6 – If you run away and come to a fork in the road, where will you go left or right?

“If you run away and come to a fork in the road, where will you go left or right?”

After checking the revisions in the draft of the article and handing them over, Ina suddenly asked a question. Soon after, he starts looking at me with both index fingers pointing to the left and right. It’s a funny pose.

“What are you doing?”

“Being a beacon and asking for answers.”

“Is that so?”

It looks like he’s waiting for my porridge, but he looks funny so I decided to stay still.

Anyway, it seems that the time for strange questions has arrived today as usual. This question was not particularly meaningful. What is this question for?

I asked Ina who became the signpost.

“What kind of psychological test is this? What kind of person are you who chose the left side, something like this?”

“No? Are you just asking out of curiosity?”

Blinking at her bewildered face.

“Maybe I’m just wondering where I’m going to run?”

“Of course. Maybe I’ll come after you later, right?”

“I think it won’t happen anyway.”

And I hope it doesn’t happen if possible.

Well, that’s it. Ina never misses a fish that bites her bait. It would be better to think of an answer than to waste time on empty words.

However, the explanation of the situation was insufficient to give an answer. It’s hard to come up with a good answer when you ask a question like this. Shall I ask for more detailed information?

“What are you running away from in the first place?”

“I didn’t think of that.”

“Then think about it now.”

“Um~ from something that interferes with our relationship?”

“We are just classmates.”

“Should I run away from the 3rd grade then? How is the pay?”

“Wouldn’t half of the class stay the same if you missed it? …… No, not this one.”

In an instant, I fell into Samcheonpo.

“So why are you running away?”

Ina answered out of the state of the sign.

“Actually, why you run away is not a very important factor. Today, it’s more like a quiz than a question, so to speak.”

“Quiz?”

“Yes. Quiz. Given that there is a fork in the road that goes left and right, it is a matter of which way is more advantageous to run away from.”

Then she ran her fingers over her lips.

“I won’t kiss you even if you hit me this time. Because it hasn’t even been a month yet.”

“That is very, very unfortunate.”

She answered the teasing words appropriately and let them pass.

I think about the problem that Ina raised for a moment.

I think it will be divided depending on whether the person following goes left or right. Is there a reason why one of the two is advantageous?

Well, well.

“How is it? Is it difficult?”

Whoop whoop. Ina smiled with a confident face.

“I don’t know.”

When she frankly declared surrender, she happily shrugged her shoulders several times. Since she is doing this, she is like a child showing off the knowledge she has learned from books to her parents. She barely managed to keep the corners of her mouth from rising.

“Listen. Don’t they say that people who run away tend to run to the right?”

“There is such a thing.”

Most people in this world are right-handed. I heard that right-handed people often choose right when the moment of choice comes. This is probably why you usually turn to the right when avoiding someone approaching you in the hallway.

“But I mean. Is this really true?”

“There is no reason to spread false information, so it must be true.”

Then he shakes his head. Are you saying it’s not?

“Think about it.”

Ina turned her face towards me. As I was sitting, I pulled my head out.

“Let’s say people usually go to the left when they run away. But what if, as we know, common sense that ‘people usually run to the right’ is widespread?”

“Who spreads it?”

“…… A policeman?”

“I don’t think a policeman would do such a useless thing.”

Irrespective of my point, Ina continued to talk behind her back.

“Anyway, people who don’t know this story will follow the original trend and run to the left, right?”

“Well, that’s right.”

“Then what about the people who have heard of it the other way around? You would think that the person chasing you would go to the right. So you will run away to the left.”

After her explanation, Ina catches her breath.

She pressed her temples and reflected on Ina’s words.

It’s complicated to say, but to sum it up, it’s like this.

“You’re spreading such nonsense to increase the odds of a runaway running to the left?”

Ina nodded her head. Well, after hearing it, it wasn’t a story that made no sense.

I thought so, but Ina looked straight at me.

“―I was imagining that the same thing might be happening.”

“It was a conspiracy theory after all.”

“Tell me you have a great imagination.”

Cook-Cook. Ina smiled quietly. At that sight, she inadvertently laughed at me too. Okay. Seriously, I was wrong. Ina’s words were originally meant to be half-wayed.

… ….

“So what was your intention in asking this question?”

Asked while scratching her head.

Ina asks strange questions every day. But so far, the questions have hidden their own intentions. To tease and embarrass me, most of the same trivial reasons.

However, I couldn’t get my head around today’s question.

“That… ….”

“That?”

As she urged her to answer, Ina picked up the paper she had returned earlier. Her gaze was directed towards the distance.

“I can’t write, but… ….”

Then he picked up a piece of paper and covered it up to the bottom of her eyes.

“It was to let you know that I am not an idiot.”

Ina’s face slowly turned vermilion as she murmured an answer. Her hand holding the paper was also trembling slightly.

“…… I’m kidding?”

“I mean it.”

She looks at me with a frown on her face.

I can tell just by looking around my eyes. Now Ina has a sullen face. She may be puffing her cheeks.

“Poop.”

Unable to bear it, I burst out laughing at her.

“Why are you laughing?”

Inna put her paper down and huffed. Again, the cheeks were inflated. It’s the first time I’ve seen him so angry.

Well, I know that I am not an idiot. She has better grades than I do. It’s not even comparable to mine. Unlike me, who is in the middle except for Korean, it’s to the point where I’m competing for all schools in all subjects.

There’s no reason to misunderstand that you’re an idiot for something like this.

“Do you hate being misunderstood as an idiot by me?”

I spoke only after the laughter stopped.

Ina stares straight at me to see if she has no intention of hiding her sullen face. Not scary at all

How long has it been? She seldom opened her mouth before letting out a deep sigh. She then turned her head and opened her mouth.

“Wanting only to show a good side to someone special is a woman’s heart, isn’t it?”

…… What?

She froze at Ina’s words. No, she was a horse that could only be frozen. Anyone will be the same. That’s right, the word special person is like Ina calling me…….

I caught her flustered heart and brought up the question I asked earlier.

“…… I’m kidding?”

Inna turned her head to me.

“Huh.”

Then sulkily, sticking out her tongue.

“I won’t tell you. You idiot.”

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