05. A Deal with the Devil (8)

When she was first called by a male student named Kim Seok-hun, she felt a familiar sense of embarrassment.

Ah, this is it again.

It’s not a story to proudly tell others, but Yoon Seo-hee was used to being confessed to.

I have the awareness that my looks are better than others, and I don’t feel awkward dealing with men. She got along well with both men and women, to be exact. As a result, she often misunderstood simple favors and crossed the line.

Her home environment was not good to say the least. Her one remaining blood relative had deserted her and fled, and was treated with cold and disregard by her kinsmen. Such an environment continued even at her school. Loose clothes and shaggy hair. Poor children are easy to ignore because they are easygoing. Young children are sensitive to such things as innocent.

Yoon Seo-hee was rather angry even though others would be intimidated. She didn’t want to be ignored, and she didn’t want to live with it. When she was in elementary school, she was punched every day. Fortunately for her, she had a knack for fighting and she never lost against an older opponent. When she said to Kim Yi-jin, ‘She used to exercise a little bit’, this is what she meant.

As her puberty came and her secondary sexual characteristics began, the attention around her also changed. If so, there must be a difference between ‘poor and easy-going kid’ and ‘poor and easy-going but pretty kid’. She was showered with uncomfortable attention and received many inconsiderate and unpleasant confessions that her opponent’s doctor never cared about.

To the kid who confessed that she likes me though, she couldn’t even punch her every time, so she desperately saved up money by working part-time jobs to hide her poverty. Just changing her clothes, changing her hairstyle, and putting on a light make-up made her noticeably different from those around her. She was less looked down upon and made more of her friends.

However, the cold treatment and neglect she received from her childhood still left deep scars.

Actually, Yoon Seo-hee has a personality that draws her line. She’s right or she’s not. Because she’s honest about her feelings, she doesn’t needlessly show her consideration and say what she has to say. When she has something to say, she makes it clear. She still is.

“Sorry. There is someone I like.”

Honest refusal. Her opponent’s expression twisted, but she wasn’t looking at him anymore.

She had noticed his gaze from long ago. He is surprisingly sharp and knowledgeable in other parts, but strangely a man who doesn’t know anything except in the romantic part.

At first, I wondered if he knew but pretended not to know, but now he knows. I just can’t get my head around it at all. Because you don’t think that someone will like you, your way of thinking isn’t open to that at all.

‘A dull, ignorant, fool who knows nothing but a sword.’

That’s good.

Because they don’t evaluate others by their appearance, they look at the inside of them as they are. Because I have a goal and always devote myself to my work and do my best. Because fighting is not his specialty, he is a warm-hearted person who risks his life and runs to save his friends.

Yoon Seo-hee hates being confessed to.

If there is someone I really like, I want to confess my feelings directly rather than being confessed to.

Of course, he’s dull, so he won’t notice. If he confesses out of the blue, he may be embarrassed and reject it. Assuming such a case, my heart sinks and tears come out. So don’t confess right now.

There is no need to rush. Make her slowly fall for her, catch her so that she never runs away, and then land her final blow when she wants it all.

Fight and love are the same. That was Yoon Seo-hee’s way.

‘Oh. I ran away.’

The moment our eyes met, Kim Yi-jin hurriedly stepped back. Did you startle me too much? However, he who secretly watched from such a place was also bad. Her lady’s privacy must be respected.

But, maybe Kim Yi-jin was also concerned. Thinking that way, I might be a little happy.

“Is that the person you like?”

“Huh?”

Kim Seok-hoon clenched his fists with his expression twisted.

“I mean Kim Yi-jin. Were the rumors of her dating real?”

“Oh, that. Well. Not necessarily….”

At some point, I knew about the rumors that had spread within the academy. However, I did not actively deny it because I wanted Lee Jin-yi to be conscious of it. Actively denying it on my part hurt my pride.

But it is also true that there were several tiring times because of the rumors. Do male students who have a crush on them arbitrarily harbor hostility? It is very tiring.

“If you’re not dating, why! There’s no reason for a kid like you to like someone like that, right?”

Yoon Seo-hee’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.

What is a kid like you and what is a guy like that?

“What do you mean?”

“Don’t you know? What do you like about a kid with a normal face, a failing grade, and a poor family situation? If you’re pretty and have good skills like you, you deserve to meet a better man!”

Yoon Seo-hee’s eyebrows became narrower.

What kind of expression would you make if I told you that I couldn’t study and my family situation was worse than Lee Jin-i’s?

Yoon Seo-hee’s expression was gradually mixed with contempt, but Kim Seok-hoon did not notice that her emotions were rising.

“Does a good man mean you?”

“Yes, yes!”

Seokhun Kim. I’ve mixed swords a few times during combat classes, so I know my skills well. At that level, even among first-year students at the academy, he would be at the level of a gifted person. If Lee Hyeon-woo hadn’t taken the second seat with equipment and magic pills, the fight and the second seat would have been his share.

He has a handsome face, and his parents are executives of a large guild, so he’s quite wealthy. I wasn’t really curious, but Ayoung told me about it. She has talent and is a hard worker type that is rare, so Yoon Seo-hee also looked good on her. As a student of the same combat department.

If I had known you had this kind of personality, I wouldn’t have looked at you favorably.

Yoon Seo-hee swept her long hair back behind her, not even hiding her displeasure. She was an annoyed touch.

“Oh, really. Shocking.”

“… Uh?”

“Hey. How many conversations have we had so far?”

Yoon Seo-hee’s attitude suddenly changed. She went from her bright, confident and coyly caring tone to an aggressive and much more violent tone.

Such Yoon Seo-hee was the first time that Kim Seok-hun had seen her. She took it for granted. He didn’t even pay attention to Yoon Seo-hee when he was being bullied by Lee Hyun-woo.

“If you are rich and handsome, do I have to date you? Is it natural for me to accept when a proud kid like you confesses? Other kids might have, but not me?”

“Uh huh huh? No, that’s-“

“Jin Lee is much smarter, more capable, and much more handsome than you! So turn it off. Because it’s annoying.”

Kim Seok-hoon stood still like a stake with a bewildered expression on his face as if he could not accept the sudden change in situation.

Looking at him like that, she raised her right hand as if Yoon Seo-hee would swing her fist at any moment.

Fall! Her golden magic flashed.

“If it doesn’t turn off, will it die?”

“Hee!”

That was the decisive blow. No matter how good Kim Seok-hoon was, he had no confidence to go against her, who was rumored to be the youngest and the youngest in S rank. The moment the magic power flashed, Kim Seok-hoon made a pitiful noise and ran away in an awkward appearance.

Left alone, Yoon Seo-hee let out a long sigh.

–

The moment I met Seohee’s eyes, I grabbed Byeongjun by the collar and hurriedly came down from the roof.

“Hey, hey Kim Yi-jin! Why are you like this?”

“… We made eye contact.”

“What?! With Yoon Seo-hee? Wow, they said he was the youngest S rank, so he’s a real ghost. How did you notice what we were seeing there?”

“Oh, I don’t know. Mr. Ha….”

I was feeling extremely embarrassed, like a child caught doing something bad. Did you steal the moment you confessed and get caught? How should I look at Seohee’s face later? What are you supposed to excuse? You said you were concerned about whether the guy would accept your confession? Um, never

As I was washing my face dry, wiping my face in horror, Byung-jun grabbed me and stopped me in the middle of the stairs connecting the rooftop and the lower floors.

“By the way, what happened to the confession? The atmosphere didn’t look good, but it must have been Yoon Seo-hee, right?”

“What? Didn’t you hear?”

“Uh. How do you hear at that height? It wasn’t even a very loud voice. Did you hear?”

“I heard.”

“Can you hear that? Isn’t it a combat course?”

That was amazing. These days, I heard sounds I wouldn’t normally hear and felt things I couldn’t feel. Did his sense organs and other physical abilities increase overall, or was this also an effect of using one body with Kertatus?

But that wasn’t the point right now. Seo-hee’s last words made me worry so much from a while ago.

That said that there is someone you like.

Yoon Seo-hee has someone she likes? Who is it? I’m not proud of her, but I think of myself as close friends with Yoon Seo-hee, and I understand the relationship between her and those around her to some extent.

There are no male students that I am particularly close with at the academy, and there are some close friends from middle school, but there are only a few people I have kept in touch with so far, and there are no male students among them.

She’s only about me when it comes to her and her best man.

“… ….”

I recall her eyes shining brightly in the afternoon sunlight.

And the deep emotions that permeate it.

I don’t think that’s possible.

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Just in case, just in case.

Maybe maybe….

“Byung-jun.”

“Why?”

“Seo-hee, do you think he likes me?”

At those words, Byeongjun’s expression was tinged with astonishment.

“Did you know that now?”

A voice that seemed so natural.

I touched my forehead as my eyes widened.