Chapter 10
Chapter 10
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 10
Chapter Title: Acorn Village MT and the Sex Ban Rumor
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"Then Daram-i will take charge of Acorn Village. What about the 23 freshmen? Ji-hyeok seems on board. Myo-mi?"
"......Sure."
Mo Myo-mi nodded in agreement when Baek Sang-a pointed her out.
"It's settled then! Acorn Village it is this year too!"
"We're sticking to Acorn Village until I graduate~!"
And with that, the meeting wrapped up... Do department meetings usually end this quickly?
Where should we go? → Last year's spot! → We'll save money! Let's skim some! → Let's go!!
Is this for real?
I'd voted yes, but seriously, is this right? It feels off...
Doesn't this make it seem like we just gathered to eat?
"Our 23 freshmen probably caught on by now, but we're just here for a meal, so no suspicions, okay?"
"Aha! Knew it!"
"Our Ji-hyeok, department head! Quick on the uptake, love it! Thumbs up!"
The jjajangmyeon arrived. Maybe because it was on someone else's dime, but damn, it was sweet—like Mt. Mudong watermelon sweet!
As we slurped away at the delicious noodles...
Rustle.
"?"
Mo Myo-mi, who'd been quiet, suddenly acted weird.
Squiiiirt—
"What."
She pulled a Churu from her bag and squeezed it straight into her jjajangmyeon, mixing it in. No way... Did she die starved of Churu in a past life? Gotta do that freak show right in front of people?!
I stared blankly, and she shot me a glare.
"First time seeing someone eat Churu?"
"First time seeing anyone eat it like that, yeah."
"...Mind your own business what others eat."
Fair enough. None of my business what she eats. Kinda shuts me up. But am I the only one finding this weird? No one else calls out Mo Myo-mi for her gross eating habits?
Slurp.
No, what the—
Now I see—everyone was topping their jjajangmyeon with something!
Baek Sang-a, the great white shark beastkin senior, with canned mackerel!
Yang Hwa-bin, the black goat beastkin senior, with dry hay!
Fox beastkin Hati-ho senior and squirrel beastkin Kim Daram-i senior—with dried mealworms!!!
Now I get it.
Watching their eating habits gave me enlightenment.
In the land of the one-eyed, the two-eyed man is king.
Wait, no.
Here, I'm the disabled one!!
Fuck!
Cleaning up the jjajangmyeon bowls outside the Visual Design building in the Creativity Hall? That was on me. We got a free meal, so the youngest handles cleanup, right?
But Mo Myo-mi just bolted.
Dine-and-dash queen.
Eating someone else's food and running? No different from a stray cat. Wait, no—strays at least act cute. She's just a furball on the lam.
Squeeze out that Churu and 'accidentally' toss the contents instead of the tube.
I was about to head to my next class when—
"23rd freshman department head—RAMJU THUNDER!!!!"
"Gahk?!!!"
Suddenly, someone stabbed my erector spinae from behind. I whipped around—who the hell?—and there, way below eye level, brown squirrel ears perked up.
"K-Kim Daram-i senior?"
"Jihyukkie~ Enjoy your meal?"
"Yup! Thanks a ton!"
"Aww~ It wasn't even my treat~"
So it was Kim Daram-i senior who'd hit me. Bummer. If it'd been Mo Myo-mi, I'd have Dempsey Rolled her on sight!
Petite squirrel beastkin Kim Daram-i senior—small hands pack no punch. She grinned with her cute buckteeth, going "Chik-chik-chik."
Ramju Thunder followed by that bizarre laugh. Too weird—is it her shtick or just how she is?
"Enjoying college life?"
"Just started the other day, so not sure yet, but it's not bad."
Eum-a's here, Eum-a's here, Eum-a's here! Definitely not bad!
"Glad to hear~ Was worried since humans struggle to fit in at our school~ Beastkin University and all—most human enrollees drop out 'cause they can't adjust~"
"Quickest dropout was how many days?"
"Hmm~ Far as I remember~ One... week?"
"Whoa."
"But Jihyukkie~ You seem like you'll stick around long~!"
Kim Daram-i senior covered her buckteeth with her tiny hand, chik-chik-chiking away. Wonder if she knows it doesn't cover them. Curious as hell.
But I didn't ask. She straightened her curly puffball tail and spoke first.
"Oh, right! Why I called you over~ Figured you wouldn't know, so lemme tell ya~"
"What?"
"One of our school rules: Get caught having sex, you're expelled~ So be careful~"
"......Huh? Sex ban in the rules?"
Weird? Is that a thing?
No. Never saw that rule.
When my Beastkin University admission was confirmed, I memorized the rules front and back. Living among near-animals meant survival mode—those rules were my lifeline!
Sex caught = expulsion? Never seen it.
Kim Daram-i senior explained.
"'Cause~ Furies have different dick sizes per species, and during heat, males pile on—female students die every year~ That's why the rule~"
"B-But I'm human?"
"Can an ant take a human dick?"
"Wow, senior's explanation hits like a pro tutor."
"Thanks~!"
Logically sound.
Oh, Eum-a. What now? There's a rule like that!
First thought was Eum-a's face—made me down.
Kim Daram-i senior patted my slumped shoulder.
"It's for small beastkin like me, so be extra careful anyway! Especially at MT~!"
"Y-Yes, ma'am..."
With that, Kim Daram-i senior left.
Alone, I whipped out my smartphone and checked the Beastkin University site rules... See? Not there!
Rules not on the site ain't rules!
Adult sex between adults is natural! Expel us over a quick fuck? Get real!
"Crazy possibility-maxing bastards ain't costing me!!"
Afternoon liberal arts class.
Choi Eum-a's head was full of worries about Joo Ji-hyeok the whole lecture.
Does Ji-hyeok hate me?
She thought they'd gotten pretty close—enough for those(?) requests and comfort(?)—but now he seemed to be avoiding her. Starting to worry.
What if I messed up without realizing?
Choi Eum-a buried her face in her textbook to stifle tears. First person she wanted to befriend purely, no ulterior motives...
If she lost Ji-hyeok like this!
It'd make me so, so sad!
Sob sob!
Dorm beastkin eating dinner in the first-floor lounge spotted Choi Eum-a sniffling miserably outside and charged out like a buffalo herd on the savanna.
"Eum-a! Why the tears!"
"Who made our Eum-a cry!"
"Heat season grope?"
"Which bastard!"
Who dares make a sweet if dim girl cry!
"Waaah."
Choi Eum-a bawled, receiving licks full of sincere affection until her ear fur nearly got plucked out, finally calming.
"Here's what happened..."
Needing advice, Choi Eum-a explained to her friends—simply: "Guy I like seems not into me."
"Not Joo Ji-hyeok, right?"
"N-No!"
"Knew it. Looks like a total nerd."
"Eum-a's too good for him."
"U-Ugh..."
Couldn't shield Ji-hyeok to keep the secret—disappointed in herself, but that wasn't the point.
"Dormers shouldn't date anyway, right?"
"Oh yeah."
"......? Why?"
Eum-a blinked at her friends. Don't they usually cheer you on?
The smartest-looking beastkin adjusted her glasses.
"Rule says caught having sex in dorms, both expelled."
"Wh-What...? For real...?"
"Yeah. Heat season males crush seniors to death yearly—small beastkin seniors said so."
"N-No way...?"
First time hearing this, Choi Eum-a panicked. All those acts with Ji-hyeok. Just a bit more and they'd have gone all the way...
Give up 'cause of a rule...?
"Nah. That's not a rule."
'......?'
Another beastkin chimed in.
"It's a rumor. Not listed on the site—how's it a rule? Adults fucking gets you expelled? You guard your own body."
"Exactly."
"So seniors lied?"
"Who knows. But weird, right? Why'd small beastkin seniors warn you?"
"Huh, yeah."
...What? Not a rule?
Choi Eum-a listened quietly to the heated debate, then slipped out of the lounge.
Stepping into the elevator, a familiar scent hit her.
...Ji-hyeok's smell.
Joo Ji-hyeok's scent lingered from the elevator to the fifth-floor hall.
Voice from 503—when'd he get here? Curious, Choi Eum-a pressed her ear to the door.
Perk perk.
"No way this comp picks Teemo? ...Fuck! You bronze noob!!"
Swearing Ji-hyeok...... hot......
Forbes' #1 sexiest swearing man, Joo Ji-hyeok! Couldn't spend the day together, but hearing his voice on the way in energized her.
Time to vent this energy!
"Hng...!"
Fresh from a shower, Choi Eum-a stripped naked on her bed, caressing her breasts.
How'd Ji-hyeok do it? Recalling, she fidgeted her fingers. Memories of him touching, biting, sucking her nipples so vivid—yet solo, she couldn't recapture that sensation, just frustrating.
Masturbating solo through college? Weird.
Full-grown adult. Beastkin or not, legally an adult.
Others' reactions say campus sex ban's probably a rumor... Even if not.
Ji-hyeok's worth it.
If she could have him fully, expulsion? She'd endure.
"Sigh. Shouldn't queue with bronzes."
Ranked with Na Min-seo to clear my head—lost points instead.
But mind's clearer now.
"University full of adults, banning adult sex? Pfft, as if."
Laws exist to be broken—loopholes everywhere, right? Dorm has no CCTV, and they stuck human me in the girls' dorm for "consideration"?
From the start. Rule not on the site? Ridiculous!
"You think rules are some Napolitan ghost story?!?!"