#54. Were you an eunuch in a previous life?
I also bent down and picked up the dropped writing instruments.
“Thank you, Inuk-ah.”
I expressed my gratitude to Harin in a low voice.
“Inwook-ah. You know…”
Harin seemed to have something to say, but her homeroom teacher said that she could not carry on her words.
“The author, go and sit wherever you want. Let the class begin.”
“Yes!”
Lee Ji-eun glanced around the classroom once, and then she walked over.
To the right of my seat is Harin. There was another male student on the left, but for some reason I couldn’t see him today.
Lee Ji-eun naturally sits to my left.
“Ji-eun. Here’s another student’s seat.”
I told her.
“Really?”
Lee Ji-eun, who suddenly raised her hand, asked the teacher in a loud voice.
“Teacher! Is this another student seat?”
“If there is an empty seat, you can just sit.”
“Teacher. Here’s Taehyung’s seat…!”
The moment I was about to tell my homeroom teacher that it was a different student position.
I heard a male student’s voice from behind.
“Am I here?”
What is it? Taehyung Shin. Why are you there?
Taehyung was sitting diagonally behind me, which was originally an empty seat.
“What is it? Are you still talking about your seat? Everyone has to focus on class now!”
Lee Ji-eun sat down next to me and listened to her class with twinkling eyes.
I didn’t listen to the content of the class.
How can I keep Lee Ji-eun apart?
Only this question kept running through my mind.
She doesn’t feel bad for her, but it’s hard for her to keep coming out like this.
Right now, even with Harin sitting right next to her, I noticed that her face had gotten worse.
If Sihwa or Jena saw Lee Ji-eun sticking next to me, I could not see how she would react.
She didn’t want to imagine much…She especially if she noticed Sihwa.
It will never go away.
Class time passed like that, and it was lunch time.
“Mr. Inwook!”
Lee Ji-eun turned her head to look at her and smiled at me.
“I heard that In-wook is going to the academy! Thank you so much!”
I nodded my head with a confused expression.
“Can you guide me right now? Actually, I don’t even know where the restaurant is.”
“…Okay. Ji-eun is 20 years old, isn’t she? It’s easy to talk.”
“Ah~ I’m a shy person, so when I get a little more comfortable, I’ll do it in half-talk. Is that okay?”
…I’ve never heard of a shy person winking.
“Inwook, you can take it easy! I’m fine!”
“Then I’ll do that. Shall we go?”
If I had to give guidance anyway, it was right to finish it right away.
“I… Ji-eun, right?”
Harin, who was listening to our conversation without getting up from her seat, called out Lee Ji-eun’s name.
“Yes!”
“Hello. My name is Ha-rin Yoon. In-wook is a pair.”
“Ah, that’s right~ Nice to meet you~”
In an instant, Lee Ji-eun’s eyes shone even more red.
“Wow… Mr. Inwook. Isn’t the pair of Mr. Inwook the best at the Academy?”
I couldn’t help but smile bitterly at her words.
“I made it to the first-year pair finals, so I’m sure I’ll be a candidate.”
In the end, it was difficult to give a straight answer because the final match was nullified.
“Eh? So, you’re saying that there was a hunter strong enough to be on a whistle with In-wook in the first year?”
Yes. There is There are people who are far stronger than I am today.
“There is. Such a person.”
“I… Mr. Ji-eun!”
Harin smiled and stopped us for a moment, who was about to leave her seat.
“I want to get to know you, can I help guide you?”
Lee Ji-eun seemed to ponder for a moment, and then she nodded her head.
“Ummm… It would be better to build a close relationship with the person who will be the teacher, right?”
She glanced up at me.
“Master?”
Harin tilted her head.
“Don’t worry, Harin-ah.”
I waved my hand and tried to get over it.
“Inwook, you promised to be my teacher. If the conditions are right!”
“We’ll talk about it later. That’s. For now, I’ll take the guidance quietly.”
She didn’t want to talk to her harshly, but she was the one who had to stop me from making things controversial.
So me and Harin. And Lee Ji-eun went down to the restaurant together.
* *
Lee Ji-eun was a lot more talkative than I thought.
As if there was a motor in her mouth, she didn’t stop talking.
“Um~ I think the meal is tastier than the Sehwa Academy I was at! If I had to give it a star rating, it would be 3.8!”
“What part do you regret?”
Harin, who is a good listener to other people, responded to her words one by one.
“First of all, this meat. It’s a bit disappointing because it seems like I’m getting a little bit of a savor. The vegetables still seem fresh overall.”
“I don’t know. I think he’s strict about food. Ji-eun.”
Lee Ji-eun nodded her head as if it was natural.
“I’m very serious about what I eat!”
“Let’s go to a good restaurant later. Then.”
It was true that there was a feeling that she sighed because there is definitely Harin.
If me and Lee Ji-eun had a meal together, all that response should have been mine.
“Ah! But In-wook said it was a fair. Harin-san.”
“Yes.”
A sinister smile appeared on the corner of Lee Ji-eun’s lips.
I want to ask you something else. Even though I was not the subject of the question, I could feel the anxiety creeping up.
“Inwook, do you have a girlfriend?”
Harin’s face, who was answering her with a hesitant smile, hardened for a moment.
“Your girlfriend…? Well… I don’t know…”
Harin smiled hard and answered her words.
“…Are you there?”
When Harin did not answer her, she looked at me this time and asked Lee Ji-eun.
“No. No.”
I answered her as if I was annoyed, but her expression brightened.
“Yes? Why not? It seems to be there?”
I don’t have a girlfriend, but I can’t say that I have only three divorced wives.
“Isn’t Mr. Harin good enough for Mr. Inwook?”
Harin made an embarrassed expression by Lee Ji-eun’s question.
“I…”
I knew what the answer was, and Harin knew it too.
“…I like you. He’s a good person. Inwook.”
Lee Ji-eun, who did not know her secret situation, tilted her head.
“Um, that’s just a friend? Does that mean?”
Harin nodded her head slightly.
Then, Lee Ji-eun wiped her forehead as if to sigh.
“Whoa, I thought there was another owner!”
“Yes?”
An embarrassment leaked out of Harin’s voice.
“I moved here after seeing Inwook.”
Even so, Harin’s eyes widened even more.
“…What does that mean?”
“That’s it~”
In the last meeting, it was clear that I was in the state of letting you know that I wanted to reveal the incident in the studio.
If I could spit out one more word here, it would be the principal’s request, and I had no intention of accepting her coercion anymore.
“It’s our secret!”
Lee Ji-eun gave me another wink.
Like ‘I did a good job!’ This look.
I did well … I felt her back bulge.
I got up from my intuition that the situation would get worse as this meal continued.
“Have you all eaten? Let’s get up.”
“Huh? Did I not eat it all?”
“I want to see you elsewhere. Before the afternoon class.”
“Ah~ If that’s the case~ I’m sorry, but I can’t help it.”
Fortunately, Lee Ji-eun obeyed my words.
Harin also got up with us.
“I’ll go to the bathroom for a while!”
After Lee Ji-eun ran to the bathroom, there was silence between me and Harin.
Harin seems to have something she wants to say.
“…Inwook-ah.”
“Yes.”
“I remember that kid.”
…She’s the same as me, the 2nd episode.
The Yangjae Magic Tool Workshop incident and the missing prospect Lee Ji-eun.
It was such a famous event, so even if Harin remembered it, there was nothing strange about it.
“It was… You who saved her life?”
If the accident had already reached that point, I thought it was only a matter of time before they got caught.
“…That’s right.”
“Your body isn’t even better…! You know what’s there…!”
Harin, who hasn’t been able to speak to me properly since the finals, spoke as if she was genuinely worried about me.
“…Because I don’t want to be a bystander dad.”
Harin’s eyes trembled at my words.
“Harin-ah. As you know, I am able to have children in this life.”
The moment Harin tried to answer my words.
Lee Ji-eun jumped out of her side.
“What is that? In-wook, were you an eunuch in a previous life?”
…She laughed, but I didn’t laugh at all.
As Harin’s face also hardened, Lee Ji-eun blinked her eyes and looked at the two of us in turn.
“Wow… I meant to be funny, but why are you so serious?
I felt that my patience gauge was running low with her confirmation kill.
I had no intention of doing so, but I seriously thought about making her a disciple.
Seems like the best conditions for her to roll her legally.
I wanted to grind honey chestnuts for Lee Ji-eun, who shrugged her shoulders.