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An afternoon of sending letters
I firmly resolved not to give anything away to that sweet Kim Taehyung, and I closed my eyes resolutely.
Kim Taehyung, who always smiles sweetly, has a really ugly face today.
If it were normal, I would have just foolishly accepted it and moved on... Oh, no. Come on, Han Ye-hwa! It's not like she just confessed to me!
I steeled myself and stretched out a finger. The baby's eyes widened.
한예화
You know I have one week left until I leave, right?
김태형
Of course I know. I'm checking it on my calendar.
한예화
Oh, okay. Just shut your mouth and listen just this once.
김태형
Okay. Okay,
Kim Taehyung was about to open his mouth again while laughing, but I stopped him with a shout full of my soul.
한예화
Hurry up and prepare your wish and offer it to me!
김태형
You speak as if you don't listen. Sowon is even practicing, Miss.
한예화
What kind of practice is this? Just choose your wish well. I said I'd grant it if it was something I could grant. Not something long-term, just something that's done in one go.
김태형
Long term? It's a bit long.
한예화
If it's more than a year, I won't participate.
김태형
A week at most, maybe two weeks. Is that a short period of time?
한예화
That's about it...
김태형
Indefinitely, if necessary.
한예화
No weapon?!
I screamed, clutching my flushed face. What kind of indefinite period is this? Indefinite period. Are you kidding me right now?
Unlike my fiery reaction, Kim Taehyung rested his chin on the transparent chair and looked very uncomfortable.
Invisible chair… I’ve seen it a lot when I was scolded. It’s something friends who have committed serious crimes(?) do. Come to think of it, that guy is an air master, so he pretends to use the invisible chair while actually sitting on air.
Seeing him cross his legs in that uncomfortable position, it seemed like my guess was about eighty percent correct.
I spoke again.
한예화
Oh, anyway. You just change your mind at the last minute. It's not just you who's participating, Park Jimin is too.
김태형
They bring all kinds of people. They even bring professors and doctors.
After a few minutes of talking to himself, changing the subject without even meeting my eyes, he hands me a white envelope.
No, this long white envelope!
한예화
Is it money?
김태형
… It’s so weird no matter how much I think about it.
한예화
What else is there besides money? Anyone can tell that this long white envelope is money. Money.
김태형
Who would put money in a place like that, it's a waste.
Oh, I guess they don't put money in white envelopes here. Then where should I put it? A black velvet envelope embroidered with gold thread, a must-have item for the aristocracy?
Yeah, money is great. I could understand to some extent if I was treated that way.
I received the white envelope in a daze and tried to tear off the seam, but Kim Taehyung took a deep breath and grabbed my hand.
김태형
Watch it alone. Without Park Jimin, without Jeon Jungkook, without me.
한예화
How is it possible for Park Jimin, but I don't know about Jeon Jungkook. He probably wouldn't just slam open someone else's room door and barge in...
Isn't that right? Would he break down the door and come in? Or would he just fall down from the room?
한예화
…I’ll try my best to block it.
김태형
…Why are you only unsure about Jeon Jungkook, Miss?
한예화
No, that's not it. I'm sure of it. It could be.
김태형
Don't do that, you sound like Kim Seokjin. Anyway... Should I go in?
Kim Taehyung grabbed my hand. A second later, I was blown away by the wind, as if I was being pushed back, and arrived in front of my room.
Oh my, the friction is just, it feels like the soles of my feet are being ripped apart.
My heels hurt terribly, so I'm frowning, and Kim Taehyung looks down at me sweetly.
She flies a taffy with a bright smile. My fingers are also long and pretty. They're white and pointy, so they look like needles, right? Or maybe taffy sticks...
김태형
What is it?
한예화
I confess to you…
I slap my lips. Why does my brain suddenly stop working? Have I been eating less lately?
한예화
…a sign that he will sue.
김태형
complaint?
한예화
ok.
김태형
Who should I do it to?
한예화
…jungkook jeon?
김태형
Why does the topic keep coming up as Jeon Jungkook, even though he's with me?
Kim Taehyung reaches his right hand towards my head, but before I can even look straight in the eye, he suddenly turns his head sharply and takes a step back.
김태형
No, miss. Go in quickly. Go in and rest.
한예화
What the hell is this?
김태형
When I look at it, I want to keep looking at it, it's annoying. Something that's not even pretty keeps flashing through my mind.
Now that I know these tricks, I can feel them so clearly that I close my eyes in anger, cross the threshold, and slam the dormitory door shut.
It was so strange to feel my cheeks burning so much that I unconsciously put my hand on them.
한예화
Ah, hot!
… Let's stop. I need to start thinking about how I'm going to spend the week I'm about to become a villainess. After changing into my comfortable polka-dot pajamas, I swung my legs and pulled out a wad of paper from a white envelope.
If it weren't for the slightly worn-out parts, I almost mistook it for local currency. Should I beg for it next time I see them?
If you're going to propose, give me money! Sob sob.
…It seems a bit Eva-like to think about proposing already. It has been rejected as Eva of the Goddess. Beep.
한예화
hmm….
I unfolded the most worn-out piece of paper, folded in thirds. The old paper crackled as it unfolded. Oh, this won't tear, will it? It looks old... I'll have to read it carefully.
I glanced around, carefully examining the area for any red distortions, signs of Park Jimin's manipulation, and then began reading the paper aloud.
한예화
Okay… Today I’m thirteen!
Oh, you didn't write the year, you wrote the age. Anyway, I continued reading that crooked Tibreuah official language.
한예화
Teacher, I drew a picture for you today. You told me to draw my favorite person at school, so I drew you.
한예화
Even if you draw him with silver hair and gray eyes, half white and half red, he doesn't look like the teacher.
한예화
Teacher, I miss you. Mom said you went to Glass Island while you were at Mazepa. Is that true? If I go to Glass Island, will I be able to see you?
한예화
I haven't found anyone I can hold both hands with yet. I'll write again. Blessings to Vatican, and may the soul of the one who fell asleep rest in peace.
Did Kim Taehyung keep writing letters to someone, say, Mr. Lee, but never send them? But where is Mazepa?
It's been five years since I was thirteen... Oh my god, why did this kid give me the letter he wrote to his first love?
Isn't it, calling your first love teacher... No, isn't that a unique nickname only found here?
Ahem, anyway, let's continue reading.
한예화
Fourteen years old. Are you healthy, sir? I'm perfectly healthy. My mother is sick, though.
한예화
I resented my father again today. He's going to send me to study abroad in the southwest of Via. But I don't like it. I resent my magic and technical skills.
한예화
Sometimes I wish I had never been born... Hic, since I was fourteen?!
Tup, I covered my mouth. It's a bit like a mother watching a weekend drama, but it's so fun, what can I do?
한예화
…there are times when I feel this way. Is this depression? Do you feel this way 365 days a year?
한예화
Why didn't you say it was hard?
After that, there were only a few ink marks left, so I had to fumble my way down several lines.
한예화
… Blessings to Vatican, and rest in peace to those who have fallen asleep first.
Is this, like the Christian Amen? It was written on the very last line of each letter. If so, is Vatican the name of God, and who fell asleep first?
Era. I don't know. I grabbed the next piece of paper.
한예화
Today is sixteen. I met a strange girl at school. She praised herself like the empress of our country.
It seems that the princess of the entire Tiburua is not the main character, but rather that within it, there are separate emperors for Silen, Bia, Luia, and Curma.
한예화
The teacher told me not to say things like that, but I only know how great I am… and I threaten my friends even though I only have the power of water.
Speaking of water powers, Min Yoongi? Ah… there seem to be a lot of kids who use water. Still, he didn't seem like a bad kid to the point of threatening people.
한예화
It's weird. I don't know what this feeling is. I hate it so much, I hate seeing that kid. But... what the teacher taught me is something different from hatred.
한예화
But I will teach him. Until he comes to his senses and returns to his family. Blessings to Vatican, and may the soul of the one who fell asleep rest in peace.
What is this? I don't even know where to begin, or even where to point it out. It seems like the problem lies in this very mindset of wanting to teach a friend.
He was my friend, but we broke up. Seriously, this is the truth… .
The last piece of paper was plain white with a scribbled handwriting and a gold foil pattern at the end.
한예화
Today is eighteen. Teacher, I'll go find you.
한예화
Blessings to Vatican, and rest in peace to those who have fallen asleep first… What, is this the end?
I opened and closed the paper, expressing my confusion in my voice. I looked at the back, and then the envelope.
But there is nothing.
한예화
… Oh no, what is this?
I put my confusion aside and reorganized the papers, placed them in an envelope, and hid them under my pillow. If Park Jimin saw it, it would be a disaster.
By the way, I really don't know. I really... don't know. What should I do? Even though you said you liked me.
한예화
Love is hard.
Especially if the target is one of the most handsome people in school, and even more so if they're affectionate… I washed my face dry. I was at a loss as to how I should live.
In my room, I took out my history and geography books, which I had never opened or had the opportunity to open since the first month.
Next to my writing, Han Ye-hwa's notes are written in circular letters. Perhaps they're part of a preview before I arrive.
한예화
…There are six continents on this planet we live on. One is Tiburua, where we currently reside, and the closest continent to us is Mazepa.
Ah, Mazepa! I remembered the other continent the teacher had lived on, the one written in that letter earlier.
한예화
The other continents, other than Mazepa, are far away from us because they surround the Atlantic Ocean.
한예화
Mazepa has a subsidiary island, similar to the Glass Island of Tiburua, called Soldo. It is famous for its beautiful scenery and frequent double rainbows.
When I get out, I should go with Bella or something. By the way, what should I do after I get out? In the original, Yehwa was supposed to be kicked out, but it wasn't said what she did after she was kicked out.
I flipped through my geography book for a while. Even during exam periods, I hadn't enjoyed studying this much, and I suddenly felt a wave of self-deprecation.
Then I guess I fell asleep.
벨라
- It's a parable... It's a parable... .
어린 한예화
- …Where did my mom go?
벨라
- No! Don't touch that!
어린 이여주
- Don't climb up, you rotten bitch! What are you talking about, bringing shame on the royal family?
벨라
"Please, please, just look at me once. Your Highness… My child is still young. That's why I asked for a moment."
어린 이여주
- What can a non-mother protect?
어린 한예화
- … Lady.
???
- Han Ye-hwa. You… don't like Yeo-ju? Should I help you?
한예화
Ugh….
It was a cold dawn. Of all nightmares, I had to have one. My body changed, so my brain changed, and my memories changed, too.
Everything's fine, but I'm not sure who showed up at the end. Helping? I think it was a man...
At that moment, a rustling sound was heard.
I quickly twisted my body, looked at the wall, and pretended to be asleep.
박지민
…I was having a nightmare while someone was sleeping, and I kicked all the blankets off like this.
Park Jimin grumbled in a hushed voice as he finished organizing the blankets and walked back down the ladder.
All I could think about was the dream. Who could it have been in those final moments?
I felt warmth coming from the envelope beneath my pillow. It felt just like Kim Taehyung's hand.
Long time no see! Inye, again, hurriedly brought the work, saying she'd upload it as soon as exams were over. Hehe... I bet you've all been waiting.
I've taken back one of the clues I dropped today and dropped two more. There will be plenty more for you to deduce!
Don't you remember? You don't know who the teacher Taehyung is referring to? Then just go for a walk! I'll be waiting ♡