episode_0268

Finally, the first day of the birth ceremony dawned.

To be exact, it had just dawned. The soft morning sunlight was slowly shining into the dark garden of the mansion.

It’s an early hour, more like dawn than morning. Usually, it’s when you’re either fast asleep in someone’s arms or spending the night practicing.

“Ha-ryul’s hair is amazing every time I touch it.”

[drowsiness]

[sleep]

Today wasn’t like that. I opened my mouth wide as I felt Elia’s hand playing with my hair, standing behind me.

The mansion was also busy in the morning because of the birth ceremony. Everyone was up early and busy getting ready.

Although I resisted in my own way, I was swept away by the wave of such grooming.

While sleeping soundly in Professor Riana’s arms, I was plucked out like a sweet potato, and then I was immersed in the bubbling bath in the underground bathhouse and cooked…

I finally got to the point where I was sitting in front of a large mirror and having my hair touched.

I didn’t really want to be the leader, but I sat down quietly because I liked the touch of Elia and others.

”How can it be so soft… It’s really amazing. No matter how much I take care of it, I can never get this kind of feeling… ”

[Ticklish]

“Ah, don’t move~”

Elia’s hand brushed against my hair, tickling me. Earlier, Baek A-rin and Ariel had come and played with my hair, but now they were gone.

As I shook my head slightly in ticklishness, Elia gently grabbed my head and held it in place.

“Our Harul, isn’t he nice? Can you stay still for a moment?”

Even as soothing and comforting voices were heard, the touch continued. Thin fingers were running along the hair.

… Also, in reality, I can tolerate the tickling to some extent, but I pretended to whine because Elia tried to soothe me.

It seems like a bad habit even to me, but… um… I thought that Elia, who was gently soothing me, had some share in it.

If you coax them like that, anyone will start whining.

Anyway, it was awkward to be treated like this, but it wasn’t the first time I’d experienced it.

When I visited the Gaphwa family, I was tossed around and dressed up for the sake of preparing for the banquet. It was less awkward than that time.

But it’s still awkward.

[Elia… Is it really necessary to prepare like this…?]

As I asked the question while rocking my body back and forth, Elia, who was looking at my reflection in the mirror, smiled warmly.

“Hmm… It’s not necessary, but it would be nice if we could do it anyway, right? Especially today, there’s an opening ceremony, and Ha-yul is going to represent us, right? So, even if other people don’t know, wouldn’t it be better if Ha-yul dressed up a little?”

[Geeeek]

“Hehehe, just hold on a little longer, I’ll finish it soon.”

As I let out a deep sigh and slumped my shoulders, Elia giggled and moved her hands busily.

“Queen Elia, I have brought everything you asked for.”

“Thank you, Oru. You worked hard.”

“Ehehe.”

As she was doing that, the fairies came flying in with the cosmetics Elia had requested.

Elia patted the fairies who had brought their luggage a few times and laid out the things the fairies had brought on the dressing table.

“Hmm… ”

But Elia, who was looking at the cosmetics, let out a sigh. She tilted her head in puzzlement at the sight.

[You didn’t bring it to use, did you?]

“Yes, that’s true, but… ”

Elia, whose words were trailing off, turned her gaze and stared at me intently. Her expression was somewhat subtle.

“… Now that I think about it, I don’t think I need to dress up too much. I think I’ll look pretty no matter what I do with this face… ”

Elia glanced at her reflection in the mirror and shook her head.

“That’s right, Harul said she was going to compete in a cross-dressing competition too, right?”

[Eeeeek…]

“Hehehe, I don’t think there will be any problems if we continue like this?”

Slap- Elia, with her knees bent, pressed her cheek against mine as she sat on the chair.

Likewise, Elia’s body temperature, which had just been washed and flushed, was transmitted through her soft cheeks.

As I instinctively rubbed my cheek against hers, Elia smiled brightly and looked back and forth between me and her reflection in the mirror.

“I think she’s much prettier than me.”

[That’s absolutely not true]

I was enjoying the warmth and touch of her cheek, and then I straightened up and denied Elia’s words. If it were just a little bit, I would just let it go, but what she said just now wasn’t something I could ignore.

[Ellia is much, incomparably prettier]

“… Ahaha, it makes me happy to hear you say that.”

Elia looked blank for a moment at my strong denial. But that was only for a moment, and soon Elia smiled softly, turned her head, and buried her nose in my hair.

“Sniff sniff… ”

[?]

[Ticklish]

In addition, he kept changing positions and brought his nose to my hair and even the nape of my neck to smell it.

“Haa… Hmm… I guess I don’t necessarily need to use perfume.”

Elia took a deep breath and nodded her head in self-conviction.

“Ha-yul smells good even without spraying anything. I feel like if I sprayed it for nothing, the scents would just mix. And since I just washed up, the fluffy smell is really good… ”

As she spoke, Elia buried her face in the nape of my neck and kept sniffing. I felt ticklish and embarrassed. I buried my nose in Elia’s yellow hair that was fluttering beside me.

– Sniff sniff…

… As expected, there was no smell. I expected it, but I couldn’t help but feel disappointed. It’s not just my hair that doesn’t smell, and my chest doesn’t smell either…

It was at a time when I was pouting my lips, feeling a needless sense of urge and pain.

– Side

[… Huh!?]

My body flinched greatly at the sound of a kiss right next to me. My body trembled as if I had been struck by lightning.

When I pulled back in surprise, Elia’s lips lifted up with a playful expression.

“Hehehe, just kidding~ I was just making noise.”

Elia saw my blankly blinking expression and poked my cheek with her finger.

[Eww…]

I pressed my cheek hard and blinked for a moment. Realizing that I had been teased, I puffed out my cheek. The finger that had been poking my cheek was pushed away.

“Hehehe, so cute… I guess Harul doesn’t need to dress up in any special way. She’s so lovely just like this.”

Elia bursts into laughter again at the sight of me with my cheeks puffed out like a poisonous puffer fish.

… I too was about to twitch the corners of my mouth at Elia’s praise and laughter, but I somehow managed to hold myself back.

“Still, I hope it turns out to be real later.”

[Hic]

Elia suddenly poked her head in. I thought it was a joke again, but my body froze. The air I had been holding in my cheeks suddenly disappeared.

“I also want to make eye contact with Ha-Yul and talk with my mouth. I held back last time. I want to hear it from Ha-Yul first.”

Elia’s eyes rounded at the sight of me like that. Her yellow eyes captured my frozen appearance.

“I said it was Harul’s, right? So, I need something like a signature or a seal.”

Tap tap… Elia tapped her lips with her slender fingers and smiled faintly.

“I’ll look forward to it.”

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After some time had passed and we were all ready, we all came out to the main gate.

The outfit wasn’t anything particularly special.

Cadets like me, Hong Yeon-hwa, Baek A-rin, and Elia wore the cadet uniforms we were given. Originally, cadet uniforms were designed to be worn for ceremonial purposes.

Professor Riana and the Master are dressed neatly as usual. They are wearing appropriate pants and white shirts. Over them, they are wearing robes and coats respectively.

– Wheeing…

‘hmm…’

The moment I opened the front door and stepped out, something came crashing down in front of my nose, pushing away the wind.

A pitch-black body the size of an adult male’s upper body, with lenses that sparkle in the light and multiple wings that rotate and buzz.

It was a drone that was commonly seen in the previous world. Of course, it was also equipped with magic, and its appearance was even more futuristic.

“It’s a drone for transmission.”

Professor Riana, who was standing behind me, said while examining the drone. I also nodded as I observed the drone’s internal structure.

A drone that keeps taking pictures of me by clicking its lenses. I looked at the hologram floating above it.

[Drone for transmission (32) – in operation]

[Notice: Broadcast with a 3-minute grace period. Sensitive scenes will be edited out.]

‘Do these drones keep flying around during the birth ceremony?’

I observed the drone with a strange expression.

Looking back, I see that these same drones are now flying all over Shiyoram.

Although there are small competitions like the entrance ceremony in the middle, the basic premise of the festival is that it is a festival for eating, drinking, and having fun.

At the same time, it is also a schedule to publicize the situation inside the closed-off city to the outside.

Shiyoram is the world’s best superhuman training institute that trains future superhumans. There are many other training institutes, but none can be compared to Shiyoram.

Thanks to this, the attention pouring in from around the world is immense.

However, for security and safety reasons, Shiyoram usually keeps its main gate locked to block outside access.

The birth ceremony is a schedule in which such a cradle generously opens its doors to satisfy the curiosity of the outside world.

Because of this, the appearance of the birth ceremony is sometimes broadcast to the outside, and in the process, the appearance of the cadets is often captured.

… especially the opening ceremony will be broadcast all over the world.

Thinking about the opening ceremony that will be held in a little while makes me sigh.

He bit his lip, holding back a sigh.

– Jiiing…

The camera captured my appearance in its entirety.