The Nature of Possession chapter 239

239 – EP.10 Look at these guys?-4

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After lunch, I returned to class alone.

I sat down, rested my chin, and watched the children chatting helplessly.

What’s so funny? We start talking, giggling and tapping each other’s shoulders.

How was the game yesterday or how was the entertainment show? Each person forms a consensus on topics that are difficult to empathize with.

Perhaps because I took a nap while my stomach was full, I felt drowsy.

I yawned long.

I promised myself that I would lead a normal school life, but that did not mean that I would strengthen my friendships.

It is my soul in my thirties that is wearing this body in the first place. Not only do they have different sympathies from students, but there is also a big difference in mental age.

That’s why I feel at ease when talking to Yoon Sia.

Of course, it’s not that there isn’t an age gap between her and her, but it feels like the gap has narrowed.

Warm afternoon sunlight and a full stomach.

My eyelids slowly pressed down on my eyes, and I closed them for a moment.

……

……

……

Just like that, my son-in-law became quiet, and I felt the surrounding air calm down.

I slowly opened my eyes.

All the students who were sitting at their desks chatting are now sitting in their seats.

And I feel the gaze. Instead of just one or two eyes like in the morning, all the eyes of the students in the classroom are focused on me.

What is it?

I must have been holding my chin for a long time, so my neck hurts.

I leaned back on the chair and stretched.

“Wow, you’re sleeping openly.”

I heard someone’s voice. It was a voice that was disgusting and outrageous.

I slowly come to my senses and see the surroundings.

Everyone standing in front of the blackboard and the students in the classroom are looking at me.

I think I dozed off and stayed asleep until class time.

“…I’m sorry.”

The words that I made a mistake automatically came out of my mouth.

Hearing my words, the teacher made a strange expression, as if he was looking at sweet and sour pork mixed with mint chocolate sauce.

Students around me also looked surprised. Well, if the problem child in the class shows an obedient behavior, everyone will definitely think it’s strange.

“…Wash your face and come back.”

“Yes.”

The teacher tilted his head several times in response to his obedient attitude.

I got up from my seat and left the classroom.

As I walked through the cold hallway to the bathroom, I stretched my stiff muscles here and there.

My body feels unbearably stiff after sitting in an uncomfortable position.

“…….”

I did my best to ignore the sight of Shin Jeong-ah’s gaze resting on the side of my head through the classroom window in the hallway.

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When the 5th, 6th, and 7th periods ended, it was past 4:30.

Soon, the homeroom teacher we saw during the assembly came in and conducted the closing ceremony, and it was 5 o’clock when all school schedules were over.

When I returned home when the sun was up, something felt strange.

When I was in high school, I always left school looking at the moon.

I stood up, putting my bag on one shoulder.

Today is a day without extracurricular classes. I think it would be perfect to go home, eat ramen, do homework, play on the computer, and then sleep.

“Are you going home? To celebrate the end of school suspension, let’s go to karaoke.”

Sure enough, Shin Jeong-ah followed next to her.

“My neck hurts.”

“So, a comic book room?”

Shin Jeong-ah continued to talk to me next to me as I left the classroom and headed up the stairs.

“I have nothing to read.”

“What about multi-room?”

“My MBTI is I, so I have to go home to recover my stamina.”

As she continued to refuse and left the school, Shin Jeong-ah stopped her.

“Hey.”

She tried to ignore it and go on her way, but her voice sounded angry to anyone who heard it, so she stopped countless times.

“Why?”

Me and Shin Jeong-ah faced each other at an appropriate distance.

“…Is there something we didn’t do well for you?”

“No?”

“Then why!!”

Shin Jeong-ah raised her voice.

Her bright voice attracted the attention of students leaving the school.

“Have you been watching? Get out of here, you bastards.”

When my gaze returned to the students, Shin Jeong-ah took the lead and growled.

Some people were frightened by her threatening force, and some retreated when they saw my face next to them.

Shin Jeong-ah approached me at a fast pace.

She reached out her hand to grab my shoulder, and I avoided it by taking half a step back.

“…….”

Shin Jeong-ah bit her lower lip, probably hurt by rejecting her touch.

“You said we’d hang out together after the suspension… Why on earth are you doing that…!”

Perhaps she naively believed what I said, she looked at me as if pleading.

My heart was heavy when I saw that face that looked like it would cry if I touched it.

However, I already know that there is nothing worse than blindly comforting someone.

“We can’t continue to live like this.”

“…What?”

Shin Jeong-ah answers my words while sniffling.

“Hit kids, smoke, take drugs… Do you think it’s right to live like this?”

“…What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“It must be fun now. Do whatever you want, and if there are people around you you don’t like, hit them, bully them…”

Turn around and walk again. She felt Shin Jeong-ah quickly come next to her.

“But what if I graduate from school? How long will my current life continue?”

I continue to speak to her as if I were admonishing her or persuading her.

“…….”

I walk back the way I walked in the morning.

I trudge along the well-paved asphalt road.

The school gate is getting closer.

“Now what?”

What was heard next to her was Shin Jeong-ah’s voice muttering as if she was dumbfounded.

“Come now.”

I take what she said and correct it.

“…Is that what you’re going to say? You let it go like that…And now you’re going to clean it off by yourself?”

She must be so angry that I told her I would keep my distance, and her tone and actions are showing deep anger.

“Life is basically solo.”

He shrugs her shoulders and accepts her anger gracefully.

When I reached the school gate, I heard a familiar voice.

“Ah! It’s Inho.”

My name and Shin Jeong-ah’s eyes rolled back when I heard my name being called in a friendly way in front of the school gate.

This is Yoon Si-ada.

A woman wearing a thin beige coat waves her hand happily.

“Teacher? What about here?”

Her eyes suddenly open. Yoon Sia came to me with a grin.

“Oh, Jeong-ah was there too? Hello?”

She also greeted Jeong-ah brightly, but there was not even a 1% chance that Shin Jeong-ah, who was in a low-pressure state, would accept this kindly.

“There’s no tutoring today, right?”

“I know. The tutoring is tomorrow. Well, I was passing by nearby and waiting for you because it was about time for you to get off from school.”

When I asked, Yoon Sia nodded her head.

“…But where are you going to play now?”

Yun Sia’s eyes looked alternately at me and Shin Jeong-ah.

“No. I’m on my way home. I don’t have any tutoring today, so I’m going home to do my homework and rest.”

“It’s amazing.”

Yoon Sia raised her hand and patted my head a few times.

Shin Jeong-ah narrowed her eyes and stared at Yoon Sia’s hand.

“The direction is the same, shall we go together? You didn’t disturb me when I was leaving school with Jeong-ah, right?”

Yoon Shia stood next to me, opposite Shin Jeong-ah.

“No, he’s going out with his friends.”

“Ah… That’s a shame. It would have been great if we went together. Then, Jeong-ah, have fun with the ‘other’ friends. I’ll go home with In-ho.”

Yoon Sia raised the corner of her mouth and tapped my shoulder.

“Are you really going to go home?”

As I took a step forward, Shin Jeong-ah, slightly leaning back, asked as if confirming.

It’s hard to explain, but it feels somewhat different from the questions I’ve been asked so far.

“I have to go.”

I repeated what I said, and Shin Jeong-ah glanced at Yoon Si-ah and then turned her body.

I took a moment to watch her walking away without even saying goodbye.

I’m sorry for being so harsh, but I can’t help it.

I would rather see Shin Jeong-ah go down the right path after seeing my changes.

***

Shin Jeong-ah, who left her place as if running away from her incalculable humiliation, sent a photo of her to Kim Jin-tae.

It was a photo of Yoon Sia taken on a bus one day.

“f*ck you.”

Shin Jeong-ah cursed, recalling the face of Yoon Sia just moments ago when she was secretly looking at her and laughing at her.

As the number ＜1＞ Next to her photo disappeared, Shin Jeong-ah moved her fingers busily.

[Tomorrow night. Is it possible right away?]