Vol 2 Chapter 2 (2/2)
More questions continued to spring up in ed the topic on htly peckish?”
”Well, I' by now”
It hadn't been too long since the beginning of the lunch break, but y was further e-sunbae
Sukyong-sunbae nodded ”I see Then, I will share my lunch”
”Whoa, you packed lunch?” I juive up any notion that I'd have any food today Lucky!
”Yes, I have I realized that our business would disrupt your lunch schedule, so I prepared it beforehand Please, accept”
”Wow”
That's to be expected of Sukyong-sunbae! She'd always be incredibly caring at times when Yeonji would do the exact opposite! That's incredibly ht fall in love!
”I-if you insist, I'll accept with gratitude So, where is it?”
She picked up a strange box that was left beside the rooftop access ”Here it is I had hidden it here since this e, insulated lunch box
Was that ent back to the rooftop? And the rooftop is off li here in particular?
”While I'ether here”
”At the rooftop?!”
I hadn't thought of that answer I ether at the rooftop was an extreet here without a key?
”I have a key here”
”Did you just pull that key out of your pocket like it's yours?!” And she did, as naturally as the act of breathing How did she get that?! That key shouldn't be in the hands of a student!
”Please, do not fear No one has found out yet”
”Putting it in a good on't make it any less of a crime!”
”Maid Trick, Number Twelve— 'Be confident with your lies, and no one will suspect a thing'”
”Wah-! I can already tell what you et that key! And that doesn't even sound like a proper name!”
She was always so full of surprises She see crimes without a hint of reood friend after all
”It will be fine I will return it where it belongs soon Anyhow” She froze up in the midst of her Yeonji-like speech, and stared at the key that was now lodged into the keyhole of the rooftop access She cal key”
”If you're gonna do soht-!”
Unexpectedly, her last hidden trait was revealed to be clumsiness
”It looks like I had accidentally taken the key to the gym storeroom instead Shall we lunch there?”
”No way-!” It's dark, moldy, and full of dust in there! I'd rather starve!
”Is that so? Then, ill continue with our original plan”
”H-how?” Was she planning on sneaking back inside the building to steal the right key?
Sukyong-sunbae stood in silence, while I stared at her, half worried and half terrified Suddenly, her eyes widened as if in surprise ”Oh? Is that a catgirl maid behind you, Mister Injin?”
”Where?!” My body was already turning before she had finished speaking
Before I could process the fullaway from her And, before I could fully turn—
CRASH-!
A tremendous noise exploded behind my back The sound violently druain in reaction
Behind -sunbae stood in the exact same pose and face as before and the door to the rooftop, which looked like it had been torn apart by a gigantic cannonball
”Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaarhgh-!” An uncontrollable girlish scream left my mouth
Sukyong-sunbae stared blankly forward, as if she had just witnessed the chemical reaction between H2O and H2O ”Please be quiet, Mister Injin If you scream that loudly, people will become curious”
”But! The door! The roof door! How?! You did it, right? It's your doing again, isn't it?!”
”I fear I do not have an answer to that”
”That was an aly delayed reaction-!”
It had to be her! I ?! What ood idea to break apart a door? No, wait, I mean— how?!”
”Though I admit that I turned away your attention with Maid Trick Number Thirteen, 'Hey, what's that behind you?'”
”That was a trick too?!”
It was, admittedly, the most effective trick thus far She actually looked surprised for once, so how could I not get curious?
”I do not knohat happened in the mean tie”
”Well, sure, but that doesn't really explain that fresh footprint on the door!”
On closer inspection, the door was at least six centimeters thick, and , scrunched up like a paper ball, pitifully hanging by its hinges The lock had coeneral area looked as if sorenade where I stood
A hu did all this?!
”Maid Trick Number Fifteen, 'Roundhou—' Let us enter, Mister Injin”
”You were about to say 'roundhouse kick', weren't you?!”
”You cannot judge before I finish my sentence”
No, I'e it before you understand it'
She went through the door without h the crumpled metal door to follow her out
It was h school— no, actually,on any school's rooftop It was quite a hollow experience; the only notable things were a bunch of ventilation shafts, a huge water tank, and and really nothing else I almost loudly complained ”That's it?!”
And yet Sukyong-sunbae insisted that we eat in this deserted, creepy place ”Mister Injin, please sit over here” She was already fully prepared to start eating Though, 'preparing' ood place to put down a mat and sit down
”Ah, um Okay, then, excuse me”
I took my shoes off and sat on thecold froh thedown on us, probably because of the height It si break
”Then, please excuse me too”
But, of course, life is never as nice as fiction While I sat depressed at the jarring difference between -sunbae quietly sat in front of hs were pressed and squeezed slightly out fro back and forth
Also
”Hey, uh, Sunbae?”
”What is it?”
”Aren't we a little too close to each other? It's a little difficult to eat this way”
It wasn't that we sat too close together on purpose, but rather, theas close as I could toward the edge of the mat, and yet our knees still h space to eat, I felt like I was sitting dangerously close to her is that really fine?
”That is not a proble-sunbae placed her lunch box on her lap ”Please think of my lap as a table It may be uncomfortable, but please bear with it for now”
”Oh, no, you don't have to”
It'd look like I was torturing her, using her as a table for that heavy, huous lunch box
”Then, I will compromise and sit outside of the mat”
”No, please, let me use your lap”
Was she trying to -sunbae would seriously sit on the cold ce blankly at Sukyong-sunbae as she opened the box on her lap
”Open” And the box opened And, inside—
”Whoa”
It was the ht Sukyong-sunbae ht a plain but efficient lunch, but that was definitely not the case The box was filled with intentionally arranged food, and it looked absolutely delicious It wasn't just a staple lunch like vienna sausage or inari sushi+, but so stuff that I'd never had before I stared at her, noith the look of a hero who found Excalibur in a breakable pot within a villager's home
”Here is a tomato salad with mozzarella cheese, and the main dish is wine-boiled shrimp with herb-crusted flounder And roasted veal chop with applejack sauce Would you also like so for dessert?”
”Tha-that's fine, but” I was oing to ht?
”Of course not Please, have some”
I finally gave into the pitiful cries of my stomach and reached for a shrimp with my fork
And— Hmm— Oho, this taste is
美呋 [GREAT FLAVOR]
”It's it's a!”
It wasn't just pretty fro show judge to ue” or ”I could visualize the hard working fisher Honestly
”How is it?”
”It's re-really good” I couldn't help but stutter Myto taste the shrimp
It wasn't just the shri from that lunch was absolutely fantastic, like it was freshly prepared a second before I could easily see howthese, and it was a sha them on a windy, dirty rooftop
When did Sukyong-sunbae cook this well? A
”That is a relief,” said Sukyong-sunbae, while I continued shoving the rest of the food in my mouth ”I am sure that my little brother will be happy to hear that”
”Sul Yujin?! He ht you made it!
I alh the box with my fork in surprise
Sukyong-sunbae nodded ”He has I had mentioned that the lunch is for Mister Injin, and he i, while—”
”Gwah—?! Stop it right there! You don't have to say any more than that!”
Mywith that ever-joyous se suited him too well
”I am sure that he will beto becorow up, Yujin!'”
”Stop trying to convinceon your little brother—!”
And it just doesn't feel right for a boy to be happy with that compliment I'll have to remind myself to be cautious around him later
Sukyong-sunbae interrupted”I am not proud to ad”
”You're ht!” As a maid, too! You had to ask your little brother to cook for you?!
”Further related to housekeeping”
”You don't even qualify as a maid at that point!”
”Few days ago, I had nearly forgotten hoashcare of that duty”
”You should at least qualify as a nor first—!”
Again, I couldn't tell if any of her words were jokes or truths
Sukyong-sunbae replied stoically, not mindful of my outburst ”I am specialized in co skills are lackluster”
”Combat specialization?! What are you, an android?!”
”Eighty years re on my life timer”
”Marooooooooooo—!”
What's next, dirty thoughts are bad?! And you're being way too greedy if you think you have eighty years left to live!
”Mister Injin, your food is getting cold Please, eat as you talk”
”I can't focus on eating thanks to you!”
”I already had my lunch since the end of the third class, so you do not need to mind me”
”I'—!”
As it turned out, there was nothing roirl
A moment later,
”Mister Injin Before we leave, could you take a look at this?”
Before I could finish eating the pudding, Sukyong-sunbae pulled out a strange, cylindrical object
”What is this, Sunbae?”
There was a lot of food in the lunch box, and I couldn't possibly have more It would have been very troublesome if she had more food
Sukyong-sunbae brought the object closer and replied, ”It is a telescope”
””
”It is a reat distances”
”Uh, yeah, I know that”
What I didn't knohy she insisted on showing me a telescope after a meal
Sukyong-sunbae stood without a reply She walked over to the fenced area near the edge of the rooftop, looked around, and nodded ”This is the most optimal location Mister Injin, if you will”
”Uh, okay”
Curious, I got up and followed her right away She handed over the telescope as I got near the fence
”Could you look over there?”
There? I looked into the telescope With Sukyong-sunbae's instructions, I lowered the angle until I could see the inside of one class through a
The school's main hall was shaped like a '[' Thus, since there were two ends that stuck out from both ends, the classes located in the inner parts had s that faced the other classes on the opposite end
But considering where I stood, what class was I looking at? It looked incredibly fah it was definitely not my own
”Ah”
Right It was the first class of the first years, which we've visited before I recognized a girl in there, as one of the girls who stayed in class to eat and chat
Then— that other girl must have been in there
”Found her”
In the corner of the class, sairl who sat quietly by herself She looked strangely lonely during lunchti
Her situation didn't get any better The class was back to full since our lunch break was al without a word There were le one talked to her Her isolation became more evident, now that the class around her became noisier and busier
She was all alone,at the desk in front of her Her eyes left the desk only to nervously peek to her sides No one gave her the slightest attention, like she didn't exist, or like she was purposefully left out It was roups, but to see it happening when everyone's back in class
It was bullying There was no doubt about it
That's too cruel!
I didn't know her story, but I could still share her sentiment Back in my middle school, I had suffered a similar fate It was natural for me to be furious and pity her situation
”Have you seen enough?”
I would have felt sick if I had watched any further I couldn't bear to continue I put the telescope down and asked, ”Seriously, who is that? That girl, over there?”
Clearly, Sukyong-sunbae wantedtothe profile of the intruder but that no longer seemed to be the case
But then— who is that girl?
It was apparent that Sukyong-sunbae personally knew the girl Sukyong-sunbae could not have tracked the 'intruder' doithin a day, considering my faulty description about her Then, there -sunbae and that girl
Moreover, the irl was in the club because Sukyong-sunbae was involved But—
”It is my lady”
”Huh?”
I couldn't speak any further
Her lady? Who?
”Wait, th-then, that girl over there”
”That girl, over there” Sukyong-sunbae repeated, her voice like a ha down the final nail in the coffin ”She is my mistress, and also the lady whom you are randdaughter of the Eunsung Group”
Incredible