Chapter 252: Final Exam Commemoration Party (Baek A-yeong's Turn)

The dark and gloomy, yet luxurious meeting room of Pandemic.

Rebecca, one of Pandemic's executives, was looking around.

"...."

It was a hideout of Pandemic she had visited many times, but on the first day she visited after her brainwashing was lifted, she was incredibly surprised.

She could now notice things she hadn't realized when she was under the brainwashing.

- Aaaack!

- S-Stop...

Human screams could be heard from all over the hideout.

They were things she had never heard until now.

She couldn't understand why she hadn't noticed such loud noises either, but looking at the reactions of the other executives, it made sense.

"What's wrong, Rebecca?"

"...It's nothing."

Rebecca, who had been staring at the large Caucasian man sitting next to her, turned her head away.

Because it was certain that they, still under the brainwashing, couldn't notice a thing.

"Rebecca. Come to think of it, can you help me with my work?"

"What work?"

The Caucasian man sitting next to her was named Reinhardt.

He was a pathetic bastard who committed these kinds of acts despite having such a righteous name.

Of course, his combat prowess was quite useful, though.

"What do you think, a terror attack. I need your cooperation to kill a lot of them."

"...I'm busy, so it'll be difficult."

It might have been different in the past, but Rebecca, freed from her brainwashing, didn't want to cooperate with such things.

"Is that so? That's a shame."

Reinhardt turned his head away immediately, as if he hadn't expected much in the first place.

That was better for Rebecca, too.

A moment later.

With the click, clack- of his dress shoes, the boss of Pandemic, Maestro, entered the meeting room.

He must have come after doing some prayer or whatever to eliminate humans again.

As soon as he appeared, the noisy meeting room fell silent.

"It's been a while, everyone. I've been busy lately, so we couldn't hold a Regular Meeting."

Sitting politely in the seat of honor, Maestro immediately started the meeting.

It was all talk about terror attacks and kidnappings.

Of course, it was just a repetition of useless stories for Rebecca, but she participated in the meeting until the end without showing it.

Because it wasn't the right situation to betray Pandemic just yet.

She had already stepped too deeply into it.

She needed to aim for a surefire opportunity to get out.

There were also advantages to continuing to hide within Pandemic.

'The Apostle's special Movement Skill...'

Because she had been able to obtain information about the Centaur according to plan.

Currently, Apostles were similar to demons but used a different magic power. If they could figure out that magic power, they would be able to resolve it.

It wasn't a definitive solution, but it was better than nothing.

"The final agenda is Victoria Academy... It's tomorrow, actually. Now, Reinhardt?"

"Yes, Maestro."

Seeing Reinhardt, who was right next to her, suddenly jump up, Rebecca tilted her head in confusion.

"There are demons prepared for this terror attack. I have high expectations for you."

"I will make sure to show you results...!"

"Good. Coordinate with your team and get ready right away."

"Understood!"

Clenching his fists and strengthening his resolve, Reinhardt immediately ran out of the meeting room.

'I should have said I'd do it together...'

'No way, to think the terror attack was aimed at Victoria Academy.'

'Why didn't he tell me that? What a crazy bastard.'

"Haa."

Rebecca let out a sigh as she looked at the empty seat left by Reinhardt, who had already gone out.

It wasn't like Rebecca had Reinhardt's contact information, and since she had no means to contact him, she had no choice but to give up.

Still, since it was pretty important information, she would have to tell Baby Daddy.

'I hope he likes it.'

Since he was a nice person, he would definitely be thankful.

Nodding with the corners of her mouth slightly raised, Rebecca began listening to the meeting again.

*

Thursday morning.

I got out of bed, thinking about the Commemoration Party that was coming up tomorrow.

"Mmhnyam... Nyam."

Liriana was lying next to me.

It had been a really long time since I greeted the morning in the same bed like this.

After watching Liriana smack her lips as if she were eating something in her dreams, I came out to the living room, where the fragrant scent of coffee wafted over.

I saw Nam Da-eun making coffee at the table.

"You're awake."

"Yeah. Give me a cup too."

Maybe it was because I used too much energy yesterday, but I felt a little dizzy.

Coffee existed for moments exactly like this.

Drinking the coffee Nam Da-eun made for me definitely cleared my mind.

"Thanks. Phew..."

"No problem."

Nam Da-eun smiled slightly as she stirred her coffee and continued.

"You must have been really tired yesterday."

"...It just turned out that way."

Sip.

Was this how a boyfriend felt after getting caught having sex with another woman?

No, it was a slightly different comparison... but the guilt I felt was similar.

"Ahem. Should we get ready to head to school?"

Unable to help it, I changed the subject.

"Yeah. Let's go."

Fortunately, Nam Da-eun smiled and went along with me.

It seemed she wasn't actually angry.

"Sis... let's go quickly."

"Alright, Da-hee."

While Nam Da-eun took care of Nam Da-hee, I had a chat with Scarlet.

"I'm heading out, Scarlet. Take good care of Liriana when she wakes up."

"Understood."

Scarlet had been a bit weird yesterday, but she was back to normal today.

Did I really have sex too intensely?

"Let's go, Da-hee. Bring your sister, too."

"Okay, Ho-yeon!"

"Don't run, Da-hee. Hold Ho-yeon's hand and go."

I left the dormitory with the Nam Sisters.

Perhaps because of the Final Exam Commemoration Party happening tomorrow, things like street stalls were moving in.

"This is basically a festival."

"I know, right."

Nam Da-eun looked around in awe.

Come to think of it... I wasn't this close with Nam Da-eun during the last festival.

She helped me during the Survival Exam, so we weren't on bad terms, but we weren't close either.

There was no way Nam Da-eun, who had no friends besides me, would have come to a festival like this.

'Do I need to take care of Da-eun-i too?'

Judging from my past experiences, Nam Da-eun didn't hate having fun.

She simply hadn't had the time because she was busy taking care of her younger sister, Nam Da-hee.

'Can I manage it?'

There wasn't just one or two people to take care of, so I didn't know if it was possible... but I should at least try.

"Sis, sis. I want to go there tomorrow. Let's go together."

"Yeah. Shall we?"

But soon, as if relieving me of my worries, Nam Da-hee tugged at Nam Da-eun's hand and made plans with her.

I secretly let out a sigh of relief.

Life was this exhausting when you had so many women.

The path to a harem was truly long and treacherous.

After sending Nam Da-hee to the affiliated school first, I entered the A-Class separately with Nam Da-eun.

We acted like strangers in here.

"Good morning."

"Hello, Mr. Ho-yeon."

"Good morning! You're just in time."

As soon as I sat down next to Rumi and Lucy, who welcomed me, Lucy met my eyes as if she had been waiting.

"What should we do tomorrow? Hm?"

"Tomorrow?"

"Yes. It's the Final Exam Commemoration Party, you know."

It's the same story here, too.

I was worried we'd end up having a massive offline meetup at the Commemoration Party at this rate.

Things weren't this complicated during the last festival.

It seemed to be a side effect of the increase in women.

"...Well, I'm not sure. I haven't looked into what's fun yet. I'll have to see."

I tried saying that to stall for time somehow, but...

"I figured you'd say that, so Rumi and I organized everything yesterday."

"That's right. Lucy was so excited that she worked really hard to prepare."

"R-Rumi...!"

"..."

I'm screwed, there's no escaping this.

Eventually giving up any resistance, I listened to Lucy and Rumi's plans until the professor came in.

Honestly, it did sound pretty fun.

*

To Lee Ho-yeon, lunchtime was free time.

Because he could slip away from anyone using the excuse of Baek A-yeong's treatment.

Of course, since he went to see Baek A-yeong almost every day, he wondered if it could truly be called 'free,' but it was free time regardless.

Today, unlike usual, he even prepared a surprise gift.

It was a gift meant to improve his relationship with Baek A-yeong.

It wasn't that they were on bad enough terms to need 'improving'.

It was simply to forge an even better relationship.

'To the point where she'll forgive me even if I fool around with other women.'

Lee Ho-yeon familiarly made his way to the infirmary.

Perhaps she had trained her staff properly, as no employee blocked his path this time.

Knock, knock-

"I'm here, School Nurse."

- Yeah. Come in.

Since he couldn't call her 'honey' where others could hear, he always called out to her like that when he went in.

Lee Ho-yeon slowly opened the door to the infirmary.

Inside, he could see Baek A-yeong sitting down, wearing a white dress shirt and a black miniskirt as always.

"Ms. A-yeong. How have you been?"

"We just saw each other yesterday, didn't we? Of course I've been well."

Lee Ho-yeon familiarly sat down, and Baek A-yeong naturally made coffee before taking the seat opposite him.

Normally, their pattern was to make small talk before quickly finishing their sex and parting ways.

But today was different.

Lee Ho-yeon pulled out the tool he had prepared.

"Ms. A-yeong. I brought something with me."

"Hmm?"

Baek A-yeong was sipping her coffee before spotting the coin dangling from Lee Ho-yeon's hand.

"What's that?"

"It's supposedly hypnosis. It was expensive, so it should work well. I was thinking of trying it out on you, Ms. A-yeong."

"Is that so?"

Looking at the coin Lee Ho-yeon brought, Baek A-yeong chuckled inwardly.

'He still has a childish side to him.'

Should I play along a little?

She didn't believe in things like hypnosis, but if her honey wanted to do it, she was more than willing to oblige.

Seeing Lee Ho-yeon preparing so earnestly, Baek A-yeong thought she should pretend to fall for it at least once.

"Alright, I'll give it a try, so focus on this."

"Yeah, yeah. I got it."

Baek A-yeong smiled and focused on the coin Lee Ho-yeon was holding.

To her, he just looked cute.

Whether it was bringing a coin like that or telling her to focus, everything he did was cute.

Of course, the fact that Lee Ho-yeon was the one doing it played a pretty big part.

"Ahem. Now, your eyes are slowly growing heavier..."

Meanwhile, Lee Ho-yeon also felt a little embarrassed by himself seriously acting this out.

But it was an unavoidable sacrifice.

★ Heroine Status Window

[Baek A-yeong]

- [ Favorability : 100 ] (+ 1.9)

- [ Libido : 95 ]

- [ Appetite : 40 ]

- [ Fatigue : 35 ]

Current Status : My honey is so cute. He's definitely cute. Does he believe in that kind of thing because he's still 20?

No matter how much she thought like that, I had to endure it.

After I spent about five minutes swinging the coin and spitting out boring words like that, Baek A-yeong had closed her eyes at some point.

"Now, when I snap my fingers, you will open your eyes and obey my words..."

The way the corners of her mouth slightly twitched upwards made it obvious she was just playing along, but it didn't matter.

I had already finished predicting how Baek A-yeong would act.

"..."

"Did it work?"

Lee Ho-yeon observed Baek A-yeong before snapping his fingers, snap-.

At the same time, Baek A-yeong's eyes flashed open.

The way she stared blankly into empty air was so convincing that he might have actually been fooled if it weren't for the status window.

"Ms. A-yeong. No, honey. Are you hypnotized?"

"..."

Baek A-yeong stared into empty air, not answering Lee Ho-yeon's words.

'Her acting is on point.'

It should be about time to slowly dive in.

"Honey."

"Yes."

Baek A-yeong replied blankly, acting as if she were truly under hypnosis.

"First, take everything off."

"Yes. ...Huh?"

For a moment, Lee Ho-yeon could see Baek A-yeong's eyes shift slightly.