Chapter 393
393fury. i hate it
Eunlin Lake).
The name was given because the way the moonlight breaks on the waves of the lake looks like shining silver scales..
It was one of the famously beautiful lakes in Nanchang, and was also a popular attraction visited by many people of all ages..
Since it is not far from Cheongryong Academic Center, when the annual lantern-flying event begins, many people, including students from Cheongryong Academic Center, flock to Eunlin Lake..
“Wow……!”
“Very pretty!”
The young children who followed their parents jumped up and down with excitement as they saw the balloons flying into the sky, and the parents smiled happily at the children..
“Buy a sky lantern! It is the highest flying sky lantern.!”
“Ban Xijin should buy a large balloon that can fly easily.!”
“We sell lanterns that make wishes come true.-!”
There were people who brought home-made sky lanterns and flew them, but most people bought balloons sold by merchants on the outskirts of Eunlin Lake and flew them into the sky..
Write your wish carefully on thin paper..
Some people write down what they want, such as the health of their family, someone's unchanging love with their lover, wealth, and martial arts achievements, and then attach it to a frame made of bamboo and wire to make a sky lantern shade.,
Hwareuk!
Light the oil-soaked wick and wait for a moment for the heat to build up inside the lantern. After the paper is sufficiently inflated, send it flying into the sky..
A floating balloon flies into the sky, emitting a soft light like a firefly..
“……I've heard so much about it, this is my first time seeing it in person..”
“me too…….”
Heonwon-gang and Yeomin also arrived at Eunrin Lake..
Due to government control, boating on the lake was prohibited. Instead, the crowds surrounding the lake were watching in fascination the numerous sky lanterns floating above the lake..
I thought I knew why everyone told me to go to Eunlin Lake to fly the balloons. The surface of the lake reflected the light from the sky lanterns, making it look like hundreds of candles were lit at the same time..
“pretty…….”
Yeo-min looked at the lake with sparkling eyes, and Heonwon-gang kept glancing at the side of Yeo-min's face..
“why?”
“Oh no, that's it…….”
When our eyes meet, isn't he flustered like a child caught trying to do something bad?.
“Well, we've come this far, should we fly one too??”
Heon Won-gang said these words with great determination, but Yeo-min nodded calmly without any hesitation..
“Is that so??”
“……wait. I'll buy it soon!”
“senior! don't go too far!”
Heonwon-gang ran through the crowd and ran to the nearest merchant to buy a sky lantern..
“Give me the biggest one! Soak the wick twice in oil!”
“Oh, I'm sorry, sir. There is only one extra large size left, and this is the price…….”
After a while, Yeo-min sighed when she saw the idiot who came back with a majestic look..
“So, I bought this with that money.?”
“Why waste your money and buy two? Just write it down on one big one.!
It wouldn't have been a day or two that Heon Won-gang would act like a fool, and Yeo-min would just laugh out of bewilderment..
But in fact, Heonwon Lecture had a different intention..
-If two people fly sky lanterns together at Eunlin Lake, they will become lovers and live happily ever after..
It was one of the superstitions that circulated at the Blue Dragon Science Museum. It was a story I had passed over in the past, but now it bothered me..
“……Here, let’s make a wish together. Since the paper is big, there will be at least two left..”
“The senior wrote it first.”
Heon Won-gang nodded obediently and began to write down his wish first, but when Yeo-min saw him, she opened her mouth as if it were absurd..
“Why write so much?”
“I try to write down everything that comes to mind. It's a waste.”
Please keep your parents, teachers, seniors, juniors, and friends healthy..
Please make Paeng Sa-hyeok's nose flat in Emperor Tianmu..
Please let Wi Ji-cheon win too..
Please let me hit just one white water dragon properly! please!
Please let us all meet often even after we graduate..
After writing so many wishes that it almost filled an extra-large lantern, Heonwon-gang handed over the brush to Yeomin..
On the other hand, Yeomin wrote her wish very briefly..
“What did you write??”
Heonwon-gang snooped around to see, but Yeo-min grinned, covering her wish with her palm..
“Wishes come true only if they are kept secret..”
“what? Then what do I become?!”
“I'll pretend I haven't seen a few of them either..”
After bickering for a while, the two decided to fly sky lanterns together..
Hwareuk!
Heonwon River held the lampshade from above, and Yeomin lit the wick with a flower pot. The balloon slowly inflated due to the heat..
-If two people fly sky lanterns together at Eunlin Lake, they will become lovers and live happily ever after..
Heonwon-gang closed his eyes for a moment and remembered the old superstition of Cheongryonghakwan..
I opened my eyes and prayed to the gods of heaven and earth to make my wish, which I could not bear to write down on the lantern, come true. And with solemn determination, he sent the balloon flying upward..
“good! Fly away!”
“wait for a sec! yet……!”
Was I too ambitious?.
Heonwon River sent the balloon flying with all its might before it was fully inflated..
The lantern, which initially flew due to the force of the throw, soon tilted sideways, and the fire from the oil-soaked wick transferred to the paper..
Grumbling!
It happened in an instant. The entire sky lantern caught fire, shining brighter than any other sky lantern for a short moment before completely burning down..
“……You idiot!”
“Oh no!”
The moment Yeo-min's palm struck his back, Heonwon-gang instinctively ran towards the balloon to put out the fire..
However, the lantern had already flown quite far, and below was a lake..
“Oops……!”
Unless one learns to walk on water, falling into the water is a matter of nature..
Heonwon-gang desperately waved his feet in the air, then fell down with a resigned expression..
with a plop-!
Suddenly, ripples spread across the calm lake. The lights reflected on the lake swayed together, and onlookers murmured as they watched the strange spectacle..
“Phew… … . Ahaha! That idiot is really!”
Yeo-min sat down on the floor and laughed, holding her stomach for a long time..
* * *
“My senior fell into the water, but I didn't think about saving him and just smiled.?”
Heonwongang grumbled with his mouth sticking out..
Looks like a completely drowned rat.
He wore nice clothes and oiled his hair well, but when he fell into the lake, it was all messed up..
“So who wants to jump into the lake??”
Yeomin held back her laughter and handed Heonwongang a towel..
The two returned to Baekryongjang..
No matter how thick the face of Heonwon River was, he went into the lake in front of many people, so he returned home as soon as he got out of the lake..
Taltaltaltaltal.
Heon Won-gang used the towel given to him by Yeo-min to dry his hair. When I went into the room, changed my clothes, and came out, I saw Yeo-min sitting on the floor alone, looking up at the sky..
The night sky was filled with lights filled with people's wishes..
They were flying in the sky like moving stars, heading somewhere..
“sorry.”
Heon Won-gang sat down next to Yeo-min, scratching the back of his head as if embarrassed..
“Because of me, I couldn’t enjoy the festival properly..”
“……What you see here is also quite charming and nice. I feel more at ease because I don't have to mess around..”
After saying that, Yeomin looked back at Heonwon River and smiled..
“ah…….”
At that moment, Heonwon-gang remembered again that there was something he wanted to say to Yeomin today..
‘If not today, I don't know when we'll have another chance to be alone together..’
Heonwongang swallowed dry saliva and opened his mouth with a serious expression..
“I have something to say. I…….”
“I'm sorry, can I go first??”
Yeomin interrupted Heonwon Lecture..
The face was smiling, but the eyes looked oddly sad. Heonwongang nodded slowly..
“uh… … . okay. Do it first.”
Yeomin turned and looked straight at Heonwon River..
The boy's cheeks were turning red as he was slightly avoiding gaze, and his breathing was unsteady as if he had learned martial arts..
A distance that would normally be nothing, feels particularly close today..
You would be a fool not to notice this reaction..
Yeomin smiled playfully and said.
“First, call me sister.”
“What, what?”
Heonwon-gang, who was very nervous, made an absurd expression and then glared at Yeo-min harshly..
But Yeomin only laughed mischievously..
“Did I say something wrong? I am much older than you. It's not like I forgot.?”
“…….”
Of course I remembered it.
Because it was the part that made Heonwon River the most worried..
Heonwon River is seventeen.
Yeomin is twenty-two.
There was an age gap of five years between the two..
“……What does age have to do with anything??”
Because of that, he is afraid that Yeo-min will look at him too much like a child..
I was trying hard to pretend not to know..
Heonwon-gang began to argue that student number is more important than age..
“I'm definitely the senior at Cheongryong Academy, right? Although I am currently taking a leave of absence from school, I am the type of person who spoke informally to a 65-year-old man. Twenty-two years old is nothing!”
“……I'm proud of that?”
Yeomin sighed and shook her head. And suddenly he made a shocking statement..
“But actually, I'm not even twenty-two years old..”
“……There are more?”
Yeomin's eyebrows went up when she saw Heonwon River's shaking eyes..
“hey! Do I look that old??”
“no. That's definitely not the case.”
In fact, Yeo-min seemed to be around the same age as Heon Won-gang..
I would have believed it even if he were the same age as Heon Won-gang, let alone 22 years old, or even a year or two younger than him..
Because of this, I almost forgot that I was older than usual..
“I'm actually nineteen.”
“nineteen?”
Yeomin nodded. With a bitter smile on his face, he calmly began to tell his story..
“People look down on you when you're young, so I always raise my age by three years to people..”
Yeo-min, who lost her mother at a young age, had no choice but to lie about her age to make money..
Starting with Jeomsoy, there is nothing I haven't tried..
When I was very young, I dug up vegetables and sold them in the mountains, and even slept in a dirty barn to avoid beggars..
“Until I was fifteen, I always dressed as a man. Because it’s convenient in many ways.”
“…….”
Fortunately, I learned the basic martial arts that my mother taught me when I was young, and I was quick-witted, so I was able to do anything well..
I earned money stubbornly.
Because he thought that the only thing he could trust, as he had no family in the world, was money..
When I entered the Blue Dragon Academy, I naturally increased my age, but there was no reason to reveal it, so I have lived at that age ever since..
“…….”
Heonwon River was speechless..
I knew Yeo-min had a difficult childhood, but I didn't know it would be to this extent..
Instead, Yeomin smiled and said,.
“It's all in the past. I live far away now, but I know I have an aunt, a teacher, and you all.?”
“……the teacher knows?”
“huh. I told you this a while ago. But among us, this is the first time I'm telling you.”
‘Yeomin gave particular strength to the word ‘us’..
“I'll tell everyone soon. I've never been treated like a sister by you, but I don't want to lie anymore..”
“I am…….”
Just as Heonwongang was about to say something, Yeomin reached out and placed her hand on the back of the boy's hand..
In that brief moment, her fingers twitched as if they had been struck by an electric current, but Yeo-min held her sway and spoke with a stern expression..
“I know. I really like it the way it is right now.”
euphemism.
For Yeomin, Baekryongjang was the first family she ever had..
She was afraid that this relationship would be broken in some way..
So, now that he clearly knew Heonwon-gang's feelings, he first confessed his feelings honestly..
Maybe you'll regret it later.
“You to me... … Just like a younger brother. therefore…….”
Accordingly, Heonwon River.
“I don't want to be a sister or brother with you..”
I carefully shook off the woman's hand on the back of my hand and stood up..
“Until I graduate.”
The boy didn't get angry or throw a tantrum..
If people who knew Heonwon River saw him, he was looking straight at Yeomin with a surprisingly calm expression..
“I will continue to like it until I graduate. Whether you think of me as your little brother or not.”
“…….”
“Don't just ask me to accept it. I also have pride. I have to make you fall in love with me before you graduate..”
“what…….”
Heon Won-gang grinned shamelessly at Yeo-min, who looked at her with an expression as if she had seen something she couldn't see..
“Yeomin. So don't draw too many lines now. Then what if you like me later??”
“Did you fall into the oil, not the lake??”
Yeomin shook her head and turned around to look at the sky. As if you don't want to talk back anymore.
Actually, I didn't want my face to be noticed as my fever slowly rose..
“……You can do whatever you want.”
It was a moment when the conversation between the two people stopped and an awkward silence fell..
“wait for a sec.”
“You felt it too?”
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-!
The magic that alerted the White Dragon Hall of an intruder was activated and the wall glowed, and the blue dragon tablet in my arms also vibrated..
At the same time, a figure was seen jumping over the wall from outside. At first glance, he wasn't an average expert..
‘watering!’
However, even though the spray climbed over the wall, there was no sign of nervousness on their faces..
“I still wondered when it would come.”
“I never thought Salsu would be so happy.”
On the contrary, I was almost glad to see an uninvited guest who came just when the atmosphere was about to become awkward..
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