I Became a Mental Health Care Patient in the Apocalyptic Era

Episode 39-Is this… Aegyo?

If atmosphere could be expressed in words, the atmosphere that could be expressed like that filled the surroundings.

The two seniors were looking at me with blank expressions, and Seoyeon was looking at them with a wary expression.

Buffer sunbaenim, whose name has not been introduced yet, tried to touch my hijab, sparks flew, and in less than 5 minutes after that, Seoyeon came to my room.

As she knocks on her door as if it is going to break down, she opens the door and takes her inside. This kind of atmosphere unfolds.

“Hmm…”

First of all, I thought that I, the center of this relationship, should do something, but I couldn’t think of anything to say.

“Why did seniors come to see Joo-Eun tonight?”

At Seoyeon’s sharp words, the two responded in a panic.

“It’s not long before midterm exams. I came here to see if there was anything I could do to help my mentee.”

Imari was maintaining a very depressed posture.

She doesn’t have a weak personality, but the fact that she has such an attitude means that she recognizes that coming to my room at night is a sin.

She wouldn’t act like that if she felt proud of what she did.

“To come to this weak kid’s room in the middle of the night…”

“Yeonah Seo.”

When I opened my mouth in a serious tone, Seoyeon looked at me with a puzzled expression.

“Why is that?”

“I can understand why the seniors came at night. There is no time to meet during the day.”

I could feel Seoyeon’s body hardening like a machine.

She had a slightly resentful look on her face, asking why she was on my side but I wasn’t on Seoyeon’s side, but she had to say something.

“No… No matter how…”

“It might be dangerous? I think there’s little chance that Imari-senpai will suddenly go insane and attack me.”

I felt Seoyeon’s eyes tremble at my words.

“Whether the seniors are dangerous or not is a matter for me to judge. I appreciate your concern for me, but I don’t think you can criticize the seniors for that. It’s simply my opinion, but this is my job.”

Seoyeon didn’t answer and just looked at me with her eyes open.

“Thank you so much for worrying about me.”

As she spoke with a slight smile on her eyes, I could see her face loosening up a bit.

“… Whoa… I see. I’ve acted presumptuously.”

“It’s because you’re worried about me, so I don’t want to blame you. I just ask you to be more careful in the future.”

If it was Gahyeon, could he have run out of control?

‘In the first place, he would have been relieved from the moment Imari was by his side.’

Does Seo-yeon think of me as an underdog to the extent that she worries about me even though her relative, Lee Ma-ri, is by her side?

Looking at the seniors with complicated thoughts, the seniors were also looking at us with somewhat relaxed expressions.

“Sorry seniors, I was so rude.”

“It’s okay. It’s not like we didn’t do anything wrong.”

The conversation started in such a warm atmosphere.

“Then can I start talking about midterm exams now? I’m not a leisurely person enough to spend all my time for my juniors, right?”

“Yes, it’s fine.”

“Didn’t you say buffer?”

“It’s not a normal buffer. It buffs in a very unique way.”

“Unusual way? Among the buffers, the way they give buffs differs greatly from person to person, so what you think is unique is likely not very unusual.”

She was right.

Originally, buffers were the ones whose individuality was highlighted the most, and for her right now, giving buffs in a different way from normal buffs is more effective.

“Can you tell me how to buff it? I don’t really want to hear it if you don’t want to, but I can’t help you if you don’t tell me.”

“That’s it…”

Do I have to say this?

Fortunately, neither Imari nor the senior next to her are lighthearted.

She has never talked to Buffer senior before, but she is a friend of Imari and is called the best buffer among the graduating class, so she has a certain amount of information, so she doesn’t carelessly tell others her secrets. I knew she wasn’t going to.

“… Gives a buff with aegyo.”

At my words, the two women’s expressions hardened…

“Puhahahahaha! What? Aegyo gives buffs? It’s a real goal-slicing ability.”

Senior Buffer looked at me with a big smile.

I even thought I wouldn’t believe him when he asked what kind of cuteness he was giving buffs to, but he seems to believe me.

“Okay, let’s try acting cute. Let’s get our junior buff.”

The story progressed in a light atmosphere.

“Don’t do it…”

The atmosphere of the room itself changed when he added a little bit of aegyo while slightly lengthening his words.

“Cheup… You sure are cute, but you have a very gangly voice… You don’t cover your face to make the most of your voice, do you?”

“No. Jooeun has a very cute face!”

Seoyeon said with her cheeks blushing.

“Then isn’t it much better to cover your face and act cute?”

“Effect-wise, it’s better, but… I’m weak. I don’t know what’s going to happen…”

The senior looked at me as she tutted and kicked her tongue.

“Do you have other talents besides buffer?”

“You can play well as a strategist.”

Seoyeon replied as if she were my spokesperson.

“Then, aren’t you going to act as a buffer after all? I don’t know exactly how your ability will work, but will the difference in effect be so low that you can’t take the risk of going around with your face open?”

The senior’s face was very serious.

I was discussing cuteness, but fundamentally, it was because I was thinking about how to use my abilities properly, so a great atmosphere emanated from my small and cute body.

‘Does anyone else feel that way when they see me?’

“I want you to go around with your face uncovered. If you’re going to live as a buffer, you have to be able to endure and overcome the stares around you. And there are a lot of great people around you. Right now, Lee Mari is my mentor and Lee Seo-yeon is hanging around by my side, so I hide my face because I’m so scared.

“That’s right junior, if you’re really worried, why don’t you show your face to us?”

‘It’s true that you can’t go around covering your face forever…’

Is it right to show your face in front of other people?

No matter how much I think about it, I don’t think I can manage the risk…

“I’ll say it again, I’m not a laid-back person either. If you want advice from me, I want you to show me what you have.”

In the end, I slowly took off the hijab at the senior’s words.

“Wow, this…”

“Is it beyond your imagination?”

The moment I took off my hijab, the two people’s expressions changed.

It was far from the feeling of going crazy because of the cuteness that can usually be found in Gahyeon and Jisoo’s faces, but I couldn’t hide the feeling that they were cute.

“If she’s this cute, she’ll definitely cover her face.”

“Try acting cute in this state. We need to see if there is a difference in the effect.”

Unlike Imari, who was staring at my face, Buffer senior kept his head and looked at me calmly.

“Don’t do it…”

Seoyeon grabbed her breasts as she used the same tone as before and acted cute.

“Keep up…”

“It sure has strong destructive power.”

“I think the effect of the buff is good enough. I don’t know if it’s worth the risk of taking your face off.”

“I don’t think there’s a need to go around with buffs anyway, since buffs can only be used properly by members of the team that frequently go there.”

“Instead, it would be better to give up the idea of getting a high score in the midterm exam.”

“There…”

Seo-yeon took her words out with a sigh.

“That’s what I was thinking about. I don’t think Joo-Eun’s buffs that I’ve shown so far aren’t working properly.”

“What?”

“Think about it. All the cute acts Joo-Eun has done so far are only about raising the end of his speech.

“Yes… That makes sense.”

As all three nodded their heads vigorously and seemed to agree, the back of their necks began to tingle.

“So?”

“Don’t you want to try a proper aegyo?”

Seoyeon hugged me tightly from behind, as if she had read my thoughts of running away in an emergency.

Feeling that my whole body was being restrained, I looked around and saw that the two seniors were also looking at me with excited expressions.

“If it’s difficult to do, can I write lines for you?”

Shouldn’t it be said that if it’s difficult to do it, you don’t have to?

“Haa…”

It was a big worry to the point of letting out a sigh, but in the end, it’s something I have to do at least once to use my full potential.

I spoke about the only aegyo that I know.

“Jooeun is so sick after eating Ted Burger!!!”

At the same time, nosebleeds poured from the noses of the three women.