Chapter 33: The extra goes on a convenience store raid with the princess.

The place where we arrived after riding in Lee Seorin’s car was the convenience store near the house where we had met before.

‘……Why?’

This was the place we agreed to meet, but I wondered why we came to this convenience store again after we had already met.

The question was soon answered.

“There was a drink I wanted to try, but it was sold out last week. I asked last time, and they said it would be in stock this week, so I came again.”

‘Ah, so that’s why she was playing the claw machine in front of this convenience store last time.’

One question was solved, and at the same time, more questions arose.

“……Couldn’t you just ask a secretary or someone to buy it for you?”

If she just wanted to drink that beverage, that would save a lot more time and be better.

“Well, the secretary isn’t hired to do that kind of work, so I can’t ask them to run personal errands. The driver is the same, and no one likes being asked to do things outside their field, right? Besides…….”

If I asked them to do such a thing, and it was reported as abuse of power by the royal family, it would be troublesome.

‘……She lives with a lot of thoughts.’

Well, if you’re someone who’s been exposed to a lot of media since birth, sitting in the position of the Second Princess, you have to be careful about every single action you take.

Just looking at her older sister, the First Princess, things like where she went and who she had dinner with are reported on TV every day, so even if she gets less attention compared to her, she needs to be careful about her actions.

That’s why her actions towards me last week are still a hot topic within the school.

‘I wish she would be even half as careful when she approaches me…….’

In the original, most of the scenes where she meets Yoon Sejeong outside of school are much later.

After summer vacation, after the Student Council President approaches Yoon Sejeong first at school.

And, even that was after the fact that Yoon Sejeong was of the emperor’s bloodline was revealed, so it was just passed off as close sisters playing……

‘It’s not strange that the rumors have more substance than in the original.’

-The Student Council President with a student with bad behavior…….
-She’s clearly being deceived! I must quickly advise the Student Council President…….
-First the Disciplinary Committee President and now the Student Council President, this is quite a pairing……!

The last one was extremely strange, but if you listen carefully, you often hear things that are not expressed elegantly and made into long sentences.

It hasn’t been long since high school life started, so it’s inevitable that it will be more stimulating than the rumors about Yoon Sejeong and the Student Council President, but sometimes when I hear it, there are a few kids I really want to punch.

I took into account that it was a girls’ school with only women, so their sexual desires were piling up.

But how could they connect Lee Seorin and me, who had only met a few times, to that extent?

“And above all, if I ask someone else to get the item, it loses the meaning of this outing, doesn’t it? It’s only meaningful if I buy it myself.”

“That’s true.”

Well, this person came here on purpose to do something troublesome.

Thinking about it that way, this inefficient route made sense.

“Then, shall we go in?”

Saying that, Lee Seorin took out sunglasses and a mask from her pocket.

It was so natural that I stared blankly at her until she put them on her face, and only after seeing Lee Seorin’s face, which had almost turned into a criminal’s, did I come to my senses.

“Sunbae, did you originally wear sunglasses and a mask?”

I’m pretty sure she didn’t have those on her face when I met her last time.

In the original……she did.

Every time she went out. Why didn’t I think of that?

“Ah, I was wearing them last time too. But I took them off because I was sweating while playing the claw machine. My makeup can’t get ruined, you know?”

‘Ah…….’

Certainly, when I met her last week, she was working so hard that her face was almost stuck to the claw machine window.

“Are you going to do it this time too?”

“No? Hoobae-nim got it for me last time, didn’t you? That’s enough. I even decorated my room with it.”

Decorated, huh.

I didn’t think she would throw it away, but when I heard that she had decorated her room with it, I felt a fluttering feeling somewhere.

And, Lee Seorin held out her beautifully outstretched hand to me.

When I hesitated because I didn’t know the meaning, Lee Seorin chuckled behind the mask.

I couldn’t see it well, but I’m sure the eyes inside the sunglasses were also drawing crescents.

“What are you doing, Hoobae-nim? You promised to escort me today, didn’t you?”

Flutter, flutter.

Seeing Lee Seorin shaking her hand, I felt somewhere absurd.

‘Escort, huh.’

What kind of sophistry is it to ask me to escort her when she made the appointment last week and brought me here herself?

I could feel the laughter in her words, and I could clearly feel that she was teasing me.

‘……But well.’

Since I already owe her from this morning, it’s only right to play along with Lee Seorin’s tune this time.

But.

My pride was a little hurt to just take Lee Seorin’s hand like this.

So, seeing her outstretched hand, I blurted out the words that came to mind unintentionally.

“……I will follow the princess’s orders.”

The words that came to mind because Lee Seorin holding out her hand to me at the door was like a princess wanting to enter a ball.

A line from a play I did at the orphanage in my previous life flowed out of my mouth, which had become a woman’s.

It felt awkward to use honorifics that didn’t suit me, but I thought it was worth listening to because it was a pretty voice compared to when I was a man, and I took Lee Seorin’s hand.

And, as if a knight were doing to a princess, I lightly brought my lips to it.

“……!”

Of course, I didn’t put it directly on Lee Seorin’s hand, I did it on the back of my hand.

There’s a line, no matter what.

Since I was suddenly put in the car while I was going back with the kids, I’m sure she’ll be generous enough to let this slide.

‘It’s a memory.’

There was a quiet open space near the orphanage where there weren’t many people, and I remembered practicing plays with my younger sister there.

My sister liked it, and later she brought the fairy tales she had seen and suggested that we do them, and since my sister was a girl and I was a boy, I kept playing the role of the prince.

At the time, it was just annoying to be asked to play, but now that I think about it, it was just one of the good memories.

“Well then, shall we go in quickly, Princess?”

“……Eek, yeess.”

I couldn’t see her face at all because of the mask and sunglasses, but the fact that she turned her face away from me means that my intention was successful.

So, you should have teased me moderately.

Welcome, it’s 25 o’clock……!”

‘It’s the part-timer I saw last time.’

I don’t usually remember the faces of part-timers, but the memory of last week was so intense that I remembered it.

‘……But didn’t they just bite their tongue?’

I don’t know how they bit it, but if they bit it that hard, the pain will definitely remain in their mouth for a while.

After a moment of silence for the part-timer’s tongue, I headed to the beverage corner, which was my original goal.

“Come on, Princess. Please choose.”

When I spoke, Lee Seorin, who had been following me silently until we reached the beverage corner, opened her mouth in a trembling voice.

“P-Please stop.”

“Stop what? To not be able to call the princess a princess, as someone who is escorting you, I’m starting to feel a little sad…….”

“Okay! I’ll apologize for teasing you, so Hoobae-nim, please go back to normal quickly!”

“Shall I? Then tell me when you find the drink, Sunbae.”

“Really…….”

Following Lee Seorin’s request, I changed my tone to be comfortable, and I slowly looked around to see if there was anything I wanted to buy.

‘Oh, 99% is buy one get one free.’

I reached out to grab a drink that I like and my sister likes, and it was buy one get one free.

“Oops.”
“Oh.”

I forgot that I was holding hands and moved, and as a result, Lee Seorin fell over to me.

This is a little dangerous.

Grab!

‘Phew…….’

Fortunately, I quickly turned my body and caught her, otherwise she would have lost her balance.

“Are you okay, Sunbae? I’m sorry. I forgot to let go of your hand…….”

I speak softly to her, whose head has ended up on my shoulder because I held her with one hand.

“I’m fine. More than that, thank you for catching me.”

Lee Seorin also speaks softly.

“It’s my fault, so why are you thanking me?”

I separated the softly attached chests, and let go of the hand that was holding her shoulder.

And I also tried to let go of my hand that was holding Lee Seorin’s hand, but,

“Ah…….”

Lee Seorin made a sound that seemed somewhat regretful and wiggled her hand, so I decided to hold her hand until we reached the convenience store counter.

‘She’s not a child.’

This time, without making a mistake, I put two 99%s that I was originally going to grab into the shopping basket with the opposite hand, and I glanced sideways to see if Lee Seorin had chosen a drink.

She was holding the part of the mask that covered her chin with her free hand, so it seemed that she was looking closely.

‘……Can she see like that?’

“……Sunbae, wouldn’t it be easier to see if you took off your sunglasses?”

“Ah.”

At my words, Lee Seorin took off her sunglasses for a moment as if she had remembered, and then chose a drink.

“‘Mint Chocolate Shalon Tea……?’”

What is that?

If it’s Shalon Tea, it’s Shalon Tea, and if it’s mint chocolate, it’s mint chocolate, why does mint chocolate Shalon Tea exist?

“Sunbae. Are you really going to buy that?”

The packaged can was also mint colored, so it looked unappetizing at first glance.

‘That’s……a sold-out product?’

“When I first heard it, I wondered what kind of drink that was, but the vice president said it was worth trying at least once. She said it was a taste where both sweetness and bitterness were amplified……Anyway, since I received a recommendation, isn’t it polite to try it at least once?”

I couldn’t say anything to Lee Seorin, who smiled as she said that.

‘……Should I buy two more 99%s?’

“Ugh……this taste is too…….”

“Sunbae, have this to cleanse your palate. And have a bite of this omurice.”

“……Phew. Ugh, the taste is still in my mouth……How can such a drink……I’ll have to give Dahee a piece of my mind later…….”

‘I knew it.’

“Hoobae-nim……Would you like to try a sip, Hoobae-nim? It’s too good for only me to drink…….”

“I’m definitely not going to drink it.”

How dare this princess try to drag me down with her.

And after that, for a while, I had to listen to Lee Seorin’s description of the taste of the drink she drank while eating drinks and omurice in the car.