Acquired the Scam Rune in the Academy

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‘I’m going crazy, for real.’

Moon Ga-eun barely held back her flushed face.

The bone dragon flying up into the sky, and the Manticore chasing after him.

And also, on top of the bone dragon’s body…

Do Jae-hyun and Moon Ga-eun, turned around in the opposite direction of the flight path.

It was like an acrobatic movement, but thanks to Do Jae-hyun’s [Strengthen Contract], they were able to not fall off the bone dragon.

And then the Manticore hunt that followed.

Do Jae-hyun showed an interesting battle where he held Moon Ga-eun from behind and used her bow instead.

Amongst that, the skill he used was [Deadly Archery].

[Deadly Archery] was a derived skill that required both the [Bow] rune and the [Star Splitting Archery] rune to be at least level 10, and was one of the very powerful attack skills used by the archer class.

It was almost top-tier among the single target attacks.

That high level skill, used by Do Jae-hyun, a warrior and assassin class?

Normally, one should be suspicious about this.

‘…Oh, when did he get so good with a bow?’

But Moon Ga-eun didn’t have any suspicions about it.

Do Jae-hyun had already shown his versatile powers and talents several times, and research papers were being written about it at the Holder Guild.

Now, it wasn’t about how many abilities he had, but about how much he had grown those abilities.

‘While hugging back…’

So Moon Ga-eun just…

Quietly recalled the earlier situation in her mind.

Hunting together while hugging back.

Even when thinking back on it, it was quite a romantic composition.

…Of course, during shooting the bow.

If Do Jae-hyun’s arms and hands didn’t touch her chest.

‘Uwaa-‘

An extremely embarrassing situation.

Thanks to that…

The two didn’t say a word to each other until the bone dragon finished flying and landed.

Do Jae-hyun was probably embarrassed about what happened, but in Moon Ga-eun’s case, it was for a different reason.

‘What if he thinks they’re small? Ah, I should’ve drank more milk.’

She was only focused on how Do Jae-hyun would react.

Usually she didn’t care about breast size at all, but when the situation came up, oddly she desperately wanted dairy products.

“Um… sorry, Ga-eun.”

Anyway…

After the flashy battle in the sky ended.

Do Jae-hyun spoke with an embarrassed face.

It was an apology he seemed to contemplate several times before making.

At that, Moon Ga-eun hurriedly waved her hands.

“Ah, no, I was happ… I mean, no. It was an accident. It’s fine as long as you held on well. Ahaha, ahaha.”

An awkward laugh flowed, and she mentally hit her head several times.

‘I’m going crazy, Moon Ga-eun. Really crazy.’

Anyway…

Her mood today was light.

Like she said in the beginning.

She just wanted to ride Do Jae-hyun’s contracted monster, and enjoy a small hunting date together.

Kang Juyeon did get the first kiss from him last night and got on the relationship horse first, but still, that was a result of her gathering the courage.

If she tried to hastily chase after that, she could’ve lost her own path.

So today, Moon Ga-eun wanted to spend time with him like she always did, ordinarily.

‘What do I do… I’m nervous.’

But when the plan became reality, her head was spinning.

Do Jae-hyun’s voice made her heart thump, and his touch made her flustered.

Was it because it was a date after a long time?

Or was it because her feelings for him had deepened?

Or maybe like Kang Juyeon said.

‘Not evading my feelings and acknowledging them…’

After that, she was becoming more honest with her own heart?

So Moon Ga-eun…

Decided to gather some courage for once as well.

“…Jae-hyun.”

At first, just an acquaintance of a friend.

Later, the closest friend at the academy.

And during vacation.

The ‘fake boyfriend’ she asked to pretend so her lies wouldn’t be caught.

Do Jae-hyun’s way of approaching Moon Ga-eun was quite diverse, but..

Looking back, it seems she liked every side of him.

When he was just an acquaintance of a friend.

When he was a close friend.

When he was a fake boyfriend.

Do Jae-hyun always had good communication, was humorous, and had a delicate caring side.

At some point, she started feeling those sides of him were charming.

She passed it off as a joke every time, but today, she wanted to express it.

For the first time in her life…

An honest feeling, albeit embarrassing.

She really wanted to express that.

“Huh?”

So facing Do Jae-hyun who turned his head,

She carefully let out her words.

“Actually… I liked it earlier.”

Barely holding back her shy heart, a quiet mutter.

She gathered courage, but she probably wouldn’t be able to meet his eyes.

So with her gaze fixed on the ground, Moon Ga-eun barely squeezed out her words.

But…

After a brief silence.

The reply that came from him was strange.

“Uh, what? You… liked it?”

His question contained a peculiar nuance.

Feeling strange, when she raised her head, Do Jae-hyun was also looking at her with an odd expression.

And after organizing her thoughts for a bit, Moon Ga-eun…

Soon understood the meaning behind that gaze.

“Ah, not that I liked it! It’s just…!! Argh, are you really trying to die?”

“But you clearly just said that.”

“Of course I meant the hug was nice!”

Without expressing the object, her words became strange.

Suddenly she became a pervert who liked getting her chest touched.

With anger rising in her, Moon Ga-eun fiercely poked Do Jae-hyun’s shoulder.

“Eek! I finally gathered some courage!”

“Sorry, sorry. Ah! Ouch, that really hurts.”

“Just die! Die! You pervert! Di…”

Like hunting a monster, Moon Ga-eun fiercely charged at him.

As she was relentlessly punching with no breaks,

Moon Ga-eun…

Suddenly lost her balance.

Thud-

It was because Do Jae-hyun instantly grabbed her wrist and pulled her towards him.

Thanks to that, once again.

In the sky, and now on the ground.

She was hugged by him.

Still held by him, Moon Ga-eun said in a much smaller voice than when she was yelling earlier.

“Le…let go….”

“Don’t want to. You said you liked it earlier.”

At those words, Moon Ga-eun’s expression crumpled.

“Eek! If you keep teasing me, then…”

But cutting off her words.

Do Jae-hyun quietly whispered.

“I liked it too.”

“…Huh?”

“I said I liked it too. Hunting together while hugging. I wanted to hold you too, so I did that on purpose.”

…What did I just hear?

His sudden straightforward words that whammed into her.

Moon Ga-eun’s expression blanked, as if she misheard.

Seeing that, as if she didn’t believe what she heard, Do Jae-hyun smiled again.

“Thanks for expressing it after gathering courage. Did Juyeon tell you anything by chance?”

“Ah, yes.”

At the mention of Kang Juyeon’s name, Moon Ga-eun nodded her head.

Although she said she didn’t officially date him, kissing and confessing her heart.

That was a change in their relationship, which until now was just a friendship.

He probably vaguely noticed Moon Ga-eun and Kim Chae-eun’s feelings as well.

Do Jae-hyun asked with a slightly worried face.

“Will you really be okay just seeing me? Not them too?”

“Yeah. Many already do that overseas. Our country will amend it soon too. I just… want you to look at me sincerely when you do….”

Moon Ga-eun trailed off answering and shook her head in embarrassment.

“Uwaa! I can’t do this! How do people in relationships say such embarrassing things?!”

“That’s just like you.”

He turned her body to face each other, eye to eye.

Then once again…

While tidying her hair, he said.

“Please keep supporting me. Now that we know each other’s hearts, let’s fight a little less?”

At those warm words.

Moon Ga-eun felt like she could fly, but…

Hiding her expression, she pretended to grumble.

“Tch, you’re the one who always starts it first.”

“Well I like your reactions.”

“Really wanna die?”

“You can’t kill me anyway.”

“…So annoying.”

“Haha. Let’s go, resume the hunt.”

Do Jae-hyun suddenly held out his hand.

Moon Ga-eun, with a slightly nervous face…

Carefully held his hand.

Although they had done this light skinship before, holding hands after confirming each other’s hearts… felt completely different.

His hand was cold but had a strange warmth.

At that pleasant touch, Moon Ga-eun had to barely hold down her rising mouth corners.

“Jae-hyun. Can I ask you one thing?”

“What is it?”

As Do Jae-hyun tilted his head asking, Moon Ga-eun smiled a bit and asked.

“So does this mean we’re dating now?”

“Isn’t that obvious?”

“Ah, just… Juyeon said she wasn’t officially dating yet, so I wondered if maybe….”

“…Juyeon said that?”

Do Jae-hyun’s expression twisted a little.

He looked quite indignant, as if asking why that mattered.

After kissing lips, it was more absurd for her to simply view it as some fling.

A happening purely from Kang Juyeon’s lack of any dating experience.

…And in fact, Moon Ga-eun as well.

Due to her lack of dating experience, she wanted confirmation from him.

“Jae-hyun, can I ask just one more thing?”

“Ask two things, three things, it’s fine.”

“Even if it was fake, in front of dad we acted like we were dating.”

“Ah, right.”

Moon Jung-hyuk probably still thinks the two are dating.

And ironically…

That became reality.

The affairs of the world were truly unpredictable.

Anyway, Do Jae-hyun looked at Moon Ga-eun curiously for suddenly bringing up that story.

She carefully asked her question.

“So… Am I your first girlfriend? For you.”

“…….”

In that moment, Do Jae-hyun’s expression flooded with bewilderment.

A face asking why that matters.

But for Moon Ga-eun, who got her first kiss stolen by Kang Juyeon… This was an extremely important issue.

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