Chapter 20: All women are wolves except me

Early in the morning, I arrived at school and went to the staff room with the club activity report to submit to Ms. Chae Yubin.

Ms. Chae Yubin is usually early, so she should be in the staff room now.

When I opened the door to the staff room, I saw teachers working in addition to Ms. Chae Yubin.

Among them, one person was consulting with a female student.

I was going to pass by without paying much attention, but I heard a familiar name from the teacher who was consulting.

“Doa, did you solve your family problems well?”

“Yes.”

Doa.

It’s not a common name.

And I’ve seen that name in the webtoon.

Han Doa.

The name of Haneul High School’s disciplinary department head.

When her name is heard, Haneul High School’s delinquent students hurriedly leave the scene.

The reason why Haneul High School, which is a mess, can still function like a school is thanks to Han Doa.

Han Doa, who was in consultation, focused on the teacher’s words with her back straight and her hands neatly placed on her knees.

Her long hair that dangled down below her waist even though it was tied in a ponytail, and her sleek figure trained in kendo were her characteristics.

“You missed a lot of attendance, so there will be a lot of missed progress, but you can get the materials by talking to the class president.”

“Thank you.”

“Are you still doing kendo?”

“…….”

It was a sensitive question, so Han Doa’s fine eyebrows twitched.

The teacher gave up on hearing the answer and sent Han Doa away.

Han Doa is coming this way.

She glanced up at me as she passed by.

Her gaze stayed on my name tag for a long time.

And she quietly opened her mouth.

“You can only unbutton one button at the top of your shirt.”

“…Me?”

“Then who else is there besides you here?”

I looked at my upper body in the mirror installed on the staff room wall.

Two buttons at the top of my shirt were unbuttoned.

I buttoned one without saying a word.

Only after seeing me button it did Han Doa turn around and leave the staff room.

Even as she left, she walked straight without being disheveled, making me wonder if she was a machine.

“Huh? Maru, you came early.”

Perhaps she heard my conversation with Han Doa, Ms. Chae Yubin raised her head and looked at me.

While submitting the report, Ms. Chae Yubin asked about the new member.

“Did Yuna adapt well?”

“Yes. She was good at counseling.”

“Really? She seemed very timid, so I was worried, but I guess I didn’t need to.”

Chae Yubin continued to talk while writing the contents of the report I gave her in a Word document.

“And since you met Doa, I’m telling you, you know there’s a club inspection coming up, right?”

‘Of course I know.’

Since the disciplinary department head returned, a club inspection is scheduled under the leadership of the disciplinary department.

It’s a task to check whether club activities are properly conducted and whether they are leading a healthy life.

I guess the clubs that have been running the club roughly will have a headache.

When I think about it, the old counseling club was also amazing.

They avoided club inspections several times and were doing that kind of thing.

“Your club is a new club, so the inspection priority is high. So prepare in advance.”

“Yes.”

After finishing the conversation and leaving the staff room, I found Han Doa looking out the window at a considerable distance.

She, who was staring blankly at the tree outside the window and basking in the sunlight, had an atmosphere reminiscent of a young lady from a noble family.

She noticed me coming out and approached me.

“Kim Maru… Counseling club president?”

“That’s right.”

Was this the reason she looked at my name tag carefully earlier?

Han Doa seems to have a business with the counseling club.

“Counseling…”

Han Doa, who opened her mouth, hesitated for a moment.

“…The counseling club was established when I was not at school.”

She seemed to have changed the subject.

“That’s right.”

“New clubs have a duty to be notified in advance before the inspection, so I’m telling you in advance now.”

“I’ll tell the president.”

After a short conversation, Han Doa walked away from me.

I looked at her back and recalled Han Doa’s setting.

‘She must have something she wants to consult about regarding kendo and academics.’

Because of that, she had a conflict with her family and was absent for a long time.

‘Ah, right. I have to advise her to change the disciplinary department’s patrol route.’

But Han Doa had already disappeared from my sight.

‘I’ll tell her later.’

When I returned to the classroom, I saw Kim Noeul, who had come to school early for some reason.

She was dusting the chalkboard eraser on the window sill.

“What’s up? You’re early.”

I greeted her lightly, and Kim Noeul looked at me for a moment and then focused on dusting the eraser again.

And she responded to me.

“Hello. You’re very early.”

“I came early to submit the club report. Were you on duty today?”

“It’s not that, I just had nothing to do.”

No matter what, Kim Noeul is a model class president.

She’s doing what the person on duty would normally do just because she came early.

It wouldn’t be nice to just leave, so I decided to help too.

I wiped the window sill with a hand towel placed at the back of the classroom.

“You don’t have to help.”

“I came early and have nothing to do.”

When I returned the same words, Kim Noeul closed her mouth.

We focused on our respective tasks for a while, and then Kim Noeul threw out a topic.

“Maru.”

“Why?”

“I have something I’m curious about.”

“What is it?”

“Tell me honestly.”

I don’t know why she keeps hesitating.

What is Kim Noeul curious about?

The upcoming attack by Je Galwhalin?

Or counseling about becoming student council president?

Or maybe a study question?

When I urged her with a look that said, “Hurry up and tell me,” Kim Noeul responded.

“Do you have a girlfriend?”

“…?”

It was a completely unexpected question.

My brain couldn’t understand it, so I stared blankly at Kim Noeul.

Kim Noeul also stared back at me.

“Do you mean… a female friend?”

“A lover.”

“Aha… No? I don’t?”

I understood and answered in a single stroke.

I wondered why Kim Noeul asked this question.

“Why do you ask? Are you going to introduce me to a girl?”

“…No, I was just curious.”

Even though I answered coolly, Kim Noeul’s expression didn’t improve.

Something… She has an expression like a puppy that has to poop.

“Maru.”

“Why again?”

“If you get a girlfriend…”

Kim Noeul, who was talking, closed her mouth again and changed the content.

“No, that won’t happen.”

“What? Do you think I can’t get a girlfriend?”

Of course, I have no intention of dating while I’m in Hakdo, but that’s ‘not’ doing it, not ‘can’t’ do it.

“You’re subtly ignoring people? If I put my mind to it…”

“Be careful with girls.”

“…….”

I was dumbfounded.

Why the sudden worry about girls?

“Why are you suddenly saying that?”

“You may not know it, but don’t trust girls too much. Their heads are full of strange thoughts. Be careful if you’re going to be friends with a girl.”

“I’ll take care of my relationships myself. And if you say that, aren’t you the same?”

“I’m different.”

“Pfft… What’s different? Do you think I don’t know what’s in your head? If I act a little defenseless, your face turns red quickly…”

“I said I’m different.”

Kim Noeul suddenly put on a serious expression and grabbed my shoulders with both hands.

I was startled and stepped back.

“You… need to be more careful. I’m worried when I see your actions.”

“…….”

“Yesterday, while preparing for the competition after school, I kept thinking about whether you got home safely, whether you met any strange girls on the way.”

I just kept moving my lips at her blatant words.

I’ve never been in this situation before, so I don’t know how to respond.

“I, I’m different. I’m different from those girls.”

“…I understand. You’re saying you’re worried as a partner because I’m acting unmanly, right?”

It’s a bit of a cringey word, but it’s a word that expresses our relationship very well.

“Partner…”

“Yes, partner.”

Kim Noeul’s hands are trembling.

The tremor was transmitted to my shoulders.

I figured out why she’s reacting like this.

It’s because of the past incident I mentioned before.

“Didn’t we have a conversation on a similar topic? We agreed to compromise. If you protect me like that, I can’t do anything.”

“If it were before, I would have gone home with you, but I can’t do that now. I’m also worried about Je Galwhalin.”

She looked at me with eyes full of worry.

Those eyes felt so affectionate that I suddenly remembered a girl who had sent similar gazes in the past.

…My chest felt stuffy.

“Don’t worry. That’s why I’m not going alone.”

“Who are you going with? Acquaintances?”

“Senior Yuna.”

“…….”

Kim Noeul’s affectionate eyes changed at my answer.

Now she’s narrowing her eyes and glaring at me.

“Why are you and Senior Yuna going together?”

“Why, we’re in the same club, so we’re going together after it’s over.”

“Did you go together yesterday too?”

“…Yesterday, there were no club activities, so I went home alone, but I met her on the way.”

I didn’t say that Na Yuna was being robbed.

It could just worry her, and it would be revealed that I went to Na Yuna’s house yesterday.

“Senior Yuna’s dorm…”

“What? I couldn’t hear you well.”

“…Sigh.”

She exhaled and nagged me like a mother nagging her son in a gentle tone.

“I told you just now. Girls are wolves. Don’t trust anyone.”

“Do you think Senior Yuna is that kind of person?”

“Of course I don’t think so, but I’m saying you need to be careful too.”

“Um… Okay. Including you, I won’t hang out with girls from now on.”

“Are you kidding?”

She got closer to me.

I leaned my back against the window sill, so I couldn’t go back any further.

Her chest slightly touched my chest.

Kim Noeul didn’t seem to care at all and just glared at my face.

“Okay, repeat after me. All girls except Kim Noeul are wolves.”

“All girls including Kim Noeul are wolves.”

“…Do you want to see what a real wolf is? Rawr!”

Kim Noeul opened her mouth and pretended to bite my neck.

Her breath touched my neck, and my body trembled.

“No, seriously! Get away!”

“Why? You said I’m a wolf too. Wolves don’t let go of men.”

I tried to separate Kim Noeul, who was wrapping her arms around my shoulders and burying her face in my neck, but it was difficult.

It feels like I’m being pinned down by a really strong wolf.

“Hey…! If the others come…!”

“Say Kim Noeul is not a wolf.”

“If they see this, they’ll misunderstand!”

“Let them misunderstand. It’s good to block girls who will approach you in advance.”

“You’re not a wolf. Okay? Hurry up and get away.”

Only after hearing the words she wanted to hear did Kim Noeul slowly step back.

Perhaps because we had a fierce workout in the morning, we were both breathing heavily and looking at each other.

We stared at each other blankly for a while, and then we heard the sound of students in the hallway.

We returned to our respective seats as if nothing had happened until just now.

“Noeul, hello~.”

“Hello.”

Kim Noeul greeted the group of male students who entered the classroom gently.

No one would know that she was a wolf until just now.

‘You call yourself a wolf…’

I shuddered at her blatant acting and took out a math problem book from my bag and started solving it.

“I really can’t believe it, I can’t believe it.”

There is a large mountain behind Hankook High School.

At the foot of the mountain, there is a hiking trail, which is a place where delinquent students often gather, so ordinary students do not go there.

On such a hiking trail, students who looked like delinquents were surprisingly bowing their heads.

The female student who said she couldn’t believe it sighed as she looked at the female students who bowed their heads to her.

“Did I not attach enough people?”

“…….”

“Or did I tell you to catch Haneul High School’s disciplinary department head?”

“…….”

“The two of you, plus Ahn Hyojin and Jin Heeyoung, couldn’t catch one girl and one guy? And to top it off, you got beaten up?”

The female student who was angry at the female students who bowed their heads was Je Galwhalin.

She gritted her teeth while nervously exploring Hakdogal.

“No, f*ck. Hakdogal is in an uproar now. They said that Ojakgyo members ganged up, but they couldn’t catch even one guy and one girl. At least they should have prevented rumors from spreading.”

“…Sorry.”

One of the two female students who attacked Kim Noeul and Kim Maru apologized.

“You shouldn’t do things you’ll be sorry for. If this gets to my sister’s ears…”

If this rumor reaches Je Galyeonhwa, it will be troublesome.

Je Galwhalin already had an inferiority complex towards Je Galyeonhwa.

She had the ambition to achieve greater results than Je Galyeonhwa and take away her executive position, but that goal became even further away.

No, beyond that, she might even be disciplined.

The executive who finds the student who broke Ojakgyo’s rules and teaches them a lesson will probably be that new student.

Seo Yoon.

A girl who is a new student but quickly rose to 2nd place in the rankings and gained Alice’s trust.

That girl, even though she hasn’t been in Hakdo for long, has too many bad rumors.

‘Because of those Haneul High School or Maneul High School bstards, I’ve fallen this far behind. It’s just a fcking nobody school except for that Han Doa b*tch.'(TL Note: Maneul means garlic.)

She needs to make up for it.

The best way is to suppress that girl named Kim Noeul.

Then the current defeat will be forgiven.

“…Hey, there’s an academy district near Haneul High School’s rotary, right.”

“There is.”

“It’s not Haneul High School’s disciplinary department patrol area right now, right?”

“That’s right…”

“Then we can work there. I’ll go directly with the kids.”

Many students swallowed hard at the words that Je Galwhalin would go directly.

She’s not an Ojakgyo executive, but she’s the twin younger sister of executive Je Galyeonhwa.

It was not light to say that Je Galwhalin, who is practically an executive, would step in directly.

“Discipline my *ss. That will never happen.”

Eun Yuri, the final decision maker who disciplines Ojakgyo’s students.

She’s the greatest prodigy since the establishment of Hakdo, the top scorer in the national mock exam, but such modifiers are not important to Je Galwhalin at all.

She resented that b*tch who never even threw a punch was playing second-in-command next to Alice.

She’s wanted to rush at that b*tch who always has a sly expression during meetings more than once or twice.

‘I’ll go with the mindset that I’d rather bite my tongue and die than be disciplined by that b*tch.’