51 – Midterm – 6
“Ahahahaha! So what did you do?”
“Is this so much fun?”
I let go of Seol-ah, who was laughing at the campus. It’s not a pleasant story at all from my point of view. I was seriously discussing my concerns, but such a reaction.
“I was asking seriously.”
“No, even if you seriously ask me. In the first place, am I in the same situation as Cordelia?”
Seola frowned as if in trouble. As she said, like Cordelia, she was saying that even a concubine would be fine, so she might have chosen the wrong person to consult with.
But what if she doesn’t have someone to talk to like this? She said that she couldn’t even consult with Hestia. Club member? There is no point of contact with Seriana seniors other than club activities. Although Hestia seems to meet Seria occasionally.
At times like this, I have doubts about my narrow personal relationship.
“It’s funny that I ask, but does Seol-ah feel wary of Cordelia or not?”
“Why me? I was thinking of sharing it anyway, but what difference would it make if two people became three?”
“You like me, right?”
This is absurd. Like Cordelia and Seol-ah, she seems to regard people as some sort of eraser. People are not lending or sharing. Seol-Ah naturally let go of my bewildered eyes.
“Because there are many forms of love in the world. Some people, like me, find more joy in giving. All it takes is a little bit of love in return.”
I’m at a loss for words. Her face did not look like that of a liar. She seriously thinks so.
“What are you talking about?”
“Then don’t do it.”
“If Seol-Ah got caught by a bad guy, she would be in real trouble.”
I love this man even though I suffer from domestic violence that comes out when I watch cartoons.
“What is that? Does he think he’s not a bad guy?”
“Isn’t that a good person?”
When did I do something bad? However, Seol-ah frowned as if she didn’t agree with me. Knowing without saying is a word used in this case. With all her might, she is expressing her disagreement with me.
“What is that expression?”
“No. Just. I was wondering what the person who has already made three naive women say.”
“I feel unfair!”
I jumped up. Anyone who sees it will know that I did it on purpose. I never acted with impure intentions of really putting my hands on her breasts and trying to do something with them. I just did the minimum duty according to my heart, but what should I do to stick on my own. Seeing me glow, Seol-ah laughed.
“I know, I know. I know it wasn’t on purpose. Not a bad guy Still, you can’t deny that you’re a sinful man, right?”
I couldn’t refute anything, so I just sighed and complained. As she said, no matter what my intentions were, the result came out like this, so I have nothing to say. Seol-ah changed the topic.
“Did you tell Hestia?”
“Of course I didn’t. How do you say that Your best friend, Cordelia, said she wanted to borrow her fiancé? I can’t speak.”
I think it’s something that can’t be hidden forever, but it’s not right now. At my words, Seol-ah nodded her head. Then she suddenly gave me some serious advice.
“Yes. This is a woman’s intuition. Never give the current Hestia anything to cause trouble with another woman or anything to complain about.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Listen to what sister says. You don’t know, but from my point of view, Hestia is the most dangerous among the women around you.”
What is this person saying? Hestia is the most dangerous person. I explained to her step by step what a kind and sincere woman her Hestia was. She is caring, and she is always selfless.
“How nice and nice Hestia is. Don’t speak ill of her.”
“Who said something bad? I know she’s a nice and nice person. Because of Wilhelm, she is also Hestia who helped me diligently when I was having a hard time.”
She snorted at my paradox.
“She’s nice and nice, but that doesn’t mean she’s not dangerous.”
What do you mean by that? Did you drink but not drink and drive? Seeing my bewildered face on her face, she sighed in frustration.
“Has Hestia reacted strangely and frighteningly when you and Cordelia are together these days?”
I went back to my memory. The answer came quickly. A while ago, he told me coldly that he had been enjoying watching Cordelia and me, and that he was more interested in Cordelia than me these days. Her eyes are smiling, but the corners of her mouth quiver as if they were forced up. It is quite different from her usual friendly, considerate and relaxed woman, so it remains clearly in her memory.
“Isn’t it?”
She made a look at me, as if she knew a little about it just by looking at my expression.
“Oh, I see. There is.”
“Before you possessed that body, originally Mikhail had no feelings for Hestia. You know because I told you this story before, right?”
Before I even asked how I knew, Seol-ah started explaining on her own. She originally referred to Mikhail and Hestia’s relationship.
“Yes. According to Hestia, the first day I met her, she originally intended to tell me to break up.”
“Yes. After ignoring her self for 10 years, her fiancé suddenly changes her attitude one day and says she loves her. Then what?”
I thought about it for a while, but I couldn’t find an answer. How is it, I can’t imagine. Love hate? Question? It seems to be a pretty complicated emotion.
“Why is this bastard like this? I think you might want to.”
“That is natural. It’s not that Hestia hates you. She’s a fiancé who’s supposed to get along anyway, someone she even has a pretty good crush on. She was just starting to get some attention after being ignored by someone like that for 10 years. Maybe she’s thinking that she doesn’t want to go back like that again? “
“Oh, that sounds like it.”
“She says that someone who has eaten meat knows the taste, Hestia who once received your love and attention, now she will never want to go back to the way she used to be.”
I nodded. Her words were persuasive enough. If a member of the group task, who had been in touch all week, suddenly actively participated one day, he would not want to go back to the original lonely leader.
Seola laughed bitterly at my analogy.
“Whether the metaphor is relevant or not, the point here is that Hestia doesn’t want to go back to the way it used to be.”
“What does that have to do with Hestia being in danger?”
“Think backwards. After ignoring you for over 10 years, Hestia suddenly says she likes you and expresses affection and gives you attention. You don’t want to go back to the old neglected relationship now. But Hestia suddenly became close with a guy other than you, and she lost her interest in you. Then what?”
I closed my eyes and imagined her words. Um, just thinking about it makes me mad? I felt like giving that imaginary boy a punch.
“You hit that guy?”
“It’s pretty extreme. Anyway, that’s exactly what Hestia must be feeling right now. Of course, you can’t compare a man’s and a woman’s feelings on the same line, but the texture is similar. Obsession with you, possessiveness, monopoly, and jealousy of other women who claim your attention.”
After hearing what Seol-Ah said, I roughly understood it. I was stunned for a moment. That’s what she meant when she said it was dangerous.
“Yes. So, don’t ever get caught getting involved with other women.”
“Yes. But in the first place, I usually go around really hard. I don’t think it will take anything now.”
Coming to think of it, I’m not flirting with other girls, and it’s not like I’ve lost interest in Hestia. Is there any problem? At my words, Seol-ah let out a sigh and shook her head.
“You are real! Wow, no. You just have to experience it once to know. Just know that Hestia’s standards will be stricter than you think.”
She looked me straight in the eye and threw her advice in her earnest voice and eyes. I suddenly had a question. No, why did someone who knew so well about Hestia’s inner feelings say that she was seducing me? There is a degree of inconsistency.
“But why does someone who knows that so well keep flirting with me?”
“It’s the sea. It’s not a crime if you don’t get caught.”
Seola smiled brightly. Lately, she looks like Seola instead of her Lily, so I don’t feel the thrill of her first time, but sometimes, when she smiles like that with that face, her destructive power is amazing.
But apart from that, the words she put into her mouth were problematic in many ways. Creepy, I decided not to dig further into this story. I don’t know what abyss will come out.
“Let’s move on to another story. You must have told me last week that you had nothing to fight about, right?”
This is the content I’ve been waiting for since this morning. Seol-ah was very confident that there would be no fighting and that there was no danger.
Her expression hardened at my questioning. It looks like it’s getting stabbed. She smiled awkwardly. Um, oh, oh, yes. She just let out her weird moan and then shut her mouth.
“Honestly, do you know how a person who can’t use mana can suddenly be able to use mana?”
“No, there is, but it’s not the right time to come out….”
“Timing? Timing?”
I grabbed her cheek.
“Isn’t that right?”
“No way, there is a possessed chair next to me who knows everything about the original work, but nothing fits! You are talking about timing!”
I let go of Seol-ah’s hand because she whined that she was in so much pain. She had tears in her eyes. It’s been this much, but she doesn’t even feel sorry.
“So please explain. What is it?”
“Oh, it hurts. Can you really do this to your sister?”
“Answer me quickly.”
Seola touched her cheek with red handprints.
“A drug appears briefly in the middle of the original story… what is that hand stop!”
“There is no need to fight when there is such a drug? Are you kidding me?!”
“Wait a minute! Listen to me!”
She managed to resist the spontaneous movement of her hand to her cheek. No, there is no reason to fight when such a suspicious drug comes out? Whoever sees it, isn’t it a perfect device to get involved with black people?
“Really! Maybe the writer just wanted to finish it quickly, so it’s something that he put away in one line while arranging the rice cakes he sprinkled at the end. How do you remember that!”
“More details.”
“Lily successfully walks the tightrope between Wilhelm and you, and after she has some of her own power, she touches the world behind her.”
The other world? What kind of female protagonist is so tough? In many ways, it is very different from the image I had in mind. The image of a romantic woman who wears a dress and goes to a ball and dances holding the prince’s hand is all in the process of collapsing. Walking a tightrope between the crown prince and the grand duke of the north wasn’t enough, so he went to the back world to build his own power?
“I mean, they caught a sub male lead in the back world and started a business like that. There, one of the gang members finds the drug, and the sub-boyfriend says he recognizes it, and that’s it.”
There was even another sub male lead. I felt lost in the endless abyss.
“You, just look at it with an expression asking if you’re reading that one more time.”
“Okay, I’ll try to restrain myself. So that’s the end?”
“Yes. Then, right before the end, I investigated, but I couldn’t find anything, just put it away saying I can’t find it anymore.”
“That, it’s kind of like talking about a novel you enjoyed reading,”
“You know I’m screwed too, right?”
She blocked me in advance as if she knew what I was about to say. I don’t know what kind of novel there are so many holes in the setting and the rice cake that I recalled.
“Then Seol-ah is suspicious of the drug?”
“I am almost certain, not in doubt. As you said, there is no way there could be such a suspicious drug other than the one in the original story.”
“Then what?”
How do we solve the rice cake that the writer gave up and threw away? My eyes went dark.
“For now, I have no choice but to let go. At the point where Wilhelm took a leave of absence from school and disappeared in front of us in the first place, the contents of the original work couldn’t be of much help.”
“Is it okay?”
Fortunately, nothing happened to Cordelia, but it would have been really dangerous without me. It’s a situation you can’t help but worry about. Seol-ah was worried about my poor expression, so she tried to comfort me.
“It’s okay, it’s okay. I said it before, but it’s not that important, and the academy isn’t stupid, so for the time being, they’ll be paying a lot of attention to outsiders’ access and safety measures. You don’t have to worry so much right now.”
Okay, let’s take it easy. I decided to put my mind at ease. I can’t be bothered right now, and nothing can be solved by putting my mind to sleep. I decided to wait for this case to be resolved.
It was the next day when Max woke up.