I Became a Childhood Friend of a Mid-Level Boss - Ch. 39

[komeijikooshi]

naw this was such a fun reeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad

 

[NoctyrneSAGA]

Spoiler: 10 Families, 10 Scandals

Do family - A litttle bit before the mid-terms, there was a banquet for the 5 major families in the Swordsmanship system. Haneul and Eunbi sneak in and they are hit on by some drunk upperclassmen. When they get handsy, Kyunwoo appears in his formal attire "dressed as a noble" and growls "Hands off before I cut it off." (makes me wish the artstyle was more like an otome isekai) His cousin Do Seungwoo (the nasty cousin) is mystified by the angry face Kyunwoo made because he'd never seen it before and then smiles to himself thinking, "If that's how he reacts when someone approaches her, I wonder what face he'll make if someone kills her?" And so begins his murder plot for the mid-term exam. It ultimately fails and the Do family ends up paying a steep price for one of its members attempting murder on school grounds. I'll explain this in more detail because this is THE MAJOR TURNING POINT for Kyunwoo and Haneul's relationship.

Spoiler: Mid-term exam

However, this brush with death has made Kyunwoo aware of how he sees Haneul as more than just a childhood friend or powerful ally. He winds up doting over her nonsensically with random trivia about the weakpoints of a rabbit's biology. "They may have strong legs but their bones are very weak. They also get sick easily from stress. And and and..." When Haneul wakes up she briefly pretends to have amnesia and Kyunwoo nearly loses his mind again.

Spoiler: Kyunwoo and Haneul's relationship - major developments

Officially Dating: The Do Family Head keeps trying to set Kyunwoo up with a Swordsmanship System daughter from another family. He needs to be "officially" dating her because Haneul is not appropriate for his status and dating rumors can wreck his reputation. This brings an endless amount of anxiety to Haneul. Kyunwoo doesn't want to make Haneul official because the torment his mother endured is always on his mind and he doesn't want to put Haneul through that. Things come to a head when Haneul is so upset that she basically asks if they'll wind up doing everything together except date to which Kyunwoo cannot even respond. Eventually he takes the words of another Ain to heart and asks her out formally in a private confession with a gift of necklace and flowers under The World Tree. Also, to reciprocate Haneul offering him her tail, he offers her his neck as the most vulnerable part of the body.

Marriage: The Do Family Head doesn't mind Kyunwoo dating Haneul if it's to learn how to interact with women. However, he draws the line at marriage. He can take Haneul as a mistress but his legal wife cannot be an Ain. If Kyunwoo fails to abide by this, he will be expelled. Kyunwoo is so angered by this he goes straight to Hanbyul's love interest and commissions a wedding ring on the spot with materials he has on hand. He then runs over to Haneul and proposes marriage and this is when Haneul's mental health is totally healed (she no longer feels insecure or jealous). The ring he made has a small ruby the color of her eyes. It's a color she hated so much but Kyunwoo loves it and she realizes the meaning behind it. He makes it clear that he knows the road ahead won't be easy, but he promises to face everything with her together. Kyunwoo then bundles everything he ever received related to the Do Family and ships it to the family head alongside a copy of their marriage certificate.

Following the mid-term exam, Kyunwoo's idea that Haneul was a near-invincible mid-boss was completely shattered. From this point forward, he treated her like a helpless damsel in distress, constantly protecting and coddling her. IIRC he even monologued about how he should lock her up indoors because the outside world was full of dangerous people like Seungwoo that wanted to hurt her. This is what drove him to hide so many things from her, not talk about his family's situation, and why he won't clearly define what their relationship is. He thought this was the right choice to protect her and it wasn't until he confessed that he realized Haneul is strong enough to offer help. This carried over to his proposal where he reaffirmed that they will confront all their problems together.

Spoiler: Various other funny incidents

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One more funny incident is Haneul's time in the student council. Do Sieun had been cheering for Haneul's success with Kyunwoo and recruited Haneul to help her build achievements. Since Haneul's bloodline was a problem, she had to make up for it with big achievements and Sieun thought this should be one of them. As it turned out, Haneul was very talented at administrative work even without Cloning. Using it made her easily the most productive member of the student council in just her first year.

In Haneul's second year, the White Mage girl became student council president but she was ousted after the Wings Project scandal. Haneul wound up becoming the acting/interim president. During the transitional period, Kyunwoo and Haneul marveled at the empty president's office that now belonged to her. Kyunwoo, feeling frisky, started to undress her and pushed her down on the desk. However, they realized people were approaching and scrambled to hide. The door opened and in walked White Mage girl and a few others. Kyunwoo tried to appear as naturally as possible sitting in the president's chair and they asked him what was going on. He denied anything was happening but their faces were unconvinced. That was when he followed their gaze towards the desk and saw Haneul's bunny ears clearly poking out above the desk... and directly in front of his abdomen. Realizing the jig was up, Haneul timidly crawled out from under the desk with her clothing visibly disheveled.

 

[ZC1SKULL]

This can't be happening
It ended so quickly why
I want to see the real ending 😭

There more chapter in
Novel version like 320 chapters
😭

 

[Zenset411]

If you’re interested, you can continue the story by reading the last couple paragraphs of the novel’s chapter 82. I found it on novelbin, which may or may not be MTL.

 

[ohthemisery]

Man I wanted a manhwa of this not a fucking promo