7. Student Council – 05

‘Jin’s room? Well? I don’t think there was anything special about it? It’s just that this is a man’s room, roughly this level of sentiment?’

‘Huh, but it’s a big deal. Kayane You’re interested in another guy’s room. Shouldn’t an overaged virgin pay attention to that?’

‘me? do you mean me Hey, I’m an exception. Because Jin and I are not just strangers. Jin and I are friends, before that, the relationship between teacher and student, and before that, the relationship between a man and a woman… ‘

‘… I’m a bit ashamed to say it. Anyway, I’m well qualified to enter his room. Because Jin is my friend and mentor, and at the same time a person with whom I have a very close relationship.’

‘But, Kaya.’

‘You have nothing to do with him.’

‘Don’t you think it’s a bit strange to enter a room with someone you’re not close to or have any relationship with?’

“…..”

walk Without any meaning, and without thinking about anything, I just walked aimlessly.

When she came to her senses, she was standing in the middle of an unknown roadside, not in the hospital room where Altina was hospitalized.

“… ah.”

I can’t remember what just happened. I don’t remember anything about whether I was here, not in the hospital room, or how I got there.

But none of that matters, and it’s not even worth worrying about. Because right now, in her head, one worry is filling her head.

“You and he have nothing to do with each other?”

Erekaya knows that too. Objectively, Jin and Erekaya del Pendragon are not related in any way. They are strangers to the end, and are only between South and South Koreans.

Of course, if you dig deep into the situation, Jin and Erekaya can never be called strangers.

Although he is a relative so distant that even counting degrees is meaningless, he is definitely a descendant of Pendragon’s lineage, and even possesses a strong enough sense of synesthesia to cause resonance with Erekaya.

And to Erekaya… I am responsible.

Responsible for ruining his life. Responsible for ruining his family. The happiness he deserved was shattered… all of that responsibility.

Of course, everything had nothing to do with Erekaya directly. Because she didn’t know of such a thing in the past, and she had no interest in the family’s past in the first place.

However, Erekaya is Pendragon’s legitimate lineage, and at the same time, he plans to become Pendragon’s head and lead the family.

That is why Erekaya is the one who is more closely related to Jin than anyone else in the world, and also has an obligation to him in some way to take responsibility.

… However, it is a story that has never been revealed on the surface, and at the same time, it is a story that should never be revealed.

And when you look at that ‘inside story’… Jin and Erekaya really have nothing to do with each other.

Erekaya is not friends with Jin. No, they had never even properly mixed their words before mentioning the word friend.

The only time Erekaya had ever talked to Jin was when, when he had just entered school, he guided him to the dormitory and told him about the various precautions to be observed in Nineveh.

Erekaya is not close friends with Jin. Although they are members of the same A class and are classmates who take many classes together, when you look at their relationship apart, the relationship between the two is just awkward.

What Altina said, that there was no relationship between Erekaya and Jinyi, was really true.

Erekaya knew it well. The fact that there was no malice in Altina’s words. The fact that she was really just telling what she was seeing in her eyes.

… And that fact, to Erekaya, was just too frightening.

No matter how much she recognizes him as her blood, considers him family, and feels guilty towards him-

Because it meant that no one in the world knew her feelings, her heart.

… Even Jin, who could be said to be the party.

“jin.”

I can not admit it.

I can not admit it.

I can never admit that I have nothing to do with him, that I am just another person-

that’s why i came Without any calculation speed or any number of goals, I came here with only the impulse.

Until now, only Altina von Rudel Serias had been allowed into his room, and no one else was allowed to enter.

“hi.”

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My head is all jumbled and complicated, it seems like something is tangled in my chest, and my breathing is rough unlike usual, but I never show it and make up my usual appearance.

No, it’s okay if you don’t do that.

In front of him, not anyone else, Erekaya del Pendragon has to show himself as the heir to the Duke of Pendragon and the heir of the day.

“… uh, uh hi.”

Jin greets her with a puzzled expression, as if he hadn’t thought that he would come here.

It’s not that I can’t understand his feelings. Because she also couldn’t control herself and came all the way here, how absurd it must be for him, the person who greeted her without any preparation.

“Uh, um. But what’s going on here? Is there anything you want to say to me?”

“… the thing I want to say.”

I want to say. If there is something I want to say to you, and if there is anything I want to say, it exists like a mountain.

But I can’t say that right now. To Jin, who knows nothing, the whole truth cannot be revealed.

Not only was the place where they were standing right now not a space for that kind of talk, and the current Erekaya was not given the courage to tell the truth in the first place.

In the end, all that comes out of your mouth is dirty lies.

“I came to see you because I was worried.”

“worry? What are you worried about?”

“There have been a lot of strange rumors going around about you lately. And you, too, seem to be burdened by such rumors, so you stay in your room and don’t show yourself well.”

“Even if you look at it like this, I am the student council president of Nineveh. It means that he is responsible for all students and has a duty to supervise them. It’s not enough that a classmate is surrounded by strange rumors, and it’s clear that you feel burdened by such rumors, but there’s no way you’re not concerned, right?”

It’s a lie. In the first place, the ‘strange rumor’ surrounding Jin is a rumor spread by the chairman.

Rumors intentionally spread in order to uncover Jin’s hidden past, and to cut off the flies that harass Jin like Hugo.

Erekaya knew that too, but she had neither the will nor the intention to step out and correct the rumors.

Which noble family’s hidden lineage? It’s true. Because he is said to be a collateral, but he inherited the blood of the Duke of Pendragon.

The illegitimate son of some foreign royal family? That’s not wrong either. Because in the lineage of the Pendragon family, the lineage of the imperial family and the royal family also flows in a mixed state.

Rumors surrounding Jin are rumors that have no basis, but at the same time, they are not just rumors, they are also true. However, there was no reason for Erekaya to step in and settle the rumors.

“Ah, did you mean that?”

However, as if he had agreed to such a naive and cowardly excuse, Jin nodded his head.

“It’s okay if you don’t worry so much. Actually, it’s not that I don’t care about rumors, but I’m quite familiar with that kind of look.”

Looking at Jin who said that while shrugging her shoulders, Erekaya felt her heart pounding and sinking.

… Are you used to it? Does it mean that you are accustomed to receiving glare from others, and being noticed?

Erekaya also knows to some extent. How much it bothers people when other people say things about them.

A gaze of envy toward oneself, a gaze of longing, an expectant wind… Even this kind of thing makes people so anxious, so what kind of life did he have to live to get used to receiving glare from others?

How on earth has he been living his life being thrown into such a harsh environment?

“Well, thank you for caring about me. I’ve come this far, but it’s a bit far fetched to just send it back, would you like to have some tea?”

After saying that, Jin smiled and gestured for me to come inside the room.

his room. Until now, except for Altina von Rudel Serias, no one had been able to enter Jin’s residence.

“… yes.”

Trying hard to hide her excitement, Erekaya cautiously stepped into Jin’s room.

“I don’t think there’s anything insignificant that catches your eye, but I’m still looking at the room for a while. I’ll even get some tea.”

Saying that, Jin left the room before Erekaya had time to grab hold of her.

In the end, in an instant, Erekaya was left alone in this room.

“…..”

An unfamiliar space that I have never visited before, and another man’s room. The combination of these two facts paralyzes her reason.

But even for a while, Erekaya slaps herself and tries to come to her senses somehow.

“No, no. keep your mind straight Erika, you didn’t come here for this.”

Yes. In a way, this could be said to be a golden opportunity.

Wasn’t the reason why Erekaya came to Jin’s room in the first place was to check the status of the family photo in his room?

Erekaya carefully raised her head and examined Jin’s room calmly.

His room, and the scenery of Jin’s room, were very bleak.

Except for the consumables that Nineveh provided to the students in bulk, the only personal items in his room were a few books and everyday clothes.

It is not a space where people live, but a desolate space like a well-decorated theater stage.

“…..”

Seeing the room like that, Erekaya gritted her teeth without realizing it.

Why on earth is he laying himself in a room with such a bleak scenery? Why on earth do we live in a landscape devoid of such humanity?

As far as Erekaya knows, Nineveh gives all students a certain amount of money every month in the name of maintaining dignity.

With that money, it would be possible to decorate this room, if not to the point of being extravagant, to make it look like a room full of people.

But why does he not invest money for his own humane life and for his own affluence?

… Could it be that he is not accustomed to this kind of ‘luxury’?

Being kicked out, ostracized, and avoiding the eyes of others since I was young, I got so used to it… Does that mean we have forgotten what a human life is?

And this, too, is it all because of her karma?

I didn’t want to face the sight of this bleak room any longer. I just want to close my eyes tight like this. Everything that makes up this room seems to be her original sin, making her feel uncomfortable.

But that was the time.

In Erekaya’s eyes, a photo gently lying on the desk came into view.

“… Picture.”

For a moment, Erekaya’s heart pounded.

Could it be that the photo the chairman was talking about is that photo? The very family photo with Jin and his parents?

… But what? Didn’t the chairman say he couldn’t find anything when he visited this room the other day?

But why was she able to find the picture so easily?

no way… Could this be fate? Could it be that the element of fate was pushing Erekaya’s back to make her realize the truth?

As if spilled on something, Erekaya walked over to the desk where the photo was placed.

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My heart is beating so violently that I can’t hear anything because the room is so noisy.

Alas, it was scary. To see the truth, and to face the karma you’ve committed with your own eyes.

Trying to suppress all of that, Erekaya turned the picture over as if she had made up her mind about something-

“… ah.”

It was a family picture.

A family photo of a harmonious landscape with a couple that looks like a married couple and a small child.

As the chairman said, the hair color of the people in the photo was black.

50 years ago, the black hair that the person expelled from the Pendragon family had.

If so, could the young child between the man and woman be none other than Jin himself?

Unfortunately, Erekaya wasn’t sure if the child was a picture of Jean as a child.

No, she couldn’t even check the child’s face in the first place.

Because the face of the young child in the picture was painted black with a pen, so it was impossible to recognize.

… As if he thinks he is an ‘impurity’ that shouldn’t be in this picture.