Chapter 23 – 06. Secret Tutoring (2)
Even after Yoo Seol-ah left, we were able to come to a conclusion only after arguing for another 10 minutes.
Seo Joo Ha said to me with a pouty face.
“Then… I’ll apologize for what happened last time and I’ll buy you a meal, so let’s compromise with 50,000 won!”
“Um… 50,000 won is too little.”
“Even though it’s not often that you get a chance to date someone this cute…?”
Seeing her youthful face trying to get over it somehow while puffing up her cheeks and showing off her charms, I decided to give it up this time as well.
“One hundred thousand won.”
“Pa, eight thousand won!”
“80,000 won call. Then let’s eat and drink instead. I’ll buy the alcohol.”
“I’m weak in alcohol, but I… Heeing, okay…”
I was able to secure an appointment with Seo Ju-ha by using the price of alcohol as an excuse.
Now, if it is not an urgent situation, I decided to first understand the heroine’s characteristics before hypnotizing her, so I thought this appointment would be a good opportunity to unlock her profile while getting to know her personality.
Of course, you’ll find that Seo Joo-ha’s personality is little different from what she portrayed in the original novel, even though she’s only met twice so far…
Well, because good is good.
Ha Yul now begs me to do naughty things as soon as he meets me, and I was sad that Seol Ah senior passed me by as if he was ignoring me. Made with
“Here’s my number. Oh, but what class are you in?”
“1st year N class…”
She suddenly became curious and asked the woman who wrote down my number in the middle of her life, and she realized anew that she had a lot of class.
A total of 20 classes, 25 students per class… Considering that it is a university, the total number of students was small, but since it was operated in a similar way to high school, I felt that there were more than 500 students.
Jo Yoo-jun and Jeong Ye-won, who were sworn in as representatives at the entrance ceremony, have never met for over a week.
Probably, in lectures that include practice, there are many cases where two classes listen at the same time, so I decided to just think that I will see it someday.
“When is a good date for an appointment?”
“I don’t have money right now, but… If you don’t mind, how about this Sunday…?”
“Okay. But we’re going to see each other in the future, so let’s talk about it, right?”
The first time we met was before admission, and the situation was so bad, so even if we say that it is possible, we are still talking in honorific ways, so I feel awkward.
Hearing my words, Seo Ju-ha’s face turned red, and she was very flustered and hesitantly spoke to me.
“Ah, okay!! My name is… Jihoo? Let’s get along well from now on…!”
“Okay, Juha.”
It’s cute how she shakes her hand up and down while carefully holding the tip of my finger as I handed her a handshake before parting.
Juha~ Now drink in moderation and be happy for a long time~
It wasn’t until after she was completely distant that she headed over to her restaurant for me to have her lunch too.
Anyway, unexpected schedules keep popping up.
Right now, there is a consultation with the principal this Friday, and now there are about two days left, so I thought I would have to think about how to prepare for this as well.
When I entered the student cafeteria, Ha-yul and Ryu-shin were nowhere to be seen, as if they had already eaten and left.
I had no choice but to take the rice and head to a corner, but fortunately, I saw Sang-ho, who was chewing on his rice with a melancholy expression on his own.
Why is he still doing that over there?
“Hi. Why are you eating so pathetically?”
“Haa, Jihoo… Life is so bitter, isn’t it?”
When he suddenly put down the spoon he was holding and saw Sang-ho talking like something out of a drinking party, he got a sense of what had happened.
Just looking at him, it seems like he confessed and then got dumped.
Everything from the gloomy eyes, the lost hand, and the lines with a story told one conclusion.
“Have you confessed and been black?”
“Don’t talk to me… Uh? How did you know…?”
“No, it’s been like this since broad daylight, and even a passing dog knows it.”
“Keuheop… Black…!”
Sang-ho almost looks like crying at my continued assault on the facts, and slowly lowers his head.
It’s only been a week since I went to the academy, so why did you confess?
Originally, confession is nothing more than an act of confirming each other’s feelings.
It is for the purpose of building a relationship to some extent while flirting with each other and finally bearing fruit. Even if you confess blindly, it does not flow into a development that the other person accepts.
Seeing that there are often cases where people are rejected when they confess even in a relationship where they thought they had feelings for each other, it makes me think that love is also difficult to win.
Of course, that doesn’t apply to me, who has hypnotic powers.
“So, who did you confess to?”
“Whoa… I’m only telling you. It’s Pirahyun.”
The name came out completely unexpected.
It seemed that she would be popular without knowing it because she felt like a noble lady from a rich family, but after taking classes together for the past few days, Pirahyun showed no interest in her surroundings at all.
I wanted to be a special heroine because she only smiled at me the other day, but when I checked the person management app later, there was no name, so I just turned off my mind.
The thought of confessing to such an impregnable person was, in a way, really great.
I knew the truth from the time I ran for class president, but you finally confessed and proved your courage…
“It’s a bit like saying it in front of the person concerned, but what did he like about it that he even confessed to?”
“Ah… I don’t know either. It just suddenly made my heart race.”
Severely ill.
Thinking it would be better to leave it alone, I ate quickly and left the restaurant with Sang-ho staring at the plate as if he were still counting the grains of rice.
* * *
At 6:00 PM, after all the lectures were over, we headed to Dexter Street, the closest to the academy, to eat out after a long time and to look around where we would set up our meeting place with Seo Joo-ha.
Mujeong City, the fictional city where the academy is located, is a small city with only one academy as an educational institution, but due to the successive visits of various civil servants, awakened people, and students’ relatives, the commercial district has developed considerably compared to other cities. Had an unusual structure.
The academy was centered around the academy and two shopping districts surrounded the academy in a circle.
The last time I met Seo Joo-ha was on Rausu Street, where bars and other entertainment districts were formed, but today I chose Dexter Street because it has a more relaxed atmosphere.
Just like the nickname ‘Street of the Awoken’, there are many shops selling Awoken items, so just walking along the street made me feel like 10-year-old Harry, who is visiting Diagon Alley for the first time.
“Eating alone until dinner is a bit much, but should we call each other by name…? Oh, no.”
Before eating dinner, I thought about who to contact for a while and thought of the company name, but soon deleted the text message I was going to send.
I saw a lot of faces at lunch, but there is no need to eat face-to-face until dinner.
Ha-yul also said he had an appointment tonight…
Thinking about the possibility that the appointment might have been accidentally canceled, I texted Ha Yul.
[We’re going to eat on Dexter Street tonight. Would you like to come?]
[If your appointment is canceled, come to Core Dexter by 6:30]
Ha Yul has been busy with me for a week too, so today he will probably receive a text message rejecting him.
Just as she was thinking about it, a reply came back.
[I’ll be back soon]
[Wait]
“What is it? Has it really been canceled? Why are you replying so quickly?”
By now, she was giving up halfway thinking that she would not even check her texts because she was at dinner, but seeing as the texts came less than a minute later, it seemed like she had already broken up with someone and was left alone.
She was walking slowly towards Core Dexter, the central building of Dexter Street, when she caught her eye on a woman running quickly from the other side.
Hehe, hehe… Hi Jihoo!”
“You said you had an appointment earlier, did you stop?”
Hayul answered my question while holding his breath, probably running in a hurry.
“I originally had an appointment… But I just broke up because I missed you. Didn’t you like it?”
Well, I don’t know who the other person is, but he must be a little disappointed.
Still, I felt relieved when I saw Ha-yul, who came to me even after canceling my promise.
Ha-yul, who wrapped her arm around my arm with a bright smile, looked prettier today.
Unlike usual, the slightly light makeup and the red hair that undid her hair tie and fluttered in the wind.
As her arms touched my body, her heart started pounding for no reason.
In her slightly awkward mood, she hurriedly changed her subject and asked her.
“Uh… Shall we go eat first? You haven’t had dinner yet, have you?”
“Yeah! What are you going to eat?”
“Do you like pasta? I know I’m good at pasta.”
“Oh… Do you have a sense of Jihoo? No way, let’s finish eating today and go to my house♡”
As she said that, the feeling of her hand gently touching my thigh made me feel strange, so I hurried my steps for no reason.
[Grana], An Italian restaurant frequented by Goryushin and Lee Ha-yul in the original work, is described as having excellent cooking skills that subtly preserves the natural taste of the ingredients, even though it is located in a fairly remote corner.
As the story progresses, the number of customers increases and it turns into a restaurant where you have to stand in line, but at this time, it would not have been known to people yet.
Try eating with Ha-yul today and if you think you like it, you should come here later with Seo Joo-Ha.
She likes me this much – thanks to hypnosis, of course – but thinking about another woman over a person makes her conscience prick for no reason, but she can’t help it.
This is the only way for me to survive.
Feeling the waves of essence buzzing in my pants pocket as if I was thinking yes, I headed to the restaurant with Ha Yul.
