Episode 337

Autumn, when the green leaves turn orange, is slowly passing away, and early winter is coming to the Academy.

“Now we are nearing the end of the semester. When winter vacation begins soon, a year has passed fairly.”

The person holding the microphone was Sohaejeong, one of Gaon’s teachers. Taking off her glasses, she said with a smile unlike her usual cold appearance.

“1 year. It’s short for some and long for others. Among the students, there are people who are satisfied with the time, and there are people who are sad. But time passes equally for everyone.”

Minesweeper’s soft voice echoed through the auditorium.

“What did you feel during the year?”

Shin Yoo-seong thought at the question of the minesweeper. What have you learned in the past year?

But even if someone asked, it was difficult to answer. A year of living outside has changed more things in Shin Yoo-seong than 10 years in Mt. Musin.

And it seems that the other students did the same.

“To be honest, I mean. I thought the Hunter job was very difficult. In the past, I just thought it was cool. When I go outside... well, what should I say?”

Joo Ha-jin scratched his head while chatting with a female classmate. She was ashamed to say that she had said nothing, but the female student nodded her head knowingly.

“Hey, I think I know that feeling. We’re students, so we’re at the very end.”

“yes. I must say that it is still a bit far from the image I longed for.”

“Yeah, that’s right. It’s too hard to do it yourself~”

Shin Yooseong naturally smiled as he listened to the two people talking next to him.

‘Right.’

Most of the media only shows the bright side, but Hunter grows up in hardship and adversity at the risk of his life. That was an obvious truth that had nothing to do with the water supply. And that time flows equally to everyone, just like Minesweeper said.

‘Is it because of that? Everyone has become a completely different person.’

It wasn’t just about skills and mana. If you compare the students with the first test, all the students have become different people. Even just looking at Joo Ha-jin talking on the sidelines, unlike the time when he acted on his own, he had a trustworthy partner, and Lee Si-woo grabbed the gun he hated so much and was recognized by his father.

‘And...’

Shin Yuseong turned his gaze to the other side and saw Sumire smiling bashfully while looking at himself. Sumire, who was called an inferior student without confidence at the beginning of the school year, and Sumire now are completely different people.

How is it possible to face such a big change in less than a year at most?

‘But...’

If someone asked which Sumire was real, Yoosung Shin could answer without hesitation.

Sumire, who lowered her head with low self-esteem, as if she were the same person at the age of 5 and now, and Sumire, who smiles brightly with blushing cheeks like now, are all the same Sumire.

“Hey there... Yoosung, did you get anything on my face?”

Maybe it was because he was staring at it too much, but when Sumire blushed in embarrassment, Shin Yuseong shook his head and said,

“no. I just remembered the first time I saw you, Shiu and Sumire.”

“Ah...”

Sumire laughed as if relieved at Shin Yoo-seong’s words, and took advantage of the noisy surroundings to sneakily hold Shin Yoo-seong’s hand.

“I see. It will be a sophomore soon.”

Sumire, who stopped talking for a moment as if feeling the afterglow of a year’s time, looked up at Shin Yuseong, close to her body.

“...If you think about it, a lot happened.”

Sumire was smiling as usual, but that was definitely not the usual Sumire smile.

“That’s it...”

Kim Eun-ah stepped back and quickly shook her head. What was the story Sumire heard? If it’s a subject you guess, how far have you heard it?

Kim Eun-ah, who lost the initiative, stuttered and wiggled her fingers. As if she had read Kim Eun-ah’s thoughts, Sumire put in a special move.

“... a kiss. Did you?”

When asked how far he knew, the answer was simply ‘everything’. Now that it had become a head-to-head match, there was no point in rolling my head.

If you change your mind, wouldn’t this be a good thing? Knowing that the player was taken away and kissed himself, wouldn’t he give up cleanly even if he thought of resentment?

“Yeah! My I did!”

When Kim Eun-ah, who came to a conclusion after some plausible reasoning, came forward rather confidently, Sumire shook her head.

“I’m OK. It’s just... Teaching Yoosung what love is... No! Having a family together! It’s something I’ve always dreamed of!”

Then, Sumire said that she didn’t care, and rather proudly claimed ownership of Shin Yoo-seong’s shares. Eunah Kim was at a loss for words.

“Ha, but... I already kissed Yooseong and that...?”

Eunah Kim’s argument was simple.

Kissing, of course, happens while dating. So, of course, he is dating Shin Yoo-seong. Apparently, this was Kim Eun-ah’s common sense, but Sumire did not accept Kim Eun-ah’s argument.

“are you okay! I can do it too!”

“what!? Ha, but...”

Kim Eun-ah’s hand, pushed by the momentum, struggled pathetically with no place to go, but Sumire did not stop.

“I am confident. As much as Yooseong made me happy, I am the one who can make Yooseong the happiest in the world...”

Rather, he pressed Kim Eun-ah with the correct method and savagely attacked.

“I’m confident too...”

“Then it’s a match! Stealing a kiss secretly and avoiding a match is cowardly!”

Sumire always yielded.

Whether it was my younger brother, Shin Yoo-seong, or Kim Eun-ah, I was always for the sake of others.

Even if it was the largest piece of meat in the curry or the last remaining fried chicken, there was nothing I couldn’t give up for someone important to me, even if it was a huge treasure.

However, the moment the target became a new meteor, Sumire decided to duel. He declared a victory by drawing a sword he had never drawn before.

“uh? But... But I and Yoosung...”

“It’s no use even if you insist! Because I was the one who liked Yooseong before Eunah!”

The bloody battle between Kim Eun-ah and Sumire started in the corner of the auditorium, and the surroundings started to buzz.

“In the end, this division was born. I was kind of expecting it.”

As if no one doubted the relationship between Shin Yoo-seong and the party members, Rhenia let’s get lucky.

“Except for Siu, all the party members are girls. Yuseong is also...”

“Rumor has it that Lee Si-woo also turned into a woman?”

“...wow. That’s great too. really.”

Rush-student guesses began pouring in. It is a well-known fact in the academy that Shin Yoo-sung even brought a little boy, a self-proclaimed dragon, to live in an insolvent room. The story of one dragon child and three wives was already a theory.