Possessed an Academy Security Guard

72 – 072. Even white lies are lies after all

I had a dream.

In a hazy consciousness, he ruminates on the contents. But it doesn’t come to mind Dreams are always like that. Even the most vivid dreams tend to fade by the time you wake up. I just guessed that the strangely bitter aftertaste was not a good dream at all.

What I do remember is the fragmentary elements. There was only the excited moaning sound, the weak vibration transmitted through the cheek lying on the floor, and the intense feeling that pierced the chest.

However, that soon disappears beyond consciousness. In the consciousness that constantly rises and sinks, ambiguous memories scatter and disappear like sand swept away by waves.

Ephemerally. To no avail. It goes away.

Without even a moment to feel sorry for it, consciousness sinks back to the depths of the surface of the water. In a pitch-black world where nothing can be seen, heard, or felt, the boundary between the consciousness of the country gradually collapses and only complete silence flows.

“…… Ah. …… Listen? …… Look.”

I frowned at the sudden noise that cut through the silence.

“Ehh.”

“…… Increase? …… Is it a country?”

Consciousness gradually resurfaces due to external stimuli. With the rise of consciousness, the senses that were asleep are awakened. Then came a throbbing headache.

“Ugh, ugh… ….”

It was a familiar headache that I had experienced several times. What is this Yes, the hangover the day after drinking a lot of alcohol was exactly like this.

‘…… Had I been drinking?’

I could feel the strong scent of alcohol in the breath I exhaled through my mouth. Okay. I must have been drinking.

‘…… Why did I drink?’

In the middle of a throbbing headache, I piece together the puzzles of my scattered memories one by one. However, because of the headache, the process is sluggish.

“Heaven. Are you okay? Can it happen?”

“Ehh…… ?”

Someone shook me and kept calling my name noisily. Slowly, annoyance rises. My head is already hurting to death, but I can’t concentrate.

“Ugh, be quiet. Because it will happen now…….”

He lifted his heavy eyelids slightly annoyed. A bright light blinded me. In the middle of the light, there was a man looking down at me with a shadowy face.

The moment he saw that face, his foggy mind cleared up a bit.

“Su, Suho oppa?”

What is it? Why is my brother here?

“Woke up. Are you okay? Are you not sick?”

At those words, I suddenly came to my senses and got up.

Now then.

– Piing.

“Ugh.”

As I frowned at the dizziness that came right after, Suho oppa looked at me with a worried expression.

It was only then that I was looking at that face, and various memories began to come to my mind. That’s right. I went to Ye Ji-won’s house yesterday and had a drink. I’m sure we were talking about this and that, then we played the game of truth…….

“Ah… ….”

I can’t. I don’t remember at all. As if the whole brain had been cut out, nothing came to mind from the middle. How much did you drink?

“You must have a bad hangover. I bought a hangover cure from a convenience store, would you like that?”

“No. Are you okay. If you just activate the ability like this hangover…….”

It will disappear completely. I immediately activated my psychic powers. The black hair that obscures the view is dyed sky blue.

However.

“Whoa!”

The hangover did not go away. Rather, it seemed to have gotten worse. It was strange. Obviously, the state of the avatar and the state of the main body will not be shared…….

‘Ah, I drank alcohol yesterday even as an avatar.’

Belatedly, I realized the circumstances. Avatar abilities were closer to substitution or substitution than transformation. Calling a separate body called an avatar that exists somewhere other than reality and replacing it with the real body. That was the ability that I, the character Kang Ha-neul, had.

Because of this, if the avatar is severely damaged, the ability cannot be activated until the damage is restored to some extent. Even if the damage is recovered, the aftereffects remain on the avatar for a while. This intoxication must also be like that. Even if it takes on a different form, this intoxication will not go away. Even if it’s a different form, there is only one avatar body that will eventually be replaced with the main body.

It was a bit strange that the avatar had a hangover like this even though its resilience was superior to that of the main body, but it was probably because she drank a lot while in the avatar state.

“Me, brother. I think I need a hangover cure…….”

As I said that while unlocking my abilities, Suho oppa brought me a small bottle with a bitter face. I emptied the bottle in one go.

As the cool liquid flowed down my throat, the headache seemed to go away for a bit.

Only then did I look around. The room where they had a drinking party yesterday had been cleaned up, and Ye Ji-won, the owner of the room, was busy making something in the kitchen. There was no appearance of vegetable yeon.

“Vegetable smoke…… Where has your sister gone?”

“I am washing in the next room.”

“Oh, that’s right. My brother and Jiwon are neighbors with her sister… ….”

At that moment, out of a sudden question, I asked Suho oppa.

“That brother. By any chance, brother, where did you sleep last night?”

“Me? I slept in my room.”

“Then, what about Jiwon?”

“He slept here with you guys.”

It was an immediate answer without the slightest hesitation. It was a long-awaited answer, but the lack of hesitation was a bit unsettling.

‘Ye Ji-won slept with us?’

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Looking back, I couldn’t remember that part. I can’t even remember how I fell asleep in the first place, how can I remember other people’s work. The oldest memory that I can remember is the memory of Ye Ji-won and I drinking punishment wine while glaring at each other.

‘…… For a moment. Then did I reach out before Ye Ji-won?’

I looked at Ye Ji-won’s back as she was cooking in the kitchen. At first glance, he looked much better than I did, and he didn’t seem to feel a hangover. Just by looking at her, it was clear who stretched out first at the drinking party yesterday.

Anxiety started creeping up. There must be a gap between my last memory and my sleep exhausted from drinking. In the meantime, maybe I did something wrong. It was unsettling

Yes.

For example, I confessed that I like my brother without knowing it because I was drunk.

‘There are plenty of possibilities.’

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Let’s make a simple assumption. What if, during the game of truth, Ye Ji-won fell unconscious in front of her eyes? I would have asked her unconditionally if she liked her brother, her guardian. Because she attended the drinking party yesterday for the purpose of interrogating her in the first place.

And it was probably the same for Ye Ji-won. The reason she allowed me to attend must have been to question my relationship with her guardian brother. Then, if she asked me, drunk during the truth game, if Ye Ji-won likes her brother, and if I answered yes to that…… ?

‘No way… ….’

I sincerely hoped that such a situation would not happen.

I have already made several plans for how to confess my feelings to her guardian brother. And, of course, there was no plan to confess while drunk. At least if the two of you are drinking alone, what is the worst confession than announcing that you like drinking in front of everyone else?

“Me, brother…… ?”

But judging from the circumstances, it seemed quite possible that I might have made that worst confession. I looked up at Suho oppa with a worried face.

“Didn’t I make a mistake yesterday?”

“A mistake? Well? There was nothing wrong with it.”

An immediate answer this time too. I closely watched the change in my brother’s expression, but his face remained unconcerned. As if there really was no mistake.

‘Really? Or is it acting?’

But I became even more anxious. It was not a logical anxiety. I was just anxious. It was anxiety, as if I had forgotten something important, as if I had forgotten something I shouldn’t have forgotten.

‘Please. Wouldn’t it? It won’t be. It shouldn’t be.’

I prayed and prayed desperately. I tried to think positively. However, an uneasy assumption flashes through my mind.

Perhaps I confessed my feelings without even remembering, and was rejected.

As soon as such an uneasy family passed through my mind, my voice naturally began to tremble.

“Did anything really happen?”

“…… That’s because there wasn’t.”

A slight hesitation was evident just before the answer.

It seemed like irritation or annoyance for repeating the same thing over and over again, or remorse for lying to me.

“Heaven. Would you like to go next to Soyeon and call her?”

At that time, Ye Ji-won, who had been silent for a while, spoke to me. As if I cut my question in the middle.

“The cooking is almost done, so tell me to come over here. Because I can’t send Suho.”

“Ugh. Yes yes… ….”

After answering in a haphazard manner, I made my way to the front door. However, my mind was still full of anxiety and doubt.

The anxiety continued even after that. The four of us had breakfast, washed up in Ye Ji-won’s room, and I, Su-ho, and Chae-yeon headed to the academy. The two go to work and I go back to the dormitory.

“Anyway, the sky is you. Did you stay out without permission yesterday? Then, will you be penalized now?”

“…… Ah. Yes, it is.”

I answered Chae So-yeon’s question with a rough nod. Even the penalty points were fine. The most important thing to me now was what the hell happened last night, which I can’t remember.

I looked up at Suho oppa in silence. Similarly, he, who was walking silently, glanced down at me. A friendly smile crept across his lips.

“Why? Do you have something to say Why did I become small?”

“No, that’s not it…”

Certainly, the vegetable lotion was 20 cm smaller than yesterday. Of course, I already knew from Suho oppa that it was a side effect of my superpower.

Just what I’m curious about…….

“Maybe… ….”

“Maybe?”

“Could you tell me what happened yesterday until I fell asleep?”

“You don’t remember anything?”

“Yes. I remember well…….”

“…… Okay?”

At my answer, Suho oppa let out a deep voice. The expression on his face looking at the distant mountains seemed vague.

“Nothing happened. Chae-yeon continued to catch the questioner, but she fell asleep drunk on her own, and soon after, you also fell asleep drunk because of the punishment. Maybe he fell asleep because he was relaxed? You drank quite a bit too.”

“What next?”

“The two of us fell asleep, so we organized the drinking party. The two of us, Ye Ji-won and I, roughly arranged the table, then slept in our respective rooms.”

Is that really the end? I wanted to ask that question, but Suho oppa just looked straight ahead without making eye contact with me.

‘…… Okay. Let’s see if that’s really the end.’

It seems that the situation we feared did not happen. In fact, he said that he was just sleeping without a big deal. Thinking so, she felt her heart lighten a little.

…… It’s a little embarrassing though.

“Right. Sky Can you give me some time soon?”

Suho oppa suddenly said that to me. As if trying to divert my attention elsewhere.

“Time? When is it convenient for you?”

“Just in the evening or on weekends when you are comfortable? I have something to tell you.”

“Hey, Kiyo…… ?”

“Yes. I wanted to ask about what happened in the double dungeon the other day. That’s your ability That, other than Avatar abilities, other abilities.”

“Ah.”

Come to think of it, I have to explain about the cherry blossoms of love. I asked the fact that came up belatedly.

“Then how about this weekend?”

“Saturday is the weekend?”

“Brother, when are you comfortable?”

“…… On Saturday, I’ll probably have work. Let’s meet on sunday somewhere quiet.”

“Yes. So, let’s decide the location gradually. I’ll let you know it’s Sunday.”

“Yes.”

Until the conversation was over, Suho oppa never looked back.

As if you were deliberately avoiding my gaze. As if there was something to be sorry about.

“… ….”

At that attitude, the anxiety that I had tried to suppress began to creep up again.

***

“Hello! Good morning everyone!”

Entering the office, Chae-yeon shouted cheerfully. No hangover at all.

After checking her work schedule for the day hanging on one side of the wall, Chaeyeon walked excitedly toward the kitchen. As soon as she got to work, she said she would start with coffee and cookies, but she seemed to really want to.

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Looking at her from the back like that, Lee Tae-ho let out a deep sigh.

“…… Still, looking at the work schedule, is it a great improvement?”

His empty murmur resonated hollowly through the office. Leaving him behind, I headed straight to the team leader’s office.

– Smart.

“I will go in.”

When I opened the door and entered, Chaeryeong Min was sitting in her seat waiting for me.

– Misread.

In his hand was a square-shaped piece of chocolate with the wrapping paper torn in half. Misguided. A small sound echoed through the crackling of the chocolate in her mouth.

“What kind of chocolate is this?”

“I’m the type to relieve stress with something sweet.”

“Anything to get stressed about?”

“I don’t have it yet, but I think it will happen from now on.”

Min Chae-ryeong narrowed her eyes and held out a piece of chocolate.

“Do you want to eat too?”

“I’m fine.”

I answered immediately and sat down on the reception sofa in one corner of the team leader’s office. It was the posture of facing the right flank to Min Chaeryeong. She then turned her body sideways, her elbows resting on her knees and her hands gently clasped together. Even empty words can’t be said to be polite.

But neither I nor Min Chaeryeong paid attention to such trivial manners.

“Team manager. Let’s talk about us.”

“…… Okay.”

– Misread.

The sound of chocolate shattering came from her mouth again.