The love of the Jeokho couple continued until lunchtime.

Thanks to this, their son Kim Shin-rok, who received a lot of love from the couple, couldn't come to his senses.

The couple not only took care of each other, but also took care of Kim Shin-rok's meals.

When Kim Shin-rok opened his mouth wide and looked embarrassed at the sight of the Jeokho couple lovingly feeding each other, the couple also put food in their son's mouth.

"You look so happy. I guess it tastes better when someone else feeds you!"

"My son and I are not strangers."

"Jeho, should I feed you too? Or how about you feed me?"

Yong Je-geon, who was only saying what he wanted to say and scratching Kim Shin-rok's insides, imitated and almost got a pin stuck in his tongue.

Kim Shin-rok, who couldn't come to his senses even after finishing his meal, almost slipped on the gym floor, and Ungnyeo saw this and stared at the floor.

Just looking at him made it seem like he could tear the floor apart.

When he was contemplating whether to stop him because the atmosphere was so tense, Hwang Ji-ho spoke.

“Ungnyeo, it takes time to construct the floor for the player gym. You have class tomorrow, so be patient.”

“You should pay attention to the management of the gym. If something like this happens again, we’ll have to tear it down.”

“......You didn’t plan on just tearing down the floor, did you? I understand. I don’t want our descendants to get hurt because of the school facilities either.”

Ungnyeo spoke softly, but her words weren’t so gentle.

If Kim Shin-rok had really fallen, she would have tried to tear it down immediately.

But considering the inaction Kim Shin-rok showed in his previous fight with Yeom Jun-yeol, he would have easily escaped without a single scratch even if he was in the middle of the collapsing gym. Isn’t that overprotective?

Hwang Ji-ho also stared at the gym floor with a complicated expression, perhaps thinking about something similar even though he answered like that.

“I’m glad that your homeroom teacher is doing well with his family.”

“......That’s right.”

Meanwhile, Andain, who seemed to have a lot of clan power, just looked at this scene happily.

Although Joo Soo-hyuk had not become a clan power, he seemed to be happy because Andain was happy.

With this, an important mission was accomplished.

‘Now, the rumors linking me and Andain will decrease.’

Joo Soo-hyuk already knew the secret behind Andain’s birth, but he didn’t know much about the surrounding environment.

Since Joo Soo-hyuk was an outsider, there were things he had to hide, and as a result, unnecessary misunderstandings arose, and a scandal that seemed like my clothes would burst broke out.

Now that one obstacle was gone, my worries were reduced.

I left the gym with a much lighter heart.

Today was the first day of school, so there were only morning classes, but there were still many students staying at school.

‘Looking at the fact that there are still many students who are not dormitory students, I guess there are many clubs that are convening today.’

The newspaper club I belong to will start its activities tomorrow, but it seemed like some of them had gathered a day early.

They were probably clubs or small groups that were looking to recruit additional members or clubs related to the sports exchange events at the military academy.

‘Come to think of it, Yong Je-geon said he was going to do club activities earlier, too.’

During lunch, Yong Je-geon started talking without being asked.

Yong Je-geon, the advisor of the chess club Stalemate, had decided to meet with the club members today to celebrate the start of the new school year.

Although he was a dragon of the entertainment world who was reluctant to approach when he was laughing ecstatically, he did his job and had a certain level of popularity, so the club members asked Yong Je-geon to come first.

‘Stalemate said that they will soon hold an intra-school competition in the form of a sudden death tournament. There, we will choose a representative from among those who did well and the past champions.’

There are currently two chess champions at Eun Gwang High School.

One is the winner from the year before last, Cheon Dong-ha, and the other is me, the winner from last year.

I think Cheon Dong-ha and I will be selected as representatives if we put our minds to it.

Three people compete in the chess team competition, but since we choose a total of four people including one candidate, there are two empty spots.

I was thinking of the faces of the people who could be selected as representatives at our school.

Bam!

I heard a croaking sound and looked up to see a crow.

They were the followers of the crow demon king Sidelentium, who visits the sacred territory with the permission of the powerful clan.

As expected of the followers of the demon king who uses silence and indifference as modifiers, they did not cry unlike ordinary crows.

Thanks to that, there are still students who do not recognize their existence, but reports of crow sightings are increasing all over Eun Gwang High School.

The crow flapped its wings as if to show that it was watching me.

Since it didn’t seem like it would go somewhere else even if I told it to, I spoke to the crow.

“The people you’re about to meet are, by school standards, moody and violent students. They might cause a scene by calling the crow ominous, so hide yourself.”

Since I was about to have an important deal with Sidelentium, I gave it a warning to show my sincerity.

The crow flew toward the shade of the trees, which was relatively less noticeable, but it circled around in acrobatics as if it was expecting who I was going to meet.

The crow, which had been flying at a distance from me, stopped making a sound when we arrived at the meeting place.

“You’re late! Why did we get here first?”

“You’ve grown so much, junior, for making your senior wait?”

“Hello, it’s been a while since I’ve seen you. How have you been during the vacation?”

“Of course I have!”

Geum Chan-sol and Wang Chan-sol were talking nonsense, but I greeted them first and checked the time.

It was exactly the time we had promised.

I didn’t even ask them to come first, so I don’t know why they came and said such things.

Geum Chan-sol and Wang Chan-sol bragged about how well they had been doing, but I just ignored the part about Jegal Jae-geol.

I guess they came early and waited because they wanted to brag.

“Even though I saw our Jegal teacher a lot during the vacation, it felt new when I saw him again today!”

“The class next door was completely quiet during the test today, but our class was harmonious. It’s all thanks to our homeroom teacher.”

Class 1, Grade 3 is a special class, where the best and strongest students from among the top students gather.

It’s a class where Cheon Dong-ha, the top student, and Yeom Jun-yeol, the student council president, are, so how could there be a problem?

But come to think of it, the local council president, Gye I-dam, was also a member of Class 1.

There may have been some exaggeration in order to praise their homeroom teacher, but it seemed like it was obvious without asking why Class 1, Grade 3 was being talked about like that by the seniors of Class 0.

“So, why did you call us?”

“We’re busy. Tell me quickly.”

Judging from the fact that they came early and waited for no reason and kept talking for a long time, they didn’t seem that busy.

Still, since I was the one who called them out, I decided to accommodate them.

“The seniors of Grade 3 are going on a school trip soon.”

“......Ah.”

“......A school trip?”

Geum Chan-sol and Wang Chan-sol suddenly made gloomy expressions.

I was wondering why they were like that, so I stared at them quietly, and the two Chan-sols grumbled and said.

“Suspicious vice-chairman, if you call us out like this and make that kind of expression while talking about the event, it’s obvious! You must be thinking that something suspicious will happen there!”

“So, what’s going on and what should we do? Do you know that our teacher Jegal is going on the school trip too?”

Those two seniors were weird, but they weren’t stupid or clueless, so it was easy to ask them for something.

It’s not easy to just ask for something, but when it came to Jegal Jae-geol, it was easier than anyone else to take action.

“There’s something I need you two to help me with. I especially need Senior Geum Chan-sol’s help.”

The expressions on Geum Chan-sol and Wang Chan-sol’s faces as they listened to the explanation became increasingly strange.

They looked like they didn’t know why I was asking them this.

However, in a situation where the conditions on the chessboard had drastically changed, in order to block the two unknown moves of the mastermind, even the allies had no choice but to use moves that even the allies couldn’t figure out.

Geum Chan-sol listened to me and thought deeply before saying,

“This can’t be leaked out, right?”

“Yes, if things go wrong, the people on the school trip will be in danger. Move with someone you can trust.”

“Geumchan, I’ll help you too!”

As expected, since the safety of the participants in the school trip was at stake, the two quickly showed a cooperative stance, just like they did during the Central Library underground storage incident.

The seniors of Class 0 could lie °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° down and say, “Then we won’t go on the school trip!”, but they probably knew that it would be impossible to convince Jegal Jaegyeol, the other students of Class 0, and the Eun Gwang High School students without properly explaining the reason.

‘The problem is next.’

There were two things I wanted to ask Geum Chansol.

One was easily resolved, but I still didn’t know what would happen with the other.

“What? Do you have another favor to ask?”

“Senior Geum Chansol, you said you had a relative on the board of directors of the Chinese Zhuche Concern. I need an introduction to him.”

“Is there something going on with Zhuche Concern? What are you going to do with the introduction?”

Geum Chansol was openly suspicious.

When I did some preliminary research, I heard that the chairman of the main pancreas concern was a close relative of Geum Chan-sol and that they had some contact, so it was natural to be wary.

However, there was someone else that Geum Chan-sol wanted to introduce.

“No, I want you to introduce me to someone else.”

“You want me to introduce you to someone else? Who is that?”

I said, thinking of a being that needed a connection with Jujak.

“A black tortoise, one of the four beasts.”

When I finished speaking, I made eye contact with a crow that was quietly watching me from a tree branch.

That night, because school had started, I received a flood of messages.

The first thing I checked was, of course, the messages sent by the kind and smart Heuk-ho, who had learned how to use the device.

[Heuk-ho] I went to school. I’m in the same class as Hwang-ho and Jae-ho.

[Heuk-ho] I introduced myself to the kids in my class. I didn’t make a single mistake.

[Heukho] I came home early without eating lunch. On the way home, Hwangho bought me some tteok-kkochi (skewered rice cakes).

[Heukho] I also ate a hotdog. Let's eat together next time.

Heukho, who went to Gwangil Elementary School for the first time, sent me a message right away whenever he had something to say, as if he was writing a one-line diary.

These were such precious stories that I wonder how happy I would have been if I had seen them in real time.

I made a list of snacks to eat with Ho and seriously thought about when and how to eat them.

It was natural to prepare a gift for Heukho, who was working so hard at school.

[Oktoyeon] Eunin-ah! The secret project that Eunin was so curious about will be revealed soon!ㅎㅎ He must have been really curious, so it went well, right?

Since I didn't know anything about Oktoyeon, I was momentarily confused about what he was talking about.

Then I remembered that he was starting a new business and sending new products.

I decided to pretend to be curious for the sake of Oktoyeon's happiness.

[Oktoyeon] Heukho is going to school now! Come visit with your school friends ㅎㅎㅎ Got it?

I got the feeling that the CEO of Daltokkitteok was talking about a new business that provides places to go out and play.

It was a secret, but the details were leaking out so much that I wondered if it was okay to keep it that way.

But even if Cheongho is like that, there are Hwang Jiho and Baek Ho-rang who are attending Eun Gwang High School, so I don't know if Oktoyeon will be happy if all the students who go to school really flock there.

I don't know what will happen in the future, but I promised to go for now.

Next, I checked the group message room where Yoo Sanghoon, Jang Namwook, and Do Sihoo are.

[Do Sihoo] Are you going to change your job? What are you going to do? You were good at close range combat when you were a tank, so don't do close range combat. ㅎㅎ

[Yoo Sanghoon] ㅋ

[Jang Namwook] Sanghoon will probably choose a suitable job considering the balance. There are Eun Gwang High School's Euishin and Gong Geumi! Sanghoon won't want a one-sided match either. He knows the meaning of the exchange match, so I believe he will keep his morals as a prospective pro player.

Yoo Sanghoon, who is planning to become a pro gamer, seemed to be planning to experience the military academy exchange match before PlayerZ's pro league.