"Why is that here?"

It felt like I was watching someone who didn't know the rules of chess randomly place pieces on the board and then ask me to make the next move.

'No, it's not certain yet that the White Tiger is the final student.'

It's true that I can see the White Tiger sitting in the 2nd-year Class 0, wearing a school uniform, but in this world, you can't take everything you see at face value.

For example, I myself have a power called Gwanglim, which allows me to borrow the appearance and abilities of others, and there are countless other abilities that can deceive the eye.

So, I immediately came up with two possibilities.

The first possibility is that the one in front of me isn’t the White Tiger.

Since the Tiger has discarded its true name, it’s impossible to tell whether it’s the true one or not.

Therefore, it’s possible that someone disguised themselves as the White Tiger and entered the classroom to cause confusion...

"Hahahahaha!"

...But that was unlikely.

With Hwang Ji-ho laughing like that next to me, who would bring a fake White Tiger right in the middle of the powerful Ho Clan's domain?

The first possibility collapsed, but that didn’t mean there weren’t other options.

The second possibility is that I might be seeing an illusion.

Coincidentally, there was someone in our class who could show illusions—Kwon Lena.

Could it be that Kwon Lena’s phantom banquet was behind this?

Although I hadn’t sensed the moment it was triggered and the quality was too high, could it be that Kwon Lena had grown significantly during the break?

But unfortunately, Kwon Lena wasn’t in the middle of an illusion performance.

She was talking to Mok U-ram, looking excited.

"Our class will have 100% attendance today!"

"There are many who care about attendance in our class, so I'm sure they’ll be happy."

No, before even considering if they would be happy or not, I still couldn't be sure whether that was really the White Tiger or whether this was really our class.

I shouldn’t be confident until I’ve eliminated all the uncertainties.

"To think someone with such extraordinary skill is in our class... it's surprising."

"What? Have you already challenged them to a duel? They do look strong."

"Not exactly. I simply gauged their skill based on how easily they noticed me while I was sneaking around on the way to the school and how unusual their movements were when organizing their locker."

From the conversation between Jin Jeong-muk and Maeng Hyo-don, it seemed that the person sitting there was indeed from our class.

I tried hard to deny the vague and ominous feeling that was slowly solidifying into reality, but then the decisive blow came.

"Wait a minute, the name tag says Baekho... isn’t it...?"

"You guys aren’t trying to hide it, are you?"

"Hahahahaha! That’s right, their name is Baekho-gun."

Song Dae-seok, who knew about the Ho Clan, was astonished, while Dokgo Mi-ro looked perplexed and alternated between looking at the White Tiger and Hwang Ji-ho.

Hwang Ji-ho cut in, laughing, "Hahahahaha!" but since it wasn’t being denied, it was basically confirming that a Ho Clan member from the Mythical Realm had joined us.

Kim Yoo-ri, a disciple of the Ho Clan's top sorcerer, Jook-ho, knew the White Tiger’s face, so she forced a smile.

Ah... I had no choice but to accept it...

'Is it really the White Tiger as the final student?'

The actions of the attention-seekers who were tracking down the final student to refuse attendance came to mind.

These attention-seekers were powerful individuals who had even infiltrated distant demon lairs overseas, but they had failed when they tried to meet the last student refusing to attend and had to retreat.

If that was the Tiger’s estate, it would make sense.

And Hwang Ji-ho had often boasted that he knew the last student personally.

Indeed, the two of them had known each other for thousands of years.

And even though both Tigers knew what I would think, they hadn’t revealed it and waited for this moment.

'Then the contact information for the last student, which I handed over to In Seon-oh, must have been the device code for this bastard.'

The two attention-seekers who had contacted the last student were extremely agitated.

If they had contacted the White Tiger, it was understandable that they would be furious.

At least, they would have been as angry as I was feeling right now.

Even though Goo Seul-bi and Ong Gil-dong were attention-seekers, they were still from our class and part of my playable characters, so I was angry at myself for not understanding their feelings.

No, no matter how I thought about it, the White Tiger was definitely the one who had done something wrong.

"...We wanted to get them to attend with our own power."

"...But in the end, they came on their own."

Goo Seul-bi and Ong Gil-dong stared at me and the White Tiger with resentment and sorrow dripping from their words.

If the attention-seekers were focusing on the White Tiger, it would be easy to guess that they had some connection to me.

Whenever I didn’t know anything and went for a walk with an angel at the Silver Light Valley, I must have been accompanied by that Tiger. Since the Tiger wasn’t wary of those attention-seekers, it seems they had witnessed it.

"The contact I handed over... So that’s it."

In Seon-oh smiled with an ambiguous expression and calmed down the attention-seekers.

It seemed that In Seon-oh hadn’t realized that the device code he received from Hwang Ji-ho was for the White Tiger.

Still, there was no effort or sincerity to hide the fact that the name “Baekho-gun” meant that it was a member of the Ho Clan from the Mythical Realm.

So, seeing the name on the White Tiger's name tag at this point, I was sure they had figured it out.

"Hwang Ji-ho and Baekho are laughing a lot since earlier! If they’re happy to attend, they should have done it sooner."

"...I wonder if it’s because I drew a tiger picture recently. Somehow, I feel like drawing again."

I heard the relatively peaceful conversation between Sa Wol-seum and Min Green.

Min Green had drawn a picture of the Black Tiger recently, so she must have absorbed a lot of tiger energy.

Even though she appeared almost human, the ratio of Tigers in our class had increased, so Min Green, with her keen senses, must have felt something.

Meanwhile, Hwang Ji-ho and the White Tiger stood still, laughing as they watched me deep in thought, and even when Cheong Ho tried to give them a hint to stop, they paid no attention.

I also glared at them, signaling for them to stop laughing, but suddenly something about the school uniform shirt caught my eye.

'Wait, wasn’t that the shirt I saw at the estate?'

It was just a black shirt when looked at separately, so it wasn’t obvious.

Baekho usually wore combat attire, but sometimes wore a shirt, too. It was likely that this was the school uniform.

That shameless White Tiger hadn’t been trying to hide it from the beginning!

I had felt some discomfort before, but if Hwang Ji-ho were to give the White Tiger a human identity, I would have expected it to be a school staff member.

I never imagined that Hwang Ji-ho, shameless as he was, would add a Tiger of the same age as him to Class 0.

But then I realized—Hwang Ji-ho was originally that shameless.

'Because the 13th Case was resolved successfully, that old Tiger was trying to live a school life with his friend.'

And the White Tiger didn’t even reject it, accepting it immediately.

Even though he knew he had been a staff member in the game world.

On top of that, he hadn’t even attended, causing worries for Teacher Ham Geun-hyeong and the class kids.

As I thought this, the White Tiger gave me a meaningful look.

I could tell even without the protective powers being exchanged.

'Didn't you say not to interfere? If you're annoyed, it’s better to retract your words.' It was obvious what he was thinking.

Ah, once again, as I expected, the White Tiger’s smile deepened.

"Hahahaha, it’s been a while since I laughed like this. Jo Yi-shin, stop being so stiff and say something. It’s unfair that only Baekho is enjoying himself."

"Baekho? Are you calling Baekho ‘Baekho’? It sounds better than ‘Ho-gun’, but if you say it fast, it almost sounds like ‘Ho-gu’."

"Hahahahaha!"

At Sa Wol-seum’s words, Hwang Ji-ho’s laughter erupted again, almost rolling on the floor.

It seemed like Hwang Ji-ho had given that name to the White Tiger just for this moment.

Hearing Hwang Ji-ho’s laughter and seeing the White Tiger laugh made an intense surge of anger rise from deep inside me.

As if responding to my emotions, the White Tiger’s smile grew, his mouth curling upwards.

Looking at him laughing, I wanted to blurt out, “What are you looking at?” but I suppressed the urge with {N•o•v•e•l•i•g•h•t} all my might.

'He would probably like it if I said that. It’s what I said when we first met.'

I couldn’t bear to see him enjoy it any more, so I swallowed my words.

Fortunately, seeing the White Tiger looking at me as though waiting for me to speak, I ended up not saying anything.

"Hahahaha! Baekho, what is Jo Yi-shin thinking? I bet he’s thinking that he doesn’t like you in a school uniform."

"No, Jo Yi-shin isn’t thinking that."

For the first time, the White Tiger said something meaningful.

At that moment, the class kids, who had been scattered talking, all turned their attention to us.

"The final student has never been seen talking, just laughing."

"Yeah. I wanted to greet them, but I missed the timing because they were laughing too much!"

Now wasn’t the right time.

That White Tiger was reading my thoughts, and he knew exactly what I was thinking when I saw him in that school uniform.

Don’t say anything.

"I think the school uniform suits you well. Don’t you think so?"

It did look good.

I did think that, but I didn’t think it was something I should say aloud.

I felt a strong impulse to take out my Sanbo Simgeumpa and swing it, whether it hit the White Tiger or not.

If our classmates hadn’t been there, I probably would’ve gone through with it.

"Looking at the vice class leader's face, I guess they really thought that."

"Why are you getting close to someone like that? Doesn’t it make you angry?"

"I’m frustrated. But we’re comrades in a more profound way."

"Ah, guys! The assembly time is coming, so let’s sit down."

Grumbling started to come from the attention-seekers, and Kim Yoo-ri was trying to calm them down when there was a commotion at the classroom door.

"Yong Je-geon, what are you doing in front of the classroom?"

"I’m just watching. Want to join?"

"No, thanks. Kim Shin-rok, were you watching too?"

"Y-yeah... I was caught by Yong Je-geon..."

The conversation between the three teachers could be heard.

It seemed that Yong Je-geon had abused his authority as the homeroom teacher and was eavesdropping on us while hiding with spatial magic.

A dragon from the You-hee realm would never miss the moment when three Ho Clan members from the Mythical Realm showed up, ensuring that 2nd-year Class 0 achieved 100% attendance.

I felt dizzy knowing that Yong Je-geon and Kim Shin-rok had witnessed all of this.

Teacher Ham Geun-hyeong, who had just entered the classroom, looked at the situation with a complex expression.

"Everyone, sit down. It’s a little early, but I’ll start taking attendance."

After I moved to my seat, the last one to sit down, everyone had taken their seats.

Teacher Ham Geun-hyeong looked pleased when he saw there were no empty seats, but his face was still complicated.

Of course, it was natural for him to feel dizzy since there were three Ho Clan members from the Mythical Realm in the class, along with a dragon from the You-hee realm.

On top of that, one of them was the chairman of the Silver Light Academy.

Still, Teacher Ham Geun-hyeong calmly called the names of the students.

Goo Seul-bi.

Kim Yoo-ri.

Dokgo Mi-ro.

Maeng Hyo-don.

Mok U-ram.

Min Green.

Baekho-gun.

Sa Wol-seum.

Song Dae-seok.

Ong Gil-dong.

Lee Re-na.

In Seon-oh.

Jo Yi-shin.

Jin Jeong-muk.

Han Yi.

Hwang Ji-ho.

Finally, after Hwang Ji-ho answered “Yes,” everyone’s names had been called.

Although I was filled with so much anger that I couldn’t speak, our class had finally achieved 100% attendance for the first time.