episode_0146

“Yeseo! It’s been a while!”

The person who discovered Jin Ye-seo is a second-year senior who shows off her refreshing appearance resembling a peach. Kwon Yuri was characterized by a tear spot under her right eye.

“Sister… No, seniors… ”

Jin Ye-seo swallowed her saliva as she looked at the seniors who had already approached her.

“Oh, indeed! Don’t call me senior, just call me sister. Are you giving special treatment only to Seoyeon? I’m sad… ”

“I… Well, that’s not it… ”

“When I’m on campus, I’m a senior. Because people like you keep letting go, the hierarchy gets messed up.”

Kwon Yuri was about to act like she was very upset.

Another female student with her hair braided in two pigtails and wearing glasses stopped her with a gruff voice.

“It’s not fun. So, we’re not even engaged yet. When was it? Last week too… ”

When Kwon Yuri pouted her lips, Choi Ire got angry and shouted.

“Hey! I told you not to talk like that in front of your juniors. And you too, so why pretend it’s not the case!”

“It’s not that I can’t do it, it’s that I don’t do it?”

“Profit… !”

Kwon Yuri, who instantly pierces the opponent’s heart with her innocent voice. Choi I-re, a stubborn character who runs wild all the time with a red face.

Even though Jin Ye-seo was familiar with them, they were close friends and bickered whenever they got the chance.

“Don’t worry too much, Yeseo. Even now, I’m saying this because I’m thinking of you.”

And the central point that unites these women who seem to be completely incompatible.

A female student with jet-black hair and eyes filled with golden particles. Baek Seo-yeon of Paecheon.

The seniors are called the three pillars of the second year, and are all about family, beauty, and personal skills.

Although they are the most popular people in the cradle, these three people are called the flowers on the cliff due to their overwhelming background.

To Jin Ye-seo, they were respected seniors. Unlike Choi Woo-jin, who growled as if he would eat her whenever he got the chance, he maintained a good relationship with Choi I-re.

Normally, as soon as I met them, I would have smiled brightly and told them various stories.

But now.

For some reason, Jin Ye-seo was feeling a stabbing pain in her chest.

“Were you on your way out because of a request?”

Baek Seo-yeon said with her signature soft smile.

“Yes? yes… Sister, no… What about seniors… ?”

For some reason, Jin Ye-seo couldn’t meet her eyes properly.

“We were also on our way to carry out a request.”

Kwon Yuri, who had ignored Choi I-re’s sharp words with one ear, soon approached and spoke.

Like Jin Ye-seo, they were also equipped with various baggage such as equipment and weapons.

Kwon Yuri, who was smiling, suddenly looked at Jin Ye Seo and opened her eyes.

“But our Yeseo. Your face looks so bright.”

“Yes? Oh, the face… ?”

“Yes. Until a few days ago, I was completely dead. Is something good happening?”

“That… Sure… I’m fine too… ”

Jin Ye-seo was embarrassed and started sweating profusely.

This is something I have been hearing from others recently.

Jin Ye-seo also knew the cause and effect better than anyone else.

It’s just that I can never tell them the inside story.

“So. I think I’ve gotten prettier. thank god… ”

“Ah, ahaha… It’s all better so let’s go… ”

Jin Ye-seo stuttered when Baek Seo-yeon said that she agreed with Kwon Yuri.

“Ah, I got it!”

Kwon Yuri, who suddenly joined the conversation between the two, smiled a sinister smile that did not match her refreshing appearance at all.

Then he pretended to look around and lowered his voice to whisper.

“Yeseo… I got a boyfriend.”

“Yes, yes hehe?”

Jin Ye-seo was so surprised that she bit her tongue without realizing it.

A look of embarrassment was evident on her face.

After seeing this, Kwon Yuri seemed to have made a good decision and dug into her even more.

“I just said this, why are you so surprised? So, it’s really suspicious… ?”

“Well, it’s not like that… !”

Jin Ye-seo desperately denied it, albeit belatedly, and shook her head furiously.

“No. You can tell just by looking at the face. who is this? huh? Just for us… ”

“Hey. stop. It’s not the other kid, it’s Ye-seo. I have to say something that makes sense.”

Then Choi I-re snorted and immediately refuted Kwon Yuri’s words.

It was already a famous story that Jin Ye-seo made a list of male students who had broken the school rules and secretly flirted with them and submitted it to the student council so that they could be severely punished.

However, Jin Ye-seo could no longer continue the conversation with them.

My heart was pounding and my body was shaking. Because of the darkened vision, I couldn’t see my surroundings properly.

“Sorry, seniors… I’m late… I hope your request is successful… then… !!”

“Yeseo? for a moment… ”

Jin Ye-seo, who had been gradually retreating without realizing it, eventually couldn’t stand it anymore and turned around.

And without saying hello, he just left.

She didn’t stop walking despite the voice coming from behind her.

***

Northern district of the capital. A quiet alley. In front of a shabby music store.

A girl with long, jet-black hair was standing there carrying a suitcase.

She looked lost in thought, leaning her back against the brick wall of the now-closed store.

The eyes are black, similar to the hair. A slim jawline and sharp nose bridge that stand out exceptionally.

She is a natural beauty that attracts attention from passers-by.

“… Tsk.”

However, whenever the girl receives a lot of attention, she furrows her eyebrows as if she is rather annoyed.

Meanwhile.

Like flies being attracted to a flower, several large men approach the girl from the back of the alley.

It was a gang that had been watching the girl with interest the whole time.

He has an imposing muscular body and even has hideous tattoos on his partially exposed upper body.

“… ”

The girl who checked him gave him a disapproving look.

The republic strictly prohibited tattoos by law. This is because it is common for criminals and mutants to use powerful black magic through tattoos.

Before we know it, men surround the girl in layers. The pungent smell of drugs and unpleasant bad breath instantly fill the air.

A truly vicious criminal or evil warlock would not go around like this and leave no traces in broad daylight.

What that means is that the guys in front of us are cheap villains who are trying to persecute people based on their notoriety.

“Lady. Did you come alone? Have you lost your way?”

“… ”

“It’s dangerous to be alone in a place like this. Can we help you? Huh?”

“You look the most dangerous here?”

“Phew!”

“… ”

However, despite the continued harassment, the innocent girl showed no particular reaction. Rather, it felt like he was contemplating something with a calm expression.

Then, the expressions on the faces of the bullies who had been trying to play with her began to gradually rot.

One of them quickly ran out of patience and grabbed her wrist.

“Hey. Because this treats me well… Wow!!”

However, before he could finish his sentence, he suddenly screamed loudly. I fluttered and struggled like a fish that had landed on land, but I couldn’t move as if I was tied to something.

Surprised, the group looked at his arm.

He was being held tightly by the wrist by a rather slender girl.

“Ahh! Hot! it hurts! It hurts!!”

-Chii Iik…

There was a crackling sound and the smell of burning meat.

In the area held by the girl’s hand, strange black flames, twisting like snakes, were eating away at her skin.

When the particle array hidden between the long sleeves is revealed, a look of astonishment appears on the faces of the bullies.

They finally realized who they had touched.

First class citizen, walking weapon, chosen one and more.

Three letters that don’t feel awkward at all no matter what excessive modifiers you add to them.

A wizard.

“Ma, he was a wizard… !”

“Run away, run away… ”

“Hiik… !”

They fled in a hurry, leaving behind their captured companion.

The girl was filled with cynicism at the sight of the lack of camaraderie.

“Ahh… eight! My arm!!”

The man who was grabbed by the arm was still screaming.

The girl gave him a look of disdain and threw him to the floor.

And he scolded the trembling bully in a harsh voice.

“Get out.”

“Hee, hee… ”

The man ran away almost like a dog walking on all fours and quickly disappeared beyond the alley.

The girl who saw that scene muttered in disgust.

“Things like trash.”

Jin Ye-seo shook her hands as if trying to erase the unpleasant feeling.

Part of me wanted to cut off all of their limbs and hand them over to the Security Bureau. If I made too much of a fuss, the meaning of the effort I put into the disguise would fade, so I just restrained myself.

Her blond green eyes are a result of her mixed Western bloodline.

As an escort, you wouldn’t know it, but it doesn’t look appropriate to go on a secret field trip like this.

That’s why I used hair dye to dye my hair and wore colored lenses to cover my irises.

However, because she could not hide her unique beauty, she ended up experiencing troublesome things.

On the contrary, if it had been its original form, we would not have had to face this situation.

The unique appearance of her blond green eyes was clear evidence that she was a member of the Five Families of Baekgwang.

“… Why don’t you come like this?”

Jin Ye-seo grumbled after checking the time, but there was still a lot of time until the appointed time.

The two had promised to meet at a designated location after disguising themselves appropriately.

Jin Ye-seo was secretly curious about his disguise. The person who needed a more proper disguise than her was the masked male student.

The white, shiny, unpleasant and perverted mask was his characteristic that could be recognized even from 100 meters away.

Speculation about his appearance was also one of Cradle’s most popular topics.

In particular, since it was a very suitable topic for female students to talk about, Jin Ye-seo also unintentionally became caught up in the heated debate.

At the beginning of the semester, the prevailing opinion was that he would be an ugly guy for a while. That’s because there is no way a sane man of noble birth, who was obviously loved and raised by everyone, would have such a blunt and blunt personality.

However, after it was officially declared that he was the second son of the Black Lotus, different opinions began to emerge little by little.

Considering the appearance of the hostess of Heukryeon and Sa Jae-hyeok, who still boast their beautiful looks, I think that it would not be at least to the point where they cannot be seen.

However, Jin Ye-seo put more weight on the speculation that he was an extremely ugly man.

Otherwise, there would be no need to cover one’s face even when one’s identity is revealed.

“… Then, can you come with a bare face?”

Although it is quite contradictory, it is possible because of him.

Maybe today I will be able to see his bare face that no one else would have seen in the cradle.

Of course, being with an extremely ugly man might not be a very pleasant thing… In the first place, she wasn’t very interested in the beauty and beauty of the male creature.

“… ”

She recalled the encounter she had with her seniors earlier.

Why are you so embarrassed by Kwon Yuri’s question? On the contrary, it may lead to unnecessary misunderstandings.

‘No, it’s not a misunderstanding… ‘

Jin Ye-seo gently bit her lip.

Rather than the blatant expression that he was her boyfriend, he was probably embarrassed because he was aware of the betrayal that Baek Seo-yeon was secretly committing.

To Jin Ye-seo, men are the same as the bullies from earlier. A swarm of flies tangled together. If it’s off, it’s off, if it’s on, it’s on. If you don’t know the topic and it’s bothering you, just step on it and that’s it.

Although they said they were planning to bring in a stallion… In fact, I even hated that to the point of goosebumps.

The thought of mixing flesh with such inferior species like animals made me vomit.

“… ”

But even she who had such thoughts has long since been completely tied down by someone.

To a man with an obviously hideous appearance, a vicious and twisted personality, and a hobby of wearing a perverted mask on his face.

“Ugh… ”

Jin Ye-seo let out a sigh filled with worry.

I was so lost in thought.

Someone’s voice, which now feels familiar, comes from behind her.

“Jin… Yeseo?”

Jin Ye-seo, who noticed the pretense of popularity, immediately turned her head.

But soon her face became distorted with disappointment and embarrassment.

“… Gas mask?”

A tall man wearing shabby clothes and an old gas mask was standing there.

Through the blurry glass, I could just barely make out the gloomy eyes.

If it weren’t for the familiar voice, it was so unsightly that I would have scolded it like the bullies I just saw.

“… What about you, that hair… ”

The male student muttered as he saw her turning around. There was a rare hint of embarrassment in his voice.

“… why. No problem. The smell of hair dye was completely eliminated naturally.”

Jin Ye-seo muttered dissatisfied. In fact, she was confident that her disguise was close to perfect.

I just wanted to imitate Seoyeon, whom I respect, out of a little selfishness.

And she was quite satisfied with the results. Even the hair color is the same, so their appearance is so similar that I wonder if they are really sisters with Baek Seo-yeon.

I feel like I want to keep the feeling I have now even when I go back to the cradle.

But who is saying what to whom when he comes wearing a gas mask as a disguise?

“… no. It’s nothing.”

He immediately shook his head, but his voice was still weak.

For some reason, he didn’t seem to be in a good mood.

Jin Ye-seo, who was upset by this, lashed out.

“Hey. Take care of yourself. What on earth is that?”

“… Is there a problem?”

“Problem? Of course there is a problem. Isn’t trying to be inconspicuous a disguise? Some people even dyed their hair… If that was going to be the case, it would have been better to come dressed up as a clown.”

However, the masked male student responded to her in a calm voice.

“I don’t know what. Rather, it is a natural disguise that blends perfectly into the cityscape.”

“What is that… ”

“The atmosphere in the northern part of Masada is not so good due to the exhaust fumes coming from the industrial zone and the black clouds blowing down from the northern wind from the Demon World. It is said that wizards with strong bodies are not very harmful, but the insensitive people who live here often have respiratory problems.”

After hearing his words, Jin Ye-seo looked around.

Because the air was full of dust, the falling sunset glowed even more red. Among the citizens passing by on the streets, it was not difficult to spot people coughing while wearing masks or covering their mouths with a piece of cloth.

And sometimes even people like him with gas masks.

“… That’s right.”

Although I wasn’t completely satisfied, I had no choice but to accept it.

” Let’s leave before it’s too late. however… ”

The man wearing a gas mask looked at her carefully before turning around.

Up and down, from head to toe.

He was focusing more on his body than his face.

Jin Ye-seo flinched at the feeling that seemed to be scanning her body.

“What, what… Why are you doing this all of a sudden?”

“This won’t work.”

“No? What do you mean suddenly?”

The man suddenly shook his head.

And he threw out bomb-like words to Jin Ye-seo, who was standing blankly without knowing what was going on.

“Take it off.”