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After quickly delivering only the important announcements, Ye-Jin ended with the closing announcements.
Perhaps she was in a bad mood because of the baggage inspections, but she didn't engage in the usual small talk today. In the tense atmosphere, I grabbed my bag and left the classroom. Then, I headed to the nurse's office with Jun-Hyuk. We were going to check on In-Ah, who had fainted.
"Hey, I'm not sure if I can ask you this, but..." Jun-Hyuk started speaking as we walked down the hallway.
"What was in the box? I wasn't curious before, but because of what happened earlier, I suddenly am. Of course, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to." Jun-Hyuk added various excuses after asking.
I nonchalantly replied, "There was nothing in it."
"Oh, really? Then why didn't you show it to him? You grabbed him by the collar, so I thought there was something important inside the box."
"Well..."
There really wasn’t anything in the box. The bone dust that was originally inside had all been used during the Ritual of Succession, and my father's spell had already lost its effect. Even if I did open the box, nothing would have happened.
However, the box was something that could not fall into anyone’s hands but mine. There was no reason not to open the box, but I didn't think there was any reason to open it and show it to others. When Baldy forcibly tried to take the box away from me and open it, I got angry without realizing it.
"I don't know. I guess I just didn't like it."
"I get it. He was fucking annoying. But hey, it's not like it’s the first time that bastard has done something...
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