Chapter 48: Kim Noeul vs. Je Galyeonhwa

Je Galyeonhwa had already decided on her opponent since the fight started.

Je Galyeonhwa nudged her younger sister, who was standing awkwardly next to her.

“Rin, you were badly beaten by Kim Noeul, right?”

“…Yeah.”

Je Galhwarin had a proud expression, but she didn’t express her displeasure beyond that. This was because the moment she expressed it, her sister’s education would begin.

“Then, in fact, my opponent is Kim Noeul.”

Je Galyeonhwa muttered, looking around at the scenery.

Lee Jihye had already run off, distracted by Han Doa, and there were no other notable names.

“Actually, I’ve been interested in her for a while, so this is a good thing. She’s the woman who’s with Maru the most.”

Je Galyeonhwa seemed quite satisfied that her opponent was Kim Noeul.

Je Galhwarin was secretly gleeful as she saw her sister’s nasty tendencies re-emerge.

‘Kim Noeul, that b*tch, it’ll be hard for you to stop my sister once she gets started. I hope you get beaten up as much as possible….’

“What are you doing?”

“Huh?”

Je Galhwarin was dumbfounded when Je Galyeonhwa spoke to her.

“Go and fight now. Don’t dawdle here.”

“Ah, I understand.”

Je Galhwarin trudged into the battlefield and kicked a Haneul High School student, knocking her down. She kicked the fallen female student’s stomach several times, and the female student fainted.

Only after seeing Je Galhwarin fight properly did Je Galyeonhwa move.

Her walking was sophisticated, unfitting for the chaotic battlefield. Despite attracting enough attention, no student rashly approached her.

‘If I approach her, I’ll get hit.’

‘I should just fight according to my level.’

The students didn’t rush at her because they had heard of Je Galyeonhwa’s infamy.

Je Galyeonhwa sighed as no student tried to attack her while she was approaching Kim Noeul.

“I wanted to fight at least one idiot as a warm-up, but no one’s coming….”

Complaining, she stood in front of a woman standing still in the middle of the rotary, her long black hair fluttering.

There was no one next to that woman.

No, it wasn’t that there was no one. To be exact, there were no students standing on their feet.

There were many students lying around, and other students couldn’t dare to approach her.

“It seems like you’ve already had a fight before I came. Are you warmed up, Kim Noeul?”

“…Je Galyeonhwa.”

Kim Noeul pushed away the students who had fallen around her with her feet and narrowed the distance with Je Galyeonhwa.

When Kim Noeul was about to rush in immediately, Je Galyeonhwa raised her hand to stop her.

“Wait. It’s no fun to fight right away. I have a lot of things I want to ask you.”

“Can’t you read the atmosphere? Do you think this situation is funny?”

“Then should I be sad?”

Kim Noeul narrowed her brows as she looked at Je Galyeonhwa, who was giving an off-topic answer.

“You’re the type of person I hate the most. That attitude of harming others while acting like you’re not affected at all….”

Recalling her past and family history, Kim Noeul glared at Je Galyeonhwa as if she would kill her. Je Galyeonhwa smiled even as hostile gazes were fixed on her.

“It seems like a conversation is difficult.”

As soon as Je Galyeonhwa finished speaking, Kim Noeul’s threatening punch flew towards Je Galyeonhwa’s face.

Je Galyeonhwa dodged that punch with a simple ducking and threw a low kick towards her stomach. Kim Noeul lifted her leg and blocked that kick.

But when the low kick landed on her calf, Kim Noeul groaned in pain beyond what she expected.

“Keuk!”

“You have little experience. You’re thinking of blocking this.”

Je Galyeonhwa, who chuckled, punched Kim Noeul’s solar plexus, who was staggering. Kim Noeul gritted her teeth and fended off the incoming punch with her own punch.

Thwack!

Je Galyeonhwa frowned as her own punch futilely brushed through the air.

‘Was that really a punch?’

Je Galyeonhwa held her burning hand and widened the distance. Kim Noeul was shaking her leg as if she had pain in her calf.

‘With that level of pain from a punch that didn’t use her legs as leverage….’

Je Galyeonhwa licked her lips and revised her strategy.

Fighting head-on in infighting is a bad idea. If she allows Kim Noeul to land a clean hit even once, her chances of losing will increase.

“Kim Noeul, you fight like a bull unlike your appearance? You’re too rough, so it’s hard to handle you.”

“Don’t pretend to be relaxed. Your fist is trembling.”

“Then what about your leg? You won’t be able to throw a proper punch in the future, right?”

“Even if it’s not a proper punch….”

Kim Noeul endured the pain and walked towards Je Galyeonhwa.

“I can handle someone like you!”

Kim Noeul stretched out her fist in a straight path. Unlike before, Je Galyeonhwa didn’t duck, but took a back step and dodged backwards before throwing a kick.

Kim Noeul calmly blocked that kick with her other arm and threw a punch again.

This time as well, Je Galyeonhwa widened the distance to dodge before attempting a front kick.

‘I can block it enough.’

As Kim Noeul took a defensive stance, Je Galyeonhwa’s ankle rotated. Kim Noeul’s eyes widened.

‘This is…!’

Je Galyeonhwa’s foot, which was on a front kick path, changed to a path towards a roundhouse kick. Kim Noeul hurriedly turned her face.

It was a roundhouse kick that landed on her cheek, but Kim Noeul turned her head to alleviate the impact.

Kim Noeul rubbed her tingling cheek and regained her balance. Je Galyeonhwa had a displeased expression, perhaps because her best attack didn’t work.

“What, you’re dealing with this well again. You’re like a beginner at times, and you’re like a veteran at others.”

“…I learned it thanks to your sister.”

Je Galyeonhwa’s feint just now was something Je Galhwarin also used. Kim Noeul was able to avoid being caught off guard thanks to her previous experience.

“You won’t be able to get up after today.”

“Heh heh, you’re saying interesting things. I didn’t think you were the type to provoke.”

Je Galyeonhwa made a nasal sound and stretched her arms straight out in front of her. It was an action that didn’t fit the tense current situation.

‘Shall I have some fun soon?’

Kim Noeul started first, so Je Galyeonhwa also started. Je Galyeonhwa’s bad habit, which Je Galhwarin had been thinking about, was triggered.

“First of all, I’ll ask the question I was going to ask earlier. What’s your relationship with Maru?”

“…What?”

Kim Noeul blinked as she heard an unexpected question. Je Galyeonhwa ignored Kim Noeul’s reaction and continued her question.

“Are you dating? Or are you just friends?”

“Why are you asking that?”

Je Galyeonhwa was even more excited and opened her mouth when Kim Noeul frowned but still answered obediently.

“Why am I asking? Of course, I’m asking because I’m interested in Maru.”

“……”

“Ah, but in fact, I don’t care about your answer.”

Je Galyeonhwa’s eyes curved like a crescent moon and she looked at the exam hall where Kim Maru would be.

“If you have no relationship with him, I’ll meet him once~. If you have a special relationship, I’ll take him away~.”

“……”

“To be honest, I’ve had my eye on him since I first saw him. He’s so adorably annoying that my lower half is itchy.”

“……”

“It’s my taste to make those kinds of kids obedient… I’m curious what kind of sounds he’ll make when he’s under me.”

Those words were the trigger.

Kim Noeul, who had been trembling while holding her breath, finally couldn’t hold back her anger and screamed.

“You…! You crossed the line…!”

In an instant, the distance between Kim Noeul and Je Galyeonhwa narrowed. Kim Noeul’s angry hook roughly swept past the place where Je Galyeonhwa was.

Je Galyeonhwa, who had cleanly dodged the hook with a weaving, rotated her body and threw a kick.

The kick containing rotational force landed on Kim Noeul’s side. Kim Noeul, regardless of that pain, tried to grab Je Galyeonhwa’s collar.

However, Kim Noeul’s simple action was easy to predict. Je Galyeonhwa dodged her grabbing technique again with ease and punched her side.

“Keuk!”

“You’re really like a beast.”

Je Galyeonhwa landed effective hits on Kim Noeul whenever there was a gap. To a third party, it seemed like Je Galyeonhwa was superior.

But Je Galyeonhwa was inwardly feeling embarrassed.

‘It feels like I’m walking on a thorny path.’

It was good that Kim Noeul’s actions had become simple, but her brutal punching power had also been strengthened.

Je Galyeonhwa’s heart was pounding every time Kim Noeul’s attack brushed past her.

‘I thought kids who relied on their physicality were my prey, but she’s a little different.’

Those who lack skill couldn’t stand up to Je Galyeonhwa, who had honed her technique, but that rule only applies at a general level.

After all, technique was developed to compensate for insufficient physicality, and Kim Noeul’s physicality was outside the normal range.

‘Calm down. She’ll get tired if I just buy time.’

Je Galyeonhwa thought so and calmly attempted effective hits. Kim Noeul was bruised all over her body, but she was still running wild like a bull.

Even though it felt like several minutes had passed, Kim Noeul chased Je Galyeonhwa’s movements with crazy eyes.

At this point, Je Galyeonhwa also started sweating.

‘I’m screwed.’

It was a pity that she didn’t have enough information about Kim Noeul. Her strength and endurance exceeded Je Galyeonhwa’s expectations.

On the contrary, Kim Noeul, who had fully absorbed the data called Je Galhwarin, gradually learned Je Galyeonhwa’s patterns as well.

Eventually, Kim Noeul, who succeeded in grabbing the ankle of Je Galyeonhwa, who was throwing a kick, breathed roughly and pulled Je Galyeonhwa.

“What!?”

Kim Noeul’s fist slammed into Je Galyeonhwa’s defenseless stomach, who had been pulled close.

“Keuhaak!”

Je Galyeonhwa, who spat and made a sound as her breath burst out, tried to rotate her body to pull out her ankle, but Kim Noeul simply fell on top of her and knocked her down to the ground.

“You!”

Ugh!

Kim Noeul’s fist hit Je Galyeonhwa’s face. Je Galyeonhwa’s high nose was distorted by the punch.

“Crossed!”

“Kyaaah!”

Kim Noeul’s elbow slammed into Je Galyeonhwa’s stomach. Je Galyeonhwa curled up like a shrimp and cried out in pain.

“The line!”

“Aaaaaak!”

Kim Noeul tried to headbutt Je Galyeonhwa’s face with her head. Je Galyeonhwa, whose vision turned white, gritted her teeth and roughly grabbed Kim Noeul’s chest.

“Kyaak!?”

As Kim Noeul’s posture collapsed from the pain, Je Galyeonhwa kicked Kim Noeul’s temple with her freed foot.

Je Galyeonhwa, who had escaped from Kim Noeul, who had fallen to the side, couldn’t maintain her balance properly and gasped for breath.

“Huff!…! I, I really thought I was going to die!”

Je Galyeonhwa kicked Kim Noeul’s stomach, who had fallen. Kim Noeul endured, curling up like Je Galyeonhwa had done.

Je Galyeonhwa didn’t stop and stepped on Kim Noeul.

“But there was a harvest!”

“Keuk!”

“How much you cherish Maru!”

“Ack!”

“My desire is burning even more!”

“”Grrrr…”

Je Galyeonhwa, who was tired of even stepping on her, knelt on the ground and looked down at Kim Noeul. Kim Noeul was trembling and biting her lip.

Even so, she glared at Je Galyeonhwa as if she would kill her.

That was a look that was looking for an opportunity.

If I approach Kim Noeul now, I’ll definitely get caught.

It’s over the moment I get caught.

The tired Je Galyeonhwa didn’t have the energy to escape from Kim Noeul’s grabbing technique.

But if I just stay still like this, the fight won’t end.

A subtle atmosphere flows between the two women.

One wants her to come closer, and the other hesitates to come closer.

“Hoo…. If you just stay down like that, I’m going to go to Maru?”

“……”

Even though she deliberately provoked her, Kim Noeul quietly gathered her breath and was still glaring at Je Galyeonhwa. Je Galyeonhwa bit her lip and frowned.

‘Ha, sh*t. I couldn’t subdue her properly, what a shame. There’s a reason why Rin was miserably defeated.’

But it was ridiculous that she was trying to resist Ojakgyo with just that much.

When she saw the movement to build an anti-Ojakgyo alliance, Je Galyeonhwa had highly evaluated Kim Noeul.

Since the leader of Ojakgyo is Alice, she thought she would have abilities comparable to Alice at least.

But when she opened it, she was able to handle it enough.

“Kim Noeul. Can you even properly protect Maru with that?”

“……”

“It’s not something I should say, since I was beaten by you, but Ojakgyo isn’t that easy to mess with. There are two b*tches on our side who can kill you halfway right now.”

“……”

“Just give up. I’m saying this for your sake. Surrender and live quietly until you graduate. Your boyfriend won’t see a good ending though.”

Je Galyeonhwa, who was smiling slightly, licked her tongue and continued.

“Of course, if I, as an executive, embrace him, he won’t see a bad ending. The provocation I gave you was almost sincere.”

“You damn b*tch…”

“Good reaction. Should I send you a videotape later?”

The students around them, who had been watching the two women’s war of nerves, started to look around.

In fact, the victory or defeat of this large-scale melee is determined by two fights.

Lee Jihye and Han Doa.

Kim Noeul and Je Galyeonhwa.

But there was no clear winner in either fight. So the students started to waver.

“Uh…. What happens now?”

“F, for now, Eun Yuri has to give instructions.”

Even in the midst of that, there were still groups who were continuing to fight.

Na Yuna, who was among the Haneul High School disciplinary department members, was busy shrinking her body and looking around.

‘No one has run at me so far, is it okay to end it like this?’

Perhaps because of her unique gloominess, no students paid attention to Na Yuna. Besides, the disciplinary department members fought well, so there was no need for Na Yuna to step in.

However, a chaotic battlefield always creates unexpected variables. A female student who succeeded in approaching Na Yuna, grabbed Na Yuna’s shoulder.

“I caught you, milk-girl!”

“Eek!”

Na Yuna wildly swung her arms and accidentally punched the female student’s neck.

“Guh! Cough cough!“

The destructive power created by Na Yuna’s massive body bewildered the female student.

“Yo, you crazy, b*tch…!”

“Uh…?”

Na Yuna, with a confused expression, gritted her teeth and started punching clumsily.

“E, eit! Die!”

The female student, who couldn’t block Na Yuna’s punch because of the pain she had been hit in the Adam’s apple, was beaten by Na Yuna and fell.

“Na Yuna, nice!”

A disciplinary department member who was nearby gave her a thumbs up. Na Yuna, thinking that she had been recognized, blushed and started looking for another opponent.

“I, I’m helpful too….”

She looked around with excitement, but soon shrunk again.

Unlike the clumsy female student from before, the fights that were happening near Na Yuna were of a high level.

Besides, Je Galyeonhwa and Kim Noeul were confronting each other nearby.

Na Yuna, who had been watching the two women’s fight from afar, which she couldn’t even imitate, lowered her head again and erased her presence.

‘Okay, let the monsters fight…. Maru also told me that I don’t have to fight, so….’

Na Yuna, who had been quietly watching the situation, was surprised to see a familiar face appear from the entrance of the academy.

‘Huh? Eun Yuri?’

Other students also witnessed the scene and shouted.

“Over there! Eun Yuri is coming out!”

The students’ gazes were focused on the entrance of the academy.

Eun Yuri, who had finished the English exam as well, came out of the academy with a leisurely walk.

“It was a quick exam, not an official mock exam, so it ended earlier than I expected.”

As soon as Eun Yuri finished speaking, Kim Maru also walked out from behind her.

‘It’s Maru! Did he do well on the exam?’

Na Yuna observed Kim Maru’s expression.

‘He’s handsome…. No, that’s not important right now!’

Kim Maru’s expression was similar to his everyday expression. It was difficult to tell if he did well or not on the exam.

The students who were on the path that Eun Yuri was walking on backed away. Thanks to that, Eun Yuri easily discovered Je Galyeonhwa and Lee Jihye, who were lying down.

“This is unexpected.”

Eun Yuri frowned as if she was troubled and this time looked at Kim Noeul and Han Doa. Their condition wasn’t good either.

Kim Noeul was covered in bruises, and Han Doa’s hair was disheveled.

Eun Yuri, who had grasped the situation, sighed softly and opened her mouth.

“Let’s end it here today. There wasn’t a clear victory or defeat.”

“…Okay.”

Kim Maru answered like that and looked at Kim Noeul and Han Doa with worried eyes.

The two women lowered their heads as if they had agreed with each other when they received Kim Maru’s gaze. It was a clear gesture of being embarrassed.

After Eun Yuri’s instructions, the Ojakgyo students disappeared from the rotary. Je Galyeonhwa and Lee Jihye followed Eun Yuri with their battered bodies.

“Maru, please say hello to me later~.”

“Doa-unni. I’ll accept you someday.”

Even though they were a mess, the two executives teased us until the end.

Kim Noeul and Han Doa’s breathing became rough, but that was all. The two of them were too tired to retort.

“Ma, Maru. How did the exam go?”

Na Yuna forced a smile and asked Kim Maru in the dark atmosphere.

Not only Kim Noeul and Han Doa, but all the students around them looked at Kim Maru when she asked.

Kim Maru opened his mouth without any particular agitation.

“The exam is….”