episode_0228

My friend didn’t bother to hide what he had done.

“I’m making you out to be a weirdo? It’s not. “You’re just weird.”

“Don’t you feel guilty for telling such a terrible lie and creating a rumor?”

“I never lied? You’re meeting him, right? “I guess that’s how they sought sponsors.”

“It’s wrong to spread malicious rumors just because I didn’t let you into the lab.”

My friend burst out laughing.

No, I don’t think I can call you a friend anymore.

He clearly felt the malice in his friend’s laughter.

“No matter what you say, I have no intention of changing my words, and I have no intention of not telling you what I saw.”

“Why on earth are you doing this?”

If I had simply told about what I experienced, such ugly rumors would not have arisen.

He must have added a lot to the story of what happened to him.

“I felt so wronged that I told my friends what happened. I didn’t say something that didn’t exist, but I’m being told not to do it. Isn’t it ridiculous? “I have to tell you everything about today.”

They’re probably doing this because they want something.

“What do you want from me?”

“You really don’t know? What do I want? “You’re not that stupid.”

“… … .”

I knew why my friend was doing this.

“If you don’t want to keep getting bullied, tell me who that guy is.”

What she wants is the identity of the general store owner.

If you want to harass him, you need to know his identity, but I didn’t tell you, so he’s angry.

Plus, he probably wanted revenge for what happened in front of the lab the other day.

“There will never be a day when I speak of him.”

“Look, what are you talking about like this? Right? “I have a similar relationship with that man.”

A malicious rumor that a friend spread to the Academy.

It was that she was dating an older man.

The sponsor also said that they caught it that way.

‘I should have listened to the dean and president when they told me to hide the sponsorship… .’

But it wasn’t easy to hide it from my friends.

Isn’t your friend a child who used to come and go from your lab?

He said he would come to his lab, but he couldn’t just say nothing.

So I had no choice but to talk about sponsorship.

‘He got really angry and asked why I’m saying that now. I thought you would congratulate me.’

He was upset and upset that he didn’t tell me first, so he came to my private lab and insisted on going in.

Perhaps the reason I kept insisting on going in was because I wanted to complain about my disappointment.

But it was already in the past, and I was very disappointed and angry seeing my friend taking revenge in this way.

No matter how much we fought, it was a very bad thing to retaliate by making up stories like this.

“If you keep doing this, I’m going to tell your mother.”

“… … .”

In the end, I had no choice but to come up with a last resort.

“That’s it. If we go any further from here, I won’t stay still. You know it’s not just my reputation that’s at stake. “You tied up my sponsor who believed in me and supported me, and even a person who was living a normal life got hooked up with me and turned him into a strange person.”

“That human touched me!! Don’t do anything about it? Is that what you would say to me, your friend? “I guess you’re not taking my side because you have something to do with that person.”

“You asked for an unreasonable request first, and the boss got angry because you behaved rudely.”

“Whatever that is. “What does the fact that I’m rude to you have anything to do with him?”

I sighed softly as I looked at my friend who still couldn’t let go of his anger towards his boss.

He even said he would tell his mother, so he won’t be able to spread any more vulgar rumors.

However, I had an ominous feeling that my friend would not give up until he found out the identity of the boss.

‘Should I honestly tell the boss that it’s dangerous?’

I suddenly remembered the day when I suffered from overeating and had to be nursed by my boss.

‘I’m still embarrassed… .’

From that day on, I stopped ordering deliveries.

Not only was I not yet able to use up all the ingredients I had purchased, but I was also embarrassed to see the boss after that day.

‘I saw him fighting with his friend and even pretending to yell at him… .’

It won’t be easy to pretend to be fine when we meet again.

Still, I couldn’t ignore it forever, so I decided to visit the owner’s store.

* * *

“Oh, hello.”

It’s been a while since Yultugi came.

I was about to go to the general store to see if something was wrong since I hadn’t sent an order recently.

But at just the right moment, she came to the store in person.

“long time no see. how have you been doing?”

“yes. how have you been doing.”

Although he was a well-to-do person, he had lost a lot of weight.

When I packed and fed him his lunch, his cheeks got a little puffy, but it all went back to how it was before.

“Why did you lose so much weight? “How did I put it on hold?”

“to? yes?”

“I don’t think I lost weight just because I didn’t eat. “Something is going on, right?”

The dark circles have gone down significantly, and the overall feeling is… .

“Are you being bullied by any chance?”

There is only one reason why Yul is having such a hard time, unless it is research.

“that… to?”

Yul is taken aback as if he hit the nail on the head.

“I guess that’s right.”

“No, how do you know that? “I wonder if the boss heard that rumor too?”

rumor?

It seems like that woman was harassing Yul with rumors.

It is obvious what kind of rumor it would have created.

And I wonder how much trouble Yul must have suffered from that.

‘I should have done something a long time ago.’

I felt sorry that I had taken action too late and that Yul had suffered when he should not have suffered.

“No, I knew it because I felt like I got hit in the face somewhere.”

“Is my face that weird?”

“He’s already been wandering around because he hasn’t been eating well, and because he’s going through such a hard time, he’s become so sad that it can be seen on his face.”

Yul’s expression became serious.

You knew what I said was true.

“What kind of rumor did you start that led to this?”

“sorry. “I should have cracked down on it properly, but I couldn’t.”

He confessed the rumor that his friend had started with a very apologetic expression, saying he had been dishonoured.

I realized that she was meaner than I imagined.

“You tied me and Mr. Yul up in an inappropriate relationship?”

“I said it harshly. “I even said that if this continues, I will tell my mother.”

As much as possible, Yul tries not to cause trouble to his adoptive mother.

But the word “mother” came out of her mouth.

This was a huge act of courage on Yul’s part.

“So you can’t do the same thing anymore. But he kept asking me to tell him who the boss was.”

“Did you come to the store today to tell me to be careful?”

“If she gets stuck on one thing, she’ll be persistent until she feels better.”

In some ways, the problem may have become bigger because I got involved.

Yul could have calmed down his friend’s continued insistence and sent him back.

However, rather than blaming me, Yul was rather worried that I might be harmed by that woman.

It was something I was thankful for, and something I was sorry about.

“Do not worry. “I couldn’t pay attention to something else for a moment, but I’ll figure it out.”

“What are you going to do? I must have been very angry… .”

What would you do if you were angry?

“It’s not difficult to deal with people like that. “If you make it clear what kind of person I am, they will take care of themselves.”

“What kind of person is the boss?”

“Are you curious about me?”

I guess I felt there was something to the fact that the woman didn’t think much of it even though she said she was prepared for it.

“yes. I wonder.”

Since Yul had only shown interest in ingredients purchased at general stores so far, I gladly accepted her interest.

“I’m an ordinary general store owner, but I’m not the only person who does that. “There are many places where we reach out here and there.”

“A place where I stretched out my hands here and there… ah! “At that time, you said you were selling my potion to the military, right?”

“that’s right.”

Not just anyone could sell potions to the military.

“Were the facilities well prepared? “We’ve made arrangements so that if we have the goods, we can deliver them right away.”

“… “I will prepare it as soon as possible.”

Yul is not an idiot either, so he will know that the identity of the merchant supplying supplies to the military cannot be an ordinary guy.

“But I don’t think I’ve ever met such a great person?”

“Who cares? “We met at a general store, Mr. Yul as a customer, and I as the owner of the general store.”

Since I met Yul as a customer, I will continue to maintain a relationship with the general store owner as a customer.

However, he had no intention of acting like the owner of a general store to a woman who did not even seem like Yul’s friend.

“She can’t even touch me, and she’s going to pay for what she did.”

“ah… .”

“Do you feel bad because you feel like you’re doing something bad to your friend?”

Yul hesitated, unable to answer whether he was worried, but then said whether he had organized all his thoughts.

“no. Because you get paid for what you do. Please do whatever is convenient for you.”

If I really had my way, she would have to be expelled from the academy.

It’s because I don’t want to see anyone messing around with Yul.

I looked at her intently, wondering if it was really okay to do that, and Yul spoke again and emphasized it.

“I’m really not going to interfere. Rest assured. “If you knew how horrible what he did to me was, you would understand why I am doing this.”

Well, no matter how much you fight, the worst thing you can do is create a bad rumor about a close friend.

Didn’t he do this knowing clearly how fatal the rumor was to the nobles?

It seemed like the friend had clearly lost touch with her because he touched her hastily.

“Well thought out.”

I thought it wouldn’t be easy to convince them because I couldn’t tell them about future events that wouldn’t happen.

If you’re dealing with something already, you have to make sure to do it once you’ve done it so there’s no repercussions later. Wouldn’t it be troublesome if Yul showed some disapproval towards me during the process?

So there was a lot of worry, but so there was no need for that, Yul declared that he would completely get out of the situation.

“I just want to focus on research from now on.”

The reason Yul said he would give up everything was because of research.

Because she was so disappointed in people because of this incident, she concluded that it would be better to focus on research rather than expend her physical and mental energy on human relationships.