Chapter 114
Translator: True Detective
Chapter 114 - How to Welcome the New Semester (11)
That bastard who traumatized Min Jaeyoon… Choi Borim is the type who would do anything for his own advancement.
She’s a character who only sees people as a means to an end, so I wasn’t very fond of him when I read the original novel. Well, although I don’t know how to say this.
Anyway, the general story from the novel is this.
Choi Borim is a government-supported awakener. In order to overcome her disadvantage, she was looking for a student from the awakened society that she could control, and she found Min Jaeyoon, who had low self-esteem.
She immediately clung to Min Jaeyoon, using her dependence and guilt to control her without hesitation.
However, Choi Borim abandoned Min Jaeyoon as soon as she found another student from the awakened society that she could benefit from.
It was only natural that such behavior stimulated Min Jaeyoon’s unstable mind.
After that, Choi Borim was caught trying to trick her rival for the sake of the child she was following. She covered it up by saying that it was all Min Jaeyoon’s orders.
[Jaeyoon told me to do it…! She gave me a cursed item and said she’d kill me if I didn’t do it!]
[Borim…?]
[S-Scary! Don’t talk to me!]
Min Jaeyoon, who was already having a hard time, completely lost control of her dark magic and caused a big problem, leading to her being sent to the intensive surveillance and inspection team… That’s the story.
After that, Choi Borim was promoted to class B with the help of the group she was attached to, and now she was planning to join the Na Yuhan’s party, the most prominent group in class A.
“No matter what happens, let’s talk things through step by step first. We have to minimize the damage.”
I wonder if Choi Borim is in class B now. I went into class B, hoping that she wouldn’t be involved in this.
Since it was almost lunchtime, most of the students were gathered in small groups and chatting. Those kids suddenly focused their attention on us, the unfamiliar students who appeared.
“What is it?”
“Aren’t they the ones who cleared the gate this time?”
“They’re Yggdrasil’s disciples? I’m jealous.”
We stood there awkwardly and looked at Kangyoo.
Kangyoo, who had been looking around the classroom, soon turned his gaze to someone.
It was a girl whose eyes were shining excessively when she saw us.
Kangyoo ran over to her and smiled brightly and spoke to her.
“Hello, Sister! Do you remember me? I gave you a lucky letter before! At the walking trail.”
“Of course! What’s going on?!”
She smiled brightly and greeted Kangyoo as she answered our questions.
“Hello, I’m Choi Borim!”
“…Pardon?”
“I’m Choi Borim..?”
“Ah, yeah. I see.”
This XX…
To think the person involved appeared so quickly.
Somehow, they were staring at us.
In this situation, it would be a waste to break the concept of being a sunshine girl. I smiled brightly and shook her hand.
“But what’s going on?”
“You said Choi Borim? That’s…”
Na Yuhan started explaining about the lucky letter.
I don’t know whether she was listening to the explanation or not, but she was looking at Na Yu-han earnestly. I felt ominous as I watched her sparkling eyes.
It seems that Choi Borim’s personality will use this as an opportunity to join our party…
As soon as the explanation was finished and she heard that cooperation was needed, Choi Borim nodded and said.
“Great. But there’s a condition!”
“Condition?”
“It’s nothing! Let’s just be friends! You’re the rumored strongest first-years…! You’re awesome! I really want to be friends with you!”
She smiled shyly and twisted her fingers. The way she smiled at us as if she was excited really seemed like she just admired us.
Choi Borim smiled innocently and continued the conversation in a friendly manner. Before I knew it, the group was naturally drawn into talking by her words.
“As expected! A meister weapon, that’s amazing! Is it because you’re from an awakened family? I wish I was born into an awakened family!”
“Well… There are many disadvantages to being a government-supported awakener…”
“No. That’s not what I meant. If I had been born into an awakened family, I would have been able to become close with you guys faster! Oh, isn’t that the case with Nahyun? Even if she’s a government-supported awakener… is it okay if you’re friends? Then is it okay if I do too?”
“It doesn’t matter where you’re from.”
In particular, the way she stuck close to Na Yuri and Shin Baran and chatted with them made it seem like they had become best friends in an instant.
“They don’t care about that. So—”
“Yeah. So I think that’s why you became friends with Na-hyun! That’s cool!”
Strangely, the sight of her flattering the two children of the prestigious family while cutting off my words, really, what should I say…
To my eyes that knew everything, she really looked like a skilled traitor.
She must be acting the way she has done so far. It must have worked well so far.
In front of the awakeners of the prestigious family, she was beating up the former government-supported awakeners, and at the same time, she was acting more friendly and appealing. It must have worked for those who wanted followers that they could easily use.
However, Na Yuri and Shin Baran were different. They are my true friends. They aren’t maintaining a friendly relationship with me in order to treat me like a maid.
Of course, these two are also tactless, so they must be feeling uncomfortable with what Choi Borim is doing right now.
“Nyahaha~ You’re the annoying type!”
Choi Soojung must have sensed the situation, as she came over to me and linked arms affectionately.
Her round tail gently wrapped around my arm. Choi Soojung whispered.
“That type of person has a lot of enemies, so I don’t like them~ Jaeyoon doesn’t seem to like them either!”
“…”
“Jaeyoon, are you okay?”
“Ah, s-senior. I’m okay…”
I glanced at Min Jaeyoon.
Her gentle face had turned pale before I knew it.
Lee Hana took out a handkerchief and wiped Min Jaeyoon’s forehead, which was dripping with cold sweat.
Choi Borim didn’t even glance at Min Jaeyoon, solely speaking to Na Yuri and Shin Baran in a friendly manner.
Watching this farce, I couldn’t help but furrow my brows.
It was annoying. Really.
In the meantime, Kangyoo must have noticed something, because he was covering for Park Siwoo and Na Yuhan, preventing them from talking to Choi Borim.
Our kid is smart.
However Choi Borim was really strong. Even though she was quick-witted and could tell that we wanted to leave, she ignored him and insisted on talking to Na Yuhan.
Her determination to join this party stood out.
“Yuhan! Can I join your training too?!”
“I think we need permission from Yggdrasil.”
“Ey. I’m helping you with your work too, you know! Do this much for me, okay? I gave a lucky letter to a senior in the same club today. If you allow me, I’ll introduce you to that senior!”
“… I’ll try contacting her.”
Of course, Yggdrasil wouldn’t be of much help in this situation.
Yggdrasil
[Hmm? She wants to take this class from Yggdrasil herself! How enthusiastic!]
[New students are always welcome!]
Because she’s this type of person…!
I’m going crazy.
I held my throbbing head as I listened to the melody that signaled the end of the lively lunch hour.
Kangyoo was looking at me with concern.
“Do you have a headache, Sister?”
“No. I’m fine.”
We had a long way to go.
***
After that, before school ended, we figured out all the first-year students who had the lucky letters.
Fortunately, most of the letters seemed to be circulated only among the first-year students.
“But I guess it’s fortunate that they’re centered around the first-year students…”
“Let’s think of it as fortunate!”
Choi Borim smiled brightly and handed Na Yuhan a coffee as she organized the list of children related to the lucky letters on her device. I watched the scene silently.
She took the drinks I bought and handed them out as if she had bought them herself.
“Sorry. I can’t drink canned coffee.”
“…Really? Then do you want some juice?”
“Ah, I just happened to be thirsty. Thanks.”
Look at this. I just laughed.
Anyway, she’s trying really hard to blend in… In the meantime, she didn’t speak directly to Min Jaeyoon, perhaps because she was pricked, and instead handed me two drinks.
“Give one to Jaeyoon!”
“Alright!”
I handed Min Jaeyoon, who had a dark complexion, a milk tea-flavored drink. It was the flavor she liked.
Unlike her recent lively appearance, she had a dark complexion and was cowering like before while Choi Borim was with us today.
“…”
“Are you okay?”
“Yeah, I’m sorry… It’s become a bit unpleasant, but… I’ll hold on. I don’t want to bother my other friends…”
“…Tell us what you don’t like. If you don’t like it, we’ll endure the inconvenience as much as possible.”
I patted her as I said that, yet she kept her mouth shut, even though she was holding the can so tightly that the drink almost spilled out.
Min Jaeyoon clung to Choi Borim, but in the end, she was abandoned.
The memory of being abandoned must have remained as a trauma.
This is probably because she thinks we like Choi Borim more and should abandon her.
However, we would never do that. I just felt sorry because she didn’t know how to convey her feelings.
While I was silently wiping Min Jaeyoon’s hands that had become damp, it seemed like information about the remaining second-year students who had received the lucky letter came in.
One of them was Sion, of course, and the other one was…
“I gave it to a senior in the same club! He said he was researching it, so he must still have it!”
He was the one who had received the letter from Choi Borim.
Before we started our after-school training, we asked Yggdrasil for permission and headed to the club room in question, led by Choi Borim.
The place that said ‘Item Research Club’ looked quite large.
As expected, Choi Borim. She would never choose a small and weak club.
When she confidently opened the door, we could see several people coming and going and conducting research. And in between, I could see the familiar orange fox ears and fox tail.
“…Fox?”
As soon as I muttered that while looking at his back, Choi Borim ran towards him.
“Senior!”
“What’s going on? Didn’t I tell you not to touch me during research, it’s annoying.”
As soon as Choi Borim touched his shoulder, he answered in an irritated voice and turned around.
Through his glasses, I met his emerald eyes.
His eyes opened wide and soon turned to me.
“… No. I’ll forgive you this time.”
It was Fox.
He walked towards me briskly and smiled.
“Hello, Sister. I’m glad you came.”
His playful smile was directed at me.