episode_0061

“Wow… my stomach is really really full…”

Park Ha-eun patted her stomach and showed that she was full. Of course, the boat that was said to be full seemed to me to be just inside. What I was doing was that I was about 10 weeks pregnant, and my stomach was fully in, so it was a discordant sound and a frustrating angle.

“You.. ate, right?”

“Wow! I really ate a lot, but me??”

“…Yes, if that’s you, then that’s probably it.”

“?”

Every time something comes up, he says that he ate a lot because he gave up half of it to me. At first, I thought he was doing it out of consideration for me, but when I got there at the last minute, I realized that he really couldn’t eat because he was full.

So, thanks to that, even though it was a course meal, I received both Hongseol and Mint Haeun and completed the miracle course for two people. I was so relieved inside that I felt like I could play until dawn today without getting tired.

“Now then, shall we look into the reading room?”

But unfortunately, the next destination is already decided. Hongseol took out her smartphone and was looking for a facility where we could study, and I couldn’t help but feel deep despair.

It’s such a nice day, I’m so full, and I’m in such a good mood, but what I really have to do is study? It was a part where I couldn’t understand why the world gave birth to me and created study.

And, that is.

“I… erase it.”

“Why?”

“Should I talk to Hong Seol and ask her to take a short break…? I don’t think I’m ready to study yet…”

Park Ha-eun, who was also in the lowest grades like me, was in the same situation. Park Ha-eun, who secretly expressed her intention to me in a whisper, slowly began to walk towards Hong-seol as I quietly agreed to it.

“Hey… Hongseol unnie.”

“Yes, Ha-eun.”

“I know a cafe near here that is really good at coffee, right? How about just letting it digest for a moment and then leaving?”

It was Park Ha-eun’s clear speaking style that is difficult to see in everyday life. It was truly overwhelming to see that his usual habit of slightly stuttering or extending the ending was gone, and he returned to his normal speaking style.

Did you hate studying so much that you woke up untimely? I know that feeling well. Let’s fight together and win the grace period, Park Ha-eun!

“Coffee?”

“Yes! I’ll buy it! Wait a minute there…”

“No.”

Hongseol, who was listening to Park Ha-eun, narrowed her eyes and raised her index finger. It was like reprimanding a puppy for causing an accident, but at this moment, we are on the same level as the puppy. Or less than that, so it was a very powerful pattern.

“A moment becomes 10 minutes, then an hour, then a day. If you really want to go, let’s go after studying.”

“Ha, don’t do it…”

“It’s no use opening your eyes like that. My junior seems to have noticed that you did that, but I will never fall for that. The next thing to do is definitely study. Do you understand?”

“Hiyin… Yes..”

It was Hong Seol who gave lectures as if he were a teacher. Of course, Park Ha-eun, who was carrying the gun, had no choice but to hang her tail in response to those firm words. After all, he is the one who even bought a course meal for us to study, so how can we not listen to him?

“Junior. You have no complaints, right?”

“Of course not. He said something meaningless.”

“Ji, Ji-rina..! You both agreed!!”

“When am I? I don’t know.”

To avoid Hongseol’s sharp gaze, I shrugged my shoulders and lied. Then this time, Park Ha-eun’s pitiful eyes began to shoot towards me. Would you say this is a choice? The analogy may seem wrong, but let’s just say it is.

“I have bad luck. I absolutely hate it!”

“I absolutely hate it?”

“….I don’t like it completely, just a little!”

When he said something like that with his cheeks puffed out, he was like no other angel. I had a burning desire to peck that cheek right away, but Hongseol, who sensed something strange, immediately started glaring at me, so I had no choice but to end it as an attempt.

In the end, Park Ha-eun’s pout was resolved by letting her touch my back. Later, perhaps because of the height difference, he started lowering his arms, saying that his shoulders were hurting, but it was almost up to his hips, so I had no choice but to warn him.

Maybe this is my mistake too? It’s just because my shoulder hurts. Of course, it’s never been like this when I’ve touched it before, but it’s probably just my mood. It has to be my mood…

“Noise is prohibited in our reading room. I think you should look elsewhere?”

“Ah, yes.. Goodbye.”

After searching, Hongseol was able to find several reading rooms, but they all had reservations or were not allowed to make noise.

Due to the nature of being taught by Hong Seol, noise was bound to exist. Unless we were interacting at the level of some kind of telepathic alien civilization, we couldn’t communicate without making noise.

However, there were very few reading rooms that accommodated such unique features, and even those were fully booked. Apparently, the reading room where you can make noise was popular. Well, if it’s natural, it’s natural.

“Sorry, juniors. I should have looked better.”

“No, it’s okay. Rather…”

“Rather?”

“….It’s rather bad. Ah, I want to study. I can’t wait to study, but now.”

If I had cast ‘Rather Good’, I could have become a frozen person and woke up 2000 years later. First of all, Hongseol expressed regret for his mistake, but he was struggling to think of an alternative, so all we could do was wait.

‘…But it’s a little strange.’

In fact, this was something that Hong Seol could never even imagine. This woman, who is meticulous and thorough in everything, didn’t even research a place to study, let alone make a reservation.

Even for less important restaurants, he made reservations directly, going so far as to check the range of tickets. The main menu of today’s promise is studying, after all, but you put so much effort into the sub-menu, rice, but you said I don’t know about the main menu? Even if this feels strange, isn’t it too strange?

For a moment, a chill ran down my spine. What if Hong Seol induced this situation to build up something? What if, hiding behind the excuse of ‘mistake’, he created this phenomenon on purpose to manipulate the situation to his liking??

“I guess all the other reading rooms are fully booked. I can’t help it, then…”

Wow, did they really plan it so thoroughly? It wasn’t some kind of moon landing conspiracy theory or a flat earth theory, but it seemed like it went too far. I guess it’s just an incident that occurred because I overestimated Hong Seol…

“…Shall we go home?”

“Wait a minute. Stop.”

This guy, he definitely did this on purpose. He knew that I wouldn’t come if he called me home from the beginning, so he used this clever trick to get me to come to his home.

Have you ever seen such a meticulous and beautiful girl? Instead of using your brain for something like this, if you used it for studying, go to Seoul National University… Oh, you can just go there, right? Since there’s so much left to go, I guess I’m just wasting my brains on something like this, right??

“You did this on purpose.”

“…I have no idea what you’re talking about?”

“There is no way a senior could make a mistake like this. Didn’t you plan this from the beginning to call me home??”

“That’s excessive self-consciousness, junior. Even monkeys fall from trees sometimes. Now is that kind of time.”

It was Hong Seol who was so calmly telling lies. Of course, the circumstantial evidence was solid, but there was no physical evidence, so there was no way to find fault here. And as Hong Seol said, the more I dug into it in this way, the more self-conscious I seemed.

Actually, that may be true, but doesn’t this fit the context too tightly? Since everything fit together like a puzzle, there was no choice but to suspect the mastermind.

“Of course, I have no intention of taking you by force. Because it’s not like I can defeat you with force.”

“Then don’t..”

“Of course, I’m busy studying, but I did a lot of reviewing my first-year coursework last night so I could look after my junior’s as well. I made an easy-to-understand interpretation and selected the content and key keywords to teach today, which delayed my sleep by about three hours, but if I don’t want to go, I guess there’s nothing I can do about it. Yes, it’s just something that can’t be helped.”

“……..”

This was complete nonsense. Hong Seol must have expected me to come out so shamelessly, and Hong Seol just planned everything out. When I looked to the side, Park Ha-eun seemed to have no idea what was going on. He just had a look of confusion on his face, and I didn’t think I could ask him for help.

Anyway, even though Hongseol said it this way, in the end, it was a hundred times more true that this guy had a hard time. Even though he was busy studying, he came up with a curriculum for us and took time out of his day to teach us how to study.

It was against the law to ask someone who had put in such effort to break this promise just because he didn’t want to go to your house. Plus, we happened to eat a course meal at a huge price.

Of course, we used a free ticket, but couldn’t we have eaten with someone other than us? The reason they used it on us could be seen as a sign of their great care for our juniors.

In the end, the answer was fixed. If I run away from here, I will become the bad guy of the world, and when I looked at it objectively, it seemed like that was true in my opinion.

“…Let’s go. To my senior’s house.”

“Hehehe.”

“Huh? Is there a hint of cunning in your smile?”

“Gi, it’s my mood, junior.”

Hongseol covers her mouth with an awkward expression at my words. As expected, he was a guy who had no natural talent for acting. You were so good at lying earlier, but when you get away with it, it becomes extremely awkward.

“Do you agree?”

“Woong? Ah, yea! I love wherever I go with Jiwooni!”

“…Okay, that’s it. Then that’s it.”

“?”

Park Ha-eun was just as bright as ever. Yeah, you just suit it. Just make it bigger like that. Don’t be crooked like Hong Seol.

* * *

“Are you here, lady?”

“……to?”

When we entered Hongseol’s house, what greeted us was surprisingly a servant wearing old-fashioned clothing.