ushernet Chapter 133
Chapter 133
Alice, who was under the mental control of Complete Hypnosis.
Her consciousness returned only after arriving at the academy.
In other words, for Alice, it felt like she was kissing Yujin and then suddenly found herself in an unexpected place.
At that moment, she felt a brief sense of confusion, but...
‘Huh? I was kissing Yujin. Why am I at the academy...?’
-Ding.
[The status anomaly 'hypnosis' causes cognitive impairment.]
‘Right! I must have been shocked because of that memory. That’s why I ran away!!’
The direct brainwashing carried out by Complete Hypnosis handling '???'
It was so powerful that it couldn’t easily be broken by ordinary discomfort.
So, Alice pieced together what had happened.
Ah, I kissed Yujin, right?
But then suddenly a strange memory came to mind—one of spending a year with Yujin.
Because of that, it seemed Yujin panicked and hurriedly ran away.
She was so surprised that she couldn’t even remember how she left.
‘The reason I came directly to the academy... Right, Sia! Sia also kissed Yujin!! I need to ask her!!’
This realization followed.
Sia had been overflowing with confidence for a while now.
As if she were secretly dating Yujin.
Though she couldn’t understand why...
What if Sia had kissed Yujin first?
And remembered something similar to me, leading her to date Yujin like I did?
[What was it like during the entrance exam? Even though we were meeting for the first time, didn’t you feel a strange sense of familiarity afterward?]
‘Could it be that remark?!’
Once she thought that way, many things began to make sense.
During the S-rank gate raid, Sia had tested her in a way.
At the time, Alice had been puzzled about why she was saying that...
But thinking back now?
‘I need to ask Sia if she was testing me back then!’
-Huff.
Having finished her thoughts, Alice hurriedly moved her feet.
Her destination was Sia’s accommodation.
The purpose was...
-Creak.
“Who is it...?”
“S-Sia! Did you, uh, happen to have a strange memory when you kissed Yujin?”
Interrogation. Confirming whether her suspicions were true.
A mixture of pleasure and annoyance appeared on Sia's face.
-Grin.
‘You didn’t waste any time, huh?’
The thought of finally uncovering the truth she had been worried about excited her.
‘But really, Yujin. You went and kissed another girl, huh? Though I let it slide, it’s still a bit infuriating, isn’t it?’
Even so, the thought of Yujin kissing another girl irritated her.
Although Yujin had already received permission from Sia about the hotel incident,
She had also allowed it knowing it would turn out this way.
Regardless, it was something she couldn’t help but feel annoyed about.
“You saw it too? That memory.”
“Sia, you saw it too!?”
“Yeah... but first, come in. This isn’t something to discuss in the hallway.”
Of course, there was no reason for Sia to be angry with Alice.
So, she quickly ushered her inside.
Internally, she vowed, ‘Yujin, just wait until you come back. I’ll torment you for at least 10 minutes—’
Thus, the two women sat facing each other...
“Doesn’t it seem like Yujin is from the future?”
“...Huh?”
“It’s common in web novels, isn’t it? Regressors. People who come back from the future. I think Yujin is one of them.”
—Sia suddenly laid out her conclusion.
The fact that Yujin had kissed them and the suspicions that had arisen over the past few weeks.
Without evidence, they had kept quiet, but with the additional evidence of Alice, she became convinced.
Seoyujin is a regressor.
“There are too many of us in the first place. I could forgive up to two, but three is just trash.”
“Exactly! There can be FFm threesomes, but no FFFm foursomes!!”
“......? I don’t know
what that means, but anyway.”
Then Sia stretched her hand across the table.
It was a request for a handshake, meaning they should cooperate in front of the strongest competitor.
For Alice, it was a proposal she had no reason to refuse.
-Squish.
“I look forward to working with you, Yusiah.”
“Let’s do well together, Alice Rittenwood.”
Thus, a partnership was formed.
A union that could rightly be called the Anti-Aika Alliance.
-Smile.
‘Once I handle Ninomiya, getting rid of this vixen will be easy. Yujin will ultimately be mine.’
‘I don’t know about Ninomiya, but Sia isn’t my match. For now, should I act friendly with her?’
...Despite calling it an alliance, they were both thinking about how to stab the other in the back.
-Rolling.
‘Disciple, I wonder when you’ll become the S-class number one~ Hurry up and come marry your teacher~.’
Both were wary of Aika, who had been single for 32 years.
Not only would she not take the first step, but she was a fool who just waited for someone else to confess.
Even without this alliance, Aika wouldn’t have been the one to pounce on Yujin first.
But Sia and Alice, who had already taken the plunge, were completely unaware.
* * *
After creating what seemed to be the most crucial yet utterly useless alliance.
The two entered casual conversation mode.
Naturally, the topic was Yujin.
“By the way, it’s amazing that Yujin is a regressor.”
“Right? Well, I’m glad he remained solid even after regressing.”
Neither of them cared much about the fact that Yujin was a regressor.
If he had used that future knowledge for selfish reasons, that would be one thing. But what had he done so far?
Gate raids. Advising Ggong on the recovery of Vietnam.
Stopping terrorism. Catching villains.
He had even published recent papers and whatnot, but didn’t he give that away for free without accepting money?
In this case, they had no particular reason to question his regression.
Whatever the reason, he must have had a purpose behind it.
This belief formed in them.
“But... why did he regress?”
“Huh?”
“When you see these kinds of novels, there’s usually a reason. The world was destroyed, or he was betrayed and died.”
The only thing they were curious about was one.
What was the reason he regressed? What was Yujin’s purpose?
It was a perfectly reasonable question, but...
“I don’t really know, but I don’t think there’s a need to pry into it.”
“What? Why?”
“It’s Yujin. If he could have told us, he would have done so already. If he needed help with something, he would have asked us to help.”
“...Right. This kind of thing is usually a cliché where they can’t speak.”
They decided not to pry any further.
Alice, with her characteristic broad and rich understanding.
Sia, with the intuition of a romance fantasy reader.
They thought they would eventually be told—so for now, they would let it slide.
“Okay. We’re understanding people, so let’s just let it go for now.”
Then Sia evaluated herself.
Ah. I’m such an understanding woman.
Even when my boyfriend kissed another girl, I let it slide calmly.
I’d even turn a blind eye until he decided to share the secret of regression.
Truly, she was a woman with a big heart.
“Dad, I brought Yujin... huh? Who are you?”
“Hey there! I’m Sibylla, heading up the US side of this research collab.”
“Um... nice to meet you?”
“So, quick question— that cute guy over there? Mind if I snatch him for a bit?”
“......Seoyujin, you dog! Were you flirting even abroad!!!?”
—The very next day.
Her benevolence was shattered by an American thief.