56 – 056. Catfight

Friday. 5Pm.

To greet Kang Ha-neul, I headed in front of the women’s dormitory.

“Ah, Suho oppa!”

The moment I saw the entrance of the dormitory in the distance, Kang Ha-neul, who was waiting in front of it, recognized me and waved her hand. When I waved my hand appropriately and said hello, Kang Ha-neul quickly approached me with bouncing steps.

“Were you waiting?”

“No! I just came out too. You really came early.”

Kang Ha-neul seemed to have come to terms with the word oppa within a day. At least I wasn’t ashamed and hesitant like the day before.

…… I thought so, but looking at the slightly reddened earlobes, it seemed that was not the case. When I didn’t say anything, Kang Ha-neul looked up at me and smiled.

An innocent smile, not a made-up expression shown on TV.

A smile naturally caught my lips at that innocent smile.

“It’s pretty.”

“Yes?”

At the sight of Kang Ha-neul making a startled expression at a casually muttered word, I immediately added, feeling sorry for myself.

“The clothes I wore today. Wearing it like that makes you look like a freshman college student.”

“Oh, the clothes… ….”

At those words, Kang Ha-neul opened her arms slightly in a low voice and looked down at her outfit.

Kang Ha-neul was wearing a beige knit cardigan, a slim white polar tee, and a sky-blue tennis skirt. Even if you look at it, you can tell it’s decorated, it’s completely different from the sloppy outfit when we first met.

“…… That’s right, since you’re a new college student, you must feel like a newbie. My brother like that is dressed like an office worker. Who is not a security guard?”

Kang Ha-neul pointed out my outfit with the voice of a nerd. Unlike her adorned face, I was dressed in a plain white shirt and slacks. If it’s neat, it’s a neat outfit, and if you think you’re wearing it roughly, you can look like that.

It was inevitable. Since I was possessed by this world, I had never gone out to buy clothes, so the only clothes I had were the standard ones that were basically in my closet.

“Your brother is still in his early twenties, so you should dress up a bit more. Isn’t it?”

“…… Isn’t it usually said that it’s the middle of the day when you enter the base?”

“Anyway! I can’t. Next time, go shopping for clothes with me. I will coordinate all of your body.”

“Until I had to… ….”

“I-!”

Kang Ha-neul cut off my words and shouted in a slightly louder voice.

“I’m doing this because I want to, can’t I…… ?”

The river sky, which almost clung to my arm, looked up at me. I couldn’t help but nod my head at the sight of him licking his lips with an uneasy look.

“Okay then. I’ll take care of you next time.”

“Good!”

Kang Ha-neul, who turned slightly, clenched his fists in joy. A smile came out at that sight. Is it such a joy to go shopping for other people’s clothes, not your own?

I didn’t understand it well, but if you like it, that’s it.

“Then let’s go!”

With Kang Ha-neul taking the lead with bouncing steps, I headed for the front gate of the academy. The closer we got to the front door, the more people around us.

‘It’s Friday evening, so there are a lot of people.’

Students gathered in groups of threes and fives, chatting happily and heading toward the main gate. Although it is the best hunter academy in the country, in the end, they were also young people in their early twenties. Going out to bars and karaoke with friends on Friday night was no different from other college students.

The front gate, which arrived soon after, was full of taxis called by students. The two of us found a taxi we had called in advance and boarded it.

“Please go to Sokcho Station.”

“Yes.”

This Green House is located in Sokcho-si, Gangwon-do.

Originally, Sokcho in the world was not a rural area, but it could never be called a bustling city. However, Sokcho in this world was the busiest city in Gangwon-do. In the late 1990s, in addition to the establishment of the Green House, each guild and corporation affiliated with the academy came in one after another, so it was only natural.

Sokcho Station was originally a closed station in the world, but here it is literally the center of transportation in Sokcho, connected to the Seoul Metropolitan Subway and the KTX line. The downtown area around it is in no way inferior to Sinchon or Gangnam…… It is a setting called

Yes, set.

There is a lot of talk about how the street in front of the station is similar to Gangnam, but I have never been near it.

‘Come to think of it, I was possessed and stayed near the academy for almost two months.’

In his free time, rather than going somewhere to play, it was only natural that he practiced his superpowers or did strength exercises. When I first got possessed, I was busy doing things like guard work and Ji Ye-won.

‘I hope it will be peaceful for the time being.’

If the case follows the progress of the original story, it is around mid-April that the students’ lives will be in danger.

In the meantime, I wanted to finish preparations in preparation for future developments, if possible, during the free period of about a month. Unlike the early days of Bing, when my strength was weak and my life was unstable, my life was somewhat stable now.

‘I have to meet Seol Ah-hyun of the Black Dragon Society at least once. If possible, I would like to acquire “That item” That will be on auction at the end of March. I need money to do that, but where can I find a place where I can use the knowledge of the original work to get a quick payment…….’

As I was lost in thought with my chin resting, the taxi driver glanced in the rearview mirror and asked.

“Is that a date?”

“Yes?”

I came to my senses at those words and inadvertently asked a question.

“Uh heh heh heh! No, what Seeing them dressed up to the fullest and coming out side by side at this time, I almost thought they were lovers. Is not it?”

“Hey, are you a lover?”

At the taxi driver’s indiscretion, Kang Ha-neul trembled with embarrassed eyes. The driver, who was looking this way through the rearview mirror, smiled heartily.

“Hey, the male student is very blessed! As you can see, there seems to be a difference of three or four years. Why are you saying that? They say that a four-year age difference between a man and a woman doesn’t even look at compatibility.”

“That, that. We… ….”

The river sky reddened her face and trembled at her words. Even if I pretended to look like I was in trouble, I immediately answered the knight.

“The two of us are not like that.”

“Huh? Is it so?”

At my assertion, the knight smiled embarrassedly.

“Oh oh oh oh! This old man had a mouthful. The girl next to me glanced at her with teary-eyed eyes, so of course I thought so. I’m sorry.”

“No. That… ….”

When I slightly turned my head, Kang Ha-neul was just puking his lips with an expression of embarrassment or embarrassment.

Soon after, she secretly looked at me and asked me softly.

“Hey, we’re not dating, but first of all, isn’t a date right…?” … ?”

“…… Yes?”

“No. That. First of all, if you came out to play with a man and a woman, a date…… Right? To? No! Of course, it doesn’t mean anything special! But there’s no such thing as dating, right? I heard that in the West, hanging out with close friends is also called a date?”

Suddenly, Kang Ha-neul started talking nonsense about the etymology of the word date and the actual usage of the word.

Her taxi driver, who was watching her closely, put a smile on her lips.

“…… You are young.”

The muttering of the taxi driver was scattered by the sound of the wind running along the straight road.

***

After a while.

The moment I saw the name of the family restaurant literally right in front of Sokcho Station, I couldn’t help but be startled.

‘Ah ○ Baek?’

The words written in red on the large signboard originally belonged to a world-famous steak house. I knew that some elements of this world, such as portal sites and famous celebrities, overlap with the original world, but seeing it with my own eyes was strangely welcome.

“Welcome, sir. Have you made a reservation?”

“Yes. To the river sky.”

“Kang Ha-neul and one other person confirmed. I will guide you to your seat.”

The inside of the store is decorated in an Australian style with moderately dim lighting. The two of us sat in a table for two by the window and immediately opened the menu.

However, the price was higher than expected. I looked up at her river sky with her face asking if I’d be all right, she said, stretching her breasts triumphantly.

“Don’t worry about money, just make it your own.”

“Aren’t they too expensive anyway? After all, I pay for what I eat-“

“Don’t worry about money!”

Feel free to do so. After adding that, Kang Ha-neul smiled.

“They said the pasta here is really good? So each person has one steak and one pasta to eat together……. No, two? No. Since I can be full, I only order one pasta. There’s even appetizer bread! I had the T-Bone Steak with Grapefruit Ade. What about your brother?”

“Here’s the darling point strip… …. Drinks are ok I’ll just drink water.”

“Ah, you can order a more expensive one. Well, T-Bone comes in large quantities, so let’s eat it together. Oh, can I choose the pasta?”

“As you like.”

“Ehehehe. Actually, there was a pasta menu that I wanted to eat. Then, shall we order the Spicy Seafood Aglio Olio?”

I nodded her head and she rang her bell.

“Yes, I will take your order.”

Kang Ha-neul pointed his finger at the menu board to the staff member who soon approached and ordered.

“First of all, the T-bone steak is 580g medium. Plus grapefruit ade and spicy seafood aglio olio. Your brother was a darling point strap, right? How would you like to bake it?”

“Oh, I’m medium rare…… Uh?”

“Yes, medium rare checked…… Eh?”

At that moment, two exclamations overlapped. One belonged to me and the other belonged to the clerk who came to take the order.

“…… Ahn Soo-ho?”

The fresh smile on the employee’s face cracked. A look of bewilderment begins to appear on the face under the light ash gray hair.

“Ji Ye-won? Why are you…….”

Are you here? The moment I was about to say that, a memory suddenly came to my mind.

‘No! My name is Ye Ji-won! I am a 23-year-old high school graduate unemployed guitarist who hastily moved to Seoul with a dream of music, but returned to my hometown in frustration at the cold reality, but couldn’t bear to return to my parents’ house. By the way, I’m going to work at a family restaurant in front of the station from next week!’

“Ah.”

In that moment, I was able to realize the identity of the strange feeling of deja vu I felt the day before.

‘I never thought the store Kang Ha-neul visited and the store Ji Ye-won worked at overlapped.’

It was truly an unfortunate coincidence.

…… Could it be a coincidence?

“Huh? Do you know someone?”

Kang Ha-neul, who did not know the circumstances, tilted her head and asked. Then Ji Ye-won’s eyes turned to Kang Ha-neul.

Ilsun Ji Ye-won’s eyes seemed to tremble.

“…… Who is this person?”

“I am a first-year student at Green House, whom I just learned about as Kang Ha-neul. Hey, did you see it last time too? When you visit me…….”

“Oh, I remembered. Is he the one then? That I was by your side when you were hurt.”

Kang Ha-neul left as soon as Ji Ye-won arrived, so even though it must have only been a brief moment that the two met, she managed to remember Kang Ha-neul’s face. When she pretended to know it, she let out her exclamation as if she also remembered the river and the sky.

“Ah! I remember too. Were you a little late then? Grab some bananas and grapes……. By the way, what is your relationship with this person?”

“What are you doing?”

My relationship with Ji Ye-won was difficult to define in one word. I didn’t know what to say, but in the end, I answered without much hesitation.

“That’s the neighbor who lives next door.”

“Oh, next door to your brother…… ?”

“Brother, say…… ?”

The gazes of Kang Ha-neul and Ji Ye-won met. Invisible and unknown emotions to me quickly went back and forth between the two.

“What is it? What’s wrong with both of you?”

The two men, who were staring at each other with ferocious eyes like cats met on the roadside, turned their heads to me at the same time.

“It’s strange that you and a woman are alone in a restaurant. What did you come for?”

It was Ji Ye-won who spoke first. Yewon Ji put her hand on the table and pulled her body closer to me. As if he was trying to block the river sky from my sight.

“That, in return for what happened last time-“

“Hey, is this a date?”

“Huh?”

“…… Date?”

The eyes of the two were fixed on me. Kang Ha-neul was smiling awkwardly and Ji Ye-won was glaring at me with a shy expression.

“Oh, you said that in the taxi earlier. Right, brother?”

Kang Ha-neul asked as if urging my answer. A slight uneasiness flickers in his eyes.

“A date, is it real?”

Ji Ye-won expressed her anxiety as well. Ji Ye-won presses me with trembling eyes, telling me to tell the truth quickly.

‘Wait the f*ck. I hope this…….’

In that sudden situation.

For that unexpected situation.

In a situation that doesn’t make sense to me.

Suddenly, a possibility flashed through my mind.

‘Could this be a catfight?’

Catfight.

Cat fight.

As a slang for web novels, it means a war of nerves between heroines fighting over the main character.

I calmly reviewed the current situation from the perspective of a third person.

Two female characters unexpectedly met.

A strange hostility toward each other for which the cause is unknown.

And even this situation where the man caught in the middle is urging him to answer.

The calmly analyzed situation was exactly the same as the catfight scene that often appears in other harem web novels or love comedy comics.

“Answer me, Suho Ahn. Are these words true?”

“Brother, do you remember what we said in the taxi?”

It matched, but what I still don’t understand.

‘Why are these guys having a catfight over me?’

I am not the main character and neither are these two heroines. But what the heck is a catfight?

When I couldn’t answer with a puzzled expression, Kang Ha-neul fired at Ji Ye-won with a nervous expression.

“I know it’s nice to meet the neighbors, but could you handle the order first? First of all, we are guests and you are employees, right?”

At those words, Ji Ye-won glared at Kang Ha-neul with fierce eyes.

In an instant, a fierce air current circulated between the two.

A tense silence.

It was Ji Ye-won who stepped down first at the end of the silent confrontation. It was an expected result. Kang Ha-neul mentions the relationship between an employee and a customer.

Ji Ye-won chewed her lips with a resentful expression.

“…… Then I’ll check your order. T-bone 580 medium with darling point strap medium rare. Grapefruit Ade on Spicy Seafood Aglio Olio. Are you right?”

“Yes. That’s right. If you’ve checked, why don’t you just go for it? You two have a lot to talk about.”

“…… Order received. I’ll serve the pre-dinner bread right away, so please wait a moment.”

“If possible, I would like you to bring it through another employee. I don’t want to disturb our long-awaited date.”

“Dating… ….”

Ji Ye-won, who was looking at me and Kang Ha-neul in turn, gave a snort. She was about to pass me by, and she whispered softly in my ear.

“Hey. Are you really like that?”

“…… Hey?”

“What happened? I will go home from work today. Explain then got it?”

I’ll go home. Yewon Ji, who was stressed by those words, leaned over her river and turned her body around. She whispered softly, but it was clearly what she said to watch and listen to the river sky.

Shortly after Ji Ye-won left, her river, Ha-neul, asked me in a spirited manner.

“…… Brother. What’s your relationship with that person?”

“I told you. A neighbor.”

“Just a neighbor, right? Is that the end? Yes?”

“That’s right.”

“Really?”

“How many times have you said that? No, why are you so smart… Are you paying attention to Ye Ji-won?”

“That… ….”

The river sky, which had been puking her mouth, pouted out her lips and spat out a volmen.

“…… I-I don’t like Ye Ji-won a little bit.”

It was an alumni answer. Kang Ha-neul seemed unwilling to answer my question. She didn’t seem to be there, but it wasn’t hard to see the true intentions behind her actions.

It wasn’t difficult.

‘Why?’

It sounded a bit cheeky, but unlike the insensitive main characters that often appear in harem movies, I had at least a little bit of notice. Kang Ha-neul and Ji Ye-won’s attitude was so blatant that their intentions were clearly visible.

Kang Ha-neul’s appearance was that of a heroine who was jealous of other heroines in a harem. And he was less than Kang Ha-neul, but the feeling he felt from Ji Ye-won was similar to him.

That’s why it was questionable. Why on earth, why do those two react to me like a harem heroine?

‘They both fell for me…… There is no way.’

It can’t be. It was an absurd delusion. So convinced, I vigorously shook my head.

My relationship with Kang Ha-neul lasted less than 15 days at most. My relationship with Ji Ye-won is at most one month. What on earth could two people fall for me in that short period of time? Of course, I rescued each of them from the crisis that confronted them, but does it make sense to have a crush on someone you don’t even know about because you’ve only been ‘saved’ once?

It’s not even a novel.

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No, damn it. It’s a novel

Yes, this world was a world in a novel. And in novels, at least in the genre of web novels, which became the matrix of this world, it was very common for a female character to have love after being saved once.

And Kang Ha-neul and Ji Ye-won are female characters in the novel.

‘Let’s go back slowly and calmly.’

I slowly looked back at the actions and reactions the two of them had shown me.

I know. He was well aware of how unsightly it was to be excited about someone’s crush on him, even though he hadn’t directly confessed to it. Knowing this, I analyzed the situation as calmly as possible.

‘…… It’s ambiguous.’

It was ambiguous. That was the conclusion. It is true that the two of them formed a close relationship with me in the process of resolving a case involving the two, but is there a rational affinity for that relationship? If you ask me, well, let’s come.

First of all, Ji Ye-won. It was true that Ji Ye-won and I were open about our feelings after the conversation we had in our room the other day. However, it was a relationship as a friend or a trusted colleague, but there was never love in it. At least I thought so.

On the other hand, the same goes for Kang Ha-neul. Although she was very kind to me, she was only within the scope of a good-natured female junior or her younger sister. Just because she only calls me oppa and treats me friendly doesn’t that mean she has a crush on me. I wasn’t someone who confuses courtesy and courtesy like an old school student.

…… At least I thought so.

By the way.

“The pre-dinner bread is served.”

“…… Hey. You must have asked for it through another employee, right?”

“Unfortunately, it’s a busy time, so everyone is busy.”

“There are two employees at the counter talking over and over again?”

“It’s been a while since I’ve been working here. It’s hard for me to hand over my work to my seniors.”

“Isn’t that the customer’s request? How can I formally file a claim?”

“I can’t do much if you say that even after I explained the situation. That’s a big deal. If I get fired, I’ll have to find another part-time job, but I don’t know what to do with living expenses in the meantime……. At that time, I have no choice but to owe something to a kind neighbor, right?”

“Poetry, do you wear them? What is that-“

“There is a deep exchange with Soohorang. Since we are next door to each other, we eat dinner together or go to the supermarket together. Oh, I even rented a bathroom once before.”

“Yo, the bathroom?!”

“Ah, wasn’t it borrowed? The two of us went in together, but it’s a bit harsh to say that we borrowed it, right?”

“Go, go, go, go, go???”

‘But why are you guys filming a catfight scene in a f*cking third-rate light novel in front of me…? ….’

In my mind, I wanted to ask why are you like this, or if you like me, but how could I?

Anyway. No, with a high probability, those two will not have a rational crush on me. In the meantime, what would happen if you asked me a question like that? As soon as the atmosphere cools down, the friendships and nabbals that have been built up so far will all fall apart. In a relationship with the opposite s*x, a man couldn’t ask a question like “Do you like me?” And I was in the middle of denying the possibility that the two of them had romantic feelings for me, let alone certainty.

Anyway. The relationship between the two was very important to me, who somehow had to see the ending of this world. I couldn’t risk ruining the relationship because of one unlikely possibility.

I didn’t.

“Brother? What do you mean we went into the bathroom together? I hope the two of you are like that…….”

“What? What. You talked about it as if you were in a relationship a while ago, but it seems that the two of you are still like that?”

“Brother! Are you really just neighbors with this woman?!”

“How long are you going to keep your mouth shut? Can you explain a little bit?”

“Answer me. Brother! Yes?!”

“I know roughly what the situation is, but tell me with your own words. What’s your relationship with him?”

“…… Hey. Both of you are meeting for the first time almost today, so why are you so anxious to eat each other?”

The two of them constantly reacting like heroines, it’s like they’re bringing the obvious truth right in front of their eyes.

“It feels like you’re looking at an obsessive girlfriend.”

I decided to take a bit of a risk and try the two.

“What?”

“Yes?”

The exclamations of the two overlap. Kang Ha-neul and Ji Ye-won asked what that meant and put on a bewildered expression.

Awkward silence.

“Ha.”

“Ahahahaha…”

Soon, the two shook their heads at the same time as if they were dumbfounded.

“…… What? What did you eat wrong? What’s your girlfriend There’s even kimchi soup.”

“Brother. You said that just as a joke, right? How long has it been since we met…….”

Yewon Ji said her goosebumps were rising, and she rubbed her hand on her forearm. As if embarrassed by her river sky, she awkwardly twisted her hair on the side. Neither said it outright, but from the way he spoke, it seemed like he was talking to me.

Don’t get me wrong. Who would like to follow you?

“…… Great.”

However, Ye-Won Ji’s appearance and avoiding her eyes as if she were shy, even her ears turned red at once.

“Whoops. Puh….”

Seeing Kang Ha-neul gently lowering his gaze and letting out a strangely pleasant smile.

‘What the f*ck.’

The possibility, which he denied many times saying that it couldn’t be, soon began to gain strange persuasion.

‘…… Probability is f*cking f*cked.’

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