Thinking as I left the house after Hye-jung’s send-off.
It’s inevitable that we notice each other as attractive. That kind of assessment happens in just a second or two.
Initially, we were so focused on the mother-son dynamic that we ignored those feelings.
But the attraction grew stronger….
Living under the same roof, having meals cooked to my preferences, even sleeping in the same bed – it’s probably unavoidable.
It’s a relationship we can’t easily pursue, and shouldn’t, but I like Hye-jung. I felt that growing stronger as I left the house.
Does she feel the same way…?
“Mr. Kim Sang-hyuk.”
Huh?
I left the house a little late, and Rachel was waiting for me with a fancy foreign car. My sisters were standing there, looking surprised instead of leaving for school.
“Shall we go now that you’re done talking?”
“What’s this?”
What’s with the car?
“I’m here to escort you to the academy.”
…Is this some kind of perk for being a subordinate?
Being in the Chairman’s good graces comes with a lot of benefits.
There was no reason to refuse. One of my small wishes was to send my sisters to the academy by car instead of public transport.
“Can we ride, Oppa?”
“She said to wait because she’s taking our brother.”
“This is Rachel. She works for the student council president.”
Bow.
Rachel bowed to us again.
“I am Rachel, serving Miss Isabella.”
“Nice to meet you. I’m Serena.”
Stella had already slipped into the back seat.
She patted the leather seat as if reserving my spot.
“Brother! Here.”
Okay. Shall we get in?
Serena came next to me. Rachel took the wheel and started driving smoothly.
This is great. There’s a real joy in sitting comfortably like this.
Serena seemed a little reserved in front of a stranger, but Stella snuggled into my arms as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
“We’re living the high life thanks to you, Brother.”
“It’s thanks to the Chairman.”
“I know. Why is the Chairman doing so much for you, Brother?”
“That’s…”
I made eye contact with Rachel.
“It is because Sang-hyuk helped capture Xenobia, the worst villain.”
“Isn’t the Chairman going to ask Brother to join the student council when he’s a third-year?”
“No way.”
Strictly speaking, it wasn’t me, the student council president, or Cerridwen who defeated Xenobia.
It was the invincible incarnation that appeared, triggered by my death – the Death Collector.
Collector-chan and Cerridwen weren’t interested in the reward for catching Xenobia, so the reward went to the Chairman.
I guess this is in the spirit of sharing.
Going to school comfortably by car was simply amazing.
“We have arrived.”
I didn’t know there was a paid parking lot at the academy.
It seems quite a few third-years have cars.
“Sang-hyuk.”
“Yes?”
Rachel, who got out of the car, handed me the keys.
“Why are you giving this to me?”
“This vehicle is a gift from the Chairman to Sang-hyuk.”
Really?
It was an unbelievable gift. This sleek foreign car is mine.
Well, I heard something about a car yesterday….
“Do you know how to drive?”
“I know how to drive, but I don’t have a license.”
“Then…”
Rachel brought up a panel and tapped at it, then said:
“Now you can take her as you please.”
“I don’t know what it is, but it’s amazing.”
“We can provide a driver until you graduate.”
“I’ll do it. It’s for my sisters to ride.”
I think I’d dislike it if the driver was male.
I decided to drive myself and took the car keys.
“Thank you.”
“I have only delivered Miss Isabella’s gift. Have a pleasant day.”
As soon as Rachel left, Stella clung to me.
“Brother! Are you going to take us?”
“Yes. Come here together when you get out of school, girls.”
“Isn’t Oppa tired…?”
“This is what men do.”
I repeated Serena’s words back to her, and she nodded shyly.
“Yes, Oppa. Please take care of us.”
A pumpkin carriage has been created to serve the princesses.
After sending the two off, I headed to the classroom. I was supposed to hurry, but I walked leisurely and was a bit late.
I was organizing my luggage alone in front of the locker when I felt a sense of déjà vu, as if a situation I had experienced was being replayed.
Isabella was waiting for me.
It was a completely different atmosphere from when she thought of me as a stain on the academy and tried to arrest me.
Isabella was in a soft mood, to the point where my heart fluttered as soon as I saw her.
“Um.”
“Hello, Chairman.”
“Did you get home well yesterday?”
“Yes. Thanks to you… I came comfortably by car today too.”
“That’s a relief.”
……We were silent with each other.
What! What is it! This sweet and sour atmosphere!!
A feeling as if my internal organs are tightening……!!
Isabella is being shy with me…!
We haven’t even reached Love-Love MAX yet?
The busty and pretty silver-haired student council president seems like a shy bride today.
“What’s going on? Is this the student of interest process?”
“Attendance has been processed for the class. Follow me for a moment.”
The student council president’s power is amazing…!!
I used to follow behind her, but today I walked side by side with the student council president at a fast pace.
Isabella glanced at me slightly and then cleared her throat, ahem.
“Who told you to walk next to me?”
“Everyone said we look like a good couple. Do you remember what everyone said when we first met?”
“…….”
She remembers. I knew for sure by looking at her expression.
I gently took Isabella’s hand.
“Ah!?”
Isabella was startled and stepped back.
“What are you doing all of a sudden?”
“Did you dislike it?”
“I-It was just sudden, so I was surprised. It was sudden!”
She doesn’t say she dislikes it?
I reach out my hand again. The student council president stared intently at my hand, and eventually grabbed it.
Tightly…….
I love walking hand in hand with the student council president….
“W-Wait a minute. We’re going to the chairman’s office, so walking like this is a bit…….”
“Just until the door.”
“…….”
The chairman’s flustered appearance is precious.
Her hand is soft too…….
We walked down the hallway hand in hand like lovers.
“What if someone sees us?”
“We can just show them.”
“You’re a student of interest, and I’m the supervisor.”
It’s so cute when you’re being prickly like that but still holding hands tightly.
But why the chairman’s office?
Did I do something wrong? I don’t think so, even if I look back. It’s probably about Xenobia.
Chairman Wilhelm was waiting for me.
We walked hand in hand to the door, being lovey-dovey, but Isabella was acting as a stern student council president in the chairman’s office.
“I thought you two had gotten a little closer, but there seems to be some distance.”
“…….”
“Did you call me?”
“Ah. The Xenobia case, it was excellent. I heard it would have been difficult without your help?”
Ah. That’s how it was supposed to be.
There’s no need to actually agree. This is because it’s true.
To be precise, it’s thanks to my authority….
“To be precise, it’s thanks to my authority.”
“I thought so. It would be a miracle for you to even graze Xenobia’s hair with your abilities, wouldn’t it?”
The chairman didn’t seem to be trying to belittle me with those words.
He was just stating the facts calmly.
“You received the plaque of appreciation from the textbook [referring to the academy’s official materials], right? Essol Academy is also very grateful to you. Various benefits will continue to be given to you in the future.”
“Thank you.”
“It will naturally be reflected in the grade evaluation as well. You can get at least a B grade next time. Depending on your efforts, you can even see an A grade. If that happens, you can receive various benefits within the workshop as well.”
“That’s good.”
Is this goodbye to D Sang-hyuk?
“It’s still a D grade because it hasn’t been updated yet, but please bear with it a little longer.”
…It’s still a D grade.
“First of all, I’m going to remove the restrictions that were placed on you… the student of interest process, what do you think?”
“…….”
“I know it’s funny to say this now, but it was a necessary measure at the time. Now… I’m sure you know that being called around and running errands by the student council president isn’t easy.”
If I say I want to stop, will they release me right away?
I steal a glance at Isabella’s profile.
She was just looking ahead.
‘Will she be sad?’
Being a student of interest is nothing. Even if I quit, I can continue to meet Isabella.
But I didn’t dislike the time I’ve spent so far, and since there’s not much left….
“I’m fine as I am now.”
Isabella flinched her shoulders as if slightly surprised.
“Why? Don’t you want to be released?”
“Far from wanting to be released, I wish I could stay like this even more.”
“……!”
Wilhelm started laughing as if he had realized something.
“Hahahaha!”
“…….”
“Ah. What is it? Was that your taste? Ssssh. Our academy’s student council president’s appearance is a bit outstanding.”
“……Kim Sang-hyuk.”
I wasn’t afraid of Isabella, who was now lowering her voice and saying ‘Kim Sang-hyuk’.
Rather, she’s lovely.
“I have to finish getting the student of interest stamp. I’m almost there now.”
“Isabella. Haven’t you been underestimated too much? You can make the last week or so rough, right?”
“I’m already planning to make you regret it right away.”
Will I really regret it?
“Please leave it as it is. I’ll get all the stamps in a few days.”
“Your momentum is very good. Your credibility has also increased. I heard you even signed autographs for young female students while doing hero activities?”
“……Ah. Yes.”
“You’re quite popular. Onahole Man, or Jelly Man?”
“Both are fine….”
But if possible, I’d like them to call the soft and squishy ones Jelly Man.
The vulgar world is too early for them yet. I just want to protect them.
“Work hard at the academy until I call you again. I no longer worry about you either.”
“I didn’t know I was that trustworthy.”
“If so, I’ll tell you on behalf of our country. Capturing Xenobia was the wish of the entire nation. You helped fulfill that wish.”
…….
“Isabella, your evaluation has also greatly increased. Hasn’t the only stain on your life disappeared?”
“Yes.”
「The only stain」
I didn’t expect to hear that wording again from someone other than the chairman.
Was Xenobia her stain?
Honestly, it seems like it when you see what she does.
The two are too different in personality to think they are blood-related siblings, and the only thing similar is their appearance.
“You can go now.”
After leaving the chairman’s office,
Isabella’s expression wasn’t very good. It would be strange if she felt good about putting her own sister in the correctional headquarters….
“You said you’d make me regret it?”
I held Isabella’s hand tightly.
“Ah…. That’s right. How dare you make fun of Essol’s student council president?”
Isabella’s tone towards me no longer has the same sharpness as before. The threat that was based on the intention to really punish me if necessary.
That’s long gone.
So I could laugh even when Isabella was being prickly.
“Follow me. There’s still a place to take you.”
“Where to?”
I followed the chairman to a building I hadn’t seen before.
She opens one of the doors inside the building. The inside was an empty room. A little over 10 pyeong [approximately 33 square meters] in size?
There were chairs, tables, and drawers, as if someone had lived there….
“What is this place?”
“This is the academy club room that was given to you after the inter-school competition.”
“Club room?”
“This is B rank.”
Club rooms have ranks too……?
“You can decide which club to join. Feel free to use this place.”
“…….”
I have an indoor space to stay in within the academy?
A premonition of sex….
I guess I’ve been completely infected by N-chan now.
“What kind of club would be good?”
“Right now, you’re a student of interest. You belong to the Infinite Fighting Club.”
“……Infinite Fighting?”
“You fought every day at the Infinite Fighting dojo, right?”
The club name is amazing…….
“When you finish the student of interest system, you can create your own club or transfer the club rights to someone else.”
“I don’t know what kind of club to create….”
Ear Club?
“Anything is fine as long as the number of members is met.”
“……Personality Excretion Club?”
Abbreviated as Inbae Club.
Not Ingeup Club, but Inbae Club. It’s funny even to me…….
I averted my eyes slightly after seeing the student council president’s expression.
“I’m sorry.”
“No…. You can do it.”
“Your eyes didn’t say that just now…?”
“I just didn’t empathize with your sensibility.”
“But well, the only club activity I can do is Onahole Club…….”
When the ‘Onahole Club’ story came out, the student council president burst out laughing.
“Pfft!”
“……Do you empathize with this sensibility? Should I create an Onahole Club for you?”
“Cough, cough cough……. Stop. Stop…….”
I whispered in the chairman’s ear, who was turning her head and covering her mouth while chuckling.
“Onahole Man’s Onahole Club….”
“Ugh…….”
The chairman was almost about to cry from laughing.
Onahole Club is good, but Inbae Club is also okay. The nuance is excellent when abbreviated.
If it’s Onahole Club, it feels like male academy students who use real onaholes will gather, but Personality Excretion Club makes you think, ‘What is this? Did a crazy person make it?’
“I’ll go with Inbae Club.”
I have to bring the Onahole Squad.