Chapter 32

Since the day of the slave bread, it has been like this.

I don't want to talk.

Just as I was ignoring her and taking out my textbooks from my bag.

"Kim Deok-sung."

A familiar voice sounds nearby.

I look up.

There is Rin Shinazaki, the blue ponytailed girl.

"What is it?"

Isn't everything already over, like the slave bread and all?

Why is she acting like this all of a sudden?

Rin bows her head.

She tightly clenches her fists.

"You... "

She suddenly raises her head.

Rin's snow-white cheeks turn red.

She points at me and shouts.

"Be my man!"

"What?"

What did she just say?

My man?

My forehead wrinkles.

I can't help but laugh hollowly.

"Hey, Rin."

I look at her and say.

"Are you crazy?"

What did I do in my past life

"What, what...?"

Rin's face stiffens.

Her blue eyes tremble.

"Are you rejecting my confession now, Kim Deok-sung...?"

Was that a confession just now?

Damn. She's really lost it.

Why can't I have a single peaceful day since I was possessed?

I press my temples.

A headache is already starting.

One tsundere is enough to take responsibility for my headache.

But now, even a Japanese girl.

I'm going to lose it.

What is this, a bolt from the blue, first thing in the morning?

"Yeah, I rejected it."

Do I really have to say that?

Rin, who heard the answer, bites her lip.

A shocked expression.

Why are you shocked?

Shouldn't I be the one who's pissed?

This is ridiculous. Ridiculous.

Do you seriously think I would accept such a confession?

There's no way.

'Now I understand why public confessions are so embarrassing.'

I remember a senior who confessed to a junior in a group project during my college days, adding a public confession slide at the end of the Economics Introduction PPT.

The junior who received the public confession immediately ran out of the lecture room in tears, and the lecture room turned into a sea of laughter.

It was funny back then, but now that I'm the one being confessed to, I can understand why the junior ran out.

I'm sorry. I shouldn't have laughed at your feelings back then.

'I'm going to lose it.'

Is this some kind of punishment for rejecting a confession?

Bang.

Rin slams her hands on my desk.

Oh, what a surprise.

Rin looks at me and says.

"What exactly is lacking in me that you rejected me? Tell me now, Kim Deok-sung. I am the heiress of the prestigious Shinazaki family in Japan. I have enough money, power, and social status. My appearance is beautiful enough... and I'm confident that my chest size doesn't fall short to the Knight Princess."

Rin places her hands on her chest.

But why is she saying this?

Calling herself beautiful? Mentioning her chest size? I'm really going to lose it.

"What? A virgin? Femininity?"

Her words make my head ring and make me doubt my hearing.

I feel like I'm going to have a headache and dizziness.

As they say, when anger reaches its peak, the mind goes cold. I feel my whole body turning cold.

Why do I have to endure this kind of auditory torture from a refreshing morning?

Ah, right.

I must have sinned by being a lazy light novel reader.

"Did Mr. Kim just reject Miss Shinazaki's confession?"

"Rejecting the confession of that stormy samurai? Unbelievable...!"

"Poor Miss Shinazaki... "

"Mr. Kim, aren't you a pervert? I heard you walk the Knight Princess in maid attire with a leash every night?"

"Is Miss Shinazaki also a victim of Mr. Kim? It's been strange since the slave bread incident... "

I hear the murmurs of the students around me.

The kind of banter that often appears between extras in light novels.

But now it's happening in reality, and I'm the subject.

'I must have been crazy to find this entertaining.'

What? A leash? Walks?

Are these people crazy?

It's like a utopia of nonsense every day.

"Damn it..."

My head is spinning.

I'm on the verge of losing my sanity.

Just as I'm about to let out a Korean curse reflexively.

"That's disgusting, Miss Shinazaki."

A familiar voice sounds.

I turn my gaze.

There is Olivia, the platinum blonde girl, looking at Rin with a triumphant expression.

"Your persistent behavior, even after being rejected, is truly disgraceful. There's not a shred of dignity in you. The name of the prestigious Shinazaki family and your title as the stormy samurai will be tarnished, Miss Shinazaki."

Olivia's cold voice echoes through the classroom.

The classroom falls silent as if doused with cold water.

Rin's face stiffens coldly.

According to the character setting, Olivia and Rin are rivals and almost enemies.

Neither of them likes the other.

Olivia must have stepped in because of that.

I feel a bit better now.

Yeah, this is it.

Well done, tsundere!

I've never seen Olivia look more beautiful than today.

This is what I call a win-win situation.

"Shut your mouth, Bonaparte. It's none of your business as a third party."

Rin growls at Olivia.

The Shinazaki family name is a source of love and hate for her.

Olivia mentioning it must have triggered her.

"Oh, a third party? Miss Shinazaki. Didn't I tell you yesterday?"

Snap.

Olivia places her hand on her chest.

This is a bit unsettling.

"I am his exclusive maid. It's my duty to block the approach of people like you."

Yeah.

I knew it would come to this.

Every word makes me want to vomit.

I must have been crazy to underestimate Olivia even for a moment.

Why did I even entertain the idea in this crazy world?

If I hadn't, I wouldn't feel betrayed.

Damn it.

"Here it is! The exclusive maid declaration!"

"So the rumors were true?"

"Then the rumor about wearing a maid outfit every night is also true?"

"Princess Knight... a bit shocking..."

"Mr. Kim, a complete pervert!"

"Lowlife! Pervert! Trash!"

The chaos is compounded by Nishizawa Eri's condemnation from the next seat.

My stomach churns.

When I talked about the exclusive maid at Ground Zero, no one was around.

But declaring it in the middle of a classroom full of students?

Are you really crazy?

I can't understand the tsundere's way of thinking.

'I'm so embarrassed I could die.'

I want to go home.

I often think about going home, but I've never felt this desperate to return.

This is really the most disgusting thing ever.

My face burns with shame.

My hands tremble.

I can't take it anymore.

"Both of you, and all of you here, shut up. My head hurts and I'm so embarrassed."

The moment my words fall, the classroom falls silent as if doused with cold water.

Rin, Olivia, Nishizawa Eri, and all the other students close their mouths as if they had a pact.

All the students' gazes are on me.

Yeah, a bit better.

I lift my head.

Rin Shinazaki is still standing in front of me.

"Hey, Rin."

"You called?"

"No matter how I think about it, there's no reason for you to like me. I wouldn't even take you if you were given to me, you rude woman."

I'm not just saying it; I genuinely don't like her.

She's not as bad as Nishizawa Eri, who constantly berates me from the next seat, but I can't like her after what she did to me.

Rin's expression stiffens.

She bites her lip.

"You suddenly challenged me, saying you couldn't acknowledge my skills, provoked me during the training, and even after losing and being branded with the slave mark, you now say you actually liked me? Doesn't that seem a bit inconsistent to you?"

"That's... "

Rin is at a loss for words.

Of course, even she must think it's a bit inconsistent.

But there's only one reason she's obsessed with me.

"I won't join the Shinazaki family as a son-in-law and ruin their name. Stop drinking the kimchi broth. You'll get indigestion. The idea of marrying you is terrifying just to imagine."

Ichiro Shinazaki.

Because of that lecherous uncle's orders.

I didn't think he would back down so easily even if I rejected him on the spot.

If Ichiro had become kind after being saved, maybe, but the current Ichiro is more of an antagonist.

To use such a disgusting method to stab me in the back.

I didn't expect it at all.

'What a mess.'

He must have given her a disgusting order like 'Seduce and recruit Kim Deok-sung' in a light novel-like manner.

Damn, he's such a bastard.

I'll have to deal with him someday.

Whether it's Rin or her father.

"Keh... "

Rin adds a dramatic interjection, like something from a Japanese anime.

She's really pissing me off.

"Go back to your seat if you understand."

Normally, a teacher would step in to handle such a situation.

Why is that damn teacher, Mayuzumi, so late today?

Then.

"...I heard you're going to the cherry blossom festival with Bonaparte."

Rin's voice sounds.

Cherry blossom festival?

The rumor must have spread well, thanks to Han Se-jin.

In this crazy world, the most competent normal person is undoubtedly the agent of our proud nation, Han Se-jin.

Proud of you, South Korea!

"So what?"

"I, I'm going too!"

Rin places her hand on her chest.

Going too?

After all that, she's not tired?

She's really something.

I calm my head.

Regardless of my feelings towards her, joining the cherry blossom festival is a welcome event.

The more slaves I have, the less work I have to do.

The problem is...

"Hey, stop it! What kind of indecent talk is this?!"

"I am serving my master. I wish the exclusive maid would step aside?"

The fact that Olivia and Rin don't get along.

Controlling these two, who are like oil and water, is a hellish task.

They're already having a destructive argument in front of me, spouting nonsense.

"Both of you, shut up."

Rin and Olivia close their mouths like ghosts.

They only listen when it's convenient.

"Hey, Rin. You'll come even if I tell you not to, right?"

"That's... No, no."

Rin stutters and avoids my gaze.

It's clearly a lie.

The master's order is her top priority.

No matter what, she will achieve it, so she will definitely come even if I tell her not to.

My head hurts.

Why do these kinds of messed-up things keep happening?

The protagonist is the root of all evil.

If I had just watched Olivia's naked body back then, everything would have been fine.

Damn him.

"Don't tell lies that will be exposed in a day, Rin. Damn it. If you don't want to die, really."

I can't speak politely even if I want to.

Rin bites her lip.

"Keh... "

"Stop that nonsense too."

She clenches her fists.

Anyway, what's done is done.

I can't deal with the president, Ichiro, right now, so I have to treat Rin like a slave since things are this way.

"If you're coming, just come. It doesn't matter whether you come normally or stalk me."

"Wait! What are you saying, that's ridiculous...!"

This time, Olivia objects.

The reaction I expected.