Chapter 1199 – 1199. Hero Military Academy (7)
“Cadet Seongsu-ah, what are you doing here?”
Seongsu-ah, who heard my voice, furrowed her eyebrows and looked in my direction.
Then, as soon as he saw me, he smiled slightly and started to approach me.
“It was my first time seeing the school so quiet, so I was wandering around in wonder.”
A lie told with a faint smile.
But I didn’t specifically point out Seong Su-ah’s lies.
I just looked at Seong Su-ah smiling at me in amazement.
‘I thought I would remain expressionless until the end of the dream…’ .’
Cadet Seong Soo-ah, who had maintained a blank expression just an hour ago.
She did that in an hour…
“Instructor, what is going on here? Ah… “Is she going to go outside by any chance?”
Just as she was showing it to her friends, she was showing off various emotions to me as well.
Seongsu-ah, her personality changed in just one hour.
But that was just my position.
‘For me, it’s an hour, but for Seongsoo-ah it’s 4 months.’
Seongsu-ah, the owner of her dreams, recognizes the time she spent with me as four months.
If I did my best and taught the class for 1–2 minutes, Seongsu-ah would have perceived me doing my best for 3–4 hours.
And the result of such mistaken time accumulation is…
“Instructor… ?”
It was Seong Su-ah, the cadet who smiled at me.
Of course, unlike Seong Soo-ah in real life, there was a hint of awkwardness in her smile.
But I didn’t feel particularly dissatisfied or disappointed with Seongsoo’s smile.
‘Well, she treats her friends the same way.’
Cadet Seongsu knew her and even smiled awkwardly at her friends.
Let me think deeply while looking at her Seongsu-ah smile…
“Excuse me… Instructor… ?”
“Huh?”
Seongsu-ah looked at me and started to hesitate.
After coming to her senses at the call of Seongsu-ah, I observed her expression.
The smile that had been on her face just a moment ago suddenly disappeared, and she was filled with only worry and anxiety.
“Did I make some mistake?”
“Ah…”
It was only then that I realized that I was having a conversation with Seongsu-ah.
“It’s not like that, don’t worry. “I was suddenly remembering something because I felt like I had forgotten something.”
“I forgot… ?”
Seongsu-ah listened to me and looked puzzled for a while…
“Poout…”
“… ?”
Suddenly I started laughing.
It felt completely different from ridicule.
It felt like a bright smile.
I made a puzzled look at Seongsua’s appearance, and when Seongsua saw my expression, she hurriedly controlled her expression and answered.
“I’m sorry for laughing. But… “It’s a bit surprising that the instructor forgets something.”
“Why is that so amazing… ?”
Seongsu knows that he doesn’t have the awkward smile he showed until now…
“What can I say… The instructor seemed to be good at everything.”
She had a refreshing smile that was almost close to Seong Soo-ah in real life.
Seeing Seong Su-ah like that, I suddenly started to become curious about Seong Su-ah’s past.
‘Who was the original instructor?’
How did the instructor teach Seong Su-ah?
Did Seong Su-ah give a similar smile to the instructor?
Many questions quickly began to pile up like a tower.
But the mysterious tower that seemed to rise infinitely…
“… “Instructor?”
It was scattered like clouds gathered together by one person’s voice.
“Oh, sorry.”
I hurriedly apologized and left behind the clouds of doubt.
‘You can’t manipulate dreams right now anyway. Let’s find out step by step later.’
Anyway, what’s important right now isn’t Seong Soo-ah’s past.
It is to check whether Cho Kang-hyun did to Seong Soo-ah what he did to Cho Seo-hyun.
With that thought in mind, I began to focus on her conversation with Seongsu-ah.
“Now that I think about it, I didn’t get an answer to the question I asked earlier. Where are you going?”
“No, I have no intention of going anywhere.”
“Then why are you here…” .”
Seongsua looked around the front gate where no one was around.
She probably thought there was no reason to be near the front door if she didn’t have to go out.
I answered, shrugging her shoulders.
“I saw you as I was passing by, so I tried to talk to you.”
“Hmm…”
As soon as Seongsu-ah heard my answer, she smiled mysteriously as if she was intrigued.
Even after that, the questions continued.
It’s vacation, aren’t you going to your parents’ house?
It’s vacation, aren’t you going somewhere to have fun?
It’s vacation, do you have anyone to meet?
Etc…
As I listened to the barrage of questions, I could see one thing in common.
“Instructor, it’s vacation…”
It was true that every question had the word vacation in it.
And the intention behind those questions also came down to one thing.
“Everyone went out of school…”
The question was whether to go outside the consulate.
At first, I thought she was asking because she was genuinely curious.
However, it was only after continuing to listen that she was able to clearly understand Seongsu-ah’s intentions.
“The instructor is outside the school… “Aren’t you going out?”
It felt like she was asking me not to leave the school and leave her behind.
It seemed like there was a sense of disconnect from Seong Soo-ah in reality.
‘No, this could be my true intention.’
I thought that maybe Seong Soo-ah in real life, like Seong Soo-ah in front of me, wanted me to never leave school.
I answered by feeling the same guilt I felt toward Seong Soo Ah in real life toward Seong Soo Ah in front of her.
“I don’t think I’ll ever go out of school because I have no home to go back to, no place I want to go, and no one to meet.”
“Ah…”
The moment she found out about Seongsu, she looked happy, but then suddenly realized the meaning of my answer and started crying.
“S-sorry, she was just curious and asked…” .”
“You could ask. There is no need to apologize.”
“…”
Once the stagnant atmosphere had not eased, I decided that I would continue to feel awkward if I continued like this, so I came up with special measures.
“It was fate that we met like this…”
“… ?”
I made Seongsu-ah curious by blurting her words, and Seongsu-ah opened her eyes wide and stared at my mouth.
I smiled and answered seeing Seong Su-ah like that.
“Let’s just train.”
“… Yes?”
“Come on, let’s go.”
“Now, just a moment, instructor! Oh, you’re on vacation today?”
I laughed as I held Seongsooah’s hand and led her, who was embarrassed.
“Are you okay. “Consulate facilities continue to operate even during vacation periods.”
“Well, I know that too…”
“Then that’s enough. Let’s go!”
“Ah… Ah… Yes…”
Seongsoo is dragged to me with a tearful expression on her face.
However, Seongsoo’s crying did not last that long.
“Ugh… I should have just gone back to my dorm room…”
Even though he was crying, he was drawing a smile inside that crying face.
It was as if he thought this was much better than being lonely.
And Seong Su-ah’s thoughts were proven through her training.
Even though Seongsu-ah grumbled, she smiled and received my training guidance well.
In addition, except for the first day, Seong Su-ah came to visit in person on the remaining days.
For Seong Su-ah, the training I saw felt like a means to soothe loneliness, not a product of boredom.
So we spent a 30-minute vacation for me and a 2-month vacation for Seongsoo.
Seongsu-ah looked much brighter at the end of her vacation than when she started her vacation training.
To what extent has she become brighter…
“Instructor, can I ask you to make up for it after today’s class?”
Her smile became so natural that it resembled Seong Su-ah’s expression in real life.
“Okay, I’ll see you after dinner.”
“Thank you!”
Seongsu-ah followed me to her restaurant as if it were natural, with a lively smile on her face.
Then she sat down next to me as if it was a given.
I asked, pointing to Seongsua’s friends who were sitting like her dolls.
“You don’t have to be uncomfortable with me while eating. Even if you eat with her friends over there…”
“Uh? “I’m comfortable here, right?”
“Ah… “Yes.”
Seongsu-ah treats you warmly.
When I looked at Seong Soo-ah like that, I suddenly remembered a person.
‘It’s similar to Seo Ji-eun.’
When we first met, she was cold and blunt, but at some point, she became attached to Seo Ji-eun as if she was suffering from a lack of affection.
Seong Soo-ah’s current appearance was literally a copy of Seo Ji-eun.
In fact, she seemed more similar to her current cadet, Seo Ji-eun, than to the adult Seong Soo-ah.
‘It’s actually good.’
Just as I taught Seo Ji-eun, I also taught Seongsu-ah with all my heart.
As she was working as an instructor, it was already winter vacation.
When the winter break came, Seong Soo-ah showed close to 100% synchronization with Seong Soo-ah in her real life.
“Instructor, please watch the training today!”
He has been engaging in bold skinship, such as hugging my arm, linking our arms, or giving me a back hug.
The good thing about her was that she didn’t go beyond sexual skinship.
‘No… I might rush to do it after vacation.’
That’s how I spent my winter vacation alone with Seongsu-ah.
During the winter vacation, unlike the summer vacation, which was all about training, we often had meetings that felt like dates.
For your information, I wasn’t the one who prompted the date.
It was completely Seongsu-ah.
Seeing Seong Soo-ah like that, I suddenly had a question.
‘… If it were someone other than me, would it have changed like that?’
It was a question of whether Seongsu-ah’s appearance now reflected her crush on Seongsoo-ah in her real life.
There is no law that prevents the likeability of reality from being reflected unconsciously.
But unfortunately, that question could not be resolved right now.
The reason is…
“You’re Seongsu-ah, right?”
“Ah… Yes, that’s right.”
This was because the guy I couldn’t find no matter how hard I tried to find him suddenly appeared.
And that too, right in front of Seongsua…
I kept my distance and took a very alert stance.
Of course, it was because I thought he would attack me like he did with Cho Seo-hyeon.
But Cho Kang-hyeon…
“My name is Cho Kang-hyeon. Representative of third-year cadets.”
“… ?”
Unlike before, he didn’t seem to notice any signs of me.
‘No, let’s just keep hiding for now.’
So I hid and watched the conversation between the two people.
But as I watched the conversation, questions began to arise again.
“Yes, senior. But what business do you have for me?”
Seong Soo-ah’s attitude toward Cho Kang-hyeon was not much different from the way she looked when she first saw me.
It was freezing and cold.
“Senior, I have an appointment right now, so I think it will be difficult to talk for a long time. Please tell me quickly.”
No, it even felt like it was worse than I.
‘What… ? Didn’t Seong Soo-ah like Cho Kang-hyeon?’
Until now, I thought that Seong Soo-ah liked Cho Kang-hyeon first.
However, Seong Su-ah’s current appearance was not one that anyone liked.
“Ha… The instructor is waiting…”
She was showing her disgust as if she were dealing with the employees who were flirting with her.
Cho Kang-hyeon, who heard Seong Soo-ah’s words, suddenly started laughing with an eerie smile.
Haha…”
“… Why are you doing that?”
Seongsu-ah looked at her super Kang-hyeon’s smile and took a step back as if she had seen a bizarre monster.
However, seeing Seong Soo-ah like that, Cho Kang-hyeon’s smile grew even deeper.
“Contrary to her appearance, she is already very damaged. It will be done quickly this time.”
“What is that…”
Cho Kang-hyun suddenly reaches out to Seong Soo-ah.
‘I just can’t look at that!’
When I realized what Cho Kang-hyeon was trying to do, I immediately shot an arrow at him.
Deciding that I would stop him anyway, I shot an arrow at Cho Kang-hyeon and ran towards him at the same time.
But Cho Kang-hyeon…
Kwasik!
“Uh… ?”
Rather than blocking my arrow, his head was pierced without even realizing it.
Then, his body collapsed, and he fell on the spot.
“Instructor!”
Seong Su-ah, who was frightened by the sight of Cho Kang-hyeon suddenly dead, started running towards me as soon as she saw me.
But Seong Su-ah, who was running like that…
“… I guess it’s the end.”
Unfortunately, it disappeared like dust.
And after some time…
“Excuse me… I’m going to the auditorium for the entrance ceremony… Where… Do you know anything?”
The blunt Seong Su-ah appeared again, asking the staff for directions.
.
.
“Contrary to what it looks like, it’s already a lot damaged. It will be done quickly this time.”
“Get out.”
This time, I pierced the head of Cho Kang-hyeon, who was reaching out to Seong Soo-ah.
And Seong Soo-ah was surprised to see Cho Kang-hyeon like that.
“W-Who are you!?”
It was a different reaction than before.
That’s because I didn’t appear in this situation.
Seong Su-ah’s dream without me was extremely gloomy.
The instructor didn’t teach Seong Su-ah properly, and she even flirted with her employees.
I wanted to run out and rip her hair out, but I just held on and watched to find out for sure about Seongsu-ah’s past.
Fortunately, the instructor did not cross the line and harass Seong Su-ah, perhaps because of his social reputation as a hero.
That’s what Seongsu-ah met after going through her dark school days…
‘Super Ganghyeon…’
It was Cho Kang-hyun who also showed up as a third-year student as a representative.
At first, I thought that if my existence disappeared, a future in which Seong Soo-ah would like Cho Kang-hyeon would unfold…
‘No, it was the same as before.’
That didn’t happen.
Just like before, Cho Kang-hyeon just extended her magic hand to Seong Soo-ah.
Even the lines matched exactly.
And the endless repetition of going back to the day of her entrance ceremony unfolded.
‘… Cho Seo-hyun is so different from the guy in my dream?’
I was able to infer the answer to that question from Cho Kang-hyeon’s lines.
‘Unlike Cho Seohyun… ‘Do you mean you used less strength?’
Cho Kang-hyeon said.
It will be done soon…
That means…
‘Unlike Cho Seohyun, the magic energy planted is much less.’
I guessed like that and looked at Seongsua’s back as she headed toward her auditorium.
Then I decided.
‘Wait. I will definitely rescue you later.’
I lifted her sleep by making a promise to Seong Su-ah during her time as a cadet who no longer existed.
