In Eungwang Light Nursery School.
Hani also went to this very nursery school.
A high school student, who was a volunteer at that time, found the unconscious Hani lying in front of the nursery.
The nursery that took in Hani tried to find her origin. However, since they didn’t know her name or even her age, they failed to find where Hani came from.
Eventually, the nursery cooperated with the local health center to estimate Hani’s age based on her development status. They found her to be about five years old. The nursery officially adopted her and registered her documents.
They found it difficult to teach Hani about science or skills and abilities, but Hani cherishes learning and communicating things about the world anyway.
As a result of her great efforts, she proudly entered Korea’s best gifted prestigious high school and now competes with geniuses and talents nationwide.
‘I guess they’re not here today either.’
Hani entered through the main entrance and tried to hide her disappointed face when she saw the shoe rack.
The rack was filled with only indoor shoes, indicating that there’s no guest inside the nursery.
It meant that no one came to receive preliminary training for volunteers today.
“It’s Hani unnie!”
“Noona…!”
Hani looked towards the playroom.
The kids all stopped what they were doing and ran towards her.
Hani responded to their greetings while checking the children’s mouths one by one.
After all the kids welcomed her, a nursery teacher and the director appeared. It seems like they were in the middle of cleaning as they wore rubber gloves.
“Oh, Hani you’re here?”
“Oh, Hani we told you not to bother. What did you bring this time?”
The nursery teacher smiled bitterly when she saw the children each holding an ice cream that was given by Hani.
Hani couldn’t take her eyes off of the worn out rubber gloves worn by the two.
Feeling Hani’s gaze, the director said something as if making some excuses.
“Not many volunteers come by these days… During vacation, only a few students usually come by to fill volunteer hours. It seems like it’s especially like that this year.”
Hani pursed her lips.
These days, it seems like some people are playing strange tricks and giving more burden to the director.
There’s a new representative from a newly built apartment complex nearby. That new representative said that the existence of a nursery would lower housing prices, so they made a fuss to move out the nursery.
Not only the representative but also service organizations hired by them wandered near the nursery. Because of that, nursery teachers and volunteers were scared off, and even donations were cut off.
Yet the nursery still stands and endures well.
At least there was no problem yet in terms of finance.
“We received a lot of donations from before, so why don’t you invest in an automatic cleaning machine?”
“We can’t use that money carelessly! We won’t know what’s going to happen in the future…”
The director smiled at the words of the nursery teacher and said something.
Shortly after Hani started school, the Hwangmyeong Foundation donated twice the cumulative donations that the nursery received since from when it was first built.
The director of the Light Nursery was stunned by the excessive amount of donation, but they were able to take a breather after it was confirmed that there was no problem with the donation.
The director accepted the huge donations gradually and used them as scholarship funds for the nursery children.
“It’s only a few hours of hard work. We won’t need a machine.”
“And anyway, what if someone gets sick? We’d need the money.”
As Hani was listening to the two, she felt something leaning behind her back.
“Teaaaacher! I’m here! Is Cheonghwon oppa here? Tell him I came!”
She couldn’t understand well what the child was saying because of the overwhelming cuteness, but Hani felt goosebumps just by reading the child’s mouth.
The child was a girl with a refreshing smile, her hair bleached with a two-toned gradation of ash pink and cherry pink.
From when Hani was young until she graduated elementary school, she knew that pseudo overlord as someone who plays around with men and women.
The two images overlapped in her head which made Hani form a look of disgust on her face.
“Does that person come here often?”
“Only when Cheonghwon is here. She said she wants to go to an audition and she keeps bugging him to come with her and perform as a duo.”
So that’s another thing that the director has to keep in the back of his mind.
Hani’s disgusted face hardened further.
“How often does he come in here?”
“In the middle of the semester, maybe twice or three times? It’s been a while since we saw him these days, so we’re not sure if he became a trainee or what…”
“What could he be doing. He’s not coming to school either.”
The director and the nursery teacher looked surprised at Hani’s words.
“That kid doesn’t come to school?”
“Yes. I saw him for the first time during the New Year.”
“But it’s already July, so…”
The director spoke in a shocking manner.
“You’re from the same class, but you’re saying you never saw him?”
* * *
After the day of the hospital visit, the incident of the youth retreat made some headlines.
The occurrence of a transition between two worlds without any signs.
A mysterious weather phenomenon, a huge tsunami.
Communication failure with no known cause.
A calm evacuation from the civilians.
The corruption in the youth retreat revealed by Ham Geunhyung and Moon Saeron.
The evacuation of the retreat instructors in the central evacuation center.
All of them were hot topics, but there were two headlines that attracted the most attention.
The first one was the performance of Joo Soohyuk and Ahn Dain.
[Young geniuses’ brilliant performance amid the dark and unexpected world collision.]
[Eungwang High’s top two students, the biggest contributors to the defense against the collision.]
The title hero and title heroine joined forces for the first time in their lives, but they succeeded successfully in defending from the world collision.
Joo Soohyuk was the biggest contributor to the first attack on Sangju Mountain, and Ahn Dain became the second biggest contributor to the attacks on Sangju Mountain and to the attacks on Giju Island.
‘This is what happened because Ahn Dain had more stamina left, probably because she joined a bit later. Including the defense of both areas, the two would have similar performances.’
Joo Soohyuk and Ahn Dain. The performance of the two was indeed phenomenal, but there was a separate headline that drew attention aside from the two.
[The Blue Violinist made another miraculous performance.]
[Who’s the star in the video that gathered more than 10 million views?]
The video posted by Moon Saeron became a hot topic around the world.
The performance of the world’s greatest violinist amid a dramatic situation was a powerful sight.
The number of views of the video was increasing at a terrifying pace, and the viewers were requesting for Kwon Jein to release her improvisation, made possible by her light skill – Lullaby’s Hum, as an official song.
‘The attacks from the Bear Clan was completely buried.’
Hong Gyubin sent some extremely worrying messages, but it was worth challenging the skills of the association’s Media Team 1.
‘Should I answer him?’
Hong Gyubin might not know what I know, but he asked persistently about the newspaper’s overseas coverage schedule.
I don’t know why he asked me that, but his intentions were clear to me.
‘Seems like Hong Gyubin wants to go on a vacation with Jegal Jegal. Well, we can’t help it that this event coincided with their schedule.’
In the meantime, Hong Gyubin would often ask for the publication schedule through his own means.
It’s obvious that he wants to know if the schedule would completely hit the plans he made with Jegal. He complained about how hard he was working and whined as if he was almost dying.
‘They did a great job so maybe it’s time that I throw in some reward.’
I started writing him a message.
[Me] Team Leader Hong Gyubin, hello. I saw the articles. You’ve worked very hard.
[Hong Gyubin] Hi, Euishin. ^^!
[Hong Gyubin] Well, I’m just doing my job.
[Hong Gyubin] Since it’s vacation time these days, my timing of the release was good right? It’s been a while, I want to see you face to face and talk to you and perhaps buy you some food! ^^!
He’s very obvious.
He probably thinks it’s best to meet in person to ask.
Hong Gyubin was sincere in finding out the release schedule of the other newspaper article.
‘…He’s gonna have to work overtime soon anyway, so should I just tell him?’
The alliance between the association’s satellite and the Moon Palace of the Rabbit Clan has been struggling.
And recently, a new breakthrough has occurred.
And that is regarding the satellite fan, Song Daesok.
It is said that a clue has been found in the algorithms that Daesok had devised.
The Tiger Clan, who played the role of relaying information to the alliance, also welcomed this new development.
Hwang Jiho’s evaluation was as follows.
— Song Daesok is the grandson of the great hero who saved the Korean Peninsula, and there are no other people dear to him except for his family, Painter Hong Kyungbok, and Min Geurin. There are no security issues at all. It’s perfect.
Anyway, as soon as Daesok was discharged from the hospital, the association was finally getting their luck.
With the satellite’s observed and calculated values disclosed to the public, Song Daesok has to participate in the project secretly. This is why there’s a lot of work to be done by the Media Team 1.
It’s not going to be easy for Team Leader Hong Gyubin to take a leisurely vacation.
‘Well, if he’s lucky, they can score a trip overseas.’
But I don’t want to reveal that.
I sent Hong Gyubin the overseas coverage plan for the summer newspaper.
[Hong Gyubin] Thanks, Euishin! ^^!
[Hong Gyubin] Well then, I’ll go ahead and plan my vacation. If there’s anything you want to eat, write it down and send it to me! Thanks a lot! ^!!!
Seeing him that happy made me feel a bit sorry, but I only replied ‘Yes, see you soon.’ Before turning off my device.
Beeeep!
Just in time, the air taxi arrived at the destination.
Outside the window, I could see the Gungdong Neighborhood Park. I saw Saeum of April waiting with a nervous face.
“Ah, hi!”
Saeum of April used his flight skill without him realizing. It must be from intense nervousness
He points to one side of the park while still floating in the air.
“It’s hot today, right? I’ll guide you! You have to follow exactly where my foot lands, okay?”
Saeum of April finally realized he was using his flight skill, and he hurriedly stopped and came down to the ground with an awkward smile.
He began to walk along the side road of the park.
‘How am I supposed to follow him like this?’
Unlike the last time when we rode the Hongryong, the day was still bright and there were so many people passing by.
I was very worried, until…
Fwaaa…
With Saeum’s every step, a faint energy wave started pouring out.
The air gradually changed as the energy wave strengthened.
‘Is it a special boundary? I’ve never seen this before.’
The scene gradually changed as moisture and heat of daytime July slowly disappeared.
Just as the wind blew and the leaves and petals fell, the scenery gradually changed and the things that were in my field of view were replaced.
After walking over a hundred steps, the surrounding area was completely cool, and a quiet scenery spread out.
‘It’s like we teleported to a different generation.’
A pine tree, regarded as the King of White Trees, was in sight.
As if it was protected by the King of the last dynasty, a vast area of pine trees were spread across.
Dozens of tiled houses, pavilions, and huge ponds were in between the pine trees.
“I’m going to see the elders at meal time. Go ahead to my room first!”
Saeum of April spoke brightly and took the lead.
I walked along to the path leading to a fenced area.
A man and a woman were seen standing face to face between the trees.
“Ahk! Hide!”
Saeum of April suddenly hid behind the fence.
Why in the world do we have to hide?
I wanted to ask him, but since my playable character asked me to hide, I did so without hesitation.
Soon, we heard the conversation between the two.
“Hyejung, the family guardian is visiting today. I am going to go back to my inheritance as the savior. Trust in me and I will…”
“I don’t want to. I want to keep being with you, Semin.”
I unintentionally witnessed a lover’s quarrel.
