Chapter 1: Assistant Day (1)
“Ha-neul Yang, can you tell me why you dislike me so much?”
“Haha. I can’t do that. It seems you’re not willing to speak up, so I’ll have to open your mouth some other way.”
The nurse, Mr. Yang, began to walk.
Even though the distance between us grew, I couldn’t feel at ease.
I glared in the direction he disappeared, my eyes filled with anxiety, then turned my gaze away.
There’s a bed, an IV drip, and numerous medicine bottles lined up on the shelves.
The distinct smell of disinfectant also accompanied them, which allowed me to conclude that this was the infirmary.
The infirmary.
The infirmary I had tried so hard not to come to.
‘Where did I go wrong?’
It was definitely a normal day.
A day of struggling to deepen my relationship with the main character and the heroines who were always with him.
But then, at some point, I lost consciousness, and when I opened my eyes, I was in this state.
‘I don’t even know where I lost consciousness.’
I concluded that I couldn’t expect any help.
‘Ugh.’
My arms were crossed and tied behind the back of the chair.
I wriggled and tried to untie the rope, but it didn’t work.
“Tch. If I only had physical enhancement, I could just tear this off.”
Unfortunately, the ability the girl I was possessing had was super-regeneration.
Super-regeneration. The ability to invigorate and heal wounds.
It’s a very useful ability in everyday life.
You can maintain clear skin even without any care, and any minor injuries like paper cuts heal quickly.
It also increases the efficiency of rest.
But in this situation, those things are of no help at all.
I was twisting my arms back and forth, when Mr. Yang returned.
“Huhu. Were you waiting patiently?”
A sinister smile crossed his face, and he held a strange medicine bottle in his hand.
“…What is it?”
I looked at the medicine with a wary gaze.
“It’s a medicine to make you feel at ease. Let’s have a conversation in a comfortable state after you take this.”
Comfortable my *ss.
Is it a truth serum?
“Go ahead.”
He opened the cap and tilted the medicine bottle.
But I’m not an idiot, why would I just take it?
I kept my mouth tightly shut.
“Haa. This is troublesome if you’re uncooperative. I even brought a medicine to help with your decision.”
Mr. Yang crossed his arms and tapped his fingers.
“Then, how about this.”
He seemed to have made up his mind as he approached me.
“Ugh!”
My nose was pinched.
“This will force you to open your mouth to breathe.”
I shook my head furiously and tried to shake his hand off, but there was a limit to resisting while tied up.
I started to suffocate.
“Hah…Ugh!”
I quickly opened my mouth a little and tried to close it, but he anticipated it and slipped his fingers between my lips.
The smooth feel of latex gloves was felt on my tongue.
…It was extremely disgusting.
Kwah-ack
So, I bit down.
“Ouch!”
He quickly pulled his hand away.
The taste of fresh blood was starting to be felt.
Ptooey
I didn’t want to taste that disgusting man’s blood anymore, so I turned my head and spat.
Joo-rueeuk
Mr. Yang took a medicine bottle from the nearby shelf and dipped his injured finger into the glass bottle.
The deep cut, enough for blood to drip, healed quickly.
“Haa. Ha-neul Yang. I tried my best to be civil, but this is troublesome.”
The teacher sighed, carefully confirming that his finger was healed.
“There’s no other choice. I have to be a little more forceful.”
The teacher took a new pair of gloves out of his gown.
The new gloves had a slight bluish tint.
“You might get hurt if you bite, you know?”
He pinched my nose again.
‘Ugh.’
Again, I endured to the limit and slightly opened my mouth.
The teacher’s fingers came in quickly.
But this time, I couldn’t bite it off.
Ji-jing-jing
“Ughh!”
The pain I felt in my teeth when it touched the gloves was immense.
“I told you to be careful.”
If I stayed still, the pain didn’t come.
‘Damn it.’
I could only watch, stupidly with my mouth half open, as the medicine flowed down the teacher’s fingers and into my mouth.
But I didn’t swallow.
“If you don’t swallow, it won’t work…”
Pu-woo-woo-woo
I spat the medicine towards the teacher’s face, who looked at me, seemingly in trouble.
Ptooey.
“Eat that yourself.”
It’s obvious that swallowing that would have a bad effect on my body.
I don’t know the exact effect, but this is a medicine made personally by the final boss of the novel.
It can’t possibly have a good effect.
Seu-euk Seu-euk
The teacher, who had quietly taken off his glasses, rubbed them on his white lab coat.
“Seriously now.”
Kwah-ack
“Ke-heok!”
The teacher strongly compressed my neck.
“Yu Ha-neul. What are you relying on to act like that?”
“Uu…Ugh!”
Unlike before, the teacher’s tone, devoid of any playfulness, was extremely cold.
“You could die right now. Are you even objectively aware of your situation?”
“Can’t…kill me.”
I somehow managed to make out the words, even with my oxygen cut off.
“The…Academy…won’t stay still…”
The air flowed through my throat, and fresh air was introduced.
Hoo-haa-aah
I breathed like crazy to fill up the lack of oxygen.
“The Academy?”
The teacher was mulling over my words.
“K-k-huhu. Is the Academy your stronghold?”
He suddenly started to laugh hysterically.
“Pu-ha-ha-ha-ha! This is a really funny guy!”
Kwah-ack
He grabbed my hair and made eye contact with me.
“Even if a search comes, it’ll be after you’re dead.”
Ta-ack
“Well. It was fun, so I’ll forgive you this once.”
I looked up at him with trembling pupils.
“But if you spit out the medicine again, there will be no next time, you know?”
He smiled and began to walk back the way he came.
“Ah…”
I’m going to die.
If I refuse one more time, I’ll die.
I realized it by looking at the teacher’s eyes.
This time, I can’t refuse the medicine he’s offering.
“What is it, after all…”
I’ve been avoiding this so far.
Why is he doing this to me now?
How much did I suffer to overcome the events of certain death.
“Huu…!”
I don’t want to die.
I tried to act tough, but I don’t want to die.
But the fact that I would only end up dead if I listened to Mr. Yang’s words made me so distressed.
“Oh dear. Are you very scared?”
The teacher, who had approached me at some point, was holding out the second medicine.
“Don’t worry too much. Just confess how you found out my identity, and I’ll let you go.”
“Con…fess…?”
“Oh. Are you thinking of talking?”
I slowly nodded.
“I’ll talk, so please don’t make me eat that medicine.”
“Hmm… well, fine!”
The teacher, who put the medicine on the table, approached me with exaggerated movements.
“Now then. Shall we hear it?”
Seu-eup
I inhaled, and realized.
‘What should I say?’
It doesn’t seem too believable to say I know because I read the novel.
I have to make up some plausible lie.
“So…”
“Ha-neul Yang. It’s really a shame.”
I was about to speak, but the teacher got ahead of me.
“Yes?”
“I told you to tell only the truth. Ah, you’re curious about how I found out.”
How can he tell the truth when I haven’t even said a word?
“It’s the eyes. If I look at your eyes, I can tell you’re plotting an evil scheme.”
He pointed his finger at my trembling pupils.
“A punishment should be given to a bad child who doesn’t keep their promise, right?”
“No…!”
Keu-heop
The mouth of the medicine bottle blocked my mouth.
“If I leave it like this, you might do something outrageous again, so it’s better to raise your head.”
The teacher grabbed my chin and lifted it.
I ended up looking directly at the light above.
Glug Glug
I had no choice but to drink the medicine.
In the structure of the human body, there is no way to prevent the liquid from pouring into the throat.
“Keo-heok!”
Finally, the glass bottle was removed from my mouth.
“Cough Cough!”
I lowered my head and coughed frantically.
It was so painful, as if I was being waterboarded.
I had to swallow the liquid pouring out without a chance to breathe, and my face was a mess.
Tears were streaming down my cheeks, and the medicine mixed with saliva was dripping from my open mouth.
The liquid dripping like that was soaking my clean uniform.
“Hmm. The medicine will start to take effect soon.”
“…You bastard.”
Logically, I know that there’s nothing to be gained by cursing the person who is torturing me right now.
But I couldn’t stand this situation without muttering even a curse.
“Don’t you feel something strange? Like your stomach itching, or maybe you feel good.”
“You…!”
I was about to curse at him again when I bowed my head.
Because I felt a sensation of warmth spreading from my stomach, just like the teacher said.
“Hoo. It seems like the effect is kicking in.”
The teacher, smiling, grabbed my hair and lifted my head.
“Then, I’ll ask you one more time.”
See-euk
“How did you find out about me?”