Childhood Friend Who Sees the Future Utters Nonsense

58 – Festival Opening

The day of the festival finally arrived.

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It was from the moment I passed through the school gate that I felt that the school, which had felt peaceful until yesterday, had become somehow busy and free.

“Wow, it seems like there has been more than last year. Right?”

“Well, I heard there were a lot of entries from the club this year.”

I looked around, sympathizing with Yuna Han, who was exclaiming in exclamation after seeing the various booths installed in the playground or outside grounds.

There is definitely a lot. I’m not sure what all of that is used for, but anyway, there’s a lot more. Our school festival is a bit bigger than other school festivals, but even taking that into account, I feel like it is quite grand.

“That’s right, where is the quiz competition held? “I decided to participate in that with Soobin.”

“You can just look at the flyer. Are you sure you threw it away?”

“It’s there, but I didn’t look at it properly, hehehe….”

As Hanyu looked at me, smiling shyly and sticking out her tongue, her head suddenly started to hurt.

Well, this guy is the type of person who doesn’t read the instructions properly even if he buys something. I’m the one who expected to see the school festival flyer properly.

I had no choice but to check the flyer I had taken with my phone, and I was able to confirm that the first quiz competition this year was being held at the small playground. It seems to be just right because the time zone does not coincide with the E-sports competition.

While I was looking at the festival schedule one by one, I came across a word that would attract Han Yuna’s attention, so I asked her with my eyes sparkling.

“But you’re not going to go see the baking club’s entries? “I heard they also give bread here.”

“Uh, bread? Really? “Can I eat it if I go?”

“I don’t know. Judging by what’s written, it seems like that’s probably the case?”

As expected, Han Yu-na, a self-proclaimed baker, has her eyes sparkling when she hears a story about bread. If I hadn’t told you this information, I think he might have cursed at me later.

“Ugh, I wanted to go to the quiz competition too…. “I need to talk to Soobin first.”

“So.”

We arrived in front of the classroom at just the right time, rolled back the sliding door, and went inside. They say that even tigers will come if you tell them to, and at just that moment, Kim Soo-bin, who was loitering around the lectern, came to the side.

“Yuna, Siyoon hi.”

“Hi.”

“Subin, did you see this? “The baking club even gives out bread!”

I didn’t even think about replying to a friend who greeted me after such a long time, and went straight into talking about bread. I don’t know how serious you are about bread. I also like bread, but I can definitely say that not as much as Han Yuna.

I widened my distance and headed towards my seat with an expression of boredom, and just as I was putting my guitar bag next to me, Choi Min-seong approached me.

“Are you here? “It’s a little late.”

“Because Han Yuna overslept. “More than that, are you determined to win today?”

“Hey, of course. “We have a carry machine.”

Choi Min-seong is giggling, pointing at Kim Soo-bin, who is in the middle of a conversation with Han Yu-na from a distance. Well, if you have a planet-destroying weapon like that, it’s natural to feel confident. But it’s a bit obnoxious.

“Again, Kim Soo-bin is full of blood-sucking thoughts. “Why don’t you name her team Kim Soobin and Her Kids?”

“Oh, how did you know? “That’s our team name.”

“… “Is that it?”

“The team name is ‘Kim Soobin and Boys.’ “It was a unanimous decision, excluding Kim Soo-bin.”

I said it as a joke, but I never thought it was true. Meanwhile, she remembers the face of Kim Soo-bin, who would have vehemently opposed it because he didn’t like standing out, and it’s incredibly sad.

But what can I do? I accepted these guys as team members, so I have to endure it. Hmm.

“Our strategy today is Kim Soo-bin’s fault. “I destroyed all the scrims with this.”

“What are you going to do if you get banned?”

“Hey, does Kim Soobin have one or two champs? Even if I get hit by five sniper vans, you’ll still carry me, right?”

“That’s right.”

I nodded because it was an undeniable fact.

Well, I don’t think the name Challenger is going anywhere. That’s because he doesn’t play games with us, so he can’t be that trustworthy when he’s in serious mode.

“Anyway, how are you? Do you think you can beat Hanyu?”

“I don’t know, I’ll give it a try.”

Once the worries about the E-sports competition were over, Choi Min-seong quietly asked if he was curious about my situation.

I shrugged my shoulders and adjusted the guitar bag I brought.

To be honest, I think the win rate will be a bit low, but I don’t think we can win at all. Because I practiced consistently. It’s too shameful to respond by saying, ‘I don’t think I can win,’ before the baby boy even fights in the first place.

“Oh, Park Si-yoon! Did you really bring a guitar? “Hey, give me a taste before the teacher comes.”

“That’s right, Si-yoon went out with the guitar, right? “Do you have a song request?”

By the way, since I brought a guitar, it seems inevitable that attention would be drawn to it since it is something that is hard to find at school.

Even kids I don’t usually talk to started asking me to play, so I had to busk on the spot until the morning service started.

I wasn’t at the level to receive requested songs, so I only played songs I knew moderately, but the response was very good. It makes you think that singers sing on stage because of this taste.

In the end, the performance ended long after the homeroom teacher entered the classroom. My homeroom teacher didn’t stop me, telling me to pick a few more songs.

At that moment, I thought, ‘If I had known this would happen, I would have just hidden the guitar.’

***

“… So, we hope that all students can enjoy the festival as much as possible by paying attention to safety….”

After the principal’s lecture and a brief promotional video about the festival produced by the broadcasting class, all students were ready to run around and play.

Everyone stared at the podium with eyes filled with anticipation, and a voice filled with excitement flowed from the mouth of the student council president, who was in charge of emceeing the ceremony.

“From now on, we will start the festival of Sunilje.”

“Waaa!”

At the same time as those words were said, the students lined up in the auditorium immediately began to disperse like a flock of ants.

I didn’t expect much, but the entrance to the auditorium was crowded with students rushing out, so Han Yuna and I had to wait in a daze until the crowd disappeared.

Anyway, I don’t know if it was just my mood, but I think the third grader’s voice was the loudest among the cheers just now. As expected, from the perspective of students who were tired of preparing for the entrance exam, did they need something to brighten their mood?

I’m in the same position, but I’m not as sincere as they are, so I end up in a third party’s position. I also need to make a proper career decision quickly. Although it was already too late.

“Park Si-yoon, what are you doing? Let’s hurry!”

“Uh, uh…. “I have to go.”

On this long-awaited festival day, Han Yuna pulled her hand, rousing me from my heavy thoughts.

I am clearly superior in terms of physical strength, but strangely, when I am dragged by Han Yuna, I do not have the strength to resist. Always huh? Is it because I was dragged along while I was doing it?

“But where do you want to go first? “I heard the baking club entries will open a little later.”

“I haven’t decided on anything in particular. “Wouldn’t it be okay to just wander around?”

“That’s right.”

It was a comment typical of Han Yuna, who always prefers improvisation over planning.

Well, it’s literally a festival, so there’s no need to go around thinking about the route in a complicated way. There is also a snack bar opened by the parents’ association as a volunteer activity, so you can eat various things and look around before making a decision.

“Huh? “It smells like tteokbokki!”

First, she was trying to find the location of the snack shop, but Hanyu Naga, who had been sniffing her nose, turned her head to follow the smell of tteokbokki. But I couldn’t smell anything through my nose next to me.

“Where? “I don’t smell.”

“Hey, over there! “I think that snack shop Choi Min-seong mentioned earlier is over there!”

“Hey, hey! Take your time… !”

I was completely dumbfounded when I saw that he was not a dog and was tracking his prey by following its scent.

Han Yu-na, who had already gone far away chasing the smell of tteokbokki, motioned towards me as if to welcome me. She couldn’t see clearly because she was blocked by the trees, but when she looked closely, she saw that there were a lot of tents pitched there, so it looked like there was a snack booth.

Is the nose performance of a prospective idol real? It really makes my heart feel bigger.

“Hey, come quickly and eat. “This is so delicious!”

“… ….”

When we arrived at the snack booth operated by the parents’ association, we saw Yuna Han inhaling tteokbokki and oden in real time, even though she had obviously eaten breakfast.

How much goes into that dried up boat? I think it might be worth researching academically.

“Huh? “Aren’t you Yuna?”

I was more attracted to the egg sandwich than the tteokbokki, so I was taking one and eating it, when I heard a voice pretending to know Han Yuna from somewhere.

When we both turned our heads at the same time, there was a woman there who looked like we had seen it somewhere before. The very kind and gentle smile was impressive.

“Oh, hello! “What brings you here?”

“Actually, the lady is a member of the parents’ association. By the way, Yuna, how can you be so pretty even after seeing you for so long?”

“hehehe, what?”

The two of you seem to be quite close friends when you see them chatting affectionately, but who are they? I’m sure I’ve seen this impression somewhere.

“Ah, Park Si-yoon. Hurry up and say hello. “This is Subin’s mother.”

“Huh?”

When Han Yu-na, who belatedly found me tilting her head in confusion, introduced me to her partner, I felt like I had missed it.

Ah, it was Kim Subin’s mother. Somehow, I felt like I had seen those kind eyes and a human-like smile somewhere before. Her mother and daughter are absolutely perfect.

“Hello, my name is Park Si-yoon.”

“Oh, you are Siyoon? “I heard a lot about it from my daughter.”

“Kim Soo-bin…. “No, to Soobin?”

I wondered if he had anything to say about me, so I inadvertently gave him a curious response.

The lady looked at me and Hanyu alternately, and then she made a gesture with her hand as if Kim Soobin already knew everything with her easy smile.

“I heard that you and Yuna are very close to stir-frying sesame salt? “Wow, this young guy has good skills.”

“Yes… ?”

Soobin Kim, what on earth did that crazy b*tch say to her mother? She was spreading all kinds of nonsense about her not being in front of people.

While Hanyu and I were dazed by the impact of her momentary shock as if she had been hit on the head by about five hundred blunt objects, her aunt was giving her all kinds of advice at her own pace the whole time, and then she held a gun in her hand. She showed me one of her pamphlets.

It was a neatly coated pamphlet that was a little different from the festival notices we had.

“I heard they are offering tarot readings at the booth over there today. How about you two go? “I heard young couples often see things like this?”

“Oh, no. We….”

While I was wondering how to explain this, suddenly something next to me tugged on my sleeve.

When I turned her head to find her source, I saw Han Yuna looking up at me with her cheeks flushed. He took her pamphlet and bowed his head to express her gratitude to her aunt.

“Yes, I’ll just eat this and then go. “I also wanted to see something like tarot reading at least once.”

I couldn’t believe that those words came out of Han Yuna’s mouth, who doesn’t even believe in fortune-telling, but I couldn’t say no to her as she gently pulled my sleeve and asked, ‘Are you going to come with me?’

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The lady just smiled as she looked at us, the air suddenly becoming awkward.