chapter 17
Pastry club that can’t bake – 3
There is a saying that people do not rewrite. That’s what I personally agree with. If you think about what you have experienced during your four years as a civil servant, people are creatures that do not lack in hate, let alone rewrite. Nature, I’m sorry that people live in this world.
But now, if someone asks me if I can rewrite a person, I can confidently answer. Depending on the effort, it can be rewritten enough!
‘I can’t cry when this hyung is messing around, but all the tears are about to come out.’
A few days ago, after advice that became my blood and flesh, Erich was able to change. Looking at it with a happy heart, I could see Erich, who was absorbed in confectionery, standing side by side with Louise.
“In times like these, you can do this!”
“Oh, that’s right.”
Louise teaches Erich passionately with a smile on his face. To be honest, it seemed like Erich was just happy to listen to Louise’s voice rather than focusing on confectionery, but that was the advice he had given him in the first place. He’s doing great Great work, Erich. Capture Louise.
For a few days, as Erich took the lead in the five dogged, dogged races, the other four runners also tried to participate in the confectionery little by little, as if feeling a sense of crisis. However, Erich, who had the advantage for the first time, opened his eyes and had no intention of being defeated, and he was able to withstand the intervention of others exquisitely.
This is a little heated. Why is a guy who can do well if he decides so far?
‘But I’ll take care of myself now.’
Erich’s appearance was so frustrating that I tried shock therapy, but I’m not in a position to give dating advice to someone in the first place. Now that he had overcome that frustration and succeeded in strengthening, it was time to trust Erich. I’m an inspector or advisor, not a romance manipulator.
“Wow, now Erich is good too!”
Look at the corner of his mouth going up.
As I looked at the two with a pathetic yet proud heart, my eyes met Louise’s. He smiled and bowed his head slightly, so I bowed my head in response.
Thank you for being nice to my ugly younger brother. Really… Louise was the one who bewitched his younger brother in the first place, but that’s the power of the original work, so it’s irresistible. I decided to think that way from now on. Louise is an innocent, flawless child.
Erich’s rebellion, the weakest, continued for several days. No, he said it wrong. The strongest Erich’s reign continued for several days. He goes ahead against the royal family and other men like Giraseong, so the head of the family will surely be happy. Farming for the children of the Krasius family is a bountiful year.
“Advisor. Do you have time?”
I was about to leave the club room with a joyful heart, but for some reason, the later, who stayed until the end, grabbed me. Well, I guessed what to say. I had a business, so I must have stayed until the end.
“So, what’s going on?”
But since I had no idea what it was, I offered the later a seat and brought the cookie jar from the shelf and put it down. It was still a barrel full of Louise’s cookies, as Louise’s production was still overwhelmingly greater than Erich’s.
The corner of Later’s mouth trembled a little when he saw the cookie tin put down. What did the royal chef feed him to make him so picky? The story might be long, so I brought it in case I was bored, but I just want to eat it myself. It tastes good.
As I naturally took out the cookie and put it in my mouth, Laterer looked at me without saying a word. A thoughtful figure tapping the desk with his index finger a few times. Then he made up his mind and he opened his mouth.
“You must be busy with many things, so I won’t talk about it.”
To be honest, contrary to what Later said, my life is surprisingly not busy right now. The 6 people who gathered in the club were surprisingly quiet, so I didn’t have to deal with anything. You can say thank you for this a little bit.
…What the f*ck, what are you thinking? I came to the academy because of them in the first place. Is this the Stockholm Syndrome or something? Did I try to defend the perpetrator?
Apart from this terrible and sad feeling, when I nodded my head and expressed my affirmation, Laterer really didn’t turn around and spoke directly.
“Did the advisor push Erich?”
As I was about to put the second cookie in my mouth, I couldn’t help but look at the later. As for how he took my silent look, La Terre continued his words.
“Since the advisor went out with Erich a few days ago, Erich’s behavior has changed aggressively.”
I guess so. If you hit me without mercy like that, are you a human being if you don’t change? At least my brother belongs to a normal person.
“And from then on, the torturer’s gaze was often directed at Erich.”
I guess so. I believe that my younger brother has changed, but I watched with trembling because I was anxious that the advice might not have worked. Fortunately, Erich put an end to my anxiety by running at the head of the race.
“So I couldn’t help but think that Erich listened to the adviser’s advice and started moving.”
Then the later silently stares at me again. He seemed to mean whether his guess was correct, or if he had something to say. Well, only Laterr knows what it really means. He’s a guy who doesn’t change his expression very much.
“That’s right. I gave Erich some advice as an older brother.”
Later let out a small sigh at my calmly affirmative answer. I guess I know this. This is the reaction when you hear the news that the guess you wished was not was indeed correct. I’ve been through a lot.
“It’s my advice as an older brother, I understand.”
“Is there something wrong?”
“No, it’s just that I didn’t expect the advisor to intervene.”
Having said that, La Terre cupped his hands on his desk and tilted his head to one side.
“Of course, the five of us, including Erich, were taking care of each other.”
I know it well. It’s because I saw it up close.
It’s frustrating from the viewer’s point of view, but it’s not an act that doesn’t make sense at all. The five of them were able to meet Louise only after they entered school, and it was the first time that the four of them who would compete for Louise were seeing each other. It would have been possible to get a sense of how to act by figuring out who the competitor was.
To sum it up, the high-ranking people brought their habits from the social world to the academy.
“That confrontation collapsed when Erich stepped in. Even with the title of actively approaching Louise first.”
Later sighed again and continued, as if the situation shaken by Erich was hopeless.
“Sometimes the answer is to move fast, not to take the time.”
At those lamentable words, I couldn’t help but be dumbfounded for a moment, even though the latter in front of me was a royal family.
‘What is this bastard?’
Once I noticed that Erich’s actions were the result of my instigation, I tend to have basic awareness. It’s a very basic look. If so, there is a high probability that he knew the ‘importance of coming first’ that he just said with his own mouth.
While the criminals who were blinded by love and suspected of degenerating intelligence were shoveling, Erich got out of the fight and chose to go straight ahead and reaped results. As Laterre said, quick and active action was the correct answer in relation to Louise.
After thinking for a while, I let out the words I had been holding in my heart. Seeing him suddenly grabbing me and talking about this word for word, I don’t think it’ll be a big deal if I’m honest.
“You said you did that even though you knew that…?”
At the words that were close to my muttering, Laterer quietly looked away as if he had nothing to say.
A suffocating silence fell in the club room.
Later left and I was left alone in the club room. I looked at the seat where the latter had been sitting until just now.
‘This is a novelty.’
A smile leaks out of nowhere. Just before La Terre left, he couldn’t help but laugh as he remembered the last words he had said.
“The advisor wants you to just watch.”
The purpose of this conversation that Later, who was ashamed of himself at the large-scale shovel he had done, spoke only after 10 seconds, like 10 minutes. Beyond my not giving advice to Erich, it was a request that he not get involved in the competition of the five at all.
You must have been anxious. It must have come to the conclusion that if Erich continues to receive my help, he will not be able to win. However, saying not to help Erich was too blatant, so he expanded the scope to the five competition itself. It means the same thing anyway, since I have nothing to help anyone other than Erich.
Of course, he nodded moderately, as he had intended to leave the future competition purely to Erich. Then it seemed to be reassuring. Later’s expression softened a bit, and he even apologized for making a rude request. It wasn’t a very bad feeling, but I accepted that apology.
“Did I ignore the kids too much?”
Unbeknownst to me, it seems that the five members were simply treated as male leads in the original work blinded by love. It’s been five years since I’ve already possessed this world. Even though I knew that the people of this world were not beings that moved monotonously like the story in the novel, I easily watched the five.
Honestly, watching the mind-blowing fight, I had no choice but to regard the five as simple intelligence degenerates. Anyone other than me would have done this. There is the shortest attack route, but why do you only tap dance without walking on it?
Still, the behavior patterns of the five are diverse and not simple, just as Erich changed after my advice and Later tried to break through the unfavorable situation. Seeing it in person made me feel quite happy. It made me think that these things weren’t just because they were possessed by Louise with the power of the original work, but because they were truly in love with each other and making an effort.
“Let’s keep the line in moderation and do well.”
While humming, he put another cookie into his mouth. As Laterr wishes, we will not give power to a specific person, but if the competition intensifies in a bad way, we will have to intervene and stop it right away.
Coming to think of it, isn’t this joy also my defensive instinct that intuited the future of suffering among the five? Even if you feel good, you can survive for a long time even if you get hit in the middle.