The day I returned to Siyoram after completing my training at the Tower of Knowledge.
I will definitely remember this day as a happy one.
I met Elia first after coming down from the floating island.
I spent a happy time being held tightly in her arms and being gently stroked.
When I returned to the mansion, I met Baek A-rin.
I was relieved that there was nothing unusual in the crisis observation, but Baek A-rin was lying sick, which was shocking.
Fortunately, it wasn't the worst situation, so I was able to quickly melt the cold and hold each other tightly.
I hugged Seo-yul tightly when I returned to the mansion, and I hugged Yeon-hwa and shared a lot of affection.
I also shared a warm hug with my teacher and Professor Riana, who came back late in the evening, and received a lot of affection that I hadn't received during the time we were apart.
We all gathered at the table and had a nice dinner together. We just had dinner together, but the warm and cozy feelings I felt at that moment are still vivid in my mind.
So if someone asks me if I was happy that day, I would definitely answer that I was happy.
‘Fuck...’
Apart from being happy, I can’t help but feel regret.
I was just dazed for a moment, but yesterday’s memories came flooding back.
Amidst the happy and cozy memories, I saw myself nodding in Hong Yeon-hwa’s arms, saying I would go to the cross-dressing competition...
I felt like my head was going to burst from the shock.
‘Cross-dressing, cross-dressing...? Me...?’
My teeth chattered in eerie fear.
I’m an adult, I’m not very aware of that... honestly.
I used to be like that, but I eventually gave up on myself because I liked to whine to others.
Thanks to that, I honestly show my desires these days, and I ask to be hugged, stroked, and patted.
It definitely felt better to let go. I was happy...
But I didn’t let go of my sexual identity.
I clearly realized that I was a man.
This will probably never change in the future...
But cross-dressing?
I’ll give in a hundred times and try it alone as if I was playing around and then feel self-loathing.
It’s an official part of the birth ceremony... Going to the competition and showing the world my cross-dressing appearance... ?
‘This is crazy...’
I couldn’t help but be shocked. I’m afraid of the future.
But what’s even more surprising, shocking, and crazy is that I accepted it myself.
Hong Yeon-hwa pressured me, but in the end, I was the one who couldn’t resist and accepted.
At that time, Hong Yeon-hwa’s loving touch was more important than that future.
Before my reason could return and I could even regret it, my teacher and Professor Riana came to visit one after another and my intellect melted again.
After a cozy dinner, I chatted with Seo-yool and put her to bed.
After spending such a happy time, I opened my eyes in the morning.
The opposite sex who had melted into affection came to me with regret.
‘Ugh...!’
I twisted my body as if I was having a seizure...
“Woong... Daddy...?”
... I tried to do it, but my body froze at the feeling of Seoyul in my arms.
Seoyul burrowed her face into my arms, waving her wings that wrapped around me tightly.
[You can sleep more if you’re sleepy]
[It’s still early, so I’ll wake you up later]
“Okay...”
I gently patted Seoyul’s back.
Then Seoyul, who had been writhing, soon fell back into sleep, breathing evenly.
[Whew...]
I almost committed the sin of waking up a sleeping child for no reason, so I sighed in relief.
- Oh, hic, euh-eung... Ah, Araseoyo...
‘Kkwaaaaak...!’
And then the pain and regret that came rushing back again made my mind writhe.
.
.
.
“Did you sleep well...?”
Seoyul slept for another 30 minutes and woke up.
Since she was with me anyway, it would have been okay if she had just fallen into a deep sleep.
Seoyul, the child who lived a good life, woke up right away.
[Yes, Seoyul slept well thanks to you]
[Did Seoyul have a good dream too?]
“Hehehe, I also had a good time sleeping with daddy!”
Seoyul, who had a bashful smile on her face, ran over and rubbed her cheek.
I smiled back at her puppy-like appearance and gave her my cheek.
[Hehe... Who told you to only say such pretty words?]
“Hehe, daddy said it!”
[Oh, I was the culprit?]
“Huh, daddy is the culprit!”
Seoyul opened her eyes wide. Anyone who saw and heard it knew it was acting.
She must have found it funny, because she eventually let out a giggle from the corner of her mouth that had been twitching.
[Cute]
I hugged her tightly because of her cute appearance.
She had been waking up and fidgeting in bed for 10 minutes.
I couldn’t stay in bed forever.
I carried Seoyul and went out to the balcony attached to the room.
- Whoosh...
When I opened the door, the early morning wind brushed my body.
It felt like only yesterday that I was breathing in the stuffy air, but now it was a cool autumn breeze.
And by the time the birth ceremony was in full swing, it would be winter with heavy snow.
[If you’re cold, you should tell me right away, okay?]
“Yes.”
Seoyul and I were both wearing thin pajamas. There was also a magic spell on the balcony, but just in case.
I covered Seo-yul with a blanket along with a request and sat down on the chair set up on one side of the balcony.
The scenery I saw when I went out to the balcony early in the morning...
It’s a description that sounds quite romantic just by hearing it.
Of course, I’m observing the background, not visually.
If I got bored or didn’t like it, I would have gone right back in, but I was relieved to see her enjoying the breeze with only her head sticking out of the blanket.
After enjoying the breeze for a while, I laid out a tablecloth on the table.
“Wow! A sandwich! Did Dad make it?”
[Yes]
[I made a lot, so you can eat plenty]
“Yes! I’ll eat a lot!”
[But don’t force yourself to eat]
Seo-yul’s eyes sparkled as I poured the sandwich I had made in advance and the milk I was drinking with it.
Seo-yul’s body shook in my arms. Soon, her hands burst through the blanket that was wrapped around her like a caterpillar...
“... Ah, it won’t come out.”
[Yes?]
... didn’t pop out.
To be exact, Seoyul, who flinched just before coming out, slowly put her arm in.
And she tilted her head back and looked up at me.
“... ... ”
A silent gaze.
But I could immediately see the request contained within it.
[Oh, Seoyul’s arm won’t come out?]
[What should I do... Should someone else feed it??]
- Nod, nod!
Seoyul nodded vigorously as if he was saying it well.
In the end, I couldn’t hold back a laugh and picked up the sandwich.
[Okay, ah... do it]
“Ah.”
Her mouth opened slightly and bit into the sandwich.
Soon, her mouth holding the sandwich twitched, and soon her eyes sparkled.
“It’s delicious!”
[Thank you]
As someone who made food, how could I feel bad when the person eating it smiled like that, saying it was delicious?
[Okay, take another bite... And milk]
“Ah... ”
I smiled and continued to move my hands.
‘... Then, what should I do... ’
At the same time, I thought about my future plans while thinking about my future plans.
I got what I could from the Tower of Knowledge.
I had already improved my magical skills, and I had obtained a lot of information that could only be obtained from the Tower of Knowledge.
I also found clues about the Jewel of Haeju, and I brought back many precious things that Ariel had packed for me.
Above all, I also learned Ariel’s unique magic.
It’s still lacking, but I’ve at least learned the basics.
In my head, and in the subspace, there are the magic formulas and interpretations of the unique magic that Ariel personally copied down.
I can follow the path that Ariel pioneered.
I can also pioneer my own uniqueness by mixing it in.
In addition, I even received the artifact that Ariel used, Purification.
If we look at each one, we have gained so much that it far exceeds what we planned.
‘What should I do next?’
I have gained and learned a lot, but of course, I can’t stop here.
Aside from the great achievements, there is still so much I can achieve at my level.
So I just need to make plans for future growth.
‘The thing that comes to mind right now is... spirits?’
The number of spirits I have is in the hundreds.
It would be enough for someone to wander the world for their entire life. I just took in the ones who followed me on their own, and this is how much I have.
The only regret is that they are still small children who are at the bottom?
Even that small regret will soon end.
‘We will all be promoted soon. Should I get help from Professor Riana?’
I summoned a spirit while handing Seoyul a sandwich and milk.
- Hoohoo...
A wind spirit with a light blue color.
It was a fairly senior guy who was there when I first harvested the spirits.
When I tapped it with my fingertips, it scattered a halo of light and
A spirit that rested its body on the back of my hand.
At first, it was the size of my fingernail, but now it was bigger than my head.
After briefly sympathizing with the guy, a strange thought rang in my head.
If I interpret it... I wasn’t small... It was a similar will.
‘How is this not small?’
Most spirits became self-conscious like this.
I shrugged my shoulders, pushing away the spirit that was bumping into me, telling him to cancel that statement.
In other words, the conditions for promotion were already met.
If I left it alone, I would be promoted one by one... But since there was a difference between spirits, it would be better to promote them all at once.
I also came up with a plan.
Several words came to mind and settled in my head.
I combined them appropriately and established an efficient plan.
‘Hmm.’
Establishment complete.
I roughly decided on a plan.
Since there is a lot to do, I should do it all at once.
Thinking that, I tapped my smartwatch.
* * *
- Squeak... Squeak...
“Wow, what is that?”
“... It’s not a weight reduction, is it?”
“I saw it and it’s real.”
“That’s even creepier. Just tell me it’s fake.”
This shared training room is located on the 2nd year campus.
Because 99% of the users are 2nd year students, it’s a shared training room that’s considered to be exclusive to 2nd year students.
- Squeak...
Everyone who was using the shared training room had similar expressions.
Shock, surprise, trembling...
Quite a common emotion.
The places they were headed were all the same.
“Hoo...”
- Squeak...
The person who was receiving all the attention, Lee Ji-yeon, didn’t really pay attention to him.
She used all her strength to lift the barbell she was holding in one hand.
- Squeak...
The weights of the barbells installed in the training room were all different.
There are light weights that you would see at a gym for the general public, and weights that a superhuman who is dedicated to physical training would have a hard time lifting.
However, there is nothing as heavy as the barbell that Lee Ji-yeon lifted.
She visited the gym in casual workout clothes.
A large lump of iron hung on both sides of a thin horizontal bar.
It is twice as heavy as ordinary metal.
Even if it is processed into a suitable plate and hung, it is a weight that even an average student would have a hard time lifting.
Lee Ji-yeon hung it as a whole lump of iron and lifted it with one hand like a dumbbell.
“... Ji-yeon, isn’t it heavy?”
A friend who followed Lee Ji-yeon asked with a look of shock and concern at her extraordinary appearance.
She was holding a cute dumbbell in her hand.
Unlike its appearance, it is a dumbbell that is quite heavy, but it is so annoying to see it doing such an antics next to me.
If Lee Ji-yeon were to swing that thing right now... I think it would be crushed with the defensive magic...
“Yeah, it’s okay, it’s okay.”
Lee Ji-yeon nodded calmly at the worried look.
The beads of sweat on her chin dripped down and soaked her sternum.
Lee Ji-yeon took a deep breath for a moment and put the barbell she had lifted with one hand on the floor.
- Kuung!
She had definitely put it down slowly... carefully, but the force of the floor shaking loudly made her friends nearby tremble in shock.
If several magics hadn’t been activated before it hit the floor, the floor would have thumped...
“Hoo...”
Lee Ji-yeon closed her eyes again, caught her breath, and looked down at her hand.
Kkwak... When I clenched my fist, I could guess the strength I could hold in my hand at a glance.
One thing for sure was that it had jumped much higher than what I had measured last time.
It wasn’t just physical ability.
In addition, the growth curves in various areas were clearly rising.
Her professor even asked what had happened.
Of course, Lee Ji-yeon was originally one of the students representing Siyoram.
The eldest daughter of the head of the Taesan family.
Her inherited qualities were excellent, and she herself was not the type to slack off on her efforts.
Adding to that the protection of growth, her growth could not have been slow.
... Even considering that, her current growth rate was very fast.
Her growth curve was even more distinct than when she first entered the school in her first year.
“... ... ”
It hadn’t been long since her growth gained momentum like this.
So, about a month ago...
- Tiring
‘... Alarm?’
That was when her smartwatch rang.
Even though most of the contacts were set to silent to focus, the alarm rang.
In other words, it was an important alarm.
Lee Ji-yeon emptied a bottle of water and tapped her smartwatch.
A hologram appeared in her field of vision.
[Contact: Junior Lee Ha-yul]
‘Ah.’
It’s your junior.
Her friends whispered to her about her sudden positive mood change.
Lee Ji-yeon reached out her finger and pressed the hologram.
The hologram changed.
Soon, the text messages with Lee Ha-yul came to mind.
▶ Junior Lee Ha-yul: Yes (long ago)
▶ Junior Lee Ha-yul: Okay (long ago)
▶ Junior Lee Ha-yul: Yes (long ago)
...
▶ Junior Lee Ha-yul: Yes (6 weeks ago)
▶ Junior Lee Ha-yul: Thank you for worrying about me (6 weeks ago)
▶ Junior Lee Ha-yul: Have a nice weekend, senior (6 weeks ago)
... ▶Lee Ha-yul, junior: I just got back! (yesterday)
▶Lee Ha-yul, junior: I'm sorry that the mentoring schedule was delayed because of me! (yesterday)
▶Lee Ha-yul, junior: (Arkria five-colored fruit candy exchange ticket) (yesterday)
▶Lee Ha-yul, junior: Hehe... I'll treat you to a meal next time! (yesterday)
This is all in the past.
For a moment, she felt a sense of satisfaction at her increasingly soft and gentle speech.
Lee Ji-yeon diligently moved her fingers to reach the recent history.
▶Lee Ha-yul, junior: Leaning (a little while ago)
▶Lee Ha-yul, junior: (Emoticon of a puppy poking its head out from around a corner) (a little while ago)
▶Lee Ha-yul, junior: Senior, would you like to solve the mentoring progress by doing a dungeon together? (now)
"Dungeon?"
Lee Ji-yeon tilted her head.
A questioning action.
Then, as if confirming her reaction, additional explanation flew in.
▶Lee Ha-yul, junior: I chose the dungeon (right now)
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▶Lee Ha-yul, junior: For two days (right now)
▶Lee Ha-yul, junior: Oh, it's just me and you (right now)
"... ... "
There's no need to add that kind of explanation... but.
It's... um... hard to describe.
Lee Ji-yeon stared at the hologram with a strange expression.