I’m the Sub Male Lead in Romance Fantasy, but I Don’t Like the Female Lead

23 – Lily’s shady plan – 4

After the meeting with Seol-ah ended badly, the weekend flew by. After confining myself to my room, organizing my thoughts, and going out with Hestia to eat, Monday arrived before I knew it.

The Academy’s library is open 365 days a year. It’s usually a favorite place for many students, and it’s hard to get a seat, especially during exam periods, but it’s been a week since the new semester started. The library on Sunday night was really empty except for a few people.

And some of those few included Hestia and her me who followed her. The review of this week’s class, which started in the afternoon, and the preparation for next week’s class, came to an end in the evening. Hestia gave me her eyes, telling me to wake up.

Leaving the library, I stretched as much as I could. Perhaps because she had been concentrating on her studies for a long time, a scream erupted from her body.

“Ouch! Oh, I hate Mondays so much.”

“Really? I wish Monday would come sooner.”

Hestia spoke as if she couldn’t understand my natural complaint. She seemed to be looking forward to Monday with all her heart. In fact, she acted rather as if she wasn’t sure what to do with the weekend. It was also her suggestion that she studied at the library by this time. She is an incomprehensible race to me who is happy just to do nothing and rest.

“Do you like the class so much?”

“It is a life where you can take good classes from good teachers in a good environment. Could there be a greater learning opportunity in life than this?”

“Your duty as a student is to complain about not wanting to study.”

“That’s right, Mikhail doesn’t just talk like that, he works hard.”

As she said, I tend to work pretty hard. It’s only been a week since I entered the school, so I still have the motivation to work hard from before, and the reason is that I have nothing to do except study anyway.

“Actually, it’s no big deal as long as we get a diploma.”

Students aiming for success would desperately twist their bodies for high grades, but in the case of Hestia and I, the story is different. Of course, there is nothing wrong with graduating with good grades, but no one will take issue with getting a diploma by barely filling in the grades.

“Do you really think so?”

However, Hestia, a model student by birth, doesn’t seem to think so. She glanced at me

“Then why did you have to be in the library all this time?”

“hehehe, I was almost disappointed.”

She smiled contentedly at my answer.

“What does Mikhail plan to do after she graduates?”

“Well, marriage?”

“Who are you going to do it with?”

“Yes. A pretty, smart, nice woman.”

“Who is that?”

“Aren’t you ashamed?”

“I’ve been hearing this all week and I’m kind of used to it now.”

Hestia held out her chest in a very confident manner and said. It wasn’t the first time I met her and it hadn’t been that much time, but her attitude was completely different from when she first met her. After she said she liked me, her wary attitude towards me completely disappeared and she wants to be confirmed in love periodically.

“Mikhail, where do you like me so much?”

When the two of us are alone, I ask this question whenever there is a break. Why do you like me, where do you like it, these questions. To be honest, it’s just cute, but I suddenly remembered the story with Seol-ah yesterday.

Her question is what she likes so much when she sees a girl she has just met. She looked at her face and replied that it was love at first sight for her, but I’m not really sure. You don’t need a reason to like someone. However, the feelings I have for her are dubious to say that they flared up with love at first sight. Rather, it feels like liking a childhood friend you haven’t seen for a long time.

“Mikhail?”

Perhaps I’ve been lost in thought for too long, Hestia tilted her head and thrust her face at me. It’s because the answer that usually came right away is late today.

“I told you before.”

“Because it makes me feel good to hear it over and over again.”

Hestia smiled expectantly. However, as Seol-ah said, her feelings are closer to greed than affection. She wants to receive my affection completely alone. Come to think of it, she rarely expressed affection for me directly.

“Pretty, smart and nice.”

“Thank you.”

She laughed briskly. That’s what she says every time I ask, but she puts on such a pleasant smile every time she hears my answer. Then I melt away as if I had never thought about this before.

I don’t know either. Seol-ah released her poison in my head. Wouldn’t it be okay if I was just happy like this? Because of her words, useless worries increased again.

Think positively. It’s true that Hestia has a humane crush on me, even if it’s not affection, and having a monopoly isn’t a bad thing when it comes to her love front. If I keep pushing like this, maybe one day she will open her heart to me too? In fact, it might be sooner or later, seeing as she gave me permission for a massage a few days ago.

-Growl

While I was thinking about Hestia for a while, a cute sound rang from her stomach. I tried hard to pretend I didn’t hear, but she was forced to open her mouth because Hestia was ashamed to hold on to an awkward silence.

“…… “

“Supper, what shall we eat? It’s dinner time.”

We came out of the library to eat because it was usually dinner time. I asked her opinion on where to eat as naturally as possible.

“Hestia?”

“Just go somewhere….”

Hestia replied with her face blushing. Her voice creeps in and her fingertips wiggle, making me growl, which is quite embarrassing. I don’t really care.

“I don’t really care, so I must be so ashamed… “

“Stop! Say no more!”

Hestia jumped up and covered her mouth with her hand. It seems that my concern is more burdensome for nothing. I stuck out my tongue and tried to lick her palm, but I was afraid I would get a real blow.

“You’re not going to talk about this anymore, are you?”

“Eup… ! Town!”

I quickly nodded my head at Hestia’s cold questioning voice. As she was still covering her mouth, her and her voice didn’t reach her with her sane words. The only sound I could make was eup-eup.

“Puha! I almost died.”

“Eomsal is. To be honest, I could solve it if I tried to solve it.”

The breath that had been blocked by her hand was freed. She scolded me for nothing. In fact, she could have done it if she had put her mind to it, but she didn’t want to. This kind of little skinship is the energy of daily life.

“So, do you really have a place you want to go?”

“Yes. I’m really fine anywhere.”

The most difficult answer in the world is “Anything is fine”. When she said that anywhere was fine, I wrapped my head around her and started thinking about it. It reminded me of the cold stares from her previous life when Mrs. Chin, who had decided to buy her rice, said that she was fine with anything, so she took her to Kimbap Heaven. Thanks to that, it took quite a bit of time and effort to get rid of her pouting.

Of course, if Hestia said anywhere is fine, she’s really fine anywhere. Then she wouldn’t be angry or upset with me for taking me anywhere just like that woman. Indeed, if you drag her to her student cafeteria, she won’t show much displeasure. But I can’t accept that. One such mistake is enough.

Actually, there are no good shops that I know of. The letter to the Archduchess left yesterday and will have to wait a week for a reply. Instead, I chose to trust my experience and intuition. If you go out during this time and enter any restaurant with a lot of customers, you won’t fail.

“Then let’s go out.”

I took Hestia’s hand and headed out of the school gate.

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The shopping district on Sunday evening was more crowded than expected. I could find student groups all over the place, as if everyone didn’t want to waste an hour of the weekend of the first week of the new semester.

I felt Hestia’s hand wriggling in mine. Is there something you want to say? She looked at her face. She averted her gaze, as if taken aback by my sudden eye contact.

“Why, why?”

“Do you have something to say?”

-Growl

At my question, this time a louder thunder than before echoed from Hestia’s ship. She seems to be hungrier than I thought. Was it an expression of intention to quickly go to any restaurant and eat?

“Have you not eaten lunch yet?”

“Shut up.”

She ignored my question with a very rare remark. But judging from her reddened earlobes and the wiggling of her hands that I can still feel in mine, her harsh words must be a defense mechanism to hide an over-the-top shyness.

I decided not to provoke her shame by opening her mouth any longer. Instead, I opened the door of the restaurant full of students right next to me with all my might.

“Looks delicious here. Yes?”

“…… “

She didn’t answer any of my questions. I didn’t even bother asking for an answer. If you mess around any more, you’ll really get hit.

Following the staff’s guidance, I headed for a nice seat with a window on the second floor. It wasn’t too noisy and it was a great seat with a clear view of the street right in front. The waitress gave me a wink, telling me to call her when she decided to order. I’ll have to take a tip when I pay later.

“What would you like to eat?”

No matter how embarrassing Hestia was, she didn’t keep her mouth shut until this question. She stared at her menu for a moment, then she handed it to me as if she had made up her mind.

“Did you choose?”

“I’ll take oil pasta.”

She took on a cool and calm demeanor, as if the belly clock hadn’t sounded before. She seems to have changed the strategy because she thought nothing would get better if she continued to be shy. I decided to go along with her strategy.

As if nothing happened, I called the waiter and ordered food.

“One oil pasta and one mushroom risotto.”

After the waitress took the order and left, Hestia and I chatted as if nothing really happened. Neither she nor I pretended to care as much as possible. I honestly wanted to tease her because she was cute rather than bothered by me, but I held back because she seemed to be more shy than I thought she was.

After a while, the food we ordered came out. Hestia looked at her food and her eyes twinkled. It seems that he was very hungry. Maybe I really skipped lunch. She is graceful and classy, but on the other hand, she hastily puts the pasta into her mouth.

“Ugh-um! It’s delicious.”

She looked very satisfied. Soon after, her pasta dismantling show began. Once, twice, and three times. Each time her fork is pointed at the plate, the pasta visibly disappears. I silently watched her eat.

“… Why do you look at me like that?”

Hestia also put the fork down for a moment, perhaps noticing my gaze. After that she looked at my plate. I had a hearty lunch at the student cafeteria earlier, so I wasn’t that hungry. Naturally, there was still more than half of the risotto left on my plate. She compared her own plate with hers mine, then she slipped down her fork and wiped her mouth with a bewildered expression.

“I am full. Yes. I need to leave some.”

She must have recalled the growl that was echoing in her stomach earlier. She pretended not to know, she pretended nothing was wrong, but if she ate it so quickly out of excitement alone, there’s no reason to hide it!

Maybe you are thinking like this? I almost burst into laughter at Hestia’s obvious reaction.

“For reference, I wasn’t hungry at all. It’s because I tend to eat a little fast.”

She struggled to make excuses. But from her reaction so far, you can tell even with a three-year-old that she skipped lunch and is very hungry now. But she hates it when she leaves what she ate just because she cares about me.

“Hestia is the prettiest when she eats.”

I suddenly praised the way she ate.

Actually, she thinks every time she eats with her, she really enjoys eating despite her appearance. She is smiling very happily when she sees her expression as she eats. Literally, eat happily and deliciously. If I had filmed a mukbang, it would have gone very well. Looks are also looks.

And more than I thought, he was a glutton. Even after eating the entire menu, which I also felt was quite large, she did not show any sign of fullness. I don’t know where all that food goes to her slender body. No, actually, there is one place I can guess.

I tried to correct my gaze, which naturally went to her chest.

She cautiously asked if she was offended by my sudden praise.

“That… song?”

“That’s right. I feel full just by watching you eat. It’s so cute. Charisma.”

“I’m kind of like that. My grandmother once told me that.”

Hestia started to shrug her shoulders at my ignorant praise. I hit a wedge with one rational reason.

“And it would be a waste to leave it that way.”

“Yes, it is. It would be a waste to leave it behind.”

Hestia nodded her head, saying that she was right, and with a very happy expression began to inhale her pasta again on her plate. I had to barely hold back the laughter that seemed to burst out. She is sometimes innocent in her weird parts. It’s a look that can’t be reminiscent of the usual snappy look.

I looked at her as she looked happy as if she was eating the most delicious dish in the world, then I picked up my spoon. Seeing her eat deliciously made me hungry for no reason.

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