Translator: Wan ED/PR: Personal Ghost
56. Mistake (1) [1]
In the middle of the night, Hwang Myeong-ho’s great mansion.
Someone hid his presence and moved between the corridors with turned off lights.
The place someone headed to was the room where the Ho tribe’s benefactor stayed in the great mansion.
Before long, the person, who arrived in front of Jo Uisin’s room door, nervously checked the surrounding and then adjusting his breath, revealed himself.
The person who came looking for Jo Uisin late at night was Kim Sinrok.
‘No matter how late it is, Hwangho-nim keeps at last one alter-ego awake, but right now He is talking with the To tribe’s head, so it should be fine.’
After Jo Uisin used Replay on Kim Sinrok the second time, Kim Sinrok didn’t have an opportunity to have one on one conversation with Jo Uisin.
Replay was used, and then as the time passed, his body’s state somehow recovered, but Hwang-ho and Jeok-ho didn’t let down their guard just like before.
Kim Sinrok thought about Jo Uisin currently staying at the mansion as an opportunity.
For this moment he pretended to avoid or forget about the Replay in the meantime.
‘At school we would be hindered instead. During the day, Hwangho-nim and that damn dragon stand in the way, and at night Jeokho-nim is watching, so it’s difficult. They say it’s the darkest under the lamp, so if we’re going to have a conversation, now would be best.’
The dream he saw the moment Jo Uisin used Replay.
Among the things he saw, experienced and felt in it, there was something he wanted to ask Jo Uisin about.
Moreover, if possible, he wished that the Replay would be used on him one more time.
Of course, he didn’t have plans on asking this today.
‘Jo Uisin-gun is probably sleeping with the Divine Beast, right? Though the Divine Beast doesn’t openly reveal it in front of Jo Uisin-gun, it would keep him in check[2]. Moreover, it’s already late today, and it wasn’t long since he experienced the 1st death anniversary. It would be difficult to use Replay today. I should just get a promise, eh?’
Kim Sinrok organized his thoughts and raised his hand to knock.
But before Kim Sinrok’s hand could touch the door’s surface, he felt a bit of a numbing, sharp energy.
Kim Sinrok unknowingly stopped his hand in surprise.
The being that blew that sharp energy towards Kim Sinrok was a being that Kim Sinrok didn’t account for in the plan he made.
“Baekho-nim…”
The owner of the sharp energy was Baek-ho.
As a disciple, who learned martial arts from Baek-ho, without even turning around and seeing Baek-ho’s face, Kim Sinrok could somehow read the energy and emotions of his master.
Kim Sinrok calmed his surprised heart and desperately laid out excuses.
“… I didn’t try to play a prank on the benefactor of the Ho tribe. I only dropped by for a moment because I have something I wanted to ask him.”
“…”
Baek-ho just silently listened to Kim Sinrok’s excuses.
The anxious Kim Sinrok asked together with the words of apology.
“Baekho-nim, I was wrong. Please don’t tell Hwangho-nim or Jeokho-nim…”
“Late.”
Just when Baek-ho’s short words ended, the corridor’s lights all turned on.
Kim Sinrok understood what Baek-ho meant by ‘late’, and clicked his tongue inside.
Soon, between the delicate light, Hwang-ho in the highschooler appearance, walked in.
“What is everyone doing here? It took so much trouble to put the young ones to sleep, but all big ones are the trouble, huh?”
“Hwangho-nim…”
Hwang-ho glanced at the room door Kim Sinrok was standing in front of and sighed.
Kim Sinrok, who had realized that his shallow scheme was instantly and completely seen through also wanted to sigh.
“You’re like a full on hands child just like before, eh?”
“… My apologies.”
“Hahaha! Unlike in the past, you apologize immediately, huh?”
As Kim Sinrok apologized right away, Hwang-ho laughed cheerfully.
Kim Sinrok, who saw that attitude, had hope that they may pass over it without a big rebuke, but that hope was immediately shattered.
“Son-ah… What are you doing here?”
At Jeok-ho’s reprimand, Kim Sinrok realized that his infiltration was completely ruined.
Now approaching Jo Uisin would be impossible for a while.
“I’ll leave the nagging to Jeok-ho.”
“…”
Jeok-ho’s nagging continued for long, but neither Hwang-ho nor Baek-ho stopped it.
As he listened to the nagging to his heart’s content with a debaucherous face, Jeok-ho’s attack turned towards Hwang-ho.
“Hwang-ho, what were You doing, for You to make such a face? Did talking with Ok Toyeon consumed so much of Your mental power?”
“… Regretfully, the To tribe is more knowledgeable about ‘Cycle of Reincarnation[3]’ than us, so having a conversation was unavoidable. The damn Moon Rabbit scratched my insides in the process in fact, but it’s not just that.”
Perhaps because the luminosity of the lights wasn’t that high, Hwang-ho’s face looked somehow dark.
“It seems some problem appeared in the Garden managed by the chief shaman. The chief shaman knows about it and said he would solve it, but this one also plans to give a hand.”
Currently, in the Garden managed by the chief shaman, an Ung was locked up.
As it was an otherworld of high rarity, the time and space’s axis were distorted, so the management was complicated, and it seemed that a problem occurred.
‘That means the Ho tribe members, whose family was murdered by the Ung, are in that garden…’
Hwang-ho brought the topic related to the Ung tribe in front of Jeok-ho and Kim Sinrok naturally.
It was proof of how much Hwang-ho trusted them.
Even though they knew that, hearing ‘the chief shaman’s Garden’, they naturally associated it with the Ung tribe and Kim Sinrok and Jeok-ho’s faces stiffened a bit.
“… And thinking about it, I forgot to say it. Jeok-ho, it’s okay not to investigate ‘Seong-heon’ now.”
“Yes? I wasn’t able to find a clue yet…”
Hwang-ho shook his head.
“He was found. If you want to know, it would be better to ask in person.”
* * *
I welcomed the morning in Hwang Myeong-ho’s great mansion.
Today too, I slept without dreams and woke up.
As I woke up and tried to stand up, I felt Snare wriggling in my arms, as if it was still sleeping, and stopped moving.
If the angel wanted to sleep longer, I should act accordingly, right?
I carefully adjusted my posture as not to disturb Snare’s morning sleep.
‘…Even so, it’s not that I can’t do anything.’
While hugging Snare in my arms, I decided to check device messages, which I postponed.
From the message related to giving respects the geezer sent to the messages sent by our class children and seniors, there were various categories.
When I roughly looked through it, I excluded the messages that didn’t seem like they needed an answer to, and then read them one after another and sent replies.
As majority of the messages were asking about well-being, even with a ruined head, I could send a plausible answer.
But among them there were also ones I couldn’t make sense of.
The message sent by Geun Chansol and Wang Chansol’s senior bastards was like that.
[Geun Chansol] Suspicious junior-nim, hello? It’s a great weekend!
[Wang Chansol] Suspicious class vice president-nim, did You sleep well?
[Geun Chansol] Are our seats still well and good?
[Wang Chansol] Are there no juniors-nim, who suddenly said they would attend school during the weekend?
What were those senior bastards talking about right now?
Perhaps I was still half asleep, I couldn’t come up with the answer right away, and I thought why they were like this.
As I pulled myself together a bit, I recalled the answer.
‘It’s about Playlist’s final round live broadcast audience tickets, huh?’
Dokgo Miro invited our class children on the last broadcast day of the Playlist.
But because there were five children who didn’t attend school in our class, we had spare tickets, and Geun Chansol and Wang Chansol were aiming for it.
From the looks of it, all 2nd year class 0’s senior bastards waned to go to the Playlist broadcast, but as the number of tickets was limited, there seemed to be a lot of tension.
[Me] Yes, no child called saying they would attend school.
Geun Chansol and Wang Chansol didn’t reply for a while.
There was no response, but somehow I saw a scene of senior bastards cheering and rolling around behind the screen.
[Geun Chansol] Junior-nim, thank You!
[Wang Chansol] First of all, we have decided on the list of the five final candidates!
I guess 2nd year class 0’s senior bastards held a battle royale and decided on the ranking.
Checking the list sent by the senior bastards, I saw the name of Jegal Jaegeol in the first line.
[Rank 0] Our permanent homeroom teacher, teach Jegal-nim!
‘Even though they fought so fiercely over the seats, they put Jegal Jaegeol in rank 0, huh?’
If the homeroom teacher was a teacher-nim like my Playable Character Jegal Jaegeol, it couldn’t be helped.
Our class children also never forgot about the existence of Ham Geun-hyeong during events.
I continued to check the list.
[Rank 1] Invincible class president Geun Chansol
[Rank 2] Vice president who lacks quite a lot Wang Chansol
[Rank 3] No. 1 Garam
I guess after the class president and vice president duo Geun Chansol and Wang Chansol, the one to take the seat was the ace of the theater department Yeon Garam.
I checked the person who took the fifth position.
[Rank 4] We are thankful for the pictures of our Miro you took when working as homema, but come to school a bit more often, because teach Jegal-nim is worried
… Why only the person in the rank 4 is a sentence?
I didn’t know what class 0 senior bastards were thinking, but I roughly guessed that person’s identity.
I saw her face once, because she visited our class’ classroom during the midterm exams.
‘Dokgo Miro’s homema is 2nd year class 0, huh? I guess there are students even in the 2nd year class 0 who don’t attend school very well.’
I knew that Dokgo Miro’s homema was Eungwang School’s 2nd year student.
It seemed that Hwang Jiho knew the personal details, but because he annoyingly babbled ‘If you’re curious, I can tell you’, I didn’t ask.
Considering the time slot when Dokgo Miro’s pictures were published was even during the class hours, I thought she was just somewhat roughly listening to classes, but I guess it was just a 2nd year class 0’s senior bastard, who didn’t attend the school.
‘Well, though I don’t know what kind of person she is, if there weren’t any problems when Hwang Jiho investigated, then it should be fine.’
And Dokgo Miro, who became the reason for the class 0’s senior bastards to turn into mud, also sent a message.
[Dokgo Miro] Raehun oppa asked if there is anyone who believes in Buddhism in our class?
… I guess Yeo Raehun were still thinking about Kwon Lena and whether she believes in Buddhism or not, since the last time.
‘The reason he is asking is probably because of the blessing I bestowed on Kwon Lena’s ribbon in the past.’
I recalled the ribbon in Kwon Lena’s violin case.
Considering the fact that Kwon Lena in PMH appeared as a villain, I hoped she would have that ribbon, even if it draws unnecessary attention of Yeo Raehun.
As I was thinking about how to gloss over this matter, the angel in my arms finally woke up and began to act cute.
It was the start of a perfect morning.
* * *
While riding the air shuttle and moving in front of the Silver Light (Eunhwi) Building.
Hwang Jiho told Eun-ho’s stories.
Eun-ho, who was wise.
Eun-ho, who liked tea.
Eun-ho, who followed his sworn older brother Baek-ho well.
That appearance overlapped with Cheon Seong-heon.
‘Didn’t Seongheon-yi perhaps need an existence to follow like his sworn older brother? So he followed me well?’
Cheon Seong-heon’s older half brother in that world was a trash, and it was difficult for him to get along with people because of his background.
And the people, who he got along with at the university, all left because of the rumor of forging his academic achievements.
As the end result, I was the only one left.
So Cheon Seong-heon might have followed me even better.
“… Cheon Eunha?”
I called the name of Cheon Seong-heon in this world.
When I said that we had to bring Cheon Seong-heon when meeting the sleeping Eun-ho, Hwang Jiho nodded without any questions.
“Jeok-ho covered him in Red Smoke and is bringing him. Ah, he just passed the main door, eh?”
Hwang Jiho checked the device, as he answered.
If Jeok-ho uses Red Smoke, he won’t be visible to the eyes, but it won’t be an easy matter to sneak out Cheon Seong-heon.
Because in this world he was protected by the amazing and thoughtful older half brother, who lacked nothing in ability or nature.
“Was senior Cheon Dongha-nim well evaded?”
“We made preparations to fool the eyes in case of the Thousand Li Eyes. As he was tasked with heavy work today, it would be fine.”
In case of Thousand Li Eyes?
Because it seemed to say they prepared only for Thousand Li Eyes, I asked right away.
“What about preparation against senior Cheon Dongha-nim’s Gwangrim?”
“I know it as a Gwangrim, which strengthens Thousand Li Eyes skill. We made countermeasures… Jo Uisin, looking at your expression, I guess we made a mistake, eh?”
Eungwang School’s students had a duty to reveal battle skills to the school.
But it didn’t mean they have a duty to disclose information besides that, including Gwangrim.
On the contrary to duty, they were thoroughly protected because of Player personal information protection law.
So Cheon Dongha’s Gwangrim would be at best thought of as strengthened Thousand Li Eyes skill.
‘… I didn’t think of the possibility of Hwang Jiho being unable to properly figure out Cheon Dongha’s Gwangrim. My concentration was such a mess?!’
Cheon Dongha’s Gwngrim ‘Eyes embracing Heaven and Earth’, meant exactly that, the eyes embracing the sky and the ground.
Even in the otherworlds where usage of Thousand Li Eyes was restricted, those eyes were activated at little risk.
Those eyes’ efficiency was way more outstanding than that of the ‘Eyes’ of Demons, who annoyingly observed the Eungwang District, so they were on another level[4]
Those eyes couldn’t be deceived with passable camouflage.
“I brought Him.”
Without time to stop them, Jeok-ho and Chon Seong-heon appeared from the red smoke.
Cheon Seong-heon wrapped in the red smoke was floating in the air.
Just as they had appeared, Hwang Jiho mumbled terrifyingly.
“Cheon Dongha is coming this way. He pierced through the Silver Light (Eunhwi) Building’s barrier? I guess he had amazing eyes that can’t be compared to the Thousand Li Eyes skill, eh?”
I saw someone running towards Silver Light (Eunhwi) building from the direction Hwang Jiho was looking at.
It was Cheon Dongha.
*~*~*
[1] Mistake — 오류 (oryu). Okay, so before checking, I was fully convinced this word comes from the English error, but no, it comes from Chinese 誤謬, and means more generally a mistake, a fallacy of judgment/reasoning, while also can refer to an error in programming. The homonyms are ‘exile, divided into five ranks (of severity I think? Naver dictionary has a terrible explanation)’ and ‘five willows of Tao Yuanming (Five Willows was an iconography that appeared in his poems, and the name he used to refer to himself(? Not a specialist of Chinese literature))’
[2] it would keep him in check — I’m not exactly sure who is kept in check here, Jo Uisin, Kim Sinrok or someone else. I’m translating this sentence with the assumption it’s about Jo Uisin.
[3] Cycle of Reincarnation — literally ‘restriction/ bridle of reincarnation’ (still looking for good translation for this precise part of the cycle of reincarnation).
[4] on another level — literally could be translated as ‘eyes of different dimension/on the different dimension’.
Translator’s note: Ah, it’s starting. Now, watch this translator’s sanity slip for the next six chapters, all because of that title.
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