04. Uncomfortable Cohabitation (12)

Lunch time after morning class.

I was having lunch at a restaurant with Byeongjun Lee.

The topic was an incident that happened this morning.

“The class president asked that?”

“Uh. There are rumors like that, are they true?”

“Well? I’ve been busy lately too, so I didn’t go into the community often.”

“Community?”

“Don’t you know? A community that can only be used by academy students. Well, I don’t think you’d be interested in that.”

“You seemed like an image that would go into detail in rumors.”

Come to think of it, Lee Byung-Jun didn’t have a very good friendship like I did.

“I also listen to and talk to my sister on the web, or else I only know about it from the side of my eye. Hmm… But do you mean those rumors?”

Lee Byung-jun stopped eating pork cutlet rice and suddenly crossed his arms and fell into trouble.

“Why? Do you have any tips?”

“It is said that there is something to be learned, or something. Isn’t that why?”

“That?”

“Uh. The thing you threw the sword at Yoon Seo-hee.”

Ah, during the final exams of the first semester. Certainly, there is an awareness that I did something very noticeable in front of all the first year combat students. At that time, I was in such a hurry.

If you think about it, both Lee Byung-jun and Baek Ji-soo must have been there. No, is the blank index a bit subtle? If it was during the final exam of the first year, it would have been before returning from regression.

It was around that time when I felt that I really became friends with Yoon Seo-hee without fault.

“Certainly everyone is misunderstood.”

After such an impressive incident, I thought that if rumors spread that could lead to misunderstandings, no matter how far-fetched the rumors were, someone might believe them.

Even if they are awakened, they are all students who are not even adults. It’s because I’m at an age when rumors in the academy or someone’s love story will get hotter.

Lee Byung-joon’s expression became very subtle after my words.

“But is it really a misunderstanding?”

“What? Then, of course, you are mistaken. It’s a complete nonsense that me and Yoon Seo-hee are dating.”

Byungjun Lee stared at my face and slowly stroked my chin.

“Hmm. Well, to me, it’s not Yoon Seo-hee, but rather….”

“Rather?”

“No. I went with you at the fair… Well, she just didn’t know.”

He shrugged his shoulders, then took up the spoon again and started eating the cold cutlet bowl.

I wondered what I was going to say for a moment, but when I checked the clock, I realized that lunch time would pass, so I grabbed the side dishes I had brought and ate them one by one.

Anyway, rumors like that were circulating around the academy without me knowing.

‘Yoon Seo-hee and I are just friends.’

[No, fuck, really… ! Ehh.]

“… ?”

In my head, I felt Kertatus rage down, give up, and enter again.

Why is this guy making a fuss all of a sudden?

“Kim Lee-jin. Why are you looking like that?”

“Uh, no. Nothing.”

I hurriedly finished my meal before lunchtime was over and headed to the classroom with Lee Byung-jun.

Now I’m used to Kertatus just saying what I want to say in my head and disappearing. As long as you don’t suddenly take away your body, you won’t have any problems in your daily life.

But it bothered me that he had become strangely quiet. It felt like I was saving up my strength for an important moment. The silence felt like the night before the storm.

I don’t know how long this uncomfortable cohabitation will last, but I’ll have to find some way before it reaches an irreversible point.

As I was walking down the corridor of the first grade classroom thinking that way, somehow the first class was noisy.

I was passing by wondering what was going on, and when I peeked through the window, I saw a blonde woman with a familiar face surrounded by a group of class 1 students.

“Huh?”

She thought she’d seen it somewhere, and she was the one who used her gun in a dress at the fairgrounds.

Your name must have been Yuna Klaproth? I remember that she was the daughter of the president of Kla Proth, but the student she said had transferred from Germany was that person.

At first, I thought it was a bad thing because I was surrounded by students, but judging from the atmosphere, it was absolutely not the case. Rather, the students seemed to be trying to attach her words to Yuna somehow.

They all held a small magic stone in their hands.

“Yuna! Hey, are you really giving this to us?”

“This expensive… Can I really take it?”

“Whoops, of course. Claproth’s eldest daughter never spoke twice with her mouth. This is my humble gift for you guys, so please accept it without hesitation.”

Lee Byung-joon, who saw this, opened his eyes wide and said with a shocked expression.

“Crazy… Did you spray the classmates with Klaproth gear one by one? Even with item crystals?”

“Huh? I know.”

Looking at it again, all the class 1 kids were holding were item crystals.

I wondered where I’d seen that one, and it looked exactly like the crystal that was distributed to the hunters at the fairgrounds. It was clear that he could see Klaproth’s logo engraved on the outside.

Standing in front of the hallway in class 1 was like that, so we went back to the classroom.

Even after returning to his seat, Lee Byung-jun stuck out his tongue and said, “I wonder if the scene I just saw was impressive.”

“If it’s a Claprot product, the quality is sure, but on top of that, the item crystal has been treated… I must have spent a lot of money Crazy, crazy.”

“The daughter of the chairman of a global conglomerate is indeed different.”

“That’s right. Lee Hyun-woo and I are in a different class. Anyway, it looks like nothing I was worried about will happen.”

“What were you worried about?”

“Uh. The atmosphere in class 1 was a bit like that because of Lee Hyun-woo, right? But this time, when the child from the same family said he was transferring, I wondered if the same thing would happen. But I didn’t know you could buy favors with money like that.”

Claprot equipment is the best among workshop items, excluding the drop items from the tower. It could be said to be a trustworthy company.

Above all, Klaproth’s strength is its price. Compared to the performance of the same class items from the tower, it is slightly inferior, but the price is less than half. The quality-to-value ratio is excellent.

Of course, no matter how cheap it is, it is a hunter’s equipment. How much did he spend to even spray the whole class like that? If not, hundreds of millions would have been easily broken.

Is it just the daughter of a conglomerate’s daughter, or did she think it was worth it?

Thinking of the appearance I saw at the fair, I thought it would be closer to the latter.

It was not something anyone could see that he rallied people in an instant, provided support for items, and continued shooting from the rear without hesitation even though monsters were attacking from all sides.

As I was thinking about that, the bell rang signaling the end of lunchtime.

–

I packed my textbooks and headed to the support department and class.

Academy afternoons are always major classes. In the morning, if you learn normal Korean national curriculum like a normal high school student, in the afternoon, you can choose the class you want like a university, so you take classes related to your major.

The class I’m taking today is Magical Mineral Science and Materials Science. The sword making practice only happened on Fridays, so there was still a long way to go.

I didn’t have anyone close to me in the classroom. Well, it was always like that, so it didn’t matter too much.

As I was sitting alone in the corner preparing for class, I felt the presence of someone sitting next to me.

When I naturally turned my head to check, a familiar blonde woman was looking at me.

“Hello. Are we old?”

“Hmm? Uh, hello.”

Brilliant blond hair and long eyelashes that flowed down to her shoulders. Dark blue eyes. Her hair, which seemed to have been carefully managed, was smooth and smooth without the usual tangles, and her straight nose made her features stand out even more.

Even in the way he silently pulled a chair and sat down, the elegance and manners characteristic of a well-educated person from a good family were revealed.

“That, Klaproth… ? Can I call you?”

“Whoops. Just call me Yuna. I also have a Korean name called Jung Yuna, and I am actually of mixed blood. I will also call you Jin Lee.”

“Ah. I see.”

Once I heard it, I felt an oriental feeling at first glance with the features that I thought of as a typical western beauty.

“It’s nice to see people I saw at the fair again in a place like this. Even in the same class.”

“Sure. I didn’t expect to be able to apply and take classes.”

I saw him hunting monsters like an incumbent hunter with such a huge anti-objective sniper rifle, and I was honestly surprised that he was a minor like me and even with a support group. Because she knew how to take combat classes.

“That’s because I’m Claprot’s eldest daughter. There is no way for me to climb the tower, so I have to study this in advance for the family business someday.”

“Study like this?”

“Yes. I’m the daughter of a family that makes weapons. It’s natural to learn about crafting. Rather, meeting Lee Jin in this classroom is more surprising. You’re strong enough to catch a banshee, aren’t you?”

Saying that, Yuna’s blue eyes widened and she smiled brightly.

“Perhaps, that sword I saw then… Did you make it?”

“Huh?”

For no reason at the moment, chills ran down my spine and goose bumps appeared.

Why are you smiling so kindly?

To my eyes, it looked like the gaze of a beast aiming at its prey.