episode_0304

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“After listening to what the man said, it wasn’t even a relationship.”

Every time he talked about the details of their relationship, Seongah Kim declared:

“It wasn’t some?”

Kang In-ho’s eyes widened in shock and he saw his housemate with a triumphant face.

“Of course. It’s not a relationship or anything.”

A face that is clearly steamy. Kang In-ho tilted his head.

“Why isn’t it a romance?”

“What, are you disappointed?”

Kim Seong-ah narrowed her eyes at the sight of him picking things up.

“No, I was disappointed and all, but I thought it was a good relationship.”

“Yes. Then, I will explain it to you one by one.”

She raised her head, crossing her arms. It also feels somewhat solemn.

It seems like a noble fighter resisting foreign forces.

“Your boss at work. We watched a movie together and held hands.”

In-ho Kang mentions the first case.

“Well, you can catch that kind of thing with a close male friend?! If a little more time had passed, we could have called it a romance… but at that stage…”

“What is the level?”

I receive her backstory in a strangely blurred tone.

“Slowly getting to know it?”

“Isn’t that some?”

“No. It’s obviously different. There is a difference between an ant and an anteater.”

“I see… Then next. Fitness trainer.”

“It’s just an employment relationship. I heard that the health trainer was persistently contacting me. Aren’t you mistaken?”

‘It’s persistent contact, but…’

Kang In-ho rubbed his chin with his hand. The feel of the rough beard spread across my palm.

“I see…”

“That’s it.”

Seongah Kim shrugged her shoulders. And I cried out in joy for the second time.

Every time I denied his flirtation one by one, I felt like my body was revitalized.

“Hmm… there was something else. Housekeeper?”

“Similar to a fitness trainer. It’s an employment relationship. Of course, I will be nice to you. They say there are many men who confuse kindness with likability in the workplace. Be careful too, uncle.”

“I’ve heard that before.”

He recalled the real guest list he had heard somewhere.

“Tutor….”

“Yes~ Employment relations.”

She waved her hand as if there was nothing more to hear.

“…Same class in high school.”

“What, did you go to a coeducational school?”

“You can say so.”

In the original world, it was a boys’ school. He swallowed his sorrow.

“How far did you go?”

Gulp, she swallowed.

“I didn’t do anything special. Going to a cafe. I also go to karaoke.”

She seemed to feel dispirited by his continued answer and leaned back against the backrest as hard as she could.

“What… That’s just being friends. Man, you didn’t confess, right? If I had confessed, I would have been embarrassed.”

Seongah Kim scrunched up her face as much as possible, rejecting the possibility.

“There’s nothing more, right?”

She looked at him with a longing gaze, as if she wanted it to be over.

“No, there’s still more.”

He paid no heed to those signals.

“There are more? How many people are left?”

Seongah Kim raised her voice.

“First of all, two people?”

“There should be a lot.”

Seongah Kim muttered as if she was dissatisfied.

He slowly traced his memories and brought out memories of the two people.

Kim Seong-ah, who listened to him for a long time, slowly opened her mouth with a stern expression.

“Neither of you are dating.”

“They say no.”

“Yes, by giving in 100 times. That person called teacher is called seom. But I’m not a nun.”

“Why?”

“You’re a nun!”

Kim Seong-ah stood up and grunted. Then he turned around and headed to the second floor.

Her footsteps pounded loudly as she climbed the stairs.

“Hey, where are you going~”

At his call, grabbing her back, Kim Seong-ah turned her head.

Her eyes turned venomous and glared at him.

“Go study!”

A shrill voice hit him in the face.

It wasn’t until he heard the sound of footsteps getting farther away and the door opening and closing violently that he realized his mistake.

“Ah… he said he was interested in me.”

I got so fired up that I said all sorts of things. He stood up, scratching his head with his hand.

I put my apron back on and head to the sink.

Strangely, I even hum when I do household chores that I have become accustomed to.

“What, why do I feel bad.”

Even while he was wiping the dishwashing detergent, he couldn’t find the reason.

***

I don’t know if she really studied, but Kim Seong-ah was quiet as if she had gone back to her room.

I stood still in front of the room and listened, wondering if he was lying down and watching YouTube, but I couldn’t hear anything else going on.

“Now that I think about it, he looks strangely in bad condition. Should I make you some health food?”

He recalled her faltering gait.

“Let’s see the ingredients…”

He returned to the refrigerator, measured the remaining ingredients, and prepared to go out.

Kang In-ho took the card and cell phone he received from Kim Seong-ah and headed to the mart.

On his way back from the supermarket, he looked around.

I felt a strange gaze.

“What is it.”

He took out his cell phone and looked at the news.

There didn’t seem to be anything special. He confirmed that both yesterday’s commotion and his own identity had been erased by magic.

Still, I had an eerie feeling that I was being watched from somewhere.

“There will be no eyewitnesses.”

He was the one who confirmed the disappearance of both the Four Heavenly Kings.

He closed his eyes and expanded his senses. I tried to find out where this unpleasant gaze started.

“…!!”

He must have noticed that his senses were expanding, and the watchful gaze disappeared in an instant.

“I’m reluctant.”

It was a look too obvious to be dismissed as an illusion.

He deliberately walked around the street, disrupted his movements, and then returned home.

After passing through several alleys and surreptitiously climbing over several walls, he wiped off the sweat that had formed and placed the books on the table.

‘I’m going to have to catch me and search around.’

From the moment I announced that I would take over the job of a magical girl, I had no intention of doing it in vain.

I was planning to see it through to the end.

“By the way, is he still studying?”

I felt strangely proud because it seemed like I was studying with my own mind.

“I’ll just have snacks for lunch and chicken stew for dinner.”

He headed to the second floor with snacks he bought at the supermarket.

– smart

“Eat a snack.”

I knocked lightly on the door, but there was no answer from inside.

“Seong-ya.”

When he opened the door, he saw the workbook spread out chaotically on the desk.

It was clearly a sign of studying.

However, Seongah Kim was not at the desk.

“You must be sleepy.”

I saw her sleeping in her bed instead of at her desk.

Then I was startled and looked around.

‘I’ve changed a bit too.’

He smiled self-deprecatingly as he recalled the things he did at work.

He walked over to the side of the bed, gently placed his hand on her body and shook it.

“Eat a snack. Are you hungry?”

“Umm….”

Kim Seong-ah seemed to have fallen into a deep sleep, but she responded immediately.

Kim Seong-ah stood up with messy hair and half-open eyes and stared intently at the face of Kang In-ho, who was in front of her.

“What did you say…?”

Her voice was hazy, as if she had just come out of half-asleep.

“Have a snack. I guess I was tired from studying.”

“…I’m a little sleepy.”

“When I get angry, I fall asleep quickly.”

When I reminded her that she screamed and went up to the second floor, Kim Seong-ah conveyed her feelings by frowning even while fighting drowsiness.

“Let’s have a snack. Come to the kitchen.”

After saying that, I was about to leave the room.

“Uncle.”

She catches him.

“Huh?”

Seongah Kim slowly opened her arms.

“Please wake me up.”