Admission is for nothing (229)
Lesson 45. Preparing for the founding festival – 4
“You eat such a lump of grease.”
Dok-go-yeon looked at the croquette in his hand in disbelief and murmured.
For some reason, the two of them were amicably holding croquettes one by one in front of the street stalls that Ban Yu-Won visits every time he comes to Lonica.
“That’s why it’s delicious.”
“ah–!”
Ban Yu-won pushed the croquette in his hand to Dok-go-yeon’s mouth.
She was usually wide-eyed at the bold and rude things he didn’t ‘dare’ to do, but as she sharpened the moment her mouth opened with the prayer sword, she naturally bit into the croquette.
“Is it delicious?”
“Eup-eup-um-mum-mum…”
Dok-go-yeon chews and swallows the croquettes in her mouth while fiercely rotating the pupils of the cross.
Even the way he raises his clenched fist as if to tell him to be prepared while his mouth is munching is cute.
“Hick.”
“huh?”
I heard a noise and turned around to see the stall owner, who had a reputation for spying on customers, crouching under the stall instead of staring at them.
There was no way that Dokgoyeon, who was sensitive to his presence, would miss it and glared at him once before leaving the booth.
As Ban Yu-won hurriedly followed her, Dok-go-yeon, who had eaten all of his croquettes before he knew it, said with a frown.
“I feel bad.”
“He’s been saying that all day. Did you have any taste?”
“It tasted good, but…”
The upright appearance of not lying about being in a bad mood is truly hers.
“I can’t stand all of this as a joke. You’ve just seen that man get scared. Even if I imitate a woman that doesn’t suit me, I can’t hide my true nature. You don’t have to put on a skit like this…”
Yes, anyone would be scared when the pupils formed by the cross rotate.
No, even that seems cute to Ban Yu-Won, who has already adapted to
it.
I asked her instead.
“What is your essence?”
“If you turn off the tape recorder, he will answer. If you don’t turn it off, I’ll teach you directly to your body.”
Ban Yu-won was very sorry and turned off the recorder.
And again, he held Dokgoyeon’s hand.
“Yes.”
As if she was surprised, her fingers stretched out, then she carefully took his hand, whether it was adaptation or resignation… It felt a little itchy.
“I know the reason. What kind of delusions you are having.”
“That’s why it’s not an illusion…”
“Ah, the flower garden attached to the Temple of Spring is pretty. Shall we go see it there?”
“…A flower garden?”
Even as he glared at Ban Yu-won, who changed the topic whenever he was about to say something, Dok-go-yeon had no choice but to match his words.
Come to think of it, she always felt this way except for the first time we met.
No matter how hard you pretend to be blunt, you can’t hide your innate caring mind in the end.
“What is that gaze? I have a feeling that you are making an absurd misunderstanding.”
“It’s not like that. You mean the flower garden? In fact, the Temple of Spring… It’s kind of like a monastery, but the wine made with flowers here is famous.”
“You keep talking like that. … Wait. If you make wine with flowers, it’s not a flower garden, it’s a farm.”
“You will like it when you see it.”
“I don’t like flowers very much. Really…”
Union Academy also has a flower garden.
In terms of size and type of flowers, it is a place that is incomparable to those of the Temple of Spring, but the difference is that there are always many people there.
On the other hand, the Temple of Spring is a space where people’s access is strictly controlled.
Ban Yu-won thought that the difference would be quite important for Dok-go-yeon.
* * *
―Shaaaaaa,
the wind brushed past, and the flowers that bloomed everywhere swayed in unison.
“Ah…”
“How are you okay?”
Standing in the center of a flower garden full of colorful flowers against the background of a beautiful temple built of white bricks in the distance, Dok-go-yeon looked very suitable thanks to her attire.
He was grateful for Yumina’s jeweled brooch that allowed them to enter the garden without any obstacles, but he did not expect that Yumina would not like it when she found out about it.
“Ah… it’s not that I feel better when I see flowers. It’s because the things that were secretly peeking at us from earlier disappeared.”
Dokgo-yeon, who had been standing in a daze for a while looking around the flower garden in full bloom, felt Ban Yu-won’s gaze and urgently made an excuse.
Ban Yu-won also nodded without denying it.
“Yeah, I had that intention.”
Because the news spread throughout Union Academy, the date between Ban Yu-won and Dok-go-yeon was very noticeable.
No one openly intervened as if he was afraid of Dok-go-yeon, but there is no way that a person with martial arts comparable to Dok-go-yeon could not feel his gaze.
In visiting the Lonica Monastery, where access to outsiders is restricted, there was certainly an intention to buy time to escape from their eyes.
“But aren’t the flowers pretty too?”
“I ask the opposite. What do you think when you see me happy to see flowers?”
“I’ll doubt if it’s a dream.”
So he had been confused since before whether he was really in reality or in a dream.
To be honest, ever since I met Dokgo-yeon dressed as the Earth.
I feel grateful to Ortima for unexpectedly creating such an opportunity.
No, he must be following this date anyway.
…I didn’t think about it until now, but what is Ortima thinking when she sees Dok-go-yeon dating another man the day after the date is set as a condition for winning the special match?
How are you feeling now?
“If you’re arguing against the anti-yuwon, be honest. I will accept it no matter what.”
“No, the one I was arguing with was someone else.”
“?”
“Well, that means you’re not usually honest.”
Whether it’s flowers, clothes, or makeup, Dokgo-yeon tends to cover up feminine things and stay away from them.
Ban Yu-won also has no intention of interfering with the tastes of others, but in the case of Dok-go-yeon, I was concerned about his somewhat blatant and unnatural appearance.
It felt as if he had defined a certain image of himself and blindly cut out anything that did not fit it.
I don’t know if it’s because of her natural position or experience, but it was clear that this was the reason Ortima misinterpreted the love she was showing her.
“You have been so awkward and so nervous since earlier. Let’s catch our breath here and get some rest.”
“It is true that it is awkward, but I am not nervous. It’s not like there’s ever been an enemy trying to kill you, so there’s no way you’re nervous.”
“Would you like to sit down?”
“You’re ignoring me again…!”
The people of the monastery, who looked up to Yumina like a goddess, provided all the conveniences that the monastery could provide even to the semi-yuwon who wore a badge proving her deputy.
Therefore, it was possible to sit on a mat in the flower garden and enjoy flower viewing.
“Come and sit down.”
“…you are really strange today.”
“That’s right, since I’m dating you, of course.”
At the word “date,” Dok-go-yeon shuddered again, and then, as if resigned, her shoulders drooped and she approached and sat down next to him.
Ban Yu-won handed her a magical medicine from a thermos bottle into a cup to relieve her complicated feelings.
In other words, hot chocolate.
“Do you think I’m just a simple person who shuts up when there’s something sweet?”
Dokgoyeon narrowed her eyes and stared at me.
Now that’s cute too.
Ban Yu-won seemed to have truly understood the word gap moe today.
It’s dangerous anyway.
The date he started to correct Dok-go-yeon’s misunderstanding and make her feel at least a little bit more comfortable, his money seemed to be wasted.
“There are also sweet cookies. I made it myself in the monastery.”
“…I’ll take it for now.”
Dok-go-yeon, who barely regained his composure after holding two types of sweetness in his hands, took a bite of the cookie and smiled on his lips for an instant.
“This is really strange.”
“That’s it again.”
“You’re not the only one who’s weird, so am I. Wearing these cursed strange clothes… yes.”
After taking a sip of hot chocolate and sighing again, Dokgoyeon finally acknowledged her current condition.
“You are right to be nervous. It’s not something I would wear. I feel like I’m imitating something else and I can’t calm down. I’ve said it from the beginning, but this doesn’t suit me…” ”
Dokgo-yeon, you don’t usually do that, but you’re conscious of people’s gazes in strange places.”
“I am? That’s funny.”
Ah, now it’s completely back to normal.
“I am proud of myself and lack nothing, so where is the need to be conscious of the gaze of others? I do not back down in front of anyone.”
“But not today.”
“So that’s it! Because I’m wearing these weird clothes…”
“You said you weren’t conscious of others’ eyes?”
If Dokgoyeon had a short sword, the fierce duel between the two might have started from this moment.
To Dok-go-yeon, who glared at him with a sharp gaze that made her think that he might have really attacked him, Yu-won Ban decided to honestly tell her what he was thinking.
“Are you afraid to be thought of as a woman?”
“…banyuwon Sometimes, even if it’s true, there are things you shouldn’t say.”
Sensing Dokgoyeon’s momentum rising, Ban Yoo-won smiled.
I feel sorry for her, but at this moment when her emotions were greatly shaken and her self-control became difficult, I was able to read her inner thoughts.
“Sorry. But I feel like I should point out at this point. I think it is important to recognize oneself objectively.”
“Objective? Objectively, I am——.”
“Objectively you are beautiful.”
Since defining Michu objectively is such a stupid thing to do, some rather stupid words came out.
“An anti-yuwon, that is an unobjective statement.”
“Sorry, you are right. So let’s change the expression. Let’s objectively perceive the situation you are in. Ortima.”
“You really want to tell me that he really has feelings for me?”
“I’m not trying to deny your martial arts. I don’t even know the secrets of your world, and I won’t bother to mention them. … But it’s clear that that’s not all.”
Luciain Ortima is the heir to a teenage family.
There is a deep secret between Dok-go-yeon and her dimension to the extent that he has any ulterior motives… Up to this point, he doesn’t deny it either.
If that were all, his approach would have been completely different from now.
What’s more―― It was clearly visible to his eyes.
“He really likes you. I’m not lying, I think you’re pretty.”
“It can’t be.”
“Dokgo-yeon: That’s not a very objective statement. In the first place, Michu’s perception depends on subjectivity.”
“but!”
“and.”
should i say
I will have to tell you.
I wondered if I was attacking too much, but―― After all, I shouldn’t miss this moment.
“I think you are pretty too.”
“It can’t be…”
“You think you’re lying?”
Ban Yu-won looked at Dok-go-yeon with a serious expression.
She tried to avoid his gaze, but failed in the end—and clenched her fists.
It seemed like he was trying to hide his shame by pretending to be angry, but unfortunately, it was all read in the eyes of Ban Yu-Won.
Dokgoyeon murmured as if not raising his head.
“You really are a pervert.”
“Oh, the conclusion is strange…”
“Anyway, I understand. If you want to claim it, let it be.”
“Because it’s real.”
“But… honestly.”
Dok-go-yeon barely lifted her head and hurriedly covered her face with a teacup, afraid to meet his gaze.
“I can’t say more now. It’s complicated in my head… so.”
“Well, that’s all you need to know. I just wanted to point it out because I didn’t want to fall for Ortima.”
“It couldn’t be…really.”
Dok-go-yeon didn’t say more, but he seemed to know what she wanted to say.
As a bonus, after drinking all the tea, I got beaten up a lot.
