115 – Standing in line is also skill
“Hmm~♪ As expected, first grade would be good, right? Let’s see…….”
Tiana’s bright red eyes roll and scan each face of her new students. In her field of vision, there were only children with nervous expressions coming in.
After confirming everyone’s faces, Tiana’s gaze settles in one place.
“Oh, yes! You were there! Come on out of here!”
Tiana’s eyes turn mischievous.
An expression as if he had found an interesting toy.
Pointy fangs twinkle with a fishy smile at the corners of her mouth.
That’s right, where Tiana’s gaze stopped…….
“Huh? That’s what I meant – Ah, no……. Are you talking… ?!”
A freshman with silver hair tied in two pigtails was sitting with a blank expression.
“Yes, you. Word of interest. By the way, it seems that you have changed your tone a bit?”
Yes. The freshman that Tiani’s gaze points to is none other than Derke.
“Yes, yes… ! Fixed-!”
“Chi, that’s not fun. By the way, where did you sell the badge of the person of interest?”
“Ah, that is… ! They said it was okay to wear plain clothes on the weekends…….”
“But you wouldn’t have said that it would be nice to leave the badge there, right?”
Tiana reacts as if she is interested.
Like finding the right grit.
In addition, when she saw Derke, whom she had only heard about through rumors, her playfulness was activated.
Deerke was quite famous among the seniors. Because he was the academy’s only interested hero and used unusual words, rumors couldn’t help but spread.
Does it feel like a friend who speaks dialect has transferred to a school in the metropolitan area?
Of course, Benedict’s awarding of the Hero’s Badge played a bigger role than that.
“I will definitely wear it next time!”
“That’s natural, come out anyway. If the seniors and my classmates come later, I will tell them how to introduce themselves.”
“Nenep, I understand… !”
Derke answers normally in common language.
Even so, only the tone has changed,
Derke’s usual lively accent was the same.
ㅡ Dubbeok, dumble, dumble… !
Contrary to his bright voice, Derke cautiously approached with nervous steps. To Tiana, who is looking at herself with an ominous look.
ㅡCharleureuk… !
“Now, take this with both hands first.”
As Derke approaches right in front of her, Tiana scoops the gourd from her wine pot.
“Clap… !”
Derke, who received the gourd with both hands without saying anything, just swallowed dry saliva.
ㅡHoeheheheh… What to do with Dereke…… ?
The other first graders watching this were the same.
The little kids who had been laughing happily over sweet desserts until just now were looking nervous.
‘Seo, I can’t believe I have to drink all of this…… ?!’
The quick-witted Derke already knew.
That you don’t have a choice right now.
The only way to regain freedom is to drink this tasteless, bitter liquid.
“Don’t be too nervous. It’s not as big as I thought.”
“Eh, can I just drink as much as I can? … ?”
“Huh? What are you talking about? Should I drink it all? It won’t be difficult once you put it in your mouth.”
“After…… ?!”
“Now, take a look at the rest! If your senior gives you a drink like this, you can drink it all at once without saying anything. Then, say your grade and name clearly. Isn’t it simple?”
Tiana explains while looking at the freshmen sitting around her. A bad practice that has been going on for hundreds of years in the academy.
“… ….”
In an instant, the faces of the freshmen harden.
Tiana, on the other hand, couldn’t stop laughing.
She licked her lips with a look that seemed like she was going to die of fun.
She didn’t mind even though she went through the same thing when she was a freshman. Now she was in the position of the perpetrator, not the victim.
“Huh… ….”
“Huh? What are you doing not drinking? Are you interested?”
“Gee, are you really drinking… ?!”
Derke asked back with his green eyes trembling. With an expression that can stimulate sympathy as much as possible.
In fact, the oppressive atmosphere had no effect on Derke. He just didn’t want to drink the bitter, tasteless drink.
To that extent, Derke’s taste remained that of a child.
“Ha? So, do you think I’m doing this as a joke?”
“Yeah, but I wrote it… ….”
“I can’t. If the first year came out like that, the second year who didn’t manage juniors instead—”
“Sister! Alas…… !!!”
“”…… ?!””
Tiana is about to cast a grunt on her sophomore when a childish voice interrupts.
While referring to Tiana as ‘sister’.
“Hmm? Tina… ? Why are you suddenly…… ?”
“Don’t bully my friend! Please!”
“hahahaha… ? Is this senior Tina’s older sister?”
Both Derke and Tiana were clearly taken aback by Tina’s sudden cry.
“Tina, that stupid younger sister-?! If she stayed still, she would have passed your turn on her own, but she left out to say that…… ?!”
ㅡTina’s older sister is a senior in 3rd grade… ?
ㅡI didn’t know at all! Never heard of such a thing!
ㅡThe 1st year representative is the younger brother of the 3rd year representative…… ?
ㅡThat guy, his life in the academy has completely worked out.
ㅡ Woongseong Woongseong
Tina’s intervention makes the atmosphere momentarily chaotic.
Yes.
1St year representative Tina,
Tiana, representative of the 3rd year.
As you can see, just by looking at their names, it is clear that they are sisters.
It wasn’t just that their names and appearances were similar.
“Derke is my best friend and classmate… ! So please don’t bully me!”
“Whoops, you idiot! It’s good to love your siblings, but today I can’t cover them all!”
Tiana was just frustrated with Tina.
She tried to take care of Tina indiscriminately, but She
She dared to step in and she was making it big.
“hahahaha? Eh, isn’t it possible enough for an older sister?! Until I had to force myself to drink…….”
“You should be able to take care of it secretly. But if you come out like this now, I’ll be in trouble too?”
“That, it was like that…… ?”
“Huh, that’s it, is there a warrior of interest?”
Tiana shakes her head and calls out to Der Ke. Tina’s intervention ruined her excitement.
“Yes, senior… !”
“You just take a sip and go in. Is it because of Tina that you can get past this?”
“Kuhhh… ?!”
“Even if you don’t drink right now and hold on, you’re bound to drink it all eventually. And soon, seniors from the 4th grade may come, so hurry up and drink.”
“… ….”
It shrunk from one gourd to one sip, but Derke couldn’t speak easily.
I had never drank alcohol in the first place, and I didn’t like the scent that stung my nose just by smelling it.
“What? Do you think it’s unfair now? Me and sophomore year, it’s all the same thing in the past. I have no complaints at all.”
Tiana presses Derke with a dumbfounded voice. It’s not fun anymore, so she says to drink at least a little and go back to her seat.
‘Because the clear water smells like piercing your nose… …. I don’t understand why they ask me to eat something that looks tasteless just by smelling it… ! But if I don’t eat right away, I’ll get scolded. Eh…….’
But Derke was at a loss because of the smell of alcohol rather than injustice. Because he was more honest than anyone else in front of something tasteless, his agony lasted longer.
“If you don’t drink quickly, all the sophomores start drinking one cup at a time?”
However, Derke had no other option than to ‘drink’.
“Hueup… !”
It was when Derke, who had no place to retreat, decided to close his eyes and take just one sip.
“There? What are you doing?”
A soft female voice is heard from far away.
“… Oh? Senior Sofia?!”
Sophia’s voice came from behind before the alcohol touched Derke’s lips. Besides, it wasn’t just Sophia.
“How-wa-?! Tiana? Are you trying to get the kids to drink?”
Two women walk side by side from behind.
They are none other than Sophia and Laylin.
They looked pretty surprised at this sight.
Sophia was on her way back from her finishing ceremony. On her way out of the shrine, she ran into Reirin.
They were now moving their steps to go see the breeder’s face. And just in time, I witnessed the scene of evil practices.
“Tiana? Can you explain why you, a senior, are leading the freshman welcome party?”
Sophia asked Tiana with her uneasy face.
It wasn’t enough that she gathered all of her juniors without her permission, and she was forcibly even offering alcohol, so she couldn’t respond well.
“Ah, senior Sophia? As always, we were preparing for the welcome party for new students. The professor gave permission, and above all, I entrusted permission from Hiyuki-senpai that it was okay for me to host.”
But Tiana had a cause.
Because she got the consent of the professor and seniors in advance.
That was also from Sophia’s best friend.
“You mean Hiyuki?”
“Yes, it is.”
“Haa, Hiyuki is so indecisive that she needs to get rid of it… ….”
Sophia shook her head at Tiana’s answer. She opened her mouth in a voice that softened at Tiana’s explanation.
“I totally agree with the time I get to know the freshmen. But we need to get rid of these customs.”
“Seo, senior? Do you want to get rid of it?”
“Tiana? Don’t you remember?”
“Yes? What are you talking about…… ?”
“When you were a freshman, you were forced to drink and got drunk, and suddenly you threw off your clothes and went naked—”
“Hiyaaa! Stand up, senior! There are a lot of juniors here, so what are you talking about…… !!”
When Sophia brings up a story about her past that only they know about, Tiana interrupts her with a serious expression. It sounded like a cat purring.
Yes. Tiana was also a victim of a coercive freshman reception in the past.
But now that she had eaten her time, the so-called compensation psychology was activated, and she completely forgot all the shameful memories of her past, and she was about to commit the same evil.
“If you understand well, that’s what I was just about to do. Stop right now.”
“Yeah, but this alcohol… …. Diora sunbaenim stayed at the hideout for over 100 years for today…….”
“Tiana? Did you dare mention Diora’s name just now? No matter how much you follow a senior, can I accept that Diora’s will is more important than me, the student council president?”
ㅡaaa…….
Sophia, who is usually calm and friendly, shoots her contemptuous eyes. And then she muttered in a voice that was colder than ever.
“… ….”
Tiana couldn’t even react to Sofia’s appearance for a moment. She just hung her head, frozen in her place.
Sophia reacted particularly sensitively.
That’s right, Tiana’s Diora line.
She couldn’t help but be concerned.
It was uncomfortable to see her head of the student council talking about Diora in front of herself.
“Sorry, sorry… …. She meant otherwise, she didn’t mean that…….”
“Tiana? She’s not saying don’t drink. I have no intention of ruining my free time like today. I just want her to stop forcing her juniors to drink.”
“Yes, I understand… ….”
Tiana nodded at Sofia’s calm voice again. She looked very intimidated, overwhelmed only by the eyes and voice.
“Tell the rest of the 3rd graders and my classmates well. That I ordered a ‘wholesome’ freshman welcome party.”
“Yes, yes… ….”
“Good. We have something to do, so I’ll be away for a while.”
After those words, Sofia crossed the middle of the freshmen sitting in a circle.
ㅡPat Pat… !
Her Laylin, who was following her, patted her classmate Tiana on the shoulder and comforted her by saying, ‘Let’s have a drink with her later’.
Even if the lines are different, the motivation is the same.
“Oh, and Derke? Put it down now.”
“hahahaha… ? Thank you, Death-!”
“Okay, shall we walk together for a while?”
“Oh, seniors, where are you going right now?”
Derke, who immediately put the raffle down at Sofia’s words, followed Sophia and Raylin and asked. She had a bright face as if she had never done that.
“Well, of course you are on your way to see Mr. Breeder?”
“Oh, I want to see the breeder oppa too!”
“Yes, it is. So do I.”
“By the way, senior? You said you had something to tell all of us earlier, but what is it? It’s also a story about an albino…….”
As they leave the banquet hall, Laylin asks Sophia a question.
I wanted to simply see the face of the breeder, but the meaningful remark that Sophia had made in front of the temple earlier caught my heart.
“Huh, you must be curious. I actually witnessed something unbelievable from Mr. Breeder earlier during the day. I’m going to tell you and Mr. Breeder about that.”
“Yes? Did he witness something unbelievable?”
“What happened to the breeder oppa, Death Yong-?!”
Reirin and Derke react simultaneously to Sophia’s explanation as if they had made a promise.
“For more details, I will meet with Mr. Breeder, the person in charge, and talk about it. It’s not something you can easily talk about anywhere…….”
After those words, Sophia turned her back again.
Toward the outdoor kitchen where the breeder is working.