Chapter 281 – 3 Circle Magic (5)

A bit early in the evening.

I took senior Hwa-young’s hand, who somehow managed to seduce me, and we walked to the restaurant together.

Seeing him try to keep pace with me with a strangely pounding expression on his face, it looks like he’s pounding at the thought of eating something other than pork belly.

… Even when we first met, it seems like I used all sorts of excuses and means to seduce you.

Now that the situation has been reversed, she found Hwayoung-senpai cute in many ways, trying to buy time to be with me somehow.

I can’t help but make awkward movements that seem like they just want to seduce me and don’t know what to do.

“Seo and Seongcheol juniors were originally majoring in swordsmanship, right?”

“Yes. Swordsmanship is still my main focus. Even in party hunting, it’s the position of a swordsman.”

“At the same time, I studied magic hard… Tea, you are so proud… !”

“A while ago, hunting monsters only took two hours, so you asked why it took so long.”

“My, did I say that? Now, I can’t remember…”

I tried to forcefully praise her with words that were not even in her mind, only to get ahead of her motivation, but the behavior she had done until now came back as a contradiction.

Knowing the situation, it became a more enjoyable observation point every time I saw that awkward part.

As she was walking down the street having a strange conversation that cut off in the middle like that, at some point the smell of sizzling pork belly began to sting her nose.

At that point, she remembered the feeling of hunger she had forgotten about, and her body responded to the appetite.

… Come to think of it, she didn’t even eat lunch and just ran magic in the dungeon for three hours.

It was natural that my body reacted on its own since it was time to supplement with nutrition.

As soon as we entered the restaurant, we ordered two servings of pork belly and a bottle of soju, and we sat across from each other at the table until the menu came out and finished talking about the 3rd circle magic we showed in the dungeon.

“… As I said before, it’s fortunate that the concept of making magic seems well established. His ability to use the Frost Burst he created in practice was also excellent.”

“Yes? A frost burst?”

“Huh? Do you have any specific names? I was thinking that it would be okay with a name like that since it’s to explode a block of ice with flame magic…”

“Ulpatan…”

“Huh?”

“… It’s nothing.”

… What is it, this feeling of feeling infinitely pitiful as soon as you hear the name Frost Burst?

When I first thought about it, I thought it was a plausible name, but now, why does the name Urpatan feel childish and corny?

Even before the lonely impression of Erpatan in his heart was over, Senior Hwa-young’s indiscriminate magic naming continued without stopping.

“Oh, and the other two spells weren’t too bad either. Considering the power, it seems that it needs to be improved a little. If I add some concepts and develop it into a 4th or 5th circle magic, maybe I can use it? Roughly named Flame Whip and… Will it be enough for an explosive fist?”

“Fire Punch…”

“Huh?”

“… No, nothing.”

I was able to instinctively realize that if I forcibly preached the magic name I had thought of, it would not receive much response.

I decided to calmly accept the magic name my master had given me.

Goodbye, Urpatan, Fire Punch…

After that, in the process of drinking a glass or two with a meal, the atmosphere gradually matured with various stories.

It was strange in many ways to see the elf wrap the pork belly and lettuce wraps in his mouth, but the senior was a half elf, so eating meat didn’t seem to be a problem.

Well, the other day we ate pizza together. And that sunbaenim was topped with a lot of pepperoni sausage.

And if I had to argue, the pork belly lettuce wrap had a higher proportion of plants than meat, so about half of it was vegetarian. Although the vegan association probably won’t admit it.

Sometimes, thinking that this would be okay, I took a piece of lettuce from the table, made a wrap with meat, green onions, garlic, and ssamjang on top and handed it to the senior across the street.

“Senior, ah~ do it.”

“Ah…”

I thought I would refuse to do it because it was embarrassing, but surprisingly, senior Hwayoung took my lettuce wraps and ate them with her mouth without any objection.

… You are really determined. When I see him doing something he didn’t want to do to get me to bed today somehow.

“Huh, junior! Juniors eat this too! I packed it myself!”

“Thank you, senior.”

Even she did not stop at receiving wraps from me and hurriedly packed wraps herself and brought them to her mouth.

It seems like you’ve been doing well without a man for over 100 years so far, so I wonder if there’s a reason to be so anxious.

While watching her come closer to feed her cheap lettuce wraps to my mouth, she suddenly felt a strange strange feeling different from usual.

“… Hmm?”

“Why, why? Not very tasty?”

“No, the ssam is delicious.”

Until now, it was a special situation inside a dungeon, so I couldn’t grasp it well.

Certainly, today she didn’t emit the usual strange smell.

That meke and stinky smell unique to tar cigarettes.

I wondered if my prediction was correct, so I sneakily asked Hwayoung about tar cigarettes.

“Senior.”

“Oh, huh?”

“Have you ever quit smoking?”

“… I didn’t quit completely, but I didn’t smoke for about a week.”

I thought I was just throwing it, but I thought it was really cut off.

You might think that it doesn’t come out because it’s covered by the smell of meat, but in the first place, tar cigarettes made with black slime couldn’t hide the scent that way.

In the first place, not only now, but all day today, I couldn’t smell my senior’s unique cigarette.

“What kind of wind did you suddenly hear?”

“… What.”

“I don’t smoke, so I don’t know, but isn’t it usually very difficult to quit? In particular, tar cigarettes must be much more addictive than other cigarettes.”

I seriously questioned her with a look on her face that said she didn’t really know, and instead, she uttered her words as if she was dumbfounded.

“… Ji told me to hang up, but now I’m talking about something else…”

“Yes?”

“… He said he doesn’t like the smell of cigarettes when you kiss. That’s why I just endured it a week before meeting my junior.”

To sum it up, it was ‘I quit because I told you to quit’.

I remember the words that I clearly didn’t expect much and passed by, but Hwayoung sunbaenim was paying attention to that part.

… Especially paying attention to the smell of cigarettes when kissing.

In other words, she had been looking forward to meeting and kissing me today for more than a week.

Or maybe she was hoping for something more than that from the very beginning.

It seemed that he had indirectly spit out his sincerity to me, but he didn’t seem to notice that part because he was drunk.

… In the first place, because of the smell of meat and garlic, it seems that the clean kiss has already passed water.

After finishing the meal by emptying the remaining meat and drinking glasses on the fire, it was already the evening time when the sun had almost set.

Thanks to the shortening of the day, the scenery that evokes the illusion of late night came into view even though it was not actually that late.

“I ate well, senpai.”

“That, yes… I’m glad you ate well…”

“It’s early winter, so it’s already dark even though it’s still evening.”

“That, that, … Ha.”

As soon as she came out of the restaurant, Hwa-young, who looked blatantly nervous, secretly sighed at her.

The darkening of the day means that the time to return soon is near.

It was a story that if you don’t make a decision at this point, you will have to break up with me today.

If she was in a state where her libido was piled up, it also meant that she would have the hassle of having to set up a different schedule and set up a new date to meet separately.

Of course, I didn’t want that either, so I’m thinking of bringing up the story first if the situation arises.

But before that, I decided to observe how determined Hwayoung senior would be.

Did she say that the brave will win her beauty?

I’m not particularly beautiful, and even if I don’t have the courage, I’ll gladly win.

“Hey, that, that, Seongcheol… !”

“Yes, senior.”

“Hey, maybe… Oh, there’s still time… ?”

“There is time. But why do you ask that?”

“Ah no, that… Just curious…”

I really don’t have that much courage.

If you just close your eyes and say one word to go to the hotel, she will gladly respond, but Hwayoung sunbaenim, who couldn’t even say that one word and couldn’t get enough of it, was cute in many ways.

“Bar, it’s late at night, where do you want to rest… ?”

“It’s dark, but it’s still early evening, senior.”

“Yeah, but it’s dangerous for a man to walk alone at night like this… ?”

“Did you forget that I am an Awakener?”

“Ah, ah, that’s right… Seongcheol, you were an Awakener…”

When are you going to tell me honestly without turning around?

It was pitiful in many ways to try to make a suitable excuse by making ridiculous excuses here and there.

In the end, I expressed a clear signal from my side, which was difficult to watch. So that my senior can muster up the courage to clearly express his sincerity to me.

Side.

“Huh?!”

Hwayoung jumped up as if surprised by my light kiss that suddenly touched my lips.

“What, what?”

“What is it, do you need a reason to kiss me?”

“… Huh?”

“I heard you haven’t smoked a cigarette in a week because you thought you would kiss me. Wouldn’t it be too sad if we parted like this?”

“Ah, yes… Yes…”

In fact, because of the smell of meat and alcohol, I wouldn’t have been able to say it was that romantic even if it wasn’t for the smell of cigarettes.

That part was able to be offset sufficiently with a little drunkenness and a lovely senior’s expression.

“Senior, aren’t you really sorry?”

“… What?”

“Wouldn’t it be sad if we just kissed and parted?”

“… Uh huh?”

“Are you really going to let me go like this? Or are you going to make me speak directly from my mouth as a man?”

“… Ah, ah, that, that… !”

Senior Hwayoung, who understood my words properly, opened her eyes wide.

If I had said this much, I would have understood it by now. To the extent that my thoughts and his thoughts had already coincided a long time ago.

After receiving her last hint, she finally took my hand with a look of conviction.

“Stop, Seongcheol!”

“Yes.”

“Oh, come with me tonight, do you want to stay… ?”

Looking at Hwayoung, who was finally able to speak her words properly, I nodded her head with a smile.

Still, I’ve grown a lot in a short period of time.

It was the moment when I came to understand a little bit how Master felt toward his pupil.