Chapter Index

    “What is it?”

    “… ”

    Jin Ye-seo did not respond and just glared at me.

    The energy radiating from the green eyes is quite menacing.

    “Hmm, I guess I should go first… We’ll talk later, boss. I’ll take good care of what you asked for… ”

    “Wait… ”

    And Muyoung, who seems to be watching quietly, disappears into the distance.

    It was so fast that there was no time to stop it.

    I looked aimlessly in the direction he left and then turned my head back to Jin Ye-seo.

    Why is this woman so anxious because she can’t catch me?

    Even though the factions were opposite, we tried not to have any hard feelings since our positions were our positions.

    But if you keep doing this… Maybe I should change my mind too.

    Even the story about witches that I was curious about was postponed to a later date because of her.

    The more I thought about it, the more annoyed I became, so I clenched and unclenched my fists and took deep breaths.

    I was already suffering all morning and was in a low mood.

    Some effort was needed to prevent a situation where Jin Ye-seo was hit in the face.

    There was no need to make a fuss by dealing with him.

    “If you don’t have anything to say, get out of the way… ”

    “Jinhyeon Yoo. I challenge you to a duel.”

    And after suppressing my emotions, I had just opened my mouth.

    Suddenly, an unexpected business comes out with a rough voice.

    Why is the duel suddenly a duel?

    “… What is the reason?”

    “I have to pay for the shame of losing in the last ranking match.”

    Even though it was too late, I was able to understand the motive behind the endless controversy.

    Now that I think about it, Jin Ye-seo is wearing a training uniform.

    Because she was wearing dark gray top and bottoms that were tight so as not to interfere with her movements, the bare skin around her navel and limbs was clearly exposed.

    Translucent sweat is still beading on the elastic, well-developed body.

    Did he come running out after hearing the news of my return from the training camp?

    Now that I think about it, in the last ranked match, he refused to surrender until the end, fainted, and was defeated by me.

    Maybe he is a person with a much stronger desire to win than I thought.

    “Instead, I will put a condition on it. If you win again, you will neatly give up the position of first-year student council representative… ”

    “I’m not interested, so get out of the way. As for the student council, you either do it or not.”

    “What… !”

    For the first time, a look of embarrassment appears on Jin Ye-seo’s face, which had been indifferent the entire time.

    It was as if he had never expected that the offer would be rejected outright.

    I passed the blonde girl who muttered a single word and walked out the back.

    I know she’s a person with a strong competitive spirit, but that’s no reason for me to accept her challenge to a duel.

    Student council doesn’t suit me anyway.

    I am clumsy and shy in social situations, so I would be lucky if I didn’t make a mistake in such a situation.

    Study hard and kill your personality so you don’t get into trouble. At the same time, let’s just focus on protecting Yeon Myeong-ha’s personal safety.

    “Do you have no pride? How can you win a student council position in one fell swoop? ! hey… ! for a moment… !”

    The blonde girl behind me kept yelling something, but I just ignored it.

    Still, it is fortunate that a duel between individuals rather than a ranking match cannot be established without the consent of both parties.

    I already have a lot of things to worry about, but I don’t want to get involved in a duel…

    “I told you to wait!”

    But soon, along with a loud cry, I suddenly feel someone’s touch near my wrist.

    At the same time, a slight discomfort, like bugs crawling around, spreads down my arm.

    In a split second, I turned around and grabbed Jin Ye-seo’s wrist.

    As I reflexively tighten my grip, she frowns and writhes in pain.

    “Ugh… ! This bastard… !”

    “Don’t touch my body carelessly.”

    “That guy was in trouble with his wrist… Ugh… !”

    I accepted the discomfort and twisted my arm even harder.

    Then Jin Ye-seo wriggled her whole body like an earthworm.

    “Huh… !”

    “Next time you do something like this again, I will just break the school rules and all.”

    Finally, I held onto the angler’s jaw until it was just barely there, and then pushed away with my entire body’s strength into my arms.

    Jin Ye-seo almost fell, but managed to stumble and regain her balance.

    The bright red marks of five fingers remained on the blonde girl’s pure white wrist.

    Then he grinds his teeth and starts glaring at me again.

    “You… !”

    “… ”

    Aren’t you really tired of it?

    But I don’t have the time or the will to deal with it.

    I shook my hands as if I was washing them and turned around again.

    I really thought that if I approached it one more time, it would be over, but fortunately, Jin Ye-seo didn’t make any more attempts.

    The piercing stare continued until they passed the corner.

    Without feeling so uncomfortable. I somehow made my way to the next classroom, but I couldn’t concentrate on the class.

    This was because attention was still pouring in from all directions on the particle chemistry subject that I hated the most.

    It is a more blatant interest than the situation at the beginning of the semester.

    This may be more so because it is known that they have been hiding their identities due to the difference between recommended admission students and direct descendants.

    After class, I just stopped listening. As soon as the lecture ended, I headed to the pagoda garden behind the main building.

    After this class is over, I decided to hear about how Yeon Myeong-ha joined the student council.

    “… ?”

    However, even after standing under the stairs for over 30 minutes, Yeon Myeong-ha does not show up.

    At first, I thought she was confused about the appointment time, but she is a much more thorough person than me in that respect.

    I always came early, but I was never late.

    “… ”

    Come to think of it, she said this morning that joining the student council might not be easy.

    I think that maybe that’s where the problem arose.

    Surely the student council room was on the third floor of the main building?

    once… Let’s go.

    ***

    As soon as Monday came, Seoyeon was heading to the third floor of the main building to apply for student council membership.

    She was deep in thought as she went down the stairs.

    Occasionally, whenever she encountered other students, a burdensome look of envy poured in, but Seoyeon didn’t care at all.

    Worries about the masked boy were filling her mind.

    “… ”

    The person who most desperately denied the boy’s death was none other than himself.

    So she tried to find any evidence of survival, but all the traces she found pointed perfectly to the boy’s death.

    In the end, all attempts were in vain.

    All she has left is a soot-stained ring, a despair deeper than the abyss, and a cat.

    Seo-yeon fell into an indescribable sadness, and at one point, she tried to follow in the boy’s footsteps due to her extreme self-loathing.

    However, his unfulfilled revenge came to mind too late and his death was postponed for a while.

    But now, looking back, that perfection actually raises deeper doubts.

    It feels as if the boy’s confirmed death is being broadcast everywhere.

    What if that excessive level of perfection was artificially created by someone?

    And the reason is… What if it was to fake the boy’s death?

    ‘Really Hyeon… !’

    Ever since I met those clear, transparent eyes in Jeokhwa’s mansion.

    She constantly revisited her doubts, but there was always only one conclusion.

    There was one reason why Seoyeon was reluctant to him.

    Their names are different, and their height and physique are incomparably larger.

    His voice is low and deep, and he can even use magic skillfully.

    If that was true from the outside, the person she had just met for the first time continued to show very familiar habits and gestures, so Seo-yeon couldn’t help but feel even more uncomfortable.

    But if the masked boy is really who he thinks… All the questions Seoyeon has felt so far can also be resolved.

    key? voice? A period of explosive growth and transformation may have come belatedly.

    Due to the chronic lack of manpower, they were legally treated as adults, but their bodies were still at an age where they could continue to grow.

    Magic? Flowering at a late age is extremely rare, but it is not impossible.

    I was well aware that he had a rare constitution called complete insensitivity, but perhaps the diagnosis was wrong.

    The date the masked boy enlisted in Unit 66 was a year before the boy’s death, but if you’re going to fake your death, you can fake that much.

    Seoyeon could barely suppress the rising excitement.

    I couldn’t come to my senses from the sweet joy like cotton candy.

    Color was coming back to a world that was all black and white.

    I wanted to quickly finish annoying things like joining the student council and concentrate on her business.

    Just as we reached the stairs where the student council room was located.

    Suddenly, a sound like several people fighting comes to her ears from around the corner.

    Soon, Seoyeon began to see the faces of those making a fuss.

    The person standing in the middle of the crowd was none other than pitying him.

    Although it had been a long time since I had seen her face, she was still as fierce and arrogant as ever.

    He was looking down on those around him with an arrogant, pitiful expression on his face.

    The group of female students who surrounded her were also students who were very familiar to Seoyeon.

    Demonic twenty-seven tribe. It was Cheon Ha-rin, the daughter of Myeongwon, and her followers.

    “… ”

    After confirming their identities, Seoyeon furrowed her eyebrows.

    Needless to say, she was pitiful, and Cheon Ha-rin, who was ostensibly a member of her faction, was also someone she did not like very much.

    Although he pretended to live without hesitation on the outside, Cheon Ha-rin was a person who had absolutely no knowledge of the subject.

    The subject’s narcissism has reached its peak as he barely has a spoon in the mouth of the Demonic Twenty-Seven Clan.

    Even though he lost his little finger to Yeon Myeong-ha, it seems that his bad habit of accumulating unnecessary work still hasn’t been broken.

    Meanwhile, she was always accompanied by female students who looked like maids, so it was even more ridiculous.

    “Cheon Ha-rin. You still have no class. I think it’s time to start realizing it.”

    “You’re the one with no dignity, I pity you. There is no place for you in the student council. On the subject of barely maintaining his position by selling his relatives… ”

    As if he had gained courage from the tense situation, Cheon Ha-rin was not defeated and was countering Yeong-sang Ha’s words.

    “There are even rumors going around that she is now parasitic on men. And that to the man who had been looking down on him for a long time.”

    “… ”

    Cheon Ha-rin’s words, which were meant to ridicule Yeon Myeong-ha, actually made Seo-yeon feel even more uncomfortable.

    Soon, her hostility is directed towards Yeon Myeong-ha.

    Originally, we didn’t have good feelings, but these days, we hate him even more.

    There was no need to tell me the cause.

    “I wish you would stop using dirty words like gisaeng. But now let’s get out of the way, right? I think I was late for my appointment because of you. Do you think I’ll listen to you if I cut off the other finger as well?”

    “This bitch… !”

    “Why don’t you all do that?”

    “Seoyeon… !”

    Cheon Ha-rin, who was gritting his teeth while looking at Yeon-hyeong, looked bright at the sight of Seo-yeon.

    Then, he stood next to her and looked at Yeon Myeongha again and sneered as if it was nice.

    Seo-yeon had a hard time resisting the urge to rip out Cheon Ha-rin’s hair.

    I was thinking of just letting Yeon Sang-ha, who I hate to see, get into trouble, but grabbing her like this would end up giving her a vote of sympathy.

    Seoyeon chose to take care of the situation before it escalated further.

    “Baek Seo-yeon. Are you even doing such petty things now?”

    Yan Yanha, who recognized her, snorted and said.

    As they came face to face up close, Seo-yeon felt even more upset.

    “Minhaya. I guess there was some misunderstanding. That’s not it… ”

    And Seoyeon was trying to resolve the situation with a sly smile on her face.

    “What the hell is this… What are you doing?”

    At the sound of someone’s voice coming from behind, a heavy rock somehow falls on her chest.

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