episode_0123

“Chairman. Here’s the key. And now that everything has been sorted out, please check.”

“What?”

At the words handed along with the key, the chairman, who was buried in a pile of documents again today, turns his startled gaze in this direction.

“So… Sol. What day is today?”

“Three days have passed since the disciplinary action began.”

The short-haired female student who was assisting with the work next to the president’s question answered immediately.

As she spoke, she did not take her eyes off the document.

Over the past three days, I’ve talked quite a bit with the president, but I barely said a word to that girl.

“You already sorted it all out?”

“Yes. If you don’t believe me, you can check it yourself.”

“No, no. What is confirmation?”

The chairman waved his hand before I could say anything.

“Why would you tell a lie if you’re going to get caught anyway? You must have done well. You can check it later. Now, here’s the confirmation signature. You can just bring it to the professor.”

The male student scribbled his signature on a piece of paper and handed it to me.

Then he suddenly looks regretful.

“As expected, he is an excellent talent. They say there is no mistake about my eyes.”

“… ”

I just invested a lot of time.

It’s better to struggle with dirty documents than to be bothered by people who don’t care at all.

But when I see him praising me for organizing the basement like that, it seems like he still has some lingering feelings about me.

“Ahaha, I just tried it. just… ”

When I didn’t show any reaction, he smiled embarrassedly.

“You’ve worked hard both ways, junior. From now on, be careful not to break the rules. huh? It’s best to avoid creating resentment among classmates. Ms. Jin Ye-seo is still in the ward… Hmm.”

I know what he was trying to say.

Somehow, my conscience pricks me a little.

Even in my opinion, I beat Jin Ye-seo hard.

Of course, they provided the cause, but you can never say that the housemaster was not involved at all.

I hope I don’t bother you in the future…

“I will be careful in the future. By the way, Chairman. Can I ask you a favor?”

“Please? What request?”

Contrary to my expectation that he might find it annoying, he actually smiled and asked back.

Considering the current president’s personality… Perhaps they think they can show some favor to the children of the five families.

“Can I see the list of past student council officers in the archives?”

“Really? That’s not that difficult… Why?”

He let out a slightly dull voice, as if something was different from what he had thought.

“There is no particular reason. I’m just curious about how many student council officers there were from Black Lotus during Cradle’s history… ”

“What? Was that the reason? Don’t say anything sooner. I… again… ”

“… ”

However, the male student immediately changed his attitude after hearing my next words.

I’m worried that I might change my mind after looking at the list.

Before I knew it, he sat down in front of the desk and took out an object that resembled thick paper.

He then imprinted a seal-like mechanical device on it, opened his palm, and began injecting his own particles.

-Chi profit…

I heard the sound of paper burning, and then the chairman handed me something finished.

“It’s a copy of the archive room key. However, you must use it within a week. Otherwise, the particles will scatter again. And keep in mind that it is disposable and cannot be reused.”

“I will keep this in mind. Thank you… ”

“Ugh. Leave it in, leave it in. What is gratitude? This is all we have between us… ”

A short-haired female student who was engrossed in work glanced at him at his whispered words.

The male student who felt the gaze cleared his throat in shame.

“… Hmm, anyway, please speak kindly to Lady Yeon-soo. And whenever you need anything, they come to you. Got it?”

“Yes… ”

I said hello to the president and left the student council room.

-President. I clearly told you to stop abusing your power.

-What’s not to do? In the first place, the list of student council officers had the same security level as the documents that student Yoo Jin-hyeon was organizing…

-Don’t make excuses! Even if it was a higher grade, I would have just given it to you! I have told you several times to always be confident and not pretend to be from five families! How on earth could he become chairman with such rotten spirit? !

-Oh, stop it. stop… !

Beyond the closing door, someone’s angry voice rang out like an echo.

I didn’t know he was a person who talks that much.

In any case, the president’s difficulties are his own responsibility. It doesn’t seem like I can help much.

This is a fortunate thing for me. Students who were not student council members had to go through quite complicated procedures to view the materials.

However, that process could be easily omitted with a simple gesture from the chairman.

I wonder if this will give us some insight into Seol Yu-jeong’s past activities. In addition, there is a connection between the leader and the older sisters.

As I walked along, lost in thought, the roof of the beech dormitory began to appear in the distance.

Even though it is someone else’s dormitory, it is a place that feels more and more comfortable like home.

But this is not necessarily the case these days.

A woman kept shaking my stomach.

“… Are you here?”

“Yes.”

Even today, Yeon Myeong-ha greeted me with a very downcast expression.

Then, without fail, he turns around and heads inside the dormitory.

If this is going to be the case, why do you keep coming to meet me? People are distraught.

She shows no signs of opening her mouth today either.

I couldn’t stand it any longer and opened fire first.

“Senior.”

“… ”

“Senior.”

“Uh, huh? why… ?”

“How did the negotiations go?”

“Ah, ah. Negotiation, negotiation… ”

Yan Yanha spoke in an uncharacteristically flustered manner.

“… I think it ended not bad. In return for giving up the first-year representative position to Jin Ye-seo, I decided to receive two recommendations for executive committee members.”

“Is that so? Good for you. Then who do you plan to appoint as the executive committee member?”

“One is Suhee. I’m still thinking about one… ”

I thought it was a name I had heard before, but it was the name of a senior who led the students like Lee In-ja in place of Yeon Myeong-ha when he went down to the South.

This sounds like very good news. This means that two people who can become a source of strength for Yeon-sik can join the student council.

“… ”

However, he just keeps showing a dark expression of pity.

That reasonless wetness continued to make me feel uneasy.

“Senior. and… ”

” Wow, I forgot I had an assignment… Later, let’s do it later… ?”

-bang!

Since I couldn’t bear it any longer, I planned to shake off that discomfort today, but before I could say anything out of pity, he quickly disappeared into his bedroom again.

I am left alone again today.

No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t figure out a reason for Yeon Myeong-ha to avoid me.

I thought it might have caught the musty smell of the basement, but when Yena smelled it earlier, she said it definitely didn’t smell anything.

He said the slightly red color on his cheeks was because he had a mild cold.

“… ”

Why do you keep avoiding me?

why.

-thud… thud…

The sound of my heart rang loudly, like a hammer striking an abyss.

It was a loud and overflowing sound that brought back fragments of memories buried on the floor.

***

Even though I went to bed early, I couldn’t sleep well today either.

Before we know it, dawn is dawning hazy outside the window. The morning sunlight streaming through the wide window began to tickle the bridge of her nose.

I focused my signs of compassion on the outside. The dormitory is quiet as if no one was there.

Unlike second-year students, who were given a certain degree of autonomy, first-year students were forced to train in the morning to solidify their habits.

He too must have left the dormitory a long time ago.

“Phew… ”

After sighing, Yeon Myeong-ha got up and started grooming herself.

Meanwhile. Suddenly, a feeling of extreme loneliness spreads throughout my body.

In just a few days, she became addicted to the touch of him combing her hair.

I only avoided it for three days at most, but now I have to feel these side effects.

He was becoming more and more irreplaceable to Yeon Myeong-ha.

I once again painfully realize the fact of pity.

However, Baek Seo-yeon’s words were still messing with her head.

‘I know everything about Hyun. But what are you? say it… !’

Yeon Myeong-ha looked at herself in the sharp mirror.

Anxiety continued to heat her head.

It is certain that there was some kind of deep relationship between the two in the past.

In addition, Baek Seo-yeon was still full of affection for him.

And although on the outside he agrees with himself and treats Baek Seo-yeon in a cold and businesslike manner, he even cherishes an old portrait of Baek Seo-yeon in his arms.

Even if just by chance, he leaves her and returns to Baek Seo-yeon…

“… Tsk.”

Yeon Myeong-ha bit her lip so hard that it bled.

That was the reason why he avoided Lee Hyun.

I couldn’t possibly face him in this state of mind.

“… Come to think of it, today is the ranking draw… ”

Compassionately, she suddenly remembered Lee Hyun’s schedule.

“… ”

My thoughts weren’t properly organized yet, but that didn’t mean I could let such an important schedule pass by without saying a word.

Thinking of giving him at least a word of encouragement, Yeon Myeong-ha, who had finished dressing up, opened the bedroom door and went out into the hallway.

And I was just about to turn and go down the stairs.

Suddenly, a low, deep voice rings out in the dormitory, where no one is clearly there.

“Are you awake?”

“… Hehe.”

Feeling a shiver run down her spine, Yeon Myeong-ha slowly turned her head.

A masked male student was leaning on the railing next to the door, clearly staring at her.

Yang Yeon-ha swallowed her saliva and opened her mouth trembling.

“Boo, obviously there was no one there… ”

“It’s easy to just hide your presence. Just a moment… ”

“I’ll do it later… ! I’m a bit busy… !”

As soon as he opened his mouth, Companion Ha ran down the stairs of Woodangtang.

I was also taken aback by the sudden encounter. It was a situation where I couldn’t properly figure out how to talk to him.

“Aaaah!”

But before I could even go halfway down the stairs.

A large hand that feels like a thick, strong chain grabs her left wrist and restrains her.

Then, in an instant, he forcibly turns Sang Yeon-ha’s body to face him.

“Lee, let go of this… ! What are you doing to your senior that is so disrespectful? Sigh!”

Yeon Myeong-ha struggled and tried to pull her arm away.

However, the masked male student forcefully pushes her into the wall on the other side of the stairs.

Then, he grabbed both of Yeon Myeong-ha’s wrists with one hand and lifted them up, pressing them completely against the wall.

In an instant of pity, I became like a rat in a poison.

“I treated you with sufficient courtesy.”

“How is this polite… !”

“Wouldn’t this be better than breaking down the door and entering?”

“Sigh… ”

Only when you feel pity do you look directly beyond the mask.

“Let’s talk.”

His once clear and blue eyes were glistening with soggy emotions.