55 – will cherish (4)

… … Click.

After coming out of the bathroom, Nayoung swallowed her saliva and slowly walked towards her bed.

beep, beep

On the bed, a cute little sound came from the bag with the mouth open.

However, whenever she heard that small sound, Lee Na-young’s stomach and stomach ached. Where the hell did that little child come from and where did the materials he was going to use today go?

“Eh, starting with the medicine… .”

It seemed that if she stayed like this, she would only go to the bathroom without doing anything, so Lee Na-young carefully stood up her bag and stuck her hand in it.

– Beep

“Ugh.”

cute. It was so cute to turn around and lick your mouth. But my stomach hurts.

As soon as her stomach began to pull, Lee Na-young quickly took out the glass bottle containing the medicine and stepped back. Then he opened the stopper, shoved a small pill into his mouth, and swallowed it with a gulp.

“No, water.”

Because of the budget, ingredients that affect the taste were not added, so it was bitter and bitter. Also, I was very urgent because I felt like the medicine was caught in the middle of my throat because I swallowed it in a hurry.

Crack.

I opened the lid of the bottled water I had taken out of the refrigerator a while ago and swallowed it slowly so as not to overdo it. One sip, two sips, three sips.

“Sigh… .”

Along with the water, the medicine went down my throat, and my aching stomach quickly subsided even after a while. Instead of giving up the taste, the medicinal effect spread quickly and lasted a very long time.

It wasn’t until her fast-beating heart returned to the normal range that Lee Na-young approached the bed with her bag again.

-Beep… beep… .

A small child with fresh light green hair, as if he had moved the green forest of midsummer. It had a pair of transparent wings on its back that were barely visible.

“Where did you come from?”

There is a window in the dormitory room, but I don’t remember opening the window once while Baek Ha-na was out. That’s because the weather was still chilly and I didn’t feel the need to ventilate.

Also, going out is lunch and dinner. It was all 4 times over the weekend. Even at that time, I was in a state of sober mind.

“… Has the moonroot changed?”

If a child of this size had entered the room, it was impossible not to notice it. In addition, the place where it was found was not in a corner, but in the pocket where he put the ingredients he was going to use.

Alchemy was a discipline close to science, but cracks, monsters, and even awakened people and gods. In a world where there are more things that cannot be explained by science, there was nothing strange at all no matter how and when something changed.

“Yes… . Let’s take it out.”

It was important to know where the cute little child in front of me came from, but more important than that was to get the moonroots to use in the practice that was to take place in a few tens of minutes.

Fortunately, there is a spare in the personal locker in the main building of the Alchemy Department, so you can use it. So let’s get that kid out and pack the bag.

Swoop.

Carefully, very carefully, I took out my pocket and set it down on the bed.

Taking a look at the little child who didn’t wake up and made a cute sound like a chick, Lee Na-young closed the open bag and packed her things.

‘window… Wouldn’t it be better to leave it slightly open?’

After thinking for a long time, Lee Na-young finally decided not to open the window. The weather was still chilly, and perhaps a conversation might work. If you want to go out again, it won’t be too late if you open the door then.

‘In case you don’t know, let’s ask one.’

Lee Na-young quietly put the fairy on her smartphone and attached the picture to a hundred emails.

[Me: (Photo) One. Do you know anything about this kid? If you know someone, it’s on my bed, so don’t worry too much.]

“I will get an answer before lunch… ?”

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Right now, he must be in the middle of a combat martial arts lecture.

Lee Na-young quietly left the dormitory with her smartphone in her arms.

**

“Yes. Everyone has suffered. Please come out with samples for submission in order, starting from the front row. Oh, and don’t forget to put a name tag on it.”

Following the professor’s instructions, Lee Na-young put a name tag on the self-reliance enhancement potion she made and went forward.

“Student Lee Na-young. Has confirmed.”

“Yes, four.”

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Returning to her seat, Lee Na-young carefully packed the rest of the potions into her bag.

I was able to arrive at the classroom with extra moonroots from the locker on time, and I succeeded in producing a satisfactory result.

Instead, in the practice of using my own recipe in the afternoon lecture, I was unable to fully capture the taste.

‘what a waste… .’

Due to the poverty of the wallet, opportunities to indulge in the luxury of taste seldom came. So, this time, I was thinking of adding flavor to the remaining 10 pills of the sedative, but unfortunately, I felt like I should just use it and eat it bitterly.

“Yes. All submissions have been confirmed.”

Professor mate! He clapped his hands and attracted the attention of the students.

“You have five spares left, right? Now, hand it out to the enrichment class and have it evaluated by next week. The evaluation sheet is posted in the library, so you can pick it up and use it. Also, I’m just saying this just in case, but please don’t forget to submit the sample and don’t use your friendship to push it up.”

After speaking, the professor took the submitted samples and left the lab.

After the professor left, the students began to pack their bags one by one, and Lee Na-young was the last to leave the practice room after all her classmates had left.

‘Ah, mail.’

I stopped at the corner of the hallway and took out my smartphone. And press the postal emoticon shown at the top.

[Hana: Oh, sorry!! I think I followed you… Did you buy anything?]

[One: End of class! I’m going to the dormitory right away. Nayoung, are you coming too? I’ll go buy something to eat first!!]

‘It’s an acquaintance.’

Lee Na-young sighed as she inserted her smartphone. It didn’t mean anything else, it was just a sigh of relief.

A reliable friend named Baek Ha-na was waiting for her at the dormitory, and above all, the fact that she didn’t have to go to a crowded restaurant made Lee Na-young feel better.

Lee Na-young, who put her smartphone in her arms, walked towards the dormitory with very light steps.

-It’s only the 3rd week, but the assignments are already piling up?

-If you twist it, you should have applied for a practice-oriented lecture.

-Yes. Field trip next weekend.

Normally, it would have taken me a while to find a deserted road, but I crossed the central street crowded with classmates, thinking that Baek Hana was waiting for me.

I arrived at my dorm room by walking, looking straight ahead, not on the floor, so as not to bump into anyone.

A hundred and one shoes on the porch.

Lee Na-young quickly took off her shoes and went inside. And I was able to immediately find Baekhana sitting in front of the table.

– Byeonung.

Even a small and cute child who was sleeping soundly in his pocket was together.

“Come on.”

“uh? Ah, yes.”

Peeling off the chocolate, Baekhana continued.

“I didn’t know what I liked, so I bought a lot of things and put them in the refrigerator.”

“Ah, yes. thanks.”

Lee Na-young could not take her eyes off the little being who sat in front of Baek Ha-na and gnawed at the chocolate with her small mouth. She was cute even when she was sleeping, but now that her cheeks are puffed out, she is so cute that it’s hard to put into words.

Lee Na-young, who had barely arrived at the refrigerator, chose a salmon salad from the refrigerator and sat down at the table.

– Beep?

“uh… .”

Was the sound of the chair dragging annoying?

The cute little being that was eating the chocolate looked this way and opened its eyes wide.

-Beep!!

And then, startled by his small body, he hides in his friend’s hands.

“If you’re going to hide, you have to leave the chocolate and hide.”

A small entity hidden in Baek Ha-na’s hand, clutching a piece of chocolate the size of her body, secretly poked her head out and began to look at me.

“M-I’m sorry. I’ll go to the bathroom and eat… … .”

“Why do you eat in the bathroom?”

“uh… … . that, that’s it… .”

Lee Na-young laughed awkwardly at Baek Ha-na’s questionable question.

Baek Ha-na, who blinked for a moment at her friend’s reaction, poked her head out using her hand as a wall and gently stroked the head of the fairy who was watching her friend.

“Don’t worry, eat. I have to go out in a little while, but I’ll take him along on the way.”

“Yes… .”

Lee Na-young began to eat the salad, receiving an unknown gaze. And when I had eaten half of the salad, the hidden fairy came out and gnawed the chocolate again.

“I am one.”

“yes?”

Hana Baek, who was peeling the last piece of chocolate, raised her head.

Lee Na-young took out a potion she had made in practice earlier from her bag.

“This is a potion that enhances self-reliance, but if it’s okay, can you rate it?”

“Self-sufficiency?”

“yes. There may be individual differences, but in the case of cuts, even if left alone, they will heal without scarring within a minute.”

“yes?”

Lee Na-young handed over the potion to Hana Baek who reached out and explained.

“Instead, it draws a lot of energy, so a light test is enough.”

“I will. But could you give me another one?”

“yes. It’s okay if you just write a review. You want Seo-hee?”

“no. There’s a kid who keeps sparring with me in martial arts class. to feed him.”

“… yes?”

“I will definitely accept the evaluation.”

“Uh, yes. thanks.”

Lee Na-young felt something strange, but since the other person was Baek-Ha, she handed over another bottle of potion without asking.

“It looks like it will taste like grapes.”

“It doesn’t contain grapes, but it tastes like grapes.”

“really?”

“yes. It will smell the same. Open it and take it.”

Pook.

Baekhana immediately opened the stopper, and the sweet scent of very ripe grapes rose.

– Beep?

At that time, the fairy holding the last piece of chocolate in her hand raised her head from below. Then he sniffed his little nose.

-Beep!!

I moved my shiny wings and grabbed the potion bottle. Baekhana firmly closed the stopper and said.

“no.”

-Beep!!

“It’s not okay.”

– Beep, beep?!

Baek Ha-na carefully grabbed the fairy with her hands and set it down on the table, and the fairy sat on the floor looked up at Baek Ha-na with a shocked expression.

“I-I can’t look at it with those eyes… .”

– Beep, beep.

“Ugh… .”

Seeing tears welling up in the pure eyes of the fairy, Hana Baek secretly looked at Lee Na-young with a cry of pain.

“Na Young-ah… .”

“wait a minute.”

Lee Na-young took out a potion in a small bottle from her bag.

It was the amount I had left out to flavor my own recipe for the afternoon.

Pook.

– Beep?

As soon as Lee Na-young opened the stopper of the potion, the fairy turned her head.

“Should I pour it into a cup?”

“Even if you just give it to me, I’ll drink it well.”

“That, is it?”

Lee Na-young carefully held out the bottle to the fairy who was staring at the potion in her hand.

– Pia!!

“OMG.”

Lee Na-young was taken aback by the fairy’s action of suddenly flying in and putting her mouth on the spout of the bottle, but tilted the bottle slowly.

The fairy drank well without spilling a single drop of the contents through her small mouth as it descended at a moderate speed.

– Beep.

The fairy who emptied the bottle burps cutely and licks her lips. Then, I stared at Lee Na-young, who put the empty bottle in her bag.

Hwaaak-!!

“Uh, huh?”

Lee Na-young was startled by the sudden brightening of her surroundings. However, not long after, he recognized the identity of the culprit responsible for the light and looked at the small existence with curious eyes.

The light that illuminated the surroundings gradually decreased in size, and it soon became a small sphere and landed on the fairy’s hands. The fairy stood up and handed it to Lee Na-young.

– Pia!

“Oh, I-I’m giving it to you… ?”

When Lee Na-young raised her head in embarrassment, Hana Baek spoke.

“It’s a gift for being friends.”

“Chi, friend?”

Baek Hana nodded and added a comment.

“It is the most precious thing a child can give. I’m not quite sure what exactly… I heard that eating it can speed up growth.”

– Beep.

The fairy’s expression became slightly sullen.

“Accept it now.”

“Uh, uh, yes.”

Lee Na-young reached out and grabbed the small sphere.

-Beep!!

The fairy smiled broadly and handed it over.

Lee Na-yeong looked at the sphere in her hand and the excited fairy and asked Baek Ha-na again.

“That… Mmm, can I eat it?”

“It’s okay to eat, and it’s okay to just keep it. How you use it is your choice, Nayoung.”

Baek Ha-na rose from her seat, and the smiling fairy also moved her wings and flew up.

“yes?”

The fairy passed Baekhana and approached the window placed between the two beds. And tapped with a small hand.

– Pia. Beep.

“… Are you going alone?”

Baek Hana frowned and approached the window.

yep.

– Beep.

“It’s okay if I take you.”

However, knowing that the words could not be understood, Baek Ha-na hesitated for a moment before opening the window slightly.

– Beep!

The fairy didn’t even look back and flew outside using the gap Baek Ha-na had opened. Seeing that, Hana Baek scratched her cheek and closed the window.

“It’s not like you’re upset… ?”

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Returning to the table with a small mutter, Baek Ha-na put the potion she had received from Lee Na-young on the bed and headed for the front door.

“I’ll try the potion tomorrow.”

“Uh, yes.”

“See you at dinner.”

With a click, Hana Baek left the room.

Alone, Lee Na-young examined the glowing sphere in her hand and carefully put it into her mouth.

I thought about using it as an ingredient for a potion, but I didn’t know what effect it had and it didn’t seem like something I could get if I wanted to, so I chose to consume it myself.

gulp.

As soon as it touched my tongue, the sphere slipped down my throat.

It melted away before it even passed the throat.

“… … uh?”

Lee Na-young let out a sound without even realizing it.

My body, which had been heavy like lead, and my head, which had been foggy, became clear like a lie. My body became so light. without any premonition.

“… … .”

Lee Na-young blinked blankly, then got down from her seat and headed to the bathroom. And I checked the mirror.

His face looked like a sick person with thick dark circles. However, what was reflected in the mirror was not himself, but a completely different person.

Clear eyes and glowing skin.

In addition, I felt strongly that I had matured overall.

“… innovation.”

Lee Na-young couldn’t take her eyes off the mirror for a while.

**

“Well.”

In Baek Woo-jin’s study, Claire, who occupied the seat where Baek Woo-jin usually sat, is reading a cooking recipe using a smart watch.

Originally, it was time to take care of the fairy, but since the fairy to be looked after was away, there was nothing to do.

However, since Baek Woo-jin, who went to meet the finance manager, couldn’t be followed, she turned her eyes to acquiring cooking knowledge, which she lacked because she couldn’t waste time alone.

yep.

“… … ?”

Claire, who was reading the recipe, turned her head at the sound she heard from behind.

yep.

yep.

The fairy who had left the house clung to the window and was tapping on the window with her small hand.

Claire got up quickly and opened the window.

-Pia~!

The fairy flew in through the crack and shouted at Claire, then went straight to the bedroom. Claire closed the window and followed the fairy into the bedroom.

– Beep~

The fairy, who had entered her small nest before she knew it, gave a long yawn and licked her lips several times before closing her eyes. And soon after, a cute chick sounded gently from the small basket.

“Looks like you made a new friend.”

Claire smiled bitterly at the fairy’s presence, which had become smaller than yesterday.

“If you want to be satisfied with me, you must be greedy.”

As the respected God said, the moment of parting will surely come.

A moment that comes equally to anyone who is alive and breathing.

So, I said to make as many happy and enjoyable memories as possible.

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Rather than being sad, he said, remember the happy moments and smile.

“Every moment we spend together… .”

I stroked the fairy’s head a couple of times as she exhaled lightly and took out my smartphone from my bosom.

– Beep.

Claire didn’t finish talking behind her back.

Instead, I captured the image of a small, mumbling fairy on my smartphone for quite some time.