Calibrating the NTR Drift in the Light Novel - MTL

Eunbong Industrial Higher Education Academy.

This academy, called Eunbong Gonggyo for short, was notorious as a den of gangsters known nationwide.

The students were completely out of the teacher's control, establishing their own order, and were already receiving solid training as prospective gangsters from a young age.

It is not an academy, but closer to a training center for prospective gangsters.

Among the students, none of them had flashy tattoos, it was quicker to find non-smokers, and even for first- and second-year minors, drinking, smoking, riding motorcycles, and fighting with gangs were basics, and it was a gathering of life-saving people where it was natural for men to be bitches and for women to sell their bodies.

The six first-year students at Eunbong High School, their faces covered in bruises, were groaning on the sidewalk block in the backyard of the academy, just like yesterday, with their hands folded behind their backs and their heads pressed into the ground.

They were first-year students at Eunbong High School who had suffered a huge blow the day before when they went to a convenience store to smoke a cigarette.

"So."

A man who spat while shaking a cigarette on the floor set the mood with his harsh voice.

With his hair pulled back in an all-back style, his forearms bulging with muscles, and a dragon tattoo extending from both wrists to his shoulders, he looks more like a gangster than a student.

It was Kang Baek-san, a third-year student, and the leader of Eunbong Academy, also known as Eunbongtong.

"Are you saying that you got beaten up outside under the name of Eunbong Gonggyo?"

"S-sorry!"

"Batta."

Immediately, one of her aides handed over an iron pipe that she didn't know where she had gotten it from, and Kang Baek-san, who took it, rolled up her sleeve to reveal her dragon tattoo bigger and approached the six first-year students.

"First, let's get the punishment for tarnishing the name of Eunbong School and then listen to the story. The bastard who makes noise will get his head kicked."

"…!!!"

Whoa! Whoa! Puck!

Immediately, Kang Baek-san's merciless beating was directed at the buttocks of the six guys, and when the beating was over, four of the six guys could not stand the pain and fell sideways and fainted.

"Get up. And who are you guys?"

"It's me, brother."

The raven-haired man, whose front teeth had been knocked out by Han Seong-jin's fist the day before, answered tremblingly.

A little blood was already seeping out from the buttocks of his school uniform pants.

"I got beaten up by some bastard."

"Well, I don't know who that is, but to a convenience store part-timer…"

"Huh, a part-time job at a convenience store? Since when did our Eunbong become such a dick that he gets beaten up by a bastard?"

"No shame!"

"Where is that convenience store?"

"The location is Eleven Seven in the back alley of xx-dong… Tongue, bro! But it seemed like the part-timer knew who you were! After hearing your name, he told me to tell him this…"

"You want me to tell you? Ha, I've been living this for a long time, so I hear all kinds of ridiculous things like this. So, what does that bastard say?"

"Ugh… Don't even think about coming to the convenience store where you work… To smoke cigarettes…"

When Kang Baek-san approached with bloodshot eyes and grabbed him by the collar, the raven-haired man was so scared that he shed tears, but continued talking.

That's because the fear imprinted yesterday was also enormous.

"Ha, ha, if I come to Eunbong one more time to smoke a cigarette, Jin… My friend from Jinsugyo will come visit me… That's right."

"What?!"

At that moment, Kang Baek-san let go of his hand holding the raven-haired man's collar.

Kang Baek-san's aides also understood the meaning of those words and just exchanged glances with their leader with shocked expressions.

"A friend who goes to Jinsoo Bridge…? Did that bastard say that out of his own mouth?"

"Yes, yes…"

"What does that bastard look like?"

As the black haired man explained the appearance of a convenience store part-timer, Kang Baeksan's face turned red, and he threw his iron pipe on the floor and cursed harshly.

"You fucking dog!!!!!"

There was no doubt.

Seongjin Han.

The guy who inflicted defeat for the first time on himself, who had completely conquered the entire area.

Just thinking about the humiliation of that time made me jump out of my sleep.

But… I didn't feel like I could fight again and win.

"Hey, you guys. Everyone turns off until the count of three."

"Yes, yes!"

The first-graders hurriedly ran away, dragging the four who had fainted two by two, and Kang Baek-san sat down in the backyard flower bed, trembling with anger.

"Captain, what should I do? I guess that part-timer is Han Seong-jin."

"How about you grab me and kill me?"

"If you go, will you win?"

No one responded to Kangbaeksan's words.

Kang Baek-san suppressed his rising anger and gave orders with his voice trembling.

"First, go to that convenience store and tell people not to provoke that guy unnecessarily. If you're going to smoke, go somewhere else."

"Captain, that doesn't mean you can just leave that bastard alone-"

"Who says he lets it happen? He soaks that bastard no matter what."

"Why not ask your brothers for support?"

"If we send out an SOS to our older brothers during these fucking kids' fights, how much of an asshole will they look at us!? We're just watching the situation from afar. Just wait until we find a way."

________

When I first said to Yu-ri Lee, 'It would be nice if we could have lunch together,' she reluctantly said that she would eat together.

That was already more than a week ago.

If I had hung out with a guy I didn't like, Lee Yu-ri would first have said, 'If only I had done this much, right? It's almost like saying, 'I won't eat with you anymore.'

"… What are you looking at?"

Even today, Friday, the second week in a row, Yuri Lee was still eating across from me.

Yu-ri Lee, feeling me looking at her, stopped eating.

"No, I'm just curious. I thought you wouldn't come near me because you didn't want to look at me, but surprisingly, you still want to eat lunch with me."

"Ugh…! I'm… Watching over you! Because if I leave you alone, you never know where you'll end up during lunchtime!"

"Oh, that's right."

I leisurely laughed and ate with Yu-ri Lee.

Lee Yu-ri, who was glaring at me as if she didn't like my leisure, changed the subject.

"Hey, I don't have any student council work today."

"Really? Congratulations."

"No, that's not it…"

"Hmm? What is it? If you have something to say, say it."

I knew what Lee Yu-ri wanted to say, but I deliberately made fun of her by making her laugh.

Because I still needed to tame her a little more.

"Today, today, like home… Miss, it's annoying! Why do I have to say I'm sorry to you?"

Yuri Lee lost her temper and started complaining due to her embarrassment.

I smiled when I saw Yu-ri Lee like that.

"I understand how our cute student council president wants to go home with me on good terms, but that won't happen today."

"What's wrong with getting along… Well, but we can't do it today…?"

Yuri Lee's expression began to noticeably become glum.

I want to show this look to Gong Young-bae.

"Uh, I have an appointment."

"Oh, really… Really? Huh, hmm! Well, that's good! It's in the same direction as my house, so I was worried that we'd go home together every time and there would be some weird misunderstanding from the kids!"

"Okay, that's perfect. Oh, I have one more great thing for you. Shall I tell you?"

I said that while texting on her cell phone, and Yuri Lee, who didn't know her English, tilted her head.

"It's good for me…?"

"Uh. Hey, Gong Young-bae!"

When I finished texting and called Gong Young-bae, Gong Young-bae, who was eating at the table next to her, turned her head in surprise.

"Me…?"

"Then who else is Gong Young-bae here besides you? Come and tell me about your work."

"Hey, Han Seongjin! Why is Youngbae suddenly calling me?!"

Yuri Lee was startled by my sudden behavior and tried to stop me, but it was already too late.

Gong Young-bae looked as if she had no intention of resisting what I said and approached her, holding her empty tray.

"Sit next to me."

I said, pointing to the seat next to Lee Yu-ri.

Lee Yu-ri was glaring at me with burning eyes.

It's crazy?! What are you doing when you know that I fought with Youngbae?!

… He was saying with his eyes.

Of course, she didn't call this guy just because I wanted Yu-ri Lee and Gong Young-bae to reconcile and go back to a relationship that was more than good friends but less than lovers.

When I think about the absurd things Gong Young-bae said to me and the attitude he showed toward Yu-ri Lee, even though I couldn't see it with my own eyes…

"I was wondering if it would be a good idea for the two of you to reconcile now."

I said that, like a solemn professor, with my hands clasped in front of me and covering my mouth.

"… Reconciliation?"

"Dude, I heard everything from our student council president. I heard you guys had a fight?"

'… 'Our' student council president?'

Gong Young-bae's eyes twitched for a moment.

"I don't know why we fought, but we've known each other for over 10 years, and we haven't spoken for 2 weeks. What are you doing? Thanks to you, while our chairman was lonely, someone like me stuck around, ate together, and went home together. How annoying must he be right now."

'… Because of loneliness? You went all the way home together…?'

"It's a bit unexpected, but I can't just keep bothering our student council president forever, and don't you two need some time to talk, huh? I'll get rid of the distracters, so we can talk leisurely and make up. I'll see you for a moment. Furthermore, I'm going there because there are people."

…

And soon, Han Seong-jin got up with his cell phone and really left the place.

There was an awkward silence between Lee Yu-ri and Gong Young-bae because they didn't say a word for two weeks and didn't go to school together.

'No, why is Han Seong-jin suddenly acting like this? It's so awkward I'm dying…'

It was Gong Young-bae, with whom we always talked about various things and often studied together, but perhaps because she had cut off communication for the past two weeks, the atmosphere was quite strange.

But Lee Yu-ri decided to put aside the fight with pride after it came to this.

'Yes, when I think about it, Youngbae did say some unnecessary things back then, but from Youngbae's point of view, I may have been a bit sensitive. I don't know why, but Han Seong-jin created this situation… Let's reconcile.'

Lee Yu-ri took a deep breath and turned her head to Gong Young-bae.

"Youngbae, do you have anything to say to me? I have something to say."

"Oh, yes. I have one too."

"Yes, that's right. It might be awkward for both of us if we speak up first… How about we talk together on the count of three?"

"Okay."

"Then I'll count. Three, two, one…"

After counting the numbers, Yu-ri Lee opened her mouth at the same time as Gong Yeong-bae.

"I'm sorry for being so angry last time."

"Yuri, aren't you really embarrassed?"

And an eerie silence that could not be compared to before hovered between the two.

"… What?"

________

Sooyeon Choi received a message from Seongjin Han during lunch break.

[Senior Seongjin]: Since we are going on a date course field trip today, would you please come to the third-year cafeteria for a moment? It's the 5th floor.

[Me : yes? What are you doing?

[Senior Seongjin]: You have to decide in advance where to go and set the time, right? It would take a long time to do it via text message, so let's just say it directly.

[Me]: It's a bit awkward for me to go to the 3rd grade cafeteria…

[Senior Seongjin]: Wouldn't it be better than me going down to the second-year cafeteria and showing my face? If they see me, the 2nd grade kids will eat well

"Now that I think about it, that's true."

When Han Seong-jin, who was not known to anyone in Jinsoo School, came down to the second-year cafeteria, many students could pretend to eat.

Choi Soo-yeon, persuaded by Han Seong-jin's perfect logic, went up to the third-year student cafeteria, and while receiving countless gazes from third-year students, she encountered Han Seong-jin near the cafeteria entrance.

"Sir, I'm here."

"Uh. I can't take up your precious lunchtime for a long time, so let's decide where to go first. I don't know much about the places you mentioned. Where would you like the atmosphere in early spring like this?"

"It's not the cherry blossom season yet, so there aren't many places that are visually good. If you like an antique atmosphere, Seochon Village would be good, but if you're more of a glass guy, the art museum or COEX library would be good, right? And…"

Soo-yeon Choi called out some good places she knew, and Seong-jin Han wrote them down on her cell phone.

After a few minutes, Han Seong-jin gave her thumbs up and grinned.

"As expected, you are our elite part-time junior. Thank you. This helped me a lot… A lot…"

Then, as he saw something, he suddenly turned his head inside the restaurant and blurted out his words.

Choi Su-yeon looked at the direction where Han Seong-jin's eyes were looking because she wanted to know something, and had the same reaction.

There, her favorite senior, Gong Young-bae, and her student president, Lee Yu-ri, were having a very passionate conversation.