No Dark Secrets In This Book

Episode 18

And the very next day, a miraculous moment arrived that made the cadets knee slide. The day of the cadets’ official 1 night 2 day free holiday had dawned.

“Hooray! Hooray! Hip hip hooray!”

The free time that made even the sons of noble families, who were pretending to maintain dignity, jump up and down!

However, Cassice Demillang only smiled leisurely and never acted in an undignified manner. Because that’s Cassice Demillang.

‘…I wonder if I have a calling as a concept devotee?’

Although I think it’s getting to the point where I don’t need to add question marks anymore, let’s just move on for now.

The academy doesn’t completely ban cadets from going out. During the theory period, class advisors haven’t been assigned yet, but if you grab any professor and request an overnight pass, overnight stays are also possible. However, there must be some kind of magic power in the word free time that’s officially announced that excites people.

Especially for me, it was more so.

Because I was currently frustrated.

“….”

When I say it like this, it sounds like I’m some kind of terrible human trash, but since I’ve been starving all this time, isn’t it inevitable that my lower half is pent up?

In that sense, I was planning to use magic to change my appearance and find a one-night partner now that I had free time.

“….”

I feel like I’ve gone beyond a terrible human trash to the lowest of garbage, but I didn’t have any reason not to do that since I wasn’t even in any kind of relationship with Ryuseong. These two free days were a golden opportunity for me to live as I pleased.

Thinking that way, I finished preparing to go out…

“…What are you doing?”

“Waiting for the car.”

Ryuseong is attached right next to me as I was waiting for the servants from my family to come attend to me.

…What?

“Can’t you wait a little farther away?”

“I’m here of my own free will, what’s it to you.”

Well, because you followed me even when I changed seats five times…?

Still, I decided to stay still. He wouldn’t follow me all the way to my house anyway, this crazy bastard. He wouldn’t do such a crazy thing just with the determination to not lose to me.

Eh, he’s the protagonist.

‘Right…?’

…So, I had overlooked it.

The protagonist’s ‘madness’.

I should have remembered that this bastard isn’t simple enough to be understood with logic.

“Ryuseong! My son! Dad is here to pick you up! Say dad, ah…!”

“Young master, I’ve come to pic-…”

The eyes of the butler who was politely greeting me trembled. A massive earthquake occurred in the eyes of the head of the Hanra family who was running over excitedly.

Then what am I doing? I just want to faint, but won’t you let go of me, protagonist who boldly got into my family’s limousine?

“….”

“Ryu, Ryuseong…?”

I wanted to ask why he got in here. The protagonist, who boldly stole my seat while ignoring his dad coming over there, pulled my arm before I could even organize the situation as I felt dizzy from anemia or something.

“Isn’t this trespassing?”

“Didn’t you allow it yesterday.”

Huh? What did I allow? I think I did answer something while half-asleep, but surely that wasn’t…?

But there was no time to ask. As he pulled again, I spilled onto Ryuseong’s thighs, and Ryuseong closed the limousine door and signaled to depart with a nod.

The butler started driving, overpowered by that force.

‘What the hell is with this ridiculous household…!’

I shouldn’t have trusted the butler who called me young master when I first possessed this body. Why are you departing when the owner is staying still! Of course, you departed because the owner was staying still, but still…!

“Ryuseongggg…!”

When his dad is wailing like that behind…! At least pretend to pay attention, you heartless butler…!

However, the coldblooded butler who had no blood or tears drove the car into the air as if it was nothing. I also couldn’t stop him because I was a bit dumbfounded and absurd, thinking if this bastard had gone crazy.

But the crying sound of the head of the Hanra family didn’t get farther away. Rather, it seemed to keep getting closer.

‘Is this an aerial chase?’

It’s my first time having an aerial chase while riding a flying car, but it’s sad that it’s not cool…

To me who was inwardly rambling nonsense like that, the content that the elderly butler who glanced back through the rearview mirror asked in a solemn low voice was a sight to behold.

“Young master, shall I shoot him down?”

You are now looking at an old man who is suggesting to shoot down a parent in front of his child.

“…Let’s do it politely, politely.”

“Shall I dispose of him politely?”

“….”

You are now… Ah fuck it. Let’s stop. What’s the importance of narration in this fucking crazy situation…

“Shut up and just drive properly, butler. Ah, if you want to point a gun at my head, do it now. Dealing with the driver is bothersome.”

When I shot a biting remark, the butler closed his mouth.

But then he spoke slowly and with difficulty.

“The previous incident…”

“Enough, I told you to shut up.”

Sorry. I don’t have the instinct to respect the elderly.

Anyway, when our car didn’t attack, it seemed the other side also didn’t intend to attack. Well, they wouldn’t have had the heart to shoot it down when their precious Ryuseong was riding here.

…Butler, is that why you brought up shooting it down…?

‘Unexpectedly, you have wisdom like Zhuge Liang?’

But messing with the protagonist’s parents is foolish. A villain who freely gives the protagonist a power-up event is an idiot. I don’t want to be an idiot.

Like that, we arrived at the small mansion where my mother and father were waiting for me. Here, small means small compared to the main house. Compared to the castle of the main house, this place is about the size of a warehouse.

But from an objective point of view, I calmly got off in front of a house that belongs to a proper large mansion, and closed my eyes feeling the chamomile scent of Cassice’ mother who embraced me vibrantly.

“Cassice! I missed you, my son! You must have missed your mother a lot at the academy too, right Cassice?”

“Yes, mother.”

I don’t know what blessing it was, but Cassice had parents who loved him terribly.

Mother, who had her pink hair elegantly braided up and had a beautiful bright complexion, couldn’t see me off on my first day of school because she often fell ill due to a heart disease, but she seemed to immediately feel that her son had gotten thin just by reaching out her skinny hand and feeling my face a few more times while saying she can’t see well lately.

“Honey, our kid has come back all thin. Was the student cafeteria food not to your liking?”

“…I’m sorry.”

“What are you saying that for! Cassice did nothing wrong. Honey, let’s send a protest letter to the academy, okay? Or we should smuggle in a lunchbox…!”

Eung.

I should really refrain from recklessly using this body. When I hear the two words lunchbox and smuggling that don’t go together at the same time, I get a pang of conscience.

Honestly, the reason I skipped meals was because I found it bothersome to eat while studying. Still, now that it’s come to this, I thought I should eat two meals a day properly.

Father, who abruptly accepted my fate, opened his mouth heavily.

“So…”

“….”

Mother couldn’t grasp the situation where father lowered his voice and was restless, and I held her hand and closed my mouth tightly. The silver-haired father was looking at Ryuseong.

“Ryuseong, you’re a student, right?”

It’s a gentle and mild voice as always, but how should I say it, I feel some weight to it. While mother let out a gasp and frowned, trying to look at Ryuseong, he slowly bowed his head and answered.

“That’s right.”

“Then… I might be foolish for thinking this, but may I ask what kind of relationship you two have?”

No, father, you’re really being foolish, aren’t you? That’s not something you should say to kids who just got out of a limousine, right?

Of course, it’s not that I don’t understand. Behind us, the head of the Hanra family is also landing and approaching, and our servants are holding loaded guns and keeping an eye on whether they should snipe the head of the enemy family or not…!

‘…It makes sense?’

Anyway, I had to answer quickly. Because I hate being unnecessarily suspected!

Ryuseong, you’ll answer the same, right? I trust you?

“We’re friends.”

“We have no relations-…”

Incredible.

An incredible silence engulfed us like a flood.

“….”

“….”

I opened my lips with difficulty.

“You, can’t you go along and save some face in front of your parents?”

“Sorry about that. We’re friends.”

“….”

The approaching head of the Hanra family mumbled in a zombie-like eerie tone.

“…Ryuseong, is this a formal meeting?”

The silence got weirder. Fucking hell. Fortunately, before our father could answer, Ryuseong replied.

“Father, where should I look for a hospital for you.”

The problem is that it’s objectively a diss. But the head of the Hanra family countered very coolly.

“Let’s look for a place to take you.”

So I couldn’t stand it either.

“Can’t you two go hand in hand right now?”

“Demillang bastards always have no manners…”

When our father’s usually gentle eyes turned venomous and mother held my hand tightly.

“Father.”

“…I apologize.”

At Ryuseong’s one word, the head of the Hanra family took off his hat, bowed his head, then raised it. And asked.

“So is this really a formal meeting?”

…Now I don’t know either.