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A slightly tickling yet painful whisper that is clearly intended to seduce a man.

It was a woman’s voice that was so disgusting, but at the same time, it had a strange power, like the temptation of the devil.

It was enough to hold Seoyeon back in place as she tried to leave.

Before she knew it, she was casting her penetrating gaze towards them sitting on a distant bench.

However, the male student who heard Yeon Gyeong-ha’s proposal expressed his refusal in a slightly embarrassed voice.

“Here… You mean… ?”

“Yes. Even if you are naked when you are with me.”

“… It’s a bit like that outside.”

“Why… ? I’m afraid other people might see it… ?”

“… ”

He answered with silence.

“It’s okay. We’re probably the only ones out here during curfew. Sometimes you need to get some fresh air… ”

However, he continued to persuade me in a voice that seemed both pitiful and desperate.

“If you’re feeling uneasy, maybe I should spread the spirits around and check… ? then… ”

The moment you hear Yeon Yeon-ha’s words. Seoyeon’s heart sinks.

I reflexively tightened the hand covering my mouth, but I knew full well that it was a useless action.

Even if it could kill her, there was no way the spirit could not capture the high concentration of particles contained in her gland.

However, after thinking for a moment, the male student quickly shook his head.

“You don’t have to do that. Isn’t night a time when the connection with spirits becomes stronger? We still have to be careful.”

“I think I’m okay… ”

At his response, Yeon Myeong-ha blurts her words as if embarrassed.

But contrary to her tone, her face was filled with satisfaction.

A very deep and sticky feeling that clearly came from the fact that the male student cared about him.

Seo-yeon saw that and for some reason, she couldn’t help but feel jealous.

Meanwhile, a tingling pain gradually begins to rise in my chest.

“… ”

And after a brief thought of about a minute or so.

The masked male student finally nodded slightly, accepting Yeon Gyeon-ha’s proposal.

“Wait… If that’s the case… ”

After speaking, he lifts both hands and places them on the clasp of the mask.

As if she was swallowing her saliva, her throat gurgled repeatedly a couple of times as she looked at the male student.

This was not much different from Seoyeon.

Her heart is pounding as if it will explode and blood is spurting out violently throughout her body.

The eyes stare at him intently, without even the slightest blink.

click.

click.

He unlocked the locks one by one with skillful hands.

click.

click.

Because it was an unusually quiet night, the metallic sound echoed even louder, reverberating everywhere.

… click.

After what felt like eons passed.

Before he knew it, all the fasteners had become defenseless and flabby, and he put a little pressure on his hand and pulled the mask forward.

And finally, the skin that was covering something secret and precious reveals everything inside.

“… !”

Seoyeon was speechless.

A contradictory question that felt like a certainty that had been tormenting her so persistently for the past few days.

It was the moment when the final puzzle finally came together.

***

Seoyeon bit her fingers hard to keep from making a sound.

He didn’t care at all even though blood was flowing from the skin torn by his teeth.

My heart filled with sorrow, and tears formed in the corners of my eyes and fell to the floor.

Hair as dark and deep as ink, blowing and scattering in the breeze.

Clear, blue eyes that look like you could fall in love with them at any moment.

At first glance, you may think that I am blunt, but in reality, I have a unique expression that is just full of shyness.

Everything was the same as before.

No matter what anyone said, it was a certain fact.

As expected, the male student in the mask was the same boy she knew.

All previous guesses became useless along with the fallen mask. However, Seoyeon had long since forgotten even those facts.

In front of the joy of his survival, other miscellaneous things are just meaningless.

Now there was not even the slightest trace of doubt remaining about the male student’s identity.

Confidence leads her into the realm of instinct.

Before he knew it, Seoyeon’s eyes were examining him one by one.

The boy was still a boy, but looking back, nothing had changed at all.

The bridge of the nose was still sharp, but the corners of the eyes were slightly retracted and the jawline had a more defined angle.

The once simple eyes had a sharpness that had never been seen before.

In addition, a low, deep, reliable voice full of trust.

However, the biggest change was in his body.

Her height was just the right amount, about the height of a head, and her cute body that used to fit in my arms was now so big that I could hold her in one arm.

It was not difficult to picture a muscular body just by looking at the well-opened shoulders and exposed arms.

The clear and pure boy who made her want to bite just by looking at him has now returned to her as a complete man.

Seoyeon’s entire body and face become hot as she becomes aware of him.

She could easily picture her own bright red face.

He was so lovely before, but there was something more to him now than just an instinctive attraction.

She had become even more dazzlingly beautiful over the past two years.

I learned how to take care of myself and decorate myself, and my body became more desirable, curvy, and streamlined.

On the other hand, he became bigger and stronger.

When they were strangers, they were just meaningless pieces of flesh. But now, they have become elements that make me crave him.

Seoyeon had to feel a strong urge to jump into his arms right now.

After that, I wanted to rub my whole body against him, from hair to toes, and fill him with his scent.

This was the fiancé whom people were so curious about and whom she loved so much.

“How do you feel… ? It’s good… ?”

However, at the sound of the intruder’s voice the next moment, Seo-yeon’s excited heart immediately cools down.

Seo-yeon glared at Yeon-sik with a gaze filled with extreme hatred and anger.

“… It’s good. I can feel the wind, and the scenery becomes brighter… ”

Not knowing what she was thinking, the boy, who was still making an awkward expression, looked around.

Then he nods slightly as if he is satisfied.

“It reminds me of the village I used to live in. There was a hill there too with white flowers blooming like this. Whenever I had free time, I used to spend time lying there… ”

However, just by hearing a voice full of longing, Seo-yeon’s anger quickly melts away.

On the contrary, he had a smile on his face that seemed almost heartwarming.

He also liked this place for the same reason.

Also, needless to say, the person who was always lying next to him was none other than himself.

They shared the same memories and nostalgia.

So, of course, the only person who can be by his side is himself.

As I think about it like that, the presence of that girl clinging to the boy begins to bother me even more.

Of course, it goes without saying about his charm. In a way, it is natural for a woman to be attracted like a bee to a flower.

But why doesn’t the boy throw away Yeon Myeong-ha?

As far as he knew, he had the most terrible arrogance and arrogance.

On the other hand, this was also the type of personality the boy hated the most.

There was a time when Seoyeon was like that too.

And she had to take several months to drain all that water and transform herself into a woman he liked.

Although it was quite difficult and tiring, I can’t tell you how happy I was when I saw that a tickling affection began to appear in his cold eyes.

Now she has become a person who can put on a certain attitude on the outside, but she is a person who does not even make the slightest effort to show compassion.

But why is that child… He is looking at Yeon Myeong-ha with such gentle eyes.

“… ”

Seoyeon desperately tried to calm her boiling heart.

I tried to interpret the current situation as mechanically and logically as possible.

In the first place, it was the boy who chose Yeon Sang-ha during the mentoring selection process.

However, there are some doubts about whether he chose Yeon Sang-ha of his own accord.

As I thought before, Yeon Myeong-ha’s unusual openness was the type of personality he disliked the most.

So perhaps the process itself may have been influenced by someone else.

Black lotus, or principal. In any case, it’s the breath of someone who doesn’t particularly welcome Paecheon’s solo performance.

Although he is blunt and has an impulsive and irritable temperament, Seo-yeon knows very well that he is actually a person with a more affectionate and warm heart than anyone else.

If that is the case, this can explain why he did not leave Yan Yanhe even though Jeokhwa fell so miserably.

Even if the beginning was semi-forced.

Perhaps the attitude that Yeon-sang is showing now may be a means to gain the boy’s sympathy.

Well, now the only hill that Red Flower can cover is him and Black Lotus.

It was fortunate that the boy did not understand that shallow gesture.

But does he know?

That her family was one of the enemies that destroyed their happiness, and that she was a member of that hateful bloodline that they pitied.

“… ”

Seoyeon tried to suppress her boiling anger.

But the next moment.

Suddenly, Yeon Myeong-ha extends her arm towards the boy.

Before long, a white, thin finger lands somewhere on the boy’s face.

And when Seo-yeon sees him, there is a loud sound in Seo-yeon’s heart, as if hundreds of large, heavy rocks were tumbling down.

The place where Yeon Yeon-ha’s fingers touched.

Below the boy’s left eye.

What was there was a long, lumpy scar extending horizontally from the end of the temple to the nose.

“Ah… eww… ”

Seoyeon barely suppressed the moan that was about to burst out.

Seoyeon’s unconscious mind, which had been desperately ignoring something, finally faces reality.

The shape of something too painful and numb to just be called a scar.

The original sin she committed was right there.

***

“Thanks to you, a place like this… Senior?”

When Yeon-sik’s finger touched Lee Hyun, his body flinched reflexively.

Then, Yeon Myeong-ha quickly removed her raised finger again.

Then he carefully looked up at Lee Hyun and said.

“Have you ever been sick? ?”

“No. It’s not like that… That’s ugly… ”

Lee Hyun lowered his head as if he had committed a sin.

I looked at him in silence for a moment with pity.

That expression was full of regret and pity.

“As expected, I’m wearing a mask again… ”

“Even if it’s okay. I told you. It’s not ugly at all.”

Then, he immediately shook his head at Lee Hyun’s sympathetic words.

“Rather, thanks to this, I look more manly and cool. It’s quite reliable too.”

Yeon Myeong-ha suddenly cuts off what she was saying as if she had made a mistake.

Her face was suddenly as red as an apple.

Yang Yeon-ha, who was silent for a moment, cleared her throat loudly.

Then, as if nothing had happened, he opened his mouth again.

“That… Did you say it came about while helping a friend? ?”

“… Yes.”

Only then did Lee Hyeon look up and make eye contact with Yeon Myeong-ha.

” That friend must have been really grateful to you. It must have been a dangerous enough situation to risk one’s life… ”

“… I don’t know.”

However, Lee Hyun just shook his head with a pained expression.

“Well… I don’t know.”

He asked back with an expression of pity and incomprehension.

“I don’t know… So does that mean you didn’t even say thank you?”

“… ”

Lee Hyun responded with silence.

Then, Yeon Myeong-ha, who was looking at him in silence, extends her finger toward his face again.

Lee Hyun no longer rejected the touch.

As my thin fingers touched the edge of the scar, I just gently closed my eyes.

Carefully, Yeon Myeong-ha placed her finger and repeatedly traced the scar from end to end.

As if trying to erase it with an eraser.

When Lee Hyun opens his eyes again, he sees the face of Yeon Myeong-ha, who is already absorbed in his work.

He was so absorbed that he didn’t even notice that Lee Hyun had opened his eyes, even though he was so close that he could feel his lukewarm breath.

When Lee Hyun saw that, he smiled without realizing it.

At the sound of laughter bursting out, Yeon Myeong-ha suddenly comes to her senses and makes eye contact with Lee Hyun.

His body twitches slightly, and he slowly turns around with an embarrassed expression.

Then she slightly stuck out her mouth and glanced sideways at him.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Embarrassingly… ”

“How can you not see it? You’re carelessly touching other people’s faces like that.”

“Ham, I’m not touching you carelessly, I’m stroking you… ! I wish you would refrain from using such vulgar expressions… ”

Angrily, Yeon Myeong-ha quickly changes her stance and asks him carefully.

“So… It was okay… ?”

Then, after thinking for a moment, Lee Hyun slightly nods his head.

“… yes. It was good. Warm… ”

He only said one word in return, but his face blushed as if his sympathy was enough.

Of course, I turned my head the other way so he wouldn’t see it.

Yeon Myeong-ha, who was intoxicated with sweetness, suddenly stands up from her seat.

“I have to go now… I think it’s too late… ”

“… Yes.”

Lee Hyun didn’t even ask a question.

I simply put the mask back on my face, fastened the lock, and got up following Yan Myeong-ha.

The two slowly walked towards the Beech Tree Dormitory.

Even the stride length and the order of stepping feet were the same.

Even after they disappeared, a long time had passed.

Suddenly, from behind a tree on the outskirts of the garden, a sound as if something was falling down was heard.

***

Seoyeon, which had been quiet for a while, collapsed like a sand castle.

He had his eyes tightly closed and both ears covered, as if he had just seen a terrible vision.

She was shaking her whole body as if she were sick.

It was just a very simple title, ‘friend’, but it was strangling her like a huge snake.

The sight of him shaking his head with a pained expression made the pain even more painful.

I wanted to run out right away and answer the boy.

What he showed was a courage that would take a lifetime to repay, and it still serves as Seo-yeon’s lighthouse.

However, when she remembered the attitude of the masked male student towards Seo-yeon, her mouth and feet were frozen in place.

Seoyeon didn’t know him until now, but he was aware of Seoyeon’s existence all along.

However, he treated her in a cold manner the whole time, as if she were a stranger.

And Seoyeon clearly knows the cause.

However, I was afraid to face him and was afraid, so I just pretended not to know.

There was no need to say more that Jeokhwa and Paecheon were enemies who destroyed their paradise.

Then, the person who drove the boy on a suicidal trip…

“No… no… I am… ”

Seoyeon, whose body was shaking, shook her head vigorously.

A painful mistake that can never be undone, made because one failed to recognize his weakness.

And what the attitude of the boy who came back from the dead tells us… It was so clear.