Chapter 84 – Small Changes

Buzz buzz. At the sound of voices coming from all directions, my closed eyes slowly opened.

Maybe it’s because of the overlapping of strengthening magic and acceleration magic, my vision is still blurry with my twice-heavy body. I can’t even tell who is in front of me right now. Let some time pass. Realizing that a muffled voice is coming from beyond the wall. I also realize that someone… Is holding my hand right now.

A very slight, whimpering sound. Looking at the source with blank eyes…

“Woo, go, puppy… Are you awake?”

Han Ye-rin was there.

My eyes are wide open in indescribable embarrassment, but just like Kang Ji-ah. My eyes are relaxed again from the stress and fatigue that covers my whole body.

“Really, I was worried…”

Han Ye-rin speaks in a crawling voice. What? Worried?

“Uh… Yes?”

“Huh, that, no, no! Don’t worry too much… Heh, there’s such a thing…”

Han Ye-rin panics and holds my hand tighter. Although she is blurry and hard to see. I witness Han Ye-rin shyly look away from her and let out a sigh of relief.

“Are you worried…?”

“Ugh, ugh… Dog, dog’s leash is about to break… It’s only natural that the owner is worried. That’s right. That’s what it is.”

Han Ye-rin awkwardly nods her head, and with an awkward tone, she answers awkwardly.

“There’s nothing but that. It’s sad when things are about to break, uh… That’s for sure, right?”

Then it is.

Rather than being angry at the trashy choice of words that regards people as objects. Rather, her relief fills up in her chest. Because possessiveness and love are far apart. Um, it’s Han Ye-rin as usual. Thank god.

“So, by the way, the puppy… Is it really okay? Where, what, is it hard to move or something?”

Now, with her sincerity, Han Ye-rin comes out with a worried expression and meets her gaze. Then, in the middle, I look at the bed next to her and then look back at me.

“I’m just tired…”

Her voice, dripping from her crawling, escaped her mouth. It’s really short, but it feels similar to Ji-ah Kang. The synergy is good enough to drive Cheon Soo-ah, who is close to a real ‘high-ranking knight’, into a corner, but the fuel economy is not that good. Ah, that’s right… I should have used some of the artifacts Han Yerin gave me…

She slowly raises her hand and fiddles with her necklace around her neck. A 12.8 billion artifact with a slight blue glow is touched. I knew Han Ye-rin would steal it and she usually put it in her pocket, but now it seems like she doesn’t really care. She doesn’t seem to have any intention of taking it away, she just wears it around her neck.

How she would have been without this, she hates to even imagine. Even if it doesn’t, it will be significant.

Yerin Han lets out a short sigh of relief.

“Thank god.”

Blurred vision gradually becomes clearer. She slowly raised her head and looked at her Han Ye-rin, her eyes slightly red. No, this is…

“Could you… Cry-“

“Ahhhhh! Oh, no! I didn’t cry? It wasn’t because I cried because of the puppy?! Really, no, it’s just…”

Mm, I’m crying because I’m afraid things will be broken!

“…”

Han Ye-rin shyly and awkwardly avoids her gaze. A vibration is transmitted to her hand. I can feel each and every finger of Han Ye-rin wiggling on the back of her hand. Han Ye-rin’s hands are slightly sweaty, and the backs of her hands become damp.

“If you could let go of her hand…”

“Ah, ah! Yes, a puppy…”

Han Ye-rin panics and lets go of my hand. Come to think of it… Is this the health room?

“By the way, where are all the others?”

“All students who tried to enter the health room were blocked.”

“Yes?”

I beg your pardon?

“No, why?”

“That’s… That’s because I’m worried…”

One Erin wiggles her leg.

“No, that’s not it, that’s it, that’s it! The dog is only mine… It’s troublesome if someone else is around, isn’t it? It’s mine forever, but I have to take care of it. That’s why no one else can be around.”

Is that… How does it work?

“What the hell does that have to do with this-“

“Ah, anyway! It’s mine. It’s because no one can touch it, uh, that’s what it is… I don’t like getting things dirty…”

It does.

That… Fuck. Done. Let’s just say that Looking at it, it’s sincere. Well, her possessiveness is strong enough to get into a fight with Lee Ah-rin and grab me, but it must be because she is Han Ye-rin. The more she thinks, the less her head spins. That’s right, I see…

“What about Kim Seok-hyun?”

“Ah…”

Han Ye-rin’s face quickly becomes cold. Why again

“I’m just outside. I see he’s talking to Akina.”

Her tone suddenly hardens. It is passed over as if it were roughly so.

“Oh, right. Puppy.”

“Yes?”

“Later… The police will come here to ask questions. Please know in advance. And we have decided to temporarily close the academy for 14 days.”

Temporarily closed?

“School closed?”

“Yes, because the students are terrified… One or two of the exterior walls were blown away? So, the puppy…”

“Yes?”

“Umm, uh, ah, no! I’m going to go now. I’m taking a little break.”

After Han Ye-rin hurriedly got up from her seat, she opened the door to the health room and went outside.

“Ha…”

She slowly closes her eyes. Then, a rustling sound is heard next to her.

She opens her eyes again and turns to the bed next to her… And sees a familiar silhouette.

“…Iarin?”

The silhouette trembles. The curtain opens slowly.

“…Have you finished talking?”

Water runs through her slightly wet blue hair. Cool air seeped through the open curtains and tickled her skin.

“Ah, the body…”

Worried about Ia-Lynn, she looks at me. She waved her hand saying it was nothing, and looked up at her ceiling with her blank eyes. That’s right, come to think of it… I didn’t tell you that, did I?

“Arin.”

“Huh?”

“I know that?”

“What?”

She takes a short breath in and opens her mouth.

“Your sister actually- likes you.”

“…Huh?”

Iarin’s face crumpled violently. Yeah, she’s not human if you believe right away.

“Listen.”

I guess the story will be long.

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Sukdeok Sukdeok Sogeunsogeun Ungseong-ungseong.

Students gathered around the health room and glanced through the windows. All eyes were on Kim Tae-ho and Lee Ah-rin. Talk among themselves

“Hey… Did you see the fight with Chun Soo-ah?”
“Because I was there? I couldn’t move a single finger like during combat practice. Fuck, did you not see it?”
“I thought I was really dying… No, isn’t this a real knight?”
“I pushed against Chun Soo-ah, a high-ranking knight, but what is it if not a knight?”
“Stop whispering! Let’s go now, Mom wants you to come home.”
“Is this… The second seat?”

A voice cuts in between the whispering people.

“Fuck… A knight? Do you see that as a knight in your eyes?”

A dissatisfied student with sloppy legs. As soon as he finished speaking, the eyes of the students turned to him.

“To be honest, did you see the artifact Kim Tae-ho is wearing?

A mudfish enters the quiet pond.

“Hey, do it in moderation. I saved you though-“

“Sufficiently? Fuck… I’m climbing up like a baker’s child, but I’m not annoyed and I’m exhausted.”

The man’s voice gradually grew.

“Yeah, it’s Kim Tae-ho, the kid at the bakery. Do you believe that?

Gradually, one by one, the expressions of the students around them become distorted. A little bit of annoyance and anger. Then.

“You call that a horse? You bastard. Thank you for saving me. I can’t even bow down and say what? You bastard at the bakery?”

A heavy voice cuts in.

Tool work.

The moderately innocent-looking face disappears nowhere, and the hard face, as if sincerely angry, glares at the mudfish.

“Are you not even grateful?”

Starting with a word of tool work, students rushed in and fleshed out the conversation.

“Artifacts are the problem? I lived and died, so don’t get caught up in things like that.”
“That’s right. Really, no, I almost died… It’s honestly a bit sick, no, it’s like mojiri…”
“What kind of a kid is you, kid? You idiot. Do you still think Kim Tae-ho is an asshole? He’s a lifesaver, but there’s nothing he can’t say. Really.”
“My father runs a big hospital in Seoul… There’s also a psychiatrist there. Please contact me if you need it. I’m a little worried.”
“Hey, there was a chew of Kim Tae -ho’s bother after the event? Thank you. Thank you.
“You ungrateful bastard.”

Contrary to expectations, the mudfish is taken aback by the harsh reaction.

“No… Hey, uh, no no, that, then Iarin is-“

The student stops his mouth for a moment as if he had promised. Because there has been an incident like that recently. Actually, thank you, but the words get stuck in my throat and won’t come out. A smile forms on the mudfish’s lips.

“What is Lee Ah-rin? He’s a gaslighting Jung Byung-nyeon. He helped such a child, but what about Kim Tae-ho? This was a case that could have been solved even if Kim Tae-ho, that asshole, wasn’t there.”

The time when the axis of leadership was about to tilt slowly.

“I beg your pardon?”

Familiar voice.

A horrifyingly sharp voice vibrates the hallway.

“My dog… What’s wrong?”

Yerin Han.

The most powerful person in the academy.

“Can you say it again?”

“…Uh.”

A bleak energy fills the hallway. Mudfish’s arms trembled, cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and saliva dripped from the maddening tension.

“Uh, uh…”

“Hurry.”

Han Ye-rin stares at the mudfish as if she would kill it. Kitten in front of a tiger. No, mice. No, bugs.

“That, that, that, that, that-“

“I get it roughly.”

Han Ye-rin looks at the mudfish, and she smiles. At the same time. All the students in the hallway intuitively realize.

Ah, it’s over.

“See you later.”

Han Ye-rin lost her eye smile, slowly. Trudge. She walks out of the hallway

At the same time.

“Huh uh uh-“

Mudfish.

Falls to the floor

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Hello!

I am an exchange student from Japan. It’s Akina!

Something really big happened today. Well, the widowed revenge came to the Korean academy… Ugh, the wall split in half… I was lucky to watch from a distance, but it was really, really, really big.

I was surprised to learn that several people almost died.

Even if I know I’m fine, there are people I value more than I do.

That’s my older brother.

Seokhyun Kim.

I rushed over to see if Seok-hyeon brother was not hurt, and that his body was not in good condition. I was worried about worry. Fortunately, I was far away from the incident, so I knew that I only heard the roar. I don’t know how many times I’ve breathed a sigh of relief.

So now… I’m having a conversation with my brother.

There’s something a little strange about it.

“I… My brother.”

“Uh, huh? Why Akina?”

“Brother, these days… Have you been hurt or have any discomfort?”

“Uh, huh?”

Strangely, Seok-hyeon brother has been following me these days… He limps, goes to the bathroom often, or sits in a strange posture when he sits down…

“No, no. Don’t worry.”

Like this, even if I ask, he avoids answering… It’s a little strange!

“Hmm…”

Still puzzling though. Still, brother must have his own reasons for doing so.

I respect older brother Seokhyeon… The most!

“Wait, go to the bathroom…”

“Oh yes!”

Seokhyun’s older brother is using the bathroom again… Uhm. Where are you really sick? But… If you’re sick, you usually go to the health room…

“No way.”

No big deal.

Because he’s Seokhyun’s older brother. It must be because of something I don’t know. Also, I’m curious, but… Mmm.

What.

No big deal!

“Hi-Hi.”

Akina smiles.

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I can’t believe half of it.

About thirty minutes to talk to Iarin. As Han Ye-rin said, the police came in. After asking a few simple questions about the escape route, all the students returned to their homes according to the academy’s instructions. The wall is said to be fixed by the Null group. So 14 days?

When I get on the bus going home in between, the TV on the inside wall of the bus delivers the news from earlier. The outer wall of the academy was cracked by Chun Soo-ah and there were casualties.

Sitting on a bus chair and reading an article on her cell phone… Most of the comments are praising Cheon Soo-ah for being ‘exhilarating’. In the middle of the news, me and Ia Lin appear, and she is in a situation where she gets cursed at as a set, starting with the two of us playing table tennis.

No, I was looking for someone…

I can feel the glances around me. After the gaslighting confession incident, the ‘knight’s futility theory’, which had been buried in an instant, caught fire once again. And with more firepower than before.

Among the dogs, there are some people who support me and Arin Lee… But in this case, the person who was touted as a ‘hero’ was Cheon Soo-ah, not me and Lee Arin.

Even if it’s absurd, it’s not that I don’t understand it at all.

Even now, security is being disturbed by knights who cannot serve one person one after another.

It’s a bit embarrassing though.

Too overheated

“…”

Of course, that doesn’t mean that both of us are swearing at each other. It’s not just the outside that has changed.

The situation inside was quite different from outside.

“Ha…”

Right before I boarded the bus back home, I saw the eyes of the students.

Not all, but sparsely weak. The eyes of ‘respect’ toward me.

Thanks, thanks, and… A little sorry.

Slowly, but a little.

The winds of change are blowing.

“…”

I try to ignore the gazes of people I feel from all sides, and close my eyes.

In the future… What should I do?

Lee Ah-rin helps Seok-ho apologize, and she goes to Lee Je-ga to train, exercise at home, study, and …

If you’re thinking hard, it’s already. Tiredness rushes all over the body.

Fall asleep right away