GOL Ch 11

“Another bastard touching you pisses me off, so don’t do any more guiding or anything.”

I thought his mood had lightened, but in an instant, the surrounding air froze.

Seeing Joo Seunghyuk so enraged naturally brought the original story to mind.

There was a similar situation in Guide’s Swamp.

Joo Seunghyuk exploded when Kim Jun tried to join the same team as the sub-male lead, Park Gunwoo, in the director’s training.

But this wasn’t a team that lasted for a semester; it was just a part-time job.

Even in the original story, it seemed like Joo Seunghyuk understood Kim Jun guiding people other than the sub-male lead…

Anyway, I couldn’t stay like this. I couldn’t just twiddle my thumbs while keeping an eye on the obsessive male lead.

“But the money…”

I said in a shrinking voice.

Even if he’s crazy, wouldn’t he understand a little since my family’s livelihood is at stake?

Joo Seunghyuk stared at me quietly, then took out a black card from his wallet. And he gave the card to me.

The metallic card, which looked extraordinary at a glance, had the name ‘Joo Seunghyuk’ engraved in English.

“What’s this?”

Why is he giving me his card?

“Use it.”

“What?”

“If you need money, use this.”

“Oh, no!”

I shook my head in surprise.

“And give me your account number. I’ll deposit money.”

“No. It’s really okay. I didn’t mean it like that.”

I returned the card to Joo Seunghyuk.

I just wanted to continue my part-time job without interruption. I had no intention of receiving financial support from the obsessive male lead.

“Take it.”

“I can’t.”

“We’re going to get married. Everything of yours is mine, and everything of mine is yours, so there’s no need to feel burdened.”

“Marriage?!”

I shouted in surprise. But Joo Seunghyuk was calm.

“Yes. Marriage.”

“We are…?”

“Yes. You said you would take responsibility for me.”

“…”

When did I?

When I didn’t say anything, Joo Seunghyuk’s eyes cooled down.

“Hyung, were you planning on playing with me?”

“Huh?”

“Were you thinking of stealing my innocence and irresponsibly leaving me?”

“…”

“If so, you’ll pay the price.”

The moment Joo Seunghyuk’s mana emitted a thick killing intent, I reflexively opened my mouth.

“O-Of course, I’ll take responsibility!”

“Really?”

“Yes.”

Sensing that if I denied him here, I would be confined, I nodded my head to survive.

Chapter 2

After desperately trying not to upset Joo Seunghyuk, I was able to return to the dormitory safely.

However, I couldn’t relax, thinking I had successfully escaped.

I sighed as I looked at the black card.

In the end, I had taken Joo Seunghyuk’s card. I couldn’t help it because he looked like he would set a wedding date if I didn’t accept it.

Marriage on top of a boyfriend. What is this?

This scene didn’t appear in the original story.

Joo Seunghyuk was a person incapable of ordinary thoughts like dating and marriage.

He had a miserable childhood due to an unhappy family environment, and as a result, he became a person who didn’t understand emotions.

He believed love was a lie, scoffed at dating, and despised marriage.

In the original story, Joo Seunghyuk doesn’t love Kim Jun until the very end.

It was just an explosion of possessiveness and obsession. That’s why the two of them had to face an ending of confinement and restraint, not dating or marriage.

There is one episode about Joo Seunghyuk’s marriage. But it was a purely business-related arranged marriage.

That Joo Seunghyuk brought up marriage first. I was an ordinary citizen, so I wasn’t the one who proposed an arranged marriage.

Since he’s a believer in premarital chastity and we had our first time, he needs to take responsibility and get married.

It was a too-normal thought process to come from the mouth of an obsessive male lead, and that made me even more uneasy.

What was Joo Seunghyuk thinking when he said that?

Was it a mockery? It must be mockery, right? It has to be…

At first, I thought it was a simple mockery. When he brought me abalone porridge, I was a little puzzled, but I still thought he was teasing me.

But as this kept happening, I started to think that maybe he was serious.

Of course, premarital chastity and it being our first time were all lies, but what if he’s really thinking about marriage?

The moment I imagined walking hand-in-hand with Joo Seunghyuk into a wedding hall that was completely black, goosebumps ran all over my body.

‘No. Absolutely not!’

I shook my head from side to side, and my phone vibrated.

What is it? It’s not a text from Joo Seunghyuk, is it?

“Eek!”

I screamed the moment I saw the text.

It wasn’t a text from Joo Seunghyuk. But it was worse.

It was a deposit notification text from the bank. The deposit amount was 10,000,000 won. The depositor was Joo Seunghyuk.

How many zeros are there? Hundred. No, it’s not a hundred, it’s a thousand! Why did he send such a large sum! Besides, how did he get my account number?

Even amidst the threat of confinement, I didn’t reveal my account number.

I have to call him. No matter how scary Joo Seunghyuk is, I can’t accept such a large sum of money.

As I was about to press the call button, the clock caught my eye first.

It was already time for the afternoon lecture to start.

To be honest, my mind was so complicated that I wasn’t in the mood for a lecture.

Since I had already missed the morning classes, I really wanted to just rest, but the next lecture was ‘Guide Ethics.’

It was a required course for the Guide major, and since attendance was 100% of the grade, I absolutely couldn’t miss it.

I headed to the lecture hall first.

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“Kang Inho.”

When I arrived at the lecture hall, they were already calling roll.

Since it’s Kang, it must have just started. I barely made it on time.

I quietly sat in the seat closest to the entrance.

As I was taking out my textbook and writing utensils from my bag and preparing for class, a name I couldn’t ignore entered my ears.

“Kim Jun.”

It was the name of Guide’s Swamp‘s main character, Kim Jun.

“Here.”

I looked at the man who answered, raising his hand vigorously. He was sitting in the very front row of the large lecture hall.

In the novel, he was always depicted as being bullied, so I imagined a gloomy and fragile image.

But my expectations were completely off.

He was bright and energetic. He overflowed with a bright energy that would make anyone feel good.

Since ‘Guide Ethics’ was a course graded solely on attendance, most people weren’t motivated, and many didn’t even take out their textbooks.

But Kim Jun was sitting in the front row, his eyes shining brightly.

In the original story, Kim Jun was described as having an ordinary but eye-catching face.

But ordinary, my foot. The author must have had their head in the clouds.

Of course, he wasn’t a dazzlingly handsome man like Joo Seunghyuk, who commanded attention. But he was still an uncommonly handsome man.

It wasn’t that he was ordinary but eye-catching; rather, my gaze naturally lingered on him.

Such a bright person got caught up with the obsessive male lead and went through such things…

Until now, I was so busy trying to avoid the original story that I didn’t have time to consider Kim Jun’s situation.

Even if events unfolded as they did in the original story, I thought it couldn’t be helped since that’s how the world was created.

But after seeing the main character’s face in person, I felt sorry for him.

As I stared blankly at Kim Jun’s face, he suddenly turned his head and our eyes met.

I lowered my head slightly and greeted him. Then Kim Jun’s eyes widened, and he quickly turned his head away.

He seems to dislike me.

This situation was familiar.

Lee Yeonsoo was originally a hated villain. Of course, that was the story in the novel, and I lived my life decently, but perhaps due to the forced nature of the original story, I wasn’t popular with people.

Everyone avoided me like this or kept their distance. Sometimes people approached me first, but that was because of their interest in an S-rank Guide, not because they liked Lee Yeonsoo as a person.

After roll call was finished, the professor gave a short cough.

“Before we begin class, I have a brief announcement.”

What is it? Is he going to give a welcome speech to the freshmen? But the professor’s expression was too serious for that.

“There have been reports that illegal part-time jobs among students of the Supernatural Ability Academy are rampant.”

I was so startled that I dropped my pen.

As the pen rolled off the desk and fell to the floor, Kang Inho, who was sitting in front of me, picked it up.

“Thanks.”

When I mouthed my thanks, Kang Inho nodded lightly. I gripped the pen tightly and looked at the podium.

“The Supernatural Ability Academy prohibits students from engaging in economic activities. We will be thoroughly cracking down on this in the future, and any violations of school rules will be met with severe disciplinary action. There will be no exceptions, even for high-ranking guides, so please be aware.”

This is definitely Joo Seunghyuk’s doing.

Of course, there were restrictions due to school rules, but there were always kids who worked part-time jobs secretly.

The school knew about it, but they turned a blind eye to a certain extent. The fact that they were suddenly cracking down meant that there was external pressure.

He pressured the school to prevent me from working part-time as a guide.

I bit my lip.

The obsessive male lead was targeting me.