episode_0121

After finishing the lecture as usual,

The hallway leading back to the room with Anonymous.

I looked around at the sudden feeling of many unfamiliar sounds.

“Anonymous, be careful.”

At the low voice, Moo-myeong also placed his hands on his waist and looked around.

“Yes, Master.”

It may seem a bit excessive, but

I have my own reasons for being so cautious.

This is an academy where you never know when or where an accident might occur.

Didn’t the Reapers suddenly show up and attack the Academy a while ago?

That’s when I realized.

Ah, if there’s even the slightest hint of something strange here, we need to prepare for battle right away.

That way things won’t get too big.

Seriously, it’s a shame I only realized this now.

As I was looking around with my eyes rolled up with such a tense state of mind,

The students around us tilted their heads, wondering why our appearance seemed so strange.

“…Why is it like that?”

“Don’t you know that person? He’s a professor.”

“Oh… You look younger than me?”

“…”

Hmm, is no one coming?

“It seems okay… .”

I felt like I was overreacting, so I scratched my head in embarrassment.

But the anonymous thinks differently,

He pointed to a place with his brow furrowed so much that it wrinkled.

“… Master, I don’t think it’s okay.”

“Huh?”

He tilted his head at him and looked in the direction that Moo-myeong was pointing.

“… article?”

There is something there that doesn’t fit with the scenery of the academy.

Several knights wearing iron armor all over their bodies were approaching me in formal attire.

And among them, there is one person who stands out.

‘…The author is the representative.’

The one who stands at the very front, leaving behind the solemn atmosphere of the knights.

Dressed in strangely luxurious clothes, he lifted his chin and stroked his mustache.

Hmm, something looks off.

No matter how much you say you shouldn’t judge people by their appearance… .

That’s a bit harsh.

But that doesn’t mean I can express my reaction like that.

I continued to think with my expression as fixed as possible.

But what is that noble-looking person doing at the Academy?

And they even brought knights in shining armor.

Let’s look at them with a suspicious expression.

“Oh, are you Professor Cheonharang?”

The mustachioed man smiled happily and extended a hand to me.

“Nice to meet you, my name is William.”

“…”

I didn’t say anything and just stared blankly at that hand.

Of course, it’s not that I don’t know what the outstretched hand means.

It’s clearly our first time meeting, so I ask for your help in the future.

It would be a request for a handshake with a meaning close to that kind of greeting.

but.

Why do I have to hold the hand of a man I’m meeting for the first time?

Apart from the fact that the mustachioed guy knows me, I don’t even know who that guy is.

I don’t really want to hold the hand of that man who looks so vain.

Maybe it’s because it’s been a long time since I changed from a male body to a female body,

I have never felt affection for the opposite sex.

Both women and men.

… Of course, it could be that I have never met anyone I feel attracted to before.

Since I’m at an age where I have no experience in dating, I may have already felt it but just not noticed.

anyway.

I think that feeling dislike is a slightly different kind of feeling than liking.

Perhaps it’s because I’ve lived as a woman for a long time, or maybe it’s just my nature, but I get goosebumps when I think about holding a man’s hand.

Oh, of course, excluding anonymous ones.

Even though Anmyeong was also a man, strangely enough, I didn’t feel any sense of rejection.

Perhaps because he has been watching his disciple since childhood, he may have a strange feeling for his son.

Is that really true?

Let me remain expressionless,

The man named William who had extended his hand clenched his fist in embarrassment at my blunt expression.

He quickly put his arms back and opened his mouth.

“… Hahaha, you seem very shy.”

William scratched his head awkwardly and cleared his throat with a light cough.

“Do you have a minute? I have something to tell you, but I’m pressed for time.”

As he said that, William looked around and smiled slightly at me.

Hmm, what should I do… .

It’s true that this guy William has business with me, but I have nothing to say to him.

Do I really need to follow this guy?

I don’t really want to hear it.

“Um.”

I’m tilting my head and thinking about it like that.

“Master.”

“Huh?”

“You must be tired from giving lectures for a long time.”

Anonymous said this and grabbed my hand.

“Shouldn’t you take a little break?”

“… Huh.”

Hmm, he hasn’t caught it first many times,

Because whenever we hold hands or link arms, I always do it first.

What’s going on?

As I was looking at the nameless person with a slightly surprised expression, the nameless person moved his eyes slightly and pointed at William.

Aha, so you’re trying to make it easier to say no.

Just as I have known Mumyeong since I was a child, Mumyeong has also known me for a long time and knows that I am not good at saying no.

So I guess this is how you help.

I nodded my head with a pleasant smile at the nameless worry.

“That’s true.”

I pulled the nameless hand and held it in my arms.

“… !”

As if he hadn’t expected this, the nameless body trembled,

I paid him no attention and spoke to William with a smirk.

“Well then, let’s talk about it another time.”

“… Yes?”

The man’s handsome moustache twitched in confusion.

“Okay, wait a minute-”

“Anonymous.”

“Yes, Master.”

We clung together and moved to the room.

… tried to move.

If it weren’t for this dirty bastard grabbing my arm.

“It’ll only take a moment!”

But it was beyond the clothes, not the skin.

“…”

I was annoyed that he grabbed my arm.

Normally, it would be normal to give up your seat in this situation,

Can’t this guy see who I’m holding hands with right now?

Pak- The moment I was about to roll up my sleeves with a frown.

“How about this much?”

Anonymous came out and ripped off the arm of the guy who was holding me.

“There’s nothing good in making each other blush.”

I turned my head slightly and looked at the anonymous expression. The corners of his mouth were up, but his eyes were cold.

Hmm, I guess I’ll get some work done.

When Anonymous makes that kind of expression,

I always feel uneasy because I do things I never expected.

still….

Seeing him take care of the situation on my behalf somehow cooled my mind and made me feel better.

I let out a deep sigh and started walking, waving my hands slightly.

“It’s hard to make time when you come here so suddenly.”

William looks embarrassed,

I clicked my tongue at that sight and continued speaking.

“So, set a date through Anna.”

“… Okay.”

The mustachioed man obediently agreed with my words, bowed, and turned his back.

… Well, I guess I can just tell Anna to reject it appropriately.

I took another step.

* * *

A few days passed like that.

“…”

I let out a deep sigh at the sight of knights filling the space in front of the room where I was staying with Anonymous.

“… Didn’t I clearly say no?”

“If I don’t bring Cheonharangnim with me, I’ll be in big trouble… .”

A knight bending down at a sharp angle, as if he were a soldier.

I wiped my face at the sight that at first glance seemed miserable.

“Please think about it again just once… .”

… How did it end up like this?

The gazes of the knights gathered around me gave me a small headache.

Anna told me that the mustache that came last night was a messenger from the palace.

I wondered why he had to send someone like that…

Listening to Anna,

Since you are going out to deliver messages on the emperor’s orders, a certain amount of vanity and slyness is actually essential.

anyway.

Why did he come to me to convey such words from the Emperor?

As Arnold told me, I knew

It is to reward those who rescued the Crown Prince and solved the incident that threatened the Academy.

But, because of my personality that hates being in the spotlight, I couldn’t accept it.

After being rejected several times, it got to this point.

I wiped my face as I read the article with a sad expression on my face.

… I really don’t want to go.

When I see that pitiful expression, I feel sorry inside.

Besides, didn’t that article say that I’d get in trouble if I didn’t go?

Even though I have never met you before,

And he says there’s nothing wrong with me.

I feel uneasy.

I turned to Anonymous to ask for his opinion.

“… Hmm.”

Does Anonymity want to leave everything up to me?

Or is it that this situation is just too annoying?

He didn’t show any expression and just looked at the knights with a blank expression.

… Well, okay. You won’t lose anything by going.

I don’t know if it would be okay to come and get some money.

It’s not like I owe you anything, I’m just going to collect it… .

Pook- He let out a sigh and waved his hands.

“… Okay, set a date.”

“… !”

The knight’s head lowered as if it were about to hit the ground.

“Thank you!”

I covered my ears at the loud voice that followed.

… it’s noisy.