Chapter 44: Sometimes people become happy with just a little bit of words.

Of course, we let go of our hands when we started to see students. It wasn’t because I was embarrassed.

‘It would be a disaster if there was a scandal with the princess.’

Lee Seorin seemed to understand that, and she naturally let go of her hand when people were visible.

Actually, in the first place, the act of holding hands with Lee Seorin, who is a princess, in such a wide-open street was a huge risk.

If a paparazzi hidden somewhere took a picture and wrote an article, it would be over.

However, I wasn’t particularly worried about that part.

Considering the number of bodyguards I saw at the playground yesterday…it was highly likely that this whole area was under the control of the bodyguards.

‘…Besides, there are strangely few people passing by.’

I know this because I walk this road every day, but there’s no way there are so few people at this time.

Perhaps, they are using some method to moderately restrict the entry of people.

Scary, scary. If I had done something strange to Lee Seorin yesterday, I would have been stopped.

‘…Is holding hands not strange?’

I suddenly had that thought.

To put it a little extremely, wasn’t I touching the body of a princess?

And yet, there wasn’t even a hint of that.

‘It’s strange.’

Well, skinship was loosely permitted between women.

In the first place, it was ridiculous to talk about hands between us who had even grabbed each other’s chins.

I also let go of Sejeong’s hand.

However, in this case, there was a little resistance.

She gave strength to the clasped hands, as if asking if it was okay to hold her hand longer.

Of course, it wasn’t okay.

It was okay to hang out together and be close, but what if it was rumored that we were holding hands and it was distorted to the point where we were dating?

The extra I was would suddenly emerge as a main character and dive straight into the main story, and then everything I had changed so far would turn into variables, and the path I thought was safe would become unpredictable.

Besides, if those distorted facts were conveyed to the heroines….

‘…They’re all here?’

Ah. Um.

No, anyway.

‘…There’s no reason to hold hands while commuting.’

Suddenly feeling resentful, I tickled the back of Sejeong’s hand, which was giving strength.

Then, a crack appeared in the clasp that seemed difficult to escape, and it was released smoothly.

When I looked to the side, the protagonist’s eyes looking at me were smiling, so it seemed that the tickling operation was somewhat successful.

Should I actively use this method in the future?

Baek Ahra had naturally gone to Sejeong’s side.

As a result, we walked along the sidewalk in the order of Ahra, Sejeong, me, and Seorin.

I glanced at Baek Ahra’s face, and all the flustered expressions she had when she met the Student Council President were gone, and she had the cool expression that I could usually see in the school.

Well, that’s the Disciplinary Committee President I’ve always seen.

However, I’ve seen so many expressions up close in the past week that it felt a little awkward.

We headed to school without much conversation.

It was strange.

Surely, when the three of us left the house, we were talking about quite trivial things and going noisily, but even though one more person was added and there were four of us, we didn’t even talk a quarter of that.

In the meantime, the atmosphere was quite strange, and I felt that all three of them were paying the most attention to me.

It felt similar to when Sohee and Jia were walking home with me, and their attention was all directed at me.

‘I want to get out of this atmosphere quickly….’

I hated troublesome things in many ways, but that tendency became more severe after recalling my past life.

In fact, if it wasn’t related to my life, I wouldn’t have done anything about Sejeong….

-That’s not true, is it?

…That’s not true.

As long as I knew it was the world of the comic I read, I would have been involved somehow.

However, I wouldn’t have put my foot in this deeply.

Pushing my feet, which seemed to have fallen into a deep swamp, one step at a time, the four of us managed to arrive safely 10 minutes before the closing time for school.

“It’s the Student Council President.”

“Next to the princess…. What kind of relationship do they have?”

And, of course, because I was commuting with Lee Seorin, we were becoming a big topic of interest to the passing students.

“…Was there such a beautiful person in our school?”

“A friend of mine in the next class said that a transfer student who came to her class became incredibly beautiful, and that person is the one in the rumor….”

In Sejeong’s case, her beautifully changed appearance was now known beyond the grade to the seniors.

“Sigh, Disciplinary Committee President. You’re dignified today too….”

“I wish she would give me private guidance in the disciplinary room….”

Baek Ahra was as popular as ever. But who was the last one?

When I turned my head to find the person who spoke, some students turned their heads as if they were startled.

I definitely heard one voice, but why are there so many people who are startled?

“Surely, the first-year Hoobae who put her hand on the Student Council President’s chin before….”

And, in my case, seniors who weren’t interested recalled me because of the act I did to Lee Seorin last week.

“…Why is that person with those three?”

People who seemed to know my past behavior were glaring at me as if it was a sin for me to be attached to these three.

Yeah, yeah. That’s true. It’s true that I’m quite a delinquent compared to these three.

Sting.

“Hieek….”

If you’re going to cower and tremble as soon as I glare at you a little, you shouldn’t look at me with that expression in the first place, huh?

‘Ah, it’s refreshing.’

Having relieved the stuffiness I had in my heart with that, I was about to tell Lee Seorin that I would go in first around here.

Because….

“””Student Council President!”””

Just like that, I expected followers to appear in accordance with Lee Seorin’s arrival at school.

They didn’t even see us, and they immediately began to surround Lee Seorin.

“Disciplinary Committee President. I’ll just pass by for a moment.”

“Don’t worry about it.”

Correction. At least Baek Ahra wasn’t treated like a roadside stone.

“No, why are you only saying that to Baek Ahra?”

Rather, shouldn’t that be said to me, who was next to Lee Seorin?

It’s a good thing I barely escaped through the gaps, otherwise I would have been surrounded like Lee Seorin.

“Did you expect this to happen?”

No, look at the Disciplinary Committee President, instead of straightening out the order, she’s making fun of me, saying I didn’t predict it.

“Justice has fallen to the ground….”

“What are you talking about? Is that a movie line?”

“Something similar.”

Anyway, after finishing the joke, I told Lee Seorin, who was being guarded by the bodyguards who appeared out of nowhere.

“Student Council President! I’ll go in first!”

Lee Seorin seemed to say something in response, but I couldn’t hear what she said because of the loud noise.

It was probably something like an apology or saying see you later.

I’m perceptive enough to know that.

“Then, let’s go quickly.”

Lee Seorin can take her time like that and the teachers will turn a blind eye, but unless you’re a special case like Lee Seorin, it’s best to get into the classroom quickly to avoid trouble.

‘I remember the teacher’s expression when I fell asleep in the grass because the weather was nice and I couldn’t make it to the roll call time. It was really funny.’

The teacher’s expression, filled with worry whether to scold this or not, contained a deep agony that could be called that of a man of character.

After separating from Lee Seorin, there was no obstruction on the way to the shoe rack.

Rather, it was quite comfortable because everyone had gathered over there.

After arriving at the shoe rack and changing my shoes to indoor shoes, it was time to part ways with Baek Ahra here….

“Later, come to the Disciplinary Committee room after school. Okay?”

But. She said something that seemed troublesome.

“If you have something to say, you can say it during lunch time.”

We’re going to meet during lunch time anyway, so there was no reason to go to the Disciplinary Committee room, which gave me goosebumps just looking at it.

No, more than that, she could have said it yesterday.

“It’s something I discussed with other members regarding Disciplinary Committee activities…. Anyway, you’ll know when you come. You have to come?”

“…Okay.”

It smelled very troublesome, but I nodded my head, knowing that Baek Ahra would persistently talk to me if I refused without even listening to the story.

“Got it!”

Just in time, Sejeong succeeded in changing her shoes. It would have been faster if she had used a plastic spatula.

“Let’s go quickly, Hayeon. The teacher will go in first at this rate. Ahra, then see you at lunch time!”

“Okay.”

Baek Ahra waved her hand at Sejeong, who was speaking energetically, and headed in the opposite direction from us.

“Hayeon, what did you talk about with Ahra?”

“Huh? She said there was something to talk about regarding Disciplinary Committee activities, so she told me to come after school.”

“Hmm…I see?”

Twisting her hair a little, Sejeong looked at me with the same smiling expression as before.

“Then…I’ll be in the library after school. When you’re done with your business, would you like to go out and play together?”

“Library?”

“Yes. The festival preparation period is coming soon, right? So I was a little interested in the types and methods of festivals that were held at school in the past, so I’m going to look it up.”

‘That’s right, Sejeong is an outsider, so it’s her first festival.’

I’ve played so excitedly for three years in middle school that I don’t have any particular excitement now, but it will feel different to Sejeong.

“Really? Then I’ll come to the library to pick you up when you’re done. But have you thought about where to go?”

“Hehe. That’s a secret.”

I just said I would pick her up, but Yoon Sejeong grinned as if she had received a confession.

‘…Isn’t she too cute?’

If she can be so happy with this, I could do it as much as she wants, so I had no complaints.