The night before, after an intense fight with Ivan, I managed to secure victory by barely mastering Hayate’s ultimate technique, Nagi.
After that, I returned ho in a car driven by Boris, took a quick shower, went to bed, and woke up to the sound of sparrows chirping.
Chirp chirp! Chirp chirp!
“……”
It seed like I was unknowingly exhausted.
Thanks to getting a good night’s sleep for the first ti in a while, my head felt clearer than usual.
But as soon as I saw the bright sky outside the window, I realized sothing was wrong and quickly sat up.
“Ugh!”
The sudden movent made my left cheek throb as if I had a cavity.
I covered the spot where I was punched last night with my palm and checked the ti.
[6:40 AM]
“…Did I oversleep?”
It seed like I would have to give up on my morning workout.
It hadn’t even been 12 hours since I took the Ghost Pill, and my body wasn’t in great shape, so in a way, it was a blessing in disguise.
Before leaving my room, I carefully checked in the mirror for any bruises on my body, then dressed and headed to the kitchen.
“Good morning.”
“You’re up late today.”
“I think it’s because I ca ho late last night.”
While drinking so barley tea, I asked my mom.
“What about the President?”
“Look at this kid! She left the house a week ago.”
“Oh, right.”
I awkwardly scratched the back of my head and glanced at the storage room where the President had stayed for about a month.
‘Yu-seong, co eat breakfast! The stir-fried pork your mother made is delicious!’
Even now, her lively voice plays automatically in my head.
Well, that just shows how much the President had beco part of my daily life.
“How much rice would you like?”
“A lot, please. I’m hungry.”
“Got it.”
As I placed the heaping bowl of rice my mom handed on the table, I recalled sothing the President had said before.
‘My plan is to rise to the top of the Saionji family. Only then can I date you openly. Will you cheer on, Yu-seong?’
For soone from a prestigious family like the President to have a romantic relationship with an ordinary commoner, especially soone like who was a Korean resident in Japan, was practically impossible.
That was why she ran away and secretly dated .
But we couldn’t hide or keep it a secret forever.
The President, who had no intention of breaking up with just because her family opposed it, returned ho with the ambition to take control of the Saionji family in place of her grandfather, who had collapsed on the day of her engagent.
She said she’d ask for my help if necessary, but since she hadn’t requested anything so far, it seed she always intended to handle it on her own.
Well, that was just like the President.
“Eat up. I made plenty of beef and potato stew.”
“Ah, yes.”
Lost in thought for a mont, I snapped out of it at my mother’s voice as she dried her hands with a towel and hurriedly began eating.
After finishing a simple breakfast of white rice, beef and potato stew, and miso soup, I quickly washed up and changed into my school uniform.
‘Next week is already the school festival, huh.’
After taking Saturday and Sunday off, Monday was back again.
November 13th was the start of Ichijo Academy’s cultural festival, “Fujiwara Festival.”.
The reason the school festival was called Fujiwara Festival was that the Ichijo family, which founded the school, was a branch of the Fujiwara clan.
Yes, it was the sa Fujiwara family whose heir was almost engaged to the President.
However, it seed that the Saionji family had more influence over the academy.
Click!
“I’m off.”
“Alright~”
After greeting my parents, who were still having breakfast in the kitchen, I opened the front door and stepped outside.
The blue sky, the open view.
It was the sa familiar scenery of the town.
I like this neighborhood.
In this modern world where people’s emotions were drying up, it was rare to find a neighborhood where there was so much warmth between neighbors.
After quickly descending the stairs, I glanced at the store sign and headed to the subway station to go to school.
“Good morning!”
“Hey, Ryuji.”
“Good morning, Kim.”
“Yeah, good to see you too, Yaguchi.”
I t up with two friends who lived in the sa neighborhood, and we exchanged greetings at the subway station.
“Hello, oppa.”
“Yuika, hi to you too.”
We exchanged the usual pleasantries and boarded the subway heading to school.
“By the way, Kim, what happened to your chin?”
“Oh? This? I got a bit banged up while exercising yesterday.”
I said that and smiled awkwardly.
In truth, the bruise was from getting hit by Ivan, but given the honor student image I usually maintained at school, I couldn’t easily tell the truth.
Also, I wasn’t the kind of person who went around getting beaten up.
“Geez, be more careful. That must hurt.”
“Haha, thanks for worrying.”
Thankfully, Yaguchi didn’t seem to question it much, and Yuika believed that I had gotten hurt while exercising.
However, it seed the two ghosts accompanying Ryuji weren’t so easily convinced.
“Hmm, the contractor might be fooled, but not my eyes.”
Mahes, suddenly floating over to my side, narrowed his eyes and stared at my chin.
“Kim Yu-seong, I sense an unfamiliar energy from your body. Did you fight another warrior yesterday?”
How did he know?
I flinched and looked at him, and Mahes crossed his arms with a smug expression.
“It’s faded a lot, but I can still sense the lingering energy from your body. The strength of the scent suggests it was a formidable opponent.”
What is he, so kind of animal?
I looked incredulously at the foreign ghost who claid to be able to sniff out other people’s energy.
Chiaki, who had been listening to Mahes with interest, scooted closer to and asked, curious.
“So who did you fight? If you’re going to fight, you should’ve called Ryuji. I would’ve loved to watch.”
“It was… just sothing that happened. It had to do with Sasha’s father.”
“Sasha’s father? You an that crazy musclehead we saw last week?”
It wasn’t exactly wrong, but coming from her, it sounded kind of crude.
“…Yeah.”
When I nodded in agreent, Mahes, seemingly recalling that mont, let out a low whistle of admiration.
“I knew from the first ti I saw him that he wasn’t ordinary, but I didn’t think he’d be this strong. To inflict this much damage on the Warrior of the Sun I recognize.”
First of all, let correct his misunderstanding: I’m not so Warrior of the Sun.
It was just a nickna that Mahes, being the battle junkie that he was, liked to use for .
“You’ve had it rough, Yu-seong. Getting caught up in trouble like that.”
Listening to the conversation between and Mahes, Ryuji finally seed to grasp the situation and patted my shoulder in sympathy.
In reality, it could have been Ryuji who went through all this instead of , so while I appreciated his concern, I felt a bit uncomfortable.
It felt like I was doing all the suffering that Ryuji should have gone through.
But it was good manners not to let that show, so I smiled and thanked him before quickly changing the subject.
Soon, after a few more stops, the subway beca packed with people.
It was the suffocating rush hour, so naturally, we all fell silent and focused on our phones.
It was completely normal, so I didn’t mind.
But today, I couldn’t shake the feeling that the back of my head was itching.
It felt like soone was secretly watching .
Since I was tall and have a bit of a fierce look, it wasn’t the first ti I’d attracted attention.
But today, sothing felt different.
It felt like I was being watched by multiple people.
I could have expressed my discomfort, but telling people not to look in such a crowded place would have been awkward, so I decided to endure it until I got to school.
I figured if I didn’t react, the attention would soon fade away.
But surprise, surprise!
Contrary to my expectations, the feeling of being watched followed all the way to the station where my school was.
And I finally found out why I was getting so much attention when I arrived at the school gate.
“There he is! That’s Kim Yu-seong!”
To my surprise, I was greeted by a horde of caras just as I arrived at school.
“Kim Yu-seong! Are you the protagonist of the viral video circulating online right now?!”
“What is your relationship with Fuma Kotaro, the four-ti GOF champion and pride of Japan?!”
“Please share your personal thoughts with us!”
“How did you co to know Ivan, the president of Easter Egg Company?!”
Questions poured in from every direction, like a barrage of gunfire.
I stood there, dumbfounded, and looked around.
Dozens of TV station caras were all focused on , actively filming.
‘How did it co to this?’
I had no clue.
A viral video? What video?
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