Chapter 37

### Chapter 37: How to Steal a Wizard's Woman (1-21)

"Today was really enjoyable."

As the last student finished the exam, the dean stood up and smiled at the students.

"Although I came here due to an unfortunate incident, I was pleased to see the students' enthusiasm."

"Everyone, give the dean a round of applause!"

Well, it's always applause for everything...

Clap clap clap clap clap.

However, there was no sign of dissatisfaction on the students' faces.

Even though he didn't do anything special, just by being there for a while, he seemed to have earned the students' respect.

"Since you all worked hard on the exam today, I hope you can rest well."

"Um, then I will..."

The dean left the lecture hall with applause, and the assistant professor hurriedly followed behind.

As soon as the two left, the lecture hall began to buzz with talk about the dean.

With such a presence, it was impossible not to be affected.

'The one who brought about this peaceful era, indeed.'

[Mr. Seong, Louis is coming this way.]

'Well, he's probably going to Luna.'

As I thought, Louis didn't even notice me and went straight to Luna.

Louis's expression looked very troubled.

Given his recent bad luck, it was no surprise that he wasn't in a good state...

Slapped, marked by a professor, and Luna being cold...

'CEO, all of this is thanks to me, Seong Suho, isn't it?'

[...I am deeply impressed by your incredible skills.]

He's just boasting.

Stop being silent, silence...

Louis, standing in front of Luna's desk, forced a smile and spoke.

"Luna, I have something to talk about regarding the club. Can we talk for a moment?"

"Huh? Didn't you quit the club?"

"...How did you know that?"

"Ah..."

Luna suddenly looked at me with a "Oops" expression.

The incident of Louis being kicked out of the club happened yesterday in the club room.

Luna and I found out about Louis being kicked out while we were in a cabinet, experiencing a rather intimate (?) relationship.

Actually, just saying we heard it from Professor Sonia would have been enough.

The problem was that Luna looked at me with a "Oops" expression.

Louis saw this and...

Louis, who saw me and Luna, frowned and spoke to Luna again.

"...Luna, can we talk for a moment?"

"If it's a long talk, can we do it after the club activities are over?"

Louis sighed and relaxed his expression.

"Ha... Alright. Then after the club activities..."

"Ah! Sorry. I have an appointment after the club activities, so can we do it tomorrow?"

"..."

Louis covered his forehead with his right hand and bowed his head.

But Luna's next action was the most impressive.

"Let's go to the club room quickly."

"Huh? Right now?"

Luna seemed to be in a hurry and tried to drag me to the club room.

However, Luna's action was not carried out.

Louis grabbed Luna's wrist and spoke with a pleading expression.

"...Luna, please, can we talk...?"

"...Ha... Alright."

"..."

Even though Louis got the answer he wanted, he couldn't relax his expression.

I stood up and said to Luna.

"I'll go to the club room first."

"...Alright."

Luna pouted and quickly turned to leave the lecture hall.

Fortunately, Louis, who didn't see Luna's expression, glared at me and quickly followed Luna.

"Seriously, getting upset over nothing..."

[Are you in a bad mood?]

"...No? I'm just annoyed."

I chuckled, thinking of Luna's annoyed expression, tidied up my desk, and headed to the club room alone.

***

"Aah, no!"

Luna almost screamed when she woke up in the morning.

Her deep sleep after her first self-pleasure last night was the root of the problem.

She faced the sunlight without changing her clothes, still in her uniform.

When she opened her eyes to the morning sunlight that always came through the window, she realized the sun was already high in the sky.

She immediately had a dilemma.

Should she go to the lecture hall in this messy state, or take the time to get ready even if it means being late?

But the decision was quickly made.

"I can't take a shower now!"

She burst out of her room and into the hallway, and one fact came to mind.

"Underwear! Ah!"

Luna was startled by the word that slipped out and quickly covered her mouth, looking around the hallway.

Fortunately, no one was there.

"Phew..."

Fortunately, no one heard, but the situation didn't improve.

She realized she was still wearing the underwear she had worn yesterday, which caused her to feel as if her soul was being sucked out.

She vividly remembered what she had done while wearing this underwear.

She could endure not showering, and she could endure her messy clothes.

These two things weren't a big issue for Luna, who usually ignored others' opinions.

She thought she could just tidy up and be fine.

But wearing this underwear made her feel guilty.

Although the other person wouldn't know, her mind was filled with the thought of being a woman who had done something dirty to a man.

But her sense of responsibility tipped the scales.

Luna repeated to herself and quickly ran to the lecture hall.

'He won't know, he won't know, he won't know, he won't...'

She suppressed her guilt and arrived at the lecture hall.

But the only person she saw was Seong Suho.

All the other students had gone somewhere.

'This must be an auxiliary class...'

She recalled the schedule she had received and walked to her seat.

Luna, who had just caught her breath, pretended not to know and asked Seong Suho, who was staring at her.

"Um... is there a class today...?"

"Oh, it's an auxiliary class, so everyone has moved. You should move quickly too."

"Then can I go with you...?"

"No, I have something else to do, so I need to stay. Go ahead."

"...Okay."

She inwardly blamed him.

'Would it have been so bad to go with me...'

A feeling of gloom, which she had never experienced before, enveloped her.

But the gloom quickly disappeared.

The location of the auxiliary class on the blackboard had been erased.

Luna, startled, covered her mouth and didn't know what to do.

Seong Suho, standing next to her, asked.

"What's wrong?"

"It's... the location of the auxiliary class..."

"Huh?"

As he turned to look at the blackboard, Luna bowed her head and blamed herself.

'...What a fool. What am I doing? When I first came to this school, I promised myself I would succeed...'

Luna began to blame herself.

She felt like a foolish woman who had been bewitched by a man.

'That person is not at fault... I am the foolish one...'

Luna felt tears welling up.

Just as she was about to cry, a gentle voice from Seong Suho entered her ears.

"3rd floor, Ruteal lecture hall."

"Excuse me?"

"Go to the 3rd floor, Ruteal lecture hall."

"Oh... By any chance..."

Luna, seeing his confident expression, was sure.

'He must have stayed to tell me the location...'

From Luna's perspective, there was no other reason for Seong Suho to stay.

'I don't even know his auxiliary element...'

Luna only found out that Seong Suho's main element was wind after asking.

But he had stayed to tell her the location of her auxiliary class.

Seong Suho asked, hearing Luna's muttering.

"What did you say?"

"...No, thank you."

Luna said this to Seong Suho and tried to leave quickly.

She thought she should leave quickly so that Seong Suho, who was staying for her, wouldn't be late.

But as soon as she turned around, Seong Suho suddenly grabbed her arm.

Luna, feeling goosebumps all over her body, let out a scream.

"Why, why are you doing that!"

Luna saw the hand that Seong Suho was holding.

She remembered what she had done with this hand last night.

The exact actions came to mind.

'No, no! Did he find out?'

Just as she was panicking, Seong Suho answered.

"Oh, sorry. Why did you scream..."

"That's because you suddenly grabbed my hand..."

"A button came undone."

"Huh?"

Her mind went blank as she stared at the button he was fastening on her sleeve.

Just one second.

To her, it felt like an hour.

Seong Suho brought her back to reality.

"You'll be late if you keep doing that."

"Ah!"

Luna, hearing the word "late," snapped back to her senses and ran to the auxiliary class.

Before leaving the lecture hall, she turned her head slightly to look at Seong Suho.

"Thank you."

Luna kept looking at her sleeve as she ran to the auxiliary class.

...

...

Luna narrowly avoided being late and focused on the auxiliary class before returning to the original lecture hall.

She found Seong Suho, who had returned before her, lying on his desk.

He was fidgeting with something on the desk.

Luna, seeing his actions, could clearly feel something was wrong.

'...Is he hurt? Why does he look so pained?'

He looked completely different from his usual self.

Worried, Luna asked him.

"Are you okay?"

"Huh? Why?"

To her, Seong Suho looked like he was struggling to answer.

"He looks tired."

Luna was genuinely worried.

But his answer was incomprehensible.

"Oh, I drank too much dust, so I feel stuffy."

"...? Dust?"

"There is such a thing."

"..."

Luna was getting annoyed.

Every time she approached, Seong Suho seemed to be acting annoyingly.

But the conversation ended there.

The assistant professor, who was in charge of magic circle casting, entered the room.

'Ha... I really don't like this class.'

She could tolerate the assistant professor's advances.

But the fear she felt when Seong Suho saw it was overwhelming.

Luna hoped Seong Suho would save her again, but she also didn't want him to see such an embarrassing situation.

The exam started, and Louis went first to demonstrate his magic circle.

Luna was impressed by Louis's magic circle.

'He's improved so much in just a few weeks... He's really amazing.'

It was hard to believe he had grown so much in just three weeks, even as a childhood friend.

But Luna quickly pushed aside thoughts of Louis's skills and wanted to change his behavior.

Louis, whom she had known for a long time, was like a younger brother to her.

Not a younger brother who fought and played, but one who needed to be taken care of.

But recently, he had become too annoying.

It felt like her younger brother was constantly clinging to her while she had a crush on someone.

'Ha... Should I tell Louis to keep his distance...?'

Luna's concern for her love life outweighed her worry about hurting Louis.

While Luna was thinking about how to deal with Louis, her name was called from the podium.

"Luna Schtauffen."

"Here."

Luna slowly walked to the podium.

She silently wished.

'Please... please don't do anything...'

As soon as she stood on the podium, she tried to draw the magic circle quickly without waiting for the signal.

But at that moment, the assistant professor's unpleasant voice came from behind.

"Wait."

The assistant professor began to look Luna up and down.

'Ha... Here we go again.'

She wanted to punch the face that was looking at her body with a lecherous expression.

Luna had never felt the urge to hit someone before.

She made eye contact with Seong Suho.

His angry expression was clearly visible even from here.

Luna turned her head to avoid looking at him.

'Please don't look...'

Just as the assistant professor touched Luna's collar,

Bang!

The sound of a desk being slammed echoed.

Luna immediately looked at Seong Suho.

It wasn't him who slammed the desk.

But from his expression, it was clear what he was about to do.

'Magic circle?'

He was definitely looking at the podium.

Suddenly, a pig-like scream echoed from the side.

"Kyaah!"

The assistant professor, as he fell, tried to grab Luna, but fortunately, she managed to avoid his hand.

Crash!

The assistant professor started yelling at someone.

But Luna became numb to the sounds around her, and her vision was fixed on one person.

All Luna could see was Seong Suho, who was pretending to be indifferent.