Chapter 23 – 5. Lee Ha-Yoon Wants to Be Treated Like an Older Sister (2)
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“For now, it’s okay to just keep playing around like you were doing.”
“Yes.”
“Anyway, once the semester starts, you will be extremely busy. I will be a little more ‘tough’ on the students.”
“Aha.”
They say you get more talkative as you get older.
As I was walking down the hallway with the principal, I nodded, crumpling the empty paper cup in my hand.
Shit. It was a mistake to tell the principal that I was looking for a new house.
I should have just found a suitable studio apartment, but why did I get held up for hours after saying I was trying to save a penny?
… Doesn’t this person have anything to do?
“Anyway, are there any students visiting the health room?”
“… First of all, there’s about one person. Two if you include the student who stopped by just because they were curious about what they were doing.”
“It’s just one person… It must be Lee Ha-yoon, probably.”
“Yes, that’s right. You know.”
“How could you not know? I’m the principal.”
“…”
Does the principal usually memorize all the students?
First of all, I don’t think it was like that in elementary, middle, or high school where I went.
In the first place, I hardly ever encountered the principal.
“The student was not yet skilled in using his abilities, so he was not able to participate in the training. The gemstone is great in terms of potential and usability, but it is very difficult to properly cut and grind it to make it shine…”
“…”
After thinking about something else for a moment, the principal’s voice continues again.
I’m going crazy.
If I were to exaggerate a little, my ears would feel tired.
I’m getting tired of trying to please the old man and talking to him, so it would be nice if he would just stop.
How long on earth will you ramble on about the academy, your students, your past prosperous times, and your goals in life?
It feels like I’ve been stung by a beehive.
“Still, I don’t think Lee Ha-yoon’s hard-working mindset can be compared to the current student council president. Baek Seo-yeon was also a low-ranking student when she first entered school, but after working hard, she eventually …”
“Huh…”
Well, anyway.
Still, one thing I learned thanks to you.
Principal Seok Jae-hwa was a person who was as sincere in running her academy as her sturdy appearance.
From the small scale of the students’ diet to the large scale of knowing what the students currently attending the Hero Office are doing.
To put it in a good way, it is so thorough that you can check the entire process yourself. Or are you sincere even in small things?
To put it in a bad way, it could be said that he seems like a stubborn person who only needs to put everything under his control to let go …,
Still, seeing as he was the one who gave me various things, I put aside my bad feelings for a moment.
“Are there any more supplies you need? I’m a little worried since this is a health room that was urgently provided.”
“There’s nothing in particular yet.”
“Even if it’s a favorite food… For example, if you need a coffee machine, I can give you the one in the principal’s office. I don’t like that at all.”
“It’s okay. It’s enough for me as is.”
It’s time to smoke.
Since I was back in the past, I hung up without any regrets, but as I continued to entertain the elderly person who was happy to have a friend to talk to, I kept rubbing my fingertips.
Still, I’ve been listening to the story for quite some time now, so if I hold on just a little longer, I’ll be able to rest.
Respect the elderly. Respect for the elderly.
I swallowed a sigh and opened the door to the health room with the principal.
“Ah. Is the chair okay? I heard it’s a luxury item.”
“I don’t know. “I have limited insight in that area.”
“I don’t know. I just provided the funds. What about the bed? Have you ever laid down on it?”
“… Well, I don’t know.”
As the temperature of the heater that had been turned on was lowered due to the rising fever, Principal Seok Jae-hwa laid down lightly on the bed, still wearing his muscular suit.
Looking at it like this, the bed looks very small.
Still, it was a normal size that could easily fit one student down without any problem.
“It seems a bit small. Would you like to replace the entire bed with one that is one size… Or two sizes larger?”
“…”
I guess it’s because it’s you.
I swallowed the words lingering in my throat for no reason and nodded my head a couple of times.
Because the bed is so nice.
“Looking at the laptop, there doesn’t seem to be any problem with electricity usage.”
“…”
“Ventilation… Oh, there is a separate diffuser. Still, I would like you to open the window for about 10 minutes a day. Even if it is cold.”
“Yes…”
“The lighting is good. The heater works well…”
Do you really want to go back now?
Principal Seok Jae-hwa stands up from his seat and takes a walk around the health room.
I touched my white hair mixed with sparse black hair,
Touching my wildly shaved beard,
Whirling.
“Um. If you have any inconvenience, please don’t feel pressured and leave a message at any time, Student Woojin. No, Teacher Seo Woojin.”
“… Yes…”
“Because this is the only academy in the country that has a healing transcendental master, we should treat them as well as we can.”
The principal who said that smiled, proudly showing off his healthy teeth.
Even when we first met, I thought he was a very passionate person. It looks like you’re not tired even after talking so hard.
It’s scary now.
“Anyway, everything I wanted to talk about is over. It’s almost lunch time, so let’s have a bowl of Jajangmyeon together…”
“…”
Fucked.
By the time those thoughts filled my head.
A clunky basic ringtone rang in the principal’s pocket.
The principal gently raises his hand as if asking for understanding for a moment.
Eventually, after checking the name on the screen, he answered the phone and walked out of the health room.
Maybe it was an urgent call, but he smiled awkwardly as if it had become difficult to eat together.
… Thanks goodness.
“Haa…”
From now on, unless it is absolutely necessary, let’s stay out of the principal’s sight as much as possible.
Having learned something new, I took steps to close the door properly.
Then, I grabbed his handle and pushed him forward.
“… ?”
But the door remained rooted in place and did not move at all.
Is there something stuck in the door?
I looked down, but all I could see was the floor of an ordinary health room.
There is no sound of the call. Therefore, there is zero probability that the principal is playing pranks.
I held the doorknob and thought for a moment, but this time I did the opposite and opened the door wide.
Because of that.
“Ugh…”
“… ?”
A girl standing in front of the door jumped into my arms.
With a familiar ponytail.
Deeply.
“… “What are you doing, sister?”
“…”
There was no answer.
Instead, Lee Ha-yoon regains her balance and carefully distances herself from my embrace of her.
She glanced around, then stretched out her foot behind her and closed the door to her infirmary.
I could just close it by hand, but I’m not sure why they bothered to do that…
… Ah.
“It looks like you came here with an injured arm this time.”
“…”
“Since you walked directly, your lower body must be fine. I think you came here with an arm or hand injury.”
“… Cow, finger.”
“Ah. Finger.”
After answering briefly, Lee Ha-yoon hesitantly extended her right hand towards me.
It’s a white and cute right hand, like Lee Ha-yoon’s.
“Which finger are you injured? Index finger?”
“… Little finger.”
After treating this, we can go have lunch.
After roughly planning my schedule, I carefully held Lee Ha-yoon’s finger so as not to get sick.
First of all, there was no visible injury to the naked eye.
There were no broken bones or dried blood, and there were no swelling or light abrasions.
It was just a pretty finger.
Fingers so pretty that you don’t even know where the injury is.
“It’s the little finger, right? It’s the little finger of your right hand.”
“…”
When I ask again for confirmation, Lee Ha-yoon’s bangs flutter.
No matter how I look at it, it doesn’t look like he’s hurt… ,
First, I carefully added magical energy.
“… ?”
However, the result was also as expected.
Instead of getting hurt, I was in a hurry.
If there is something wrong somewhere, the magical power cannot spread out straight and stops in that place, but even when I tried to fiddle with Lee Ha-yoon’s little finger, I didn’t feel any obstacles.
In other words, Lee Ha-yoon.
There was no injury.
But, Lee Ha-yoon.
He wanted to be treated by me.
Lee Ha-yoon.
He came to the health room because he wanted to be treated because he was in perfect condition with no injuries.
In a moment.
I slowly moved up along the skin with the fingertips that were holding Lee Ha-yoon’s fingers.
A point that can be called the root of the finger.
Or, a point that can be seen as the crotch.
He sticks his thumb there, and gently touches Lee Ha-yoon’s little finger as if massaging it, then moves down to the tip of her finger.
Looking at it like this, her fingernails are really short.
Perhaps because she had a habit of keeping her teeth sharply trimmed, all her fingertips had dainty fingernails that resembled cherry blossoms.
Yozora’s nails, which I saw yesterday when I carried her home, were clearly grown out so hard that she could scratch anyone.
After briefly appreciating my nails, I started lightly squeezing Lee Ha-yoon’s fingers again.
… Even then.
Lee Ha-yoon, who claimed that she was injured herself, was very quiet.
Even though I was touching the finger that he had held out asking for treatment, he didn’t even let out a small moan.
Just pretend like nothing is wrong,
I just quietly put one hand in the pocket of the white fleece I wore over my school uniform and hooded zip-up.
Does this mean that I have no intention of acting as a patient at all?
Or maybe I was so nervous that I couldn’t think of acting.
Just a quick guess.
I was holding Lee Ha-yoon’s fingers tightly.
“…”
“…”
While holding on to her finger,
Intertwining her fingers, like children make with their little fingers,
Without saying anything,
Lee Ha-yoon was brought to the clean, pure white nursery bed.
… As soon as Lee Ha-yoon, who had been observing her hesitantly, sat down on the bed, her cheeks began to heat up.
Why does Lee Ha-yoon look like that? I have figured out her plan.
“… Does it still hurt?”
Looking at Lee Ha-yoon’s cheeks that had turned red, slyly.
“When is the next class?”
“… Ha, in an hour…”
After asking a few light questions, I passed Lee Ha-yoon and headed towards the health room.
… Door.
I think I need to lock it up for a while.
Just for one hour.
