106 – Summer Festival (5)

“Yes~ 100 came out! It goes up by 10 from now on!”

On the stage, Kang Han-na, holding a microphone and a script in each hand, proceeds with the auction with a bright smile.

“110, 120, 130… … 200. It goes up by 50 from now on!”

Kang Han-na clicked her tongue inwardly, keeping an eye on the students holding the license plate in their hand even now, which is renewed by a whopping 500,000 won.

‘Golden spoon bastards… … .’

I was so envious.

He is gifted with talent and has a good family.

No, was the ability born from a successful family?

Come to think of it, since I was a student, it seems that students in the Department of Magic were exceptionally talented.

“1,000!! It goes up by 100 from now on!!”

A professor sitting on the stage and waving his hand leisurely.

Middle-aged blonde Jayden Martel.

Kang Han-na felt a pain in her stomach even as she spit out his ransom, which rose steadily like a spaceship breaking through the atmosphere.

‘Even if I didn’t want to see this, I didn’t participate in the festival when I was a teaching assistant… .’

However, after becoming a professor by luck and earning a good income, Kang Han-na went on stage and took on the role of host in order to personally practice that human greed is limitless.

“3,400!! Are there any more?”

Swallowing strong envy at the fact that a student was using his four months’ salary without hesitation, he shouted at the students and faculty gathered under the stage.

“3,400! 3,400! 3,400! Yes~ Student number 109 won the bid for 3,400 won by Head Professor Jaden Martell, the pride and face of our magic department! professor. Please say something.”

Kang Han-na held out the microphone to Jayden, who was sitting on the rose chair, not knowing where he got it.

“I will try to make the time worth it.”

“Ugh, are you trying to sneak a hint about the exam next semester?”

Jayden laughed silently and got up from his seat, and the students under the podium ate and cheered in moderation.

“Yes, then I hope you have a good time with student number 109. Well, it’s still raining outside.”

“I think it’s rather romantic.”

“Wow… … Come down quickly.”

“hahahaha~”

Kang Han Na pushed Jayden’s back and sent him down the podium as written in the script. Kang Han-na, who was alone again, secretly pressed the in-ears she was wearing in her ears while the students’ eyes were briefly drawn to Jayden, who had gone down.

“Professor Baek?”

– Oh, you haven’t come yet!!

Kang Han-na closed her eyes at the answer of the student who prepared the stage together.

I raised the atmosphere at best, but the main person of the day is not attending? It’s only a matter of a moment that the atmosphere goes up. The discomfort index has subtly gone up because of the rain that started falling early in the morning, and students will be very dissatisfied.

I’ve been in a bad mood ever since the chairman was stumped… … .

‘Ahh!! this crazy bitch!! I’d rather crack or jump!’

Maybe it’s because he had a rough time as a teaching assistant, but the psychology of compensation worked, and he rolled his head to earn some money more comfortably, and this time, he ended up seeing blood again.

‘If you think of the professor on a regular basis, there’s nothing wrong… … .’

Seniors don’t know, but at least freshmen who have experienced Baek Woo-jin won’t open their mouths even if Baek Woo-jin doesn’t appear here today. It’s not like anyone would notice in the first place.

‘It’s better not to act like a clown and finish it quickly… … ?’

Kang Han Na, who was trying to quickly organize the stage, was startled.

They realized that the muffled voice of each pair had disappeared.

… again.

The common but uncommon sound of shoe heels echoing through the quiet auditorium.

Kang Han Na’s gaze naturally turned toward the sound.

‘really… … .’

Kang Han-na sighed inwardly as she saw Baek Woo-jin climbing up the stage in an outfit that hadn’t changed at all from when they met in the maze eight years ago. Truly, he is a nasty man with a bad taste for frightening people.

“You are different from the first time you appeared!!”

“noisy.”

Kang Han-na’s ears were hit by a faint annoyance mixed with the profound voice that made her heart pound every time she heard it.

“Ha ha ha~ Please sit over here.”

It wasn’t obvious on the outside, but Kang Han-na, who intuitively noticed that Baek Woo-jin was in a very bad mood, started the show with less of a proper appearance as much as possible.

“Yes~ The professor who will decorate the end of the festival is on stage!! Everyone claps!!”

clap clap-!!

The sound of applause from the auditorium telling them to leave and the shouts of ‘Kyaaak!’ from female students in the middle shook the auditorium greatly.

Kang Han-na laughed at the vibrating floor of the stage and grabbed the microphone.

“Yes yes!! It’s a good time to find out how long you’ve been waiting for this turn. The professors who have come so far must be very disappointed.”

-Ahahahaha!!

The students and faculty laughed lightly, and Kang Han-na continued to speak while looking at Baek Woo-jin, who was still unable to read his expression because of the glasses that covered half of his face.

“Since this is the stage you’ve been waiting for, procrastination isn’t what you all want, so let’s start the auction right away!!”

In fact, the script had instructions to ask simple questions and ask students if there was something to appeal to them, but Kang Han-na ignored everything written in the script for her own survival and continued.

“Yes~ As it is the last sale, the starting price is unusual, right? Professor Baek Woo-jin’s starting bid is 200!! I’ll update it right away by 10. Those who wish, please raise the license plate.”

In an instant, the area under the stage was filled with signposts with numbers.

“It is renewed by 50. 550, 600… … .”

The bid price quickly exceeded 1,000.

“It is updated by 100. 1,400… … .”

It surpassed 2,000 and reached 3,000 in no time.

It wasn’t that surprising so far. Professor Jayden also shot 3,400. However, what really surprised Kang Han-na was that even after the number exceeded 4,000, there were dozens of signposts above her head.

‘Ugh… … !! These golden spoon bastards!!’

At most, it should not exceed 1 hour, or 3 hours at the longest, but to pay such a huge amount of money to get such a fleeting time!!

What made Kang Han-na even more angry here was that most of the students who are currently bidding are upperclassmen. Guys who have never heard of a lecture… !!

“1, 100 million!! Now refreshes by 1,000… … !!”

Kang Han-na is starting to feel a strange sense of fear at the endlessly rising prices.

‘These children… … Totally crazy!!’

Prices are still going up.

Kang Han-na eagerly shouted the updated price and looked at the faces of those who remained.

‘To Na Joo-hee… … 3 upperclassmen, and… … .’

Beep-!!

Suddenly, an eye-popping noise burst from the speakers. It was the noise caused by the dent in the microphone in Kang Han Na’s hand.

‘Chairman?!’

Ahn Hyeon-do, standing in a corner and smiling benignly, is participating in the bidding.

Kang Han Na quickly turned off the microphone and increased her mana.

“ha ha ha!! Sorry. There’s something wrong with the microphone, so I’m going to proceed in this state!!”

She continued the auction, giving strength to keep the corner of her mouth from shaking as much as possible. Baek Woo-jin’s ransom has already reached 1 billion.

– No, why is the chairman participating?!

-Shh!! Joohee, Joohee!! And teachers can participate too!!

-shut up!!

The competitors fell off one by one, and Na Ju-hee, who only then learned who was competing with her, burned the signpost she was holding and gnashed her teeth.

“Eh, one billion!! Is there anyone else you want to call?”

Kang Han-na looked down, hoping that this damn auction would end quickly.

“10 billion!! 10 billion!! 10… … .”

Swoop.

Just before the final count was shouted, a new signpost was raised from the entrance. Kang Han-na was frightened and checked the face of the opponent who had lifted the signpost.

“Puff!!”

A cold-looking beauty with beautiful blond hair, as if a small sun was floating on it, and a person known as Baek Woo-jin’s lover.

“1.1 billion came out… … !!”

Kang Han Na forcibly swallowed her cough and looked at the chairman.

‘I, that crazy person… … ?!’

When she saw the head of the board holding a signpost with the corner of her mouth raised, a certain assumption passed through her head.

It is said that he deliberately participated in the bidding to extort more money from Professor Baek Woo-jin’s lover… … .

Kang Han-na wet her lips with her parched tongue and opened her mouth.

“1.2 billion… … 1.3 billion… … I will update by 200 million… .”

In just a few tens of seconds, Baek Woo-jin’s ransom took 3 billion won.

At this point, Kang Han-na also decided to just enjoy this situation. After all, it’s not you who gets killed, it’s the chairman over there.

“5 billion!! 5 billion came out!!”

The amount of money that can buy one top-notch artifact in its entirety is being discussed at a festival designed for students to enjoy.

Kang Han-na frowned as if in agony and turned her gaze to the chairman, who was touching the signpost. And he said with a look in his eyes that he begged me not to quit this fucking chicken race.

“5 billion!! Are there any more? Are you giving up here? really?!”

Did the provocation work?

The chairman, who was acting as if he was worried, smiled and listened to the signpost again.

“5.5 billion!! 5.5 billion came out!! Now, how… … .”

Kang Han-na’s eyes widened as she shouted excitedly and turned her head.

Claire, who had been standing by the door just before, had disappeared.

“uh… … ?”

Sounds very silly.

Surprisingly, it was not Kang Han Na, but the words that came from the mouth of the director who had just renewed Baek Woo-jin’s ransom.

“I am strong.”

“… … Yes?”

Kang Han-na, who had been absent-mindedly, turned her head as she came to her senses at the tickling voice.

“count.”

“ah… … That, 5,5.5 billion!!”

Kang Han Na realized.

“5.5 billion!!”

That there is a flying guy above the running guy is a word used in this situation.

“5.5 billion!!”

The chairman of the board succeeded in winning the bid for Baek Woo-jin’s time, which he wanted so much.

**

… … Fighting.

The director looked at the raindrops flowing from the umbrella with empty eyes.

“Hey… … .”

“noisy.”

Baek Woo-jin, who was standing next to the chairman who was covering his eyes with his thick hand, gave a short bruise.

“How can a person do such vicious things… … !!”

“I don’t know what you mean. If you’d come out at the best that you don’t like it, it wouldn’t be enough even if you banged your head and thanked me.”

“Turn it off… … !!”

The chairman tousled his hair, and finally let out a deep sigh and lowered his head.

“… … It’s okay, so stop and go see your business. I hate it very much, but a promise is a promise, so don’t worry, I’ll be there on time.”

“I think so even if you don’t say it.”

In front of the maze where people cannot reach.

Baek Woo-jin and the chairman were standing right in front of him and having a conversation.

“By the way, sleep.”

“What.”

Baek Woo-jin, who opened his umbrella, turned his head.

“I told Kim Seong-won that the rain would stop and he told me to prepare firecrackers? But instead of stopping, the dark clouds seem to have gotten thicker.”

As Ahn Hyeon-do said, the clouds, which had been close to gray even until daytime, had turned dark ink. But the surprising thing was that the raindrops falling down were still a silent drizzle.

“Are you wrong too?”

Ahn Hyeon-do, who had been depressed, raised the corners of his mouth a bit meanly, as if he had never done that. Baek Woo-jin, who had been glaring at An Hyun-do for a while, opened his mouth.

“It will stop.”

Baek Woo-jin turned around and left.

Ahn Hyun-do, who was watching him leave, raised his head once again and looked up at the sky.

A night sky full of dark clouds.

It seemed impossible that the rain would stop in a short time unless the gods up there helped.

But the last word was heavier than any other words.

‘It stops… … is it.’

Hyundo Ahn’s gaze stayed on the dark night sky for a while.