Acquired the Scam Rune in the Academy Chapter 88

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Moon Ga-eun barely held onto her bursting heart.

The reason was not elsewhere.

Right next to her.

The man who is walking holding her hand affectionately.

No, not a man, but a friend…

It was because of Do Jae-hyun.

‘Hey, get a grip, Moon Ga-eun.’

He’s not a real boyfriend.

He’s just playing the role of a boyfriend to make up for her mistake.

There was no need to be surprised or to attribute meaning to his actions.

Her face turned red like this, and her heart was pounding…

That was not the case at all.

‘But he suddenly held my hand….’

Just because Do Jae-hyun had unexpectedly shown physical affection.

Because he cast a ‘hand-holding walk’ that she had never thought of…

Her body and mind were just surprised.

A couple who has been dating for over 100 days holds hands.

This was not in Moon Ga-eun’s dating knowledge.

No, she hardly had any proper knowledge in the first place.

She didn’t even know when to start showing physical affection.

She had never dated in her life, and all her related knowledge had been built up only through dramas.

It was natural that she lacked a sense of dating in reality.

When Kang Juyeon cast ‘You’ve never dated either’, the reason she couldn’t say anything was because of that.

‘But was all that real…?’

It was a shocking fact.

Falling in love at first sight and asking for a number and confessing, or developing from friends to lovers, or matching hearts like fate and dating…

Moon Ga-eun thought those things were just fantasies.

They would have been possible because they were all dramas.

For that reason, she had ignored people who asked for her number so far.

She thought they were imitating what they saw in dramas.

But that could be a story of reality.

It’s unbelievable, but Do Jae-hyun’s behavior of naturally holding hands proved him right.

And as Moon Ga-eun thought up to there, she had one thing.

She could reach an even more shocking fact.

‘That, then kiss too…’

A couple who has been dating for over 100 days.

The setting was planned by Moon Ga-eun herself for thorough success.

According to it, she and Do Jae-hyun are…

It means they are a couple who can even ‘kiss’.

Something like a hug or a peck on the cheek.

It’s an imagination that skipped several stages of physical affection…

Moon Ga-eun’s mind, which had already unraveled to the end of the sky, was filled with delusions everywhere.

“That can’t be real!”

Moon Ga-eun entered the entrance and suddenly shouted out loud.

Do Jae-hyun, who was startled by her voice, asked back.

“What’s wrong? Why are you doing this? Is something wrong?”

Did she forget what she did for a moment?

Moon Ga-eun shouted out without knowing herself too.

“Uh… uh?”

“You said it really can’t be. What can’t you do?”

Apparently, the things she was saying inside came out of her mouth.

“Ah, it’s okay. Just…”

Moon Ga-eun tried to cover it up as if it was nothing…

Suddenly without knowing herself too,

She felt Do Jae-hyun’s lips come into her sight.

The lips of a man she had never looked at closely before,

Surprisingly, it had a deep color and clear shape.

It was a rugged lip like his sharp impression,

So those lips and her lips…

‘Are you crazy! What are you thinking about, Moon Ga-eun! Get your act together, get your act together!!’

Moon Ga-eun hit her head hard again,

Unnecessary thoughts keep infiltrating everywhere,

It was just a plan prepared to deceive her father…

Before entering, there were many gates to cross already.

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Ippotranslation

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‘I’m doing this again.’

Is she really okay?

Looking at Moon Ga-eun hitting her head hard by herself,

I sighed without knowing it,

She was more thorough and meticulous than me when preparing, but as soon as she entered the field, she seemed very nervous

Is there a problem?

I can only hope that I won’t be too nervous in front of Moon Jong-hyuk.

“Please come in.”

As I led the half-dazed Moon Ga-eun inside, the restaurant staff greeted us.

I greeted him back and spoke.

“Hello. I’m here for the reservation under Holder Moon Jong-hyuk.”

“Yes. He’s waiting in the inner room. This way.”

“Thank you.”

Passing through the large hall, there was a room inside.

The room was quite large, enough for two families to enter.

After introducing us to the room, the staff member, greeted us lightly and stepped back.

I took a moment to catch my breath.

Now I had to be nervous.

Because the formal conversation was about to start.

‘Moon Ga-eun… hasn’t come back yet.’

She’s still out of it, wondering what she’s thinking.

Well, when she goes into the room and sees her father’s face, it’ll change.

I lightly knocked on the door of the room.

Knock knock-

“Come in.”

A heavy voice echoed outside.

As I felt when I met Kang Woo-hyun last time, all the high-ranking Holders with names seem to have good voices.

A powerful voice that conveys dignity just by listening.

Charisma was formed so naturally.

As I entered the room, I saw Moon Jong-hyuk drinking water calmly.

A neatly dressed suit and watch.

And his youthful appearance for a middle-aged man stood out.

‘But that….’

However, as soon as I entered, something else caught my eye first.

Behind the seat where Moon Jong-hyuk sat,

There was a huge bow on the wall like a medal.

It was his famous epic equipment, [Storm Bow].

‘The force is no joke….’

As expected of a Holder called the top among archers in Korea, even his equipment felt grandeur and vigor.

While I was admiring for a moment,

Moon Ga-eun first greeted Moon Jong-hyuk.

“Dad. We’re here.”

Her voice regained its unique bright energy,

It seemed that she had escaped from her panicked state earlier.

I also bowed to Moon Jong-hyuk following Moon Ga-eun.

“Hello, Holder Moon Jong-hyuk. It’s an honor to meet you. I’m Do Jae-hyun, a C-grade Holder currently studying at Seoul Holder Academy.”

“I’ve heard a lot about you. The meal is almost ready, so sit down first. Ga-eun, you sit down too.”

Moon Jong-hyuk’s voice, which I met for the first time, was quite friendly,

Especially after his gaze touched our hands holding each other, It turned into an extremely satisfied look.

…Did we score points?

He actively encouraged his daughter’s dating, and indeed the atmosphere was softer.

“Meals are left to our head chef here. It will be Italian course food, so if you can’t eat or feel uncomfortable, let me know.”

“No. I also enjoy Italian food.”

“Dad. It’s uncomfortable just coming here. It’s not like we’re having a meeting or anything. Why would you want to see my boyfriend?”

Moon Ga-eun sat down and ticked off.

By the way, this is also planned.

After talking a lot using her father’s friendship.

Pulling the conversation partner as much as possible to herself.

To reduce conversation with me so that my mistakes don’t come out, our special strategy.

Moon Ga-eun definitely seemed less nervous than before and led the conversation more leisurely.

“Hmm. I’m just curious because he’s a fellow Holder and an academy student. Your dad might be able to help you.”

“Liar. You just didn’t believe me. When I said before that I would recruit Jae-hyun to <Royal>, you didn’t even listen.”

“Hmm hmm. The appetizer is coming out. Let’s eat first.”

Moon Jeong-hyuk coughed and turned around.

Quite a successful start for the first opening of the conversation. 

I glanced at Moon Ga-eun and sent a ‘nice!’ look in my eyes, but Moon Ga-eun, who met my eyes, was somewhat surprised and avoided my gaze.

… Why are you like this?

“Let me help explain the cooking for a moment. Antipasti, the first step in this course. Antipasti is an appetizer that customers are familiar with… ”

The employee I had encountered earlier brought an appetizer dish and started explaining.

The appetizer for this course is a decent crostini.

Lightly toasted bread was topped with cheese, vegetables, and small chicken.

Crostini, with the right ingredients harmoniously placed, boasted a fresh look like a decent salad.

Normally, restaurants serve pre-dinner bread first, but this place served crostini as an appetizer and seemed to skip the pre-dinner bread step.

‘I’ll have to try this too.’

These days, whenever I go to a restaurant, I think of this.

Is this some kind of job plague?

Maybe it was because of Kim Chae-eun, who asked for more and more diverse menus after tasting my [cooking].

While I was distracted by the look of the Crostini for a moment, the staff member left after explaining.

And Moon Jeong-hyeok started talking again.

“So. Do Jae-hyun, like I said.”

“Yes Sir.”

 “Ever since Ga-eun said she was dating you, I personally had a lot of questions. After all, he’s my daughter’s first boyfriend, haha.”

“Dad… !!”

Moon Ga-eun shouted at the sudden confession of fatherhood.

It’s a face that seems to be saying why it’s useless.

I was a little taken aback, but shook my head.

‘… That’s why it was like that.’

 Only then did Moon Ga-eun’s ‘100 Day Physical Affection Theory’ come to my understanding.

It could have been enough without dating experience and knowledge.

Aside from that, it is surprising that Moon Ga-eun is a grown woman.

With that face and body, she has never experienced dating…

 In particular, since she has a calm personality and gets along well with people, the fact that she is now in a relationship for the first time came to me all the more fresh.

‘… No It’s a fake relationship right now.’

 It seems that she is too immersed in her role.

I shook my head for a moment and came to my senses.

Moon Jong-hyuk did not care about Moon Ga-eun’s reaction and continued.

“I’m impatient, so I’m trying to ask the most curious thing… Will that be ok by you?”

What the hell is he going to ask?

I was a little nervous, but nodded.

“Feel free to ask. It is also an infinite honor for me to have a conversation with Holder Moon Jong-hyuk, Ga-eun’s father and the founder of <Royal>.”

“Haha. This boy, you flatter me.”

It may sound flattering, but it’s not wrong.

Moon Jong-hyuk is one of the high-ranking Holders who are known for their excellent skills among A-grade Holders.

 If I had to give it a new grade, it would be an A+ grade.

There were countless dungeons and monsters that had been conquered so far, and there were many achievements that engraved their names in the long history of the Holder world.

To be precise, among the five S-grade Holders in Korea, there is not a single archer type.

In other words, the best archer in Korea is Moon Jong-hyuk.

These were the facts that told us that he was able to take his place as an official of <Royal>’s founding merit, not just because he was Hwang Kun-wook’s brother-in-law.

Moon Jong-hyuk smiled happily and spoke again.

“Hmmmm. What else… ”

He halted the knife he was cutting crostini with, and looked at me in a strange way.

“Tell me. If you were to get married, at what age would you like to do that?”

“Phew, Phew-”

“Dad… !!”

I can hear a tick in the water I was drinking.

Moon Ga-eun, who was next to me, shouted again.

… Did I hear him wrong?

I guess I’ll have to correct my assessment.

Before, I thought he would definitely be able to communicate better than Kang Woo-hyun… Moon Jong-hyuk was a formidable opponent in many ways, never falling behind.