NOVPUBEun Gwang-go residential area, 2nd grade building.
Jiiing... ...!
The band-type device Han-i was wearing vibrated, signaling the morning.
As soon as he opened his eyes, Han-i turned on the device’s notepad.
There were several words written in the notepad.
They were words spoken to Han-i by someone in an unidentified dream.
Han-i carefully checked the words.
‘The number of words I can recognize has increased.’
At first, I could only recognize the words trying to say something, but it was difficult to read the movements of the lips because the shape was not visible.
As time passed, I gradually recognized one word, but after that, it was difficult to recognize it.
Sometimes, the person who was blindfolded did not appear in the dream, and no matter how hard I tried, I could not see the image well, so I could not achieve results.
Then, Han-i lost to Dokgo Mi-ro in a duel.
This made Han-i decide to become stronger, and he had no time to lose his mind in the dream.
However, the dream continued.
‘The fact that my vocabulary has increased means that I have grown again.’
During the difficult training and repeated dreams, Han-i realized something.
The more Han-i grew and became stronger, the more clearly he began to see what the being in his dreams was trying to say.
The words Han-i read were as follows:
‘Identity’, ‘Wish’, ‘Heaven’.
‘And the word I read today is ‘Shin-in’.
‘Shin-in’ has several meanings in Korean, but it wasn’t hard to guess what it refers to.
Considering that the words he had read so far included ‘heaven’ and that it was a word spoken by someone who was presumed to be a higher being, it seemed to refer to the Shin-in (神人) in the Gaecheon myth.
Han-i deduced while recalling the contents of the Gaecheon myth.
‘The sky opened and the gods came down and granted the wishes of the sacred tigers. ‘The new man was the son of the god of heaven, and was served by the divine tiger.’
Han-yi continued to think calmly based on what he had learned in school classes.
When he thought of the wishes of the white tiger, yellow tiger, and blue tiger from the Gaecheon myth, a thought suddenly crossed his mind.
‘Are the divine tigers the only ones who made wishes?’
The god granted the wishes of the divine tigers because they had distinguished themselves in the war against the enemy.
However, the gods also participated in that war.
Wouldn’t the god have granted the wishes of the new man as well?
Perhaps there were others besides the gods and the divine tigers who had their wishes granted.
However, he couldn’t continue his thoughts because he lacked clues.
It would be more certain to read more words from that dream than to think alone.
‘To do that, I have to become stronger. Should I ask Jeong-muk to spar with me one more time? No, I said there was someone I wanted to fight this week.’
Han-yi collected his thoughts and prepared to go out.
It was still early, but he was planning to go to school early this week because he was worried about his classmate.
He had to hurry to finish his morning training and go to school.
‘... ... What’s the point of figuring out that dream? Shouldn’t I just focus on training?’
Before leaving his dorm room, Han-yi closed the holographic notepad with floating words for the last time.
After closing the notepad, he opened the link to the game trailer video that included Dokgo Miro’s song.
When he pressed the play button, the bone conduction earphones vibrated slightly and sent vibrations to his ears.
Han-yi couldn’t hear it, but he listened to the song that his friend was singing as he walked to school.
Feeling the vibration created by Dokgo Miro’s singing, he felt motivated to overcome the harsh training today as well.
* * *
Eun Kwang High School students were busy preparing for the event ahead of Teacher’s Day on Saturday.
Classes where the homeroom teachers and students were not very close were planning to pass quietly without an event, but most classes were different.
In particular, Class 0 was moving to prepare for Teacher’s Day regardless of grade.
“I contacted Seolbi and Luis. They said they would definitely come. They even brought gifts.”
In the classroom before the assembly began.
Kim Yuri said with a bright face, as if she had succeeded in recruiting the attendants.
Kim Yuri not only called him Luis when Ong Gil-dong was not around, but also wrote “Luis Perena” instead of his real name on the electronic board.
Kim Yuri’s considerate attitude touched me from the morning.
“... ... They’re gifts? I’m worried.”
Song Dae-seok said, not hiding his displeasure.
Min Green seemed to be wondering if it was okay for his friends to say those words to Song Dae-seok.
Honestly, I also feel uneasy about the gifts from the officials, so I hope I don’t say anything to Song Dae-seok.
“Hey, I want to prepare something different from last year!”
“Lena, what did you do last year?”
“There were a lot of kids who weren’t there then. I’ll show you the pictures.”
Kwon-Lena showed me the pictures she took on Teacher’s Day last year.
Since Min-Green had just started school, there were only 8 students in total, which was less than the current number.
The sight of Min-Green appreciating the wild carnations and having a tea party looked very harmonious.
A few of the kids who couldn’t go to school then looked a little envious.
“Let’s have a tea party this year too. We have a lot of money left in the class budget, so we can eat pretty much anything.”
Kim Yu-ri said, taking into consideration the feelings of the kids who weren’t there then.
The faces of the kids who were envious brightened up a little.
In addition, Sa-wol-se-eum suggested an idea.
“I want to have a tea party and a fancy event like Chan-sol seniors!”
“Hmm, a fancy event. Is the class budget enough? If it’s not enough, I’ll increase it.”
“... ... He talks as if he’s giving the budget.”
Dokgo Mi-ro said with a tired expression at Hwang Ji-ho’s nonsense.
No, in fact, Hwang Ji-ho wasn’t talking nonsense, and it was exactly as Dokgo Mi-ro had guessed.
After hearing Dokgo Mi-ro’s monologue, Song Dae-seok and Kim Yu-ri tried hard to change the subject.
After that, the children in the class started to express various opinions about the fancy event.
As it turned out, Sa-wol Se-eum was talking about Geumchanwangchan, and the story about the event the seniors had held on Teacher’s Day came up.
‘I don’t know why the Geumchanwangchan seniors keep trying to bring bad things to the good Sa-wol Se-eum.’
Sa-wol Se-eum sent a message to Geumchanwangchan on the spot to get advice.
The advice included ‘how to kidnap a teacher.’
The kidnapping plan had something I had suggested, so I was speechless.
Am I also bringing bad water to Sa-wol-se-eum?
“If I do this, will Teacher Ham Geun-hyeong give me some time?”
“Causing an incident during the morning or evening ceremonies to make the teacher let his guard down and take advantage of that gap... ... I’m not confident in a surprise attack, but I’ll give it a try.”
“Assaulting the homeroom teacher seems crazy, but I might want to try a surprise attack and kidnapping that Changcheonmyeonggung.”
Even if Mok Woo-ram is like that, I never thought Dokgo Mi-ro would say something like that.
Dokgo Mi-ro is a person with basic common sense, but he seems to have a strong tyrannical side when it comes to fighting and battles.
Meanwhile, Maeng Hyo-don, who was thinking hard about something alone, raised his head at the word ‘surprise attack’ and said.
“... ... Can I do that to Do-in?”
“I think Do-in would really like it if Hyo-don made a surprise attack!”
There are a lot of things that are too extreme for the kids in our class to do, but there are a lot of kids that like it, and Maeng Hyo-don seems to be getting his energy back, so what, okay?
I was a little worried, but I decided to trust the good kids in our class and help them.
It was when the plan was somewhat organized.
“But isn’t Mr. Ham Geun-hyung busy? He’s been to Hongcheon with Grandpa Song a few times... ... He came to the baseball stadium really quickly.”
“I heard Mr. Ham Geun-hyung has a business trip scheduled for May 15th. If we’re going to have an event, it should be on the 14th.”
Kim Yu-ri answered Min-geun’s words.
He even checked Mr. Ham Geun-hyung’s schedule in advance. As expected, the capable class president was different.
Kim Yu-ri asked each student a question, thinking she was going to check all of the students’ schedules while she was at it.
It was Han’s turn.
Han was absentminded, so he ended up answering late.
“Han, are you sick? You’ve been training really hard in the morning... ... “You haven’t said anything since earlier.”
Dokgo Mi-ro asked worriedly.
If there was something wrong with Han-yi, his so-called best friend Hwang Ji-ho would have already made a fuss and sent him to the infirmary.
Han-yi seemed to be thinking about something else.
‘He’s been focusing on training lately. Maybe he’s been doing some mind training?’
I made a rough hypothesis, but somehow it didn’t seem to be the answer.
If he had been training internally, he would have been sharp and not so absent-minded.
Han-yi thought for a moment and then said as if making an excuse.
“I thought Jeong-muk was running late.”
Now that I think about it, Jeong-muk wasn’t there.
On Monday, he came quite early and guarded a corner of the classroom, probably because he was worried after hearing the news about Maeng Hyo-don, but he wasn’t there today.
There was still plenty of time before school, but he decided to look into it.
The kids in the class turned on their devices as if they had planned it and checked the Eun-gwang High School bulletin board.
“Oh, there’s a witness story about Jeongmuk! I think he’s going to fight again.”
“That kid again? Who’s he going to fight with this time?”
The kids in the class got up one by one, even though no one had asked them to.
It’s become a culture in our class to go see Jeongmuk’s secret fights and cheer him on when the time is right.
It’s become a common routine for Jeongmuk to fight someone, but when they confirmed who he’s going to fight this time, the kids in the class were surprised.
Jeongmuk’s opponent was someone I know well.
“He’s going with Soo-hyeok!”
“Really? I have to call Da-in!”
“Let’s go quickly! It’ll be hard to get a spot!”
The dark swordsman of the second year, class 0, Jeongmuk, who is defeating the masters of Eun-gwang High School at breakneck speed.
Even in Eun-gwang High School, which is full of geniuses, talents, and gifted students, the perfect hero, Ju Soo-hyeok, is said to be born with unparalleled talent.
Since both players use swords as their main weapons, I thought that the day would come when they would fight, but I didn’t know that it would be today.
The playground in front of the second-year area, which was mentioned as the place of sighting, was quite crowded with people.
The airboard flying in from the sky seemed to indicate that everyone had heard the news and was coming.
‘It’s so early and there are so many people.’
It seemed like all the Eun-gwang high school students who were currently at school had gathered.
“I heard from Kyung-gu hyung that you would come, but now you’re here. I’ve been waiting for you to come find me.”
“Wait
It’s an honor to have you. Will you accept the challenge?”
Joo Soo-hyuk would never avoid a challenge.
Unless there was a possibility that the opponent would be seriously injured or there was a more important fight, Joo Soo-hyuk would definitely accept.
“Okay. But there’s a condition.”
“Go ahead.”
I thought he would readily agree, but Joo Soo-hyuk presented a condition.
As a member of the leadership team, was there something he could ask of Jin Jeong-mook?
“If I win... ... .”
Shhh!
Joo Soo-hyuk swung his beloved sword ‘Dubitnarae’ in one breath as soon as he opened his mouth.
Because of the wind pressure created by the sword and the trajectory of the power wave, Joo Soo-hyuk’s words could not be heard, and the shape of his mouth could not be seen.
He intentionally wanted to hide that condition from the audience.
I wondered why, but seeing his body movements, I was impressed because Joo Soo-hyuk’s skills seemed to have improved even more.
“Why did you make that condition?”
“Because I thought my friend would do something dangerous for his friends.”
Joo Soo-hyuk thought there was no need to hide his next words, so he carded Dubitnarae again.
Jin Jeong-mook understood Joo Soo-hyuk’s intention and did not mention the condition.
After a few seconds, Jin Jeong-mook nodded.
“It seems like a condition that does not go against humanity. Okay.”
Joo Soo-hyuk smiled at Jin Jeong-mook’s answer.
Joo Soo-hyuk smiled brightly enough that it seemed like a whirlwind blew at the same time as he smiled.
“Thank you. Instead, if I lose, I will arrange a duel with Master Kwak.”
“Iron Blood Twin Swords Kwak Dae-hyeop... ...! Really?”
Joo Soo-hyuk's teacher, Kwak Kyung-gu's father, Kwak Sa-beom, is not someone you can easily meet.
If Jin Jeong-muk uses the connections of Jeolheukpungrim, it would be difficult to make a sparring appointment as a mere student.
"Yeah. I'll make room even if it means reducing my training time."
After saying that, Joo Soo-hyuk looked around the audience.
Maybe it was because of his mood, but it seemed like Joo Soo-hyuk was looking in my direction.
