Calibrating the NTR Drift in the Light Novel - MTL

Yuri Lee and I will be punished for cleaning up after school for two weeks.

Even though Lee Yu-ri is the top student in the school and does a good job as the student council president, the fact that she is leaving school early without notice is not something that is easy for her to ignore.

Instead, perhaps because of her behavior and reputation that Yu-ri Lee has built up over the years, if she receives her two-week punishment properly, the academy will cover her unauthorized early departure and will not write it down in her life book.

It seemed that Yu-ri Lee would have something to show off at her academy if she went to a prestigious university.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sad. I'm so sad that the academy treats me so blatantly discriminatory. How sad are you going to live?"

Of course, I was shallow.

After everyone in the class had gone home and the two of us were left cleaning the empty classroom, I shouted that, and Yuri Lee looked half pathetic and half sorry.

"No, if you behave well on a regular basis, that's fine."

"Heng. Even if I lived like I do now, if I had left school early, it would have been the same anyway. Since I'm as old as you, I get special treatment from the teachers."

"Um… Sorry."

"Why are you apologizing?"

"No, but I think you'll be a little angry because they're discriminating so openly…"

"It's okay, I was just kidding. If I had cared about such things, I wouldn't have lived like that in the first and second years in the first place."

I opened the window and shook out the blackboard eraser.

It was the first time Yuri had been officially punished, but she had already been helping me clean up after school under the pretense of watching me, so we divided up the work quite naturally.

"Oh, but can I finish the work in 30 minutes? I work part-time starting at 4 o'clock, so I can't be late."

"Okay, I guess I can do it as quickly as possible. But what kind of part-time job is this? Now that I think about it, I didn't hear that."

"Hmm? Didn't I tell you? It's just a part-time job at a convenience store on weekdays. Except Fridays."

"Convenience store? Then, can I go look around after you're done?"

"No!"

I immediately cut off Yuri's question.

The place where the convenience store where I worked was located was an underdeveloped area that had not been redeveloped and was like a slum infested with gangsters.

A place where if the sun goes down and a woman, especially a woman with the looks of Lee Yuri, walks alone, there is a very high probability that something terrible will happen.

It wasn't that far from Yuri Lee's house, but she'd probably never set foot in a place like this, and there wasn't anything good about coming.

When I shouted, Yuri opened her eyes in surprise.

"I'm surprised. Why are you yelling? Is there a reason why I shouldn't go?"

"I've only been working for a short time, so I already get noticed when I bring someone I know. And the place I work is a bit… Okay."

"That's a bit like that? Is it a black company? Did they not write a contract or something?"

"No, I don't mean that… It's better not to know, so don't be too curious. Anyway, you can't come to where I work."

"…?"

…

…

Cleaning up was completed in 30 minutes, and Han Seong-jin packed his bag as soon as it was finished.

"Phew, I won't be late. Then Yuri! I'm leaving first because of my part-time job!"

"Oh, yes. I have to stay because of student council work."

"That's too bad. I wish you would have come with me, at least to the house."

"Who, who?!"

"I don't have any part-time work on Friday, so let's hold hands and get along well together then!"

"What are you saying, go away quickly!"

Although there was nothing in her hand, Yu-ri Lee made a gesture to throw it as if she had something, and Seong-jin Han laughed when he saw that and ran away.

As Lee Yu-ri gathered her bag in the classroom alone to go to her student council room, Han Seong-jin's words kept ringing in her head.

– I don't have any part-time work on Friday, so let's hold hands and get along well together then!

– Because I like you.

Han Seong-jin's surprise confession heard on Saturday.

Those words never left her mind for a single moment.

'No way, no way… But are you serious…?'

Han Seong-jin, who consistently expresses his liking.

A confession she made because she thought she was drunk and couldn't hear it.

Now, every time Yu-ri Lee remembers his face, her heart beats, and her face blushes as she unconsciously imagines him returning home with Han Seong-jin on Friday.

'Oh, no. That can't be possible. Yeah, you're probably just playing a prank on me.'

Until now, I am trying hard to deny my feelings.

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As I was about to leave the school gate, I heard someone calling me from behind.

"Huh? Senior Seongjin!"

When she turned around, a very pretty girl with her dyed blonde hair pulled into a side ponytail looked at me and waved her hand.

She is wearing earrings, bracelets, hairpins, and all kinds of accessories, and has a busty body that doesn't look out of place compared to Lee Yuri.

The skirt was so short that it looked like her underwear could be seen when she walked, and her skin was slightly tanned, giving it a faint brown color.

"Sooyeon, why are you coming out now? You always arrive before me."

"Why are you leaving now?"

"I got disciplined for skipping school and cleaning up after school, so let's go now."

"Do you remember who you played that tinkling with?"

"Ah."

Sooyeon Choi was punished for cleaning up after school just like me.

However, even though Choi Soo-yeon received such punishment, the smile did not leave her face.

Hehe. It's always hard work to win love! But these punishments from the academy can't stop my pure love!"

"… Isn't that too much of an overstatement based on just one tap?"

"Oh my! Big love always starts with this small first step!"

Sooyeon Choi, who jumped up and dismissed my argument, suddenly looked at me and leaned her head on my shoulder with her grin.

"But senior~ It's so sad, what should I do?"

"I feel bad? Me? Why?"

"You teased me so hard on Friday, to be honest, I almost let you go, right? But this is what happened. To be honest, I think I'm better than Yuri-senpai. Hehe."

"What? You're better than Yuri? Look at your confidence?"

"Huh? Are you looking down on me now? Hehe, but that's too bad. Even if I wanted to prove it to Seongjin, I can't do it anymore."

"Hmm, you have a point. Anyway, congratulations on this, and I should congratulate you too. Let's do our best together."

Choi Su-yeon nodded her head vigorously in excitement, and for some reason, when she saw that expression, she thought she looked like a squirrel.

But she congratulates you on the outside, and you should know.

"So, you guys have decided to date for sure?"

"Huh? We're not there yet… It's just a matter of time!"

"What? We haven't even dated yet, and we're talking about love? It's still a long way away."

"What?!"

"This senior is on a date with Yuri all day on Saturday. DDR, coin karaoke, escape room café, DVD room-"

"D-DVD room?! No, then you already did it?!"

Choi Soo-yeon is shocked, putting her hands to her mouth.

I have corrected statements that may have been misunderstood.

"It's not what you think, I really just watched the movie. Anyway, we had dinner and drinks, and we were already at the end of the line. Would you say that there is a difference between you and Gong Young-bae, who have never been on a date, as much as heaven and earth? "

"Profit… Ooh, we're going on a date too!"

"Really? When?"

"Maybe this weekend…?"

"Is it still uncertain? Okay, try your best~"

Soo-yeon Choi started poking her side and poking her lips.

"What is it? It won't work anyway, but try your best~ Does it sound like this?"

"Did it sound like that? That's why these quick-witted guys…"

"Senior!!"

After screaming, Soo-yeon Choi held her cell phone and tapped the screen vigorously while walking to her convenience store with her mouth out.

It looks like he is texting with Gong Yeong-bae, so there is a high probability that he is planning a date.

Choi Su-yeon's text messages continued periodically even after we started working, and whenever she had some free time, she was always on her phone.

And when she got off work about an hour ago.

"Sir! Look at this!"

Sooyeon Choi smiled brightly and thrust her cell phone at me.

What appeared on the cell phone screen was Choi Soo-yeon's message asking her to go on a date this Saturday, and Gong Young-bae accepting it.

My eyes lit up when I saw that.

'It's here!'

I asked, keeping my cool on the surface and not showing off as much as possible.

"Is it because you were trying to get a date because you were glued to your phone all the time instead of working?"

"Oh my? I was working hard? Because I am a talented woman who can juggle work and love, love and work at the same time."

"I got this promise. Congratulations. But have you decided where to go?"

"Hmm, if we go on a date course in Seoul from the beginning, you will think that Youngbae is such a burdensome woman, right?"

"Anyway?"

"How did you say you dated Yuri?"

At those words, I smiled happily and told her the date course that Yuri Lee and I went on.

I deliberately told Choi Su-yeon's thoughts in one direction by even mentioning the name of the company we visited.

Choi Soo-yeon, who heard about Lee Yu-ri, and I's date course, nodded repeatedly and started writing her notes.

And after my part-time job ended that day.

After breaking up with Soo-yeon Choi, I sent a text message to Yu-ri Lee.

[Me]: Hey, are you free this Saturday? No, in time. Let's date