episode_0127

“… .”

It’s not late at night.

Although the streets of Elada are not all night, it is still too early for people to go to sleep.

Normally, for students at the academy, this is the time to go for an evening walk or come out of the training center to sweat and look at the moon before heading to the dormitory.

You might go to a shopping mall with your friends and have a glass of draft beer each.

But even though it was still that time, the surroundings were quiet.

A small walking path behind the department’s main building, with an antique-looking iron-backed bench there.

Sejun, who was sitting there blankly, heard someone say hello.

“You were here, Mr. Sejun.”

In fact, Sejun unconsciously felt someone approaching.

However, since there was nothing worth reacting to, I just turned towards the main building with a stern face and closed my eyes.

It was a long time since all lectures had ended, but it wasn’t awkward for people to be walking around.

Sejun opened his eyes because he felt a familiar tingling sensation in his forearm.

Know. Since we are already familiar with each other, someone can tell just by the scent that comes in the wind.

The person who spoke was Yue Nakajima, one of his precious colleagues.

Sejun opened his closed eyes.

And what I heard was the sound of something heavy, or rather light, landing on the side of the bench.

Yue sat down next to Sejun.

“… What’s happening.”

“It looks like it hurts to be pinched. You are finally reacting now.”

It was truly insincere.

Yue had a slightly pouty expression on his face, as if he was upset that Sejun had ignored his words, but Sejun nodded slightly and turned his gaze back toward the main building.

“… Mr. Sejun?”

This is my first time seeing Sejun this serious.

Unlike his always somewhat dazed state, today Sejun was somewhat serious.

Well, 10 o’clock at night wasn’t the time when he was most sensitive, so there must be another problem.

Yue looks at him with a questioning expression in response to the short answer, but no other answer is heard.

I just look somewhere.

“Hmm.”

When I followed his gaze, I found myself on the very last floor of the academy’s main building.

Dean of this academy. Ellada’s principal’s office where Northmund resides.

And this is where their leader, Jang A-hyeon, was called.

“Why are you so serious, Sejun? Nothing special will happen.”

“… .”

There is no answer either.

I just look at that place with a stern expression on my face without saying a word.

Yu also stopped further communication as it didn’t seem like much needed to be said at the moment.

And then they just sit together under the dim light of the mercury lamp and look at the direction where Sejun’s gaze is directed.

She knows very well what Sejun is worried about.

And why is he so worried?

Why don’t you know it’s her? If you were to choose the person who is most interested in Sejun, she would be one of them.

So, sometimes, just being by your side without saying a word can be a great comfort.

*

“… So.”

Jang Ah-hyeon took a few steps back with a somewhat uncertain expression on her face.

Through hard training, she has already become accustomed to balanced steps that do not make loud footsteps even when wearing high-heeled shoes.

But the heel of her pumps twisted and rang loudly as they hit the marble floor.

Jang Ah-hyun was greatly shaken.

“The professor and this woman… Is it that kind of relationship? Really?”

If language had physical power.

This was an excessively violent destructive force.

It was clear that it must have been fired with intention, and that it must contain such terrifying power that it is truly unpleasant.

why?

Am embarrassed.

Beyond being embarrassed, I am now puzzled.

Doesn’t that make sense? Why are these two in such a relationship?

I just don’t understand. A professor can’t have such a relationship with such a crazy woman.

It was obvious that she was thinking that way, so I didn’t say anything and just stared right at her.

You might need some time to gather your thoughts.

If we leave here too quickly, she might run out of control.

Then, a sudden reaction erupts from her.

“Ah… That’s it.”

Jang Ah-hyeon suddenly covered her face and laughed.

She giggled for a moment, then looked at me with sad eyes and a determined face, nodding her head slightly.

“Well… I was too presumptuous. There is no way the professor would like me. There was no way a great person like you, the professor, could have felt that way toward me, a mere human being.”

“… .”

” Well, up until now, I was too unaware of the professor’s feelings and ended up forcing him. really… I’m truly sorry.”

While saying that, he bowed towards me.

Then, I became more and more embarrassed.

It seems like the situation has been acknowledged and accepted to some extent, but somehow it ended up being much quieter and gentler than expected.

In fact, I was prepared for her to get angry and run wild. I was expecting her to get slapped in the face and make a mess of the principal’s office with her extraordinary abilities.

‘As expected, he is a mature child.’

For a moment, I felt a little sorry.

Didn’t he try to deceive her and take advantage of her and further insult her by making assumptions?

It was a huge disrespect that needs nothing more to be said.

In fact, she is much more mature than me, the older person.

As I was thinking about that and smiling bitterly, she continued speaking.

“But you’re doing it too much, Professor. I wish you had just told me. If you had just told me, I would have made up my mind about the professor.”

“Hmm?”

“There must have been no reason for you to put on a play like this. I understand that you are trying to be polite and reject it, but it still hurts too much.”

what.

The moment I was relieved that the situation was over in an instant, as if it flowed like a moment.

The moment I tried to sigh as the tense air in the principal’s office cleared up, I froze again at her sudden words.

When I look at Yoon Si-ah’s face, I see that she is also staring at Jang A-hyeon with a stern face.

Rather, he was frowning a little. It further heightens the tension.

“It would have been better if you didn’t make a play by taking a girl like this and saying you’re dating her. I… I understand everything. I understand that the professor is trying to reject me as little as possible to hurt me, but you still went too far, professor.”

“No, that’s… .”

“Because the professor is a dragon. Actually, I might look funny like this. Since we are of different races, it may be different from the kind of emotional love I think of. Even if you like dogs or cats, that is different from love between people of the opposite sex.”

“… .”

“Yes, I had a huge misunderstanding. Even though the professor looks like a human, he is actually a dragon… I’m really sorry for being so unreasonable.”

She nods and says hello. It seemed like a small whimpering sound was also heard.

‘this.’

Wasn’t it resolved well?

I couldn’t help but sigh loudly inside.

Her mumbling did not mean the end of this thorny situation.

Rather, it can be said to be an extension of this situation, which continues to twist and turn.

It was more messily twisted than the Gordian knot, and was at a level that even if Alexander the Great arrived at the temple of Gordium, he could never cut it with a single knife.

It was a situation where I really had no idea how to unravel this knot.

‘Are you thinking that I used Sia just to reject her offer?’

Her head was lowered to me and I couldn’t hear it for a long time.

Seeing her shoulders shaking slightly made me feel really confused.

I sighed heavily as I looked at her brown short hair, which had a honey-yellow color to it, illuminated by the mood lighting in the principal’s office.

‘What should I do? What should I do?’

If I told her like this, it would cause even greater pain to her.

Is there no other way to express it?

Just as I was clicking my tongue and thinking in my mind, an unexpected voice came from behind me.

“No. We are really dating.”

“… Yes?”

I was startled and reflexively looked behind me.

A woman with long black hair who looks like an office lady, wearing a black cardigan and a skirt that looks similar to a black suit.

A bombshell declaration exploded from Yoon Sia.

I declared directly what I had been thinking about saying again.

“It’s not like acting. Professor Elm and I are really dating.”

“E… Elm?”

From a woman who looks good on the outside, a somewhat languid and pleasant voice flows out to match that impression.

But why is it a problem that he is spitting out sentences that are completely opposite to his voice tone and contain content that breaks people’s hearts?

There would be only one reaction after hearing her voice like that.

Jang Ah-hyun’s voice leaks slightly as she asks about that shocking fact.

“Sia, if you say it too directly… .”

“… Sia?”

“Oh, no, this is it.”

After seeing Jang Ah-hyeon biting her lip while giving me a look that asked me when on earth they started calling each other by their first names.

Rather, I was stuttering.

Was my nervousness at its peak to the point where I, who was confident even in front of heads of state from various countries, was trembling over my words?

“… Really. Since when did it start?”

She looked as if she had aged ten years.

Was it actually more of a problem that the room was dark? It’s even more scary that her face is shaded and her expression is hard to see.

She sighed heavily, took out a chair with unsteady steps, and flopped down on it.

Yoon Sia, who was looking at her with such a desperate expression, opens her mouth.

“That’s right. Actually it hasn’t been that long. Umm… I don’t know if I can tell you.”

“… It’s not like we were joking around. Don’t talk too much about trivial matters.”

“It’s not a trivial story. Still, I thought I should tell you that we are colleagues at the same academy, so I was just organizing my words.”

After hearing Jang A-hyeon’s words, Yoon Sia softens her sharp voice with a faint smile.

However, because it seemed like there was a bit of sarcasm in it, I gradually began to look puzzled.

I felt like the atmosphere was going to get even worse, so I tried to intervene, but Sia looked at me and shook her head slightly.

“The reason we started dating… okay. After the Corruptor incident occurred, the professor and I headed to Romania to dispose of the monster’s body. As you all know, the result was that the professor killed the Corruptor.”

“That’s all I know, so just tell me the main points!”

“Huh? I guess it’s as expected. They’ve been prying after us. Now that I think about it, I don’t think you are in a position to yell at us either.”

Sia continues with a slightly creepy smile.

“Whatever, I’ll continue talking. After dealing with the Corruptor, we stayed in a private house. huh. That’s when we decided to date.”

“… I omitted too much this time. Are you kidding me?”

“If this was the case, wouldn’t you have expected it all? Or do you really want to hear it from my mouth?”

My legs were shaking violently without me realizing it.

Regardless of whether it is East or West, the act of shaking one’s legs is banned during the dinner class because it brings good luck and looks frivolous.

I couldn’t help but shake my legs unconsciously due to the situation that was happening right now.

Right now, I’m sitting at my office desk, so all they can see is my upper body.

And since the upper body was acting expressionless without any reaction, the only place to release my anxiety was the invisible lower body.

‘Why is Sia doing this? Even if it’s a really big division like this.’

They keep provoking Jang A-hyeon. Why? Are you planning on taking out your anger today?

As I look at her, she slowly places her hand on my shoulder as I sit on the chair, leaving a warm touch, and slowly moves forward to stand in front of Jang Ah-hyun.

“So, are you saying they had a physical relationship? There’s no way the professor would have done that with someone like you.”

“That’s right. If you were a normal professor, of course you wouldn’t have done that. But back then, he wasn’t the usual professor.”

“What does that mean? Are you saying you were injured by the Cruptor? But when I heard the report at the airport, nothing happened… .”

Yun Shia shrugs her shoulders and continues talking.

“At that time, the professor was not in a normal state. You were very drunk.”

“Yes?”

“Yes. I made the professor drink a lot. I drank almost ten bottles of high-alcohol concentrated wine. Thanks to that, the professor got drunk and I took advantage of that moment.”

“… You.”

Jang A-hyeon’s tone of conversation suddenly lowers.

Until just now, the conversation had been the same, just filled with faint resentment. After Yoon Si-ah’s revelation, the stream of anger that had been flowing thinly becomes a large flowing river.

And feeling that reaction, the corners of Yoon Sia’s mouth rise even higher.

“That’s right, professor, because you have a strong sense of responsibility. Because he is such a noble person who devotes himself to humanity in a world that has nothing to do with him. I thought that once I did something, you wouldn’t be able to abandon me out of responsibility and guilt. And the prediction was correct.”

“… Were you just taking advantage of the professor? It’s mean.”

“Even if it’s mean, I can’t help it. I’ve liked the professor for a long time. Despite being mean and all, I just wanted to have a professor.”

“… This is really trash. I don’t even want to call you human. How dare a woman like you at the bottom of a human being.”

“Are you angry? Then what are you going to do? You didn’t seize the opportunity. Well, I guess someone like you wouldn’t have taken the opportunity even if it had come. Even if you had gone to Romania with the professor instead of me, you wouldn’t have even been able to capture that atmosphere.”

expose.

There are conversations that are just one-sided blows that can hardly be called conversations.

It seemed clear that Jang Ah-hyeon’s anger gauge, which had turned from a stream to a river, was now fluctuating wildly like a river overflowing during the rainy season.

Her clenched fists tremble and a pale golden light appears on them.

The magic particles around her react, and a haze similar to a solar wind can be seen around her.

The flare unique to the Luminescence practice was flowing out in response to her emotions.

“Are you feeling unfair? Because you’re rich, you’ve been able to get everything you want, but are you heartbroken to have it taken away for the first time? Then what are you going to do?”

“… Shut up.”

“Yes. You should thank your professor. I told you that I should use you more, but you were weak-hearted and couldn’t help but feel guilty, so you decided to tell me everything today. Still, it’s a bit frustrating. I could have used more of your background… .”

“Stop! Stop it!”

I couldn’t hold back any longer and I got up and joined them.

Now, I couldn’t bear not to intervene in an atmosphere that was likely to lead to a showdown between abilities.

“Professor! This woman insulted the professor in a mean way. Why did the professor!”

“What Sia said is partly true, but it was I who ultimately decided to accept her. This is my decision. So let’s not talk about that anymore.”

I lowered my head and answered her quietly.

Now I understand what Sia means. Why did she suddenly make such a bold move and escalate the situation like this?

There was a clear intention, not just a feeling of resentment for the trouble with Jang A-hyun so far.

Wind, especially lamb leg, is a really big sin.

And it would be a truly great insult to the person who suffered through it.

It was definitely a problem that I would never forget for the rest of my life, to the point where I remembered the incident every night, kicked the blankets, and hammered nails into the cheater’s doll.

If it were an ordinary person, it might be less, but Jang A-hyeon is in a different position.

Isn’t he the successor to Taesung, a multinational group that has already taken over one country, Korea, and is influential around the world and is ranked high in the business world?

If you were to harbor a grudge against such a person, it would be laughable to see him buried in society, not just like frost on May New Year.

‘So Sia is trying to turn the arrow of resentment towards herself.’

The intention is to suddenly provoke Jang A-hyeon and subtly mix a certain amount of truth with lies to make the arrowhead of Jang A-hyeon’s anger point towards him, not me.

Judging from Jang Ah-hyeon’s reaction to me when I came between them, it was clear that Sia’s plan was a great success.

It’s just that I got a response that seemed like a foolish man who was taken advantage of by a poisonous snake.

‘But you shouldn’t do that.’

I gave Sia an urgent look.

This is not it. Even so, how can it be a good ending if you are buried in this world instead of me?

This was my mistake.

I was the one who hurt Jang Ah-hyun’s heart, and therefore it is the only responsibility I must bear.

“Sia.”

But for some reason, Sia’s gaze towards me is confident.

Jang Ah-hyeon, who was so overcome with anger that she could not raise her head, did not see the scene, but the person responsible for the incident was elated for some reason.

It was as if his gaze was telling me to leave it to me, so I slowly swallowed the words that were welling up in my throat.

“… Then you.”

“You understand everything now, right? Do you have any questions? You can admit it now, right?”

“What do you mean by admitting it?”

It was like a wild ride.

Jang Ah-hyun’s voice.

It goes up because of the outburst of emotion, and then goes down again due to anger.

It was jumping around uncontrollably as if I was riding a seesaw, or rather, like the lines that the stock market graph draws every day.

When Yoon Sia sees her like that, she raises her mouth with a neat, round smile in her voice.

As I watched her from behind, I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was going according to her plan.

Of course, from Jang Ah-hyun’s perspective looking at that face in front of her, it would appear that she is still laughing at herself.

And as the laughter gradually subsided, Yoon Shia drove in the final wedge.

“What do you mean? Elm’s most precious colleague and eternal companion is me. Anyone can see that that’s not you, right?”

“Shut up!”

Jang Ah-hyeon stood up from the chair she was sitting on as if she were exploding.

No, not like it exploded, it really exploded.

With a dazzling flash of golden light, the gilded baroque wooden chair shatters and its fragments scatter and fly backwards.

And she, with golden radiance all over her body, appears right in front of Yoon Sia, who was leisurely smiling while leaning against the window, and makes a firm declaration.

He raises his finger and points at her, letting out all the anger in her heart.

“Who knows that the professor will be taken away by trash like you! I can’t let a scum like you stain my professor!”

At that moment, I let out a dumb sound like “huh.”

“What are you planning on using the professor with such a terrible heart? What kind of dirty things are you trying to do using the professor? I can’t forgive that! Never!”

“What will you do if you can’t forgive? The professor is already in love with me anyway? It’s better to give up cleanly instead of doing it in a messy way… ”

“… It’s really dirty. It’s so obscene. So I can’t leave it like that. A professor never gives up! never! No, I will never lose it to trash like you!”

A cry like a child throwing a tantrum echoes through the principal’s office.

She is always mature and has a grace befitting the group’s laid-back successor.

He was throwing a tantrum as if he had returned to being a child. Like a child who didn’t want to let go of what he was holding.

In that embarrassing situation, I just stared at him with my mouth open, with a face that had lost both strength and dignity.

And then my eyes turn to Yoon Sia.

She was smiling with genuine satisfaction, as if the plan she had only thought about in her head had succeeded.

In this bewildering situation, I forgot what I wanted to say and there was nothing I could do but stare at them while holding my breath.