(T/N: Hi everyone! The s and comments refer to someone called “Biryung Na” or “Na Biryung”. That refers to the Butterfly (with an uppercase B). Using that Biryung Na would be confusing in the context of the future chapters, so I decided to use Butterfly from where I started translating. Happy reading everyone!)
The hospital bed was in a room with magical walls and floors.
Kim Yuri was seated on top of the bed.
“Thank you for coming! I don’t see Daesok, there’s no way he wouldn’t come if he knew that Geurin would be here though… Perhaps, is Daesok injured too?”
Looks like Yuri has a very good understanding of the students from our class.
“Y-yeah… That guy’s also in the hospital.”
“Really? Is Daesok okay? Is he hurt a lot?”
“He’s fine! He’s got some good news too. More than anything, are you okay Yuri?”
“I’m fine too! The energy pressure was too strong so it has been difficult, but I feel better now after sleeping continuously. By the way, what happened to Daesok?”
“Ah, he created a web application that analyzes data observed by player satellites and…”
The atmosphere was a bit awkward since Hwang Jiho was testing the waters at first, but it quickly became friendly and light when Yuri led the conversation with her bright voice.
Seeing the other kids exchanging greetings with a relieved face made me feel at ease.
“Oh, right.”
Yuri, who was talking with a smiling face, opened her hologram.
The screen showed the dark seas.
“You know… I saw the performance of Kwon Jein sunbaenim and Lena.”
“Eh? A video?”
“What the, who filmed this?”
“Hmm?”
When Yuri pressed the play button, the scenery of that day was reproduced on the screen.
After watching Kwon Jein and Kwon Lena’s performance, the children burst into exclamations.
“They’re so cool…!”
“That’s Lena, right? It’s shot from afar but it looks like her.”
“I wanna hear it in person… I want to draw a scene where they’re performing together.”
There’s only one person who has the courage to film those two even in a situation like that.
‘It’s Moon Saeron!’
I wonder if Hwang Jiho knew about this and just let it slip.
When I looked over to Jiho, he lowered his voice as if he knew what I was trying to say.
“This video will be published soon. Kwon Jein, who was first appointed as an honorary teacher, produced a miracle at the retreat, which she was visiting, through a performance to calm the anger of the sea. Above that, a first-year student joined in her performance. It’s a great article.”
Jiho looked like he was greatly satisfied.
Seeing that face on him, it seems like he intended for this video to be uploaded.
Listening to what he said, I understood what he was trying to do.
‘There’s a lot of things we have to cover up in that day. He must’ve wanted to shift the attention somewhere…’
Making Jein the center of attention makes it perfect.
The problem was Kwon Lena.
Unless she has no problem with public attention, I want to prevent this video from spreading.
Perhaps Moon Saeron was considerate since Lena’s face wasn’t clearly seen in the video, but it might be better to block the number of controversies in advance.
‘It’s not yet known that the first-year student is Kwon Lena. If we act now and hide her by highlighting more the appearance of Kwon Jein, then…’
However, my thoughts were interrupted when I heard Lena’s voice.
“Who uploaded this…?”
Kwon Lena, who had been listening silently to the other students, finally spoke.
Her voice was shaking a bit.
“Hmm? Lena, you didn’t know about this? Oh… Perhaps, was this uploaded with your consent? Sorry, I didn’t know…”
Yuri quickly shut down the hologram and apologized, but her words were cut off by Lena.
“Oh no! Do you have the original file of the video? The camera’s perspective changes in the middle, so I think the person filmed it in two angles at the same time. I want to watch all the other videos! Do you know who took this?”
“….Eh?”
Kwon Lena opened up her device with an excited face and found the exact video that Yuri showed.
Only happiness can be seen in Lena’s face after watching the video again.
“I honestly wasn’t in my right mind that day so I never thought I record a video! Normally, I would’ve used my device’s recording function but… Ah, when Kwon Jein sunbaenim uses her light skill, she usually performs improvisation! She was improvising that day as well, so I had to focus to keep up with her and not miss a bit… I’m glad someone recorded it! If I leave a comment here, will I be able to get the original video?”
“Moon Saeron filmed this. It’s easy to ask a favor from her.”
“I should contact Saeron right away!”
When Lena heard Jiho’s answer, her round eyes widened and she smiled brightly.
She doesn’t seem to mind that she appeared in the video as well.
The reason was her attention was all on Jein’s performance.
“… The views on this video is really high. I didn’t know a lot of people would watch it. Is that okay for you?”
Min Geurin asked the question I wanted to ask.
Kwon Lena shyly replied as she was saving the video.
“As long as it’s okay with Kwon Jein sunbaenim, then it doesn’t matter. Although I’m a bit shy that I played with her!”
Considering the secret that surrounds Lena’s birth, I was hesitant that it’s been released to the public. But since she’s Kwon Jein’s only disciple and a player from Eungwang High, she’d inevitably be exposed to the public one way or another.
Although that time has come earlier than expected, people would find it weird if the video was suddenly deleted and they might dig deeper than we’d like.
“But what’s this tidal wave that you two were trying to suppress? Was it the one about the weather that appeared on the news?”
“I noticed that too!”
“Ah, that… I know right?”
Hyodon tried to change the subject when Hani and Saeum of April tried to talk.
However, his speaking skills were still not that good.
The flustered Hyodon tripped over his words which made the other students suspicious.
It was time for me to step up.
“That’s my light skill.”
Kim Yuri pointed to the wall of sea in the background of Lena and Jein.
“My light skill is connected to some higher beings. I’ve been suppressing it all this time, but it came out at such a moment. The aftermath remains as many people have been endangered because of me. Sorry.”
“Yuri…”
Yuri dropped her head, while Hani, who brought it up, made a stern face.
No one dared to speak.
In the game, the Butterfly was able to devastate almost half of the island through Yuri’s light skill.
Because of that, all enemies were wiped out, but numerous people and properties were damaged.
The school and the association protected Yuri, but she refused to continue going to school due to her guilt and remorse.
However, things are different now.
“There was no damage done by your light skill.”
Yuri slowly raised her head when I said those words.
“Besides, it would’ve been more difficult to get rid of those enemies if it weren’t for your light skill.”
“Euishin is right!”
“That’s right. The people who were injured were not hurt because of your light skill. Not even a single building was damaged too…!”
Yuri hesitated for a few moments before speaking.
“But, isn’t my power too scary? We don’t know when it’ll explode again…”
All the kids answered Yuri one by one.
“Not at all. If you’re able to induce it and control it on purpose, it won’t be the same as it was before.
Hwang Jiho laid out the fact objectively.
“There are way too many things that are scarier than your power.”
“Right! Your power doesn’t work without water anyway. If we’re talking about powers, then I’m more scared of the Third Year Class Zero homeroom teacher who’s beyond human level!”
Yuri bowed her head when Hani and Lena said those things.
“Why should we be scared of you, Yuri…?”
Min Geurin asked in a genuinely confused tone.
“If that kind of thing happens again, I’ll be just fine ‘cos I can just run away on my own! And… Euishin would know what to do!”
“You will be strong enough to not fall behind such power.”
Saeum of April and Maeng Hyodon, who almost said ‘that word’, also answered enthusiastically.
Looking around the kids, Yuri opened her mouth after being unable to talk for a while.
“Well, you know…”
Yuri hesitated for a while.
“You know, about that… When I get used to my light skill, how about we all go somewhere together?”
I was sure of it after hearing her say that.
Kim Yuri’s fate of dropping out of the school has finally disappeared.
I answered on behalf of my classmates.
“Even if you don’t get used to it, let’s go hang out somewhere. Where should we go first?”
“….Yeah!”
After that, we all planned what we should do during our vacation.
We don’t know yet when Yuri will be discharged from the hospital, but it was fun to just find a place to go to in advance.
After a few hours…
Everyone except Hwang Jiho, and Min Geurin who wanted to stay behind for Daesok and Yuri, came out of the hospital.
Hani went to help volunteer in the nursery, while Kwon Lena left to meet Kwon Jein who just returned to Seoul.
As I was headed to Hwangmyeong Mansion to pick up my luggage, Maeng Hyodon grabbed me.
“Ah, vice president.”
“Why?”
Maeng Hyodon was looking at me with an extremely suspicious gaze.
“Did you know that something like that would’ve happened on that day?”
That day, I personally commanded Hyodon on what to do and what to say to Yuri.
That must’ve raised some suspicion in him.
However, I didn’t answer.
Seeing me keep my silence, Hyodon punched my arm and said something.
“Next time, give me more details alright? You punk.”
Just like that, Hyodon turned his back and headed for the school.
Although I kept my cool, I felt warmth when I saw such a response from my playable character.
“Hey, Euishin. I’ve got something to say.”
After confirming that Hyodon was far enough, Saeum of April spoke to me.
“The truth is…. Uncle Semin knows that I used my light skill.”
Semin of April found out?
I don’t know what his power was, but it must be an intuition skill.
“He knows that the subject of my light skill was the Red Wall Thief. If it’s okay with you, Red Wall Thief-nim, the April clan really wants to invite you to the family mansion…”
“I’ll go.”
I answered immediately to stop him from saying ‘that word’ more.
* * *
In the darkness, the butterfly left by the energy wave can be seen floating in the air.
The butterflies were lighting up the road by sprinkling shiny pieces of something.
“I brought it here.”
At the sweet voice of the Butterfly, the other butterflies stopped flapping their wings and fell to the ground.
Stepping on the dark road, the Butterfly and people from the royal lineage walked through.
“Stop right there.”
When the drowsy voice rang, the two stopped walking.
The owner of that voice stood up, but his face was covered with a mask.
“The right hand man on the Clan’s head is not coming?”
The slender finger pointed right behind the Butterfly, to the bear person standing right behind.
The Bear person answered.
“We are organizing a rescue team as we speak. I’m sure he’s caught somewhere and being tortured! They wouldn’t have killed him!”
When the slender fingers pointed to them, the other two Bear people spoke some words.
Their remarks were no different.
After hearing out what the Bear people had to say, the bored voice spoke again.
“It wasn’t that easy to gather that huge number of enemies.”
“…Eh?”
The Bear people, who forgot that they weren’t allowed to speak unless permitted, opened their mouths without realizing it.
He belatedly realized it and quickly covered his mouth.
The voice of the masked man continued over the nervous Bear’s remarks.
“It’s also difficult to grant the authority skill to an unqualified being. I worked very hard for you to bring me the sacrifice. I used excessive strength just to make this mission successful.”
The Bear people tried to decipher what the masked man was trying to say.
Only the Butterfly, who bowed her head gently, realized the intention of the man.
“Just as the glory of a superior being extends to his subordinates, so does the fault.”
Wooooooo–!
The Bear people collapsed when the slender finger lightly drew over the air.
“Geeuk! W-what is this!”
“M-my breath!”
The slender finger moved neatly and drew the character ‘Jin’.
(T/N: The word ‘Jin’ is written in a Chinese character. Not quite sure what it means, but it’s a term related to military terminology)
With every stroke, the Bear people felt greater and greater energy pressure and their breaths were more and more suppressed.
“I ordered to get me the sacrifice until the 7th day of the lunar calendar. Yet you have put the command of that right hand man over my word.”
The Bear people tried to open their mouths to make excuses, but they couldn’t do so as they were gasping for air.
“I don’t need your excuses. You have failed to bring me the sacrifice, but you still want to depend on my power.”
After Jin completely overpowered the Bear people….
The Butterfly, whose head was bowed in an elegant posture, knelt on the floor.
“Please forgive me. I didn’t know that they were incompetent and that they weren’t suitable for carrying out your orders.”
“Raise your head.”
The Butterfly looked at the masked man with a sad face.
That face was the one that used magnolia’s incarnation to trample on his plans.
“If you really think that this was your fault, I’ll give you a chance to make up for it.”
“Please. Anything you say.”
The masked man raised his finger and started drawing something in the air.
“It involves the shaman.”
