The Symbiotic Relationship Between The Rabbit And The Black Panther [EN]: Chapter 71

Belhelm City.

Led by my classmate, Hendry, I visited a famous designer’s atelier and sighed deeply.

I understand she’s excited as the dinner party is just around the corner, but… the red dress Hendry presented to me was so excessively flashy that it was overwhelming to even look at.

Recalling the dresses Valence had sent, piled up in the dormitory, I belatedly admired her excellent foresight.

All of them were subtle and not too flashy. She must have considered my reluctance to attract attention at the academy.

‘It’s not good to be noticed by the beasts of other territories….’

As I turned away from the overly red dress, I heard Hendry calling me from deep inside the atelier.

“Bibi, please don’t go anywhere and give me your opinion-?”

“…Again?”

“Again? This is only the second time I’ve changed.”

“What are you talking about? It’s already the twentieth time.”

“Goodness, how can the top student miscount like that?”

That pig. She’s pretending not to know too much.

My nostrils twitching, I sank deeply into the reception sofa.

Looking at the yellow chandelier hanging from the ceiling, Ahin’s face was drawn in the air.

I guess I’m seriously ill if I keep thinking about him whenever I have free time. At the same time, I’ve been repeatedly turning into a cold rabbit, remembering the memories of being abused in the closet lately.

Like a beast who doesn’t know moderation. Behind his seemingly ascetic and innocent appearance, raw passion was hidden.

After moving me, half-fainted, from the closet to the bathroom, he kept saying such stimulating things. The problem was that Ahin’s bad habit of talking was effective day and night.

‘It’s my fault for falling for the temptation.’

Touched my ears that turned red for no reason, I recalled the conversation that day.

‘So every day is scary.’

I felt subtly good that Ahin was anxious because of me.

It felt like I was being compensated for the past when he opened his mouth wide, saying he would make me into rabbit stew.

Humming and stomping my feet, I noticed the gazes of the atelier staff and cleared my throat.

‘Anxiety, huh….’

I stared blankly at the ceiling, unable to gauge its size.

In fact, Ahin had particularly peculiar aspects. Even when he was a baby rabbit, he endured discomfort to keep his subordinate, Queen, attached to me.

A few days ago, when I told him not to visit the academy because I didn’t want to reveal my relationship with him, there was such a fuss. He was so shocked that he even tried to revert to his true form. His argument was that we could just walk around together in the form of a black panther.

‘As if that would work.’

Where in the world is there a rabbit walking around with a black panther?

From the start, it was already a chore to prostrate myself before Ash, who ordered me to take him every time I returned to the academy. Even Iji was like that, so my temples throbbed.

‘Should I just let him do what he wants….’

I thought about giving up, but shook my head.

‘No, I can’t.’

To graduate early, it was best to stay as quiet as possible, avoid getting involved in incidents, and maintain my position as the top student.

On the other hand, my grandfather seemed to subtly want me to be the student council president and act high and mighty, rather than graduating early. Still, my desire to return to the place where those who were waiting for me was a little stronger.

If my relationship with the famous Ahin became known in many ways….

From Alan, who was already spreading nonsense that I was threatening beasts, to Ahin’s grandfather, the headmaster, everyone might be caught up in rumors.

That’s why I was so anxious to hide the news of the dinner party from Ahin.

During breakfast, I pretended to faint and blocked Valence and my grandfather from even mentioning the word ‘dinner party’.

‘Still, I don’t dislike Ahin being anxious… a little.’

Since it’s the mid-term break after the dinner party, should I just go back to Grace Manor and propose to him? As I was making ambitious plans, I inadvertently turned to look at the sunlit glass window.

It looks like a rabbit came out for a walk.

I was happily watching the scenery outside when I suddenly stood up. It didn’t make sense for a rabbit to be wandering alone in the middle of Belhelm City.

‘What are you?’

I stuck close to the glass window and carefully examined the white rabbit.

It somehow resembled the rabbit family I met in the forest at the border of the rabbit territory. The rabbit seemed to be warming its bottom, sitting on the warm stone floor where the sun was shining.

‘It would be a disaster if it got hit by a carriage wheel….’

Contrary to my worries, a man who appeared to be the owner picked up the rabbit.

He scolded it, saying it shouldn’t run off on its own, but ended up getting kicked in the mouth by the rabbit’s hind legs.

Slowly straightening his body, I stared blankly beyond the glass. It was Rune.

‘Oh my god….’

I never thought I’d run into him like this.

Belhelm was a crossroads of several territories, so he must have been passing through.

He was subtly different from the last time I saw him almost two years ago.

His physique had grown, his eyes were a little narrower, and the remaining boyishness had almost disappeared like Ahin. However, his unfocused golden eyes and seemingly unmotivated face were still the same.

Most of all, what was strange was that he was being beaten by a rabbit.

After moving the rabbit to one hand, he wiped his burst lip with his thumb and turned his head this way.

“……”

The golden eyes that found me widened slightly before returning to their original size.

I stood still, holding onto the glass, and smiled awkwardly.

Should I go out and say hello? At the same time as I hesitated, Rune nonchalantly mouthed.

‘How have you been?’

I nodded slightly, reading his lips.

‘You’ve become a big rabbit in the meantime.’

Is this the only way beasts can say whether they’ve undergone humanization [the process of a beast taking on human characteristics]?

Indignant, I slammed my fist on the glass window. Then Rune smiled softly and pointed to his own jacket.

‘Did you also enroll in the academy?’

Reflexively looking down, I belatedly realized that I was wearing a black uniform.

When I looked up to answer, I met the eyes of a rabbit with a gangster-like face in Rune’s arms.

‘…What, what are you looking at?’

It was so different from the languid expression when it was warming its bottom. It was trembling its nostrils as if it had met its lifelong enemy.

Not wanting to lose, I engaged in an intense staring contest until Rune knocked on the glass window, and I snapped out of it.

Looking up, his lips were curved in a smile, but his eyes were not smiling.

He opened and closed his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but Rune stopped and poked the rabbit’s cheek with his long finger.

‘She’s my lover-.’

…Was it a beastman [a human who can transform into a beast]? No matter how I looked at it, it only looked like an ordinary rabbit.

Unable to believe it, I pressed my forehead against the glass window and observed the rabbit. The rabbit mercilessly bit his finger that was poking its cheek.

“Rune Manients…?”

As I watched the two of them, I was startled by an ominous voice and turned around. Behind me, Hendry, who had finished changing, had a shocked expression on her face.

“It’s the same as the portrait in the newspaper. That rotten Bibi’s lover was that person?”

“Hendry, no, it’s not like that.”

“Don’t lie, I saw everything. I thought he wasn’t an ordinary piece of trash…, Bibi is holding a rabbit and even introducing it as her lover!”

My face turned pale as I waved my hands repeatedly. However, she didn’t care and picked up the dress to make it easier to move.

“Even if he’s a high-ranking person, I have to say what I have to say, so get out of the way, Bibi!”

“Hendry, calm down. Rune!”

Panicked, I turned to Rune with a look asking for an explanation.

However, he was looking at this place with a melancholic expression. It was as if he was a terrible guy who was admitting to cheating and trying to leave.

‘That lion…!’

He’s trying to mess with me, he’s definitely messing with me!

“Bibi, do you, do you want to protect someone like that right now?”

As expected, the furious Hendry grabbed my collar with one hand and a animal sculpture with the other.

‘You’ve made good friends too. See you again.’

The hateful lion, who was watching the fire from across the river [an idiom meaning someone who is watching a conflict from a safe distance], shook the rabbit’s forepaw and said hello.

“E, even mocking me!”

“Hendry!”

When the atelier staff finally managed to calm Hendry down, Rune had already disappeared.

* * *

Taptap, Rune’s steps, which had escaped from the front of the atelier as if running away, gradually slowed down.

He stopped in the center of Belhelm Square and turned to look at the atelier.

I was curious to see how Bibi had changed, even just once. She had become much more mature and beautiful than I had expected, and now she felt like someone I could never reach.

Her chubby cheeks had disappeared, and her jawline was slender, and her purple eyes were noble. Still, only the fine white hair and lovely purple eyes that had stolen my gaze from the first time I saw her remained the same.

Rune lifted the rabbit he was holding high and smiled brightly.

“Thank you.”

I was able to see your face thanks to you. The unspoken words disappeared into the silence.

The rabbit, held in the air, stared intently at the dynamic expression that Rune, who was usually lazy, had never shown.

Why do I look different from you or that rabbit beastman? The more I realized it, the more upset I became.

If it weren’t for these cotton-like limbs, could I have hugged you as you smiled with a face that wanted to cry?

“Why are you so quiet? Are you sick somewhere?”

Asking useless things without any sense. The upset rabbit kicked Rune’s cheek, who was bothering him.

Both the owner and himself. Why they only have one-sided love was something that an animal’s head could not understand at all.

* * *

Grace Family

Standing in front of his desk, Ivelin carefully examined Ahin. The dark gray uniform he was wearing was a tailcoat, even if you looked at it with your eyes closed.

Was there a banquet on Ahin’s schedule today? Ivelin looked at the three aides sitting side by side in one corner of the office.

They immediately understood the meaning and crossed their arms to form an X.

‘There’s no such schedule?’

After much deliberation, Ivelin belatedly remembered that a dinner party was being held at the academy tonight.

“Here are the documents you requested.”

Swish, a thin document was handed to Ahin.

“Alan Fredian. The second son of the Fredian family, who suspects the rabbit and harasses him.”

“But why did Bibi accept his partner application?”

“I have not been able to figure out the rabbit’s psychology.”

Ahin, who was looking through the documents summarizing Alan’s information, slowly rested his chin.

“Why is borrowing books from the library the beginning of harassment?”

“The two books that the rabbit borrowed on that date were ‘Considerations on Black Panthers’ and ‘How to Subjugate Beasts’.”

“That’s suspicious.”

“In my personal opinion, I don’t think he needs to read those books.”

Ivelin expressed her opinion with a serious face.

“Why?”

“Hasn’t he already subjugated the next leader of the Black Panther territory?”

Goodness, the three aides who heard the outrageous remarks covered their mouths with both hands. However, Ahin only folded his eyes shyly.

“A few days ago, he grabbed me by the collar and threatened me. It was powerful.”

“Congratulations. May I ask what kind of threat it was?”

“He told me never to show up at the academy.”

“…I see.”

Ivelin, who roughly guessed the reason, scanned Ahin’s tailcoat with an irreverent gaze.

“Since the rabbit didn’t even hesitate to threaten you, you won’t be able to avoid criticism if you attend the dinner party.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll just quietly deal with the playboy’s partner and come out. I told Grandpa, and he even gave me an invitation.”

“However, now that Ahin’s face has been revealed through the newspaper, it will be realistically impossible to be quiet.”

“No, I think it’s possible.”

Ahin, replying with a faint smile, nodded towards the three aides.

One of them swiftly retrieved a box from under the desk. Holding the cardboard box, the aide cast a pleading look at Ivelin, begging her to stop him, before taking heavy steps away.

* * *

Click. Opening the box, the aide began to take out one by one the secret items.

A wig that looked like real hair, and a potion from the raccoon tribe that changed eye color.

Following that, the aide picked up the mask that would be the final touch.

Masks were commonly found at banquets. Especially in a continent of demi-humans [half-human, half-animal beings], animal masks were even more common.

‘But this is….’

The aide’s hand trembled as he held the rabbit-shaped mask.

Of course, rabbit masks were also easy to find, but even so, this was not it.

Not only were there rosy blushes on the cheeks, but there were also red ribbons on the ears. It was a ferocious-looking mask that seemed to be growling.

One could immediately guess who it was modeled after.

The wig and the potion to change eye color were thorough preparations, but at this rate, one mask was in danger of ruining all the preparations.

If Ahin’s identity were revealed while wearing such a bizarre thing, his dignity would be…!

‘…He doesn’t have any dignity anyway.’

In any case, the aide sent a desperate signal for help to Ivelin, hoping that she would dissuade the next leader from wearing this mask with her eloquent words.

Fortunately, Ivelin also thought this was excessive and was staring at the mask with stiff eyes.

After a long silence, Ivelin barely moved her lips.

“…Ahin-nim [term of respect]. If I may offer a word of advice, it would be better to put the mask down.”

“Why?”

“I want it too.”

“I knew it.”

The aide, standing between Ivelin, who was listing ten reasons why she wanted this mask, and Ahin, who was determined to defend it to the death, silently packed the box. It was an afternoon that made him want to submit his resignation.

* * *

One by one, the lamps lit up, illuminating the campus.

After shaking off the nagging Ivelin, Ahin, who arrived at Belhelm Academy, sensed that his plan would go awry.

“I’m sorry, Ahin-nim. I clearly checked the luggage compartment before departure, but-….”

Lily, who had been repairing the carriage and rushed over, bowed her head, flustered. The reason was the black panther family, sitting in order of size at Ahin’s feet.

“Ash, who taught you to use that good head of yours in a place like this?”

Ahin, who had raised his mask above his head, bent down and sat down.

The whole story was this.

When Lily, Ahin’s exclusive coachman, was tinkering with an unfamiliar carriage without a symbol, Ash, suspecting him, secretly climbed into the luggage compartment. Naturally, Bara followed him, and Ash brought along two baby black panthers who were whining and begging.

And they had followed, hiding under a black cloth that was the same color as their fur.

“It’s all my fault.”

Sobbing, Lily wiped away tears and bowed her head again. Ash, who was touched by her slender gesture, stood in front of her.

“-Now I can’t even touch them because they’re Bibi’s subordinates.”

Ahin, who faced a series of absurd actions, reached out to Ash.

The hand that was about to pull his beard ended up grabbing Bara’s beard, who suddenly stuck his face out. It was Bara’s will not to lose even a single strand of Ash’s beard.

He let out a hollow laugh and stared at the two baby black panthers hiding behind Lily and trembling.

They were just little ones now, but as Ash and Bara’s cubs, they would be quite useful when they grew into adult beasts.

Ahin, who chose a generous pardon, slowly got up.

“Gorilla, take them back to Grace Manor… no, wait a minute.”

He scanned the black panthers as he put on his satin gloves for the banquet. It was thanks to the fact that he had thought of a way to use them quite usefully.

“I can go back with you after taking care of one thing.”

‘This rascal is definitely trying to harass Bibi again.’ Ash, hiding his rebellious spirit, breathed roughly.

Ahin, who stroked Ash’s head, smiled with an unknown meaning.

* * *

The dinner party was held in the academy’s backyard, an outdoor event, because of the warm weather just before it got hot.

Alan, who was crossing the campus to attend, was heading further and further into the remote path, let alone the backyard.

His pace quickened, eventually turning into a speed close to a sprint.

Was it the beastly sense that only demi-humans had? Strangely, he couldn’t shake off the feeling that something dangerous was chasing him.

He kept looking back, but all he could see were dense bushes and tall trees whose tops were hard to gauge. The lights leaking from the school buildings made the empty road look even more eerie.

Haa, haa.

Alan, who was running while looking back, stumbled and fell, colliding with a tree without checking the front.

“Ugh, damn it….”

He sat down and clutched his throbbing head, and soon began to tremble his lips. It was a clear gaze of a beast felt through the bushes.

Soon, the beast, who succeeded in cornering its prey, revealed itself with an arrogant step. It was Ash who found Alan first according to Ahin’s order.

“You, you are…!”

Alan, unable to contain his anger, pointed at Ash with his finger.

Wasn’t he the black panther that the rabbit used to have? Judging that it was Bibi’s trick to secretly deal with him, he 벌떡 [벌떡 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] stood up from his seat.

He was quite imposing, but as a black panther demi-human, dealing with one black panther was not a difficult task.

Alan, who was 웃던 forcibly [웃던 forcibly is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], felt a chill down his spine at the low 울림 [울림 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] heard from behind. At the same time as he turned around 급히 [급히 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], he saw a huge black panther flying towards him.

“What…!”

He staggered, avoiding Bara’s bite by a hair’s breadth.

Meanwhile, Ash and Bara circled around, forming a circular formation as if 몰아넣듯 [몰아넣듯 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] prey.

‘What are these guys?’

The shaking red eyes reached the two baby black panthers who were 휘두르는 [휘두르는 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] their 앞발 [앞발 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] at his feet.

‘I’ll show you the 따끔한 taste [따끔한 taste is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] of our siblings. You, you!’

The baby black panthers, who were on fire for their first prey 몰이 [몰이 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], 내질렀다 [내질렀다 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] a solemn roar.

Alan started 운용하기 [운용하기 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] pheromones with a 기가 찬 [기가 찬 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] expression.

“You little things…!”

“Alan.”

His actions stopped 뚝 [뚝 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] at the voice that came 순간적으로 [순간적으로 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]. The low tone he had heard before and the one who could call his name like that…. Alan, who was 틀던 [틀던 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] his head to the other side, 잠깐 말을 잃었다 [잠깐 말을 잃었다 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

What the hell is that 망측한 [망측한 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] mask? It was a mask that was not at all suitable for the man’s large physique or the 진회색 연회복 [진회색 연회복 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], but was so 짜증마저 [짜증마저 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] that it even 불러일으키는 [불러일으키는 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

Alan, who was 긴가민가한 [긴가민가한 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], 조심스레 입을 뗐다 [조심스레 입을 뗐다 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] after 망설임 [망설임 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

“Ahin… Grace… nim?”

“Where were you going?”

Ahin, who raised his mask above his head, asked with a 무해한 [무해한 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] face. Alan, who saw him, 비쳤다 [비쳤다 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] a somewhat 당황한 [당황한 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] look.

‘The color of his hair and eyes…?’

His face was 분명히 [분명히 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] right, but it was not the 특유의 [특유의 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] silver hair and 적안 [적안 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] that he had 동경해 [동경해 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

He was 바라보던 얼떨떨하게 [바라보던 얼떨떨하게 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], and then 정신을 차리곤 횡설수설 답했다 [정신을 차리곤 횡설수설 답했다 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

“That, to attend the dinner party….”

“To escort your partner?”

“Yes? Ah, that’s right….”

Alan, who was 끄덕이던 [끄덕이던 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], thought that Ahin’s 분위기가 [분위기가 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] was 묘하게 스산하다 [묘하게 스산하다 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

Was it a 착각 [착각 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]? Or 혹 had he 내뱉었나 불경한 언사를 앞서 [내뱉었나 불경한 언사를 앞서 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

While Alan was 빠져드는 in 심오한 고민 [빠져드는 in 심오한 고민 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], Ahin 은근히 자극했다 [은근히 자극했다 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] Ash.

“Ash, you know what? Alan is making Bibi’s academy life 힘든 [힘든 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].”

흠칫 [흠칫 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], Ash’s ears 곤두섰다 [곤두섰다 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], 민감하게 reacting to the word Bibi even though he didn’t know the 자세한 뜻 [자세한 뜻 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

Even Alan 긴장했다 눈에 띄게 [긴장했다 눈에 띄게 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]. What kind of relationship is it that the name of the 음흉한 [음흉한 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] rabbit is coming out of Ahin Grace’s 입에서 [입에서 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

Soon, Alan’s 낯빛이 질렸다 하얗게 [낯빛이 질렸다 하얗게 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], 떠올린 [떠올린 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] the 가십 [가십 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] of Ahin Grace and the rabbit demi-human two years ago, which the 학도들 떠드는 for fun [학도들 떠드는 for fun is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

“If Bibi 넘어가 버리면 Alan [넘어가 버리면 Alan is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], I can’t see her at Grace Manor anymore.”

움찔움찔 [움찔움찔 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], Ash, who felt something 심각성 [심각성 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], 떨었다 his 콧잔등 [콧잔등 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]. 바라 and the baby black panthers, who were 기분이 저조해진 덩달아 [기분이 저조해진 덩달아 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], also 떴다 their eyes 사납게 [사납게 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

Soon, the black panther family, who 맞댄 their heads, 이어 갔다 웅성웅성 토론 [맞댄 their heads, 이어 갔다 웅성웅성 토론 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

‘Ash, I heard that Alan is the 숙적 [숙적 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning] of the rabbit?’

‘Then we have to 해치워야지 [해치워야지 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].’

“Shouldn’t we 막아야 하지 before Bibi is 빼앗기기 [막아야 하지 before Bibi is 빼앗기기 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]?”

At the end of Ahin’s 턱짓 [턱짓 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], the black panther family, who 달려든 [달려든 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], 찢어발겼다 Alan’s 연회복 at once [찢어발겼다 Alan’s 연회복 at once is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

“Eek!”

Alan, who was 붙든 his 연회복 that was becoming 만신창이가 [붙든 his 연회복 that was becoming 만신창이가 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], 드러누웠다 벌렁 on the floor [드러누웠다 벌렁 on the floor is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]. It was also 노릇 that he could not 감히 반격할 to the black panthers who were Ahin’s 권속 [노릇 that he could not 감히 반격할 to the black panthers who were Ahin’s 권속 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

“Why are you doing this to me, how expensive is that 휘장…! Ah, no!” [휘장 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]

Alan 절규했다 [절규했다 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], whose 고가의 연회복 had become 누더기가 [고가의 연회복 had become 누더기가 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]. Ahin, who 앉은 수그려 next to him [앉은 수그려 next to him is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], 열었다 능청스레 his lips [열었다 능청스레 his lips is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

“Bibi’s partner can only be me.”

“Yes? What do you mean…?”

“I’m the only one who can get his 엉덩이를 맞을 [엉덩이를 맞을 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]. Is your head for 장식 [장식 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]?”

Partner? 엉덩이 [엉덩이 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]?

Alan, who was 곱씹던 영문 모를 말을 [곱씹던 영문 모를 말을 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], 유추해 냈다 정답을 지나지 않아 오래 [유추해 냈다 정답을 지나지 않아 오래 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

‘It’s 끔찍하지만 인정하기도 that Ahin Grace 빠진 건 사실이고 to the rabbit [끔찍하지만 인정하기도 that Ahin Grace 빠진 건 사실이고 to the rabbit is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], and if you 미루면 his 언행 [미루면 his 언행 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], he is 오인하고 that he is Alan the partner of the rabbit [오인하고 that he is Alan the partner of the rabbit is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].’

Even so, how can you treat me like this when I am the 차남 of a 귀족가 [차남 of a 귀족가 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]. But soon Alan 상기한 several 무용담-미친 짓- of Ahin [상기한 several 무용담-미친 짓- of Ahin is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], and 연신 손사래를 쳤다 [연신 손사래를 쳤다 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

“Rabbit… no, if you 물으신 the 여부 of the partner [물으신 the 여부 of the partner is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], I am not the partner.”

“Yeah, okay.”

“Please, 믿어! My partner is the 영애 of the same 일족 루즈벳가(家) [영애 of the same 일족 루즈벳가(家) is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]!”

Ahin, who 내려다본 Alan who was 외치는 간절히 [내려다본 Alan who was 외치는 간절히 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], 멈칫했다 일순 [멈칫했다 일순 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]. In fact, I was 의아하긴 why Bibi 수락한 the partner 신청 of someone who 관계도 좋지 [의아하긴 why Bibi 수락한 the partner 신청 of someone who 관계도 좋지 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]. If you 떠올려 [떠올려 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], Bibi had only said that he thought Alan was 예쁘다 [예쁘다 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], but he had never 시인한 directly that he was his partner [시인한 directly that he was his partner is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

Ahin, whose 이성이 had been 뒤집혔던 by 질투 [이성이 had been 뒤집혔던 by 질투 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], began to 돌아온 차차 [돌아온 차차 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], and his head began to 돌아가기 정상적으로 then [돌아가기 정상적으로 then is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

“…Then who is it?”

‘How do I know that,’ Alan, who was 억울해진 [억울해진 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], 저었다 his head 도리도리 [저었다 his head 도리도리 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

Ahin, who 쓱, 내려 쓴 his mask [쓱, 내려 쓴 his mask is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], 돌렸다 발을 towards the 후원 where the dinner party is 개최되는 without 지체 [돌렸다 발을 towards the 후원 where the dinner party is 개최되는 without 지체 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

The 빛이 became 환해지며 the more he 달릴 [환해지며 the more he 달릴 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], and the 야외 파티장 나타났다 [야외 파티장 나타났다 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]. Ahin, who was 달린 미친 듯이 like this for the first time in a long time [달린 미친 듯이 like this for the first time in a long time is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], 찾았다 Bibi with his eyes under the mask [찾았다 Bibi with his eyes under the mask is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

This dinner party was more 화려했다 than a 무도회 of 웬만한 규모 thanks to the fact that the 학장인 릴리언 지원한 even 사비 [화려했다 than a 무도회 of 웬만한 규모 thanks to the fact that the 학장인 릴리언 지원한 even 사비 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

미뤄 that Bibi is not 코빼기도 보이는 even though he 뒤졌지만 이곳을 한참 [코빼기도 보이는 even though he 뒤졌지만 이곳을 한참 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], it seemed that he had not 참석 yet [참석 yet is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

Ahin, who 감춘 초조함 [감춘 초조함 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], 감췄다 his 존재 in a 외진 곳 after 눈치챈 that the 시선 of 곳곳 was 향해 to him [감췄다 his 존재 in a 외진 곳 after 눈치챈 that the 시선 of 곳곳 was 향해 to him is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], 정확히는 the mask [정확히는 the mask is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

He stood 등지며 the 빛 after 받아 든 a wine 잔 from the 사용인 [등지며 the 빛 after 받아 든 a wine 잔 from the 사용인 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

“Did you hear that? The news that the 루즈벳 영애 전한 [루즈벳 영애 전한 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].”

Since he was 곤두세우고 only 청각 [곤두세우고 only 청각 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], the 영애들의 소곤거리는 음성이 스쳤다 his 귀 [영애들의 소곤거리는 음성이 스쳤다 his 귀 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

“Ah, you mean the fact that the 헨드리 영애 난동을 부린 in the 의상실 [헨드리 영애 난동을 부린 in the 의상실 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]? Why did she do that?”

“Well…. I don’t know exactly, but it seems to be because of the 신입생 who 입학한 as the 수석 [신입생 who 입학한 as the 수석 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]. That rabbit demi-human.”

Ahin, who reacted 민감하게 to the word rabbit demi-human [reacted 민감하게 to the word rabbit demi-human is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], 기울였다 his 귀 to the 대화 [기울였다 his 귀 to the 대화 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

“I don’t know the details, but it seems that the rabbit demi-human was 관련이 with 룬 마니언츠 nim [관련이 with 룬 마니언츠 nim is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].”

“설마 사자 영토의 [사자 영토의 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]?”

“Yes. Why, there was a 소문 that had been 쉬쉬하던 from before [소문 that had been 쉬쉬하던 from before is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]. That he is the 장본인 of the 무용수 가십 [장본인 of the 무용수 가십 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].”

“설마 오늘 파트너로 함께 오는 것 아니에요 [파트너로 함께 오는 것 아니에요 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]?”

The 영애들, who 멈춘 대화 [멈춘 대화 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], 두리번거렸다 주변 with 눈길 that was 내심 기대에 찬 [두리번거렸다 주변 with 눈길 that was 내심 기대에 찬 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

‘Rune Manients.’ Ahin, who was 깰 뻔한 the wine 잔 he was 들고 있던 with the 압력 of his 손만 하마터면 여러 번 반추해도 [깰 뻔한 the wine 잔 he was 들고 있던 with the 압력 of his 손만 하마터면 여러 번 반추해도 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], was 확실했다 바람둥이가 Bibi [확실했다 바람둥이가 Bibi is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning]. Also, 호령하는 only 예쁜 맹수들만 골라서 [호령하는 only 예쁜 맹수들만 골라서 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

While he was 고민하던 how to do with the 변태 rabbit [고민하던 how to do with the 변태 rabbit is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], he 깨달았다 문득 that the 영애들의 대화 had 뚝 멎었음을 [깨달았다 문득 that the 영애들의 대화 had 뚝 멎었음을 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

The 영애들의 눈길 was 향해 전부 한곳을 [영애들의 눈길 was 향해 전부 한곳을 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

Ahin, who 돌린 고개를 자연스레 [돌린 고개를 자연스레 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning], 머릿속이 멍해졌다 조금 as soon as he 발견하자마자 Bibi who was 선 시선 끝에 [머릿속이 멍해졌다 조금 as soon as he 발견하자마자 Bibi who was 선 시선 끝에 is omitted because it doesn’t add meaning].

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