Chapter 147

[Jang Namwook] Sorry, I just saw the message.

The message that had been sent by Jang Namwook was immediately marked to make sure Yoo Sanghoon also confirmed it.

[Jang Namwook] I’m sorry I’m late to report.

[Jang Namwook] Thanks to you, I came back safely.

I liked hearing that. I replied right away.

[Me] I said I was in the infirmary.

[Jang Namwook] Huh? Who did you hear that from? I just came by as an inspection.

[Me] I know that I have been blessed.

[Yoo Sanghoon] Oh?

The Player Military Academy, which trained players who proved to be nothing but human weapons into soldiers, was famous for being stricter compared to other military academies.

As an example to break the spirit of the first-year cadets, I gave the captain a cheer, so there was no way I could have made it difficult.

[Jang Namwook] I was thrilled because I was caught writing Sihoo Out-of-the-way as a proxy, but it’s no big deal. Alright.

[Yoo Sanghoon] ㅡㅡ

To be precise, I thought it should be noted that he had been crushed by the disaster he brought on his own while talking nonsense to the discipline officer. Looking at the emoticons that Yoo Sanghoon sent, it seemed that he had the same thoughts as me.

[Jang Namwook] It’s really okay. There’s a really bad kid in the infirmary right now, so things have been a bit harsh.

[Me] A kid in bad shape?

[Jang Namwook] Yes. I’ve been to and from the infirmary several times while I’m being tested. Then, the daily amount of recovery items was exceeded, so I am receiving treatment in the usual way.

[Yoo Sanghoon] ?

[Jang Namwook] He said that he became like that while fighting with the boys.

The identity of the man had now been guessed. It was probably the snarl that Do Sihoo had mentioned.

[Jang Namwook] There are still practical exams left, so isn’t it preparing for that? Others said that he has a lot of battles to do in the future. I thought he was a boy with a strong desire to win, but I can see that he does seem to work hard before finals. There is also a child like this, but I as the captain can’t afford to be rude or gimmicky.

It seemed that the first-year cadets of the military academy were happily beating the snitch through Dalian, as well as how to heal and bring it back.

‘This case deserves to be excluded from the rider… As long as Jang Namwook is the captain, that won’t happen in the same jockey.’

Even those at the military academy knew who would defeat the tellers through sound battles.

Yoo Sanghoon also noticed that, so he didn’t say anything more than that.

[Jang Namwook] I have a lot of messages to send, so I’ll get back to you next time. Thank you both very much. Without you, I might not have been able to find Sihoo yet, and I would have been thinking alone.

[Jang Namwook] Next time we meet, I’ll buy you a meal!

[Yoo Sanghoon] ㅇ

[Me] Alright.

Although this incident had been resolved safely, Jang Namwook, who went with the intention of dying and barely survived, had to be scolded. He searched the list of restaurants, thinking that he should punish him for buying expensive and delicious rice.

* * *

The next day, after school. Stalemate’s insolvency located in the general club hall.

“Are you here to play? Uh, did Jiho come today too?”

“Hahaha! If I had known they were playing, I would have come to watch the game yesterday.”

“…I’m very interested in chess. Are you good at chess?”

Hwang Jiho smiled meaningfully at Han-yi’s question. Looking at that playful face, Han-yi made a subtle expression.

“Then let’s go to the big game room together! Oh, there’s Yeom Jun-yeoul sunbaenim coming over there.”

Right before entering the game room, Yeom Jun-yeoul and Cheon Dong-ha appeared.

“Senior, hello!”

“…Yes, bye.”

The moment he saw Sawol Saeum, Yeom Jun-yeoul’s face darkened a little. Yong Je-geon, who caught this small change, looked at Yeom Jun-yeoul and Sawol Saeum alternately before asking Cheon Dong-ha.

“Did Jun-yeoul come to watch the match?”

“Yes. Jin-seung-yi made a fuss about coming, but he thought it would be a hindrance to the game. Instead, I decided to come and see.”

Cheon Dong-ha, a sophomore in the leadership team, had a monstrous memory. If he, who was a chess champion and genius last year, directly watched the game and gave an explanation, Ma Jin-seung would have had no choice but to convince him.

“Then let’s sit down.” Yeom Jun-yeoul advised me to sit at the chessboard table.

At this point, a question arose. ‘Why don’t you react even when you see Hwang Jiho?’

Even if one didn’t know that Hwang Jiho was a noble, you would be able to recognize that he was a Jin. Hwang Jiho didn’t seem to come into Yeom Jun-yeoul’s eyes right now.

“Then I will watch. go for it.”

“… Okay.”

Even though Cheon Dong-ha threw out words of support, the reaction was not cool.

Before the start of the match, when I shook hands with Yeom Jun-yeoul, the sense of incongruity grew even greater.

‘I think my hands are colder than last time.’

He was still warmer than me, but Yeom Jun-yeoul’s hands were cold. If his condition WAS not good, wouldn’t it be better to postpone the match?

The referee, Yong Je-geon, seemed to have the same idea, but Yeom Jun-yeoUl spoke in a polite tone. “Coin toss, please.”

Yong Je-geon didn’t like it very much, but in the end, he listened to the words of his descendants, whom he cherished like his real brother.

The result of the coin being thrown…

The player was Yeom Jun-yeoul, and the other player was me. When it went through the opening that was smoothly developed as Sicilian Defense and continued to the middle game.

‘…What kind of resin is this? Does it make sense?’

An unexpected number came out in a bad sense, not a good one.

‘How the hell are you going to fix this? … . You gave me a knight and a look at the same time.’

Yeom Jun-yeoul shook hands, but he had no intention of seeing him in chess. When the pieces of the white gradually decreased was the moment when Yeom Jun-yeoul passed the turn by pressing the chess clock.

At this, I could see Yong Je-geon and the audience wide open their eyes, bewildered. I couldn’t believe what Yeom Jun-yeoul had put, so I checked it several times, but it was the same when I looked at it again.

‘Yum Jun-yeoul committed suicide…!’

In chess, there were several forbidden numbers. It was the number of suicides that put the number in which one’s own king was captured. If the only number left to play was suicide, the game would end as a stalemate, but in the current situation, there were many remaining numbers to play.

In such a situation, if the number of suicides was counted, it would then be treated as a loss by foul.

‘I didn’t notice…?’

Chess was a game of manners and manners. Jin couldn’t open his mouth until he admitted defeat. I stared straight at Yeom Jun-yeol.

“…?”

Yeom Jun-yeoul, who felt my gaze, raised his head and looked at me. I rolled my eyes and looked at his king quietly. Yeom Jun-yeoul also saw his king, and his expression shifted.

“…I lost.” Yeom Jun-yeoul reached out his cold hand and asked for a handshake.

At this, Yong Je-geon unlocked the space where the sound was blocked, and the surrounding noise began to be heard. There were a lot of fans who came to hear that Jun-yeoul was playing a game, so there were a lot of murmurs here and there.

“Yes? What just happened? Eushin didn’t call the check.”

“This match is a victory for Jo Eushin. The descendants of the Balaur suffered a foul.”

“Foul loss?”

“Looking at the location of the last bishop he moved…” Hwang Jiho was explaining the hologram to Sawol Saeum and Han-yi.

Meanwhile, Yong Je-geon approached with a stiff expression and spoke to Yeom Jun-yeoul. “Jun-yeoul, let’s go back and rest.”

“Yes? … The match is over soon, so there is still time. One more time if your confidence is okay…!”

Paah! Pot! Pot!

Yong Je-geon used space technique to cover all the chess boards in the game room with colored spaces. As if the day was standing, the ideological wave spread, and the game room became quiet, almost as if cold water had been poured on it.

It seemed that Yong Je-geon had cut off the sound between the audience and the chess table again.

“In that state? It is not polite to the opponent to play a match like this.”

“Je-geon hyung….”

“I’m still in school, so I should call you teacher.”

“…I’m sorry.”

Even Yong Je-geon sometimes treated Yeom Jun-yeoul harshly. I couldn’t help but think of this, but the moment Yeom Jun-yeoul turned his back, he had an incredibly sad expression on his face.

He seemed to regret that Jun-yeoul had been hurt by what he had said a few seconds ago.

“I’m sorry, my lord. If it’s okay, would you like me to play the game again later?”

“It’s okay. See you next time.”n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

“Okay, thanks.”

Yeom Jun-yeoul then turned back with a smile on his face. Je-geon then followed him with a more spirited look.

“Senior Yeom Jun-yeoul, what’s wrong with you?”

“Hmm….”

Sawol Saeum spoke anxiously whilst Hwang Jiho was watching the situation with twinkling eyes. He seemed to have to quickly switch the subject before Hwang Jiho could dig up something.

“I was asked to go shopping, so let’s go shopping.”

“Ah, Green and Dae-seok are also coming today. Let’s go buy some snacks!”

“The candy I got as a bonus yesterday was delicious. Buy it.”

I decided to buy snacks today as an excuse for coming to cheer. Hwang Jiho laughed at the words I spouted out and went to the dessert shop in Hwangmyeong Tower and picked up expensive snacks.

However, I decided to move on with an open mind, as I only pick out delicious things and all the children in my class will eat.

After shopping, we arrived at Kim Yuri’s house.

“Oh, come on!” Kim Yuri welcomed us several times warmer and more than usual. The atmosphere in the living room was a bit gloomy.

Maeng Hyo-don was then sitting with a sullen face. Kwon Lena smiled awkwardly and waved her hand. I could then feel a sense of incongruity within this landscape.

‘I can’t see Min Green. Did you go home?’

However, Song Dae-seok was crumpled in the corner of the living room with a somber face.

This was proof that Min Green existed. If she was not here, she would never look back and go home.

With this in mind, I looked around before asking Kim Yuri, “What happened?”

“How am I supposed to explain it? So… Dae-seok and Green had a fight.”

* * *

Seo Seoul Lake Park. Eternal Lake Team Building.

At the entrance of the building, the team members were busy moving. They memorized the script written on the hologram and checked the movement.

“I had to hire a professional screenwriter in advance…. How long did it take you to make this?”

“Isn’t it natural to buy more Haeju items?”

“Team Doctor smoke is too serious. Seriously, I can’t see why.”

Currently, the entire Eternal Lake team building had been transformed into a set. It was all due to team master Kwon Jae-in.

—The next time Lena visits here, she will curse the Silence Oath.

The team members, who were bewildered at first, were extremely angry when they heard about the two oaths of silence on Kwon Lena. Jared Lee, who had already known about it, found himself getting angry once again.

I felt it to the point of going back to Kwon Lena’s adoptive parents, who were being imprisoned. In addition to this, she had a meeting with Kwon Jae-in, who was reckless and wanted to use Haeju items. As a result of the meeting, they decided to work on Haeju ‘naturally pretending to be a coincidence.’ The method was a squeezing play that mobilized team members.

“Come on, let the rehearsal begin!”

At Jared Lee’s signal, the team began to move in a hurry. The rehearsal was very sluggish as the NG and script replacement work was repeated several times because Jared Lee, who was the general director, was not satisfied.

‘My turn is still far away.’

It was late afternoon as the sun was rising longer and longer, but the light was still there. At dusk, the boundary between day and night. While appreciating the color of the setting sun reflected on her water surface, she felt a foreign psychic wave.

It was a vague and vague trace, but she could recognize it immediately.

‘A fragment of a butterfly…!’

Recalling her contact, Kwon Jae-in felt a burning sensation in her intestines. She sprinted over her lake and started running after her piece.

She ran for a while when she moved away from team building. A shadow fluttered across the hem of her long dress.

“Why are you here?” Kwon Jae-in’s voice trembled thinly, but a blue psychic wave with a blade-like momentum began to flow through her body.

“There is a saying that birds hear the words of the day, and mice hear the words of the night, right? I didn’t like birds or mice, so I came at a time that is neither day nor night.” She had no substance to the contact with the scale powder.

Even if she attacked with all her might, it was meaningless. Kwon Jae-in regained her reason and calmed her omnipotence.

“I don’t want to hear you. Information is exchanged through the Baron.”

“There is a lot of snow there.”

“I’ll send Jared.”

Before Kwon Jae-in turned her back on her and left her seat, her receptionist spoke in a smiling tone of voice. “Your one remaining blood may be in danger. It seems that he is going to select the offerings from the first years of Eungwang High.”

Kwon Jae-in took a small breath in her. Her stomach, which had just burned, seemed to freeze.

She said, ‘I know about Lena…’

Her choice of contact reminded me of what had happened to her own family.

‘… And ‘he’? ‘Sacrifice’?’

At this, Kwon Jae-in’s blue eyes turned blurry