“it’s okay… ?”
As I put a tissue on my nose, Han Soo-young, who was sitting next to me, asked cautiously.
I glanced around to see that the sleeve holding the handkerchief was stained with blood.
But she didn’t seem to care at all that her clothes were dirty.
“Oh, it’s okay. look. It has already stopped.”
When I took out a tissue and showed it, Han Soo-young looked at me with a more apologetic expression.
When I reached out to receive the handkerchief, she naturally slid my hand to the side and pushed herself closer.
“Put your hands away to wipe your face.”
“Give me, I’ll do it.”
“hurry.”
She furrowed her eyebrows slightly, as if scolding a child.
I didn’t want to fuss over trivial things for nothing, so I lowered my hand and a wet handkerchief touched my lips.
She mumbled in a low voice as she gently and carefully wiped the corners of my mouth and nose.
“Why did it come out all of a sudden… .”
“Yeah, sorry to startle you.”
“No, I’m not saying it’s your fault… !”
Han Soo-young did not make any excuses and stretched out with a sigh.
“I’m sorry,” she muttered once more in a crawling voice.
Still, as if he had not yet stopped his desire to run away, he gently grabbed her arm, who was slowly moving away.
It was an action without any power, but that was enough.
“ah.”
“Why are you avoiding me?”
“… … .”
She didn’t say anything.
I looked at her with her mouth shut, as if exercising the right to remain silent, and asked carefully.
“Is there something I did wrong to the point where you avoid me?”
“It’s not your fault.”
she muttered quietly.
She murmured once more as she began to touch the stone placed in front of her with her feet.
“It’s not like that… I wish it had been like that.”
Then it wouldn’t have been so heartbreaking.
He looked at her gloomy and asked quietly.
“Are you in trouble if I know?”
“I don’t know. just… .”
She shook her head slightly and then started talking to me as if she had given up.
“I was just talking to Yeeun Lee and just the two of us… .”
“With your senior?”
“Yeah, you should have talked to Yesul separately, not me.”
It was quite a surprising story.
I wanted to ask what the hell he was talking about, but looking at the expressions and attitudes I’m showing now, it seemed like he would never tell me.
“So, what should I say… I realize, think, and ponder in various ways… And a little bit of self-hatred… .”
“What?”
What the hell did the two of you talk about, so that the word self-hatred came out of her mouth?
Seeing that my expression became serious, Han Soo-young quickly waved her hand as if it was a misunderstanding.
“No, it’s not like my senior said harsh words to me or anything like that! So, just the two of us… I was just talking about something important. There I felt many things… .”
She looked at me for a moment and then sighed.
“Just a little… It’s something that can’t be explained in words. You did nothing wrong. It’s just that when I see you, I feel dizzy and tired… So I just avoided it.”
“okay.”
I nodded.
Han Soo-young was holding a handkerchief stained with my blood and looking at it with eyes wondering what to do with it.
“I’ll suck it up. give it to me.”
“yes? No, it’s fine.”
She immediately put the handkerchief in her bag and even locked it.
I stared at him for a moment, then immediately opened my mouth, hoping to run away again if not now.
“Actually, what is it, I also had something to tell you.”
“yes.”
“It’s a very important story. Originally, I was just going to keep it a secret until the end… .”
Han Soo-young was silently listening to my story.
She looked at me intently with her mouth closed slightly.
“Recently, I have changed my mind. I can’t keep it a secret. If it goes wrong later, it will be irreversible. .”
“Is the story important enough to worry about?”
“right. At least for me it is. To the extent that I wanted to hide it for as long as possible.”
So I’ve come to the conclusion that if possible, I should tell the people around me that I trust.
Because they showed me more trust than I believed.
He believed in me, trusted me, and gave me his heart.
They were no longer just game characters to me.
They were just like me.
“But I just realized it was wrong. If something goes wrong with this… It’s right for me to take responsibility.”
“… … .”
“And if I had to say something, I thought I should tell you and Hyeonu first.”
“… why?”
Han Soo-young looked at me and asked.
“Well then, why?”
He wasn’t the first person I met.
He wasn’t the first to believe.
But for some reason, I thought I should tell them both first.
It was just that.
“Can I think that it is because we trust the two of us the most?”
I nodded my head slightly at her question.
“Anyway, that’s the secret I’m going to tell you right now. Is it something that Yeeun-senpai also knows?”
“right.”
Having said that, I quickly added, as if making an excuse.
“I didn’t mean to keep it a secret from you guys, but because of the circumstances, Yeeun-senpai was the first to know.”
“Ugh, that was it.”
Han Soo-young nodded slowly.
Then he said, quietly, putting his hand on top of mine.
“Hey, isn’t that also related to the story you’ve been talking about lately?”
I nodded my head without saying a word.
The most talked-about story at the academy these days was, of course, the story of my origin.
Like it or not, wherever I went, I could hear a whisper looking at me.
When I agreed, Han Soo-young was silent for a moment, then shook her head slightly.
“If it’s such an important story, it would be a bit too light to talk about here. right?”
“uh. Well, I guess it is.”
“Then why don’t the three of us go out with Hyeonu this weekend?”
Han Soo-young said so and carefully moved her hand.
I tried to take it out, but this time she grabbed my hand in a motion that didn’t show any strength at all.
That alone was enough.
“Aren’t you supposed to tell that story to Yesul too?”
“… right.”
In fact, revealing the truth to Jin Ye-seul was the thing I was most worried about.
Either way, the fact that I’ve been lying to her since the moment I first met her doesn’t change.
Even though I know how heavy the name Shadow Walker means to her.
So, I was particularly indebted to her.
That must have been the reason why she didn’t impose any special sanctions on me when she acted like she crossed the line or when she bit my neck in the past.
Rather, it was to the extent that I even thought that it was the price of the sin I had to suffer.
“… … .”
No matter how she reacts, of course I have to endure it.
Perhaps he noticed my thoughts, Han Soo-young smiled lightly and tapped his hand as if not to worry.
“Take time to talk to Yeseul separately. when you want, where you want. Even if it’s a little late, you’ll understand. If it were the other way around, Hyeonu and I would understand.”
“I wish I could.”
“Anyway, then, should I know that we are going out together this weekend?”
With those words, Han Soo-young got up from her seat and held out her hand.
When I took her hand, she gently lifted me up with a squeaking sound.
“Are you really okay with your nose? Can I not go to the infirmary?”
“Well, even worse wounds healed quickly. Don’t worry too much.”
“How can you not care… .”
She murmured like a grunt.
And suddenly he looked back at me and said.
“You better change your attitude.”
“What, again?”
“Being so kind to the people around you. If you keep doing that, the weird kids don’t think you care, but they might look down on you.”
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Oh, yes, Seul won’t be alone either.
Maybe Yeeun Lee and that senior too.
“Sometimes, go out a little shamelessly.”
“Yeah, I’ll think about it.”
I nodded.
Then, Han Soo-young was still making an expression that she didn’t like.
“No, I have to set an example.”
Having said that, she suddenly pushed me away.
As I leaned over by her sudden action, she trembled and grabbed my arm.
It made me wonder how the hell he could generate such strength from such a slender arm.
She dragged me almost as if hugging me as I was about to fall.
Whoops, I could feel her thin breath, and I could feel something touching her lips and then falling right away.
Would you call this a bird kiss?
When I adjusted my posture and looked at him with eyes wondering what to do, Han Soo-young was looking at me with a characteristic relaxed smile.
“How are you feeling?”
“What?”
“I kissed you.”
Han Soo-young said so and gently ran her hand through her hair.
The earrings I had given her before were sparkling and shining.
“Are you sure you’re not saying you don’t like my kissing now?”
Even counting in my class, there will be quite a few boys who want to kiss me once.
Han Soo-young looked at me while speaking in a strangely confident yet contrived voice.
Seeing that, I choked up and burst into laughter.
“Yeah, it’s really strong. thank you.”
When I burst into laughter, Han Soo-young smiled bashfully.
“Then you’re lucky.”
Han Soo-young, who was smiling mischievously as they looked at each other, said that it was time for class and grabbed her bag.
“Oh, I forgot to say this.”
Han Soo-young, who was a few steps ahead of me, glanced back.
“Did you say that you trust me and Hyeonu the most?”
Han Soo-young tapped her finger and pointed to herself.
“One day, when I ask you to say the person you trust the most, I’ll let Jihyeok say only one person from your mouth. No matter how Hyeonu is, I will not concede this.”
then see you later
With those words, Han Soo-young waved her hand and walked straight to the class.
Looking at her back, he sighed and shook his head.
“I can’t take it, really.”
* * *
After breaking up with Han Soo-young, I went straight to the advisor’s office.
The other day, Professor Grossman had to finish a class quickly for personal reasons, and he wanted to make up for it, so those who had spare time asked to come if possible.
As I moved forward, I began to think about what classes I should take her in the future.
Until a few days ago, I had asked her to improve my dagger and bow proficiency… Because now there was no need for the two to hang on.
The powers I took from Margo made me proficient with swords, spears, and bows.
To put it bluntly, he was not proficient enough, but he could not lose even if he simply engaged in a hand-to-hand battle with some active heroes.
There was no reason to cling to the dagger as the hint hanging on me was broken.
And there… .
‘This obviously said that the blade did not become dull or broken in the setting.’
I tapped the dagger of Yado, which had been affixed to my side and was now unusable.
The two daggers, which Jin Ye-seul would have paid a lot of money for, were cut in half and shattered, making them no more than a kitchen knife.
If this had been okay, I was so upset that I thought I would have used a dagger even if it was a waste.
“Whoa.”
However, once a position is set, it cannot be changed until a certain period of time has elapsed.
My position was Vanguard, that is, vanguard and scout.
I reached out to open the door to the advisor’s office, thinking that it would be good to have a consultation with Professor Grossman to change the main weapon.
Bump.
Just then, the door opened and a boy came out.
As soon as he opened the door, he looked at me and handed me an apology.
“Oh sorry. I didn’t know there was someone right in front of me. Where were you hurt?”
“Yes. it’s okay.”
“That’s good.”
The male student with fairly shaggy hair looked at me slyly and asked in a voice saying, “Is it possible?”
“Uh, is Professor Grossman your supervisor?”
“Yes.”
“Ah, nice to meet you. me too My name is Yonghoon Yoon.”
“Ah, thank you. It was the death penalty.”
He gently grabbed his outstretched hand and shook his hand.
He hesitated for a moment, then smiled mischievously.
“Um, I’m a little embarrassed that I just said hello… Actually, as of today, I have stopped receiving Professor Grossman’s guidance. So you don’t have to be so kind.”
“Yes?”
“I got an offer from Urea about coming as an exchange student.”
He smiled with a mixture of emotions.
“Oh, of course, I’m not saying that Professor Grossman’s guidance is lacking or unsatisfactory. He’s the best professor I’ve ever met. However… You know it, but urea is the best environment for wizards like me.”
Urea was the name of an educational institution that specialized in nurturing wizards.
If we were to pick the first academy in name and reality, everyone would pick this academy here, but if we were to limit ourselves to at least one discipline of magic, there was no place that could catch up with Urea’s name.
“I couldn’t afford to miss this opportunity. therefore… This is the way I just told the professor.”
“It is.”
“It’s a bit like saying goodbye the first time you see it, but um… So.”
“This is Yoo Ji-hyuk.”
“Oh, yes. Jihyuk, you work hard too. Since Professor Grossman chose the child, there must be something special about you.”
So bye and have a nice day.
He waved his hand with the horse and started walking his way.
After staring at him for a moment, I immediately opened the door.
When Professor Grossman thought that it would be quite lonely even if he didn’t wear a tee, when he went inside, there was not Professor Grossman, but Lee Yuna standing in the guidance room.
“ah.”
After finding this place, she made a blank sound for a moment and then waved her hand awkwardly.
As I was about to receive her greeting without much thought, I suddenly remembered the promise I had made with her a few days ago.
Now that I think about it, I don’t know why I suddenly did this.
Maybe it wasn’t because I was strangely refreshed after meeting Han Soo-young.
Whoops, I took a deep breath and cried out in a loud voice.
“Hello Yuna!”
The reason I was looking at me with eyes wondering what I was going to do at the sound of my cry, I felt like I immediately remembered something.
And she looked at me with a look of deep inner conflict that anyone could see.
“eww… .”
As I continued to stare at her silently, she bit her lower lip and bit her lower lip, closing her eyes to see if she had given up.
“Good morning, Jihyuk!!!”
It was so loud that an echo could be heard in the fairly large map room.
A moment later, when he turned his head, Prof. Grossman was staring at us like he was crazy.
“… What are you guys doing now?”
“uh, ah. that is… .”
Lee Yu-na, who was waving her hands as if to make an excuse, did not turn her head and then took a deep breath and swallowed a small breath.
“… … .”
Jin Ye-seul stood at the entrance and looked at her without saying a word.