I Became the Academy's Kibitz Villain [part 1]

Chapter 19: I Just Tried To Be Kind (2)

I guided Yumir, the blonde, blue-eyed foreigner of unknown origin, who might even be an extra in the original work.

"Have you eaten yet?!"

"...Hmm?"

"If you haven't eaten yet, would you like to have lunch together? I'll treat you!"

I was invited to lunch by Yumir.

What was this?

Had this woman realized my identity and approached me?

Was she trying to subtly threaten me with a meal, saying, 'I know you're the Goblin, so buy me lunch every day'?

Or was she just an outgoing person?

This was a situation that I couldn't fully understand. Therefore, I had only one choice since I had been invited for a meal.

"Sure."

Eating together like this would become a new and beneficial experience. Beats conjuring a pizza and eating it alone.

"Do you like pasta? There's a very famous pasta place. I've never been there. Would you like to go together?"

I needed to let her know how dangerous it was for one's wallet to buy a meal on Sejong Island.

"Never...?"

"Yes. I've only been here for a week."

"Oh, you're a new faculty member."

"That's right. I've just started working as a librarian."

"Hehe, so it's your first time too?"

"...Teacher?"

"Yes. Librarian teacher. Aren't you one as well?"

"It's a little different, but there's not much difference, so it shouldn't be a problem. Call me whatever you feel comfortable with, Yumir."

It felt odd to my conscience to be treated as an 'oppa' by a blonde, blue-eyed foreigner.

Someday, if we built a friendship, I might hear such words, but I wondered what was the point of becoming friends with a student like Yumir.

'She looks like the kind of student boys will be interested in.'

Just like the protagonist, many extras were infatuated with foreign girls.

This trend was due to many foreign magnates and power holders saying, 'A Korean A-class young man in his early 20s?! Become my son-in-law immediately!' thus, the academy's male students tended to target foreigners.

It was a sad truth, but male and female extras positions were quite different.

If a female extra went overseas, there's often the perception that she 'caught the eye of a foreigner and ran away to another country', but if a male extra went abroad, the strong perception was that 'A capable man was being treated well in his daughter-in-law's country'.

It seemed unfair and a vague situation that seemed to be a measure intended to protect female extras in their home country.

"Yumir, you must be quite popular among the academy students."

"Huh? Oh, thank you. It seems like you would be popular too, librarian-teacher. Ah."

Yumir covered her mouth with her hand, surprised.

"Is your girlfriend not upset that you're dining with me?"

"Fortunately, I don't have a girlfriend, student."

"Ah...Really? I see. Hmm."

What's this?

Yumir's gaze sharpened for a moment, like a hunting dog targeting its prey.