Translator: Wan ED/PR: Personal Ghost
[1]
Song Daeseok and Min Geurin fighting?
Isn’t that some kind of collapse of worldbuilding and characters’ setting?
I couldn’t imagine the two people saying a harsh word to each other.
The process of clashing opinions and pulling one another to agree cannot be said to be necessarily bad, but to say they fought…
“Hey, did they fight extremely badly…?”
While I sunk into thoughts without answer, Sawol Seeum spoke carefully.
“Um… The rumors will spread anyway, so wouldn’t it be better if we tell you in person rather than when you hear some particularly strangely twisted story? Daeseok, can I speak?”
Kim Yuri asked, but Song Daeseok, who was crouching down with a face as if he lost the entire world and staring into air[2], didn’t reply.
“Ah, I’ll just speak. That fucker tried to shove himself into the Art Club, but they turned him off, and it ended up like this.”
“Art Club?”
Maeng Hyodon revealed everything in frustration.
Today, Min Geurin and painter Hong Gyeongbok started their club activities.
Song Daeseok naturally followed them, but the two, master and disciple, said in unison ‘We can’t accept a person who has zero interest in art. Tours are welcomed anytime’.
And he said that Song Daeseok, who was denied entrance to the Art Club, in the process of fierce opposition, got into conflict with several people.
“Anyhow, then in our class classroom that fucker was about to… He drove painter-nim and Art Club president senior crazy. And they worked hard to stop him. That should be the first time.”
Today, after classes, I left the classroom early, but something like that happened after I left?
But it was the first time, so you mean there was a second and third time?
“I went to the String Club, so I wasn’t able to see it… something like this happened, huh? When I came to Yuri’s house, I could see nothing but Daeseok getting angry, saying ‘you can’t work’ because Geurin was helping to set up the kitchen.”
“Hahaha, Geurin is currently making dinner, but he was angry because you can’t let Geurin’s precious hands be stained with water, right…?’
Kwon Lena and Kim Yuri seemed to be talking about the second and third time.
“Yes? No matter how I hear it, more than saying it’s fighting, doesn’t it just…”
‘Sound like simple salting[3]?’
Kind Sawol Seeum, who was about to automatically complete the sentence like this, seemed to bite his tongue.
“Because he kept interrupting Geurin, she said she won’t make a portion for Daeseok. Even though I said that you have arrived, Geurin continued to prepare the dinner alone.”
After Kim Yuri finished her explanation, I understood the current situation.
It meant that as a result of the two people displaying their short-tempers right now, it ended up with a situation where Min Geurin is struggling alone in the kitchen and the rest of the kids are waiting in the living room.
As if nothing they said was wrong, Song Daeseok glanced in this direction once and then closed his mouth again.
Seeing that appearance, Kim Yuri hesitated and then asked:
“You know… I’m sorry if I misunderstood, but Daeseok, are you and Geurin perhaps dating…?”
“Wow, wow…!”
“Yes? Isn’t that natural that they’re dating?” [4]
After the children reacted with red faces, Song Daeseok, who was stunned, replied with an expression as if he was about to burst into tears.
“What do you care whether me and Geurin are dating or not?!”
The moment they heard those words, the expressions of children in the room changed in various ways.
“What, those bastards aren’t dating?”
“What to do? I guess it’s not yet!”
“It won’t turn into ‘getting married without dating’, correct?” [5]
“It seems I poked a sore spot… Sorry, Daeseok.”
“… I didn’t answer, why did you conclude that we aren’t dating?!”
Song Daeseok’s face turned deep red while he protested, but the children only stared at him with pitiful eyes.
Because if they WERE dating, Song Daeseok would respond with ‘Me and Geurin are dating, so don’t get between us in the future and get out!’.
As if Song Daeseok got even angrier because of the children’s sad gazes, he raised his voice.
“Why are you acting close, when it hasn’t been a long time since you met with Geurin?! Don’t butt in between us, no matter how much you try to get close, Geurin…”
“Song Daeseok, you stupid fool, you idiot[6]!”
I heard Min Geurin’s sharp voice.
Song Daeseok reacted with surprise, and Maeng Hyodon, as if he was pricked by the word ‘idiot’ a lot, flinched.
“Stupid fool, idiot, ugly slug, stinky fly[7]! Why are you getting mad at our class kids and seniors-nim? Stop yelling at our classmates! I’m going to tell everything to grandpa Song!”
The curses that aren’t even used a lot among elementary students came flying.
But Song Daeseok, who stopped his face-to-face interactions with other people at the level of an elementary student just like Min Geurin, opened his mouth wide as he received a great shock.
“Ah, Geurin. This time I made a mistake against Daeseok. I asked a rude question.”
“… What did you ask?”
“Um… Ah, did you finish dinner preparations? Let’s eat now! Did you bring the side-dishes you made at home?”
Kim Yuri actively solved the situation.
On the other hand, Song Daeseok, who was mentally beaten up in several ways, couldn’t move for a while.
For that reason, he was unable to grab the seat he wanted at the dining table and ended up sitting in the seat the furthest from Min Geurin, continuing the painful situation.
Song Daeseok’s suffering didn’t end there.
“… Daeseok and I will go separately. In the future, we will go to school and from it separately.”
When studying ended and we were about to part, Min Geurin threw a bomb.
“Wait here ten minutes after I leave and then depart. If you follow me, I won’t talk to you for the entire day tomorrow, Daeseok.”
“… Geurin!”
Song Daeseok grabbed her, but Min Geurin cold-heartedly turned around and started to run.
Using the skill to run, she disappeared from our view in an instant and Song Daeseok activated a 10 minute timer with the device in panic.
“This fucker is a bit pitiful.”
“Hahahaha!”
Maeng Hyodon threw a comment and Hwang Jiho laughed, but Song Daeseok only stared at the direction where Min Geurin disappeared and the number on the timer.
***
Before falling asleep in the dormitory, a message sent by Eun-ho’s descendants caught my eyes.
The content was a picture.
It appeared that they divided themselves into two teams and played a game.
‘It would be hard to divide themselves into two teams with three of them.’
Taking a closer look at the picture, I saw something fuzzy sitting beside the oldest Eun Seoho.
Taking a good look, something was even holding a controller.
‘… It’s Heavenly Wings Mountain’s Mountain Spirit, you know?!’
Under a picture were additional messages.
[Eun Seoho] We played the game hyung bought us together with Mountain Spirit. The picture was taken by Baekho-nim!
[Eun Niho] Mountain Spirit is really good at games… I continued to lose. ㅠㅠ
I was worried about what happened to Mountain Spirit after they were dragged away by Baek Ho-gun, but I guess they were staying at the mansion and playing games with kids.
‘You were so wary of Mountain Spirit, but you let them play with descendants? … Can Mountain Spirit not harm descendants and Jin people?’
It seemed that if it caused even the slightest harm, they wouldn’t allow them to already approach.
But looking at that the picture was taken by Baek Ho-gun, it seemed that he observed them from the side.
‘Mountain Spirit and Heavenly Wings Mountain, Brilliant Gaze, Heavenly Sacred Tree, Transcendent Universe… There are things I have to investigate.’
I organized the information in my head like this, and then I fell asleep without dreams like usual.
***
Next day.
Because Song Daeseok was caught secretly following Min Geurin to school, the two didn’t exchange a word.
Song Daeseok tried to speak up to her a few times, but Min Geurin kept her mouth completely shut, so finally he squeezed into the classroom’s corner, dead inside.
Kim Yuri took an initiative to come out and spoke up to Song Daeseok, but his dejected responses only used ‘Ya’, ‘No’ and ‘I don’t know’.
As it was the first time Min Geurin treated him like this since they were born, it seemed that he didn’t know what to do.
‘It doesn’t seem like Min Geurin is truly angry at Song Daeseok.’
Yesterday, the dishes Min Guerin prepared were full of almonds which Song Daeseok liked.
Black rice pilaf with almonds, gangjeong[8] with almonds and walnuts…
Even in the squash salad were thinly sliced and roasted almonds.
In addition, today’s morning, the snack she brought as an apology for making a commotion was almonds cookies.
‘Wouldn’t it be better for Song Daeseok to have his own circle? Min Geurin also seems to think like this and therefore is acting like this.’
After classes, the off-limit zone’s old school’s classroom.
When I fell into thoughts, while I was checking the announcement about intern recruitments published on the Association website with a device.
Drrrrk…
The old school’s worn down manual door opened.
“Teacher-nim, hello,”
Yeom Junyeol responded brightly and politely, but he didn’t seem to have energy somewhat.
As if he couldn’t sleep, his eyes were full of capillaries.
“Then, today’s lesson…”
“I didn’t call you today to teach you.”
I opened a hologram with a newly opened device code.
Yeom Junyeol, who saw the code’s number, made a touched face.
“Thank you…!”
The face of Yeom Junyeol, who was smiling widely while typing my code into his own device, gradually lost its power.
It seemed that there really was something.
“What’s the matter?”
“Yes?”
“I saw you play chess.”
I opened one more hologram beside the code.
It was a record of the game I and Yeom Junyeol played yesterday.
The shoulders of Yeom Junyeol, who saw the game record, dropped.
“Ah… that’s the game record which was published on the general bulletin board, correct? Even master-nim saw it, huh… Such a pathetic game….”
“I didn’t call you to scold you. It’s because I’m worried.”
“Master-nim is worried about me…!”
Yeom Junyeol smiled and then made a face as if he was about to cry.
Hell, I had no idea what happened for him to be like this.
As I quietly waited, Yeom Junyeol, who took a deep breath and spoke with a subdued voice.
“Master-nim. It’s not worthy for master-nim to worry about me.”
It’s only natural for me to worry about the Playable Character whom I accepted as a disciple. What was that sound you’re making?
“… There is something I have to tell you.”
Yeom Junyeol described the process of finding me.
Discovering the name ‘Sawol Seeum’ in the disposed records and finding him to have a conversation.
Deciding to pass Sawol Seeum’s words if he found me during that conversation.
“When I solved the task master-nim gave me to become a disciple and then after I listened to your lessons after becoming a disciple, I was so delighted I completely forgot about Seeum’s request.”
What? Were you so downcast because you merely forgot something like this?
I thought he could have forgotten, because there were several things in the process of becoming a disciple.
“It’s a mistake anyone can make. It’s fine.”
“However, after thinking about it, it wasn’t a mistake!”
After thinking?
“I knew straight away that I could contact master-nim with the messenger pigeon that master-nim gave me. But I thought it was a waste to use that item.”
Yeom Junyeol held an item card in his hand.
SR – – – rank consumable item ‘Messageless pigeon’.
As it was one usage consumable, you could think it was a waste.
He bowed his head with a face full of guilt and spoke.
“And it wasn’t just that I thought it was a waste. Master-nim, you know Seeum’s background, correct?”
I guess Yeom Junyeol investigated Sawol Seeum.
It wouldn’t be hard to find out if he activated the Yong tribe’s information network.
“Seeum is a very rare being, a successor of this land’s last king’s messenger. More than me. The Yong tribe’s descendants are rare, but there are a few more, and if we widen the range to all Jin people’s descendants, there are many more, correct? However, there is only one Seeum. And he may not appear again in the future.”
“Yeah, that child has a rare talent. But what about it?”
After I couldn’t understand, Yeom Junyeol made an even more distressed face.
It seemed that he thought he made a mistake, but it was already too late.
“I thought that Seeum may ask for master-nim’s teachings. That that child may be much more worthy of teacher-nim’s teachings… I thought that he may snatch my disciple position and hated it… besides, I had so many ugly and pathetic thoughts…”
Yeom Junyeol’s words gradually blurred, and then he closed his mouth.
*~*~*
[1] no title – ‘Final test (4)’ =-=
[2] staring into air – raws: looking into sky
[3] salting – I can’t find a good term for this in English. It refers to actions committed to make other people jealous. Often referring to couples acting lovey-dovey in front of others to present their superiority.
[4] “Yes? Isn’t that natural that they’re dating?” – Sawol Seeum’s sentence
[5] “It won’t turn into ‘getting married without dating’, correct?” – Sawol Seeum’s sentence
[6] you idiot – raws: ‘stonehead’.
[7] ugly slug, stinky fly – raws: ‘sea cucumber, sea anemone’ Very profound curses among elementary students (or so I heard).
[8] gangjeong – hangwa (cookie) made out of rice puff.
Translator’s note: Oh gods, where is my heart? I think I gave it to some cute silly idiots and it’s utterly crushed right now…
(Also. Yes, I know about the comma in ‘Teacher-nim, hello,’. It’s like this in raws.)
Did you see a mistake? 🐞
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