Chapter 69: A Talent That Cannot Be Hidden (3)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 69: A Talent That Cannot Be Hidden (3)
I hit a snag the moment I stepped into the campus cafeteria.
“Whoa… there are so many options.”
The nefarious enemy of the over-forty crowd was getting in the way of my simple meal.
A kiosk… you again.
An embarrassing memory I had buried deep inside began to surface.
Was it two years ago, or three?
After pestering them endlessly, my family went to the movies, and I stood in front of a kiosk for the first time to get the tickets. I had no idea how to use it and ended up needing Seo-yeon's help…
The problem was that I'd left all the tedious tasks to my manager or the operators.
If only I'd bothered to learn about all the new technology popping up like mushrooms after the rain, that never would have happened!
“Hey, what are you doing?”
Shin Yu-jeong, who was standing behind me, gave my back a light push.
“Hoo…”
I blew away the embarrassing memory with a deep breath.
That’s when I realized.
That as long as you're alive, you should never be lazy about learning.
After that day, I secretly had a kiosk installed in my private lounge at the guild, a place only I could enter.
It was so I wouldn't panic the next time I had to face one.
Sadly, I would no longer have the chance to go anywhere with my family, but what a relief that my efforts back then were finally paying off now.
“Let's see…”
First, I chose the main dishes, pork cutlet and udon, and added some side dishes.
The prices varied, but overall, it was more than half the price of eating out.
Finally, I hit the confirm button and slid my student ID into the card slot…
[Payment complete.]
Along with the notification sound, a meal ticket printed out.
I took the ticket with a trembling hand and clenched my fist.
“I did it…!”
Are you watching, Manager!
I finally used a kiosk all by myself for the first time…!
As my whole body trembled with emotion, a hand suddenly shot out and pushed me aside.
“Hey, stop making a scene and get out of the way.”
…What a devilish bitch.
“Did you really just take three minutes to use a kiosk? You're not some old man.”
The meal ticket that took me three minutes to get, Shin Yu-jeong got in just thirty seconds.
She's being particularly annoying today for no reason…
We each got our food and sat down together.
Im Na-eun sat across from me, and Shin Yu-jeong sat next to me.
While I was cutting my pork cutlet with a knife, Im Na-eun thanked Shin Yu-jeong.
“Yu-jeong, thank you so much for taking me home yesterday. I'll treat you to a meal sometime!”
“Don't worry about it.”
Suddenly, she thrust her chopsticks forward and snatched a piece of the pork cutlet I had conveniently cut.
Normally, I like to share, so I would have given her a piece even if she hadn't asked.
That's weird.
Why is she being so damn annoying today?
After popping the pork cutlet in her mouth and chewing, she glanced at me once before turning her head to grin at Im Na-eun.
“He already paid the price for me taking you home.”
“Do-jin did…?”
The “he” Shin Yu-jeong pointed to with her chopsticks was me.
I hadn't done anything, so how could I have paid the price?
While I was wondering, something started creeping up my thigh.
I looked down to see Shin Yu-jeong's left hand rubbing my inner thigh.
Ah.
Don't tell me that's what she meant by the price.
“Hehe… then I guess I should treat Do-jin to a meal?”
At Im Na-eun's words, Shin Yu-jeong's expression rapidly hardened.
Stupid girl.
It seems she wanted to show off her relationship with me in her own way, but she was just digging her own grave.
“The cafeteria food is pretty good, so just any old restaurant won't do, you know?”
“Okay! I'll look up a good restaurant.”
“Alright.”
In the middle of our heartwarming conversation, her hand on my inner thigh grew rougher.
She was boiling with jealousy, absolutely boiling.
The girl who had been glaring at me hastily jumped into the conversation.
“Um… I like going to good restaurants, too.”
“Okay, then let's go together, Yu-jeong! I'll find lots of delicious places.”
“Hmph.”
I could feel her determination to never let the two of us do anything alone.
The conversation died down for a while as we started focusing on our food.
I placed a few pieces of the pork cutlet I'd diligently cut onto Im Na-eun's plate.
Seeing this, she grinned and looked at me.
“Hee… I'll enjoy it.”
“Sure.”
“You should try some of this, too.”
Shin Yu-jeong, who had been watching the heartwarming scene of us sharing side dishes, poked me in the side.
Does she think my side is a call button or something…?
“Ahem.”
Unwilling to ask for some pork cutlet herself, she subtly pointed to her empty plate with her chopsticks.
Yeah, no~ I'm not giving you any.
I ignored her signal and shoved a piece of pork cutlet into my own mouth.
In response, she trembled with a resentful expression, glared at me, and then stuffed a huge mouthful of rice into her mouth.
Mumbling with her cheeks puffed out like that was kinda cute, though.
“Our next class is Basic Monsterology…”
Basic Monsterology is, as the name suggests, a class where you learn about the monsters you might encounter in dungeons.
Things like their characteristics, their weak spots, and so on.
It's a required course, essential for increasing your chances of survival.
I remember giving a special lecture on Advanced Monsterology for the third-years once.
I explained the monsters' characteristics and even gave a live demonstration on how to take them down.
I wonder if it's still taught that way.
As soon as we finished eating, Shin Yu-jeong shot up, returned her tray, and walked out.
She'd been looking at me with a sullen expression for a while now. Was she sulking?
“Do-jin, you go on ahead. There's somewhere I need to stop by quickly.”
“Okay.”
Was she going to the restroom or something?
After returning my tray with Im Na-eun, we parted ways, and I headed out of the cafeteria first.
My mouth felt a little greasy, so I was rummaging through my pockets, thinking of getting a coffee from a vending machine, when Shin Yu-jeong, who had left earlier, approached with a stiff expression and grabbed my arm.
“You, come with me.”
Such a rough way of doing things.
Normally, I would have just let her drag me along, but this time, I resisted.
“What's going on?”
It was about time to start turning our relationship dynamic around.
Meaning, the days of me just being dragged around were over.
As I stood my ground, she let out a small sigh and spoke.
“…You've been snapping at me because you're angry, right?”
To be precise, it wasn't anger, more like I was being spiteful.
“So?”
“So I'm saying I'll help you get over that anger, so just come with me for now.”
She was changing.
The way she acted.
To be more precise, she was bending her own will.
The girl who would have just forced her way through things before was now trying to explain and making an effort to get me to come willingly.
It was still a minor change, and we had a long way to go, but it was definitely a good sign.
I had no idea how she planned to ‘help me get over my anger,’ but it was commendable, so I guess I'd go along with it.
I relaxed my body and followed where she led.
The place she walked to was a lecture hall building not too far from the campus cafeteria.
“Why did we come here?”
“Because there aren't many people in this building.”
The place where she finally stopped after dragging me inside the building was…
“The restroom?”
While I was blinking, my eyes wide at the unexpected location.
“We don't have much time, so get in, quick.”
Shove!
She suddenly pushed me in from behind.
It happened so abruptly that my body crossed the threshold before I could react.
“Hey, this is the women's restroom…!”
“Shh.”
Shin Yu-jeong pressed a finger to my lips.
A tingle ran down the back of my neck. I had a feeling.
A feeling that she was about to do something big again.
Shin Yu-jeong opened the door to the last stall in the women's restroom, went inside, lowered the toilet lid, and sat down, beckoning me over.
There was a strange sexiness to the way she sat on the toilet with her legs spread, looking at me.
As if possessed, I stepped inside.
Thud.
The door closed.
“While we were eating, I thought long and hard about something.”
“…About what.”
“About why you were sulking.”
She was much more commendable than I thought.
Before, she used to do whatever she wanted regardless of how I felt, but now she was starting to read my mood, wasn't she?
“So what's the answer you came up with?”
As I asked, she suddenly placed her hand gently on my dick.
“No matter how much I thought about it, this was the only thing I could come up with.”
Her other hand joined in, unfastening the hook and pulling down my pants.
“It was the first time for both of us yesterday, but it ended a bit disappointingly, didn't it?”
“…I guess it did.”
It wasn't my first time, but it was still disappointing.
Of course, the Ajumma had taken care of that disappointment this morning…
“That's why you were sulking. Flirting with that Im Na-eun bitch just to make me jealous. Am I wrong?”
“…I guess that was it.”
Let's just go with that from now on.
Looking pleased that she'd gotten the right answer, she added with a smile.
“I'd like to let you fuck me… but I don't think I'd be able to keep quiet.”
As she said that, she pulled down my underwear with both hands.
My dick had been getting ready to grow hard ever since Shin Yu-jeong sat on the toilet and beckoned me over.
The special environment of a university women's restroom only spurred it on.
“So, um… I'll get you off with my mouth, so stop being angry.”
…I take back what I said about you being annoying today.