Seon Woo Jin dragged me outside, saying he would buy food on behalf of the homework agency gang.

As it turned out, I wasn’t an unpaid slave!

‘This guy… Was he unexpectedly a good one?’

Since he offered to buy, there was no reason to refuse, so I obediently followed Seon Woo Jin.

Today’s menu was hamburgers.

“Uh…”

“What?”

“Can’t we have something else?”

“Ju Eun.”

“Yes?”

“Let’s eat what we’re given.”

“Okay.”

I quietly chose a hamburger.

Although I didn’t have the freedom to choose the menu, I had the freedom to choose the type of hamburger.

I was about to choose what I usually eat, but since it was free, I decided to order the most expensive one. After all, it was a franchise burger, so it couldn’t be that expensive.

After placing the order, we sat down.

An awkward silence fell for a moment.

To be precise, I was the only one feeling awkward. I couldn’t tell what Seon Woo Jin was thinking, but at least on the outside, he seemed to have no thoughts at all.

No, he probably really didn’t have any thoughts. That’s just the kind of guy he seemed to be.

‘Come to think of it, I don’t have anything to talk about with him…’

I had forgotten because we never had to face each other for long.

“…”

“…”

Unable to bear the awkwardness, I finally opened my mouth.

“Hey, I’m curious about something.”

I glanced at him and carefully asked.

“Do you have no friends?”

Then Seon Woo Jin answered.

“Yeah, I don’t.”

“…”

He’s admitting it?

I asked expecting him to deny it, but his easy admission made me even more flustered.

I just wanted to ask why he was making me, who wasn’t even his friend, do his homework… Surprised, the words just tumbled out.

“Why not?”

“This girl is saying rude things so casually.”

Seon Woo Jin said with an incredulous face.

“Ju Eun, don’t you know you shouldn’t ask such things to someone who has no friends?”

…That’s true.

Somehow, I felt wronged.

I’m sorry, but you seem to be a different case!

From my perspective, Seon Woo Jin wasn’t someone who couldn’t make friends, but rather someone who isolated himself from the world. If he wanted to, there’s no way Seon Woo Jin couldn’t make friends.

Has he ever even tried to make friends in the first place?

Wait, aren’t the Three Musketeers his friends?

Come to think of it, I was curious. How did the three of them become friends anyway?

‘They all have such strong personalities.’

At Inso, the kids got along so naturally that I didn’t notice, but thinking about it, it was a really strange combination.

There was no ‘^−^’ character here to mediate between them, which made it even more so.

Seon Woo Jin and Ban Ha Min… Wow, they really don’t match.

‘Do they even talk to each other?’

No matter how I thought about it, I couldn’t imagine them being alone together.

With Seon Woo Jin’s personality, I didn’t think he’d tolerate someone like Ban Ha Min… No, maybe he just doesn’t react because it’s bothersome.

I tried to imagine various scenarios, but they all seemed odd.

‘…Maybe someday I’ll understand.’

I swallowed my urge to ask about Ban Ha Min and just nodded.

“Right, a person can have no friends. But if you ever want to make friends later, make sure to befriend someone who smiles a lot. Got it?”

“What are you talking about?”

“It’s a thing.”

If only there was a ‘^−^’, they could complete the Four Heavenly Kings… I clicked my tongue, lamenting Seon Woo Jin’s narrow circle of relationships.

While I was doing this, Seon Woo Jin looked at me as if I were strange.

The kids here really never let my nonsense slide…

I cleared my throat and said,

“When you make friends, it’s better if they’re cheerful, right?”

“You could think that way. I’ll respect your opinion.”

Despite his words of respect, Seon Woo Jin’s face showed he didn’t understand at all.

As we were talking nonsense, the hamburgers arrived. Seon Woo Jin said he’d go get them and stood up.

At that moment, the system popped up.

[Ju Eun!]

“Ah, you startled me.”

Now it’s popping up without even speaking.

I lowered my voice and spoke quietly.

“I told you not to suddenly appear when there are people around.”

[But I couldn’t hold back! 〉0〈]

What couldn’t you hold back?

I didn’t think anything good was coming. I narrowed my eyes and looked at the chat window.

[To think you’re getting along so well with Jin! I’m glad you finally seem motivated to work hard. ㅠ^ㅠ]

As expected, it was nonsense.

“No, when have I not worked hard?”

[You’ve been trying to avoid it every day!]

…That’s true. I still want to.

But that doesn’t mean I have nothing to say.

Wouldn’t anyone act like me in this situation?

Who would willingly pair up with Ban Ha Min, I mean.

I just reacted as any normal, intelligent person would.

[That’s a cowardly excuse. =_=]

Then why don’t you try being friends with Ban Ha Min after being called Chun Ja.

Even if it wasn’t because he’s an original character, I didn’t want to get close to such a clear-eyed madman.

‘His eyes were not those of an ordinary madman.’

It’s scary to imagine what would happen if he caught me.

Ah, thinking about Ban Ha Min is giving me a headache again.

Feeling tired, I waved my hand at the system.

“Alright, I get it. Just go back in for now. I’m about to look like a weirdo again.”

I remembered the time I was branded as suspicious for talking to the system in front of Yoo Hee Na.

My image is already ruined, but there’s a world of difference between ‘weird kid’ and ‘crazy person’. I couldn’t let even Seon Woo Jin see me as a lunatic.

I wanted to maintain human dignity.

But the system didn’t understand my deep intentions.

[No way! I have to monitor whether Ju Eun is working hard or not ㅇ_ㅇ!]

Frustrated, I raised my voice.

“No, I’m telling you to go back in and monitor quietly by yourself!”

At that moment, my eyes met with Seon Woo Jin’s, who was returning with the hamburgers.

Oh no.

Silence fell between us for a moment.

After a long pause, Seon Woo Jin opened his mouth with a disgruntled face.

“You… Do you talk to yourself too?”

“…”

And so, following Yoo Hee Na, I was branded as a crazy person by Seon Woo Jin as well.

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After dinner, we returned to school.

“The food was really good. Well, I’m going now. Bye.”

When we arrived in front of the main building where our classroom was, I casually tried to wrap things up.

Come on, let’s end this nicely here!

I had left my pencil case in the infirmary, but I could get that tomorrow. I was planning to go back to the classroom, quickly pack my bag, and head home.

However, Seon Woo Jin frowned at my words as if something was strange.

“Going? Where?”

I took a step back.

“…Home?”

“What?”

As our eyes met, an ominous feeling crept up.

…Let’s run away.

I quickly turned my body to dash into the main building.

But as soon as I turned around, Seon Woo Jin grabbed the hood of my jacket from behind.

“Where do you think you’re going? You have to work as much as you ate.”

I take back what I said about him being a good guy!

In the end, I was dragged along, caught by Seon Woo Jin.

“Work until self-study ends.”

What a terrible employer.

If I had known this would happen, I wouldn’t have followed him to eat earlier.

“That damn chic boy…”

I grumbled hard, but Seon Woo Jin didn’t even blink. What a cold-hearted bastard…

‘Just wait until I get back to the infirmary.’

I gritted my teeth as I looked at Seon Woo Jin in front of me.

While I was grumbling, we had already arrived at the building with the infirmary.

At this point, let me briefly explain the structure of this school.

Jeil High consists of a total of 6 buildings.

These buildings weren’t built all at once according to a plan, but were constructed one by one as needed. So their sizes and appearances were all different, and their locations were random.

Among them, the old school building where the second infirmary was located was separate from most of the school buildings.

As a result, there was very little foot traffic in this area.

“I said I’m sorry!”

…Which means voices like this aren’t usually heard here.

“Why don’t you understand my feelings…!”

A sharp female voice rang out.

The sound was coming from the open space behind the old school building.

‘What’s going on…?’

I instinctively knew that this conversation would be an interesting one.

No, even without instinct, honestly, with words like that being said there, it couldn’t be anything but interesting.

‘It’s definitely a love triangle drama.’

But the wisdom I gained after reading countless possession novels warned me. Just ignore it and go.

Theoretically, a possessed person had nothing to gain by interfering in situations like this.

‘If I get involved, it’ll just be troublesome again.’

I was afraid of what kind of crazy Inso development might pop up if I got caught eavesdropping.

Yeah, let’s just pretend we didn’t hear anything and go back. What’s the point of listening to other people’s conversations?

It’s not a good look to be peeking at high school students’ love lives at my age.

I glanced at Seon Woo Jin to gauge his reaction.

Well, Seon Woo Jin isn’t the type to care about this kind of thing. If I just pretend not to know, he’ll probably just walk past…

“…Hey, hey. Where are you going?”

However, contrary to my expectations, Seon Woo Jin suddenly started walking towards the open space.

I stared blankly at his retreating figure in surprise, then quickly came to my senses and followed him.

‘What’s this? This isn’t like him at all.’

The Seon Woo Jin I knew was indifferent to other people’s business and apathetic about everything. In the original work, this was packaged as being taciturn and chic, but in any case, he wasn’t the type to enjoy gossip like this.

‘…Was I wrong about him all this time?’

I tilted my head in confusion as I approached Seon Woo Jin.

Seon Woo Jin was hiding his body against the outer wall of the building, peeking into the open space.

I tapped his back and spoke to him.

“What are you doing? Why are you suddenly acting like this? Do you know them? Mmph!”

At that moment, Seon Woo Jin suddenly covered my mouth.

He was covering my mouth with one hand, but his gaze was still fixed on that distant place.

‘What’s going on? Who could it be?’

Perplexed, I lowered my head and peeked inside.

As expected, there was a girl standing in the open space. She was probably the owner of that voice from earlier.

And across from her stood her counterpart.

Surprisingly, it was someone I knew.

‘…Huh?’

It was Sung Ji Chan, the male lead of this novel.