episode_0105

“Self… Then I’m leaving now!?”

“Yes, yes!”

“Gulp.”

I said in an indifferent manner.

“No… Is it something to be that nervous about?”

Jerrit.

OK. I didn’t say anything, but the barrage of cool eyes directed at me made me sting and take a step back.

“Yes. I think it’s something to be nervous about. Let’s see.”

At my signal, the curtain in the locker room slowly cleared.

“Ta-da! Irina appears!”

The manager jumped out, repeating a line he had once heard.

It was a witch’s outfit that resembled a wizard’s robe with a dawn-blue color overall, and was decorated with lace here and there as if it were a woman’s clothing.

Wearing a costume that looked like it might be used as a uniform at a witch school somewhere.

I was looking at the manager posing with a cane in one hand and the brim of a large witch hat with the other.

I thought I had opened the door to the dressing room, but it was a cosplay with such high reproduction that I thought I had opened a gate to another world.

What… If I were to think a bit snobbishly, the manager’s pretty appearance looked even better when cosplaying as a cartoon character.

Anyway, seeing the manager in cosplay after a long time made me feel a little excited and applauded.

“Wow… .”

“It’s amazing to see it up close.”

“It’s very pretty. Senior!”

The three showed various reactions to the manager who appeared from inside the locker room, waving a large magic wand loudly.

Lee So-yoon’s longing eyes were shaking violently and she was filled with admiration.

Seong Yu-rin seemed more interested in the clothes the manager was wearing rather than the manager himself.

And Se-ah Lee clasped her hands together and poured out words of praise for the manager.

“Hohohoho─! It is finally being presented to the general audience for the first time.”

It’s always strange to hear the manager’s ‘laughter made on purpose to look like a young lady’.

For your information, being quiet all the time is also part of that concept.

Because it’s a concept that goes away quickly, you usually don’t even notice it’s there.

“Ah. It’s all messed up here.“

I cleaned up the part of the lace that had become entangled due to the manager’s violent movements.

“Thank you?”

The manager accepted my touch with a stiff movement, nodded and said.

I was the one who was puzzled by the somewhat awkward response of the manager.

“… Why are you doing this? Suddenly.”

“Keuhum. no. Well, then. Junior, please change quickly and come out!”

The manager, who took about half a step back from me, shook his head and pointed to the locker room.

“Yes.“

After answering him obediently, I turned back and tried to pick up the suit case that was lying on my seat.

“value.”

“Heung.”

“Hmm… .”

… Why are you doing that again?

Avoiding the gazes of the three who were each expressing their own anger, I grabbed my suit case and quietly entered the dressing room.

“Huh? This… … .”

As I walked through the curtain and entered the dressing room, strange-looking clothes waved before my eyes.

It’s a pink color that appears to belong to the manager who used the locker room earlier.

Umm, this is it. Where have you seen it? … .

“Ah, aaa!“

grasp!

“Junior!”

“Yes, yes?”

Suddenly, the manager pulled back the curtain with great force and pushed me out.

While I was saying, “Uh-uh,” the bustling manager came out of the locker room again.

“Heo Eok… It’s okay, it’s okay. You can go in now.”

“Okay… .”

The manager who closed the curtain pulled out his face and looked at me.

“… … … Because it is properly included in the cosplay costume! It’s not like I never wore it!?”

“… Yes?”

“Ugh.”

The manager quietly disappeared, leaving only a groaning sound.

I was dumbfounded by what had happened so quickly.

So um.

I couldn’t see it clearly because the manager came in so quickly, but I saw that something fluttering pink just now… I guess that’s what I thought… .

therefore… Underwear.

Huh.

Well, it’s quite a feminine taste.

I think he forgot to hang it on a hanger on the wall of the dressing room while changing his clothes and before leaving.

Thanks to you, nice view… … No, um.

Even though we are free to think, should we stop having rude thoughts?

I saved a famous scene in my photo album and opened the suit case.

* * *

Meanwhile, Yuara, whose face was bright red, sat down on a chair.

Unlike Lee So-yoon and Lee Se-ah, who looked at the scene blankly with questioning eyes.

With her unique sense of humor, Seong Yu-rin had some idea of what the commotion had just been about.

Thanks to this, Yuara’s danger level within her was raised to another level.

Because Seong Yu-rin had become more cautious due to the incident with Lee Se-ah not long ago.

Although her thoughts were never put into action, she was implicitly observing the women around Seo Yi-jin.

‘Umm… There are a lot.’

The number of people that immediately came to mind would require counting with both hands.

Of course, just because she was around him, she didn’t think that all of them felt a rational attraction to him.

However, what was important was the fact that all of the women that came to mind in Seong Yu-rin’s mind were of the opposite sex, each with their own charm.

‘… I need to cheer up too.’

She was able to start in a better situation than others, but ended up falling behind due to her own inexcusable mistakes.

It might be hard to catch up with his childhood friend who is already ahead of him.

However, once she had made up her mind, she did not want to fall behind those who started behind her.

And, if I were given one chance… … .

A chuckle leaked from the corner of Seong Yu-rin’s mouth.

I don’t know how I got into it like this.

However, when I made the worst mistake and all I could do was cry like a child.

He didn’t shake off the woman who was leaning against the last pillar, crumbling.

The thrilling sensation I felt in the warm embrace that held her as she weakened.

The fact that it still remains vivid in her mind.

A feeling that cannot be easily explained is defined as liking.

Not just yourself… Other children, for their own reasons, must have experienced this warmth and kindness and developed a small crush on him.

And as we spent time together, that fondness grew as the warmth of the sun shined down as always… I may have become addicted to it by now.

Like a sunflower that instinctively craves nutrients and turns its head to look at the sun.

She once again engraved in her mind that her choice to muster up the courage to approach Lee Jin on the day of the entrance ceremony had brought her great luck.

For now, the only thing she is allowed to do is approach slowly.

I didn’t want to give up.

* * *

I put on the wig for the last time and held the equipment in both hands.

The cool feeling of the touch of someone I hadn’t touched in a long time felt like a real sword and shield, but it was a fake anyway.

After clearing my throat for a moment, I cleared my throat.

“Keuhum. I changed everything.”

As if they heard me, the sounds of the children talking with the manager quieted down.

I heard the manager’s footsteps slowly approaching the locker room.

“Are you ready? Junior?”

“Phew, yes.”

I felt nervous for no reason.

Was it really this nerve-wracking to show a new side of yourself to the guys you saw every day?

… Or maybe it’s because I’m currently wearing a cosplay costume.

Even though you think you don’t care at all, you may be feeling embarrassed somewhere deep inside.

“Good! Come out and strike a cool pose!”

At the manager’s signal, I took a couple of deep breaths and, holding my shield in my hand, broke through the curtain and came out.

As if in slow motion, each person’s face was visible.

Although they are all different people, they all seem to have their eyes wide open.

Those facial expressions made me laugh, so I took a stance, covering my mouth with a shield and looking straight ahead with serious eyes.

and… … .

I performed the lines I had practiced for the first time.

“… Blue Knight Crowd. Here.”

The hand holding the shield shriveled, but I endured it without showing any signs of it.

Because that was the mindset I learned from Jenna.

I’m not cosplaying right now, I’m supposed to be Crowd.

“Kya~“

The manager placed both hands near his mouth, cupped them, and smiled.

Some may be mistaken, but it was not ridicule.

The manager’s eyes that I see now are the same as when I first joined the club, when he said he was a fan and showed me his cell phone.

And, the person showing off the cosplay is very satisfying.

The other three’s reactions were not much different from the manager’s.

“ugh. Wow… … . Wow, prince?”

“Jin Lee, you… . Why don’t you dye your hair blonde?”

“Hehe… .”

They were the first audience members to show a reaction that wasn’t as embarrassing as I thought.