64 – ready(3)

“Baek, Professor… !!”

Heavy footsteps, irregular breathing, and a voice mixed with urgency and bewilderment call to me. Instead of looking back, I slowly shortened my stride.

“Ha ha, whoa… !!”

Yoon Do-sik let out a rough breath and barely caught up next to him.

He stooped down, took care of his disturbed breathing, and followed me with small steps.

Tteing-

“Damn it… … The length should also be moderately long. As soon as I left, I chased after him, but what… .”

It wasn’t until the elevator started moving down slowly that Yoon Do-sik straightened his back with a small grumble.

“therefore.”

When I turned my head, Yoon Do-sik, who had been grumbling for his age, coughed briefly and flapped the paper in his hand.

“This, this.”

“The materials I distributed.”

“… … yes. that you distributed. What I want to ask is what is written here. Let me tell you this.”

【Crack Attack Strategy】

Yoon Do-shik said, tapping the large letters with the opposite hand.

“First of all, I admit that you are a great person because I have seen it. Admit it. But this isn’t it, man. The grade evaluation has to be done within the academy, but crack balls—”

“Yoon Do-shik.”

“… approx. Something?”

Tteing-

The door of the elevator, which had been closed, opened slowly, revealing the lobby of the main building.

Teaching assistants wandering around with coffee or dinner in the early evening. I said as I walked through the gap.

“From start to finish. Read it without missing a single letter. Read it, then say it again.”

“… Then go a little slower.”

Yoon Do-shik grumbles and follows me.

-Ah, how are you!!

-Have a good evening!

– Thank you for your hard work!!

Teaching assistants wandering around the lobby come out to meet Yoon Do-shik and greet him with excessive courtesy.

“… What have you been doing?”

“nothing.”

“… … Like dirty power.”

I didn’t answer because it wasn’t exactly wrong.

Appointment of teaching assistants including Kang Han-na. It must be one of the reasons they are careful with me.

“How long will you follow me?”

“Shouldn’t you give yourself time to read it? And how do you read this in a dark place like this?”

Saying such strange things, Yoon Do-sik continued to follow me.

“A person is When is the time, do you still use early prints?”

“And why don’t you have a smart watch while using a smartphone?”

“Really over forty—”

“noisy.”

As you get older, you should know how to be as quiet as that.

In particular, a human with a deep knowledge of magic and alchemy would like to hold weight, but why do humans talk so much?

I took my smartphone out of my pocket. And I sent a mail to Claire. If there is no reply, I will send Yoon Do-sik back. Because she has no intention of showing her poor cooking skills to anyone else.

“… … Tsk.”

You don’t want to show it to anyone.

It wasn’t something I thought I would do. It seems that greed has a bigger impact on me than expected.

-Titling~

With a short sound, a reply arrived from Claire.

[Claire: It’s okay.]

Putting what I had in my hand back into my bosom, I lightly placed my hand on the shoulder of Yoon Do-shik, who was making a sad face.

‘There was something I wanted to check just in case, so it might be okay to take it in at least once.’

When I lightly applied magic and removed my hand, Yoon Do-sik said as he rubbed the shoulder where I had placed my hand.

“… Something?”

“Follow me.”

“Uh, go, let’s go together!!”

Popularity slowly diminishing.

And when he arrived at the infinite labyrinth, Yoon Do-shik, who had been keeping his mouth shut, opened his mouth again.

“Really, is it okay if I go in… ?”

“You are free to come in and you are free to go back.”

“No, that’s the nature… .”

Eventually, Doshik Yoon followed me into the maze. Then he walked along behind me and asked.

“… … Could you pick flowers now?”

“If you want to be locked up here until tomorrow morning.”

“… You’re just answering me harshly for what I asked.”

I ignored it lightly and walked on.

“her… … .”

Looking at the mansion at the end of the maze, Yoon Do-sik briefly admired it.

“Your house is in a place that people have longed for for 20 years.”

“Stop talking nonsense and come in.”

“It’s a shame.”

When I opened the door and entered, Claire, wearing an apron, was waiting for me at the front door with bright lights.

“Have you been there?”

“Did you keep waiting after receiving the call?”

“… … Yes.”

She answered in a very low voice, holding my bag instead.

“What one. not coming in.”

When I changed into slippers and turned my head, Yoon Do-sik stood in front of the open entrance, eyes wide open, looking at Claire standing next to me.

“That… … .”

“If you don’t come in, go out.”

“No, de, go in. I’m going in… .”

As the door closed, Yoon Do-sik took off his shoes and entered the room with a blank expression. Then, as if thinking that he had lowered his voice, he lowered his body and said.

“There were rumors that they were lovers, but they were not lovers, but a couple… ?”

– Keuheum!!

“… … ?”

When Claire coughed up a rather loud cough, Yoon Do-shik blinked and raised his head. Claire then turns around and speaks.

“I’ll leave this alone and go to the kitchen.”

Claire hurried across the aisle with my bag in her arms.

“Follow me.”

“Um… .”

Yoon Do-sik looked around the hallway and followed me into the kitchen.

“Sit down.”

“Hmm. I-I’m sorry.”

As I sat down in front of the table with an embarrassed expression on my face, Claire, who had gone into the study to put my bag, came back.

– Beep.

A fairy with chocolate in her hand rested on her shoulder.

“… … her?”

Two eyes that widen, a mouth that opens slightly.

And the gaze directed at Claire’s shoulder.

‘It will be fine.’

After confirming, I immediately moved my magic and said.

“Why?”

“uh? no, just… … .”

Yoon Do-shik blinked several times as he tried to point at Claire’s shoulder, then shook his head.

“No, no.”

-Beep… … !!

The guy who was preoccupied with chocolate found Yoon Do-sik belatedly and fled to the study with a startled look on his wings.

“Then, I will prepare, so please wait a moment.”

She lowered her head slightly towards me, took out a plate, and started serving stew, the only dish that didn’t fail, into a bowl.

“Now that the surroundings are bright, why don’t you read something like that?”

“Ah, that’s right.”

The guy, who was restless as if he was sitting on a cushion of thorns, turned his eyes to the paper he was holding in his hand as soon as my words ran out.

Dalgrak.

In the meantime, Claire puts a bowl of light brown stew on the table and sits next to me.

Leaving Yoon Do-sik, who was concentrating on the paper, I tasted the stew in front of me. The lightness and savory taste spread evenly in the mouth, and after passing it down the throat, it gave a clean feeling without being caught.

I said to her who was looking up at me with a slightly nervous expression.

“It is delicious.”

“… thank you.”

The corners of the mouth that rise slightly.

However, it quickly comes down and level again.

After hearing my evaluation, Claire slowly scooped out the stew that had been placed in front of her and began to put it into her mouth. That’s how she and I started emptying the bowl little by little.

“Hmm… .”

Yoon Do-shik put down the paper he was holding with a slightly questionable expression on his face. and ask me

“You can really go on like this?”

“yes.”

“… Well, if it’s going on inside the academy as written here, there won’t be any particular problem. Oh, thank you, I will eat well.”

Yoon Do-sik held up a spoon instead of paper, and on the contrary, I put down the spoon and asked him.

“Do you have a car?”

“Well? The car you drive?”

“yes.”

“… It’s not even an enhancement system, so would you walk around at this age?”

“Do you drive yourself?”

“… … then?”

I nodded and said to the guy who slightly frowned.

“Let’s drive some tomorrow.”

“Tomorrow?”

“yes.”

“Well, it doesn’t matter… … Should I do that?”

“It doesn’t matter if I call someone else.”

“Hmmm, I see.”

Yoon Do-sik nodded, raising the corners of his mouth a little slyly.

**

“… … damn it.”

“Are you talking to Professor Baek?”

When Yoon Do-shik, sitting in the back seat, giggled and asked, Kim Seong-won, who was behind the wheel, shouted with a band of blood on his broad forehead.

“You made the problem, but why are you betting on Professor Baek?!”

On Friday morning, Kim Seong-won, who went to work excitedly thinking of enjoying sea fishing on the weekend, received an email from Yoon Do-sik.

[Old drugstore: Professor Baek told me to go somewhere in the evening.]

As the person mentioned is a human being, I didn’t even think it was a joke, and as soon as I got home from work, the soles of my feet caught fire and I ran to the parking lot. And after a few minutes, Baek Woo-jin appeared with Yoon Do-shik and said.

– Was it Kim Seong-won who was calling?

As soon as I heard that, I knew.

That he was beaten by Yoon Do-shik.

and come back now.

“I washed my car last week… … .”

A place like this exists in downtown Seoul?

… I climbed halfway up the deserted back mountain to the point where I was questioned.

Of course, the road was not properly paved, and with a little exaggeration, Kim Seong-won had to drive with the feeling of almost off-roading. Of course, the condition of the car was so disastrous that it hurts to mention it separately.

“But why did you follow me?”

“I just came because I wanted to do something.”

The eyes of the two headed to a place where an ominous blue light shimmered in the darkness where even the moonlight did not reach properly.

“I thought there would be a crack in a place like this.”

“That’s right. Even judging from the size and color, it seems to be at least level 4.”

Kim Seong-won, an ordinary person, was just looking at the crack in a curious way, but Yoon Do-sik was looking at the crack with a slightly more complex eye.

‘I can’t feel anything even though I’m looking at it with my own eyes.’

Cracks are crevices in space where unknown power and a large amount of magical energy leak out. However, I couldn’t feel anything in the rift I was looking at. The concentration of magic power around him was also very normal. That’s why it hasn’t been discovered yet.

‘… Did I follow you for no reason?’

It would have been fine if they had been able to get inside, but Yoon Do-sik and Kim Seong-won were left in the car because they said they would get in the way if they went together. Thanks to that, the curiosity was only growing.

“Oh, you came out.”

Exactly one hour after entering the rift.

Baek Woo-jin came out of the swaying gap.

In his hand was a small backpack, an artifact with a storage function that Claire brought from the temple to contain Baek Woo-jin’s educational materials.

Click.

The passenger side door opened and a bright light came on in the dark car. Taking in the light, Baek Woo-jin got on.

When Kim Seong-won swallowed dry saliva and carefully tried to open his mouth.

“… … to the academy.”

Baek Woo-jin’s voice, all exposed parts pale, fell low in the car.

“I will drive as carefully as possible.”

Baek Woo-jin closed his eyes without answering.

Kim Seong-won carefully stretched out his body, stuffed the belt around Baek Woo-jin’s body, and grabbed the steering wheel.

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After Kim Seong-won left.

Darkness settled in the mountains again.

Complete darkness, no car lights, no moonlight, no ominous blue light.