09. 3,827th Class Enrollment
09. 3,827th Class Enrollment
Sihwan, who didn't know—or more precisely, didn't care at all about—Yu Ina's mood, headed straight to Yeonseo's office.
Since Yu Ina had said she was busy, it was obvious that Yeonseo, the Chief Instructor, would be busy too, but to him, that was less important than his own goal.
"Why are you coming here?"
Eleonore, who didn't yet know about his relationship with Yeonseo, voiced her doubts.
She wondered if it was about something he needed to say as the trainee representative for tomorrow's entrance ceremony, but if so, wouldn't Yu Ina have passed it along?
"Something like that."
He didn't give a proper answer.
Even someone as oblivious as him wasn't dumb enough to blab about his relationship with Yeonseo carelessly.
Plus, Eun-hye, his bodyguard, was there right now. She was from the Yu Family, so if he said something unnecessary, all the rapport he'd built up so far could go down the drain.
'No need to go out of my way for that.'
Sihwan reached the fifth-floor hallway where Yeonseo's office was and knocked roughly.
Tok tok.
"Coming in."
A knock that didn't ask for permission.
He didn't think deeply about what that might mean.
Dalkak.
"Hey, from before—,"
Kwaang!
Just as the door cracked open slightly, a sudden strong force hit him, shoving Sihwan back and slamming the door shut.
"...What the hell?"
A curt voice.
It dripped with irritation.
"It's me."
-I know. I know it's you.
Dalkak dalkak.
He frowned slightly and tried the doorknob, but it wouldn't budge.
No way was a Noblesse like her physically blocking the door... It felt like magic or Nobling was at work.
"..."
At this point, human Sihwan absolutely couldn't open the door.
In the end, he had no choice but to politely ask for permission.
Tok tok.
He knocked again.
"Coming in."
-Is that how you ask for permission?
"...Can I come in?"
-Yes.
Only then did the door open.
It swung open gently as if it had been waiting, giving a glimpse of the room inside.
"You two wait here."
"...Am I some kind of dog?"
Eleonore's quiet grumble.
But Sihwan ignored it and slowly pushed open the widening door as he entered.
Now he could see Yeonseo.
At the desk by the window, piled high with documents, she was propping her chin up, intensely focused on signing them.
"What is it all of a sudden."
He could've at least asked how she was doing, but after closing the door, Sihwan just stated his business and headed to the sofa.
The sofa in the middle of the room felt so familiar now it was like being in his own home.
"All of a sudden? You're the weird one. This is totally normal. You can't just barge into a lady's room like that."
As Sihwan sat on the sofa, Yeonseo paused her work and came over to the seat across from him.
Her face a bit more curt than usual, she sauntered over swinging her long legs teasingly, then crossed them pointedly as she sat.
In her hand was the now-indispensable gulreon, puffing out smoke.
"Alright. So what's it this time? Or wait, before that—don't you have something to say to me?"
A frosty face.
The glare she shot him while sucking on the gulreon was chilling enough to warrant the word 'murderous intent.'
"The land you gave me was bigger than I thought."
"..."
A deep sigh.
The breath she exhaled along with the cigarette smoke spoke volumes about her feelings.
"No manners at all~ No class whatsoever. What am I supposed to do with this guy~?"
"Oh, is it because of the butt thing?"
"..."
Her face twisted slightly.
Sihwan nodded as if he got it.
"But didn't I keep telling you during it? That it felt amazing."
"No... ha..."
Yeah. What's the point of saying anything? It's Ryu Si-hwan.
She roughly stubbed out the cigarette and readjusted her posture.
"Fine, whatever. So what are you gonna do now?"
"About what?"
"You said make me your woman. But you're a married man. What's your plan? You gonna go hold hands with me and march up to the Yu Family? Or what, a lovers' elopement?"
"Eloping would mean leaving Yu Ina behind. Can't do that."
"Then just a one-night stand? She'd get pretty pissed, I bet."
"What do you want to do?"
"..."
She didn't really have anything in mind either.
Distressed, she pulled out a new cigarette and put it in her mouth.
If it had been her old pipe or cigar, the needless harshness and sticky aftertaste might've made her hold back, but this gulreon was mild with a light finish, so whenever she felt like this, she ended up chain-smoking.
"And you were the one who got in bed first."
"Well... I did plan to eat you up someday..."
That day.
She had provoked him, but she still figured a human wouldn't actually go through with it.
No matter how cocky he acted, handling a 『Noblesse』 with that fragile body seemed damn near impossible, so she naturally thought he'd back off after her warning.
That's why she'd even said something like, 'If you put it in, I'll be your woman.'
But nope.
Sihwan actually did it.
In her butt, no less.
Since she'd said the words, she had to become his woman now, but with no real preparations made, openly acting like his girlfriend felt a bit burdensome for her.
Sure, she'd get that twisted thrill and pleasure every time she saw Yu Ina... but she wasn't desperate enough to gamble her life on something like that.
'No way did I think he'd actually do it.'
"It's complicated, so for now, should we just tell Yuna?"
"Yuna? You mean Yu Ina-ssi?"
"Yeah."
No.
Telling just his wife because it's complicated? What kind of fresh bullshit is this?
"Are you insane?"
"What?"
"You're telling your wife?"
"Oh. I already did, so don't worry too much."
"?!"
He already told her?
She was so shocked she dropped the cigarette she'd been smoking.
Is there seriously not one normal bone in this guy's body??
Seeing her reaction, Sihwan added,
"Not that I slept with you—just that I'm not planning to be satisfied with just one wife. It was on the first day, I think?"
Oh. So it was a misunderstanding.
Yeah, even Sihwan wouldn't tattle to his wife that he cheated. Especially since he hasn't even done it with his wife yet.
She felt a bit relieved—
"Wait, no, that's still weird? Not satisfied with one? And you told your wife that? On the first day?"
"Gotta say that stuff upfront."
"..."
Her expression turned strange.
Am I misunderstanding something?
Maybe it's actually a perfectly normal situation, and I'm just mishearing his words, making it hard to understand?
It's Ryu Si-hwan, so even if he says weird shit, I could brush it off.
She replayed his words in her head, trying to piece together the situation.
So, she'd asked him what he was gonna do, and he'd said, 'It's complicated, so for now, let's just tell Yuna.'
Here, Yuna was the nickname for his wife Yu Ina, so it meant, 'Let's just tell the wife for now. That I cheated.'
Then, when she freaked out, he said, 'I already told her, so don't worry.'
The 'thing I already told her' meant declaring, 'I'm not satisfied with just you; I'm adding other women.'
In other words, Sihwan thought it was fine to tell Yu Ina about their relationship because he'd already warned his wife he'd cheat.
"You crazy bastard."
Putting it all together slowly just made it more absurd.
"Crazy? I'm being super gentlemanly here."
"Aah..."
Now she couldn't even sigh.
Just pure despair.
Deep lament for the ridiculous guy in front of her and condolences for her own fate as this scumbag's woman.
"Oh yeah, Yuna said she'd be late today. You busy too?"
"..."
Here she was racking her brain, and he was just sitting there all nonchalant.
She wanted to smack him hard across the face.
"Don't change the subject. And don't even think about telling anyone. Absolutely not."
"Hmm... But we have the slaves anyway, and she already knows? That I'm gonna do it with other women."
"No... Yeah, that'd piss her off too, but you think banging slaves is the same as cheating with a woman she knows?"
Sihwan tilted his head.
From his perspective, it was the same.
What if the roles were reversed and Yu Ina had sex with a male slave?
He'd be fucking furious and kill the slave.
What if Yu Ina had sex with some guy she knew?
He'd be fucking furious and kill the guy.
Either way, worst-case scenario, either way he'd kill them—what's the difference?
"Haa... Just don't do it if I say don't."
"Got it."
Well, if she was this vehemently against it, no need to push.
Thinking about it, if it was someone she trusted cheating versus her husband, the trusted one might hurt more.
As Sihwan agreed, Yeonseo finally regained a sliver of calm.
Letting out a sigh of relief, she brought up the topic he'd tossed out earlier.
"Yeah, you said the land was bigger than expected? You already went and checked it out?"