Joint meal?
Riley was taken aback by the unexpected situation. Was it common in this culture to invite someone they just met to dine together?
Seeing Riley’s confusion, Hila hid a slight smile and whispered to Riley.
“What should we do? Both of them seem fine, right?”
“?”
“Fool, they’re trying to pull something on us. Right now.”
“…Is that so?”
“No, let’s drop it. It’s not like we’ll come back here, and there’s no point in getting involved in unnecessary trouble.”
Although Hila was briefly tempted to join the men, she quickly changed her mind.
“Sorry, but we’d prefer to have a meal just by ourselves.”
One of the men smiled pleasantly in response to Hila’s words.
“You guys are Horizon freshmen, right?”
Surprised, Hila asked, “How did you know?”
“Well, we saw you at the auditorium. We’re Horizon students too, second-year students.”
“Oh, you’re seniors!”
Upon hearing they were fellow students from the same academy, Hila put up a guard with a somewhat cool attitude. She hadn’t expected to meet a senior in a place like this.
However, Riley continued to be suspicious of them.
At that moment, one of the men smiled and handed over Horizon student IDs.
“Will this ease your suspicions a bit?”
“Suspicions? I didn’t have any! Should we eat together? It’s okay, right, Riley?”
“…Uh, sure.”
Although Riley was not keen on joining them, she couldn’t resist Hila, who seemed to be enjoying the situation.
Just eating together wouldn’t hurt much, and if she acted too sensitively, it might make Hila uncomfortable. Besides, Hila seemed to want to eat together.
“Shall we order more drinks? We’ll pay for it.”
“Wow, really?”
“Sure! Seniors should open their wallets for their cute juniors.”
“By the way, how old are you guys?”
“Oh, we’re late entrants, so we’re a bit older.”
Hila seemed a bit embarrassed as she spoke, but the men responded nonchalantly.
“Late entrants at Horizon are quite common. There’s nothing to be ashamed of. We’re late entrants too.”
“We’re a bit older, though.”
“If you don’t want to reveal your age, you don’t have to. We’re not forcing you.”
“Thank you for understanding.”
Hila continued various conversations, while Riley quietly focused on her meal. Until the ordered drinks arrived, one of the men asked.
“Is your junior usually reserved?”
“…Yes, she tends to keep her distance from others.”
“Really? What’s her name?”
When Riley hesitated to answer, Hila, who had wrapped her arm around Riley’s shoulder, answered in her place.
“I’m Hila Durand, and this is Riley Eadalin.”
“Riley Eadalin? The famous one?”
“Famous? Is Riley famous?”
“Yeah, the cursed freshman, isn’t she famous?”
A cursed freshman?
Riley and Hila wore expressions of confusion, not understanding what they meant, and one of the men burst into laughter as he spoke.
“Josephine Lucan and her group ended up in a hospital because of the curse of the freshman. Not only them, but also all the ones who received favors from them got involved in unfortunate incidents, such as getting injured, after being attacked by an unknown assailant following their hospitalization. According to the man, after Josephine Lucan and her group were attacked and hospitalized by an unknown assailant, other Blessing students planned various things to retaliate. However, as they tried to carry out their plans, many of them got injured. This led to suspicions among them that the freshman might be able to use curse magic. As a result, they started calling Riley the cursed freshman and began avoiding her.”
“So, it was you. I heard you look really gloomy, but that’s not true at all.”
“No, where did such rumors come from?”
Hila openly expressed her displeasure. Then, the embarrassed men tried to explain.
“It’s not that we think that. It’s just that such rumors were circulating.”
“Whoa, calm down. We don’t believe in rumors about curses or anything like that.”
“Even so, be careful. It’s not something you should casually say in front of the person involved.”
“Yeah, we misspoke. Sorry, really sorry.”
With the men’s apology, Riley fell into contemplation for a different reason.
“…Can I really use curse magic?”
“Riley, don’t get too serious about such things. Those guys with bad intentions must have brought divine retribution upon themselves.”
“…Is that so?”
“Curse magic is black magic. It’s not a magic that anyone can use, and only a few among the archmages can use it. Besides, it’s originally forbidden magic, so not everyone can come into contact with it, and whether such magic really exists is still unknown.”
Should she be grateful for becoming a being cursed by an unspecified number of people? It made sense now why they caused a commotion, running around as if they had seen a ghost.
It was good that the childish harassment had disappeared, but it still didn’t seem like something to be happy about. Rather than being angry, it felt a bit bitter.
Why? It was fine before. Why did she suddenly feel depressed?
While Hila comforted the slightly gloomy Riley, the men’s ordered drinks arrived.
My Ex-Girlfriend Is The Regent In The Female-dominant World (Male lead transmigrates to the matriarchal world)
Two years ago, Gu Sui picked up a homeless woman in ancient costume from the street.
Apart from occasionally claiming to be a princess from a female-dominant country due to illness, her figure, appearance, intelligence, and martial arts skills were impeccable.
Naturally evolving from roommates to girlfriends, as time went on, Gu Sui found it increasingly difficult to tolerate her queen syndrome.
“Mu Jiulu, can you stop controlling me inside and out? Let’s break up.”
Gu Sui made a breakup call, and since then, he couldn’t find any trace of her.
A year later, Gu Sui, who was planning to move, woke up the next day and found himself in a different place.
“Young Master, today is the day you choose your Wife-master through martial arts competition at Jade Dew Pavilion. Please get up quickly.”
Gu Sui: Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
As the only son of a general’s mansion in a female-dominant dynasty, the young empress personally issued a decree allowing Gu Sui to select his Wife-master through martial arts competition. Whoever could defeat him could marry him.
Gu Sui: “……”
He didn’t inherit the original owner’s martial prowess, so anyone could defeat him! And what the hell is a Wife-master?
Forced to come to Jade Dew Pavilion, the densely packed women below made Gu Sui’s agoraphobia act up, and his face was full of resistance.
Until he saw the Regent sitting on the second floor, with a smile on the corner of her lips, her eyes wicked and nonchalant.
Hmm… she looked a little familiar.
It turned out that the Regent also found him a little familiar.
Mu Jiulu fiddled with her bone clasp, her deep gaze locked on the man who was out of place in this world.
“Finally, I found you.”
Male transmigrates into female-dominant world
One-sentence summary: What goes around comes around, taking turns in the crematorium
