Chapter 255 – Chapter 255 Hero Academy (3-62)
‘I have nothing to do.’
The reason I had this thought was that the field trip to the magic department was going smoothly.
Most of the cadets were honor students, but Seong Soo-ah was so talented that I had nothing to help her with.
It was to the point that even Yeriel, who was watching from her side, was standing like a folding screen.
With me….
“….”
“….”
I wouldn’t be so nervous about a new employee interview.
It wasn’t that Yeriel was glaring at me, but it wasn’t too much of a burden for her to keep staring at me.
‘If I were a real kid, I’d rather give you chocolate and try to twist it…’ .’
[Special notes that she likes fruit candies.]
‘How the hell did you find out about that particular thing? Well, it’s not important…. Make me some candy first.’
I doubted the information Zodiac gave me, but I took out the generated candy from her pocket and quietly showed it to Yeriel.
“Yeriel. Perhaps… Do you like candy?”
“… Yes.”
Five… Response came.
Looking at me, he looks at me with a mixed look of caution, then falls into candy, and looks at me again and is wary… Candy… An infinite loop has begun.
‘Five… Cute.’
I thought I wanted to see more, but I’m the only one who loses if I make things uncomfortable by playing around with the superiors.
I moved my palm further towards Yeriel, as far as she could pick up her candy.
“Would you like to have one?”
“….”
Yeriel stared blankly for a moment, then lifted her candy carefully so that her dainty fingers did not touch her skin, she said.
“… Thanks.”
“That’s fortunate.”
I’m so glad
A mere piece of candy won’t ease your guard, but finding out what the other person likes was a huge gain.
Jeriel, who was munching on one of her candies, looked at me and said,
“… Are there more?”
..
..
“Are there more?”
“… Yes.”
I took out a piece of candy the size of a finger from her pocket and handed it to Yeriel.
At this point, I wondered if they were thinking of me as a cat robot with infinite pockets.
Yeriel munched her candy, savoring the taste in her mouth, swallowing it, then asked me again.
“Are there more?”
“That was the end.”
It was time to stop here.
It’s not that I don’t care for Enel, it’s because if she keeps appearing, I’ll get even more suspicious.
Yeriel opened her mouth with a hint of regret in her expression.
“… Okay. But to bring candy to the dungeon, isn’t it too light-hearted?”
… I’m going to take it as much as I can and say something like that.
“When I got caught in a dungeon gimmick and scattered with other colleagues before, I thought it would be good to take at least these things as a backup.”
“… Candy?”
“It depends on the situation, but taking care of it is different.”
She said that and explained why she brought candy today.
“Instructor Seong Soo-ah and Yeriel were there today, so I brought candy to increase concentration.”
“Hmm… The type that values contrast….”
Yeriel closed her eyes and began to evaluate me.
After spending most of my time with Yeriel, it was time to return to the Ivory Tower.
Out of breath, the cadets and guards escaped from the dungeon.
And Seongsuah, Yeriel, and me who are easygoing.
It was an extreme situation.
“Everyone, it was the first day, so it was hard, right? Now, let’s go back and rest.”
“Yes….”
The cadets made their way to the car with a smile like office workers leaving work, even though they were in the mood for poison.
“Yeriel-nim, you worked hard.”
“Yes? I haven’t done anything.”
“Just being by your side is reassuring.”
Yeriel laughed at Seongsuah’s words, but she said calmly.
“Then let’s go back.”
“Yes. So, Instructor Seong Su-ho and I are in the same car as the cadets….”
That was the moment Seong Soo-ah gestured to me to go with me.
Yeriel said as she headed to the car where the cadets were riding.
“I’ll go and take charge of the cadets, so you two come separately.”
“Uh… Miss Yeriel did such a troublesome thing….”
“It’s annoying. In times like these, you need to communicate with the kids. That way, you can at least make an excuse for not playing later.”
After getting into the vehicle with the cadets, Yeriel closed the door and started the vehicle.
And Seong Soo-ah and I….
“Then… Shall we go too?”
“Yes.”
I was able to have some time alone for the two of us.
***
A little girl asked, clutching the hand of a woman in her nun’s garb.
“Sister. What kind of person was your father and mother?”
“… You were great people. The reason we live such a safe life is because of them.”
Hearing the nun’s words, the little boy who smiled at her soon began to cry.
“I just… I want my dad and mom to be by my side without sacrificing themselves.”
“….”
The nun held her girl by the hands and opened her mouth as she knelt down and looked into her eyes.
“That feeling is not bad. It’s true that everyone is happy to be by the side of the person they love….”
“….”
“But you two didn’t just sacrifice to save the world.”
“… ?”
The girl looked at the nun, tilting her head as she cried.
The nun smiled and held her little hand tightly.
“You two sacrificed so much to save the world you live in.”
“Ah….”
“They both wanted to save the world where their beloved child lives rather than being heroic about saving the world.”
In the end, the child who burst into her late tears said to the nun as if he had promised.
“I….”
“… ?”
“I want to become a hero who can protect my family and save the world where they live!”
Looking at the child, the nun smiled.
“Yes, I am sure you can do that. Sua.”
Just like that, Sung Soo Ah’s childhood passed.
Seong Soo-ah, who diligently left the nursery school, was able to receive preferential treatment to enter the consulate.
When she first entered the school, she was obviously able to enter the school at the expense of her two parents, but after that, she was able to gain recognition at the school thanks to her endless efforts.
She and she ended up meeting Kang-hyeon Cho.
Even though she completely forbids her cadets from dating at the consulate, she couldn’t stop her admiration for Sung Soo-ah.
And her longing finally reached him, and the two gradually built up a bond of love.
While building her rapport, the man ended up graduating, and he confessed to her as soon as he graduated.
It wasn’t just a story about meeting and dating.
It was a confession that he wanted to be a companion to lead everything together.
She was so happy
‘If this man… I don’t think he’ll leave me like that.’
His strong admiration for him included his skills as a hero.
Strong.
In other words, it meant that he had the power to protect his family.
Seong Soo-ah believed that.
However, that belief began to scatter like a stone wall that is gradually weathering.
‘I… Am I that ugly?’
At some point, the expression, tone, and behavior that had been filled with affection suddenly began to change to indifference.
There was no emotion in his expression or tone of voice.
She didn’t even try to do anything with him.
Seong Soo-ah blamed all her faults on herself.
She was that kind of person.
It was an ordeal for herself, she thought.
‘If you hold on… If I manage to survive until marriage, I’m sure she’ll come back like before.’
Happiness gives greater happiness to those who have experienced the loss of that happiness.
She believed so.
But ironically, it wasn’t her super-strong that gave her greater happiness.
At one point, Seong Soo-ah was lying on the bed, and she herself was holding a child.
She said that although at first she was just casually trying to get along with her while playing VR, at some point she realized that it took a big place for Seong Soo-ah.
It didn’t matter that she was a real child.
Even if it was a lie, the feeling that her family was there started to poison Sung Soo-ah.
Even when she tried to stop, her control didn’t work at all.
She whispered as she watched her young Seongsu-ho sleeping in her arms.
“I want to stay like this….”
..
..
“… Yes?”
Seong Soo-ah opened her eyes and looked around her.
Despite her blurry gaze, she could immediately see her condition.
‘This, this….’
Seong Soo-ah was lying on her back with the seat of her car fully reclined behind her.
And right next to her, Seongsuho was lying backwards like that.
She wouldn’t have been a problem at all if she had been bedridden like that.
The problem was that the two were hugging.
However, Seong Soo-ho was hugging him one-sidedly, and Seong Soo-ah was in his arms.
Seong Su-ah, who was lying on her chair, which was reclined back to her almost like her bed, lay on Seong Su-ho’s arm, and she had one of her arms wrapped around his arm.
‘… Could it be that he fell asleep as soon as he got into the car?’
In Sung Soo-ah’s memory, the events after getting into her car were not stored at all.
Judging from this state, he fell asleep as soon as he got into the car, thinking that Seong Soo-ho had accidentally pushed back his chair to put him to bed.
Seong Soo-ah smiled bitterly after putting all of her puzzles together.
‘… What am I doing to her brother?’
It wasn’t that he didn’t feel guilty about this act.
Even more so, whenever she joked with young Seong Su-ho in her VR, she could feel her guilt whispering inside her and trying to restrain her.
But rather than her guilt, her sudden burst of happiness began to consume her.
A man who wants to fill all of his own voids.
A man who approached me like a child in VR and even saved me from danger in real life.
Even if it wasn’t a lover, the desire to continue to be with this man was creeping up.
‘Will this person stay by my side?’
Seong Soo-ah began to close her eyes again, hiding her anxiety.
***
I went into my assigned room and sat down on the bed.
‘For now, it’s not bad.’
As soon as she gets into her car, she puts Seong Soo-ah to sleep, reclines her chair and lays her down, then puts her chim-mong on.
I couldn’t find out the details of the past, but I was able to get a rough idea of what kind of life I had lived.
She would have been able to hold on if she had been alone from the start, but her super-strength confused her in the middle.
And ironically, I was able to squeeze in between them….
After arriving at her ivory tower, Seong Soo-ah apologized for her extended apology, but it was rather embarrassing to me.
‘I wish we could get into the car tomorrow just the two of us….’
[I think it will be important to lower Yeriel’s vigilance tomorrow as well as today.]
‘But don’t you know if lowering it too low causes side effects?’
Aren’t they fawning over you afterward?
[… The opponent is not a real child.]
‘But he looks like a child.’
Eating candy was like a child.
There are people who don’t like having children, but there are people who don’t like having children. Looking at Yeriel, even I, who don’t really like her children, kept wishing she had a daughter like that.
Still, the moment I think of my older sister, the thought disappears right away….
‘Well… There’s even a convenience store in the ivory tower, so I’ll have to go there.’
[… ? Need something?]
‘Oh, let me buy some candy.’
If anything, giving them what they really bought would raise less suspicion.
So I headed to the convenience store.
And I was able to face one person in it.
Inside the convenience store, Seo Ji-eun was standing quietly, staring at her shelf.
“Uh? Cadet Seo Ji-eun?”
“… Hello.”
Seo Ji-eun flinched at me, and she bowed her head roughly to say hello and left her convenience store.
I guess you really hate me….
I approached her shelf, where she was looking, and opened her mouth as I picked up her things.
‘… A lot of people like candy.’
[Do you not like candy very much?]
‘Yeah, I’m a chocolate digger.’
I bought roughly the same number of candies I gave to Yeriel today and then went back to my room.
