The Academy’s Time Limit in a Novel Written by a Friend

21 – Episode 21 Reversal.(2)

Another day has dawned.

When I came out of the locker room after changing into a school uniform, Hani Kang, who hadn’t even gotten out of the blanket, let alone prepared for what was going on, stared blankly at me.

“…What are you doing?”

“What are you doing?”

We stared blankly at each other, like creatures unable to understand each other.

Kang Hani usually wakes up earlier than me and finishes all preparations.

No matter how much I do, I don’t wear men’s clothing when I sleep, and I have no choice but to wake up earlier than I do and get ready.

Ah, for reference, in the original work, there is an episode in which Lilac, who always wakes up first, gets upset, says she will wake up first, but then calls her a cub that she doesn’t like because both of them can’t sleep.

Me? In the first place, when I sleep, I don’t even look up to the top of the bunk bed.

No, even when it’s not the time to sleep, I tend not to look at him on the bed.

If there is one mistake in a matter of hours and you see something you shouldn’t have seen, isn’t it possible that our roommate relationship, which we built up just barely, will become a servant and a transvestite woman whose jaws are sealed by brutal violence.

Anyway, that’s why I didn’t even know I was in my room today.

I thought he just didn’t wake up and prepared himself.

It seems that I was awakened by the sound of changing clothes, but I was wrapped in a blanket as if I hadn’t even wrapped myself in a bandage.

After staring blankly at each other for a while, it was Kang Hani who came to his senses first.

She smiled and pulled out her hand from under the blanket and shook it.

“Hey, I overslept. You shouldn’t be late, so go first.”

“Huh?”

“No~ I’m sorry if you’re late for no reason. I’ll be there soon. Go from you~”

What is it? I think I’m joking about something. I don’t know what kind of joke it is.

“Then let’s go…?”

It’s embarrassing, but if you drag it out for more time, you’ll get really late.

Well, he’s a physical superman, so he’s sure to run well on his own.

It was only when I left the room, went down the stairs, and left the entrance to the dormitory that I was on my way to school before I realized something.

Yes.

The way to school is so quiet.

There was no human shadow.

The fact that the road to school, which should normally be rather noisy and crowded with lively students, was quiet without a single person was enough to make me feel a sense of alienation.

Is it a villain’s move that I don’t know about, or is it a precursor to an incident that exploded without me knowing?

No, no.

Yes.

Students do not go to school on Saturdays.

It was because he lived a life without holidays due to long part-time jobs and labor.

Fuck.

Now I could understand why Kang Hani was smiling.

Bad girl.

I think it’s completely my fault for being misunderstood, but anyway, since I feel so unfair, I can say that this is half of Hani Kang’s fault for not kindly correcting the misunderstanding.

“Hey!”

With such legitimate anger in my heart, I sprinted up to the dormitory and opened the door, and Kang Hani, dressed in men’s clothes of course, greeted me.

“hahahaha, ahahahaha. I really don’t know the end of this! How far have you gone? Judging by the time, it looks like you haven’t made it to the school gate?”

“The road to school is so quiet, who is going all the way there!”

“Normally you don’t even think about going to the academy on Saturday unless you’re doing a special activity?”

Damn it.

I had nothing to refute because I cowardly competed with facts.

“Ah, why are you doing so cute? If it was a little later, I would have prepared breakfast. Hey.”

“Huh? Morning?”

Basically, the academy dormitory does not provide breakfast.

It is common to go to the student cafeteria when I have a bit of free time, or to make simple bread, but to my surprise, Hani Kang was cooking.

Huh? If you have a fire, why do you think there is a cooking facility in each dorm room?

-But I can’t stand homemade food prepared by a woman dressed as a man.

Now, these were the actual remarks made by the original author. Land land land.

It is a part that I personally sympathize with a little bit. I can’t stand homemade food.

For your information, in the original work, Lilac was initially too likable, so he had a chance to eat homemade dishes only after summer vacation started.

“You were going to buy it anyway. Since it’s the weekend, I have time, so I’ll make it.”

“Oh, yes, but what about the ingredients?”

“I bought it at the mart on the way home yesterday. It still takes a little longer, so take it easy~ Stop changing your school uniform. Ahhh, it’s really terribly funny.”

Shiba. I was obviously very resentful of something, but I couldn’t argue with a kid who was young and even cooked for me.

You’ve already lost, but the moment you argue, you’ll feel a greater sense of defeat.

As soon as I came out, I was greeted with a familiar scent.

Soybean paste stew, fried eggs, grilled canned ham and kimchi, and even white rice, the root of Koreans, were truly Korean-style meals.

“It’s breakfast, so I prepared it simply.”

Well? A meal with stew is not a simple meal by my standards.

When I ate the stew, I was moved by the savory and salty taste of soybean paste.

It was because it was the first time I had a home-cooked meal made by someone since the omurice made by Professor Cathy.

Especially, because I had eaten soybean paste stew for a really long time before I possessed it, I felt that the mild taste was very delicious compared to the dish I bought.

“Yes, eat a lot. It must have been hard working out in the morning. Hi-Hi.”

Ah, soybean paste stew has potatoes in it.

In the original film, there was a scene in which Lilac was surprised that potatoes were added to the stew, but experiencing it in person gave me a new feeling.

“Is it delicious?”

“Uh, your girlfriend will like you later.”

“Huh?”

“It’s said that men who are good at cooking are popular these days.”

“Oh, yes. That’s the sound But you’re good at cooking with some kind of stew and grilled spam, Mane-ya~”

“Originally, it is said that skills come out of simple dishes like this.”

“That’s right.”

As I moved the spoon while having a non-poemful conversation, my stomach was quite full before I knew it.

It was a satisfying breakfast.

“I will wash the dishes.”

“It’s okay. I did the cooking, so I will do it.”

“Hey, how do you get something to eat and even wash the dishes? Because I do it.”

“What do friends care about? If you’re really sorry, think about what you’re going to do now.”

Huh?

What do you mean?

You mean it sounds like you’re going to do the same thing with me after today?

We got along well after entering the dormitory early, but we never went out together.

“Where are we supposed to go today?”

“Oh, that’s not true. That, the kids at the academy said that.”

“Hmm.”

As I nodded her head to suggest that she continue, Hani, who blushed a little, hesitantly hesitated before opening her mouth as if determined.

“I’m going to play with the kids this weekend, so I thought about it when I heard that. Yes?”

“…Isn’t it?”

Well, since it’s a preliminary hero, it’s something to do, but after all, cadets are still children.

Of course, I should hang out with friends of the same age and relieve stress on the weekends.

“So I want to go play with you.”

That, Haniya. Usually, then, isn’t it the order to make an appointment?

As I looked at it, Hani added a word as if making an excuse.

“Well, actually, I didn’t have any friends before coming to the academy. Since you were the first friend I made, I wanted to go out with you at first.”

Oh, it’s cute.

It’s actually cute because you know it’s a woman, but if you listened to it thinking it was a man, it would have been quite strange.

“Oh, or do you have an appointment today?”

Hani, who seemed shy but in a good mood until just now, lost her senses in an instant, perhaps because she remembered what had happened.

It’s not a promise, originally, I was going to go to the gym today.

“No, I was going to go to the gym, but it’s okay to take a day off.”

I don’t know if you can say that true celebrants lose muscle, but I’m not to that extent.

It must have been a little difficult tomorrow because I had plans, but today I had no plans other than training, and in return for a hearty breakfast, I was able to grant the simple wish of going out with friends.

It’s nothing else, it’s pitiful that you haven’t had any friends in your life.

…Actually, when I set him up, I felt a sense of responsibility because I said what it would be like if I put in the setting that he had no friends because he couldn’t completely lose his friendship with the main character even if he disliked it in the beginning.

That’s right, I’ll make you a lot of friends! Sorry!

*

Where do you usually go when you play with the heroine in a novel (kill the victim before you become a victim)?

Well, maybe go to a karaoke bar or something like a bowling or archery cafe, though you haven’t done much?

Fortunately, there were many places around the academy that were well equipped with such amusement facilities.

Now, as you may have guessed, we are now in a place that is quite far from that youthful space.

“It’s a kendo hall.”

It is also an old-fashioned kendo hall with no people at all.

What is it? Does that mean you’re going to fucking trample on the fucking yang school and make me regret calling you a friend?

“T-Hanhee, did you mean that you were the only one playing and I was a punching bag? Then I think I will be very disappointed in you.”

“Huh? Oh, is it bad? Actually, I’ve never played with friends before. I came because I thought it would be nice to show what I am most confident about.”

Surprisingly, it seems that the location was chosen without malice.

“Hmm, kendo isn’t bad either, but let’s do something else today?”

In the first place, you shouldn’t carelessly look at your family’s arcane swordsmanship. Fuck.

Of course, I wouldn’t intend to show it, but he was a character that I could show off enough when I was excited.

And even if that wasn’t the case, as the creator’s friend and at the same time as Hani’s first friend, I had an obligation to help him avoid having to end up with social phobia by laughing at him when he went out with other friends.

“Don’t do that, let’s go to karaoke”

“Karaoke? Can anyone go? I’ve never been there.”

Well? First of all, I’ve never seen in a set book that you have to pass a qualification test to get the qualification to use karaoke, so it’s okay.

No matter how crazy the world is, there are no such rules.

“Are you okay?”

“Why are the answers interrogative? Have you ever been there too?”

“Eh.”

I’ve never been here before.

“Huh!? Really?”

“Well, I heard you haven’t been there either.”

“I like it. Because the two of us are new to each other. We have a lot in common.”

Hey, Shiva. Don’t say that The expression is a bit like that.

“Oh, let’s go in there.”

It was clear that Kang Hani didn’t know what karaoke was.

At least if you knew, you wouldn’t try to drag someone to the third floor of a suspicious building just because the pink signboard said karaoke.

“Hey, that’s not karaoke.”

“Huh? Does it say karaoke?”

“No, no way. The place we are going to is a place with a much healthier and more beautiful culture called coin karaoke.”

No, why the hell is there such a thing near the academy in the first place?

First of all, I took Hani who agreed and went to a suitable karaoke room.

I wondered if there were any songs I knew, but fortunately there were all the songs that were there, and we sang so that our throats would burst that day.

I wonder if it was a little too much that I burned my vocal cords white as I strengthened them, but it would be okay since it was fun.

Those who originally went to a karaoke room have to deal with singing with sincerity, worrying about vocal chords is tomorrow’s me.

*

Kim Ga-eul was in a rather gloomy mood on a weekend that should have been fun.

Abusive language from people I had never seen came to my smartphone messenger, and the number of blocked numbers increased.

It was fortunate that I ignored the things called friends and contacted the boys I followed, and the placenta couldn’t enjoy the weekend because the swear words returned.

Everything was going smoothly when I entered the academy and made good friends by using my talents, and even when I got some nice kids.

Is it the problem that you are not satisfied with your longing?

Or was it the problem of sacrificing someone to get a position?

Maybe both.

Suddenly, while looking at my smartphone where swear words are accumulating in real time, I suddenly remembered a certain person.

“…Wouldn’t he be cursing if I contacted Jinta?”

Indeed, Chinta. No, Kang So-hyun didn’t know why, but she didn’t seem to think much of herself.

She sometimes looked at herself as if she felt sorry for her, and sometimes sighed as if she was displeased, but she always answered every time she spoke to her.

I felt resentful, but thinking about it calmly, there was no such thing as division qualifications.

She hesitated, and the moment she opened her smartphone, she realized something and had to nervously turn it off again.

“I don’t know your Jjinta number.”

Yes.

In the first place, we weren’t even close, so there was no way there was a number or something.

“No, what a pity. I just thought of it once. Yeah, if you get close to the younger ones, they might step in and mediate with the kids. It’s just like that.”

What are you doing now?

Do you have any friends to hang out with on the weekend?

Without…

“…Would you come out if I contacted you?”

Crazy.

Trying to text the bully.

It must have been that he was out of his mind.

“…Let’s ask on Monday.”

Really.

It was obviously crazy.