Translator: Wan ED/PR: Personal Ghost
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The event ended with Jegal Jaegeol’s end speech, and the 1st year class 0’s children headed towards Maeng Hyodon straight away.
Maeng Hyodon, who was standing blankly while talking with teacher Ham Geunhyeong-nim, looked at us and was first startled and then embarrassed.
As everyone was holding or had Maeng Hyodon cheer towels draped over their shoulders, there was an atmosphere of Master Small Stone fan meeting.
“I enjoyed watching the spar! You really worked hard.”
“The spars during the class were never this intense, so I trembled all over watching this. It was really awesome!”
“That thing in the last moment was a Gwangrim, right?”
“Your speed and power both raised, correct? Is it a reinforcement type? And when Uisin’s Bread Shuttle suddenly stopped, it was also Gwangrim’s effect, correct?”
“It’s rude to dig into Gwangrim key unique details too deeply. Even the school and Association’s side doesn’t carelessly ask about those, you know?”
“Ah… Daeseok is correct. I made a mistake. My apologies.” [2]
Maeng Hyodon, who was just quietly listening to children talking, said a word.
“Thank you for coming to cheer for me.”
Kim Yuri, who recieved the thanks as the class representative, hesitated for a while, as if she didn’t know what would be a good answer to reply to Maeng Hyodon.
Then, Maeng Hyodon’s eyes met with mine, who was mixed among the class children.
“Hey, vice president, you…”
But before he could finish those words, a loud sound was heard from the opposite side of the stage and the attention of the children, starting with me, was dispersed.
“Hey, 1st year. Our Sang-hui personally came out to use her healing skill on you and even gave you check-up, what kind of attitude is this? Because of such a mindset, you even lost in the spar and… Ack!”
“Wonu, what kind of sound are you making towards an injured junior?!”
I guess Tao Wonu was behaving ugly again.
As if Tao Wonu was stabbed by Yu Sang-hui, his words were cut short, but the loud sound continued once again.
“This bastard! You, aren’t you a bastard from Tao-ssi’s dysfunctional[3] family? Hmph, that bastard Tao-ssi bragged so much that his grandson bastard is an Eungwang School’s Student Council president, but dysfunctional blood isn’t going anywhere. How dare you make a loud sound at my disciple! Don’t roast my disciple!”
“Shoot, I’m not grandpa’s disciple! That pseudo-ascetic grandpa is always ready to roast me, what don’t roast my disciple now…”
“What kind of nonsense are you talking about to your master?!”
Slap!
“Keuk!”
Bang Yunseop, who was stretched out on the ground before, collapsed again because of Tak Geosan’s finger flick on the forehead.
It was just a finger flick, but the sound was as if a stone was thrown against the wall.
Tak Geosan roasted Tao Wonu’s dysfunctional family, but Tak Geosan and Bang Yunseop also looked like dysfunctional master and disciple.
“Only I roast my disciple! Got it? Tao-ssi bastard’s kid?”
I greatly sympathized with those words.
Because if my game-wreck and my Playable Characters are to be roasted, I have to be the one to roast them.
“… Yes. My apologies. Teacher Tak Geosan-nim.”
Tao Wonu switched to the Student Council president mode used outside, and spoke politely.
The situation seemed to had been settled, but somehow it was a mess like before.
Yu Sang-hui used her Healing Art on Bang Yunseop, who was groaning from the aftereffects of the finger flick.
“Yunseop, are you okay?”
“Bread Yunseop, you worked hard today. Thanks to that, it seems that a good article will come out~!”
At that moment, the class representatives of the 1st year class 2, Ju Su-hyeok and Mun Saeron, appeared.
After Bang Yunseop, who continued to lay down, saw the two people, he slowly stood up.
“Let’s go eat dinner. Wash and come. The classmates are waiting.”
While Bang Yunseop was standing up, Ju Su-hyeok, who finished greeting other people, spoke.
As if he thought of taking Bang Yunseop with him, Tak Geosan expressed reluctance.
“Su-hyeok, however…”
“Please let him rest today, because Yunseop worked hard. And Grandfather Tak was also busy, so he should also rest a bit, correct?”
“No, Su-hyeok, why are you treating me like a grandpa again!”
“Because master-nim told me to call you that.”
“Gwak-ssi, you bastard…!”
While Tak Geosan grabbed the back of his neck, Ju Su-hyeok hastily left, bringing Bang Yunseop with him.
Considering Ju Su-hyeok’s usual actions, he would let him clean up and then go, but it seemed that thinking of Bang Yunseop’s situation, he chose to leave faster.
I saw Mun Saeron follow the two people outside the gym and shouting ‘I’ll go when the Newspaper Club’s after-party is over and I can come!’.
“I guess the 2nd class is also holding an after-party.” [4]
“Let’s go quickly!”
“There are still things left to organize for the Newspaper Club. Please wait for a moment.”
“Then we will also help.”
“But you can wait outside.”
“No, we want to go quickly, so we will help.”
After finishing organizing the stage together with our kind class children.
The 1st year class 0 decided to have a victory celebration go-out together and called Min Guerin, who remained in the art studio.
The Newspaper Club members were disappointed that me and Hwang Jiho weren’t going to stay for the Newspaper Club after-party, but considering the 1st year class 0’s meager attendance rate, they decided to willingly let us go.
“… Teacher Ham Geunhyeong-nim?”
“I guess there is still some final exam grading left to do.”
I saw a few children make sullen expressions.
Min Geurin tilted her head, and then opened a post written by Geun&Chansol on the general bulletin board while she spoke.
[We’re going to have a delicious meal with teach Jegal-nim! Jealous~? He is our homeroom teach, k? He is even our eternal homeroom teach until we graduate!]
Under it, a group picture taken before the event started was attached.
Looking closely, the 2nd year class 0 senior bastards were all wearing a cloth group emblem with the same pattern and color like Jegal Jaegeol’s tie.
Our class children looked at that group photo with an open envy.
“They said that teacher Jegal Jaegeol-nim is going to the co-after-party of the Newspaper Club and the 2nd year class 0.”
“Head of the School Affairs-nim said that’s because he didn’t know what seniors would do if he didn’t come…”
After the 2nd year class 0’s senior bastards applied class blackmail towards Jegal Jaegeol, they dragged him away as if kidnapping him.
Jegal Jaegeol thought about it and in the end agreed, so it seemed that he thought it would be better to just treat them to a meal, rather than dealing with the incident caused by the 2nd year class 0.
“Uh, wait a moment. If we do something like this, wouldn’t we also be able to go out with teacher Ham Geunhyeong-nim?” [5]
“Let’s ask class 0 seniors how they usually do it.”
“Let’s do that!”
I seemed to hear some dangerous remarks, but there was no way that our class kind children would turn into the 2nd year class 0’s bastards, so I decided to ignore it.
‘No, thinking about it, it’s not as much as Jegal Jaegeol, but our homeroom teacher-nim has a tendency to take on a lot of work. I wish he would give some work to some other bastard and go play with us.’
It was probably the mindset of the 2nd year class 0 bastards when they constantly pestered Jegal Jaegeol to play with them, while restraining from violence that could cause him harm.
As I thought like this, the children glanced at me with eyes as if I looked suspicious.
In any case, we moved to the place to eat together prepared beforehand with assumption that Min Geurin will be joining us.
Maeng Hyodon thought the fact that we even secretly prepared a restaurant to eat out together was ridiculous.
“Hey, then let’s toast in the celebration of Hyodon’s victory! Hyodon, raise your glass, please.”
“Uh…”
After Kim Yuri proposed the toast, Maeng Hyodon awkwardly raised his glass and clicked his glass with children sitting around.
Today’s menu was a grill.
Inside the private room, the whole aged pork belly with garlic, leek[6] salmon steak, butter-grilled shrimps, etc, which children choose, were grilled in the same time on an enormous grill laying on the table for ten people.
At first, the restaurant offered a cook, but Hwang Jiho rejected them, saying he would do it personally.
It was a bit too much to have to watch this bastard cook while laughing ‘Hahahaha!’, but he grilled every menu item so well I was dumbfounded, so I wasn’t able to say anything.
“What country did grill come from? I think this type of cooking can be found all over Korean, Japanese, Chinese and western cuisine.”
“The origins aren’t confirmed, but there is a theory that ancient Mongolian soldiers cooked their food on their shields…”
After we ate all of the food, while listening to Kim Yuri’s explanation and Maeng Hyodon’s thoughts on victory.
For dessert, we decided to replace the grill with the freezing iron plate and make iron plate ice cream rolls.
Each of us made them personally with the ingredients we wanted, but except for Hwang Jiho, Min Geurin, Kwon Lena and Kim Yuri, all children had trouble because their ice cream rolls broke down.
I also failed at first, and Hwang Jiho said while laughing, ‘Shall I help you? I can help you if you ask.’ as if teasing me, so I devoted all my efforts to succeed in the second try.
The made like this vanilla iron plate ice cream with banana and choco chips topping were unusually delicious.
After all class children succeeded in making their dessert, the conversation topic centered on Maeng Hyodon again.
“Hyodon, then are you not going to become teacher Tak Geosan-nim’s disciple?”
“It seems that He has outstanding tutoring abilities.” [7]
“Right. I didn’t expect Uisin’s Bread Shuttle to win even once against Hyodon.”
Maeng Hyodon, who in the meantime was finding Bang Yunseop’s smoking spots and chasing him around, would know about it much better.
Tak Geosan, who had never accepted a disciple before, proved his abilities with Bang Yunseop’s case.
The children’s gazes concentrated on Maeng Hyodon.
“I don’t know.”
“Don’t know?”
“That grandpa… no, ascetic… teacher-nim is powerful, and it seems that he teaches well, but I don’t think I have to become so powerful that I even need to become that darn ascetic’s disciple.”
It seemed that Maeng Hyodon called Tak Geosan ‘teacher-nim’ after a few attempts, but why did he return to ascetic in the middle?
‘… As expected, this event isn’t enough to move him.’
If it was Maeng Hyodon, at the point of time when he was rescued in the game, he would agree straight away, but the current him was different.
Unlike at the time during his 2nd year days when many incidents couldn’t be blocked, the few incidents that broke out were possible to block by the Association and government of this world.
In addition, excluding his revered middle school teacher, all Maeng Hyodon’s friends and teacher-nims were high-ranking Players.
Not only that, even if Maeng Hyodon ran into an otherworld by chance, he would be able to deal with Enemies while somewhat playing an active role.
He wouldn’t be able to think that he would have to become stronger in the immediate future.
For Maeng Hyodon this world he was in was peaceful and there was no reason he had to become stronger.
‘However, the danger will come to this world.’
If Maeng Hyodon becomes powerful at that time, he will become a very big power.
As Tak Geosan proved his abilities, now I will have to give him motivation.
Maeng Hyodon will have a bit of trouble, but I’ll have to steel my heart for him.
“Why is this fucker smiling so suspiciously again?”
Maeng Hyodon was looking at me with very wary eyes, but as I pretended I didn’t know and just smiled, other guys also thought I was suspicious.
“It’s a bit of a pity that we’re parting here.”
“I think so too!” [8]
“Is it because we spent every day together for the study meeting?”
After the after-party ended, some children among those, who were about to go back to the dormitory, spoke like this.
Hearing those words, Kim Yuri suggested straight away.
“Then, do you want to go to my house to play more?”
At those words, all children, excluding Song Daeseok, became happy.
‘Luckily, the other kids started the conversation first.’
The next day after the final exams ended.
If possible, I wanted to be at Kim Yuri’s side.
We talked until late night, and then everyone decided to sleep at Kim Yuri’s house and then go.
Kim Yuri gladly offered empty guest rooms.
The children, who were tired from talking, fell asleep one after one and…
I pretended to drink water and come to the living room to wait.
‘In the game, there was a description it was immediately after the final exam, but it’s not very accurate. It may be a day or two later. For that reason, I’ll come up with an excuse and stay here again tomorrow…’
Opportunely, it was the weekend, so there were a few excuses worth making.
The dark living room, with only one light stand lit up.
When I was quietly siting alone and holding a cup of water.
“What are you doing here?”
I looked back with a swish, and there was Hwang Jiho there.
From the moment we came to Kim Yuri’s house, Hwang Jiho was somewhat absentminded as if he was busy with work with his alter-ego.
I expected him to go to sleep to relieve the alter-ego’s load, but I guess he was awake again.
“I’m drinking water.”
“You were just holding that cup of water for a while now.”
I had no idea for how long that bastard was observing me.
“There is no one else, so let’s talk about the Death of Imoogi…”
Hwang Jiho, who was in the middle of speaking, closed his mouth.
And quietly stared in the direction of the stairs leading to the 2nd floor.
Is someone coming?
Soon, together with the sound of heavy footsteps, Kim Yuri appeared.
Looking as she wasn’t wearing slippers and came barefoot, it seemed she was very lost.
“Uisin, Jiho…”
Kim Yuri, who looked at us and spoke, was terribly frightened.
Out of instinct, I looked at Kim Yuir’s left hand.
Under her rolled up sleeve, there was no thick strap watch, which she was usually wearing on her left hand’s wrist.
And any traces of the Gwangrim Sealing Art’s seal disappeared.
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[1] No title — ‘Connection with god (6)’ =-=
[2] “Ah… Daeseok is correct. I made a mistake. My apologies.” — This and above above sentence are Sawol Seeum’s sentences.
[3] dysfunctional family — in raws ‘soybean powder’. It’s a slang for all kinds of dysfunctional families. Abusive families, estranged families, or families divided because of power struggle (which would be the case Tak Geosan is referring to here). They are called soybean powders because soybean powder is used to prevent rice cakes from sticking together (and believe this translator when they say it, rice cakes are VERY sticky).
[4] “I guess the 2nd class is also holding an after-party.” — Sawol Seeum’s sentence
[5] “Uh, wait a moment. If we do something like this, wouldn’t we also be able to go out with teacher Ham Geunhyeong-nim?” — Sawol Seeum’s sentence
[6] leek — garlic chives, Allium tuberosum.
[7] “It seems that He has outstanding tutoring abilities.” — Sawol Seeum’s sentence
[8] “I think so too!” — Sawol Seeum’s sentence
Translator’s note: I feel like author-nim is telling us, readers, to not only pay attention to who liked what food, to food colors and to the dishes’ names, but also where food/dish originated… My poor research bones ㅠㅠ
Happy New Lunar Year~!
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