278 – EP.11 Fake Guardian-2
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At 6 o’clock, Kang In-ho left her cafe and headed back to Sungin Girls’ High School.
As soon as he arrived in front of the school gate, he made an ‘Oops!’ Face, because a different scene was waiting for him than during lunch time.
“Should I just run away?”
Looking at the high school girls rushing out, his face turned blue.
Before he could put that thought into action, he, who was standing blankly in front of the school gate, found himself in the middle of a torrent of reason.
He could not help but hope that his group would come out quickly as the eyes of children were looking at his face secretly while avoiding him.
“Does it look like anything?”
Hearing a passing sound, he reflexively touched his face.
‘Are you handsome?’
I remember the face of this dimension that I saw while washing my face in the bathroom.
Definitely, it is true that it is not a very ugly face.
But if you asked me if I was handsome, it was difficult to say yes.
‘Rather handsome is….’
He thought about the faces he had ever had.
The first face that came to mind was that of a saint.
Blue eyes that look like the ocean, curly hair, and a softly curved face shape.
I thought it wasn’t the face that came closest to the word ‘boy’.
‘Next….’
The next thing that came to mind was my face in the martial arts world.
The face there was handsome, different from that of a saint.
Tall, stocky body, and overall thick-lined face.
He was a kind of pleasant guy, he said.
He remembered two faces, and the current face was just ordinary to him.
Is this what the squid theory of relativity is like? He thought.
“What are you thinking, no answer when I call you?”
He was startled by a sound that suddenly came from under his chin and pulled back.
“Ah, it’s over.”
“Okay, let’s go home now. I’m hungry.”
Kang In-ho nodded her head and made eye contact with several students standing at a reasonable distance behind her.
“Hey, hey, look this way.”
They were whispering among themselves, but unfortunately, it was all heard.
“They’re friends, right?”
When In-ho pointed back with her eyes, Seong-ah Kim thought for a moment and corrected her answer.
“Kids in the same class.”
Kim Seong-ah walked past him with strides and took the lead.
Kang In-ho, who had been silently watching her moving away from time to time, gave a slight nod to her ‘classmates’ and followed after her.
***
“It was a little uncomfortable, wasn’t it?”
As she walked along her wide path, she suddenly asked.
“Huh?”
“The kids.”
In response to his question, Kim Seong-ah said.
“I understand, sir. There is no engineering school nearby, let alone a boys’ high school, and there are no male teachers at the school, so the kids lose their senses whenever they see a boy.”
She grumbled with a tired face.
“I knew that boys’ high schools were like that… But I didn’t know that girls’ high schools would be like this…”
Kang In-ho recalled her school days when she would rush to the window when she heard [It’s her woman!!].
“What fantasy do you have about women?”
Kim Seong-ah chuckled.
“Everyone has fantasies about the opposite s*x.”
When In-ho responded as if making an excuse, Kim Seong-ah smiled and tapped his shoulder.
“How was school?”
He asked, recalling the conversation with her homeroom teacher.
“That’s just it. I went to class and studied during break time.”
Kim Seong-ah looked in front of her and played with her hair with her fingers.
“Is there a department you want to go to?”
“Well… I hadn’t thought about it.”
An indifferent answer comes back. Kang In-ho glanced at her face.
It was a face without a single trace of regret or concern.
‘Then why do you go to school?’
He swallowed the question that rose up to his throat. It was because I thought it was too deep a question.
“What about you, uncle?”
As he swallowed her words, she asked.
“Huh?”
“Didn’t your homeroom teacher ask you anything strange?”
“Specifically?”
It occurred to her that she had been asking various questions about herself as well as Kim Seong-ah, but he shrugged her shoulders.
It wasn’t a particularly important question.
“Really? After 5th period, he called me aside and secretly talked about me.”
Narrowing her eyes, she remembered what happened earlier.
“I guess it’s because I came here as a guardian.”
“Is that so… Hmm….”
She walked like that, chatting. And when she reached a crosswalk,
Kim Seong-ah’s feet stopped abruptly.
“I asked you earlier if there was a department you wanted to go to, right?”
“Yes, I did.”
With a crooked smile, Kim Seong-ah pointed to the road beyond her.
Like awkward CG, the space seemed distorted.
“If something like this happens every two days, can I afford to think about the future?”
– Boom!
With a huge vibration, the space was twisted and something huge jumped out.
Cars began to stumble and skid as a strange creature suddenly appeared on the road.
“Kooooo!!!”
The monster, which had the lower body of a horse and the upper body of a human, began to stir up the road.
The traffic light is cut out in the window, and cars are flying around.
The road quickly became chaotic due to the monster that appeared just in time for work and school dismissal.
The screaming people and the sound of car horns were chaotically intertwined.
“Did I use too much force last time? This time it’s just one guy.”
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Kim Seong-ah, who had already completed her transformation, ran forward without any chance for the lyrical star to catch her.
She rushed forward, holding her staff by the tail, leaping up, and stabbing her horse in the back with the sharp tip of her staff.
“Kaaa!!”
The monster writhed in pain, and the lyrical star hanging on its back fluttered like a flag.
Her appearance was in danger, so Kang In-ho tried to run to her without her knowing, but she was soon stopped.
“I’m fine! It’ll be over soon!!”
Lyrical Star shouted when he saw Kang In-ho trying to come this way.
The lyrical star gained balance and stood on the back of her horse. She rocked her body back and forth trying to get her off.
Even though her body swayed greatly, the lyrical star did not fall to the ground. She had a staff that she nailed to the back of her horse.
At the dangerous rodeo taking place on the road, people who had run away from afar were watching the scene as if they were fascinated. Some even took out their cell phones and took pictures of her.
“Target confirmation.”
Whether anyone sees it or not, the Lyrical star never forgets what he has to do.
“Magic charge.”
“Release magical power control.”
The cane began to shake. In particular, blue light began to rise from the part that was inserted into her body.
The monster began to rampage even more. Cars flew and broken iron bars flew in the sky.
“Single shot between adjustments.”
Lyrical Star pulled out the staff that was stuck on the horse’s back like a thunderbolt.
There was a blue light at the end of the staff that was already ready for attack.
With an unwavering stance, she pointed the tip of her staff at the monster’s head.
“It’s magic, so there’s no avoiding it?”
With a huge explosion, a beam of light shot out from the tip of the staff, and the Lyrical Star flew through the sky with its recoil.
***
The monster that was attacked by her had a terrible end. This is because her entire upper body, including her head, disappeared without a trace.
Immediately after dealing with the monster, Lyrical Star was surrounded by a crowd of people.
“Please take a picture with me too!!”
A student in her same school uniform clung to her side.
Click
After confirming that her and the lyrical star’s faces were clearly displayed on her cell phone, the high school girl left her group.
“What is your sister?”
Her little boy, who had barely gotten out of her overturned car, asked her.
“My sister is a magical girl!”
The Lyrical star said proudly, placing her hands on her waist.
“Sister!”
“Hey, lady!”
“Sister!”
Lyrical Star kindly welcomed the crowd of people.
“This is Kim Cham-gi, a reporter from Chojung Ilbo. Can I interview you?”
“No.”
Of course, there were exceptions.
***
It took quite some time to get rid of the people who were persistently following us, and as a result, we were only able to come home long after dinner time.
Kang In-ho took out the leftover curry and reheated it.
“I’m sorry about curry again. If you want to eat anything, let me know anytime.”
“I don’t really want to eat anything… But the curry is delicious too.”
Kim Seong-ah scooped up more rice than the previous day and put it in her bowl.
“Surprising.”
Kang In-ho said while rubbing curry.
“What is it?”
She also mixed the curry.
“You said the memories would disappear anyway, so there was no need to deal with them, right?”
He put the spoon in his mouth.
Kim Seong-ah still mixed curry into her rice and kept her silence.
She seemed to be choosing what she wanted to say.
“Have you seen the old magical girl cartoon?”
“Me? I’ve seen it a few times. Why?”
“Magical girls in comics always symbolize dreams and hope.”
“Is that so…?”
Seongah Kim scooped up her rice with a spoon and put it in her mouth.
She took a few more drinks, pursed her lips and spoke in a calm tone.
“Even if people forget in one night, I want to be remembered fondly until then.”
Even just for a moment.
Kim Seong-ah swallowed her last words.
“…….”
Kang In-ho watched her eating with her face down.