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In the afternoon, intelligence information reached the students of Class 1-1 who were preparing for the festival.
It was Moon Saeron of the newspaper department who delivered the news.
“Professor Yong Jegun returned to Korea!”
At Moon Saeron’s words, all the students except Yoo Sanghoon stopped what they were doing and turned their heads quickly.
High-pitched voices emerged from everywhere.
“Where did he go?”
“He’s been abroad.”
“Won’t he get fired if he leaves without notice?”
“Unfortunately, he used his annual leave.”
Class 1-1 have long planned to take revenge for their homeroom adviser Kim Shinrok.
Ahn Dain, who led the plan, asked the class in a determined voice.
— I’ll send a challenge to Professor Yong Jegun before the final exam. It’s hard to do this while preparing for the exam, but let’s do our best for our homeroom teacher.
The morale of the class was at its peak.
They practiced hard while preparing for the final exam.
However, just before they sent out the challenge, Yong Jegun disappeared from Eungwang High.
He suddenly decided to go to the Dragon Palace, so the Class 1 students had no time.
They had to take the final exam in vain.
As a result, the average score of the class increased significantly, but not many were happy about it.
And finally, Yong Jegun returned home.
“Let’s send him the challenge now!”
“Where is he? The Red Lion team building?”
“He just returned, so I guess he’ll go some places.”
“Since the student representative and the mischievous dragon come to school together, they’ll be there. We can hand it over at the gate tomorrow morning.”
Class 1-1 reached a decision, but there were two who couldn’t join.
One of them was Yoo Sanghoon, who gave off a sharp energy with a sullen face.
Yoo Sanghoon didn’t intend to stop his classmates, but he didn’t seem to want to actively participate either.
The other was Ahn Dain.
She looked down, lost in thought.
The woman with a sharp face seemingly sculpted from eyes suddenly looking sad made it difficult for the class to talk to her recklessly.
“What’s wrong, President?”
Of course, there was an exception.
Yoo Sanghoon asked Ahn Dain.
“…I don’t think now is a good time.”
Ahn Dain was the one who took the lead and most aggressively engaged in the plan.
The strongest player in their class suddenly hesitated making it inevitable for the class to be shaken.
Ahn Dain continued in a calm voice.
“When I stopped by the dormitory for a while, I ran into Professor Kim Shinrok. But something seems… I don’t think it’d be good to show him a head-to-head confrontation with Professor Yong Jegun right now.”
Ahn Dain didn’t give a clear reason.
She seemed to have felt something when she encountered Kim Shinrok, but she couldn’t seem to explain it properly.
Yoo Sanghoon asked again, unable to ignore Ahn Dain’s gut feeling.
“Then you’re not going to?”
“No.”
Ahn Dain replied firmly.
It doesn’t seem to mean that she’s given up on dealing with Yong Jegun.
As if she’s clarified her thoughts, Ahn Dain proposed something.
“How about we focus first on preparing for the school festival? I think it’s better to have the confrontation look like one of the festival’s events. First…”
Ahn Dain began to organize and present the plan on an electronic blackboard.
Moon Saeron, who stayed in the Class 1 room, listened to the announcement.
The morale of the students gathered under the slogan “Topple Yong Jegun” has risen again.
Yong Jegun would be ecstatic to know that Kim Shinrok’s students are moving for him, but the students don’t know that.
In particular, Yong Jegun was very happy that Eungwang High’s well-known genius Ahn Dain is following Kim Shinrok so well.
Oblivious to this, the kids were immersed in exchanging opinions.
After the meeting, Moon Saeron approached Ahn Dain, aiming for when the students were each focusing on their preparations.
‘I heard about the plan to overthrow Yong-ssaem, so I’ll check something else.’
It was secretly well-known that Joo Soohyuk and Ahn Dain began to subtly cross.
Kim Yuri moved to resolve the misunderstanding, but she couldn’t help Ahn Dain who was too insensitive to love.
Joo Soohyuk and Ahn Dain would only talk about books when they meet, so Moon Saeron decided to throw a book as bait.
“The book I mentioned last time. I came to the library to check it out.”
Joo Soohyuk talked about a rare book, but he couldn’t talk about it at length since Ahn Dain hasn’t read it yet.
Usually, if they’re flirting, either side would offer to lend the book first or ask to go on an errand to find a copy.
However, Joo Soohyuk and Ahn Dain did not have such advanced skills.
They just felt sorry for each other that the conversation became awkward.
Moon Saeron remembered that conversation.
‘It’s a relief that the principal collects rare books. I’ll write to the principal when I cover the expanded library next time.’
At best, the two would have a reading session, but that’s alright since the two rarely have the chance to talk.
Moon Saeron said it with a warm heart, but Ahn Dain smiled faintly.
Seeing her palace face, Moon Saeron felt something wrong.
“I should go to the library. It’s been a while since I’ve been. Thanks for letting me know, Saeron-ah.”
“…It’s been a while since you went there? Didn’t you study there for the final exam?”
Moon Saeron was shocked by Ahn Dain’s answer.
‘No wonder people haven’t seen her there!’
It’s well-known that Joo Soohyuk and Ahn Dain accidentally run into each other in the library during exam preparations and end up studying together.
It hasn’t been long since the final exam.
That means Ahn Dain hasn’t been to the library since before the exam.
Moon Saeron’s guess was confirmed.
“Yes, I studied at the student council hall this time.”
“Heol…”
Moon Saeron subconsciously lamented, her hand shooting up to cover her mouth.
She felt like she was choking on sweet potatoes.
An avid supporter of the Joo Soohyuk – Ahn Dain couple, she decided to help the two during the festival.
***
Morning before the Eungwang High festival.
It hasn’t been long since the final exams were concluded, and there were several happenings at the mansion yesterday, but I had to go to school.
The festival was tomorrow already, so it wasn’t an option not to go.
‘Since I’m done with my part, I’ll help the others today.’
Everyone is already great at what they do though, so I wonder if I could contribute a lot.
I was just sorry because I got a lot of help from them during the preparations for the festival.
While I was lost in thought, it suddenly brightened in front of me.
“Hi, Euishin-ah.”
Joo Soohyuk greeted me.
It was still dark since it was early in the morning, but the title hero walking made the surroundings brighter.
Joo Soohyuk naturally talked to me as we walked toward the freshmen building.
“How’s your preps for the festival going? I didn’t hear what Class Zero was planning.”
“They said we should keep it a secret first.”
“I’m looking forward to it. I’ll definitely go visit.”
The topic of conversation revolved around the festival.
Joo Soohyuk’s Class 1-2 is preparing a bakery cafe.
Perhaps because my Bbang Shuttle is in the class, everyone naturally knew good pastry restaurants and the festival event of the class was quickly decided.
I can’t believe Bang Yoonseob was that influential!
It’s worth making him buy me delicious bread.
“It’s a shame Yoonseob didn’t participate in the preparation, but we got a lot of help from him.”
“What kind of help?”
I tried to guess what Joo Soohyuk was referring to, but it wasn’t easy.
How can they have gotten help from Bang Yoonseob if he didn’t participate in the preparation?
Joo Soohyuk smiled as if he were joking.
“I went around the bakery list that Saeron gave to do market research and procure the snacks for our class, and when I told them I’m in the same class as Yoonseob, they gave me a lot of extras.”
The bakeries recognized the regular customer Bbang Shuttle and took care of his classmate!
There’s a possibility that it was Joo Soohyuk’s likable self that was a reason, but it’s clear that Bang Yoonseob’s influence also helped.
‘Isn’t this why Joo Soohyuk brought up Bang Yoonseob on purpose?’
Participating in festival preparation is voluntary, but those who lack cooperation are likely to be ostracized.
Class 2 children gather around Joo Soohyuk’s lead, and Bang Yoonseob might be shunned if he’s absent alone.
With Joo Soohyuk giving him credit, it’s less likely that Bang Yoonseob would be looked down on.
I was touched by the great level of empathy of the title hero.
Maybe that’s why he was shining earlier when he greeted me.
‘Anyway, it would be better if Bang Yoonseob enjoyed the festival.’
It was ambiguous to step forward because how can I force someone to enjoy something?
“Euishin-ah, do you remember Chul hyung from last time?”
Joo Soohyuk’s exclusive secretary and bodyguard, Kim Chul.
By PMH’s standards, Kim Chul was a complete ally.
In the four major groups’ dark battle scenario, he helped Joo Soohyuk and the main characters until the end.
I’ve encountered him several times in this world, including the Kimopolea incident.
‘The problem is that Kim Chul is trying to find out the identity of the student who did the sword dance… Baekho-gun.’
According to Hwang Jiho, something strange has been going on within the Joo-Oh Group.
The group has been trying to investigate the student who did the sword dance at the sports exchange exhibition between Eungwang High and the Player Military Academy.
According to Hwang Jiho’s findings, it was Kim Chul.
It was strange that Joo Soohyuk’s secretary, not an official of the group, was doing something like that.
I could guess why Joo Soohyuk brought him up.
“Chul hyung is coming to the festival too.”
Considering his shown personality, I don’t think he’d be here to come and play.
He must be coming here to search for Baekho-gun.
It was questionable why he wanted to find him.
Even considering his track record in the game, I couldn’t guess his intentions.
“He’s been feeling low ever since the Kimopolea incident, but I’m glad he looks better these days. I hope he enjoys the festival.”
Joo Soohyuk’s added words lighted a bulb in my head.
Kimopolea incident and the sports exchange match.
The two incidents had a few things in common.
I tried to connect the dots, but my thoughts were immediately stopped by Joo Soohyuk’s next words.
“Oh, right. Soogyeom hyung said he’d come too.”
Joo Soogyeom is coming?
Does that goat know that the entire Eungwang High is a non-smoking area?
While I tried to hide my dissatisfied expression…
In front of the freshmen building, someone was waiting for us.
“Hi, Euishin and Soohyuk. I was going to wait in the dormitory, but I heard you’re coming to school so I took an air board and came ahead.”
It was Sung Siwan.
He seemed to have something to tell me considering that he ran here.
He apologized for the sudden appearance but spoke firmly.
“Can I talk to you for a minute?”
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