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After saying that, the Alpha sneered as if wanting them to hear, mocking that such a young brat was asking about departments.
“Senior Seol, just finish moving the luggage you were carrying.”
Euigeon spoke openly, telling Chaewoo to do other work without even bothering to whisper.
“What about you?”
“Since they need labor, I can go.”
“Why are you going there?”
At a glance, the container area was secluded and deserted.
Although he didn’t think Euigeon would lose given his physical size, he was anxious because there were several opponents.
Couldn’t neither of them go?
After all, both he and Euigeon were in the position of students, so they had no obligation to perform intense physical labor.
“You guys are whispering quite a lot. Did you students come here to play? Did your teacher instruct you to come here and play? Huh?”
“If the Alpha is going to take his place, stop lingering and come quickly.”
“I’m coming.”
Despite Chaewoo’s dissuasion, Euigeon ultimately volunteered to go.
In his profile seen diagonally, no sharp emotions like embarrassment or anger could be found.
Euigeon walked forward obediently and requested gloves with a smile that was clearly just for the sake of courtesy.
‘We could just ignore them and tell someone in management, so why is he acting so unlike himself?’
Chaewoo anxiously tried to stop Euigeon, who was following the Alphas into the container area.
“Hey, don’t do this. Don’t do unnecessary things and come out. You don’t have to do this kind of work as an obligation.”
“It’s just helping out with work for a bit. Go organize the booths.”
“Help out with what? Don’t move and stay here. I’m telling the professor.”
“Then those bastards will pick fights all day. What if they come and make a fuss when I’m in my lesson and only Senior Kim Yunso and you are left here?”
“…….”
“Why, are you worried to death about me?”
“Can you really make jokes right now?”
Euigeon chuckled while putting on his gloves.
“See you later.”
Chaewoo watched the receding back and picked up Euigeon’s sling bag, which the Alphas had kicked.
He thought he should bring it to the professor’s waiting room first before it got damaged further.
Leaving behind the boxes he was carrying and heading toward the stage waiting room, a sheet of paper fluttered to the ground from behind him.
Euigeon’s notes and sheet music had slipped out of the open sling bag.
“Oh, seriously.”
Chaewoo quickly gathered them so they wouldn’t blow away in the wind.
The sheet music was crumpled in places and looked messy.
Though it wouldn’t fully recover, Chaewoo smoothed out the folded pages with his hands.
‘He won’t like this.’
Especially since he was someone truly serious about music.
Seeing the sheet music crumpled like this… Chaewoo clicked his tongue.
He wondered if he should go tell the professor right now.
But complaining and tattling felt childish, and besides, Beom Euigeon had a point.
What a nightmare, coming all the way to Cheongju to do this.
“There’s even Brahms sheet music.”
‘This guy is a Brahms fan.’
Feeling bad himself, Chaewoo carefully inserted the crumpled sheet music between the files.
The number of people visiting the festival gradually increased.
The staff members who would cook at the food booths arrived one by one, and Chaewoo wandered from one awkward spot to another before ending up working at the ice cream booth.
It was an extremely out-of-the-blue assignment.
The festival official who assigned Chaewoo here explained the detailed reason in his own way, stating that it was a simple job of just scooping ice cream from the freezer and selling it, without any ingredients to prep.
He strongly urged him to stick here, lest he ruin the food’s taste elsewhere.
“Eh, why are you here, Senior?”
Jeong Taehyun held out a dessert ticket and naturally approached the front of the booth, not forgetting to compliment him on how well the yellow apron suited him.
“Somehow. Did your lesson go well?”
“Yes. As for me, I was praised for being well-prepared. Heh.”
“That’s good. What flavor do you want? You can choose two.”
“Chocolate and yogurt, please.”
Chaewoo scooped out the ice cream as largely as possible and handed it to Jeong Taehyun.
“When did she say the next lesson would be?”
“Thank you, slurp. They say the stage rehearsal is starting soon, so won’t it take several more hours?”
“Dismal.”
Chaewoo placed the scoop back in its place.
If they prepared for the rehearsal starting now, they might end up getting their lessons after the performance finished completely in the evening.
“I’m going on stage later too, so come watch.”
“I’ll go if I have time.”
“Where is Senior Yunso?”
“She was stocking the supply room.”
“Oh dear… I should go offer her some comfort.”
‘I don’t know if you going will be of any comfort. You’ll probably just make her angrier.’
Chaewoo suppressed the bitter remarks.
“Ah, right. Why is Beom suddenly doing manual labor? The people working with him over there look so fierce that I felt intimidated. Their eyes were glaring. They are Alphas, right?”
“Somehow… I don’t know either.”
Chaewoo muttered worriedly while looking toward the container area.
He had contemplated several times whether to report it to the manager as unfair treatment, but seeing Euigeon moving back and forth between the containers and the outside so calmly, he decided to just watch for now.
Perhaps because he had also seen Euigeon moving back and forth carrying loads several times, Jeong Taehyun was quite curious about how he had ended up among those intimidating Alphas.
“By the way, aren’t you going?”
Once a new customer received their ice cream and left within a few minutes, Chaewoo looked at Jeong Taehyun, who was still lingering next to the booth.
“Give me a break. If I go to the waiting room, the professor exploits me continuously, which is exhausting. It’s actually more comfortable here, Senior.”
“Then shut your mouth and stay quiet.”
“Yes, sir. Uh? Euigeon! Hey, come have some ice cream too! Get over here quickly.”
Not even three seconds after saying he would shut his mouth, Jeong Taehyun babbled again.
Euigeon was seen walking toward the plaza holding a large box, as if he had just come out from carrying some other load.
“What.”
“No, we were just talking about how it’s strange that you suddenly went in to do manual labor with the Alphas.”
“You’re not fighting with those people, right?”
“Why would I?”
Euigeon asked back in disbelief.
He thought his shirt would be completely ruined after working there, but perhaps because his sleeves were rolled up, it was fine.
Instead, the work gloves on his hands looked dirty with quite a bit of dust.
Euigeon took off his gloves and approached Chaewoo, who was holding the scoop.
“I want to eat too.”
“What flavor?”
“Vanilla.”
“Yogurt is delicious, Euigeon.”
“Should I give you yogurt too?”
Chaewoo asked, carefully adjusting his yellow apron and yellow cap.
Euigeon watched him and nodded.
In principle, the person in charge of a booth shouldn’t provide free food to acquaintances, but looking around subtly, others were also giving out items whenever friends or family came by.
While being exploited for unpaid labor here simply because they were the professor’s students, he didn’t want to sell to his classmates while collecting money from them one by one.
Chaewoo reached deep into the ice cream container as if digging a tunnel, rolling the scoop as largely and as many times as possible.
When he placed the two scoops he had rolled while panting on top, the glove-free Euigeon swallowed one scoop in a single bite.
“Only two?”
“…How did you fit that whole thing in your mouth in one bite?”
To think he had scooped it while sweating profusely.
As he stared at Euigeon blankly, Euigeon, who was chewing the ice cream, bit off the second scoop in two bites.
He had essentially finished it in tens of seconds.
Without even getting any on his mouth.
“Whoa, Senior Chaewoo. You took a ticket from me.”
“If you had just asked, I would have given it to you, but since you already paid, there’s no helping it.”
“That’s harsh… My three thousand won.”
“If you’re disappointed, do you want one more? I’ll just give you this one.”
At the mention of it being free, Jeong Taehyun nodded quickly.
“Hey, Euigeon. Are those people really harassing you? If something happens, don’t hold back and speak up!”
“Harassing me? Why?”
Euigeon tilted his head to the side.
Seeing his reaction, it was a relief that he seemed to think nothing of it.
Clearly, the atmosphere had seemed rough when he followed them at first.
“Well, whatever then. You guys looked so fierce when I passed by earlier. Oh, I felt intimidated for no reason. Is it not tiring?”
“It’s manageable.”
“Right. Beom Euigeon, I brought your bag to the waiting room. Though the sheet music got slightly crumpled from being stepped on.”
“Ah.”
As if he had forgotten about it, Euigeon’s expression hardened.
“Is it crumpled a lot?”
“Not a lot… Just enough that there won’t be problems getting your lesson.”
‘Your Brahms sheet music was crumpled too.’
He thought about telling him, but didn’t add the final words.
Euigeon, who was putting his gloves back on, seemed to pause briefly before smiling warmly.
“Got it.”
“You over there, student! Who said you could go and slack off without a word?”
At the gruff shout, Chaewoo turned his gaze.
The Alpha he had seen earlier was shouting at the top of his lungs from afar, approaching them.
“Wh-what is with that man? Isn’t he coming toward us?”
As soon as Jeong Taehyun, who was cowering in fear, finished speaking, the booming voice rang out again.
“You should finish what you started before leaving, instead of slipping away in the middle. Ha, kids these days are completely lacking in manners. Hey! Because you slacked off, all the work is delayed now. Do you think work is a joke?”
Approaching close to the ice cream booth, he repeatedly kicked the box Euigeon had set down on the ground to rest.
The clattering sound of glass colliding could be heard from inside.
He thought they were only moving materials used for stage equipment, but tableware seemed to be included as well.
Chaewoo pulled out his phone with the intention of calling the police if needed.
‘He’s a total lunatic. Why the hell is he dumping his work on Beom Euigeon?’
He thought Euigeon would say something this time, but Euigeon quietly lifted the box, making only the onlookers feel more anxious.
“Beom Euigeon, are you going to be okay?”
Frowning, Chaewoo called out to stop him.
No matter how much older he was, the other’s behavior had crossed the line by far.
Judging that he shouldn’t endure any further, he untied his apron.
Although he was scared, if the man continued to act recklessly like this, he intended to go out and confront him.
In the midst of this, Jeong Taehyun stammered, checking the reactions of both sides in the chilling atmosphere.
“Uh, Euigeon. The professor… wants you to come to the waiting room right now for your lesson… What are you going to do? Didn’t you see the text?”
“Really?”
Euigeon, who was heading toward the container area, stopped in his tracks.
“What? Leaving? My, my. Where do you think you’re going? You brat, with your face looking like a gigolo, I didn’t like you from the start. Are you acting cocky because you’re a dominant type? No matter if you’re a student, you should finish what you were doing before you go…”
Ultimately, Chaewoo threw down his cap and apron and ran forward.
However, before he could even reach the Alpha, an accident occurred.
Crash!
An ear-piercing sound of shattering echoed sharply throughout the plaza.
It was such a loud noise that even people passing nearby flinched and turned around.
Chaewoo was so startled that he froze completely.
Glass shards were spilling onto the ground like a wave.
At least fifty plates seemed to have all shattered.
“Oh, what should we do about this?”
Euigeon, who had dropped them on the ground, spoke with a face that showed no surprise whatsoever.
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