Translator: Wan ED/PR: Personal Ghost
43. Things which don’t change (4)
After the medics called by Hwang Jiho dragged Mok Uram away.
The class children stared in the direction where Mok Uram disappeared, standing blankly in the corridor.
“Lena, do You perhaps know this Person?”
“No… This the first time I met him.”
“He seemed to know Lena though.”
Wouldn’t it be better to reveal Mok Uram’s identity?
Mok Uram seemed eager to attend the school starting from the 2nd semester, so they would meet again soon.
As if Hwang Jiho had the same thoughts as me, he opened his mouth first.
“Mok Uram, who passed out a moment ago, is in our class.”
“In our class? Ah, I should say hello…”
“Jiho is acquainted with him?”
“We exchanged introductions.”
“Um… May I ask how did You get to know each other?”
After Sawol Seeum asked, Hwang Jiho opened his mouth without hesitation.
No way, was that Myth category Ho, who didn’t hide anything these days, going to reveal information about Hyeonmu or the Three Knight’s Pledge?
Luckily, my worries were unfounded.
“He was transferred from China.”
Hwang Jiho ended up omitting all important information.
The problem was that because he omitted it so excessively, he made it sound as if he was a highschooler from China who came through an international exchange.
The class children couldn’t understand straight away and blinked their eyes, and then looked at each other and nodded their heads.
They probably thought something like ‘As expected, Hwang Jiho is a crazy kid, huh?’, ‘Ah, our class is class 0, right?’ and ‘Jiho is same as always’.
“The Newspaper Club went on the news-gathering trip to China, correct? Did You meet there?”
“Yeah.”
“The 2nd year class 0’s seniors-nim, who said They’re moving with the Newspaper Club right now, said They got into all kinds of incidents… I guess a lot of things happened.”
Even after the Youth Training Camp ended, Sawol Seeum seemed to often keep in touch with the GeunChan&WangChan duo.
I was a bit worried about his close relationship with the biggest mischievous duo, however as there was no way that kind Sawol Seeum would be tainted by class 0’s senior bastards, I decided to observe for the time being.
“Hey… Why did Uram pass out?
I guess Kwon Lena was worried after he passed out after just making eye contact with her.
“He is hospitalized, so isn’t He hurt somewhere?”
“Ah, he couldn’t come to school because he was sick, huh?!”
Following Sawol Seeum, Kwon Lena made a convinced face.
Though he couldn’t come to school because he was looking for Kwon Lena.
“Will Uram be able to attend the school in 2nd semester?”
“He should. That punk is healthy. To be precise, he was hospitalized to rest and be examined.”
“Then why did he faint?”
“I have a guess about the reason, but if I say it now, it doesn’t seem like it would be fun, eh? Hahaha!”
Hwang Jiho laughed once and replied to Kwon Lena like this.
Han Yi watched it with a disgusted expression.
“After Mok Uram is discharged, he will enter the dormitory. The dormitory students should run into him soon.”
“Uh? Really? I hope He will be allocated to the same floor as Hyodon, Uisin and me!”
“Hm. Let’s do this then.”
“… Yes?”
Allocation of Mok Uram to the floor 17th of the dormitory was confirmed right now.
Sawol Seeum was confused, but then saw Hwang Jiho swept a security card, while heading down the special ward, and let out a short ‘ah’ exclamation.
I guess he once again realized that Hwang Jiho was chairman’s relative.
Though the Person concerned was the chairman himself.
“Step back.”
Standing in front of the golden door engraved with the magic circle in the ancient language, Hwang Jiho gave a short warning.
While the children looked at the door with worried faces, Hwang Jiho, who constructed a barrier, opened the door with the card key.
Swish—.
The door opened, but it was completely silent.
I expected a situation like before, where Hwang Jiho and Kim Yuri’s superpower waves would clash, but nothing happened.
“Yuri, are you there?”
While Kwon Lena took a step, and tried to look from behind Hwang Jiho.
At that moment, the lights around the hospital room turned on.
Under the room lights, there was Kim Yuri, not in the hospital gown but casual clothes.
“Guys, you came!”
There were magic circles on the walls and floor like before, but Kim Yuri’s complexion was much better than before and as she was wearing casual clothes, the atmosphere seemed different.
More than that, the superpower pressure pressing around Kim Yuri weakened.
Did she familiarize herself with the Gwangrim usage?
“Seems like you won’t go into run away, eh? As there are magic circles inside the room, there shouldn’t be a need for a barrier, right?”
Hwang Jiho released the barrier.
After the barrier was released, Sawol Seeum, Han Yi and Kwon Lena swiftly ran to Kim Yuri.
Seeing her friends up close after a long time, Kim Yuri was very happy.
“Are You going to be discharged now?”
“No, not yet! But I hated to welcome you in a hospital gown like before. Because you were coming, I asked for permission from the teacher-nim to wear casual clothes.”
Kim Yuri’s hospitalization continued for a long time.
It seemed that she wore casual clothes for the time when the class children were coming to change the mood and to reassure the worried children.
The children, who met after a long time, shared the ice cakes they brought as gift and asked for the news.
The number of ice cakes, filled to the brim with cherries that were in season in August, and the ice chocolate cream puffs full of butter, soon decreased.
In particular, the regular customers of MITRON, Han Yi and Sawol Seeum, were eating very well.
“By the way, what happened to Geurin? It seems that Geurin isn’t checking her device messages…”
It seemed that she was worried, as Mun Geurin didn’t receive the messages and Min Geurin and Song Daeseok didn’t seem to be visiting with the class children today.
Worthy of my Playable Character and our class president, even while going through a difficult time, she was concerned about the class children.
“We planned to go see Min Geurin at her home today.”
“Ah… Okay! If Uisin is going, it will be fine.”
“Yes, there won’t be any problems because Uisin is going with us! Everything is going to turn out well!”
At my words, Kim Yuri and Sawol Seeum smiled widely, while speaking.
Before parting, Kim Yuri informed us about good news.
“It seems I’ll be able to be discharged soon. According to the teacher-nim my superpower control is getting better. I want to be discharged quickly to meet with Geurin, Daeseok and Hyodon!”
“Really?”
“Let’s go play with all class children when Yuri is discharged!”[1]
The steps of the children, who learned about Kim Yuri’s discharge, were much lighter.
Even today it was inside of the magic circles, but as there was Hwang Jiho’s barrier, they chatted with Kim Yuri and made plans to play.
“I want to check the Geurin schedule today…”
“Will Daeseok also be able to come?”
“If Geurin is there, he probably will go.”
“Can anyone contact Hyodon?”
Through the journey riding the air shuttle which Hwang Jiho ordered, the children were excited by the thought of going out to play.
“I’ll bring back Maeng Hyodon.”
“If Uisin is going to bring him back, there won’t be any problems!”
“… It seems that Seeum follows Uisin a lot.”
“Yes! I do follow Uisin a lot.”
Sawol Seeum was extremely excited, it wasn’t very bothersome as everyone was happy.
In front of Min Geurin’s house.
As the air shuttle landed on the side road, and we came out, we faced an unexpected person.
That Person was the very Min Geurin who wore AR glasses and hid under the hood.
“Geurin-ah, were you waiting for us?”
When Kwon Lena asked, Min Geurin nodded her head several times.
Behind Min Geurin, painter Hong Gyeonbok and Song Daeseok were observing her.
“I, I… I planned to personally meet and talk with Han Yi, but… Because you said you’re coming in person…”
It wasn’t that Min Geurin was stuck in her room just because she was scared, huh?
I guess she was plucking courage to meet with Han Yi in person and talk with her.
‘There was no need for me to step out.’
Min Geurin bowed her head.
When Min Geurin raised her head again, she was holding her AR glasses in her hand.
“Next time something like this happens… No, there won’t be next time, but supposing that something like this happens…”
Min Geurin stared straight at Han Yi with uncovered eyes.
“I’ll fight with you…!”
Han Yi, who made a surprised face, smiled as she replied.
“Thank you.”
Han Yi smiling so brightly was a very rare occurrence.
“And that incident wasn’t Geurin’s fault. Please don’t blame yourself.”
“… Ok!”
After that, Min Geurin was surrounded by the class children and talked with them.
Min Geurin, who heard that Kim Yuri was going to be discharged from the hospital soon, was extremely happy.
It seemed like Song Daeseok wanted to say something throughout it, but shut his mouth.
It was short, but it seemed that he noticed, while having some social life.
When the children wrapped up their chat, painter Hong Gyeongbok made a suggestion.
“Let everyone go together for lunch. I’ll buy.”
We had lunch at the noodle restaurant recommended by painter Hong Gyeonbok.
Painter Hong Gyeobok asked for our understanding and also called the Art Club’s people to buy them lunch.
Even though the number of the Art Club’s members was over ten, Min Geurin wasn’t scared and chatted with them.
* * *
‘Neuru’ Korean headquarters.
The office of the chief designer, Seodol.
Seodol, who recently suddenly went and came back from China for a business trip, was buried in work.
Seeing Seodol smiling a little while using a polite tone, Seo tribe members were diligently avoiding him.
Because it was a sign that something annoying and serious was about to happen.
“I finished all urgent matters, so I should go out to play. At least three will follow me as porters. No one is busy, correct?”
At Seodol’s words, the subordinates thought ‘it came at last, huh?’.
“Where do You plan to go?”
“England, sir.”
Why England all of a sudden?
He often visited England when Kwon Jane was there, but now that the Eternal Lake established their base in Korea, there would be no need to go.
The head’s confidant had doubts, but bowed while asking.
“I heard that the research You’ve been recently working on had no progress.”
Seodol was repeatedly researching under the excuse that the ‘eyes’ watching Eungwang District were annoying, but there was no progress.
“We still need more data to smash those ‘eyes’. It should be better to wait for now, correct?”
Seodol opened the map of England on the hologram.
“So while waiting, I plan to play in England for a bit.”
“What is Your plan?”
“I was thinking about looking into something because I’m curious. And to play hide and seek for a bit.”
Seodol pointed at the area where the headquarters of ‘Pledge of Three Knights’ were located.
“First, buy four one-way tickets. And please choose the rats to go with You.”
As Seodol’s confidant, who received the order, turned around to look at other Seo tribe members, others looked at the confidant with cat-like expressions.
* * *
The dormitory I returned to after having lunch with class children.
Was it because these days I stayed at the foreign hotels or Hwang Myeong-ho Mansion, and not at the dormitory?
Or was it because I spent a long time with class children today?
It may have been because I only stayed at places with many people, as I arrived at the dormitory, it felt so quiet that one would be able to hear the sound of a dropped needle.
— If you stayed at my mansion during the summer break, our descendants and divine beast would be happy, right?
He didn’t say it out-right, but Hwang Jiho indirectly suggested staying in the mansion.
When I thought about Snare and Eun-ho’s descendants, my mind was shaken, but I refused with words’ I’ll come to play often’.
If I stayed at Hwang Myeong-ho Mansion, it would be difficult to move quietly, and to obtain time to think alone.
— …. Okay. Make sure to come when Nok’s customized elixir is completed.
At those words, my enthusiasm to visit Hwang Myeong-ho Mansion suddenly dropped.
As I recalled the taste of the elixir alone in the spacious dormitory room, my head hurt.
‘Let’s think about other things.’
Opportunely, there were a lot of things I had to think about right now.
The first thing I recalled was something that happened in front of Heavenly Sacred Tree.
‘I leveled up that day, right?’
⟨Reading skill data.⟩
[Skill name] Suitable Other Dimension Future Modification’s Exclusive Menu
[Rarity] EX (impossible to measure)
[Skill Level] 5
[Effect] Enables transcendent interference and reading of objects existing in the same dimension.
[Explanation]
Exclusive skill of the suitable one, who passed the suitability evaluation of Transcendent Universe.
Usability range increases according to the suitable one’s dimension understanding and adaptation to dimension.
The Exclusive menu, which was level 1 at the beginning, leveled up, up to level 5, each time I was involved in an incident in this world, and several new options were added.
First, when I finished my first communication with Transcendent Universe, the ‘game library’, or in other words, the option to read a setting book was added.
Second, when the 12 Zodiac Alliance meeting ended, I was enabled to use the option ‘re-read the log’.
Third, when I learned the concept of ‘superpower wave link’, ‘open surrounding map’ became enabled.
Fourth, when I communicated with Transcendent Universe a few days ago.
‘What option was added this time? … What is that?’
Up till now, it was only functions which were in PMH.
But the newly added function wasn’t something which was in the game.
The name of the added item[2] was ‘Replay’.
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[1] “Let’s go play with all class children when Yuri is discharged!” — Sawol Seeum’s sentence.
[2] item — as in section in the table or form. Not literal ‘item’.
Translator’s note: HERE IT IS! After 223 chapters! The title of this novel is here! < This is not excitement for everyone’s information. This translator is freaking out.
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