Chapter 69 – Onion Cream

The instructor looks at me intently.
A look as if it were real.
Maybe he thought that I was forcibly threatened by Kim Joo-won, and that I would endure things like this in silence.

“Lee Seo-ha.”
“Really, nothing happened.”

Actually, if you think about it, it’s really nonsense.
One day, Kim Joo-won calls me into his room and rapes me?
In the first place, recognizing the fact that I am a woman would be impossible without some trick.
Even if it’s just these two people by my side right now.

“Yes, I understand.”

Until that day happened.
No, I think Yoon Shi-hoo is a little earlier than that.
After all, they were people who had no idea that I was a woman.

“If you’re ready, you can come anytime, so let’s do that.”

Fortunately, it was the instructor who retreated first.
I wonder if I thought that if I tried to hold on to me longer here, time would pass meaninglessly.
He withdrew his heavy eyes, which he had been directing as if he was pressuring me to get an answer, and sighed and continued.
“The reason I called you two today is because I wanted to ask you one more time. Are you really planning to continue attending Cheonghwa Academy?”

As much as I had been through such a terrible thing, I couldn’t help but worry.
Maybe, in the worst case, he might even consider forcing me to transfer to Honghwa.

“First of all, Seoha, you are a woman, so you will have to continue to associate with and bump into men while attending the academy.”

Then the instructor paused for a moment.
It feels like he is contemplating whether to say this or not while looking at me.

“To be honest, I’m not sure. Whether you’ll be able to get along well at the academy in the future.”

…No.
Perhaps the instructor was more concerned about the trouble that would arise from the existence of me, rather than worrying about myself in the future.
No matter how much she hides that she is a woman, she is here.
If the fact that I am a woman is known all over the world.
Among the hot-blooded men, there will definitely be someone who will try to mess with me.

“Seoha. I don’t recommend Honghwa Academy, but since it’s a women’s academy, it’s probably better than Cheonghwa for girls to attend. You don’t have to dress up as a man uncomfortably like you do now.”

But, Instructor.
If I was going to go to Honghwa Academy in the first place, wouldn’t there be no reason for me to come here?
Why did I come here without bothering to correct my male gender?

“I hope you will consider it at least once.”
“…Yes.”
“Hey Instructor, then why am I?”

While me and the instructor were talking like that, it was like a bag of barley that had been borrowed.
I heard the voice of Yoon Shi-hoo, who was standing next to me, and at the same time turned her head.
Then, Yoon Si-hoo flinched and said, “Oh, no,” And quickly killed her voice.

“Yoon Shi-hoo.”
“Yes?”
“Please take good care of Lee Seo-ha.”

In response to her instructor’s words, Yoon Si-hoo immediately revealed her expression, and she replied with quite confidence, “Yes.”
I guess I was called because I was the only person in the class other than Kim Joo-won who knew that I was a girl.

“You’ll probably need a lot of help. Because it’s unprecedented, you never know what’s going to happen.”
“I will try my best.”
“Yes, whoa…”

Perhaps because of me, the instructor sighed heavily with a pensive face.
That instructor would make me sigh like that.
…Maybe me.
Maybe it’s a bigger bomb than I thought?

“Then let’s both stop and go back, Lee Seo-ha.”

Seeing how he still left me with something to say.

“If you change your mind, it’s always good, so just come and visit us.”
“Yes.”
“Then do your best today and see you later.”

I left the counseling room and sighed lightly.
Apparently, the instructor wants to send me to Honghwa.
It was because I didn’t know how it would come out.

I know you’re worried about me, and I know you’re saying that for me.
If I was going to go to Honghwa in the first place, I would not have gone through all these things after coming to Cheonghwa.
He came here because Hong-hwa will disappear by the time he becomes a sophomore.

“Seoha.”
“Huh?”
“Are you going to walk?”
“Uh…”

Actually, I had no idea.
However, Yoon Si-hoo told me that time was running out and sent me a look in his eyes as if he secretly wanted to go at once.
After receiving his gaze for a while, she opened the second-dimensional space by holding Yoon Si-hoo’s sleeve.

“Seoha.”
“Huh.”
“But I’m just curious.”
“Uh.”
“Why do you always come out the door?”
“Uh, just?”

At the same time as Yoon Si-hoo asked, the phone in her pocket vibrated.
In this world, I hadn’t had a particular case of contacting someone first.
She responded roughly to his question and took her phone out of her pocket.

– My chicken.

Anyway, this bastard is like that.
Am I an errand boy?
Didn’t you dream that I covered you from the instructor earlier?

– What the fuck, it’s chicken from the morning.
– I just want to eat.

How does a bastard who always eats rice only through learning because he has no money knows the taste of chicken…

– I see you too.

No.
Chicken is just an excuse, are you doing this because I overworked you?

“Seoha, who is it that makes your face look like that…”
“Huh?”
“No.”

Did you see my angry face at Kim Joo-won’s bullshit?
Before entering the classroom, Yoon Si-hoo looked at his expression and made a strange expression.
Soon after, he walked past me and walked into the classroom.

“What…”

Looking at his back in a daze, seeing the instructor coming from afar, I quickly moved my steps and entered the classroom.

*        *

“Enjoy your meal~.”

Lunch hour.
I got up from my seat at the clerk’s voice and accepted the chicken.
What the heck did he text me about being a patient and wanting to eat something like this?

‘Even if it wasn’t for that bastard’s man.’

At first, I stubbornly refused to buy him chicken because of his ridiculous text.
What am I your errand boy?
If you want to eat something like that, you’ll get better and go out alone and say something cold.

But what Kim Joo-won sent to me like that.
Did he forget what he said he would do for you?
The words he said when he touched my breasts in the morning came to mind.

“Pup.”

Right before opening the two-dimensional space and using the dimensional transfer, he spat out his curse once.
The only time I can’t use my abilities is when I’m a female Seoha Lee.
Seo-Hani Lee, a male student wearing the Cheonghwa Academy uniform.

‘Ha, it was like usual. I would have eaten, went to the dormitory, and slept for a while.’

He let out a small sigh and walked into the academy’s medical building.
My legs, which used to be scared and trembled the whole time I walked.
In the process of preventing the guy from returning to suicide, maybe it was because the shock at that time was overwritten by other shocks while he was draining his madness.

I didn’t tremble, but my feet moved forward, step by step, as usual.
Without realizing it myself, I headed into the hospital room.

“Are you okay?”

Nervously.
I went into the guy’s hospital room, put down the chicken on purpose, and glared coldly at the guy lying on the bed and opened his mouth.

“Oh, are you here?”

Did Kim Joo-won feel bored the moment he was lying in the hospital room?
As soon as I showed that I had entered, I smiled brightly and raised my upper body.
Perhaps the hole in her stomach wasn’t completely healed yet, so she frowned and put her hand to her stomach.

“I’m sorry…”

The expression of pure pain, not intended to make fun of me, made my heart ache for a moment.
The opposite sex protested to me that he was the bastard who raped me anyway, so what was the pain of that guy?
Emotions led me to worry about him the moment I saw his actions, withholding my cold gaze.

“Hey, are you okay?”
“I just woke up in a hurry and was sick for a while.”

Still, I didn’t feel bad that I was worried about my appearance.
Joo-Won Kim laughed and took out a box of chicken from the vinyl placed on the table and opened the lid.

“Did you buy the onion cream well?”
“You said you wanted to eat it.”
“It did.”
“Anyway, I bought chicken, so I’m going. You either take the coupon or not.”

It was then.
Kim Joo-won said, “Hey, wait a minute.” He reached out and grabbed my wrist.

“Let’s eat together.”
“Okay…”
“You haven’t eaten lunch. There must be a close-quarters fight on a sad afternoon, so you’ll be busy with class. Shouldn’t you eat at least this?”

I paused for a moment at Kim Joo-won’s words.
Certainly, as he said, he ran out of the classroom without even having lunch.

‘With this guy?’

I’m alone.
Lunch?

“Joo Won.”
“Uh.”
“…Do you want to say that to the child you raped?”

At my words, which seemed to make sense in terms of common sense, did Kim Joo-won still feel guilty about what he had done?
“Yes, sorry,” He said, releasing my wrist.
…Then why are you sorry?

“Really, why am I covering someone like you, whoa?”

Recalling what I said to the instructor earlier in the morning, I let out a small sigh and sat down in my seat.
In fact, lunchtime isn’t over yet, so if you hurry up and eat it, you’ll be able to have lunch anyway.
But the look on his face at what I just said…

“What are you doing?”
“Uh?”
“I took my seat.”

In fact, the one I couldn’t understand even more than him was myself.
Maybe he’s nothing to worry about.
It’s been only two or three days since it happened, he said he wanted to eat chicken and texted the victim he touched to buy chicken.
Why do I feel weak when I see that guy’s sorry face earlier?

“Ah.”
“…It’s not because of you, it’s because the chicken is a waste.”
“Huh.”

Kim Ju-won held out wooden chopsticks to me.
Chicken with creamy sauce topped with onion…
It was quite delicious even eating with the guy I hate the most in the world.

Also chicken.