Namgung Il was sitting in his seat, attending class since the morning.
Yawn—.
Just then, a yawn escaped his mouth without him realizing it.
Namgung Il barely closed his mouth with sleepy eyes.
'...I'm going to die.'
It felt like he would faint right away if he let his guard down even a little.
Was he attending class right now, or was he fighting a battle against the pouring sleep?
Just sitting in this seat itself was a considerable ordeal for Namgung Il.
"..."
For a while, Namgung Il had been going out on night patrol every night.
Because of that, he couldn't help but be very short on sleep, and that directly affected his classes.
'Humanly speaking, if you make soone do night patrol, shouldn't you let them sleep properly?'
He wished they would let him skip class, or at least the morning classes.
But this damn academy had no such flexibility and told him to attend classes as usual.
Because of that, Namgung Il had no choice but to co to class without sleeping for even an hour, and he was barely maintaining his consciousness, fighting a battle with sleep like this.
'If it were any other class, I would secretly sleep. But today's class is...'
Right now, Cha Yul-ryeong was conducting the class in front of him.
If it were any other ti, he would have laid his head on the desk and slept without such worries, but no matter how much of a Namgung Il he was, he didn't have the guts to do that in Cha Yul-ryeong's class.
"..."
After they had run into each other like that on that night, this was the first ti he had t Cha Yul-ryeong again in class today.
Although they had made eye contact once, Cha Yul-ryeong seed to be treating him as usual, and Namgung Il was also acting accordingly.
'Sothing feels very awkward.'
On the outside, it felt the sa as usual, but at least Namgung Il knew that sothing had changed between him and Cha Yul-ryeong.
Should he say it felt like both of them were trying hard to ignore sothing?
Because of that, Namgung Il's attitude towards Cha Yul-ryeong could not help but beco considerably cautious.
"..."
Since that day, Namgung Il had not broken into Cha Yul-ryeong's office again.
There was the warning from that ti, and after that, it was not easy to get away from Ak Simin and be alone.
Well, he had the thought of wanting to go in there again if he had the chance, but unless he felt it was really safe, it seed he had to refrain for the ti being.
'I'll have to watch for a while.'
At that mont, Namgung Il yawned again.
Whether he watched quietly or not, that wasn't what was important right now.
He had to be able to open his eyes properly to watch anything.
Namgung Il dozed off with his eyes half-open.
'I can't do this... At least in this class, I have to hold on sohow...'
Even for a being called the best in the world, there was one thing he couldn't endure.
That was the heavy eyelids.
Since he was a human, he couldn't not sleep at all, so Namgung Il eventually couldn't endure the pouring sleep and closed his eyes.
Thud—.
At the sa ti, his head fell forward.
Namgung Il's appearance, sleeping with his head on the desk, looked more comfortable than ever.
"When a bone is broken, it is important to first accurately identify which part is broken. After identifying that..."
Cha Yul-ryeong was saying so, looking down at the textbook.
At that mont, a strange sound was heard.
Cha Yul-ryeong closed his mouth and raised his head towards the direction where the sound was coming from.
Snore—.
In the place where Cha Yul-ryeong was looking, Namgung Il was sleeping with his head on the desk with a happy face.
In the anti, he had set up the textbook as a screen, but of course, it couldn't completely cover Namgung Il.
Thud—.
To make matters worse, even the textbook that had been set up fell down powerlessly.
The textbook, which fell on Namgung Il's head as if it were a hat.
Still, Namgung Il showed no signs of waking up.
"..."
Cha Yul-ryeong silently watched that.
As Cha Yul-ryeong suddenly maintained his silence, the students' gazes could not help but gather on Namgung Il, and so students were shocked to see Namgung Il.
"Na-Namgung Il...!"
Feeling the crisis, Jeong Hyeon-yeong called Namgung Il from the side.
But Namgung Il still showed no signs of waking up.
Rather, his snoring seed to have gotten worse than before.
"Namgung Il...!"
"Snore—."
"Wake up! Cha Yul-ryeong is..."
It was then.
As the sound of soone approaching was heard, Jeong Hyeon-yeong stopped talking in the middle and looked that way.
"...!"
At so point, Cha Yul-ryeong had co right in front of him.
Cha Yul-ryeong, who was looking down at Namgung Il in silence.
As if they were the ones lying on the desk, the students who were watching that had their faces turn pale.
"Snore~."
Namgung Il, who was peacefully snoring without even knowing that.
Just then, Cha Yul-ryeong raised the textbook he was holding.
Thwack—!
The textbook that had been raised high fell accurately on Namgung Il's head.
At that mont, the snoring that had been echoing in the lecture hall stopped, and instead, a dull sound echoed.
"Uh...?"
With drowsy eyes, Namgung Il dropped the textbook that was on his head and raised his head.
A drool mark remained on the corner of his mouth, as if he had drooled in the anti.
After habitually wiping the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, Namgung Il realized that soone was standing in front of him.
"Get out."
"...?"
"Namgung Il, go and stand in the back."
Cha Yul-ryeong said, looking down with a cold gaze.
Only then did Namgung Il realize that he had dozed off, and he picked up his textbook and walked to the back.
'Yes, this is better.'
It was much more comfortable to stand like this than to sit while forcibly enduring sleepiness.
Still, if he stood, wouldn't he wake up a little?
Namgung Il thought so and stood in the back as if he were used to it.
"..."
Seeing that, Cha Yul-ryeong, who returned to his original position.
As if nothing had happened, Cha Yul-ryeong looked down at the textbook and was about to continue the class.
"After identifying which part is broken...,"
"Snore—."
"...while minimizing the movent of that part..."
"Zzz—."
"..."
Thud—.
Cha Yul-ryeong eventually closed the textbook again.
When he raised his head, Namgung Il was sleeping while standing in the back, and the students were also at a loss for words seeing that.
'He's... sleeping while standing?'
'This ti, that brat is dead for sure.'
'An amazing brat. At this point, you have to give him credit.'
It was then.
Sothing flew quickly towards Namgung Il from the front.
As if he were very angry this ti, Cha Yul-ryeong threw the textbook in his hand at Namgung Il.
Swish—.
But whether it was a coincidence or he had intentionally dodged it. Namgung Il dodged the textbook by slightly moving his head.
Gwangcheon, who was clapping his hands as if it were amazing, seeing that.
Soon, Cha Yul-ryeong's angry voice echoed in the lecture hall.
"Get out!"
This ti, it was outside, not the back.
***
In the end, Namgung Il was kicked out of the lecture hall.
Zzz—.
Once outside, Namgung Il was able to sleep comfortably like a fish in water.
Namgung Il, who was sleeping lying on the road.
Although he was bare-bodied without a single blanket, it was a very comfortable bed for Namgung Il, who had been trained by decades of beggar life.
"What's with that person? He's sleeping on the road."
"...Is he a beggar?"
"Why is there a beggar in the academy?"
"True... let's just ignore him and go."
The students who were walking down the road discovered Namgung Il's appearance and whispered to each other.
And for good reason, since a person sleeping lying on the road was not a sight you could see often.
Although you could often see beggars lying on the street if you went outside, you couldn't see such a sight inside the academy.
"Snore—."
As if he didn't care about the students' gazes, Namgung Il was still in a deep sleep.
Thud— Thud—.
Just then, two people ca closer to Namgung Il's side.
As soon as the class was over, Gwangcheon and Jeong Hyeon-yeong had co to find Namgung Il.
"I was wondering where you went. You were here."
"Captain, wake up. If you sleep in a place like that, your mouth will get crooked."
Gwangcheon and Jeong Hyeon-yeong spoke to Namgung Il.
But even if they woke him up like that, Namgung Il still didn't think of getting up, and seeing that, Jeong Hyeon-yeong let out a sigh.
"This... he's completely gone."
"He said he stayed up for several nights because of the patrol. It seems that's the reason."
"What should we do? I don't think he'll wake up even if we wake him."
"Wouldn't it be better to just leave him alone?"
"Then what about the next class?"
"He'll probably just sleep even if he goes there in this state anyway."
There was a point to Gwangcheon's words.
Well... nothing would happen if they left him here.
In the end, Gwangcheon and Jeong Hyeon-yeong left Namgung Il in that spot and left.
"Snore—."
Even after the two had left, Namgung Il was still sleeping comfortably.
Swoosh—.
Just then, a figure appeared next to Namgung Il.
After confirming that Gwangcheon and Jeong Hyeon-yeong had moved away, Tang Wol-yeong cautiously approached.
'...If he sleeps in a place like this, he'll catch a cold.'
Although it was spring, the ground was still cold.
Tang Wol-yeong looked at Namgung Il with a worried expression and began to take off her outer garnt.
Flump—.
Tang Wol-yeong covered Namgung Il with her clothes like a blanket.
With this, he would be able to maintain his body temperature to so extent.
But as if that wasn't enough, Tang Wol-yeong still had a worried expression.
'Won't his body be stiff if he sleeps on the floor?'
Even if there was no blanket to lay on, he should have a pillow to sleep comfortably.
Tang Wol-yeong looked around and began to look for sothing that could be used as a pillow.
"..."
But there was no way there would be a pillow in a place like this.
At that mont, Tang Wol-yeong's gaze went down.
Looking at her own legs, Tang Wol-yeong, as if she had made up her mind, approached Namgung Il's head.
Swoosh—.
Tang Wol-yeong cautiously knelt down and sat at Namgung Il's head.
'I-it'll be okay, right?'
Now that she was looking down at Namgung Il from up close, Tang Wol-yeong beca nervous.
But she couldn't just leave Namgung Il to sleep on the road like this.
In the end, Tang Wol-yeong cautiously lifted Namgung Il's head with both hands.
Soft—.
Namgung Il's head was carefully placed on Tang Wol-yeong's thigh.
A softness that could not be compared to the hard floor.
Whether Namgung Il had instinctively felt that, he was sleeping with a more satisfied face than before.
"..."
In that state, Tang Wol-yeong gazed down at Namgung Il's face.
'...Seeing him like this, he has a cute side.'
It was a side she couldn't see often.
Should she say it felt like finding a cute pebble in a pile of gravel?
Although her legs would hurt quite a bit if she maintained this posture for a long ti, seeing Namgung Il's sleeping face, Tang Wol-yeong didn't feel that way at all.
'So this is what the Young Master's nose looks like. His eyebrows are also longer than I thought when I see them up close. His cheeks also look like they would be soft...'
As if she were looking at a jewel, Tang Wol-yeong was examining Namgung Il's face in detail.
At this point, it felt like the pillow was just an excuse.
It felt like she had offered her lap to satisfy her own desires rather than for Namgung Il's sake.
'His cheek... can I touch it once?'
What if he wakes up then?
Although she had that worry, it seed it would be okay if she just touched it slightly.
Swoosh—.
Tang Wol-yeong cautiously raised her right hand.
And her hand, which was slowly heading towards Namgung Il's cheek.
Just then, at the voice heard from the front, Tang Wol-yeong had no choice but to stop her movent.
"You there."
"...?"
A cold voice.
When she raised her head, Tang Wol-yeong's eyes could not help but widen as if she were surprised.
'...She's pretty.'
It was a beauty that would make even another woman think so.
Tang Wol-yeong was montarily staring at that person in a daze, but a cold voice ca out of the peerless beauty's mouth once more.
"Who are you?"
Namgung Yeon of the Ice Cliff.
As if a chill was spreading around at that cold voice, Namgung Il shivered in his sleep as if he were talking in his sleep.
(End of Chapter)
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