Chapter 17 – GOY 17

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However, ​soothing ​the ​obsessive ​madman’s ​anger ​was more important ​than ​my ​own ​embarrassment. ​After a moment of ​hesitation, ​I squeezed my ​eyes shut and ​kissed ​him ​on ​the ​cheek.

“…This ​isn’t a kiss, ​is ​it?”

“Y-yes, ​you’re so tall ​that I couldn’t reach… ​No! It’s ​not your ​fault, it’s ​because I’m ​small….”

A ​kiss ​at school. Please ​go easy ​on me, Mr. Obsessive ​Madman.

As I stammered my ​response, Joo Seung-hyuk let ​out a ​small ​chuckle and stroked my hair.

He finally ​smiled!

I had barely escaped ​the ​terror ​of ​being ​imprisoned.

“You have a ​free period, ​right? ​Shall we eat?”

“Yeah.”

“Is ​there ​anything you want to eat?”

“Anything. ​I have ​a ​class next, so ​the ​school ​cafeteria ​is ​fine too.”

“Then ​how ​about sushi?”

“Yeah. ​Sounds good. Shall we go to Sushi-tei?”

The ​area around the ​Esper Academy was ​famous for having many ​great restaurants. ​There was a ​wide ​variety, from high-end ​dining to budget-friendly ​hotspots.

Sushi-tei was ​one ​of those ​famous ​spots. Since ​Joo ​Seung-hyuk had ​bought ​me ​abalone porridge from ​there ​before, he ​surely ​liked ​the ​place.

“Okay.”

He nodded, his eyes curving softly. Fortunately, he seemed to like my suggestion.

We headed to Sushi-tei at the back gate. Perhaps because lunch hour had mostly passed, the restaurant was relatively quiet.

As soon as we sat down, I spoke to Joo Seung-hyuk.

“I’ll pay this time.”

Sushi-tei was on the pricier side compared to other nearby restaurants, but it wasn’t beyond my means.

“You don’t have to.”

“No. I’m the Hyung, I can’t just keep letting you treat me.”

In the original story, Lee Yeon-soo spent Joo Seung-hyuk’s money as if it were his own and met a miserable end.

Moreover, regardless of the original plot, it felt burdensome to keep being treated.

“Alright. Then I’ll have this.”

He chose Lunch Set A. Aside from individual sushi pieces and drinks, it was the cheapest item on the menu.

“No, you can eat something more expensive.”

“I like this one.”

It was a choice that clearly took my wallet’s situation into account.

“Still…. Ah, then how about this?”

I picked the 2-person set next to it. It was pricier than the lunch set.

“It’s a couple set.”

“Ah, it is….”

Having only looked at the numbers written behind, I only noticed the word ‘couple’ after hearing Joo Seung-hyuk’s remark.

“I like it. Let’s go with this.”

Joo Seung-hyuk beamed.

I was relieved that he liked it, but for some reason, I felt uneasy.

We ordered Couple Set A. While waiting for the food, I handed him the envelope Ji-hee noona had given me yesterday.

“Seung-hyuk-ah, this….”

“What is this?”

“It’s the compensation money you sent to the Changwi Guild; Ji-hee noona returned it yesterday. They said they couldn’t accept it because they were at fault. I was supposed to give it to you yesterday, but I forgot. Sorry.”

“What? I thought it was a love letter; I was actually looking forward to it.”

“Huh?”

“Keep it, Hyung. It’s money I spent for you anyway.”

“No. I can’t do that. And I’ll return the card and the money you sent me too.”

Seeing Joo Seung-hyuk’s eyes turn cold, I quickly added:

“Of course, I won’t do the Guiding part-time job. It’s just that it’s too much money and I feel burdened. And I’m a bit clumsy. It would be a disaster if I happened to lose the card.”

“It’s okay if you lose it.”

“No. I can’t.”

No matter how scary Joo Seung-hyuk was, I couldn’t take the money.

“Take it. It’ll be yours anyway once we get married, so why bother with the hassle of giving it back and forth?”

“…….”

Married? Mr. Obsessive Madman, please keep those terrifying words to yourself.

When I didn’t say anything, Joo Seung-hyuk’s voice sank low.

“Hyung, are you planning to abandon me? After taking my purity.”

“N-no. Abandon you? It’s just….”

“Just?”

“…Purity is important, but you must have an ideal type or a preference you’ve dreamed of since long ago.”

“What kind of preference?”

“Well, for example, maybe you like women….”

“I don’t care about things like gender.”

What would happen if I said, ‘I do care’? Would he perhaps agree to act like that night never happened?

“What about you, Hyung?”

“I….”

“It’s okay. Speak comfortably. If you like women, I’ll just get rid of every woman in this world. If you like other men, I’ll kill all the men. If you like both, I’ll kill everyone and leave only the two of us in the world. Then you’ll have to choose me.”

He spoke in a gentle voice while gripping my hand tightly. Goosebumps broke out all over my body, but I couldn’t shake off his hand.

“I-I only have you.”

“Really?”

“Yeah…. But you might not. Since you manifested as an Alpha, you might be attracted to an [Read on Read BL Novels][Read on Read BL Novels]Omega. Oh, for your information, I haven’t manifested.”

They say the higher the rank, the higher the probability of manifesting as an Alpha or Omega. But I hadn’t yet, and I likely never would.

In the original story, Lee Yeon-soo believed he didn’t receive Joo Seung-hyuk’s attention because he wasn’t an Omega. His inferiority complex exploded specifically when he found out Kim Joon was an Omega.

Furthermore, manifestation usually occurs in the mid-to-late teens, so timing-wise, there was no way I would manifest.

“And you and I probably don’t have a high matching rate….”

“How do you know about the matching rate?”

“Well….”

Seven years ago, it was measured to finalize the Exclusive Guide Contract with Joo Seung-hyuk. The figure back then was 48%.

In the case of an S-Class Esper, if an S-Class Guide with a matching rate of 50% or higher existed, the basic principle was to prioritize the rank for Guiding.

In other words, if it was below 50%, it was worse than an A-Class Guide with a high matching rate.

I was barely out, but Chairman Joo tried to force the contract, saying that 2% could increase at any time.

Of course, that was true. Matching rates could change due to condition or various factors at the time of measurement, and they could change over time.

2% was within the margin of error.

However, contrary to Chairman Joo’s thoughts, the matching rate between Joo Seung-hyuk and Lee Yeon-soo dropped year by year, and by the time he entered the Academy, it recorded a disastrous figure of 37%.

Of course, that was the story of the original, but it would likely be similar now.

However, I didn’t want to bring up a story from seven years ago with my own mouth.

“Well, it’s rare for S-Class users to have a high matching rate….”

The mana of an S-Class Awakened was like a hard puzzle piece with a very unique shape.

If one side’s rank was lower, the lower side could adjust to the High-ranking Ability User’s mana for smooth Guiding, but when both were S-Class, collisions occurred.

Because of this, matching rates between S-Classes tended to be extremely low, and even 65% was considered excellent.

“What does the matching rate matter? I only have Hyung. Only Lee Yeon-soo. Nothing else is important.”

Joo Seung-hyuk suddenly sat next to me and hugged me tight.

“Hyung, so don’t worry about things like that.”

“…Yeah. I won’t worry.”

I forced a smile.

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As soon as I entered the dormitory, I hugged my old puppy doll tightly.

“Woong-ah, what should Hyung do now?”

In the end, I couldn’t return the money and the card.

I wondered how he knew my schedule and account number, and how he found out I had provided Guiding to Senior Moon, but I was too scared to ask.

The most desperate part was that I had to continue taking responsibility for the obsessive yandere’s purity.

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Even though I opened my eyes, everything around me was pitch black as if they were still closed. Is it still night?

No, that’s not it. This was Joo Seung-hyuk’s house. The ceiling, walls, floor, curtains, sofa—everything was pitch black, which made me mistake it for night.

Why am I here? I was clearly sleeping in the dormitory hugging Min-woong’s doll. Was I kidnapped by Joo Seung-hyuk?

Startled, I tried to get up, but my body wouldn’t move.

“Mmph!”

Furthermore, a tight gag was tied around my mouth, so I couldn’t even call for help.

Just then, the door swung open. [Read on Read BL Novels]Joo Seung-hyuk walked [unauthorized copy]inside with heavy steps [stolen content]and asked in a cold voice.

“Lee Yeon-soo, do you know why I brought you here?”

“Mmph mmph!”

“Ah, you can’t speak.”

As if only just realizing, he untied the gag. The corners of my mouth felt numb, and my breath came out in ragged gasps. But before I could catch my breath, he grabbed me by the hair.

“Now tell me. Why do you think you’re here?”

“I-I don’t know.”

I shook my head in terror. I had simply been sleeping in the dormitory. There was no way I could know the obsessive madman’s thoughts.

“You don’t know?”

Along with those cold words, a shock hit my abdomen.

“You really don’t know? I asked if you really don’t know!”

A merciless beating rained down, leaving no room to answer. As soon as I felt the pain, another sharp agony struck a different spot, but I was so terrified I couldn’t even scream.

Between the dull thuds of blows [unauthorized copy][Read on Read BL Novels]hitting my body and [visit our site]Joo Seung-hyuk’s crazed questioning, a gentle voice intervened.

“Joo Seonbae, stop it.”

Kim Joon stopped him by grabbing Joo Seung-hyuk’s arm.

“But Joon-ah, but because of this bastard Lee Yeon-soo, we had to take a long detour.”

He slapped my cheek as if frustrated. My cheek stung, and I coughed as blood pooling in my mouth went down the wrong way.

Without giving me a moment to breathe, Joo Seung-hyuk yanked my hair up.

“Because this bastard clouded my eyes, I couldn’t find you.”

“…….”

Joo Seung-hyuk’s eyes flashed coldly. While I trembled in fear, unable to say a word, Kim Joon embraced Joo Seung-hyuk.

“Anyway, we love each other now. That’s enough.”

Joo Seung-hyuk stroked Kim Joon’s hair with his blood-stained hand.

“Joon-ah, I know you’re kind. But I can never forgive this bastard.”

Dark mana condensed in Joo Seung-hyuk’s hand. And stolen contenta sphere [stolen content]of unauthorized copymana, exceptionally black even within the pitch-black space, flew toward me.

‘I’m going to die.’

If I was hit by that mana, I would die. But there was nothing I could do except squeeze my eyes shut.

Soon, a jet-black darkness engulfed my body.