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nMidterm exams were held for four days.

nThe first day.

nFrom the first day, a straggler came out of 1st-grade class 0.

nNot long ago, he had a cool thought, thinking that he would hate to see a straggler in his class, but he probably thought that because of his mood.

nIt’s because of the mood.

nIt was important, so he thought about it twice.

n“We already got students that need to take additional exams?”

nHam Geun-hyung, who heard the news of the female student’s skipping of the tests, looked sorrowful.

nIt couldn’t be helped.

nShe was a kid saying that seven kids were too much.

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nEven if she was forced to sit down and take the test, she would not have been able to demonstrate her skills properly.

n“Teacher, the kids who don’t come…… do they even take the exams?”

n“Yeah. Eight people applied for remote testing in advance.”

nHam Geun-hyung nodded to Kim Yu-ri’s question.

nHe guessed everyone was still alive after all.

nHe thought that they at least wanted to get promoted.

nAlthough there was an incident before the exam, the midterm exam start time was approaching quickly.

n“Everyone get ready. When the class bell rings, the exam will begin immediately.”

nIn the end, the bag of peppermint candy that Kim Yuri had brought was distributed to the seven classmates of Class 0 and Ham Geun Hyung.

n* * *

nThe second day.

nIn the midst of the ongoing suffering of the silver light students, a news that pleased the students started going around.

n“Hey! Is it true that the moon rabbit rice cake will be sold in the school cafeteria throughout the midterm exams?”

n“It’s true. All the kids who didn’t eat at school yesterday are regretting it.”

n“It was my first time trying it but as soon as I chewed it, it literally melted in my mouth. The sakura-leaved rice cake was really delicious.”

nWas this the result of Hwang Ji-ho’s bet with Ok To-yeon?

nHe wondered whether Ok To-yeon was killed by her Jin tribe older sister To-yoon like she said she would.

n‘Hwang Ji-ho has a good sense. To think he would serve the moon rabbit rice cakes during the midterm exams.’

nTheir chairman has changed.

nConsidering the chairman’s actions so far, this was an amazing development.

n‘It was also the cherry blossom leaved rice cake among many rice cakes. Whoever chose it, chose well.’

nThe flower language of cherry blossoms has various meanings like fleetingness, the beauty of life, fine beauty, mental beauty, wealth, culture, and prosperity.

nAnother flower language for cherry blossoms in Korea was “midterm”.

nIn particular, in the case of high school, they were notorious because it bloomed during the period when it was necessary to prepare for midterm exams and then wilted right before the exams started.

nAfter the exams, it was common to see only greenish leaves.

nBut······.

n“Why doesn’t the cherry blossoms fall? Last year it bloomed for a bit then, immediately fell.”

n“In areas other than the Silver Light district, cherry blossoms are all gone. I guess they’re crazy too.”

n“This year’s exams are also totally crazy. The new teachers that got hired in place of the fired Choi Pyeon Deuk are crazy.”

n“Yeah…… They just seemed to know how to squeeze you to the limit. Ah, it’s so tough!”

n“Cherry blossoms, students, and teachers are all going crazy.”

nAll of the reviews of the students who took a break from studying for a while and blankly stared at the cherry blossoms on the promenade were consistent.

n“The kids who finished their exams early can probably go to the cherry blossom viewing.”

n“I envy them. My schedule is full until the last day.”

n“If you’re lucky, you can go even if you finish late. I hope it keeps blooming like this.”

nIn the other regions, all the cherry blossoms were falling, but Silver Light cherry blossoms were not.

nMoon Sae-ron being excited about investigating it, was talking all about it in the freshmen’s newspaper club group message chatroom.

nIt looked like her grades weren’t so bad to the point she needed to think about failing, so he guessed she must have some breathing room.

nMoon Sae-ron All areas that can be reached with an air board were checked! Whenever you guys are free you should go check too. Make sure to call me if you find anything unusual as well!

nMoon Sae-ron sent a map of where the cherry blossoms bloomed in the area around Silver Light high school in the chatroom.

nIt seemed that Moon Sae-ron went around the whole school already.

n‘The game’s Silver Light high school’s cherry blossom quickly fell.’

nWhen he saw the map sent by Moon Sae-ron, he got a sense of the cause.

n‘The closer they are to Cheonik Mountain, the longer the cherry blossoms seem to last.’

nThe Heavenly Beast Snare was gradually recovering its health, and the broken ley lines were slowly being restored under the command of Hwang Ji-ho. Perhaps the resurrected earthly powers had an effect on this. Mysterious phenomenon took place even outside of school.

nEun Seoho Cho Eui-shin hyung, Hwangho-nim, cherry blossoms are continuing to bloom in the maze garden. Here is a picture!Eun Leeho According to Shinrok oppa, he said it was because of the Heavenly Beast’s influence! He was saying it was its wish to see it keep blooming.

nIn the group message room with the three descendants of Eunho, a picture of the cherry blossom path in one of the maze gardens was uploaded.

nSeeing a mat and a lunch box in the corner of the picture, it seems they came out to view the cherry blossoms in front of the garden.

nThese children were sternly ordered not to go outside Hwang Myung-ho’s mansion, so he thought they are doing this to change their mood.

n‘……But did she call him Shinrok oppa just now?’

nIt wouldn’t be strange for them to call him that way when he thought about the children’s positions, but when he thought of the dreary school supplies show he put on, the feeling of discomfort was huge.

nIt’s a good thing the descendants get along well though.

nEun Jae-ho The Heavenly Beast is sleeping now.

nDuring the bloody recollection, the youngest sibling provided some healing.

nIn the photo sent by the youngest, Snare was sleeping under a cherry tree with a smile on his face.

nHe was crouching with a happy face as if he was having a good dream.

nA few cherry blossom leaves had fallen above the downy body.

n‘Let’s save it!’

nThe two photos were renamed and saved, and one was set as the startup screen that appeared when the device was started.

n‘I wish they would take pictures of Snare often to me.’

nThere was no way Hwang Ji-ho or Baek-hogun could do this extraordinary thing.

nJeok-ho was busy, and Kim Shin-rok is a little…… He lives in the faculty’s residence building and he will be busy, probably.

nHe decided, for the future, he will have to get closer to Eunho’s descendants.

nSince he got a picture of Snare and all, he decided to do what he needed to do today.

n‘Let’s see how that event had changed.’

nOn the first day of the midterm exam, the two illegally admitted students poisons Cotton Ball to shake Andain’s mentality.

nOn the second day of the midterm exam, Andain finds a dead Cotton Ball after completing the exam.

nJoo Soo-hyuk meets Andain, who was crying in a place where people were scarce.

nJoo Soo-hyuk, who usually has great social skills and communication skills, didn’t know what to do, so he couldn’t comfort her and so he turned around and left to investigate the case.

n‘The students who entered the school illegally was expelled from the school, and Cotton Ball was sleeping well like this now…nothing might actually happen.’

nStill, wanting to see how the event had changed was a sad habit the veteran of the national trash game had.

n‘A little remote trail that leads toward Cheonik Mountain. It’s also far from the central area or the 1st-grade area, and I remember there was a description in the game stating ‘the side where people don’t come because the road is rough.’

nThis trail was also mentioned by Sawol Seum once before.

nHe didn’t know if he can find it properly.

nWhile checking the school map through the hologram, he saw Andain walking in the distance.

n‘I guess I came to the right place.’

nHe didn’t want to be seen, so he hid.

nThe usage was great, but there was an appropriate Gwanglim for this situation.

nThere will be no other big events during the midterm exams, so it didn’t matter if the time available for the player’s trajectory was significantly reduced.

n〈Gwanglim, Activating ‘The player’s trajectory’.〉

nThe character that was used was the strongest when it came to stealth.

nIt was ‘Jeon Moo-young, the Colorless’.

nIf he hadn’t used this level of power, he would have been caught by Andain, the superwoman.

n〈Activating the target character’s Gwanglim, ‘Time without Shadow’.〉

nWhen the Gwanglim was activated, his presence became extremely thin.

nWhile in use, his presence will not be discovered by the human eye, recording devices, or detection-related skills.

nHe quietly walked along Andain towards a less crowded place.

nAfter walking for a while, they arrived at a dead end.

nAt the end of the road, there was a giant cherry tree and an old bench.

nAnd······.

nThere was a person sitting on the bench.

n“Uh, uh…… Dain?”

nIt was Joo Soo-hyuk sitting on the bench.

nWith a faintly red face, whether he was thinking of Andain, he had a face like he was asking if this is a dream or reality.

nEven though he had a face that would look stupid when made by ordinary people he looked handsome, so he felt the unfairness of this world.

n“······Hi.”

nAs if she hadn’t expected Joo Soo-hyuk to be there, Andain greeted quietly after she hadn’t spoken for a very long time.

nHe expected that maybe the two would meet, but he didn’t know that Joo Soo-hyuk would be here first, waiting.

nIt seems that the fate of the title hero and the title heroine was strongly applied even without the corresponding skills.

n“Yes, hi! So······.”

nJoo Soo-hyuk hesitated when he replied to Andain’s greeting.

nWhy does his strong communication ability become like that in front of Andain?

n“……Would you like to sit here?”

nDid he hesitate that much just to say that?

nHis speech was stiff, and he also looked very nervous.

nAndain replied after hesitating for a while.

n“······Can I do that?”

n“Of course!”

nAndain sat down a little away from Joo Soo-hyuk.

nIt wasn’t smooth, but sparsely, the two began to have a conversation.

nConversation about tests, cherry blossoms, moon rabbit rice cake at the restaurant…

nIt was a refreshing conversation that would be comparable to a conversation between a male and a female elementary school student.

nIt seems there was a long way to go for the two to be together.

n‘Ah, I’ve been here for too long.’

nThe two were more likely to sit there and continue the conversation, but he decided to leave.

nWhile trying to see how the event had changed, he ended up just being salty.

nHe felt like a tickle near his heart.

n‘I did something rude to both of them… I shouldn’t have come.’

nAs a result, it was he took a peek and overheard of the stories of the two.

nHe felt sorry for Joo Soo hyuk, and Andain.

nStill, he sincerely supported his playable characters.

nThere are many trials that the two will have to overcome in the future, but…he wished them luck.

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nThe third day.

nThey arrived at Study Room 210 of the Intellectual Hall after completing the exam.

nThe introductory test for Enemy Studies, which covered a very wide range, was over.

nHe and Han-Yi, who took the same subject, were checking each other’s answers.

n“I chose number 1 for question 1.”

n“Me too. Number 5 for question 2?”

n“Yeah. The answer to question 3 is ‘similarity between the psychic Enemy’.”

n“I wrote “Phantom ghost species, demon species Enemy”. Would that be correct as well?”

n“I do not know. Since intangible species of Enemies would fit that question as well if you put it that way.”

n“Ah… that’s true. Mr. Gong Cheong-Hwon is strict, so that answer will probably be treated as a wrong answer. I think it was a mistake to answer it with broad terms.”

nHan-Yi, who was looking for a perfect score, sighed.

nHowever, when they compared all the remaining problems and scored themselves, Han-Yi came out 1 point higher than him.

nIt was him and Han, who continued to compete for the lead during the mini-tests.

nPerhaps the first place in this class will be Han-yi.

n“······Aren’t your grades too good?”

nMaeng Hyo-don was in an extremely nervous state ahead of tomorrow’s math test.

nHe was so nervous that he broke five mechanical pencils while solving the problems, and was holding onto his sixth.

n“Yeah, they both had perfect scores in the common subjects, right? It’s nice to have a study meeting with Han-Yi and Eui-shin.”

n“Yes. It was really helpful.”

nIrena and Sawol Seum were able to afford some breathing room because they successfully completed the exam for a subject they were not confident in.

nStill, it was too early to be thankful.

n“Let’s do our best tomorrow for the final exam.”

nHe hoped the absolute best for Maeng Hyo-don.

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nThe last day.

nAll the exams were over, but the first-grade class 0, who had a study meeting at the Intellectual Center, all gathered together.

nToday’s big event, Maeng Hyo-don’s math test results presentation, was held after everyone gathered.

n“Hey, Vice-President. Tell me quickly. How many points?”

nMaeng Hyo-don’s face was dark because he had studied without sleeping.

nThe result of pre-scoring his test paper.

n“I can’t believe it.”

n“What, what is it?”

nMaeng Hyo-don’s score was literally unbelievable.

nThe method they chose was choice and concentration.

nIt was considered impossible to cover the entire range of the things that will be on the exam, so it was a tactic to master half of the range perfectly.

n40 points was the cutoff point of failing.

nIt’s wasn’t the best if you’re aiming for 50 points, but it wasn’t the worst strategy either.

nBut the score of Maeng Hyo-don was.

n“63 points.”

n“Ahhhhhhhhh! Yes!”

nHe clenched his fist and shouted.

nAccording to the old grading method, Su, Wu, Mi, Yang, Ga, Su being the highest, Ga, being the lowest, this score was equivalent to “Yang”.

nMaeng Hyo-don was probably the last place among the students who chose mathematics.

nStill, it was like a miracle when he thought of that desperate study period.

nMaeng Hyo-don, the guy who had a stone for his head, at this very moment was someone who deserved all the glory.

n“You got 44 points for getting almost all the stuff you studied right and 19 points for multiple choice guesses. Well done, Maeng Hyo-don.”

nIt seemed that the god of mathematics empowered Maeng Hyo-don.

n“It feels like the midterms are finally over.”

n“Yes, I’m glad Hyodon passed safely!”

n“Hyodon, guys, you guys did an extremely good job.”

nThe kids who watched the process of scoring with nervous faces sighed with relief.

nOf all participants of the dormitory study meeting, no one had failing scores.

nKim Yu-ri and Hwang Ji-ho had nothing to worry about, so the first-grade class 0 actually passed safely.

nLet’s take that escapee as an exception. He will forget about her.

n“Cheers!”

nSawol Seum shouted brightly with a bottle.

nIt was a carbonated drink that was banned during the exam period because it made the stomach feel uncomfortable if drunk incorrectly.

nNow that the exams were over, the ban was lifted.

nThey poured soda into a paper cup and toasted lightly.

nEveryone was tired of the exams, so they couldn’t have a big party.

nThey disbanded after a simple test wrap-up party.

nLeaving the study room was somewhat regrettable.

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nThe midterm exams were over, and the post-test parties were over.

nThe exams were done, but a great ordeal remained for him.

nIt was something that would be more painful and would hurt his mentality more than the exams.

n‘I rather prefer to take another exam.’

nHe left the device provided by the school in case Hwang Ji-ho would track it and find him.

nHe was the guardian of the territory, and if he used his powers, he can check everything that happens in the Silver Light district in real-time.

n‘If he could use that without any penalties, he wouldn’t have tracked my device on April Fool’s Day.’

nSo it will be fine.

nPerhaps.

nDing Dong.

nA message had arrived.

nHe came without the device that was provided by the school, but thanks to the linking of the message function, it was possible for him to check new messages.

nThe sender of the message was Kim Yuri.

nKim Yuri Eui Shin, I sent the class management materials in preparation for the first quarter student representative meeting tomorrow, so please read it!

nAfter the midterm exam, the first quarter student representative meeting was held.

nThe class president and vice president of each class.

nThe school’s four major student organizations, student associations, leadership team, intellectual society, and general club associations.

nIt is a student representative conference where more than 100 students participated.

nIt seemed that Kim Yuri, who was good at working, had already prepared the materials meticulously.

n‘I’ll have to give it a read after finishing this job.’

nHe can do it.

nHe can hold on.

nHe self-suggested, self-indoctrinated repeatedly.

n“Hello.”

nClosed area without any recording devices.

nA classroom in the old school building.

nThe person he called out spoke first.

n“That crow mask, I’ve seen it before. You are also the one that cleansed the Silver Light district educational environment protection area.”

nHe guessed he had investigated all the incidents that occurred in the district.

nIt was a picture in a very small and quickly buried article.

n“The face and physique seen behind the mask. It all looks like me. I think it’s a little older than me, however. I couldn’t believe it because I felt the burnt marks on the invitations you sent, the energy left behind by Red Dragon, but it was really you…”

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nIn the end, Yeom Jun-yeol spits out that word.

n“Red Phantom Thief!”

nIt came out.

nRed Phantom Thief.

nHe was prepared, but when he heard it from Yeom Jun-yeol, he felt very clingy.

nHis playable character gave him such a shame!

nWith the player’s trajectory, he transformed into the version of Yeom Jun-Yeol, which was used at the illusion auction.

nHe desperately pretended to be composed.

n“Yes, I am…the Red, Phantom Thief….!”

nHe wanted to go back to his house, his dorm room.

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