"..."
"Baek Yu-Seol! Wake up and co forward."
"Uh...yes?"
Baek Yu-Seol, who had been dozing off at the back, stood up with a dazed look, stared blankly at the board for a mont, and then let out a yawn.
As wrinkles ford at the corners of the professor's eyes, Baek Yu-Seol, who had just woken up, asked hesitantly.
"Um... but..."
"Why can't you solve it?"
When the professor gave a smirk as if to say, "Well, that's expected," Baek Yu-Seol asked in confusion.
"Can you tell the conditions for the calculation environnt?"
"Conditions? What about the acceleration due to gravity?"
"... What?"
"Is it assud to be under the conditions of 1 magical force pressure and 1 atmospheric pressure? What about air resistance and friction?"
Upon hearing that nonsensical question, the professor sighed and shouted.
"Ignore all of that. Assu there is no friction, no air resistance, and no acceleration due to gravity, and solve it!"
Upon hearing this, Baek Yu-Seol pondered for a while and cautiously spoke with half-asleep eyes.
"Um..."
"What's the problem now?"
"If there is no friction, the Earth Sphere would stay in place and rotate in the air, so it wouldn't be able to move forward..."
The professor grabbed his forehead in frustration.
After the lecture, Baek Yu-Seol was about to leave the classroom, but the expressions of so students changed.
It was lunchti.
They approached him subtly, intending to have a al
together.
Lately, there was a trend among students to study while having a al, and many students wanted to get so help or advice from Baek Yu-Seol, regardless of his attitude in class.
His note-taking ability was among the top.
Before they could, Eisel hurriedly approached him.
'I've been struggling a lot lately, too!'
Although she felt sorry for the other students, she hoped that maybe they could study together since they were closer.
She was about to tap his shoulder, thinking that way.
"Do you have any lunch plans, Commoner?"
Hong Bi-Yeon, who was waiting outside the classroom, approached him.
Stiff.
All the students who were approaching Baek Yu-Seol seed to freeze in ti. Eisel, too, froze in the sa posture, with her arm stretched out.
"... It's not for personal reasons. I want to talk about sothing important."
"Sothing important?"
"Yeah. If having a al with is uncomfortable, you can go back."
"No, well, it's not uncomfortable to that extent."
'An important... conversation?'
Eisel remained silent like a dumbfounded person and stared at the back of Baek Yu-Seol for a while. He stood there, making eye contact with Hong Bi-Yeon, and finally parted his lips.
"Black Pork Lunch Special Set."
... It was a mischievous voice filled with humor, not much different from how he usually treated her.
"I'll treat you."
"Let's go."
Just like that, their appointnt was fulfilled in an instant, and the students turned back with regretful steps.
However, Eisel couldn't easily lift her feet.
Sothing felt strange and... a peculiar emotion.
It was a truly embarrassing and eerie feeling.
A sense of loss.
Until now, she had thought his presence was natural.
He approached without hesitation, easily breaking down the walls she had put up.
And then... he occupied a very significant place within her heart.
So she had thought that Baek Yu-Seol being with her was natural, for as long as she could rember.
Just as she followed him, he guided her.
But... was that just a one-sided belief?
'... What am I thinking?'
Suddenly, feeling embarrassed about such thoughts, Eisel snapped out of it and turned on her heel.
"For today's lunch... I should have the cafeteria food for a change."
She gathered her major-related books and was about to leave when soone blocked her path.
"Hello?"
"Yes?"
It was a girl with wavy, chestnut-brown hair that cascaded beautifully like ran noodles. Her na was Hariren, a na Eisel had heard from ti to ti.
Though not a famous student, she had a particularly distinct charm. She was quite relaxed, which made her stand out in the intense atmosphere of Class S~A.
Hariren was in the Class B, and being from a noble background, she didn't pay much attention to social status.
For that reason, Hariren was known as soone who got along with everyone regardless of social status, and Eisel occasionally looked at her with envy.
Just an ordinary high school student.
She had a lot of friends in a very ordinary way.
With nothing to worry about, her life revolved around studying and friends.
"I've been hearing a lot about you lately."
"Is that so?"
"Yeah. My friends want to get to know you. Would you like to have lunch together?"
"They want to get to know ? That's..."
"I'm serious, you know? Well, ahem. I can't deny that so of them have ulterior motives. Many of them want to hear about you directly... and you're really good at studying, right? Isn't that true?"
"Well, yeah... I suppose."
"We'll have lunch and form a study group. It's more comfortable studying with peers than asking teachers, right? So, I want to learn from you."
"Oh..."
As Eisel hesitated, Hariren gave her a nacing look and spoke.
"If anyone dares to insult you or act crazy, I'll break their noses. Can you trust just this once?"
"You... Using such aggressive language isn't good!"
"Huh? Ahaha! So you have a cute side that's different from the rumors? Anyway, let's eat together, okay?"
After a mont of hesitation, it was still difficult to refuse.
Eisel looked blankly at the empty seats where Hong Bi-Yeon and Baek Yu-Seol had disappeared.
What could those two be talking about? What exactly is a "significant conversation"?
Eisel seed nervous and mad due to the fact that Baek Yu-Seol was with the woman she hated the most, but she managed to keep her composure and spoke to Hariren.
"Well then... let's go together, just this once."
"As expected! Co on, let's go! The others are waiting!"
And so, Eisel ended up having a al with Hariren's very ordinary friends.
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