Chapter 14 (1/2)
Seeing that well-organised list, Seol's head automatically moved up and down in a nod He had no idea who's child this unknown student could've been, but well, this was very well-organised, indeed
‘Most likely a honour student, top of the class and all that…' (Seol)
Now that he had leeway to spare, Seol no longer hurried and siait He found three, four people busily running around inside classroo up and down in joy while crying out ”Yaaaaay!!” inside 3-3 She then froze up like a deer in headlight as soon as she saw hih the corridor
Seol procured three coins by thesill of classroom 3-4, and entered the 3-5, only to run into someone he didn't expect to find so soon
It was Yun Seo-Rah She was in theevery nook and cranny She only took a cursory glance when she heard the classroo her attention back to the treasure hunt She kept on opening and digging through every single desk in the classroo that, Seol couldn't help but tilt his head in confusion
‘Why is she searching every desk like that? Doesn't she already have a hts were only half correct They both possessed maps, but the level of information contained within were quite different
For instance, the info shown on the diary of the unknown student's was as concise and precise as one could get, telling hio to ‘classroom 3-5, 2nd desk on the 3rd row, x1' or to ‘6th desk on the 5th row, x4' However, Yun Seo-Rah's ue hints such as, ‘classroo like a teacher's podium, which there would only ever be one in a classroom, she'd have to roll up her sleeve and do some hard labour when the coins were hidden inside one of the many lockers or desks there
Yun Seo-Rah finally found a single coin and became rather pleased with the result She then dropped it inside her bag and turned around
Then, she spotted Seol casually finding four coins that were hidden inside a desk near the door Her eyes blinked several tiht, let's see Next is…' (Seol)
Next, Seol headed to the classroom 3-6 By the time Yun Seo-Rah recovered from her shock and belatedly followed him, Seol had already swept the place clean
‘Too easy Way too easy' (Seol)
Seol whistled and happily went about his task He was deeply worried before, yet now that a path had opened up for him all of a sudden, he couldn't help but feel very happy and motivated here
And so, he ransacked the classroo the roo in front of the doorway
Her gaze alternated between the wide-open door of a locker and her h her face still more or less re nonstop Inexplicably, Seol felt a wee bit scared, all of a sudden
”……”
”……”
For so he shouldn't have and had become a criminal in the process
‘…Maybe, I should leave 3-8 alone…' (Seol)
He carefully sidestepped past Yun Seo-Rah and headed off to 3-9 His steps were quick and urgent, as the feeling of apologetic guilt pricked hi past 3-8… He couldn't understand why Yun Seo-Rah chose to follow hi by the classroom
Seol was now beset with a sense of aardness and began to run Sure enough, he could hear the hurried footsteps following hienuinely flustered, Seol quickly entered classroom 3-9
[Classroom 3-9, on top of the teacher's podium, x3] [Classroo the coins on the podiued forward as fast as an infantry his enemy and pounced on the TV cabinet By the tiaze towards her direction, her ar up towards the top of the cabinet
”…Ah” (Yun Seo-Rah)
Unfortunately for her, her hand couldn't quite reach up there
The TV cabinet itself was rather huge, and it easily exceeded two h to nearly touch the ceiling It was obvious that Yun Seo-Rah and her height of around the middle of 160 cm would never reach up there
…Even when she tried to stand on one foot,
…Even when she stood on tiptoes, both of her heels leaving the ground,
…Even when she jumped up and down on her not-so-new shoes (TL note at the end)
…Her hand only swung around the e that for a while She could've just used a desk or a chair to stand higher, but…
Seol found her gasping and sweating while struggling like that very funny and adorable, and a short laughter broke out from his lips
”Fu… Ahahaha…” (Seol)
Her movements came to a stand still
Seol hurriedly covered his mouth up, but it was too late by then Yun Seo-Rah's head robotically turned around to face him, her expression dazed and lost
Seol felt incredibly apologetic once h his personalityblunt, he still knew he hadmistake just now
Indeed, he knew that very well, yet…
Seol had to su to explode out of his mouth Should he say that the dam had been well and truly burst open? Her reactions of noere utterly, comically different to her normally indifferent expressions, and he found it incredibly funny
Didn't one of the old sayings go along the line of, ‘laughter would get progressively harder to block the more you try to?'
‘What should I do now?' (Seol)
Seol felt like he'd explode in a fit of laughter if he tried to say so his laughter in the same way one would hold his breath, walked to the TV cabinet He retrieved the coin and took a quick glance at her
‘What now? Why is she being so resentful like that?' (Seol)
Seol carefully presented the recovered coin to her She briefly looked at it resting on his pal However, she seeht now?'
”………”
”………”
A strange but definitely aard silence flowed between theh - she needed to either take the daht now and leave the classrooh his head off Trying to suppress this laughter was killing him inside
”T, take it…” (Seol)
In the end, Seol couldn't endure it and opened his ah, ahahahahahaha!!!”
The laughter exploded out of his h he inwardly went Oh, crap!
”No, wait! I mean, no! Gah, hahahaha…” (Seol)
Yun Seo-Rah's co hands, was incomparably pale
Now that he finally let the unstoppable laughter out of his system, the unavoidable reality hit hiaze was slightly lowered, she maintained that iuess?' (Seol)
Just as Seol was feeling relieved inwardly…
Sniff
…He could hear her softly sniff through her nose Although the amount was small, her upturned eyes ith tears
It see becaan twitching as well Now that Seol took a closer look, she was biting her lips ever so slightly, too
She eventually wiped her eyes and turned on her heels to leave
”Uhm…” (Seol)
Seol continued to watch the silently departing back of Yun Seo-Rah, the coin still resting on top of his palm
On the fifth floor, just after the treasure hunt co Seok directed his followers into the bathroom and locked the door behind hiotta find those coins quickly, you know!” (Lee Hyung-Sik)
Hearing Lee Hyung-Sik's words, Kahng Seok's lips formed a wry smile
”What are you so worried about? We can start looking for them later Or just take it fro Seok)
”You want to steal the Seok)
After hearing Kahng Seok's declaration, Lee Hyung-Sik rubbed his nose Perhaps still feeling the brunt of the pain experienced not too long ago, a low groan leaked out of his lips Jeong Min-Woo's coood, either
”That bstard wouldn't sit still, though…” (Lee Hyung-Sik)
”That's right I think it'll be better for us to collect the Seok raised his voice in anger after hearing the two's pathetic replies
”Fcklike soht now or so Seok)
”…”
”Eh? What's thedown? Really now?” (Kahng Seok)
”B, but…!”
”I can't let this sht go I gotta pay him back with interest Ten times, no, 100 ti Seok)
”…You have a plan or so Min-Woo asked, still sounding not entirely convinced Kahng Seok licked his lips in a rather ominous manner, rechecked that the door was locked, and then, beckoned his lackeys to co Seok)
Lee Hyung-Sik and Jeong Min-Woo cao and collect those coins We will do our best, right untilSeok)
”Uhet interesting” (Kahng Seok)
Kahng Seok lowered his voice to a whisper and explained his plan to the two
”W, what did you say?” (Lee Hyung-Sik)
Lee Hyung-Sik's mouth opened up wide in surprise
”What the? But, if that happens…” (Lee Hyung-Sik)
”Keep your ly, causing Lee Hyung-Sik to promptly slao this far?” (Jeong Min-Woo)
”Yeah, there's a fcking reason That ashole ca back even harder” (Kahng Seok)
”But… will it even work?” (Jeong Min-Woo)
”It's going to Look, look!” (Kahng Seok)