TSCEIAB Ch. 13

 

After the photo of Yi-seo and Hugo went viral, the phones at the Ohio center lit up.

All sorts of inquiries, calls from broadcasting stations, interview requests, calls from espers, who were belatedly coveting Yi-seo’s pair candidate position, asking to be her escort if all else failed.

This greatly pleased Richard.

Giving Yi-seo some media exposure would boost the Ohio State Center’s position and draw the attention of Espers from other states toward this place.

 

“…… I should encourage Guide Sophia for outdoor activities.”

 

“But the paparazzi …….”

 

“You can’t control the scope of Sophia’s activities anyway.”

 

As a quick-witted child, she would understand his intentions right away, but it was clear that Yi-seo would compromise with reality if she didn’t want to be locked up for the rest of her life.

Richard leaned back in his chair and gave instructions.

 

“Go buy amusement park tickets. Also, find dessert shops and various attractions that Guide Sophia might like.”

 

It wasn’t intended, but now that the table has been set, what else can I do? There’s no choice but to spoon it to the press in earnest.

Richard, who had let Liam out, raised the corners of his mouth. It was a smile filled with greed.

 

 

 

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After the outing with Hugo, Richard openly encouraged me to go outside.

His intentions were clear, but since I couldn’t hide indoors to avoid the paparazzi, I decided to play along with his schemes.

Well, it was nice to be out after a long time.

The problem was with the people I spent time with.

 

My second outing was a dessert shop tour with Philip.

Philip was conscious of the paparazzi and tried to show off a “caring uncle” image, and in the process, his nasty “child treatment” got worse.

In addition, he brought various kinds of gifts, most of which were toys and princess dresses that only runny-nosed kids would love.

These things are already piled up in the dormitory…….

 

“Stop giving me gifts. I’m really okay.”

 

“You don’t need it? Then throw it away.”

 

“…….”

 

“Why? If you don’t want to throw it away, why don’t you just keep it?”

 

We didn’t understand each other. Especially, Philip, who muttered to himself, “You’re a girl too and so complicated.”

‘I want to slap you once. Just once……. .’

I wanted to smear that slick forehead with honey. But many eyes were watching, I had to refrain from violent actions.

 

 

The third outing the next day was to an amusement park with Daniel.

The problem was that Daniel’s phone rang the entire time we were in the amusement park.

 

“Ah. Wait, Sophia. I’m sorry. Just a moment!”

 

He answered call after call. When I listened to them, it all seemed to be from different people, but the content was a little …….

 

“Yes, honey. No, I’m fine. Guiding? It’s not that hard yet. I’ll take it. Huh? You’re coming here? No, you don’t have to…….”

 

They’re all different people, so why are they all called “Honey”?

‘Did you set up an apiary?’

He didn’t even seem to have any qualms about it.

I didn’t want to go on a date with everyone’s ‘Honey’ at an amusement park, so I just bought ice cream and churros with Daniel and left.

‘What kind of outing is this…….’

 

My first outing with Hugo had been nothing but fun.

The funny thing was the photos of me and the candidates and the fabricated dates.

Since I, who had been hiding away, was now engaging in outside activities, and the espers accompanying me were all big names, there were a lot of articles popping up.

The paparazzi shots that accompanied it spread throughout the community, and the internet was instantly filled with my story.

 

 

 

[Subject: Isn’t Esper Philip So Cute???

 

(Photo of Philip showing a bundle of shopping bags to Yi-seo jpg)

(Photo of Philip and Yi-seo sitting across from each other and eating a piece of cake jpg)

 

-Esper Philip has been sweeping all kinds of toy stores and dessert shops lately, so I guess those were all gifts for Guide Sophia! I heard that they went to dessert shops, and it’s so cute.

 

└Esper Philip doesn’t like sweets

└└Are you eating things you don’t like to please Guide Sophia? Why are you so sweet these days?

└Don’t you think Esper Philip takes great care of Guide Sophia?

└└That’s right. They go well together.

└I hope Esper Philip is selected as a pair. Looking at it, it seems that the Guide Sophia will be very cute

└└I support Esper Philip

 

 

 

[Subject: Look at Esper Daniel and Guide Sophia’s Combination!

 

(Photo of Daniel & Yi-seo at the amusement park jpg)

(Golden retriever and kitten photo jpg)

 

– Isn’t this perfect?? Look at our angel retriever taking care of our kitten guide!! It’s so cute, I want them to pair up

 

└They looked like a brother and sister despite the age difference! Just looking at it makes me feel warm

└└Esper Daniel is actually a fool for his sister, lol. He’ll take good care of Guide Sophia

 

 

 

[Subject: Isn’t Guide Sophia’s Pair Obviously Esper Hugo?

 

(Photo of Hugo tying the Yi-seo’s shoelaces while kneeling on one knee jpg)

(Photo of Yi-Seo and Hugo holding hands jpg)

(Photo of Yi-seo smiling brightly in front of Hugo jpg)

 

-Esper Hugo may be young, but he takes good care of Guide Sophia, and since they are the same age, they seem to have a lot of things in common. They hold hands, and Sophia’s expression is bright, unlike when she’s with other espers. Of course, isn’t the seat next to Guide Sophia for Esper Hugo?

 

└That’s right, the only time Guide Sophia smiled so brightly was in front of Hugo Esper

└└Wasn’t it just taken at that moment?

└└└Shut up

└I heard that Esper Hugo couldn’t find a guide that matched his wavelength at a young age, so he was only given machine guidance…… Esper Philip and Esper Daniel still have guides with a match rate of over 50%, so I wish Guide Sophia would give way to Esper Hugo ..

└Honestly, it looks good to see the two babies doing that

└└That’s right. Even though the guiding between an Esper and a Guide is different from normal skinship, still…… you need to consider the age difference

└└└It’s more natural to see a six- or seven-year-old child holding hands and hugging than guiding between an adult man and a six-year-old child…….

└I support the S-babies

└└I’m thinking of opening a fan café. Are you interested?

└└└Oh!! Invite me!!

└└└└Me too! Post the link here

 

 

 

The public opinion on the Internet was divided into three camps.

 

Philip’s fans rooting for Philip x Sophia,

Daniel’s fans rooting for Daniel x Sophia,

And Hugo’s fans and many general netizens rooting for Hugo x Sophia.

 

Hugo had a vast fan base, probably because he was the first to be featured in an article with me.

The reactions of the three teams’ supporters and their opposition to each other grew by the day, and eventually, the situation began to spread to the Korean community, in my home country.

 

 

 

[Subject: The U.S. is now in an uproar over guide pair issue

 

(Photo captured from the US community jpg)

 

-There were three S-class Espers as candidates for Guide Yi-seo’s pair, and the fans of these three were clamoring for their Espers to be chosen, hahaha, the director of the Ohio State Center said that they would do the second round of matching rates after one year, but it’s already a fuss

 

└Wow…… Esper Philip, Esper Daniel and Esper Hugo??? The lineup is crazy

└└I’ve heard of Philip and Daniel, but I’ve never heard of Hugo

└└└Huh?? Don’t you know Esper Hugo?? He became the youngest person to awaken at the age of four. And an S-class at that.

└└└└Huh? Esper Hugo is also the youngest S-class? He’s destined for the guide.

└But the Muggle’s pick is Esper Hugo.

└└Why???

└└└The age gap between him and the guide is small. Was it a year difference? Skinship is essential when guiding, but it’s nice to see peers stick together.

└└└└That’s right. Isn’t the U.S. particularly sensitive to child s*x crimes?

└└└└└Child S*x Crimes ha ha ha ha ha ha Guiding is not something to be compared to that;;;

└└└└└└I’m saying this because I’m worried; Guide Yi-seo is only six years old, so how can she be paired with espers who are fourteen or nine years older?

 

 

 

 

[Subject: More about Esper Hugo?

 

– I found out about Esper Hugo for the first time, and he’s really handsome…… Guide Yi-seo is like a cute and round-eyed kitten, but Esper Hugo is like a prickly and sensitive kitten, so their face combination is so delicious ㅠㅠ I hope the two of them don’t change and grow up like this

└Ha ha ha ha ha ha That’s right, the face combination is so precious

└└Did you see the picture of the two of them smiling at each other? It’s so cute and pretty and cool ㅠㅠ it’s a little bit of a teen material…….

└Are the two of them coming to Korea together? heh

└└Shhhh Those people are coming

└There was a fan café for Esper Hugo and Guide Yi-seo, but it’s all in English. If you speak English, join. There are a lot of pictures.

└Avoid paparazzi shots. Please join us in protecting the human rights of the young Guide Yi-seo.

└└But everyone sells paparazzi shots?

└└└ Are you going to follow them even when they die?

└└└└Is this the same as that? ha ha

 

 

 

 

[Title: Guide Yi-seo is Korean, can’t we just bring her to Korea?]

 

– To cut to the chase…… Even if she’s an immigrant, isn’t she Korean anyway? Rather than be racially discriminated against over there, wouldn’t it be better for her to come to our country and grow up receiving love and care?

 

└We do not discriminate against Guide Sophia. We love people of different races! There is a fan café for Guide Sophia, so please come and check it out.

└I also hope that Guide Yi-seo will return to Korea…… But she and Esper Hugo seem to be on good terms, so I hope they come together…… hehe

└└OMG!!!!!!! Hugo Esper is our precious heritage! Guide Sophia is also ours. She immigrated at the age of two. She has spent more time in the U.S. than in Korea.

└└└Don’t covet what belongs to others! Are Koreans that greedy? Guide Sophia has freedom!!

 

 

 

…… And it wasn’t just netizens who participated in this chaos.