I stared blankly at the status window floating in the air for a while.
The reason I came to my senses was because Mandragora, who shook hands with the branches of the World Tree, looked at me and touched me as if to calm myself down in the corner of my field of vision.
“ah.”
First, I headed to the bathroom to take a shower.
Even though I poured cold water all over my body, my mind was complicated.
After finishing the shower, I hesitated for a moment, then sent a text message to Han Soo-young saying that I was going to leave a little late because something urgent happened.
At least I needed to clear my mind for a while.
I got texts and phone calls from Han Soo-young right away asking if she was sick or where she was, but it was nothing special, so I sent a reply saying not to worry, and then sat down on the bed.
“… … .”
Mandragora was standing next to me, I don’t know what was going on, but she patted her arm as if to cheer up.
For some reason, the branches of the World Tree were slipping out and fluttering together with Mandragora.
I pondered without a word.
After a while, someone knocked on the dormitory door and rang the doorbell.
At that sound, Mandragora hurriedly ran away into the tank.
I got up and opened the door, and there was a familiar person standing there.
“hi.”
“What, why are you here?”
That person was none other than Choi Hyun-woo.
He also looked like he was tired of something and asked me as if he was bruised.
“Did Sooyoung contact you by any chance?”
“Uh, a little?”
“Thanks, I was beaten.”
He showed him his cell phone and he saw a huge number of text messages coming in.
[Hey, Jihyuk is weird. Hurry up and check it out]
[Hurry up and check it out]
[reply]
[answer]
[Are you going to sleep now?]
[Would you like to go back?]
[Are you also chewing on my contacts?]
[You really look behind you]
[hey]
[hey]
[hey]
[Go quickly]
[Oh fast]
[Jihyuk said something strange]
[Are you friends?]
[No, are you crazy? Go quickly.]
[You’re really going to the men’s dormitory]
[You’re really dead]
[Am I in? I’ll stop if I get a penalty point.]
… It all came to Han Soo-young.
And that in less than 5 minutes.
“sorry. You have suffered because of me.”
“Nope. What… … It’s been a while since I’ve done this to him, so I’m a little confused. How long does it take?”
Choi Hyun-woo smiled bitterly as if he was a little bit bitter.
“No, I just need to change clothes. Come in and wait.”
Choi Hyun-woo entered the room with an excuse to excuse me.
Glancing at me, Mandragora quickly stood still in the tank, like an ordinary water plant.
However, it was not only Mandragora who stood still, but also Choi Hyun-woo.
Hyeonu Choi, who came into the room, stood blankly like a mangbu-seok when he saw a sword and a magic book lying on the bed.
He was silent for a moment and then asked me carefully.
“Hey there, Jihyuk. Can I ask you just one thing?”
“What.”
“I was talking to Sooyoung earlier, and you have something to give us. I heard you said it like that, right?”
“It did.”
“okay… … .”
Choi Hyun-woo nodded his head blankly.
His gaze was fixed on the sword resting on my bed.
“I hope my predictions are correct… … .”
He murmured in a low voice and turned his head to this side with difficulty.
“Then why are you saying you’re late all of a sudden? Thanks to that, swimming is uproar now.”
“I have some work to do. I will be leaving soon.”
“Yeah, that’s good.”
He sighed a little.
Then he sat down on a chair at the table and muttered as if he was getting goosebumps.
“Once upon a time, there was a time when Sooyoung scolded Master once for me. I haven’t had anything like that in a while, so I was a little confused. Then you really killed me, saved me, and then I chased after you.”
He looked around my dorm room curiously.
Then, when he found the tank, his eyes lit up as if in a strange way.
“Are you raising fish?”
“no. just weeds.”
“that’s interesting. Can I take a look?”
Then, at an angle only visible to me, I could see Mandragora shaking her head as if no way.
I quickly put on his clothes, said that I would show him later, and grabbed the sword and magic book that I had left on the bed.
“hey.”
As soon as we left the dormitory, Han Soo-young, who was literally waiting right at the entrance, greeted us.
She didn’t seem to mind seeing the other boys staring at her as she walked in and out of the entrance.
And as soon as she saw Choi Hyun-woo, she frowned and looked at him.
“I told you to call me to confirm.”
“ah.”
Choi Hyun-woo took a step back, seemingly embarrassed, rarely.
I quickly stepped forward and looked at her.
“Let’s go at once. It was hard to wait.”
“… Hyeonu, see you later.”
After saying that, Han Soo-young quickly turned her head and walked out first.
Choi Hyun-woo looked at me and bowed his head slightly as if thanking him.
We first went into the cafes located here and there inside the academy.
After ordering each of us to drink, I placed the sword and magic book I was carrying on the table.
Choi Hyun-woo let out a small breath, and Han Soo-young looked at him with eyes asking for an explanation.
“Thank you for going to the dungeon together before. This is in the hopes of helping you in the future… … Yes, I got it from the person who asked me to excavate the dungeon.”
It was time to hand them over with the horse.
Han Soo-young slapped Choi Hyun-woo, who was trying to reach out without knowing where he was going, as if he was going to put his hand.
“Ouch!”
“Stay still! How did you turn your eyes when you look at the sword from the old days… !”
Han Soo-young said that and looked at me.
Then he shook his head a few times and pushed it back towards me.
“I can’t take this.”
“why?”
“That’s because we didn’t follow it in hopes of something in return.”
She said so and nodded her head.
“We were just friends, so we helped you. If you are like this, we… … .”
“Then I think it’s a gift I give to my friend as a thank you, so maybe I should just accept it.”
I gently pushed it back to the two of them and stared at Han Soo-young.
“If you don’t accept it, I think I will be very embarrassed. Can’t you accept me even if you think of me?”
“Uhhh!”
Han Soo-young, who met my eyes for a moment, immediately turned her head and coughed in vain.
Then, with trembling hands, he quietly accepted the magic book and spat out a word to Choi Hyun-woo.
“what are you doing? Are you going to make Ji-hyeok embarrassed?”
“No, it can’t be. Thank you, Jihyuk. I will be very careful.”
Hyeonu Choi carefully grabbed the sword and pulled it out, and muttered as if in ecstasy as he saw the blade of the sword shining in black.
“Crazy, it’s art, really… … .”
Han Soo-young also made a strange breathing sound next to him, ‘Hey, hey, hey!’
“What, what… … Is this the original?”
The reaction of the two seemed to be more satisfying than expected.
Then, Han Soo-young touched Choi Hyun-woo and handed him something and whispered.
Choi Hyun-woo nodded his head as if he knew it, got up from his seat and walked to somewhere with a scabbard in his arms, saying that he would bring what he had ordered.
“… … .”
“… … .”
In the end, only me and Han Soo-young were left at the table.
It would have been fine normally, but it felt more awkward than usual, probably because of what I had learned earlier.
“That’s right, Jihyuk. Do you know what it is if you increase oden to five letters?”
Then, suddenly, Han Soo-young showed a confident expression and said:
“What?”
“Deng ding ding ding.”
What are you doing now?
For a moment, I looked up at her, and for some reason, Han Soo-young looked at me as if he was bewildered.
“Isn’t this this?”
After muttering, she unfolded something under the table and looked at me again.
“Then what if two letters say there are four cows?”
“… … .”
“Cow, parcel… … .”
She murmured in a low voice, and with a reddened face pulled out what she had been hiding.
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On the outside of the book was written ‘A collection of gags that make you laugh and die!’
“You didn’t like this, did you?”
Han Soo-young looked at me with a red-hot face and murmured as if resenting.
I made a subtle expression and patted her hand as if it were okay.
In the meantime, Han Soo-young looked at this side without saying a word and looked at me with a sullen expression, then turned over and grabbed my hand tightly.
When I looked up, she was staring straight at me.
“Aren’t you thinking of answering me more than that?”
“… Anyway, I was going to tell you today.”
I tried to release Han Soo-young’s hand, but she was holding it so tightly that I couldn’t.
Reluctantly, he opened his mouth as he looked at her while holding his hand.
“I don’t know if I’ve said it before, but I have important work to do.”
“yes.”
“It is very dangerous. en route… … I don’t know if I will die. The reason I kept it a secret from you and Hyeonu was actually that. If it were you, I would have tried to help you regardless. Even if it could be dangerous for you too, I would have followed you.”
“right.”
“And when all you have to do is… … To be honest, I’m not sure I’m sure, but maybe I’ll go far.”
“How far is it?”
“Once you leave, you’re so far away that you’ll never come back.”
“Can’t I go with you?”
Hesitating for a moment, I shook my head.
“yes. maybe.”
“Then what are you talking about?”
Han Soo-young looked at me quietly and whispered.
“There are things I can’t tell anyone, it’s really dangerous, and when it’s over, I might go somewhere far away. So, don’t worry about me for nothing and come to your senses quickly?”
“Honestly, that’s what I was hoping for.”
And I just realized now that it’s not that simple.
In response to my answer, Han Soo-young stared at me for a moment, then opened her mouth.
“It’s a short time, but we… … Including Hyeonu, I think the three of us went through quite a few incidents. And we had a lot of time to get to know each other.”
As she said that, she clapped her hands gently and looked at me.
“So, did you know that I wouldn’t be shaken by those words at all?”
“… right.”
“Then why did you say that? By the way, I hoped that I would fall in love with you with this kind of sluggish behavior.
“It’s not like that. It’s just that you’re sure to regret it later.”
“Can you tell me what you think? I will never regret it.”
She added right away.
“I will help you no matter what you do, if you are in danger, I will go and rescue you, and if you need to go somewhere, I will follow you and if you can’t do that, I will hold you down.”
She smiled slightly.
“If you tell me to leave when I’m dead and I can’t live, won’t I leave? If you put on a leash at the very least, I’ll be able to notice when you run away. Then you can go there and grab a crotch and bring it back.”
Han Soo-young muttered like that as if it was a joke.
Then, with one swipe of the hand he was still holding, he said, pulling it towards him.
“So, stop banging now.”
It seems that confidence is slowly fading away.
Han Soo-young, who had been muttering like that, smiled weakly.
“If you keep doing that, I will be misunderstood. The truth is, you don’t like me, but you’re just sorry that you don’t say no to me.”
Han Soo-young muttered like that, and then slowly loosened the clasps of her hands.
And when I grabbed Han Soo-young’s hand and held it tight, she gave a surprised expression.
“Who hates you?”
“uh?”
Looking at Han Soo-young, I kept my mouth shut for a moment.
I didn’t feel like this when I first confessed.
“To be honest, I don’t hate you either. But, things are so complicated right now… … I kept doing this because I was afraid that if I did something wrong, it would only bring bad results for both you and me. By the way… … .”
“Come on, wait a minute.”
Han Soo-young looked at me with an attitude that I had to point this out.
“So, you don’t hate me either?”
“okay.”
“what… … .”
Han Soo-young smiled weakly with an expression of relief, as if what she had seen before was a lie.
Then, suddenly, she grabbed her by the neck and grabbed her.
She flinched and trembled for a moment, and she said in a voice that seemed to be okay, softly, like a small child.
“It’s okay, I won’t burst my lips this time.”
I practiced with pillows.
Then he smiled mischievously at me.
“No matter how much I think about it, I don’t think there is any better answer than this.”
Saying that, Han Soo-young grabbed me as it was.
That was then.
“Ah, you were here. The person who is visiting now from the association will… … .”
For some reason, Choi Hyun-woo, Alice Blesbuck, and a middle-aged woman they had never met appeared together.
Professor Blesbuck stopped talking as if he was surprised to see us.
“… … .”
He was holding a tray with coffee and cake in both hands, and he was bowing his head as if he had nothing to do with it.
Professor Blesbuck and a middle-aged woman stared at us silently.
It was as if he were asking how long he was going to be like that.
Han Soo-young, who looked at the three of them alternately, as if embarrassed for a moment, slowly released her hand.
It was also time for me to organize my clothes for nothing.
“Twitter, what does it matter?”
Han Soo-young, who had muttered like that, hurriedly approached him.
This time, there was no lip popping or cracking.
I felt something grabbing the back of my head as if I was not going to let it run away.
“… Kids these days are very open-minded.”
As the middle-aged woman muttered like that, somehow, I could hear Professor Blesbuck’s apology.
* * *
“therefore… … .”
A middle-aged woman asked to be alone with me, and as soon as I sat down, she opened her mouth as if it were ridiculous.
“I came to you as I wanted, but I didn’t know that I would ever see something like that.”
In an instant, her voice changed to that of a young woman.
I wasn’t surprised because I barely noticed.
She gently covered her face with her hand and then removed it, and her face changed in an instant, as if she were looking at a Chinese sword.
As she continued to move her hand, which had changed to my face, it turned into the face of Choi Hyun-woo, then Han Soo-young, Alice Blesbuck, and finally Esmeralda Lisnerger.
And this time, when she removed her hand, which had been covering her face a little longer, the face of a much younger woman appeared than she had expected.
“Shall we start by introducing ourselves?”
She said as she sat down and looked at me.
“Just call me Lydia. After all, my name doesn’t really matter.”
She, Lydia, spoke in a quiet voice and gently walked down the collar with her hand.
Above her collarbone was a mark to prove that it was a red case.
“I am an executive of the Red Case and the leader of the infiltration and operation team. I came to you as you wish. I don’t have time, so let’s start by saying… … .”
She looked at me with a straight, unshakable gaze.
“Boss of Red Case, I want to kill him.”
So, I would like to ask for your cooperation.
With those words, she quietly bowed her head.
Shortly thereafter, a notification popped up saying that the singularity of the scenario had occurred once again.