Chapter 197: Love Consultation (2)
xkAThese past few days, Germain was in deep agony. It was because Melina, his peer that he was fond of, had a date planned with Korin.YfY9
usd1ml‘Why… Why is she okay with Big Bro Korin, and not me?’D4NST1
sAdHe was the one who spent a lot more time with her, so why?H7n
kJfAXaAGermain was anxious.COBt
eNHKWho was Korin? He was the most popular knight and player of the Academy with countless ladies surrounding him.8RB
s1mzeZXWhat if Melina is interested in him?SH6QqB
i385o‘No. No. Big Bro Korin knows that I like Melina. There’s no way he would betray me…’wPpv
QQw0uBut putting aside Korin, what about Melina? isn’t it pointless if Melina was interested in Korin?tOv8y
xx4Despite being a future priest of the Xeruem Order and a spy, Germain was just a seventeen-year-old boy. Unable to keep it to himself, he immediately went looking for Melina.3TGyR1
Cejt“Melina…”PR3hW
Y9IyZC“What is it, Germain?”1zO
nq6“Umm, on Friday, by the way… are you doing something with Big Bro Korin?”ozYOvZi
iwT“Yeah. How do you know that?”e2g0
H5y“Like… I, I just heard it by accident. Umm… Why?”P4PO5
BLVMelina smiled before giving a clap as if she found Germain cute.Oot
mmIItiT“Are you asking why I agreed to his offer and not yours?”UD5
GY4h1“Y, yeah…”B00AqW
siB“Well, because it’s comfortable.”Css2HV
j4DkST“Huh? Comfortable?”wnz
sdicT, then what about me?kuos
ml4EShe replied before he could continue with his questions.Ts1bCZw
5to“He doesn’t have any ulterior motives in mind. I can tell he isn’t hiding anything.”yRzPG9
XnA“T, that’s the same for me too!”Rs0iD2o
4L4viMelina sneered in response, evidently laughing at him.Nf33lN
U90Z“Yes yes. Of course, of course.”Sur3
puC9fh1“I, I’m serious!”st2L
nKiIt was widely said that girls were mentally more mature than boys at a young age. The restless Germain and Melina teasing him were arguably a piece of evidence supporting that statement.wXKJ6
n3Ha……9QY
CGaod…aRxQ
Wpi8OOo“Senior! Did you have to wait a lot?”mMrB4
rjz“Yeah, nice clothes. It’s a great match with your straw hat.”cd8ySH
M5URO1u“Wow~. You have amazing eyes!”n8xt
dyMg“My friends had a thing for fashion. And they always became sulky whenever I didn’t notice they were dressed up.”8hflh
9IEW2pOf course, there were always exceptions to that statement.x56NrY
wRvjhU***pKWB
s0CsdAsking Melina out on a meal was to show an example, but I had to keep my word. We went to the hair salon together and asked for some advice that only girls could help me with.3aFraa
69KcDuring the meal, I was planning on making her have a favorable opinion of Germain but she brought up that topic first.IeqBQ5
0rnX“Actually, the reason I agreed to have a meal together is because I had something to consult about.”3TcZJTm
i1eN33T“What is it? Is it something I can help you with?”sA6g
EkkLH“Hmm~ probably. If it’s you, Senior Korin who’s collecting all the beautiful girls of the Academy, I would assume so.”db7
w51x“What’s wrong with everyone’s evaluation of me…”05tKC
DgqavWhy are they all misunderstanding me so much?t0fq
FdgOZh“So what is it about?”hphpWO6
5hBQdz8“It’s about Germain.”cYw6
W76qhDIs this… a coincidence or fate?sKyCy9e
9KwMelina grinned before picking up a spoon to cut the caramel custard, which we were having as dessert.kIyg2
9DHgq2“I actually like Germain, and I’m even thinking that maybe I should go out with him.”SnvryHa
NnRgFSH“Germain had a similar thing in mind.”4FUa9U
UCg3wH“Hahat~”C83ca
lwfeMShe swirled the custard around with a mean look on her face.8crOk5
P2NZ“Of course, I know that already. He makes it so obvious, but he’s quite cute so I’m pretending I don’t know it.”574
BnUFb04“What a nasty attitude.”ClTviSy
tXuoLM“But that could be considered a quality, right?”3lVuT
jURhALI thought she was just a young junior, but she was a lot more mature than I thought. In any case, the content of her consultation was rather simple.Sef
Q3mixHt“So you are willing to accept it if he asks you out first. Is that correct?”Trzkk
ZmvAFI“Yes. Confessing first as a girl is a bit… weird, right?”ZTr4
j6PShe was right – even though there were elements of the modern world mixed into the world, the foundation was based on the late Middle Ages. Machismo wasn’t considered machismo and was instead an obvious virtue of a male. The same went for females.7N0T5
oKXReXRIn other words, there was a slight tendency to consider girls who approached men first as being immoral.4h1
zpT“Knn…”dAn9KCy
LECXON“What’s wrong all of a sudden?”SL8uD
b3u“No. I was just thinking that I might have been a bit mean to the girls.”ejA
YNu75RyAs for me though, they all approached and confessed to me first. Marie, Alicia, Hua, and Ran… it was an element that I didn’t take into account due to being in the mindset of a modern world person.6Xo3Iw
mqW“There are so many possible things you could be thinking about, that I don’t know what to say.”RELhBa
op1zlJI“Really? Is it that bad?”dLC
LUDDQBy“Yes. That’s why I am consulting you in the first place, Senior.”wonmr3
SBsNhISimply put, she was asking me for advice because I had the experience of hitting on multiple girls here and there.2u3FNe
lg5“So what you want is for Germain to confess to you first, right?”NOMwqW
z6tDfj8“Yes.”Ii2sSMc
pYCLV“Alright. I’ll tell him to be a bit more proactive.”xSVpHj
MKLUle“Yes~! Thank you, Senior! Thanks for the meal as well!”Z7DyCgz
doPdZ“Hold up.”QMi
LhF0MI stopped Melina in the middle of her thanks.GTP
KGzbQ“You have to buy the meal today because I listened to your worries.”agFhBlk
ayknTrf“What~? Come on~ Mr. Senior~”pS95
J4jCA girl asking for a favor like this might work on everyone else both in this world and on Earth, but not on me.VkFbJCc
vAs“Ehem! Ms. Mel, don’t be like this. This won’t work in this time and age.”pOTI
DbDtUSU“Uht…”GKx9
fwaVpBn“Consider this as my labor cost. You are paying for the meal.”BaUa
CX6lu“Tch… You’re so cold.”yCOtb
AiL“But I’ll buy you coffee.”QAg5L
RXf9s0K“This is not a date though.”7boKZ
M1SIP1“You are too young for a date, lass. We’re just playing around and having a meal.”IQL6
e5EWDM“Wow… So that’s the mindset huh~”b37n5
4DJzoioThe sun was starting to set.GAbJvz
IG1“I’ll take you to your dormitory. And thanks for helping out with my shopping today.”k4ikY
aRzIj“Thank you too. And please don’t forget my request.”oVAwi
4ATfdMaking Germain take the action was going to take some work.sgmO
QwrNW7***MRyjuex
RgTCGermain was restless for the entire day.DjM4Ks
1NuMelina and Korin were pretty much on a date, and it was driving him crazy.mJh
0zWBEQ4Objectively speaking, Korin Lork was an attractive person. He had a wild-looking appearance and a great personality. The only downside was his rather messy relationship with girls, but there were so many who were willing to stay with him despite that drawback.hZbi
YYDsBHe was a fabulous senior, even in the eyes of a teenage boy, but it was a different story if that senior was going on a date with the person he liked.ZZHsz
EyJIw5OThe plentiful imaginative powers of a teenager acted as poison.ZYz0
oOnrev『Senior… I actually, for a very long time…』k3f2
sEQMAc“Ahhhk…!”SJA
i7ueLWHe was a faithful believer and a spy of the Old Faith but was nonetheless a seventeen-year-old young boy.ZMC
DPDX“Fuu… Are they not here yet?”ktmw3g
XsoThat was also what kept him waiting for five hours straight in front of the dormitory. The night breeze was hitting cold, but he was still waiting for Korin and Melina to come back from the city.A9Ho
qrnNHis wait was not in vain, and Germain spotted the two of them walking together from a distance.KvQMhi
9YG0r5rKorin and Melina.eCmC
7BEVKPmThe two of them were looking at each other with an evidently friendly smile and were chatting while walking toward the dormitory. In their hands were a bunch of shopping bags.gtqMz8
ZVwkrO‘Why… Why are they so close to each other?’ngaZ
Eq4lcrReally? No, there’s no way Melina would… well she could, but there’s no way Big Bro Korin would do such a thing. He knows… He knows I like Melina so he wouldn’t…3KPO
Cv8P…But what if he did?csrx13N
avGwYGermain suddenly remembered all the rumors about him.Lbp91
q35wbNo one denied the fact that he was a nice person, but he was at the same time a shameless person when it came to relationships, who reached out his octopus legs at a bunch of girls.[mfn]TL Note: Two-timing in Korean is called two-legs; three-timing is three-legs and so on. Therefore, a person sticking out legs like an octopus implies they’re hitting on a lot of people (because octopuses have 8 legs)GJj
SN6Jmd9ED Min Note: Remember this, it’ll come back up later.[/mfn]fjdj
oyoKjThere was even news of people spotting him with Professor Deina, Professor Lulara, Senior Professor Josephine, and Chairman Erin Danua around the campus. In the city, he was even seen going around with Sword Master Lunia.MAVAx
BVfcPHe was the most alpha man out there, with such a wide spectrum of followers, that even a few male students were interested in him.XfHn
HP7LCQ‘No. I, I trust Big Bro Korin.’JF8w
3mD7m2PIt was weird coming from a spy roaming around Korin for information. Despite knowing that himself, he still trusted Korin Lork’s personality and the sincerity of his attitude.XdgUr
djgY0“Huh? Germain?”NOSU
8GvgzWThe two of them stopped after noticing Germain in front of the dormitory. Melina and Korin glanced at each other before turning to Germain and realized from the look on his face that he was having a misunderstanding.4WcXxo
fb6tXEven though the usual approach would be to explain the misunderstanding… Korin pulled Melina by the shoulder towards himself instead.K7eaar
HwC7qXD“Senior?”beDK
IELz“Germain. What are you doing here?”p0Z0M
DZvzgk“Ah. U, uhh…”GDDqT
eeSdKVIt was because he was worried about having Melina taken away… but he naturally couldn’t say that.noWn1
b28‘Why is he touching Melina’s shoulder like that!? Even though I haven’t even done that yet!’JjU
Gjo9ZGermain was deeply frustrated but couldn’t do anything apart from throwing glances at Melina and Korin.svG
mRN“Do you have something to talk to Melina about? Melina. Go have a chat with him.”pLlB32
B1mcoU“Ah, yes…”BNM
jN0What was with that attitude? It was as if he was giving Melina permission to talk to him!lvPZ
SlrHe was quite displeased by everything but there was nothing he could do. He took Melina as far away from Korin as he could and whispered in a soft voice.J2F
pS3k9Kv“You were… umm, quite late.”Hv9uf
btlK78W“Y, yeah…”SeCg
IpUqNo“Are you… by any chance with Sir Senior Korin…”uKuJ
mK1l5“Ah?”F1LV7Tu
qsHdDNMelina flinched from his question but quickly understood what Korin was doing and followed along.ma5Jy0
ANti34“Senior is very kind, right? He was worried about sending me off alone late at night so we came together.”plBrXsz
54GSr“A, all the way to the female dormitory?”BtyKSW
kTyaH“What were you doing here by the way?”P8y
pO4“M, mhmm… I was just passing by.”D1kd8
Ff4KTV“Really? It’s late so you should head back.”cSSVN
g1QbFJ“O, okay…”HfF2
uwSShe then turned around with a cold flick. She hopped her way over to Korin and gave him a bashful smile.aVzhlBl
sDYP“Stay safe on your way in, and let’s play together again when we have time.”9NhukI
p77Korin said with an amicable smile while naturally tapping her on the shoulder, and Melina sent him off with a rather shy look on her face.rt1Dryc
FZ6V“…”NuwQs
EXkThis was bad.514EX
YcOW8kMelina was about to go to Korin, that man.gCxoMO
mT48B5LMaybe not yet, but what if she settled her mind completely on their second date? It was more than possible for that to happen.68eY
jy3Td“N, no.”cenIVy
zhUHe had to make a move before it was too late. Germain made up his mind in the span of a single day.Lacz
bdK“M, Melina…! P, please go out with me!”UU6E
KWBNm“Wow… It actually worked. This senior is innately gifted or something.”A0lOE
4ek6“Huh?”VwJTxA
ocnmv“N, nothing! Sure! Today’s our day 1 then.”DsumK
qHc“Hukk! R, really?! Thank you! I love you!”jUcVHsK
ylp2jWatching that unfold from the side were the three 2nd-year seniors.NzS
326Rr6“Ohh. Look at him go. Kids these days~”PR9Ah3G
WqDl“…”rls
qmpS7Fb“…”wkZ
cxKuGLooking at the outcome of Korin’s “Jealousy Invoking Strategy”, Jaeger and Lark shook their heads.GobU6F
CC3fAFZ“He knows very well so…”3Xit2l
bZ2“What’s wrong with his own freaking relationships?”kNBLZ
uQmkgNENo one had the answer to that question.4v89
VVgB3W8***6F6gthp
qipxRecently, Erin was a lot busier than usual.F3sXKNu
81znMySEven aside from her personal lessons to a few students including Korin, she also had to organize the yearly examination and the Autumn Harvest Festival.LD5d
tz425wZThe Harvest Festival was especially an important event that substituted for the ‘Festival’. Actually, it was more correct to say that usually, the Academy wasn’t able to attend the Harvest Festival due to the ‘Festival’, where academies competed against one another.nWEEVEa
ui97In any case, it was decided that this year, Merkarva Academy would be cooperating with the City to carry out the Harvest Festival in full. This nationwide celebration lasted a whole week so there were many things to be prepared to liven up the mood all the way till the last day.LMRda
Nret‘Recently… Hasn’t there been a rumor that a couple spending the midnight of the last day together would get married? A 500-year-old legend, huh~?’wmt
grI4It was funny. She had lived in this city for more than a century and yet it was her first time hearing such a legend. Naturally, such rumors did not exist before, and it was probably an empty rumor considering how teenage girls were the sources of those gossips.EMLvf
L2kG9GBut even so…dMIKizm
rGZr“I want to spend time with Korin~”6Gdxm
iNrEven though it was her saying it, hearing herself say that made her cheeks turn red. Erin questioned if she had been such an open yet childish person the whole time.IKOryLp
cVk-Knock knock!8LI
JGYPP68“Come in.”Z1iISRZ
Grd2BThe old wooden door creaked open. It was around a 100-years-old, so it was about time to change it…yIkdo
LLzZTu7“Master.”q4V6U
kGvle“Haht?!”eYDjm
LaKShe shot out of her seat upon hearing a familiar voice and saw Korin, her favorite disciple.J2h
07nnUO“Why’re you so surprised?”jJt
FOT“I just happened to be thinking about my dear disciple.”SArwCi
0p3Erin smiled bashfully at her disciple before opening the drawer of a cupboard.PuaMPT
yaIk“I’ve received some good biscuits from Josephine. Let me prepare them along with some tea.”GRqy6
3NrHWc“Sounds good to me.”YIotGT
DX1aIt didn’t take long for her to finish her preparations because she also had a treasure that immediately boiled water.2F7f
qxhTM“So what brings you here?”UhQzghc
ruPZ“Weird of you to ask that when I always come here when I have free time.”xCySg
Nqnnac“That’s true too. Fufu…”1ps
H1kj0While carrying the biscuits and cups of tea over to the table with Erin, Korin glanced at the pile of documents on her desk.XHOSIm
MA513“It’s the yearly exam followed by the Autumn Festival straight away, right? It must be busy for you.”pSyj
9O1KXOT“Yes. I would love to have another body if possible.”1dM
84et“Do you want me to help you?”kk884
DD1eL9J“You are also busy. And it wouldn’t be right to receive help from a student.”hBV
sOPEoKorin shrugged his shoulders.OaP0Bha
7gLo“It would be a win for me since I’ll get to spend more time with Master though.”wl7H
zohx“H, huh?”VSd
LbD“Plus when we finish early, we can spend the time training.”Zux
mG7NEs“R, right. Yes. Of course. Kuhum…”f44
UxC7MNShe knew she was being silly, and Erin found herself pathetic to be so shaken by every sentence of her much younger disciple.jtma
sKXqvso“Master.”Nu10O4Y
5DwDP9“What is it?”E7D
JN2AV“Happy birthday.”ioy
B8Fw“Huh? How did you kno— Ah.”1Iv3
213Korin was from the future and had spent time with her there, so it wasn’t strange for him to know when her birthday was.62W
kMkH“This is my present for you.”9qjGz1
H480He took out a small box. Inside it was a beautiful gold necklace, and he said after picking it up.MlDT4z
WpBjQ“Can I hang it around your neck for you?”foN1kh
ILwxL“S, sure.”vwm
61DUwCtErin sat modestly with her arms right next to her body. Her disciple slowly walked towards her and wrapped the necklace around her neck.45LyNVO
jFhXEKorin was standing right behind her. Each of his breath was tickling her ears; his eyes were on her neck and his fingers were scraping past her hair.LP885Cw
PxupiVt-Gulp!q4WIc
IqY7qIt had been a very long time since she last received such a gift, and it made her quite timid and embarrassed. That was probably also because the young man behind her was special.rbF
dqQ93“All done.”2XXvb
cmGw5W8“Haa…”1E2WS8K
yBil0YyErin gently breathed out her nervousness as soon as it was done. Then, she gazed down at the gold necklace around her neck.6rvgqQ
fvP“It’s very pretty.”xx3h
xUra“Had to get some advice for it.”9eiml1M
LYzBIt was an expensive necklace he bought with the help of Melina. The reason he asked a girl that he wasn’t close with, was him being as considerate as he could.zHycr
Jfl“I also prepared a set bracelet and earrings that go with the necklace. Please wear them at the Harvest Festival.”yBj
v4M“I certainly will.”RtDrl
q91“And also…”CUhBxX2
EB4eHKorin hesitated a little out of embarrassment. However, the embarrassment wasn’t big enough for him to swallow the words that he was about to say.fXle0
BXVOq3E“You’re very pretty as always. Master.”IwogAxU
ZjXD“Nnn?”kBX9s
HFDgHe looked so serious that Erin could not turn her eyes away from him. Right when her cheeks were about to blossom like warm flowers…caIX
LOT“Oh right. Master.”OlP
BUcRm“Y, yes? What is it?”CNMc
mPfTPCP“You know the last day of the Harvest Festival.”StChlK
qh5Z“The last day?”qOkgkF
07GhThis was an amazing coincidence, considering how she had just been thinking about the girlish rumor of a couple celebrating the last midnight of the festival getting married.o5C
qS4W“Yes. At midnight on the last day, actually.”ULrUo
u7Hr“M, midnight?!”PpWn
xlAgjqWhat a coincidence among coincidences! Erin’s hand quivered and created numerous waves on the tea inside her cup.LiDp
1Ran7“Can you stay with me that night?”ifAbkK
EEvjnJN“Uhht!?”XgH1
XUZqtEmbarrassment made her heart race.PSYt3
Ak8Is it that?taZ9jO
s2aReally?XS6tj
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