Chapter 22
Chapter 22
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 22
Chapter Title: I'm the Only Human at Beastkin Academy, and Everyone's Obsessed With Me
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"Ow, I haven't laughed that hard in ages. Sorry for teasing you~"
"Tease me twice, and you'll uncover the secret Antarctic base."
"Thanks for the compliment~"
Gyeon Nari, our TA, apologized by handing out snacks to me and Eum-a.
'Dog treats?'
Mo Myo-mi had gotten a gracious churu cat treat, but Gyeon Nari gave us dog chews.
I stared at the chew in my palm, and she perked up her ears.
"Humans can eat it without dying~"
"Isn't it usually something you can't eat? That's why I was staring."
"Then you must not have tried hard enough~?"
I did try hard, and I still couldn't eat it!
"J-Ji-hyeok. Time..."
"Whoa. Lunch is almost over."
We'd already burned ten minutes getting pranked by TA Gyeon Nari! Mondays were full-day lecture marathons, so every second of lunchtime was precious!
"Then we'll be off!"
"Sure thing~ Eat up~ You two got this~ I'll cheer you on~"
"H-Hwah?!"
Eum-a's face turned beet red at TA Gyeon Nari's cheer.
What was I supposed to do now?!
"D-Do you like sons, Ji-hyeok? Or, no, daughters, do you like girls?"
"Huh? Girl parts?"
"W-What kind of talk is that! Y-You're so crude, Ji-hyeok!"
"No, you said girl parts!"
What was I supposed to do about this?!
"S-So, Ji-hyeok. What're we eating for lunch today?"
"Hmm. Who knows. Cafeteria food?"
I hadn't tried the cafeteria since the day before classes started, so I hesitated. The convenience store was an option, but it was probably packed already.
We should've hurried, but TA Gyeon Nari had sidetracked us!
No choice!
"It's decided! Lunch is cafeteria food today!!!"
"C-Cafeteria food!"
Cup ramen was probably all gone anyway. Challenging the cafeteria for the first time since classes started didn't sound bad! Eum-a would come as my lunch buddy! And I'd gotten used to the beastkin by now!
Ding!
"J-Ji-hyeok, you got a text."
"Yeah. Wonder who."
"W-Who is it?"
"Uh."
I checked the sender and immediately lifted my phone so Eum-a couldn't see. She was short, so it was out of view in no time.
Anyway, what did she want?
No contact since Saturday—what was this about?
'Well, we'd usually go quiet for a few days after hanging out anyway.'
Still, after Saturday's mess, I'd been avoiding reaching out to Na Min-seo.
I figured if she never texted, we'd naturally drift apart, like the connection never snapped.
So her opening message was a total surprise.
Not that it meant I'd reply.
'Gotta eat!'
Ding!
The second I read and ignored it, another chime—gah!
I had to take this one!
The moment I reopened the chat!
Text baiting!!! Text baiting!!!
TA Gyeon Nari and now you too, Na Min-seo!!!
"W-What's wrong, Ji-hyeok? W-Who is it?"
Eum-a cautiously asked as I clutched my phone in front of the cafeteria.
This had to be her hinting if I was texting a girl, right?
Those big round red eyes staring up—pure horror movie material. The incarnation of jealousy, Choi Eum-a!
'Why do I feel like the criminal when she didn't even text first?'
No helping it. I muted Na Min-seo's chat, pocketed my phone, and draped an arm over Eum-a's shoulder.
But the height difference made my arm slide right down to her chest.
"Oops, my bad."
"J-Ji-hyeok! Y-You call that an accident when you groped it...?!"
"Since it was already a mistake, I just went for seconds?"
"Th-Then it wasn't a mistake, it was on purpose...!"
Was that the point?
Good is good!
Kyarruk!
The cafeteria food before classes started had tasted awful. At least, that's how it felt back then.
So why today?
"Why's it so good?"
"G-Good thing it's tasty. Eat up, Ji-hyeok!"
"No, but seriously. Why's it good?"
It'd been meh the first time. Was I just nervous then?
If so, last week's Joo Ji-hyeok who survived on cup ramen only—sorry, buddy!!!
I lost out big time last week!!!
"Eum-a!"
"Y-Yeah!"
"Let's make cafeteria a habit from now on!"
"Yeah! Let's do it!"
Beastkin University's cafeteria was the best! I'd wondered how they catered to all the species' tastes, but the buffet style covered it!
Last week's Joo Ji-hyeok! Sorry! The remaining days' Joo Ji-hyeok will eat and sleep well!!
Eating with Eum-a made it better too?! The beastkin stares didn't bug me like before. More like the two-eyed guy in a one-eyed world! Monkey in the zoo vibes!
'Stare all you want!!!'
That mindset let me chow down.
Trays emptied.
"Huuu. So full."
"Really? Doesn't look like it."
"R-Really? Good then......"
"Don't you need at least five months pregnant for a belly bulge?"
"Wh-What're you saying!! Y-You're an idiot, Ji-hyeok!!"
Knocking Eum-a up scared me, but dropping pregnancy jokes? Now that's war-level love.
Don't people imagine this before college?
College classes are worlds above high school—teaching big corp tech skills!
You imagining that? Enroll in Visual Design right now!
You'll learn 20-year-old college kids are computer illiterate!!
"H-Huuu. Ji-hyeok, h-how do I do thiiiis."
Afternoon computer program lab.
Eum-a next to me stared at her monitor in terror!
Did someone prank her desktop with a ghost pic!?
No!!! Just Photoshop open with a blank canvas, and she's on the verge of tears!!!!
Problem was, she wasn't alone!
Everyone but me was struggling—that's Visual Design reality!!
Chaos! Utter chaos!!! Destruction!!! Ruin!!!
In this madhouse!!
"Hmm."
The professor for computer lab groaned from the podium.
All the guys' eyes turned to her.
Including mine!
"Everyone's fine."
Boing!
"University is a place to learn knowledge and skills. No one's good at it from the start, right?"
Professor Eruso, the computer lab instructor—a dappled cow beastkin—embraced us clueless freshmen with maternal warmth.
She uncrossed her arms, adjusted her glasses with one hand, and said:
"So if you don't know something, call me anytime. Not knowing isn't shameful."
"Yes!!!!!!"
"Joo Ji-hyeok! Great enthusiasm, but tone it down!"
"Yes......!"
"Excellent!"
"Thank you......!"
The professor's excellent too!!
Body!!! Heart!!!
'Especially those tits!!!!'
Professor Eruso, true to her Holstein cow beastkin name, was legendary thicc glamour! Mountains of chest waved with every move!!
Boing boing!!
'That's prime bust!!'
I thought Eum-a had big ones, but next to Professor Eruso? Poverty.
Ah, poor Eum-a!!
"J-Ji-hyeok...... I think you just had a weird thought......"
"Tsk. Stay quiet, poverty-stricken Eum-a."
"Wh-What's that mean?"
"Hey! Poverty doesn't need to know!"
"What?!"
Anyway, Professor Eruso assigned us a basic tool calendar using default tools.
A 20-minute task, barely worthy of "work," but Eum-a couldn't even start.
'Her and the others—why join Visual Design if they can't handle Photoshop? ...Wait, what am I thinking?!'
I shook my head to banish bad thoughts!
As Professor Eruso said!
University's for learning skills!
So Visual Design students who can't use pro software? Totally normal!
"Professor. How do I do this?"
"Professor. Can't draw the line."
"Professor."
"Professor."
This seemed extreme, but!!!
Anyway!!!!
Professor Eruso started helping one by one.
So I would too!! Teach my almost-girlfriend Choi Eum-a computers from basics!!
"Watch, Eum-a."
"H-Huu?!"
"This is the mouse. This is the click button."
"U-Uhng...."
"Don't feel it up—look!"
Leaning over, I overlaid my hand on hers to guide.
Every word I said made her rabbit ears twitch like electric shocks.
'Rabbit or Pikachu?'
Ridiculous.
'No choice then.'
My almost-girlfriend with poverty tits next to Professor Eruso's couldn't flunk too!
Drastic measure!!
"Eum-a."
"U-Uhng. Y-Yeah...?"
I whispered in her rabbit ear, and she clamped her thighs tight.
Imagining her pussy already wet made my dick stiffen!
But!
"Keep zoning out, and no more dick!"
"H-Hweh?"
"For real. No dick."
No study, no dick!
No dick, no sex!
Perfect carrot and stick! Er, rod and stick!
Succubus Choi Eum-a saw through it, glaring up resentfully.
"Y-You're mean, Ji-hyeok...."
"Mean or not, no helping it."
"Hiiing......"
Kept saying dick, and her cheeks flushed—imagining it?
But dick and sex on the line? She focused.
'True succubus, Choi Eum-a.'
Afternoon class ended.
"I-I did it!"
"Oh. You finished it."
"Hehehe! Th-Thanks to Ji-hyeok's great teaching!"
Eum-a cleared all the basic quests Professor Eruso paced out over an hour and a half! Rough spots aside, solid for a beginner!
"Good work, Eum-a!"
"Heehee... dick...."
"......?"
"Heehee... hehet...."
"........."
Did I overdo the condition?