Side Story – Because I’ve Returned to the Beginning, I Want to Say I Like You Again This Time!
by Afuhfuihgs
“…Oh, I’ve been talking for too long. Shall we wrap it up soon?”
“Yes!!!”
“Please!!!”
“Oh, God-isiyeo!”
The students, suffocating from boredom at Principal Nelson’s never-ending speech, showed an explosive reaction. At Nelson’s satisfied smile in response, everyone swallowed the nasty words that had risen to their throats.
Because the end was near. The students, who had already experienced it last year, knew that when Principal Nelson took out his wand from his pocket and waved it lightly, the doors of the banquet hall would open and a banquet where they could eat and drink to their heart’s content would begin.
As everyone swallowed their saliva and sent longing gazes, Nelson put his hand into his pocket with a pleased smile.
“Now! Since the boring speech is over, I hope you enjoy the banquet to your heart’s content―”
“Wait a minuteeeeeee―――!!!”
Suddenly, someone’s voice echoed through the banquet hall. Whether Principal Nelson used amplification magic for his speech, even the smallest breath could be heard clearly in everyone’s ears. Everyone looked around in confusion at the sudden situation, murmuring…!
A boy stood up from the table where the freshmen of the combat department were gathered.
With blonde hair and blue eyes, the boy’s name was ‘Ross’.
―Murmur, murmur
“W-what is it?”
“Is he a combat department freshman?”
“More than that…! A combat department freshman imitated the principal’s amplification magic?!”
“Ah! I know who he is! He’s Roel’s younger brother who’s entering this year!”
Everyone in the banquet hall naturally focused their attention on Ross. The fact that Roel, whom everyone at the academy knew and liked, was having his younger brother enter as a freshman was a rumor that had been circulating for months, so the interest was even greater.
Among the many people who were looking at him was Ellie, Ross’s childhood friend. She was half out of her mind that Ross, who usually had no interest in magic, had imitated the magic of a great wizard with the title of Sage. Even she couldn’t imitate the principal’s magic right now.
“H-how could Ross…?”
If Roel, who was good at everything, suddenly became good at magic too, she would have nodded nonchalantly, thinking it was possible. But if Ross, the loser who couldn’t do anything without her by his side, suddenly became good at magic…? That was an anomaly that could only be seen as a change in the world line. Or a phenomenon that could be called a ghost story.
“Heuh… It hurts, so it’s not a dream, is it?”
Ellie, who was pinching her cheek to see if she was dreaming, suddenly felt the gazes of the students sitting around her and was flustered.
“…Eung? Why are you looking at me all of a sudden…?!”
Ellie, who was muttering to herself in embarrassment, realized the reason in the middle. Ross, who was receiving the attention of everyone in the banquet hall (even Principal Nelson and the academy professors), was looking straight at her. With a resolute expression that gave her a sense of instinctive unease, as if he had something he absolutely had to say to her.
In that moment, Ellie felt her heart drop to the floor with a thud. What could be the reason why Ross, who couldn’t even look her in the eye normally, had to ignore the gazes of so many people and look straight at her?
Ellie, who was quick-witted, could easily guess the reason. Even if that answer was something she absolutely wanted to deny. Ellie felt despair that even Roel, whom she was interested in, was among the many people who were now sending her interesting glances, and she muttered with a face that looked like she would burst into tears at any moment.
“Y-you, don’t tell me… N-no, right? Please, say it isn’t so―”
“Ross, a first-year in the combat department, publicly announces that he likes Ellie, a freshman in the magic department!!!”
Ellie’s legs gave way and she collapsed to the ground at Ross’s voice that filled the banquet hall.
***
―――3 hours ago, a men’s restroom in the academy.
A true wizard who had surpassed the limits of a wizard and reached complete transcendence. I, who had earned the title of King of Wizards, was pathetically shaking my legs in a toilet stall.
“Kkeueueueueueung….”
It’s not that I need to take a dump. I’m just relaxing. As I shook my legs diligently to relieve the tension, I recalled the cryptic advice that Ellie, whom I met in another world, had given me.
‘Make me curious about you.’
‘Huh…? What the hell are you talking about out of the blue?’
‘I’m a curious person. That’s why I became interested in Roel oppa, who is an incomprehensible genius. So I’m giving you advice on how to seduce me in another world. Use it if you have the chance.’
‘T-then how…?’
‘Express your sincerity with the best magic you can do. That’s all I’ll need back then. You’re the Magic King, after all.’
‘…Really? Can I trust you? That’ll work?!’
‘Who knows Ellie back then… as well as I do?’
To be honest, I still don’t believe it, but it’s advice from Ellie in another world. I must have helped her a lot, so it can’t be a trap… or is it? It’s a little unsettling because it’s Ellie. She’s the kind of person who could confess that she’s surprisingly good at NTR one day.
Still, I trusted Ellie. People have a conscience, after all. So, as soon as I returned to the moment of possession, I planned [♥Ross’s Proposal Operation♥].
With countless spectators watching me.
It seems that God gave me a special perk for helping to save the world. He upgraded the casual spectators’ comments so that I can see them again at any time.
But….
[If you’re a Myeolbung who’s already grinning at the thought of the gallery being flooded with memes: thumbs] [420]
[327]
[If this fails: who] [488]
[Wanjang: you] [22]
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[Confessing to Ellie? Go: Back] [177]
[892]
[[Review] Differences and peculiarities between 1st Ross: Magic] [1011]
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“…Crazy bastards.”
It’s not helping me at all. I used to be able to ignore the bullshit and let it flow, but now it’s permanently preserved even after time passes. In fact, I haven’t even checked the contents of the #1 recommended post because I judged that it wasn’t worth seeing just by the title.
[8982]
Seriously, there’s no need to see the contents. I’m not even the Wanjang, so I can’t delete the post. Is there anything more fucked up than this? I want to ask where to apply for a perk refund. Do I have to go to the nearest temple within 30 days?
Still, there weren’t only crazy people among the spectators. There were also many kind-hearted spectators who seriously put their heads together to solve my problems. If there’s one crazy person, there are four normal people.
[Just go with Ellie’s advice from another world without worrying!]
[Yeah, no need to listen to the gallery retards. Don’t mind them]
[So what kind of magic are you going to use?]
[How about this? Base it on elemental magic, and use Ellie’s specialty, synthesis magic, as the framework of the spell…]
[I think it’s better to use the multiple illusion magic that I improved before]
As the saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining, and a lot of good advice piled up while the malicious spectators were active in the gallery. Thanks to that, I was able to work hard to research the magic I would use for my confession until the academy entrance ceremony began.
But….
“Now that I’m about to do it… I’m so fucking scared.”
Confessing in front of everyone.
It’s not easy even for me, the King of Wizards.
It can be seen as a difficulty similar to the challenge of giving an answer other than ‘Neatly’ to the question of what kind of haircut the hairdresser should give you.
[ㅋㅋㅋ I know that feeling ㄹㅇ]
[I was so scared at first, but it’s easy later. The difference is experience]
[Yes, that’s also experience. I was also very shy when I was young. But after experiencing love, I was able to change too.]
[ㅅㅂ Honestly, I can’t watch it live ㅋㅋ I’m going to kick my blanket today ㅋㅋ]
As the moment of confession approached, the spectators were making a fuss like me, and the leg shaking I had been doing was in vain.
Huh? I think I really need to take a dump.
As I bit my lip and took a deep breath for a while, one of the spectators asked.
[Is the preparation perfect? There’s nothing more X-ed up than failing in front of Ellie ㅋㅋ]
[앜ㅋㅋ I just imagined that situation and I got goosebumps. Magic failure in front of the whole school! Kkeuaaaaaaak!!!]
[Then I should immediately blow my head off and commit suicide]
“The preparation is perfect! I’m the King of Wizards, after all.”
…Maybe.
This is really going to work, right… Ellie?!
Or I’m really going to curse you!
***
―――Back to the present, the banquet hall.
Ellie, who almost fainted at Ross’s confession, was barely able to stay conscious with the help of those around her. At first, Ellie only felt embarrassed, but after the confession, she felt ashamed, and now she was entering the stage of anger.
Ellie, grinding her teeth and vowing to give Ross, who had publicly humiliated her at the entrance ceremony, an unforgettable lesson, momentarily forgot even the anger that had risen to the top of her head when Ross suddenly took out his wand from his pocket.
“Eh? A wand?”
It was as out of context as Ross, who was in the combat department, making a sudden confession in front of the whole school, so she was embarrassed. The other students who were watching the situation were the same. Everyone was wondering why the combat department was taking out a wand!
[―――Hoi!]
Ross used magic. Moreover, it was magic in an ancient language that no one in the banquet hall could understand.
The magic that was implemented around Ross stretched out towards the walls and ceiling of the banquet hall. Finally, with the magic implemented throughout the banquet hall, everyone’s lips, regardless of whether they were professors or students, parted slightly without them even realizing it.
“….”
The entire banquet hall was dyed with countless colors. In the place where the walls used to be, a night sky with beautiful stars was lowered, and on the ceiling that everyone could see, a girl smiling beautifully was with the light.
A girl with obsidian-like eyes that held both sadness and joy, Ellie, was looking down at everyone.
“Hoo… This is really amazing.”
“T-to think that this is a freshman’s magic… It’s really amazing.”
It was magic that even Nelson, the principal of Transcendence, and Vice Principal Leora, who was known for being strict, exclaimed with pure admiration.
“Wow.”
“D-did I just get goosebumps..?”
“…My Kkomuli got hard.”
If it was just a picture that implemented colors with magic, everyone in the banquet hall wouldn’t have widened their eyes like children and stared blankly. Most of the students at Transcendence Academy are from noble families and have been educated since childhood to cultivate the items they see in works of art.
Even if they weren’t nobles, Transcendence students could enter the capital’s exhibition halls, which were full of works of art from the era, for free.
In other words, to some extent, students attending Transcendence have an eye for art.
However, Ross’s magic was not simply a well-drawn magic. It simply revealed the unique colors of the elements so that everyone could see them, rather than expressing colors with magic. However, it made them feel a sense of reality that could not be imitated with any paint or magic.
It was a method that Ellie, who would become a future great wizard who could handle all the elements, had taught him directly, so only Ross could implement this method now. That’s why it felt even more shocking. It was so much so that it felt like he had summoned reality with magic.
Those who were knowledgeable about magic and art did not make the mistake of closing their eyes even for a moment. Those who missed this moment, which burned intensely and created a harmonious blend of reality and fantasy, were not qualified to be at the entrance ceremony of Transcendence Academy.
That was the same for Ellie.
The difference from other students was that she was not widening her eyes to avoid missing even the smallest detail, but rather closing her eyes.
But Ellie didn’t need to open her eyes.
Because she had already engraved this moment in her heart forever.
This was a magic that could be called a mysterious phenomenon that could not be forgotten even if she tried, and it was close to art that could be called the representative of the era. There was no way that Ellie, the future great wizard, would accept its value in the same way as ordinary people.
She could feel not only the sophistication of the magic that others could not see, but also the beautiful harmony of opposing elements. Ellie felt her soul ringing beyond the beating of her heart.
Tak―!
When Ross snapped his fingers, the magic that had been implemented began to disappear from the floor of the banquet hall, which had been dyed with countless colors. As it got closer and closer to the ceiling, everyone sighed with regret and exhaled with a sense of loss.
“…Ah.”
Ellie, who opened her eyes at the murmuring around her, also felt a strange sense of loss as she watched the disappearing magic. It felt like she had seen a beautiful mirage. When Ellie couldn’t bear it and closed her eyes tightly as she watched her face, which had been implemented on the ceiling, disappear….
“L-look at that!”
“It’s not over!”
Ellie opened her eyes wide at the cheers of the people.
“…!”
Ellie’s face on the ceiling had disappeared, but there was a huge, blue shining moon that filled the banquet hall. And the moonlight selfishly touched only two people, like the lighting of a stage.
The numerous students around them looked at the two people in the darkness, and the female students screamed and hit each other’s shoulders as Ellie and Ross’s bodies slowly floated up. Some of the male students tried to peek at Ellie’s skirt, which had risen to the ceiling, but suddenly their eyes flashed and they lost their vision.
“Aaaak! My eyes…!”
“My eyes hurt!”
“I can’t see anything!”
As the murmuring grew louder in various places, Ross, who had risen above the banquet hall, shouted.
“If anyone tries to look at Ellie’s skirt, I’ve temporarily blinded them with magic!”
At those words, the murmuring disappeared and the students who were touching their eyes looked at the ceiling as if nothing had happened.
“Ah, I just got some dust in my eyes.”
“The reason I said my eyes hurt was… because the two of you looked so beautiful.”
“Um, I can see properly too?”
“…Are you looking at me right now?”
“Ah.”
Leaving that commotion behind, the two faced each other under the huge blue moon on the ceiling. Ross scratched the back of his head at Ellie’s expression, who was pressing her lips tightly and frowning slightly.
“T-that, Ellie… Are you perhaps angry―”
“Haa?!”
Ross, who quickly avoided her gaze to the side at Ellie’s reaction, scratched his forehead. Ellie, who was quietly looking at Ross, wanted to sigh at the gazes of the numerous students looking at her from below… but somehow her shoulders felt a little good. Everyone is looking at her. Also, while envying her for receiving the courtship of Ross, who showed amazing magic.
…Heung, maybe it’s not so bad?
Ellie would have somehow made Ross drop out if it was just a normal confession. But, of course, the deep emotion left by that magic, which remains vivid in her mind, and above all, the secret of how that inferior and foolish Ross suddenly became a genius of magic was so curious.
Ross, who was on the palm of her hand and thought she knew everything, suddenly changed completely… It’s natural to be curious. On top of that, Ross, who implemented such wonderful magic, still looks flustered in front of her…?
“…What are you doing?”
Ellie, who controlled her twitching lips while pretending to be annoyed, spoke curtly, and Ross, who was scratching his nose this time, flinched his shoulders and replied.
“Uh, uh…?”
“We came all the way up here, so something has to happen to end it! Are you just going to end it here?”
“I didn’t think about what to do next…?!”
This retard, really!
Ellie, who bit her lip tightly, muttered in ventriloquism with her mouth closed.
“…Kiss.”
“I didn’t hear you properly?”
“Kiss me right now.”
“Uh, that, kiss you…?”
When Ellie sent him a sharp look, Ross, who was convinced that it was the right answer, tilted his head slightly towards Ellie with half doubt and half certainty.
‘Is this it? Is this it? Is this it? Do I open my lips and go in? Or do I open them when my lips touch? What’s the timing for the tongue? Do I hold my breath? Is it OK to breathe through my nose?’
While Ross was diligently asking the spectators how to do it now, Ellie suddenly leaned in and overlapped her lips. The moment the strawberry scent rushed in, Ross’s mind turned completely white.
The moment Ross and Ellie’s lips overlapped, everyone in the banquet hall cheered enthusiastically and screamed with joy, applauding, but all Ross could hear with his lowered intelligence was Ellie’s voice.
Ellie, who took her lips off, said this.
“You took my first kiss in front of everyone, so you have to take responsibility now, right?”
While wearing a devilish smile.
“You’re mine now.”
So Ross smiled stupidly and replied.
“Yeah, I like you too!”
-The End of the Wizard King, Ross Side Story!-
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