episode_0221

There can be no regrets in life.

Life is a series of choices.

It stands to reason that if you choose one, you will have to give up the other one.

Ultimately, there may be a better choice.

The regret for the path not chosen inevitably remains.

– Knock knock knock…

‘Fuck.’

I regret it fiercely.

From the moment I open my eyes early in the morning, to now when I turn my attention to cooking to escape from regret.

I regret what happened yesterday so much…

‘Ugh… ‘

This is ridiculous.

I didn’t drink alcohol yesterday.

I didn’t even take a sip, not even a drop.

Of course, I kissed Hong Yeon-hwa while she was drinking… but our tongues didn’t mix.

But how can reason be so clouded… It’s strange from a common sense perspective.

‘Could it be that he really got drunk just from smelling something? He can’t even smell something properly…?’

The exact reason is unknown.

But what he had done was imprinted on his mind, his palms, and his face.

– Slurp…

A dough that changes shape in your hand.

While the meal is being prepared, the bread dough is just being made to be dipped in soup.

‘… … ‘

A large ball of dough that changes shape constantly when held in the palm of your hand.

As I kept holding it tightly, hitting it, and pressing it, the sensations I had in my hand yesterday kept coming back to me.

It was twice as soft as this bread dough, and it was so rich that it couldn’t be contained in the palm of your hand.

Just by rubbing it, the pain and fear were relieved…

“Haam… ”

[Ugh!]

While I was absentmindedly kneading the dough, I jumped at the sound of someone coming from the stairs leading up to the upper floor.

I quickly grabbed the dough floating in the air.

“Oh… I feel a little sick because it’s been a while since I drank… ”

The owner of the sound was Professor Riana.

She covered her mouth with her palm and strode down the stairs.

Soon, vibrant, lime-green eyes captured me.

“… … ”

[… … ]

Professor Riana stood still, covering her mouth with her palm.

Even I, who grabbed the dough, hardened.

An odd silence flowed between us.

“Ugh, ahem… Baby, you woke up early.”

After a while, Professor Riana, her cheeks bright red, rolled her eyes.

I nodded my head awkwardly at the open-mouthed question.

[Yes, yes, yes…]

Fortunately, there was no sense of rejection in the voice.

Although the title was a bit rude, I didn’t object to it in the current situation.

Professor Rihanna approached me with strides. I restrained myself from trembling.

“How is your body? Do you feel sore or have a headache? ”

[No, it’s okay]

He actively expressed his sanity by constantly tilting his head up and down.

My raised hand feels sore.

Rigorous physical training and periodic stress on the body.

Plus, my nerves are sore from manipulating the circuits.

My head hurts.

Now that it is okay to spread observations over a wide area, I am practicing spreading them out over an even wider area with greater precision.

[I’m fine]

It’s okay.

All of these can be incorporated into everyday life.

Even if I were to inject magic power into my body and check it, the circuitry would still appear to be fine, so there’s no need to worry about it getting caught.

“Then that’s good. I guess it’s because it’s been a long time since I drank, but my stomach feels a little queasy.”

[Oh, please wait a moment]

[I’ll give it to the professor first]

“Um… It’s late, so wouldn’t it be okay if we all eat together?”

[Oh, yes]

The conversation was interrupted.

Soon, the only sound was the bubbling sound of soup over low heat.

I rolled my head for a moment in the strange blank space.

Professor Riana’s gaze, staring intently at me, was a bit harsh.

“Oh my.”

While I was squirming and writhing for a moment.

Professor Rihanna sighed deeply.

As I flinched at the sound, Professor Riana strode forward.

The long legs stretched out and the distance narrowed.

My shoulders suddenly hunched as the shadow fell over my body.

Professor Riana came up to my nose and looked down at me quietly for a moment before suddenly raising her hand.

and.

“It’s okay.”

He placed it gently on my head.

“You’re just watching me like a puppy that did something wrong and hurt someone’s feelings… It’s really okay… ”

My stiff body slowly straightened as a hand calmly ran down my head.

Soon, Professor Riana smiled faintly and pulled my head into her arms, holding me tightly.

The anxiety that had been occupying a corner of my heart disappeared with that action.

He stretched out both arms, hugged her thin waist tightly, and buried his face deeper into her embrace.

[Ugh…]

“Ahaha, look at that kid acting up.”

A giggling laughter was heard.

I felt a little embarrassed at how I whined right away as he said, but I didn’t take my face off his arms.

“Oh my, were you scared that you’d get scolded by yourself? It’s okay, what can you do with this much… ”

Professor Rihanna just laughed and didn’t push me away.

He looked down at me as if he was looking at something cute, and he just stroked my head with both hands and patted my back.

For a while, with the sound of soup boiling in the background, I let out my frustrations to my heart’s content.

“By the way, your drinking habits are a bit strong.”

In the meantime.

I flinched at the words Professor Riana muttered as if a memory had suddenly occurred to her.

The mixed emotions added to the gaze fixed on Jeongsu-ri.

It’s like looking at a mischievous child.

“He gets really drunk easily. He gets drunk without even drinking… That’s really strange. And his drinking habits are really… Huh? That’s obscene.”

[Ugh…]

My body twisted. It was a topic I didn’t really want to hear about…

“Did you like it when I touched it? He kept touching and rubbing it without stopping.”

[Geeek…]

“Later, I’ll just lay you down and crush you, bury my face in you, rub you, sniff you… and squeeze you hard… Ugh.”

[Gyaaaak…]

But Professor Riana’s thoughts were different, and she kept bringing up the topic.

The voice whispering in my ear was kind, but the content was not.

My body squirmed as if under the influence of a spell.

Professor Rihanna hugged my struggling body tightly and whispered the topic in my ear.

”So, let’s refrain from drinking and drinking parties from now on?”

It took about ten minutes for him to come to that conclusion.

He continued talking while supporting me, who was hunched over, and gently patting my back.

“Avoid drinking parties as much as possible in the future. Also, if you must drink, bring an adult like me… a guardian.”

[…adult]

“An adult like me. Someone who can stop our baby before he gets drunk, and someone who can accept anything when he gets drunk. Okay?”

adult.

A person who is kind like Professor Riana and strong like a teacher.

A person who can take responsibility for himself and those around him.

“Okay, promise.”

A little finger was extended in front of the nose.

He blinked for a moment.

Professor Riana waited silently for my actions.

After thinking about it for a moment, I thought, “Is this it?” and stuck out my pinky finger.

“Right.”

The little fingers are crossed.

Soon they appear to be walking side by side, bending over each other.

“You promised? Be careful when drinking from now on.”

Finger promise.

A type of custom shared across many cultures.

This is my first time actually trying it.

This is a practice that can be seen quite often in Internet media.

The first finger promise scene I saw was…

It was a scene where a mother was playfully playing with her child.

[…yes]

“Right, what a good baby.”

Professor Riana smiled faintly and patted my butt.

He felt a strange emotion towards her and hid his face in Professor Riana’s arms.

[… If you’re feeling unwell, would you like some honey water for me?]

“No, it’s okay.”

Professor Rihanna shook her head and buried her nose in my hair.

– Sigh… Haa…

“… This will do.”

My body trembled at the breath that was buried in my hair.

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Fortunately, today is the weekend, so I didn’t wake up the people early because they were all drunk and passed out.

So, while I was leisurely finishing preparing the meal.

It was only when it was almost lunchtime that people started coming down from their rooms one by one.

Everyone seemed to be suffering from a slight hangover as they came down the stairs.

“Ageuk, waist… ”

“Hoo… ”

Among them, Hong Yeon-hwa and the teacher appear to have particularly bad hangovers.

Both of them had very disheveled and creaky behaviors that were quite unsettling.

‘… If you eat that much, that should be okay… right?’

He gave him a puzzled look.

How many bottles of alcohol did we collect while cleaning the room where the drinking party was held?

I brought out all kinds of alcohol so that there would be no shortage, but I didn’t know that I would drink it all.

Among them, there are many so poisonous that I feel like I would lose my mind and collapse if I took just one drop…

I realized anew how much superhumans eat and drink.

‘That must have been done to release the magic power and get drunk, right? If you don’t release the magic power… ugh.’

I found myself shaking my head without realizing it.

“No one is coming to their senses~”

And, my body shivered at the cold sensation coming down from behind those two people.

“Good morning, Hayul.”

Baek A-rin waved her hand with a bright smile.

She didn’t seem to be suffering from a hangover.

The outfit was different from yesterday.

Instead of a pure white one-piece dress, she is wearing black short-sleeved pants.

It looks like she took out her indoor clothes from her luggage and put them on.

– Seriously… I was running so I took it with me without spilling it… So I had nothing to wear today, right?

‘… … .’

Suddenly, yesterday’s remark came to mind.

Also, objects still stuck in subspace came to mind.

[yes]

[Good morning]

He nodded, desperately trying to control his observations that were trying to penetrate the inside of the clothes.

[Everyone, please eat first]

Since everyone was expected to be relatively grouchy, we prepared a meal to soothe the hangover.

… Actually, I’ve never tried hangover cure before, but I looked up some food that is said to be good for hangover cure.

Some bread for those who like bread, tomato soup, and some other meats.

And bone soup for those who eat rice mainly.

I thought you might not like this one, so I prepared some other things.

[Oh, senior, did you sleep well?]

Around that time.

Finally, Lee Ji-yeon was observed coming down the narrow stairs.

“Gasp! Oh, yes yes! Yes… I slept… well… ”

[?]

When I greeted him late in the morning, he suddenly jumped up in surprise.

As attention was drawn to the intense reaction, he looked around with a frown and then cautiously greeted people.

‘what?’

Lee Ji-yeon looked very tired.

The appearance of a weakened mind.

The shadows under my eyes, which had been fairly light, have also become a bit darker.

His head tilted at the sight of his energy strangely drained.

“Ah, yes… Thank you… ”

Lee Ji-yeon’s strange behavior continued after that.

Or if I approach them, they get startled.

I was eating the meat of the bone soup that had been made with dried fish, crunching it into pieces.

He would secretly glance at the people sitting at the table, seem to be in agony, and then blush on his own…

“Sister, what’s wrong? Do you need anything?”

“Huh? Oh, no?”

The sight was so strange that even Hong Yeon-hwa tilted her head and asked.

[Senior Lee Ji-yeon]

[Can I meet you for a moment after dinner?]

“Yes, yes… I understand… ”

Lee Ji-yeon shrugged her shoulders again at my call.

She put her chopsticks in her mouth, looked at me for a moment, and answered in a small voice.

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After finishing the meal, I took Lee Ji-yeon to the park on the mansion grounds.

[Ta-da]

And then, he flashed the sound of the song that followed him for a moment.

Put your hand between your armpits and show it to Lee Ji-yeon.

“… … ”

“… … ?”

Lee Ji-yeon tilted her head.

An expression filled with doubt as to what are you doing all of a sudden?

[Seo Yul-ah?]

I was equally embarrassed.

I told her in advance, but Seo-Yul didn’t act.

“Huh… ”

[Oh my…]

Seo-Yul was in a sharp state since morning.

As soon as I woke up early in the morning, I was curious about why he was burying his nose all over my body and rubbing his body against mine.

After a while of acting strangely, he ended up like this.

[Seo Yul-ah… Are you good? Okay, let’s just do this once and then go in.]

“Huh.”

When I held him in my arms and tried to comfort him, he shook his head again.

But fortunately, he seemed to have calmed down a bit and did as I wished.

For a moment, magical power surged, and then colorful wings suddenly sprouted from Seo Yul’s back, piercing through her clothes.

It was the five-colored wings that were proof of a fairy.

Especially, Lee Ji-yeon, who is the successor of the Taesan family and has even entered the protected area, will be able to recognize it.

“As expected… .”

[?]

Lee Ji-yeon nodded and showed her understanding.

…it’s not a surprise, it’s understanding.

Rather, he even seemed to be saying that it was like that.

“Ah, I expected that.”

[Huh? When exactly?]

“Uh… Since I was told by the spirit yesterday and left? The hair color and the aura that felt like a mountain were strange, and I was suspicious when I saw the spirit clinging to me in a friendly manner.”

[iced coffee…]

I nodded, thinking that that could certainly be the case.

Taesan is closely related to nature, and it is Lee Ji-yeon who has directly encountered the fairy.

You probably know a lot more about fairies than I do.

‘…So you also found out that I’m supposedly a fairy?’

“Then, junior, do you need information about fairies?”

[yes that’s right]

Although I had some doubts, I nodded anyway.

[And I have another request…]

“Any other requests?”

[Yes, Seo Yul?]

“Pfft… ”

Lee Ji-yeon tilts her head.

He patted Seo-Yul and sent her inside.

Seoyul, who had been mumbling for a moment as if she didn’t want to go, pouted at the continued requests and flew into the mansion.

‘I’ll have to follow you and comfort you soon…’

So, I and Lee Ji-yeon were left in the park.

Lee Ji-yeon was secretly rolling her eyes around as if it was awkward to be left alone with just the two of them.

It seemed to be hidden, but it was clearly visible when observed.

“…Of course. Please feel free to ask the benefactor of Taesan. I will definitely grant your request if possible.”

After a while.

Lee Ji-yeon turned her eyes toward me as if she had made up her mind and spoke.

The benefactor of Mt. Taishan.

I didn’t mean to call you that, but I was happy to ask.

‘Phew…’

I only put the necklace on after I was sure that Seo-Yul had definitely moved away.

[if…]

I was speechless for a moment.

There is hesitation.

I sometimes wonder if it is really necessary to say this.

They say she’s a benefactor or something, but in the end, I don’t have a deep connection with Lee Ji-yeon.

Another uncertain future.

It’s a result I hope never comes.

I will desperately resist to prevent that future from coming, but just in case.

[If I die… can you help Seo-Yul?]

But I guess that’s what insurance is all about.

If I jumped in like a moth to a flame and at least resolved the danger of the world being destroyed, I would die.

I hope that the Taesan family, which has a lot of information about fairies, will take care of Seo Yul.

I used the necklace with that in mind.

“… Who’s dying?”

Lee Ji-yeon’s face hardened.

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Lee Ha-yul → Rihanna Bellus

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“Like” [milk? cow] “Thank you” “Kind adult” “Soft” “Warm” “Plump”