Translator: Wan ED/PR: Personal Ghost
34. Final test (1)
Lunch time.
It was a celebration day for the 1st year class 0 as the vice homeroom teacher and the ninth student attending were confirmed.
In addition, the school was noisy, because of the veteran Players who had been assigned new full-time teacher positions at Eungwang School together.
As soon as the start-the-day meeting was over, Mun Saeron found painter Hong Gyeongbok and Tak ascetic, and requested an interview to pull out an article during the lunch break.
[Secluded experts come out to foster their successors and gather at Eungwang School]
There was one subtly wrong point about this headline.
‘It seems it would be more accurate to say that they gathered in the 1st year class 0, not Eungwang School.’
Maeng Hyodon, who finished the start-the-day meeting and saw the still crowded teacher platform, made such a comment:
— “Nevermind the dragon being the vice homeroom teacher, why are those grandpas… no, why is the new teaching staff introduced in our classroom?”
Maeng Hyodon’s question was reasonable.
Teacher Ham Geunhyeong-nim, who heard those words before leaving classroom, replied:
— “The elders requested that they would want to introduce themselves in the 1st year class 0’s classroom. As elders are still hearty, restrain yourself from calling them ‘grandpas’.”
Hearing that reply, Maeng Hyodon slammed his head against the desk and them apologized to the two grandpas.
‘… Calling them grandpas is a bit subtle.’
It was because there was a five thousand year old vice homeroom teacher and student, so the two elders who weren’t even a hundred years old were still on the young side.
In any case, it was confirmed that those hearty teachers came to the Eungwang School for their disciple and pre-disciple, who were in the 1st year class 0.
But between both of them, one almost became a criminal for the sake of his disciple, and the other one was being treated as a pseudo by his pre-disciple.
‘You interviewed them so thoroughly in such a short period of time.’
Checking the article, painter Hong Gyeongbok’s response about the process of acquiring teacher qualifications was eye-catching.
[After I sent away my disciples, I thought a lot about what education means and what a master should be able to do. I obtained a new opportunity to learn while attending graduate school of education to broaden my horizons…]
‘With Min Geurin’s incident as a trigger, he decided to become a teacher, huh?’
As Min Geurin didn’t attend the school in the game or before this year’s Teacher’s Day, he shouldn’t have had an opportunity to use it in the past, right?
When I took a screenshot of the article, one more fresh article came up.
[Art Club and Oriental Arts Small Group dramatic reconciliation]
The content of the article said that painter Hong Gyeongbok would become an advisor of the Art Club and at the same time, he would look after the Oriental Arts Small Group.
‘It seems that Min Geurin will also start the club activities…’
After the start-of-day meeting ended, painter Hong Gyeongbok called me to ask about the shop selling exclusive markers and their method of usage.
It looked like he was going to distribute exclusive markers to the club members they’re going to attend, to increase opportunities for Min Geurin to meet with people.
‘Club activities will be a good opportunity for Min Guerin. If there is painter Hong Gyeongbok-nim on the side, there won’t be any bastards who try any nonsense and the school will provide her with expensive art supplies and…’
Above all, the opportunities to meet people increased.
There were also people who liked her a lot.
The bastards affiliated with the art clubs were a bit screwed, but in any case, weren’t they Min Geurin’s loyal fans?
‘The day when she takes off the AR glasses and paints a painting for me isn’t far off, huh?’
While also taking a screenshot of this article, I checked the comments.
[Looks like those guys won’t be fighting from now.]
[Today – art clubs guys crying ㅋㅋㅋ[1]]
[Almost cried and ended? I can act all ugly if the advisor of painter Hong Gyeongbok’s rank comes to our club~.]
[↑ So it seems they aren’t coming.]
[I’m on the same side. Senior Kwon Jane-nim coming to the String Club I belong to as a teacher? I will do three steps and bow pilgrimage to the door of the General Club Council Building while crying ㅋㅋㅋ]
After the name of Blue Violinist came out, the flow of the comments suddenly changed.
[↑ Comment saved~! ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ If that comes true, Eungwang School will have one fool who will move by three steps and bow method while crying…]
[Senior Kwon Jane-nim refused even when she was offered an honorary teacher position at the Eungwang School, sir~.]
[ kk. Senior Kwon Jane-nim, famous for not accepting disciples.]
[knows nothing ㅋㅋㅋㅋ something like this will never happen ㅋㅋㅋㅋ! not accepting disciples, so what teacher; tsk tsk]
Something like this happened for real, sir. [2]
There was a sole disciple in the 1st year class 0, who even received a supernatural violin and bow from Kwon Jane in person.
‘… You say that Kwon Jane received an offer of the honorary teacher position? Considering her accomplishments, it’s nothing strange.’
What would happen if it was offered now, when her one and only disciple and niece is attending Eungwang School?
It was difficult for Kwon Jane, who was a team master, to reside at school, but wouldn’t it be good if she sometimes came to see Kwon Lena during school activities or to see her friends?
And the power of Eungwang School would increase.
‘There should be one guy who moves with the three steps and bow method while crying soon.’
As I confirmed the time, some time passed since the lunch break started.
If it was now, the majority of the highschool students in the entire country should finish their lunch already.
‘Then I’ll check that…’
I opened a chat room and summoned two highschool students recorded in my contact book.
[Jo Uisin-nim invited Yu Sanghun-nim and To Sihu-nim.]
[Me] Hey.
One read mark floated up.
[Yu Sang-hun] ?
[Me] Did something happen to Jang Namuk? We can’t contact him.
[Yu Sang-hun] yy
Yu Sang-hun, who expressed the question ‘Why did you call?’ by typing a question mark, typed ‘yy’ as if he was also curious about the news about Jang Namuk and then waited.
The messages we left soon were marked as read.
[To Sihu] Ah… He should contact you in a little bit. Because I think he should have his device back.
Was Jang Namuk’s device confiscated?
I guess that was the reason why the guy, who was sincere and stern, didn’t read or write messages.
[Me] What happened?
[Yu Sang-hun] — —?
To Sihu hesitated and then sent a message.
[To Sihu] Namuk got scolded a lot.
After that, when we requested an explanation of the situation, it was as follows.
He said that when they returned to the Military Academy, the disciplinary senior officer was waiting for them at the training grounds.
‘If it’s a disciplinary senior officer, it’s higher than a captain, you know?’
Disciplinary executives in charge of the cadets’ discipline.
The disciplinary executives were divided into higher disciplinary junior officers and disciplinary senior officers, and the majority were in charge as disciplinary officers, while captain was a senior officer.
[To Sihu] It was a guy I don’t have a particularly good relationship with, but that guy has a grudge against me.
Military Academy cadets survived brutal basic military training together before being sworn.
They were usually well united, but there were always exceptions.
‘To Sihu isn’t a harsh guy, but he is a good-looking guy, so there would be people who exploded with an inferiority complex towards the first young master[3], right? Even so, it’s enough to quietly get over that matter…’
However, it seemed that the whistleblower bastard chose the target to tell on very well, to get the first place, To Sihu, into trouble.
He said that Jang Namuk’s unit, which was pointed out as the most outstanding unit among the generations of the Military Academy, still never received one minute of punishment.
And then said that there was a disciplinary senior officer, who was only looking for an opportunity to punish them to break their spirits.
When that disciplinary senior officer checked all facts, Jang Namuk, who continued to keep his mouth shut before, made a mistake.
— ‘I pressed Sihu with the problem of future path counseling. As a result of it, Sihu ended up leaving without permission out of stress. I thought that my evaluation as a flag bearer[4] would drop if there was a person who leaves without permission in my year, so…’
He said that Jang Namuk told very shameless and plausible lies.
With the timing and tone of speech of what he said, Jang Namuk took the role of the bad guy himself.
He said that in the end, the flag bearer Jang Namuk solely accepted the punishment in front of all other cadets who were watching.
‘Did he mean that when he said it will be fine because he will take responsibility?!’
As this bastard said that he would testify to the end even during Song Mingi incident, I guess he didn’t fear people or society, while he feared Enemies.
[To Sihu] Then he was dragged to the disciplinary room…
He said that Jang Namuk, who fully accepted the public punishment, wore a tool sealing the usage of superpowers and was dragged to the disciplinary room.
Starting with To Sihu, the cadets in the same unit argued that it was an extreme punishment and tried to reveal facts, but the only reply that came back was that the people currently protesting will be sent to military disciplinary training.
Jang Namuk wasn’t able to return from the disciplinary room he was dragged into until monday.
The name of the guy who tattled to the disciplinary senior officer about this incident, spread wide among the cadets, and the guy was under hyperstress because of the raining sparring requests.
[To Sihu] Painter-nim helped us out.
[Yu Sang-hun] ?
He said that on Monday, before the first class started, Jang Namuk appeared in tatters.
Together with Lieutenant General and the Player Military Academy’s principal, who was the same rank as him, wearing three stars.
‘The number of Republic of Korea’s Player Army’s Lieutenant Generals isn’t more than five… and you say that the two of them came together?’
No matter how much the major pulls the legs of the cadets and tries to beat them up, if the lieutenant generals throw a word ‘don’t pull the kid too much’, they will know they have to give up.
Two 3 stars came to rescue Jang Namuk.
He said that they threw them a few words of blessing telling the 1st year cadets that they enjoyed watching the Teacher’s Day mass game and that they heard the story from painter Hong Gyeongbok, and then they disappeared.
‘Telling the cadets they worked hard… painter-nim was worried, huh?’
I’d have to give my thanks to painter-nim in person.
When To Sihu finished his entire story.
[Yu Sang-hun] Did you apologize?
It has been such a long time since I saw Yu Sang-hun make a sentence…!
Yu Sang-hun probably reacted like this because Jang Namuk was beaten up as a result of To Sihu’s runaway.
[To Sihu] Not yet… he is currently resting in the infirmary.
[Yu Sang-hun] — —
[To Sihu] ㅠㅠ….
After seeing Jang Namuk, who ended up in such a state for covering him up, To Sihu should have felt that too, right?
But if that To Sihu, that bastard, continues to whine that Jang Namuk isn’t going to support him even after that, I’m going to beat him up.
***
After classes, Newspaper Club room.
While we were busy making follow-up articles about painter Hong Gyeongbok and Tak ascetic.
“Two masters came to our school.”
Hwang Jiho, who looked to be in a good mood, lowered his voice while speaking.
“I think you’re the reason.”
“What?’
Because there were no developments like in the game, it was probably an outcome of my actions.
But because the direct cause of the two people moving was Min Geurin and Maeng Hyodon, I wouldn’t have a problem making excuses.
Hwang Jiho spoke with a smiling face like before as if he knew that I’d answer like this.
“‘That’ was cut off without problems. I checked and he doesn’t have the spare money or financial credibility to take a restoration surgery. The information manipulation was perfect. That case was recorded as an ‘incident’.”
The malicious commenter’s hand was cut off, huh?
I didn’t feel even a bit fearful or uncomfortable at the words of Hwang Jiho that he cut some human’s hand and erased all traces.
“Well done.”
Did my way of thinking deviate from the human standard?
I felt nothing but refreshness and thankfulness.
“Thank you.”
Hwang Jiho, who was observing my reaction, made a surprised face.
I guess he didn’t expect me to thank him.
This matter was completely unrelated to the Ho tribe and Hwang Jiho’s benefits.
Because it was solely done out of his own kindness, it was natural to thank him.
I spoke up to Hwang Jiho, who was making a face as if he was punched.
“Ah, I’ll be late for today’s study meeting.”
“Why?”
“Because of an appointment.”
Before we entered the final exam preparation period in full swing, I planned to deal with all chess match requests.
‘I have to prepare for the match against Baek Ho-gun, right?’
Baek Ho-gun and Hwang Jiho’s chess record.
Checking that record, Baek Ho-gun’s chess abilities were beyond imagination.
‘It’s not a skill of someone who played a day or two. I have to keep my instinct sharp even before the match.’
Thanks to training with Baek Ho-gun, I heard the Nine Iron Teeth Rake’s voice, so I wanted to thank him back with a good match.
As a bonus, I could respond to the match request made by my Playable Characters, so it was one move to obtain two[5].
After finishing the club activities like this, I moved to the Chess Small Group’s clubroom to meet with my opponent.
As if I came a bit early, I saw a few Chess Small Group’s members still there.
“Uh, for what reason did you come here, Uisin?
“Hi.”
I saw Sawol Seeum and Han Yi organizing chess boards.
It seemed that the two of them were diligently attending the chess beginner course organized by Stalemate just like before.
After I revealed that I came here to play a match, the two people expressed interest.
“Aha, the Stalemate said that they lend the location and chess for matches if someone makes an appointment beforehand, correct?”
“Can I watch?”
“I want to watch too! Should I contact the rest that we will be a bit late for the study meeting?”
“Okay, let’s go together after I end the match.”
We moved to the match room prepared in the Chess Small Group’s clubroom to wait for the opponent.
Today’s match’s opponent was the Student Council’s 2nd year Gwak Gyeong-gu.
“I’m late, right? Sorry.”
As if there was a lot of Student Council work, Gwak Gyeong-gu arrived a bit later than the promised time.
“Is it okay if there is an audience?”
“Yes, that’s okay. Because there is an audience here too…” [6]
I saw a face I knew very well behind him.
It was my disciple, Yeom Junyeol.
I planned to play against him tomorrow, but I guess my disciple, who has a high desire for improvement, came as an audience to study me.
When we greeted each other and were about to sit down.
Sawol Seeum came up to Yeom Junyeol to greet him brightly.
“Senior Yeom Junyeol-nim, hello!”
“… Yeah, hi.”
The face of Yeom Junyeol, who saw Sawol Seeum, slightly stiffened.
‘Why are you showing such a reaction?’
He didn’t show a lot of traces, but for me, a stagnant water, there was no way to miss that change at such close proximity.
*~*~*
[1] ㅋㅋㅋ – ‘kekeke’
[2] Something like this happened for real, sir. – Jo Uisin used a formal tone here.
[3] first young master – oldest son of family head
[4] flag bearer – translated as cadet group leader before
[5] one move to obtain two – kill two birds with one stone would be the English equivalent. The interesting thing is that the proverb used is ‘일거양획’ from the Annals of the Warring States, rather than ‘일거양득’ which is more popular. As far as Korean is concerned, they mean exactly the same thing.
[6] “Is it okay if there is an audience?”
“Yes, that’s okay. Because there is an audience here too…” – First sentence was spoken by Gwak Gyeong-gu, the second by Jo Uisin.
Translator’s note: Two Lieutenant Generals, huh? Duly noted.
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