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“Haa, haa….”
After a session of pushing Lee Seorin on the swing, I sat on the bench, drenched in sweat.
‘I didn’t think I’d be pushing for an hour.’
I got too carried away watching Lee Seorin having fun.
-Hoobae-nim! If you’re tired, you don’t have to push anymore!
-I’m fine, let’s go one more time!
-Kya!
Fortunately, I had some exercise in the past few years, so my basic stamina was able to hold up.
But of course, my stamina wasn’t as good as when I was a man, so it was inevitable that I was exhausted like this.
“Aren’t you overdoing it, Hoobae-nim?”
As I slumped against the back of the bench like a starfish lying on the sand, Lee Seorin came to me with a water bottle and an apologetic face.
‘Where did she get that?’
I’m sure she didn’t bring a water bottle when she got out of the car.
When I looked around a little, I saw the person who gave her the water bottle right next to her.
A very tall man in a black suit.
It was the person who was called ‘Chief’ that I met in front of the claw machine before.
The man, who was easily 2 meters tall and looked like he could be relatives with the bodyguards I see at the entrance every day when I go to school, bowed politely when I looked at him, and then immediately jumped to a nearby wall.
And,
Thud!
He jumped up in an instant, and I could only hear the sound of him landing again as he disappeared from my sight.
I listened carefully to see where he was going, but I couldn’t feel any sign of him after that.
“Wow.”
Pure admiration arose at the scene like in a movie.
A person can really move like that.
“Here, have some water first.”
“…Phew. Sunbae, does that person work like that every day?”
“Yes? Ah, if you mean Chief, he’s always on standby. If something happens to me, it will be a national and political problem. Not only him, but there are also several others deployed around the playground.”
“That’s amazing.”
In the original, when Yoon Sejeong and Lee Seorin were dating, people in black suits would sometimes appear and bring them what they needed.
There was a scene where Yoon Sejeong was surprised at that time, but seeing it in real life gave me goosebumps.
‘Isn’t he right under me?’
I looked down, but of course, there was no one.
Because if he was crumpled up in a place like that, it would be entering the realm of horror.
Baek Ahra would be terrified if I told her.
“Even so, they wouldn’t be in a place like that. Hoobae-nim is cute.”
Seeing me look down, Lee Seorin smiled.
“Actually, even if it’s security, there’s no need to guard me so hard…but when I told Chief that I had an appointment with Hoobae-nim today, he said he wouldn’t make you uncomfortable as much as possible, so he disappeared from sight like that.”
“Really?”
Lee Seorin seemed a little embarrassed, but that wasn’t just devotion for the sake of work.
“Sunbae is very loved.”
‘I think she said he was the person who guarded Lee Seorin since she was a child.’
That’s why the situation was understandable.
She’s probably not just a bodyguard to Lee Seorin, and to Chief, she’s probably like a daughter.
“…Does it look that way? I’m also very grateful.”
Lee Seorin needlessly brushed her hair once, then leaned her body next to me.
And she took out a handkerchief from inside her clothes, spread it on the seat, and carefully placed her bottom on it.
‘She really looks like a preciously raised princess.’
No, she was a princess, and it was true that she was raised preciously.
But it was inevitable to feel amazed that she showed that she was preciously raised in every single action like that.
‘The other young ladies aren’t to this extent.’
One of the feelings of incongruity that I felt while attending this school for a week was this.
In comics, there is something called ‘directing’, so even ordinary actions are often emphasized by making flowers flutter or something.
But, in reality, where there is no such directing, when I looked at the behavior of other young ladies, I only felt that they were a little careful, but I felt that they were ordinary people.
‘But Lee Seorin is different.’
Is it because of those golden sparkling eyes?
If I didn’t know that Yoon Sejeong was the main character, I probably would have thought that Lee Seorin was the main character of this world.
“…? Why are you staring at my face so intently? Is there something on it?”
“…No. I just thought that Sunbae doesn’t look tired at all after riding the swing so excitedly.”
That wasn’t the reason why I was staring at her face so intently, but that point was also quite strange.
If you rode a swing that went up that high for an hour, the rider would be tired or dizzy, but there was no sign of that in Lee Seorin.
“Hehe, I’m good at balancing. I also learned a little bit of exercise.”
“Oh…What kind of exercise did you mainly learn?”
I already knew, but I asked out of courtesy.
“I learned swimming and ballet. I learned swimming for physical strength and in case of an emergency, and I learned ballet for culture and social activities.”
“Oh…swimming and ballet….”
‘Those two are the same as in the original.’
Among the events that occur in the process of Yoon Sejeong getting involved with Lee Seorin, there were episodes related to the swimming pool and episodes related to ballet.
In particular, the important one was the episode related to ballet.
‘Isn’t the important thing the appearance of the characters in swimsuits?’ You might say, and in fact, I also watched it with that mindset, but the reason why ballet is important is that it is deeply related to the story.
At Aria Academy, every year at the end of the year, there is a ‘performance dedicated to the gods’ to pray for a good year next year, and several people who are good at ballet are selected from each grade to form a joint group and perform a ballet performance in the auditorium.
‘Usually, students belonging to the ballet club mainly participate….’
There is one exception.
If a member of the royal family is attending the school, even if they do not belong to the ballet club, they must directly participate in the performance and show an example.
I think they called it ‘noblesse oblige’.
Honestly, I didn’t understand at all how doing ballet was noblesse oblige, but that was the common sense of this world, so there was nothing I could do even if I raised an objection.
Anyway, originally there was no problem with such a practice.
If you were a member of the royal family, you learned ballet at the level of culture, and even if you weren’t that good, the students would applaud loudly just because the royal family showed up and danced.
But, there was one irregular that came out unexpectedly….
‘I’m sure they didn’t expect a human to appear who inherited such thick blood that they could awaken their ability even though they didn’t live in the royal family at all.’
The day Yoon Sejeong’s identity is revealed is the day ‘Kim Hayeon’ pushes her off the rooftop.
That was exactly lunch time after the closing ceremony of the semester.
It was still a long time until the end of the year.
Yoon Sejeong, who entered the palace, learned ballet diligently with Lee Seorin after that.
‘It’s an important part….’
This part was the most important part in capturing Lee Seorin.
The situation of ‘The scholarship student who had been experiencing commoner life together was actually a princess who inherited the same blood?’ and the thought of ‘…I liked her. No, I still like her.’ overlapped and caused confusion and chaos, and eventually led to Lee Seorin’s confession to Yoon Sejeong after successfully completing the performance at the end of the year.
‘Honestly, I was worried about how to tell others that Yoon Sejeong is a princess.’
But when I saw her condition today, it seemed that it wouldn’t be long before she awakened her ability, so I was relieved.
The rest is to naturally connect Lee Seorin and Yoon Sejeong.
If I do that, I’ll be done with my work.
If the extra leaves like an extra, the rest of the characters will roll the story on their own.
To do that, I have to say it naturally now….
‘It’s hot….’
I kept listening to Lee Seorin’s words, and it got even hotter, perhaps because there was no wind.
“Sunbae, can I unbutton my buttons a little? It’s too hot.”
For now, it’s okay to cool down and then talk.
“Ah, yes. I’m sorry. I didn’t notice…Should I bring some ice? I think there’s some in the limousine….”
“No. You don’t have to do that.”
Tuduck.
I unbuttoned the blazer I was wearing on the outside, took it off completely, and put it on the empty seat next to me.
‘Ugh…it’s damp.’
The dress shirt was already soaked with sweat.
I waved it with my hand to let the wind blow for a moment, but the dampness was transferred to my hand as it was.
‘The inside of my bra must be terrible too….’
If the dress shirt is like this, the underwear inside must also be covered in sweat.
I wanted to take off the bra inside right now.
‘…Ah, if I were a man, I would just take it off.’
Even so, I didn’t have the guts to do such a thing outside with a woman’s body.
Lee Seorin was right in front of me.
Now, all I could do was artificially create wind and dry the sweat drops.
“Um, th, at…Would you like to borrow a, handkerchief?”
‘…?’
Somewhere, Lee Seorin’s reaction was strange.
She couldn’t look me straight in the eye, turning her eyes slightly.
The cheeks that I thought were red because of the sunset at first were dyed red and thick with their original color.
Not only that, but her hands were also fidgeting restlessly.
That’s….
…a shy expression.
‘What is she looking at to be like that….’
She seems to be trying to hide it, but I traced back the gaze that was not hidden at all, and it arrived at my cleavage.
“….”
When I looked slightly, I didn’t notice it, but the tight-fitting dress shirt was revealing my skin color generously.
Not only that.
The grayish underwear I wore today was also revealed without fail.
‘So that’s why she’s blushing.’
Even though I knew that, I didn’t feel particularly embarrassed.
But.
‘…Hmm.’
Seeing her shy face, I couldn’t help but feel playful.
“…Princess.”
“Y-Yes? Why the sudden change in address….”
I tilted my head slightly and asked Lee Seorin.
“Is the princess a pervert who gets excited by looking at her hoobae’s cleavage?”
“Yes!?”
To Lee Seorin, who was flustered, I say a word in a slightly coy tone and drive the point home.
“…Pervert.”
“…I’m not!!”
‘Good reaction.’
At Lee Seorin’s satisfying reaction, the corners of my mouth unconsciously went up.
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