NOVEL NEXT Chapter 30.1
“Jihoo······.”
Amer had just come out of the shower and tucked herself into her soft bed.
‘Today was a busy day...’
She was at the age of 20- the year she became an adult and awakened her attributes.
This was the age when the duties and responsibilities of one from the royal family would begin to increase.
Unlike her older sister and brothers, who wanted to perform to gain merits for the throne, she, who had no such desire, was just tired of her long and busy day.
This year, the work she would have to do for the royal family was only ever as important as helping with a few field trips, but her work would not diminish as she got older.
‘At least until the next emperor is decided, I mean.’
Amer buried her face in the pillow as she reflected on the day.
The Academy Student Council.
It was a place where students managed and executed all kinds of matters- big and small- and where governance of the academy took place.
The academy could be considered a microcosm of an aristocratic society.
Royals would be able to develop the right mindset as a member of the royal family through student council activities.
The current chairman was her older brother Dave, the second prince, but Amer would assume the role in two years after he graduated.
That was why, starting today, she had to carry out various tasks as a member of the student council after school.
This was one of the benefits of being a part of the royal family, as regular students could only participate in the student council from their sophomore year. [T/N: Year 2]
She had thick, dark circles around her eyes.
Her body shivered as she recalled the tired look of the senior who had guided her earlier that very day.
She didn’t want to think about anything right now.
She just wanted to take a rest with all her might.
A soft blanket was wrapped snugly around Amer.
The feeling of her body melting into the mattress made her feel like she was about to fall asleep at any moment, but she couldn’t lose her senses just yet.
Amer lit the candles on the table.
It was a sleep inducer specially formulated for her, the effect of which was to ‘put one into a deep, dreamless sleep’.
Also, she imbued the ring on her left index finger with her mana.
It was a magical tool that suppressed the wearer’s attribute abilities.
“·······.”
She had been trying out a bunch of different tools lately, but so far they had had little effect.
These creations made for normal-level Awakeners were of no use to her as she was a continental-level Awakener.
Finally, Amer hopefully prepared for a dreamless night by laying a towel beneath her crotch and keeping a spare underwear next to the candle.
“Haaaaa...”
An excited sigh leaked out of her mouth.
Just like a dog that drooled at feeding time, her body, which knew that she was going to sleep, started getting hotter.
Her mind longed for the sun to rise, but her body waited in anticipation for the pleasure to come.
Then, as her eyelids slowly closed, she plunged into the swamp of lewd dreams that night.
*~*~*
It had already been three months since Amer met Park Min-ho at the academy banquet, and she was having the happiest time of her life.
Love.
Little did she know that a single emotion could change her life so thoroughly.
Everything she saw with her likes looked bright, and every sound she heard was especially enchanting.
This world was so beautiful.
With Minho, Amer could overcome any hardship.
Standing beside him, her life was filled with endless happiness.
There was just one regret she had—
The progress of skinship.
The two were dating for the first time in their lives.
So they didn’t know much about how normal couples progressed in their relationships.
Moreover, Minho was very careful when he was dealing with her.
Every time she saw how he cared for her, Amer would feel very happy but also a little impatient.
‘I want to hold your hand...’
He was by no means devoid of feelings of attraction for her.
Whenever she approached him first with the intent to make progress in the relationship, he hurriedly avoided her, but his face would turn the shade of red.
Also, if one looked at it objectively, her body was the best in the academy, no, the empire.
Amer planned to hit the ground running soon.
She was a very shy person too, but she loved him and wanted to give her all to him.
And she also needed to keep in check women like Seong Ah-yeong who were targeting Min-ho.
And finally, the right opportunity to make some progress—
It was the ‘100th Days of Dating Date’!
Next Saturday was their 100th day of dating, so the two planned to spend the whole day together in the city for the first time in a while.
She made up her mind to pounce on him on that date.
But there was just one problem…
She knew nothing about how to actually date, let alone know of a place to pounce on him.
Since Minho was training hard every day and Amer was busy with her student council activities, the two of them hardly knew of any places they could go out together.
So, she decided to enlist the help of the couple Jihoo & Jihye.
“Oh, date ideas?”
“This is your first experience?!”
“Yes······.”
Seeing their sinister smiles, Amer wanted to dig herself into a mouse hole right there and then.
“I’ll come up with the perfect plan.”
“Leave it to us!”
She had heard that Jihoo and Jihye had been dating for 5 years, so surely they would know about dating and would come up with something better than anything she thought up.
She was relieved.
***
On a Saturday, a week before the 100th day date, in a city centre in the ecliptic…
“Mel! I’m here.”
“Hi······?”
At Jung Ji-hoo’s call, a brown-haired woman wearing a large robe draped over her figure approached him.
Her true identity was that of Amer.
Today was the day that she would personally experience the Jihoo & Jihye dating course.
She planned to receive various tips and ways to create ‘the atmosphere’ from them.
The 3rd Princess Amer’s name and appearance were already well known to the residents of the capital.
So she changed the colour of her hair with a magic tool, which she procured herself, and planned to be called ‘Mel’ for a day.
And it was the same for Jung Jihoo too.
“You... You’re Jihoo, right...?”
A man grinned in front of Mel while whispering quietly.
“Call me ‘Golden Sun’ for today. You don’t recognize me at all, do you?”
“Golden sun...? That’s an unusual name.”
She looked up and down at the supposed Jung Jihoo.
He had dyed yellow hair and a dark skin tone. [T/N: Imagine a JP gyaru-oh.]
The atmosphere about him was different from normal as well.
Somehow, he looked like a delinquent.
Even though the residents of the capital would not recognise Jeong Ji-hoo, he was famous among the academy students.
So he had also disguised himself because there were not a few students who would go to the city centre on weekends to play.
“By the way, where is Jihye?”
Mel looked around.
There was no one waiting with Golden Sun.
“She’s not coming. She wondered whether it would be better to practice dating with just a man and a woman.”
“Ummm...”
She would spend time alone with Jung Jihoo.
When she put it like that, she felt a little weird.
An unknown, mysterious emotion and anxiety welled up within her heart.
“You… Don’t you ever tell anyone else about this later...? Especially not to Minho! Never!”
“It feels a bit strange when you say it like that...?”
“Just promise!”
“Okay, okay. Of course.”
‘Surely no one is watching...? No, we’re both in disguise, so it’ll be fine.’
“Then Mel, shall we go now? I’ll escort you.” “Yes, Sun! Please take good care of me!”
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