"Alright everyone, I'll briefly explain about tomorrow's practical test. We plan to enter an F-rank gate, and if you let your guard down just because it's low rank..."
I've long since tuned out Instructor Kim Seokgu's words.
It's just about forming teams and entering the gate to hunt monsters, so there was no need to listen carefully.
'Right now I need to identify the women around Kim Minsu.'
At a glance, there didn't seem to be any girls in the class with connections to Minsu besides Yumin.
Even if there were no connections, I couldn't rule out the possibility of someone suddenly becoming his girlfriend, but that could be judged by appearance.
Looks were plausibility. To match with the protagonist, one needed to be exceptionally beautiful.
'Sorry to the other kids, but if we're ranking looks here...'
For guys, I was 1st and Kim Minsu 2nd. For girls, Yumin was overwhelmingly 1st.
The rest were just average looking with no notable features.
In other words, the only girl to watch out for in Class A was Yumin, who I had already conquered.
'Kim Minsu you bastard, this was the reason for your secret dating.'
At first I thought he was just a pushover, but he was a dating genius.
If you opened that stupid shaggy head, would you find Casanova dancing inside?
There were many advantages to secret dating.
First, he's officially single so girls can approach him anytime.
Then Kim Minsu uses his righteous and kind personality to 'plant flags without realizing it'.
As a result, he becomes popular with girls. Kim Minsu would be indecisive, and ultimately the number of heroines would increase.
'Did the novel become unpopular?'
After writing about pure love for 170 chapters, did they receive hate comments about slow progress for just holding hands?
I became curious about the sudden drift, but it didn't matter now.
"Cadet Taeyang, so it seems you'll need to volunteer for another class, is that alright?"
"What? Pardon?"
I came to my senses too late and couldn't grasp what was being said.
Why is there suddenly talk about volunteering for another class?
"I understand you might be mentally stressed because of yesterday's incident, I'll explain again."
Instructor Kim's explanation was that even for an F-rank gate, classes with relatively weak forces needed support.
With an always-active type and the impressive skill of blocking department store monsters, I would be an excellent safety measure.
"I'll do that."
"Good, that eases my worries a bit."
I was just about to look for attractive girls in other classes.
It wouldn't do to blatantly enter other classes and check faces one by one.
'A good opportunity has arisen.'
I can't eliminate all variables, but I should at least check.
Since realizing the quest's difficulty, I had to abandon any thoughts of half-assing it.
"Then Cadet Minsu and Cadet Taeyang, follow me after school."
Why Kim Minsu? Don't tell me he's also volunteering?
If anything, this was fortunate. It was a chance to see how he plants flags.
"Yes sir."
"Understood!"
It was convenient that after-school plans were made automatically.
I had set tasks to do until then.
'Individual meeting with Kim Minsu.'
Grasping this bastard's relationships with women was top priority.
As soon as class ended, I needed to rush to Kim Minsu and dig into his female relationships.
"Alright, that's it for today's class. I'll see you all at the gate emergence area tomorrow."
""Yes sir!!""
As soon as Instructor Kim Seokgu left, I immediately stood up.
Yumin was thoroughly ignoring Minsu as I had instructed.
"Minsu!"
Thinking a guy abandoned even by his girlfriend wouldn't go anywhere, I called out, but there was no answer.
Looking around the classroom, Kim Minsu was nowhere to be seen.
I called out as soon as class ended, but he disappeared even faster than that?
'Where did this bastard run off to.'
I had to find him no matter what.
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Minsu felt that something was going wrong these days.
A month into maintaining the thread of love with Yumin, he felt the thread was breaking.
The trigger was Baek Taeyang's words.
If it weren't for that guy, they could have been getting along harmoniously now, but everything was a mess.
'In the end... PureLoveDiaryAuthor was right...'
Thinking of yesterday's long question and answer session, he nodded involuntarily.
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[I have concerns with my girlfriend] - SweetCadet
-This is SweetCadet's 2315th worry post-
I'm not communicating well with my girlfriend these days...
Honestly, I've thought it was my fault up until now.
But isn't it too much for communication to break down this much?
I've made a lot of effort to reconcile.
Just in case, I even folded paper cranes... and wrote a handwritten letter.
Of course I couldn't deliver them, but isn't that a lot of effort?
We used to be happy just seeing each other's faces, but these days...
My heart aches.
A transfer student came to our class, and nothing's been right since the day he arrived...
I don't want to blame him, but isn't this too coincidental?
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It was a post written because he couldn't get in touch at all.
PureLoveDiaryAuthor had been a great help with dating from before.
Of course, they would be able to give a clear answer this time too.
It wasn't helpful last time, but that was partly Yumin's fault for not replying.
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Answer to [I have concerns with my girlfriend] - PureLoveDiaryAuthor [Solar]
Hmm, maybe you've come... too far? When a relationship becomes that difficult...
Perhaps it wouldn't be bad to turn your eyes to someone else for a while....
I'm not saying to break up, but if SweetCadet has many worries, well....
I feel like there must be someone who likes you around you.
Honestly (laughs) just from your writing, I think you must have a high-level appearance.
It might be okay to take some time apart from your current lover to confirm how precious you are to each other.
You know?
Getting advice from an older woman might also be a good method?
A woman who's just a bit older would be very suitable...
If you know any noonas around you, try having a serious discussion with them.
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'They're really smart.'
Sometimes I wondered if they might be someone around me.
Interpreting it, it was a post saying that an older sister's advice would be more effective than a man's answer.
"So what did you want to say?"
"First, Instructor Ryu... I'm sorry for taking your time..."
"I told you to speak comfortably when it's just us two, you're too stiff."
Minsu stood up immediately after reading the reply.
Since he left as soon as the teacher said class was over, it was truly lightning speed.
'Seeing noona makes me feel at ease'
The place he went without looking back was the counseling room, where Instructor Ryu Hyemi worked.
Victory Academy instructors wear badges for their main position and don't indicate additional roles.
In Instructor Ryu Hyemi's case, her main role was research and she also did counseling.
"It's been so long, noona. I was so surprised when I saw you on the first day."
"Me too, it's the first time since we were very young, but your face stayed the same."
"You too..."
Minsu's gaze moved here and there. Hyemi looked completely different from when she was young.
Her face had become prettier and her body had changed to a well-balanced, firm figure.
With her brown hair, whether it was permed or not, she gave off a mature feeling.
"So what's your worry that made you rush here like this, look at your sweat."
Hyemi took out a handkerchief from her bosom and wiped his forehead.
The scent from the handkerchief and her body odor tickled Minsu's nostrils.
Unaware that his nostrils were flaring, Minsu opened his mouth.
"Actually, I have a girlfriend..."
"What...?"
"Ah, I have a girlfriend... we're secretly dating but these days things are so..."
"Go on, keep talking."
What am I hearing right now? Did he forget all our promises? Hyemi became confused.
Did he forget the promise to marry when they both finished character education and became awakened ones who could fulfill their roles?
On the other hand, she also thought he might be dating because he hadn't fully grown up yet.
She firmly believed Minsu wouldn't forget their promise.
Of course, she had lived keeping men at a distance to strictly keep that promise herself...
'They say men are different...'
She could understand, but couldn't help feeling upset.
"There's a girl named Yumin in my class... we've only progressed to holding hands..."
Minsu didn't seem to notice Hyemi's expression changing moment by moment.
He was just happy to have someone to listen to his story and kept babbling.
"U-um, and then?"
"But ever since a guy named Baek Taeyang transferred in, things have been so weird between us..."
"Cadet Taeyang?"
"Yeah... let me explain how it happened..."
Hyemi and Minsu began to immerse themselves in conversation.
So much so that they wouldn't notice if someone was eavesdropping outside.
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'This guy is really crazy, isn't he.'
I followed Kim Minsu, maximizing all my senses.
I thought there might be some story when he went to the counseling room, but it wasn't that at all.
'I'll have to beat him up a few times after school.'
To think the protagonist is a crazy bastard doing relationship counseling while holding hands with the counselor.
'Can I really not kill him?'
It was a serious consideration.