Chapter 42 – GOY 42

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Lee ​Yeon-soo ​sat ​on ​a ​bench ​and let out ​a ​deep ​sigh.

As ​a ​breeze blew, a rain ​of ​flower petals poured ​over his head. ​However, ​even ​the ​beautiful ​spring ​scenery could not ​comfort ​Lee ​Yeon-soo’s heart.

‘My god. ​As if an obsessive ​yandere wasn’t ​enough, now ​even a ​professor is ​trying ​to ​marry me off! ​How could ​Professor Choi do this ​to me!’

Lee Yeon-soo felt ​like crying.

Many people watched ​Lee Yeon-soo ​from ​a short distance. Some were quietly ​taking photos of him ​with ​their ​phone ​cameras.

As ​times changed, the ​popularity of ​Ability ​Users unauthorized copygrew Read on Read BL Novelsday ​by ​day, and numerous stars emerged.

There ​were many ​celebrities ​at the Esper ​Academy. ​Among ​them, ​the ​top star ​was ​undoubtedly Lee ​Yeon-soo.

“Yeon-soo oppa is pretty again today. I ​can’t tell if ​he’s a flower ​or a person.”

As So-eun, ​a B-Class ​Guide belonging to ​the ​Changwi Guild, admired ​him while secretly ​taking photos, ​Kim ​Joon, who ​was ​beside her, ​felt ​doubtful.

“Oppa? Did ​he ​give ​you permission to ​call ​him that?”

He ​still ​called ​Lee ​Yeon-soo ‘Seonbae.’ He could only say ‘Yeon-soo hyung’ in his heart.

Seeing So-eun call Lee Yeon-soo ‘oppa’ so casually sparked a strange sense of jealousy.

“No.”

Ah, thank goodness. He hadn’t given permission. Kim Joon felt relieved.

“Then is it okay to call him oppa?”

“I’ve called him oppa since middle school. Do I really need permission? Everyone in my class called him oppa.”

“You went to the same middle school as Yeon-soo seonbae?”

Instead of answering, So-eun glared at Kim Joon. As the atmosphere suddenly threatened to turn hostile, Dong-seok, a B-Class Esper, quickly intervened. He was also with the Changwi Guild.

“Joon, why are you being so clueless? It’s like how people call celebrities or sports stars ‘oppa’ or ‘hyung.’ It’s the same thing.”

“Why would you call a celebrity you don’t even know ‘hyung’?”

“Well, that’s because…”

Dong-seok was flustered by Kim Joon’s questioning [Read on Read BL Novels]of such a natural behavior. [Read on Read BL Novels]While he hesitated, So-eun snapped at him.

“Seriously, Kim Joon is so clueless.”

Having been called clueless twice in a row, Kim Joon became somewhat disheartened.

Thanks to Lee Yeon-soo, Kim Joon had been able to be in the same group as Park Ji-hee during the mock battle training. That group contained many members of the Changwi Guild, and he naturally became friends with his first-year classmates who belonged to the guild.

Since Kim Joon hung out with the Changwi Guild and rumors spread that Lee Yeon-soo cherished him, the bullying had almost vanished.

“Am I really that clueless?”

“You’re asking because you don’t know? Your problem isn’t your rank, it’s your tact. I knew it from the moment you tried to talk to Yeon-soo oppa.”

“Why? Am I not allowed to talk to Yeon-soo seonbae?”

“Don’t you know about the ‘Yeonsu Pact’?”

“What is that?”

The strange name made him frown instinctively.

“A peace treaty among Espers. Apparently, Geon-woo oppa proposed it because the high-rank Espers were fighting too much over Yeon-soo oppa.”

“Esper Park Geon-woo did?”

“Yeah. The idea is to just receive Guiding cleanly from Yeon-soo oppa and not be a nuisance. No clinging, no putting pressure or forcing private proposals like exclusive contracts or bonding, and just waiting until Yeon-soo oppa chooses for himself. Isn’t that cool?”

What was cool about that? Kim Joon couldn’t understand it at all.

“That’s a story for Espers. Doesn’t it not matter for Guides?”

“Well, somehow the atmosphere became such that Guides should follow the pact too. The seniors might Read on Read BL Novelsnot [unauthorized copy]care, but the classmates and juniors can’t easily approach him.”

“That’s true. There’s a noona among our classmates who went to the same school as Lee seonbae, and she said it was a war. If anyone even tried to start a conversation to get close, they fought fiercely. They’d say their own intentions were pure, but anyone else was just an opportunist trying to get close to an S-Class. Plus, there were rumors that Lee seonbae didn’t even treat people as human unless they were high-rank, so people couldn’t even approach him.”

“Yeon-soo seonbae isn’t that kind of person. He’s so kind to me!”

Kim Joon reacted defensively.

Yeon-soo seonbae had helped him when everyone else ignored him. Far from disregarding him for being F-Rank, he praised his talent and answered kindly no matter how basic his questions were.

To say such a person discriminates! It was a ridiculous rumor.

“Right. I didn’t believe it from the start. Someone with a face that kind couldn’t possibly have a bad personality.”

As So-eun agreed enthusiastically, Dong-seok asked.

“Does that logic apply to Joo Seung-hyuk too?”

“…Joo Seung-hyuk’s shell is innocent. And his pheromones too. The only thing guilty is his damn personality.”

Joo Seung-hyuk’s cold and blunt personality was known not just in Korea, but worldwide. However, due to his looks and attractive Alpha Pheromones, there were many who secretly harbored crushes on him.

Just then, a handsome man with a chilling aura walked over from the east wing with long, confident strides.

Joo Seung-hyuk walked as if other people didn’t exist, not giving them a single glance, his eyes fixed only on Lee Yeon-soo. Then, he hugged Lee Yeon-soo from behind.

“Actually, there’s one more sin. Monopolizing Yeon-soo oppa.”

As much as Lee Yeon-soo was popular, there were many who were jealous of or hated him.

The reason was that he supposedly discriminated against people based on rank or performed Guiding sloppily, relying only on his innate ability.

However, Lee Yeon-soo was kind to Kim Joon, who was stolen contentF-Rank, and during the mock battle training, he risked his life to stop [Read on Read BL Novels]Joo Seung-hyuk’s Rampage.

At that time, the entire student body had been gathered in the auditorium. If Joo Seung-hyuk had rampaged and caused the building to collapse, there would have been massive casualties. Lee Yeon-soo was practically the savior of everyone’s lives.

Because of this incident, Lee Yeon-soo’s image changed significantly. Even those who usually disliked him changed their attitude and began showering him with praise.

The false rumors surrounding Lee Yeon-soo naturally disappeared.

Lee Yeon-soo’s popularity only continued to rise. However, even after the misunderstandings were cleared, no one approached him.

This was because Joo Seung-hyuk was by Lee Yeon-soo’s side.

No one was brave enough to pierce through the barrier of Joo Seung-hyuk, an S-Class among S-Classes, to reach Lee Yeon-soo. Furthermore, Joo Seung-hyuk had smeared his own pheromones all over Lee Yeon-soo.

People couldn’t dare approach Lee Yeon-soo, as they were repelled by the Dominant Alpha’s pheromones.

Yesterday, the Espers hadn’t intended to pick a fight from the start.

The A-Class Espers had tried to resolve the situation through dialogue.

Since Lee Yeon-soo’s Guiding was like a public good, they intended to politely request that he not break the peace treaty painstakingly established through Park Geon-woo’s mediation, and ask for his cooperation in 1-on-1 matching rate tests with other Guides.

Moreover, after the mock battle training incident, Joo Seung-hyuk had started marking Lee Yeon-soo with pheromones. The high-rank Espers intended to politely protest the act of smearing pheromones on Lee Yeon-soo.

It was unclear whether the two were actually dating or not. But Lee Yeon-soo was a freelance guide. Even if he were Joo Seung-hyuk’s assigned guide, it was only temporary.

No matter if they were lovers, smearing pheromones on a freelance guide was considered bad manners.

‘Joo Seung-hyuk, I can feel your pheromones on student Lee Yeon-soo. Did you get his permission? If you attempted a secret Pheromone Shower by taking advantage of the fact that student Lee Yeon-soo is a Beta and cannot feel pheromones…’

However, before Moon Seon-woo, an A-Class Esper, could even finish his sentence, Joo Seung-hyuk launched mana along with the curse, “Fuck off.”

It was a preemptive strike.

Joo Seung-hyuk unleashed an onslaught of attacks, and the A-Class Espers entered combat stance. However, they couldn’t even touch a single hair on Joo Seung-hyuk’s head.

As a sudden bloody battle broke out, the Guides were also put on high alert.

So-eun, a B-Class Guide, had been resting in the dormitory when she received the call and had to run to the east wing.

“I’m still so frustrated when I think about yesterday!”

“You called it cool a moment ago, and now you’re frustrated again.”

Dong-seok was bewildered. This was because So-eun had spent all of yesterday repeating how cool it was.

“Yesterday was cool. Espers battling to claim a single, noble flower blooming on a cliff! It was just like a movie!”

While some Guides complained about what a mess this was because of unauthorized copyLee Yeon-soo, many others, visit our sitelike So-eun, admired it or viewed it as an interesting event.

There were quite a few people who found it exciting to be present at such a historical moment, taking proof shots or writing anonymous posts on the internet.

“But what’s the problem? Why are you suddenly frustrated?”

“The problem is that Joo Seung-hyuk won the fight yesterday! I’m on Team Park Geon-woo!”

S-Class Guide Lee Yeon-soo and S-Class Esper Park Geon-woo. Both were uncontracted Ability Users, similar in age, and exceptionally handsome.

Regardless of age or gender, many people wanted the two to date, and plenty believed they were already in a relationship.

They were truly a couple supported by the public, and So-eun was one of those people.

But while Park Geon-woo was deployed to Africa, Joo Seung-hyuk—who was perfect only in shell, pheromones, ability, and wealth, but a total disaster in everything else—had snatched Lee Yeon-soo away.

Many girls were drowning in Joo Seung-hyuk’s rough charm, but So-eun was not one of them.

‘Ugh. Yeon-soo oppa, this isn’t right. You shouldn’t just look at the face; you have to look at the personality. You’ll suffer later. A kind partner is the best. Besides, Geon-woo oppa is handsome too.’

So-eun wanted to follow Lee Yeon-soo around with a packed lunch to stop him.

Kim Joon also watched Lee Yeon-soo and Joo Seung-hyuk with a grim expression.

However, there was one fact they all missed.

More than anyone else in the world, Lee Yeon-soo knew exactly how dangerous a human being Joo Seung-hyuk was.