I Became the Academy's Disabled Student-Chapter 346: Reunion (2)

The confession necklace working on its own was not a rare occurrence.

Whenever there was a gap, the mischievous artifact would shamelessly reveal the owner’s embarrassing secrets.

I had been in countless situations where this necklace had caused trouble.

[Yes]

[Nice to meet you]

[Lee Hasol, Sir]

‘Huh?’

This time was a little different.

‘Not "Hello" but "Nice to meet you?"’

Until now, the confession necklace’s rampage had always been about exposing my own inner thoughts.

It would reveal my thoughts about strangling the necklace, or even confessing that I thought Baek Arin had a big chest...

But now?

I can confidently say this wasn’t a thought of mine. It wasn’t an embarrassing memory that I wanted to suppress either.

Literally, it was a thought that I had never had before, coming from the necklace.

A whole bunch of question marks popped up in my mind.

"...Really, it's you, Hayul."

[Yes]

[This is Lee Hayul—]

[...Yes]

The woman, Lee Hasol, blinked and murmured. In response, the necklace answered again, completely of its own accord.

I quickly grabbed the necklace and blinked.

‘What’s going on?’

I collected myself and observed Lee Hasol again.

The first thing that came to mind was the color green. It was vivid and striking.

Her hair, neatly brushed and falling over one shoulder, and her clear, bright eyes.

They were all green.

Coincidentally, her academy uniform and accessories were also in shades of green, so her whole appearance harmonized beautifully.

There was nothing about her appearance that could be criticized. Her features were round but distinct, and her body shape could be easily discerned under the uniform.

She was an exceptionally unique and outstanding figure among superhumans.

‘Where have I met her before?’

In other words, she was the kind of person you couldn’t forget after meeting once. And I, with my abilities to observe and know, found that even more true.

How could I forget someone with such strong uniqueness?

So if I didn’t know her, it meant I had never even come across her in my perception.

"Wait, could it be that it's really you, Hayul?"

But she seemed to know me.

It wasn’t because of fame—her eyes reflected surprise and familiarity, as if she truly knew someone named Lee Hayul.

Lee Hasol, who had shyly covered her slightly parted lips with her hand, walked closer to me.

She even reached out her hand towards me.

I didn’t flinch as her hand approached.

There was no feeling of wariness. I had no reason to prepare for any possible threat. It felt as if there was no possibility of that at all.

Her hand touched my cheek.

[?]

She pinched my cheek with her fingers.

I caught the slight upward curve of her eyes as they glinted mischievously.

"Hayul! Why haven't you contacted me all this time!"

[Muh?]

"Muh, what? Do you know how surprised I was when I heard about you? The principal suddenly had a fire, and you—Hayul—just ran away...!"

I suddenly found myself being scolded.

My cheek stretched like sticky rice dough. Her skill in pulling it without causing pain was incredible. I felt scolded, but there was no pain.

‘Ah.’

But I could roughly figure out the gist of it.

Principal, fire, runaway.

I simultaneously recalled the information I had previously checked about my own identity.

Ilbo Orphanage.

It was one of the orphanages where my body had lived in this world.

[That...]

"Yes! Tell me! ...You got that necklace, huh? Now you don’t have to carry around the notebook every day—"

[Hasol, were we acquainted before?]

"—Convenient, right? ...What?"

The problem was, I didn’t have any memories of that time.

Her words stopped abruptly. The tugging on my hand also ceased.

Lee Hasol’s eyes widened, a different kind of emotion from before now filling them.

"...What?"

A sense of confusion spread across her lips.

The scene continues to delve into the past connection ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ between the protagonist and Lee Hasol, leading to a mix of confusion and realization. The protagonist realizes that his body, despite not remembering the past, has connections that he now must explore.

"Memory loss...?"

Her light green eyes were trembling as if there was an earthquake.

This was the reaction Lee Hasol had after hearing my explanation. Her face contorted as if the world had cracked apart, and I couldn’t help but feel a sense of guilt.

"Uh, when did... No, how long has it been? Have you completely forgotten your memories from... the orphanage...?"

Just as I had guessed, Lee Hasol was someone from my past during the orphanage years.

To be exact, she was someone who had known me when I didn’t have a soul.

In other words, for my soul that has now fully entered this body, she was a person without any connection to me.

[Yes... most of it...]

"That can’t be... But just a moment ago, you said you were happy to see me, didn’t you?"

Her trembling hands reached up to my shoulders. Her gaze, which was staring at me, was full of longing.

I wanted to give her a comforting answer, but unfortunately, the only words I could say right now were set in stone.

[That... I’m not sure either. The necklace... the artifact acted on its own.]

"Such..."

Her face, full of longing, turned dark, and she seemed to be holding back her emotions. However, I could clearly observe her emotional turmoil from her entire body.

‘Were we close...?’

I carefully watched Lee Hasol’s expression, my fingers twitching slightly.

The records of the time before my soul entered this body. I had searched through them briefly, but I hadn’t given them much attention.

To be honest, I had lost interest in them later. I already knew how I came into this world.

‘But I didn’t expect there to be such a connection...’

I should have looked into it more carefully. If she reacted like this, I might have found out more from the information I searched for.

It was clearly my mistake.

"Hayul..."

A short moment passed.

In that brief time, Lee Hasol managed to compose herself to a certain extent.

She sighed deeply, then finally spoke.

"Well, Hayul... are you the same Lee Hayul who stayed at Ilbo Orphanage?"

[Yes.]

Ilbo Orphanage.

That was the name of the last orphanage where I had lived, both in this world and the previous one.

Though the person might not be the same, the name of the orphanage remained unchanged.

"...If that's the case, it’s alright."

[Huh?]

"I know you’ve lost your memory, but you still reacted, didn’t you? You couldn’t recall it right away, but your body remembers."

That was a reasonable statement.

Though the concepts of soul and body are separate in this world, the body still retains memories.

"In a world like this, with abilities everywhere, I’m sure you can get your memories back."

Lee Hasol said this with determination, and a small smile appeared on her face.

[...Yes, I will try to look into it.]

"Yes, thank you."

With that smile in front of me, I couldn’t say anything that would spoil the mood.

I hid my complicated expression and responded positively, and Lee Hasol also gave a small smile in return.

"Hehe, still... you look better like this."

[Huh?]

"I can feel your emotions clearly now. You’re embarrassed, sorry, troubled... Back then, you were always so emotionless, it was hard to tell."

Her hands, which had been resting on my shoulders, slowly moved up to gently stroke my cheeks.

She caressed my cheek, as if checking the feeling, then squeezed it softly...

As my eyes rolled behind my eyelids, her touch moved to my eyes.

"Your eyes... still can’t see? I heard from the special entrance students that sometimes they can still see a little."

[Uh... Basically, I can’t see. But it’s fine, I have my perception ability.]

"That’s a relief. Then, you won’t need anyone to hold your hand anymore. Thanks to the necklace, you don’t need to carry around a notebook anymore, and now that you’re a superhuman, you won’t catch little illnesses either..."

The warmth from her hand made me feel comfortable. The soft and gentle feeling of her touch settled on my cheek.

For a moment, I wondered if she was trying to deceive me with sweet words, but the genuine emotion coming from her made me hesitate to doubt it.

It was a complicated sensation in many ways.

"My burn on my arm is completely healed now."

Her hand moved down to my right arm. Gently, she stroked it, as if handling a delicate craft.

[Yes... By the way, Lee Hasol.]

"Ahaha, I still remember being taught to always add the 'Sir' after your name."

[Uh... I see... Anyway.]

I pulled my body slightly away from her touch and pointed to the outside of the alley.

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[If you want to arrive at the freshman welcome ceremony on time, you should start heading out soon.]

"Welcome ceremony...? ...Ah!"

Lee Hasol, who had been looking lost in thought, suddenly straightened up.

Her chest, which had been just about to touch mine, pulled away.

"I completely forgot! I almost caused trouble right from the first schedule... Hayul, thank you for letting me know!"

[Yes, yes... It’s not too late, so take your time.]

Don’t bump into someone innocent like certain others...

I quickly suppressed the words I was about to say.

"Ah! Right, right, contact info!"

Lee Hasol, hurriedly fixing her clothes, exclaimed and then tapped on her smartwatch, holding it out to me.

The smartwatch was now synced. I tapped it in response.

[Contact 'Lee Hasol' has been saved.]

"It’s done! I’ll definitely contact you later!"

[Yes, yes... Just don’t rush too much...]

The cheerful alarm rang, and Lee Hasol quickly turned away.

Whoosh! The wind around her swirled, enveloping her.

The breeze lightly brushed past.

Lee Hasol, who had quickly rushed out of the alley, dashed toward the banquet hall.

[Don’t rush, I told you.]

As I observed her retreating figure, I sighed heavily.

My head felt dizzy.

It felt as though a storm had passed by and disappeared.

‘Lee Hasol...’

It wasn’t a name I didn’t recognize. It had been at the top of the list of new students in the Syoram announcement.

I hadn’t expected there to be a connection with her in this body.

‘Memory...’

To be precise, the memory of this body.

I hadn’t tried to seek it, but now that I knew about this connection, I couldn’t leave it unresolved.

Also, a method of recovering the memory came to mind.

The power of knowledge.

Especially when it came to memory issues, the power of knowledge would be a great help.

In other words, more work had piled up for me.

I sighed deeply and gently touched the confession necklace.

[...Saejo, I can still sense everything, even if you hide.]

The voice of the necklace made the presence nearby flinch.

Was she trying to hide her presence so blatantly?

A moment later, as Lee Hasol had just dashed out, someone peeked from around the corner.

It was Daera Saejo, who had been pacing around nervously for the past few minutes.

Why was she here? She had definitely gone ahead of me.

[Why that expression?]

But Daera Saejo’s expression was quite strange. Her narrow blue eyes were staring at me intently.

"...Master, how many women are there?"

[?]

[It’s not like that.]

Despite my denial, Daera Saejo’s suspicion didn’t seem to ease.