and follow her. He might be after you separately from her.”

I was the one who directly humiliated him… but his eyes were already filled with defeat as he glared at me.

I don’t know if it’s because he’s quick-witted or what, but in that situation, he’d probably be gathering numbers or aiming for an easy target.

But… that was a needless worry.

That day, Jeong Yu-jeong didn’t show up at the promised location.