51 – 051. Hospital visits and watermelons, watermelons, and.

It’s an unfamiliar ceiling.

In general, when you wake up in a state of fainting, such a description fills the first line. Just as he said, when I opened my eyes, what unfolded in front of my eyes was an unfamiliar ceiling. An unfamiliar ceiling, processed with pure white tex, exuding the feeling of a public institution.

As soon as I looked down, I realized that I was in a hospital room somewhere. It was also a luxurious single room.

But why did I wake up in the hospital room? With a hazy head, he recalls the events right before he fainted one after another.

After hearing the results of Illyana’s investigation, I immediately contacted Kang Ha-neul.

Since she didn’t hear back, she thought she was in danger and headed straight for her house.

Then, Kang Ha-neul, who said he was dropping out of the academy, was broadcasting on the Internet wearing cute cat-shaped headphones and showing off all sorts of flattery.

The moment she was about to explain her circumstances, her attacker, the duo of Jinsu and Seongchan, who appeared in the original work, came to kidnap her river Haneul.

After fighting hard and driving them out, the sound of sirens coming from afar relieved the tension, so…….

I don’t remember anything after that. That’s probably why I lost consciousness right after the battle with them.

‘…… I managed to live.’

Even though she used a shortcut, she won a decision victory against Heo Seong-chan. It was a great improvement considering the pathetic abilities I had when I was newly possessed, but I didn’t want to do such a reckless thing again.

‘I could have just collapsed and pretended to be behind.’

I couldn’t understand my judgment at the time, what the hell was wrong with me and I made a fool of myself to save Kang Ha-neul there.

It was fortunate that we won in the end, but it was a situation where we could have lost our lives. If the gamble of zero-range explosion, which aimed at the enemy’s body right away, hadn’t succeeded, I would have died on the spot.

‘I’m crazy to risk my life for a passing supporting character rather than a main character like a heroine’

About a month and a half after being possessed by this world, I was closer to death than ever. The more I thought about that fact, the more I got chills.

‘…… Anyway, how long has it been since I passed out?’

I got up sulking to check the time.

-Jumping.

At that moment, a heavy feeling hung over my left arm.

I turned her head and saw a strange woman sleeping on her stomach with my arm cut. She was a woman with black hair that reached near her waist.

‘Is it Min Chaeryeong?’

I thought so for a moment, but immediately shook her head. Judging from her appearance, she seemed to have fallen asleep while nursing me, but I couldn’t believe Min Chae-ryeong did that.

“Ehh… ….”

A woman who was suspicious of my movements raised her head slowly.

Black hair and black eyes. Moderately pretty, but overall sober impression.

“Kang Ha-neul student?”

It was Kang Ha-neul who was sleeping on my arm. She looked blankly at me with her sleepy eyes as she assumed her true form, not an avatar.

-Jureureuk.

A line of saliva dripping from the corner of his half-open mouth. I lowered her head slightly, and the sleeve of my arm she was cutting was covered in a liquid that was believed to be saliva. When I inadvertently frowned at that appearance, Kang Ha-neul, who finally came to his senses, exclaimed, “Ah!”

“Damn, great. Whoops! Sorry. Hey, I fell asleep…….”

After wiping the drool from her face, she looked at my sleeve and she didn’t know what to do, her eyes quivering.

I didn’t really want to blame her, so I changed the subject out of consideration for her.

“Did you keep taking care of me?”

“No. Hey, I just came too. About twelve o’clock? It’s probably been an hour or so…….”

She waved her hand in embarrassment and checked her watch.

“Huh?”

Soon, Kang Ha-neul’s eyes widened. The time indicated by the clock is five o’clock in the afternoon. If her memory goes back to 1:00, she was asleep with her arm on her back for at least four hours.

“I’m sorry. He, don’t break your arm…… ?”

Kang Ha-neul looked at me and carefully asked. Every time I met her, she was full of complaints, but I looked at her without saying a word because she was so unfamiliar with her being embarrassed by me.

“Ah… ….”

Then her face gradually began to turn red. The black eyes rolled in all directions and wandered, lost in where to go.

“Oh, right! Fruit! I bought some fruit! After all, there are fruits in the hospital! Isn’t fruit good for digestion when you’re sick? No, did I say that sweet things are good for wound healing? Or hydration? Anyway!”

Kang Ha-neul babbled and took out a black plastic bag from the refrigerator next to the bed.

However, the size is unusual.

“…… What the hell is inside?”

“Water, watermelon?”

“Yes?”

What she took out was a watermelon bigger than my head. I was so dumbfounded that I couldn’t speak.

There must have been a lot of other fruits, but in early spring this March, you dare to bring watermelon as a gift for a sick visit?

“Well, don’t you usually bring fruit that is a bit easier to eat when you visit the hospital? How the hell am I supposed to eat this…….”

“Oh… ….”

Kang Ha-neul, who seemed embarrassed by my words, immediately shouted as if he was unfair.

“Soo, you can buy some watermelons! At my house, every time I caught a cold, my mom cut me a watermelon! Watermelon has a lot of water and sugar, so, anyway, it’s good for patients, but…….”

However, the spirited voice gradually faded. In an instant, the river sky, which blushed like a ripe watermelon, avoided my gaze.

He also had an extremely unfamiliar appearance. Kang Ha-neul in the original work never showed her human side, which would have been impossible to know just from the descriptions in the novel.

Kang Ha-neul’s reaction was like a real person. Looking at her appearance, I couldn’t possibly think of her as a character in a novel made up of text and settings.

While blushing in shame in front of me, looking at me with pouting lips as if it was unfair, but since he was saved by me anyway, he couldn’t say anything unpleasant and kept his mouth shut as if he was frustrated.

No matter how you look at it, she only looked like a human being like me, to the point of inadvertently forgetting that this was a world in a novel and that she was just her character.

That look. To that human figure. To the figure that can only be seen as that human being.

Suddenly, I thought that I had done well to save her.

“Oh, I get it, I get it! If I shave myself, there will be no complaints?! Anyway, I brought it as a gift at best, how nice it would be if you accept it gracefully.”

“That’s right, but it’s not a watermelon, is it? Besides, I don’t even know if I’m in a state where I can eat fruit or something.”

“You don’t have to worry about that. The ruptured intestines were all sutured, and the digestive system was completely cured with the potion diluent. You will have to eat mostly liquid food for the time being, but the doctor said fruits like watermelon are okay.”

“You know very well.”

“That, that’s it… ….”

Kang Ha-neul, avoiding my gaze, hesitated and answered.

“…… You’re the benefactor who saved my life, so it’s natural to be worried.”

“Anything like that, how come you haven’t said a word of thanks for saving me yet.”

“I was going to do it from now on?! It was embarrassing to say it openly, so I tried to catch the atmosphere slowly! If you say that, what am I going to be?!”

Kang Ha-neul jumped up from his seat and shouted with a face full of complex emotions.

“Are you even showing condescension because you want to be thanked? No, at best, if you saved a girl like a hero in a cartoon, you’d be quiet and tremble. Why don’t you say thank you so lamely? It really breaks the atmosphere!”

“Well, I am not a hero in comics.”

“Yes! Yes! I was slightly mistaken! You are just a security guard working for a salary at a university, but I was very seriously mistaken. Really!”

Kang Ha-neul exclaimed in a huff and breathed heavily. Only the sound of his breathing echoed quietly, and silence fell between the two of us.

“…… That.”

Soon, Kang Ha-neul, who blushed again, said while tossing the back of his hair.

“Anyway, thank you for saving me. hahahaha, really This isn’t something I would say in this atmosphere…….”

Kang Ha-neul sticking out his mouth as if pouting, pulled his hooded hat down deeply.

“Anyway, I’m glad you woke up safely. He’s been asleep for almost three days.”

“Three days?”

Then, the clean-up of the case and the police investigation must be over. I asked Kang Ha-neul about what happened while I was unconscious.

“Well? I haven’t heard anything either.”

However, Kang Ha-neul just shrugged her shoulders, saying she didn’t know anything.

“You are a party to the incident, but haven’t heard anything?”

“That’s what I mean. But what if neither the police nor the guards say anything? An attempted kidnapping by a duo of unknown identities. Other details unknown. That’s all I’ve heard.”

Does that make sense? I thought so for a moment, but when I think about it, it wasn’t unusual.

Unless Na Joo-yong or Yeo-il was an idiot, there was no way he would have left any traces of contact with Jin-su and Seong-chan. Moreover, those two were born in the slums and had no family name. It was only natural that the police investigation would be difficult.

‘If it were Min Chae-ryeong, she would know the general circumstances, but there’s no reason for her to kindly explain it to her Kang Ha-neul.’

“Do you know anything about that?”

How much would I know if I had just come to my senses and found out about the situation? It was probably a question that I brought up inadvertently out of frustration.

“Yes. I know.”

“Yes?”

But I replied that I knew.

[ Stop Kang Ha-neul from dropping out. Make friends with Kang Ha-neul. Keep the river sky by your side. Her presence will definitely benefit you. ]

The Extra Quest message told me so. Become close with Kang Ha-neul. She will definitely help me.

The system isn’t 100% reliable, but at least the system hasn’t told me any lies so far. Besides, the message of the extra quest felt strangely different from usual.

In order to prevent her from dropping out of her river sky and build a friendship with her, it is better to reveal the reason behind this incident.

Thought so, I informed Kang Ha-neul of the information I was aware of about this incident. About Yeo-il, about Na Ju-yong, about his research field as a person with multiple abilities, and about the connection between Seong-chan and Jin-su and Na Joo-yong.

I told her all the facts about her except her part about her Min Chae-ryeong. When the story ended, Kang Ha-neul’s expression was colored lead.

“…… f*ck real. I’m going to live a quiet life, but why are the children in trouble…….”

With a complex expression on her face, she pressed between her eyebrows and let out a deep sigh.

“Maybe I can be good now?”

“…… It would be better for you to overturn your dropout and stay in the academy. That way, it will be difficult for me to touch you.”

“If I don’t drop out, will the guards protect me?”

“That… …. Perhaps.”

I couldn’t give a definitive answer. If the police didn’t notice the relationship between Jin-su and Sung-chan and Yeo-il, there was a high possibility that the guards did too. There is probably no way for the guards to assign a 24-hour bodyguard to Kang Ha-neul.

At least Min Chae-ryeong must have figured out her situation, but since she didn’t know what her purpose was, it was unknown whether or not she would try to protect the river sky.

‘No, maybe Min Chaeryeong is also aiming for Kang Ha Neul.’

It would be fortunate if it was simply coveting the talent Kang Ha-neul, but what if Min Chaeryeong also tried to benefit from Kang Ha-neul’s ability like Na Ju-yong?

“It’s fortunate. If the guards were all as competent as you, I would be relieved-“

“No. You’d better not trust the guards too much.”

“Yes? Why?”

“Yeah… …. Some of the guards might secretly cooperate with Yeo-il, right?”

I couldn’t bear to say that the heavyweights of the guards might be targeting you. If I did, even I, my direct subordinate, would be suspicious.

“…… So you’re saying that you’re the only person I can trust?”

Kang Ha-neul’s expression looked good when he said that. Even though the situation was not so good, a faint smile spread on her lips.

“Today is Sunday, so when tomorrow dawns, I will go straight to the student office and start dropping out. The resignation letter must have already been processed on Friday, but whatever the circumstances, it will work out somehow.”

“How are you going to broadcast on the Internet?”

“Of course I have to keep going. If you go to the academy, it’s living expenses, tuition fees, how much money to break, isn’t it something you should earn while you can? Besides, I secretly fit my aptitude for broadcasting. Should I say that I can reveal myself freely because I don’t have to show my real face?”

-Titling!

The moment Kang Ha-neul smiled casually after saying that, a blue system message appeared in the center of his field of vision.

—–

[ Clear the Extra Quest. ]

[You prevented her from dropping out of her river sky and succeeded in making her acquaintance with her. Please cherish that relationship. ]

1. Expense rate increased by 3% (current expense rate: 8%)

※If the guard ratio reaches 10%, the rank of one ability can be raised by one level by the effect of .

—–

Sighed at the message, I let out a sigh of relief. With this, another case has been concluded.

“…… What are you staring at so closely?”

With that said, I immediately disabled system messages. I was just looking at her system messages, but from her point of view, it seemed like I was staring at her silently.

When I couldn’t answer, the river sky tilted her head. Then, at first, he put her hand on my cheek, and then her face blushed in embarrassment.

“So, is there that much of a difference?”

“Yes?”

“Avatar and my main version. You kept staring at me, so I wondered if you were comparing two faces……. Tue, it’s definitely based on this face, but I’ve touched her a lot here and there. The eyes, the bridge of the nose, and the skin are cleaner that way. What else……. But there’s no way you’re going to stare at me with such strange eyes.”

I didn’t think so at all, but Kang Ha-neul seemed to interpret my gaze in that way.

“No. I didn’t really think of that. There was no difference between Avatar and the original version.”

“Yes?”

There was definitely a difference between Kang Ha-neul’s avatar and the original version. But if there was a dramatic change, it wasn’t. Her appearance in her avatar, her appearance in her avatar, taken by her river sky, was almost identical to her original version, as he recognized her as being straight after seeing her for the first time.

“Puch.”

At my answer, the river sky that blushed her face immediately smiled.

“That line was pretty good. Giving implicit compliments with an insensitive face is just like the main character of a boy’s cartoon.”

“Even if I had to use a metaphor…….”

In my opinion, it may have been a joke, but it sounded complicated from my point of view, possessed by a novel. Kang Ha-neul, unaware of my situation, laughed at what was so good about me when I furrowed my brow awkwardly.

– Drurrureuk!

At that time, the door to the hospital room opened loudly.

“Huh?”

It was Vegetable Yeon who suddenly broke into the hospital room. Her eyes widened as she carried a large envelope in one hand.

“Vegetable smoke?”

“Awake, awake, awake! I finally woke up!!!”

The next moment, Chae-yeon ran towards me with her tears welling up. In response to that charge, I instinctively activated my psychic powers.

-Took!

“Evil!”

Chae-yeon’s head, hit by smoke compressed to the size of her baseball, snapped behind her.

“Why are you hitting me!!!”

“Stop rushing at me… ….”

“My junior at work woke up after sleeping for three days.

“…… Are you a senior at work?”

“No. Motivation.”

That rattlesnake is real. Where are you acting like a stupid senior?

“But who are you…… Ah!”

Chae-yeon shouted, pointing her finger at the sky over her river.

“Cowardly swearing, dropping out!”

“…… What?”

Badly, thick veins sprouted from Kang Ha-neul’s temples. As she looked at her face in her vegetable bowl, she nodded her head as if she remembered right away and said.

“Aren’t you the kid who was laughing next to Suho when someone said it? When I asked if an elementary school student was with a security guard, it seems that you were also a security guard?”

“Kid? Elementary school kid??? Didn’t this eat up your manners!”

“It is the same for each other. Didn’t you say that you were a coward or a curmudgeon?”

“You are a coward and you are abusive!”

“That’s right. She’s an elementary school kid who can’t even look back at her mistakes and just giggles.”

Suddenly, Chae-yeon suddenly rushes in and Kang Ha-neul responds as if she won’t lose a word.

‘Come to think of it, Kang Ha-neul was also one-tempered.’

Ever since she woke up, she had always been quiet and had forgotten about it, but Kang Ha-neul was hot-tempered and cursed at her first meeting with me. Her compatibility with Chae-yeon, a walking anger trigger, was close to the worst.

“Did I say something wrong?! He dropped out because he was afraid of fighting, and when we went to visit him, he started cursing! Then you are a coward and a curse word!!”

“If you want to hear it, you can’t possibly listen to it. You don’t even know my circumstances, so why are you talking like that in a proud way?!”

“This is real!”

“What! Really, what?!”

“Both of you, stop.”

The two people, who had been stunned by my words, all turned their heads to me. I undid the front of my hospital gown and showed off my bandaged upper body to the two of them.

“It is a very good thing to do with people who came to visit the patient in front of the patient. Yes?”

“…… Sorry. I’m a little excited.”

“Heng! I know!”

“That’s f*cking real.”

The last curse was not Kang Ha-neul, but me. Let’s make a lump of smoke in her hand as if we’re going to shoot it out right away. Vegetable-yeon is hot! I covered my forehead with both hands.

“If you come to visit someone in the hospital, don’t fight needlessly. The guy who rushed at me crying when I woke up doesn’t even care about me anymore?”

“I saw that he was healthy, so that’s okay! Right! I even bought some fruit for you to eat! Voila!”

Chae So-yeon held up a black plastic bag.

But again, the size was unusual.

“Is it watermelon?”

“Ding dong deng!”

“This sh*t is real.”

What the heck is this guy and that guy and what does watermelon mean to patients? Could that be normal in this world? Is my sensibility from the original world not following the common sense of the world in this novel?

“Why the hell is everyone talking about watermelons? What’s the point if I bring a fruit that is easy for patients to eat?”

“Anyway, most of the injuries could have been healed with potions! All you have to do is cut it off and eat it, no fuss!”

He never said he would cut it himself. If that was a vegetable year, it was like a vegetable year.

“It’s only two watermelons, when the hell are you going to eat this… ….”

“Huh? Are there more?”

“What?”

When I questioned Chaeyeon’s words, she pointed to her door and said,

“I look good when I come up here…… It wasn’t Eon, but Ye Jiwon was also on the first floor. If someone else didn’t come to visit you, maybe he came to see you too? I saw that he was holding something like a fruit bag.”

The timing was too cunning to be a coincidence. Apart from Kang Ha-neul, who fell asleep, how did Chae-yeon or Ji Ye-won come to see me in the hospital just in time for me to wake up?

“It would be really funny if he bought watermelons too. Right?”

“What’s funny. Jiye…… Don’t you think Jiwon doesn’t have common sense like you?”

“No common sense… …. Sorry… ….”

“No. It’s not that Kang Ha-neul is like that…….”

I let out a sigh as I suddenly fell in love with the unbelievable development of a harem. It wasn’t long before I woke up, so I had a headache, and my head was on the verge of exploding.

– Drurrureuk!

At that time, the door to the hospital room opened and Ji Ye-won appeared.

“Huh? Are you up Besides, there are people I’m seeing for the first time.”

Ye-won Ye-won, perhaps part of the setting, was wearing a baseball jumper with a colorful overlock and a large snapback slanted. Where the hell did you get those clothes?

“Anyway, it’s good that you woke up. I brought some fruits as a present for my sick visit.”

“Is it a watermelon?”

In response to my question, the two of them, Chae-yeon and Kang Ha-neul, looked at the envelope Ji Ye-won was holding with their eyes shining. Ji Ye-won tilted her head at that intense gaze.

“Huh? No? I brought some grapes and bananas to make it easier to eat, but what kind of watermelon?”

Gnya took out a bunch of yellow bananas from the envelope.

At that appearance, Chae-Yeon and Kang Ha-Neul clicked their tongues, and I let out a sigh of relief.

“…… What? What are you doing?”

Perhaps not knowing what was going on, Yewon tilted her head with a dumbfounded face while holding a banana.

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