The Demon clan, among the Original clans.

They, unlike the other Originals, did not pick a leader, nor did they form a group or tribe.

However, there were three exceptions among such demons.

First, the priests who serve the Demon god, one of their own superior being.

Second, the worshippers of the Demon King, who proved its power by annihilating countless demons.

Third, demons who were submerged in the studies of the same topic.

This demon clan group was the third case.

Kang-ryup Jeo came into contact.

Among them, the demon in charge of contacting with the outer world muttered in the dark.

The demons, hearing that, closed their third eye connected to the present Earth.

They rose from their own magic circles.

Different psychic waves and magical power flower around them.

Kang-ryup Jeo? Are you talking about the head of the Pig clan, Jeopalgyae?

Yeah. He has asked for a deal through the one.

Deal? Whats he asking for?

At the end of a brief description of the deal with Kang-ryup Jeo, the demons questioned some things.

It seems a little tricky to do. Not impossible, but tricky.

What are they offering in return?

The demon, who was speaking fluently without hesitation, answered this question one beat late.

They will allow us to watch the upcoming Juo and TCs party on board.

Laughter of disapproval broke out all over the void.

The demons did not hide their displeasure.

For getting us to do work? Only that?

Allow? Such arrogance. I dont like it. There is no place to avoid our eyes unless its the realm of gods.

Yeah. All we need to do is know where the place is and prepare a bit, and even if a superior being interferes, we can project the place at least a little.

The topic of the conversation of the demons changed to bad-mouthing Kang-ryup Jeo.

Wasnt Kang-ryup Jeo appointed by the enlightened one as a messenger? He should be practicing virtue to achieve Buddhahood, why is he on the present Earth?

Remember he went astray after the Other-world war. He gave up his enlightenment by forming allies with the one.

I cant believe the Chunbongwonsu who lead an army of 80 thousand in the heavens and swept through the milky way became this pig now.

Hes gone mad after getting the pink slip and losing his messenger job.

The demon who told them about Kang-ryup Jeos message delivered the final blow.

Kang-ryup Jeo was so arrogant that he even nominated one of us. He said he wanted the most skilled demon to cooperate with him.

The psychic waves and magical power waves of the demons fluctuated rapidly to reflect their owners emotions.

That pig dares to judge who the better one is out of us?

Who did he even nominate?

Between the sinister colors and forms of the psychic wave, the voice of the demons rang out.

You know the demon god of one of the seven great sins, Lord Invidius. The pig wants the Lords priest.

The enthusiastic priest of the demon god of the seven great sins.

Although overly passionate about it, that eccentric demon abandoned the priests group and engaged in the study of the frozen-type Other-world, making a remarkable contribution to the field.

Those who recalled the demon unwillingly admitted it.

Well, that guy is good.

You cant say he isnt the best of us.

Humph.

The conversation topic changed again to the priest of Invidius.

So where is that guy? I dont see him.

Hes been going a lot to the present Earth recently because of this raven mask that perked his interest. Maybe hes at Earth again.

Come to think of it, I didnt see him these days.

Then a demon who was silent until now opened its mouth.

Another priest, but not of Invidius.

The demons listened, thinking, strange demons flock together.

Hes on present Earth. He had some work to do.

Work to do?

He decided to make a deal with Jinwoong-palseon(8 leaders of the Bear clan that tried to kill all gods).

Some demons asked questions at the mention of Jinwoong-palseon.

Jinwoong-palseon The ones that have gone mad? Or the ones that have not gone mad?

The normal ones.

Which one of them? If its the Bear of Ecstasy, I want to meet them too. They seem to have made an interesting magic calculation.

The priest shook their head in the dark.

The being who asked for a deal is Woong-nyeo of Bitan.

* * *

Youre not going to tell me where you were yesterday? You seem to have been with that Original clan for a long time.

Jiho asked me while I was immersed in my thoughts.

An Original clan that annoys him.

The Original clan who gave Gyubin Hong a blessing.

I was with that Original clan for quite a long time last night.

Long enough to leave a trace?

After parting ways with Jiho Hwang yesterday, I was in three places for a long time.

Inside the barrier of Eun-kwang High.

The air limousine with Jared Lee.

The EverLake building, inside Jae-in Kwons room.

The school barrier was strengthened after the butterfly incident so that cant be it Its most likely to be in Jae-in Kwons room.

I will ask senior Jae-in Kwon later, but I think asking Jiho about this is needed, too.

I went to see senior Jae-in Kwon yesterday.

Jae-in Kwon That guy even got the Blue Violinist in his hands, huh.

Jiho Hwang frowned.

He said that being was annoying, but I didnt know Jiho didnt like him.

So what kind of Original clan is that being?

You saw him too, through the magic circle.

The Original clan I met through the magic circle?

He means the 12 zodiac meeting.

He cant mean one of the 12 heads of clans that had nicknames only a child would have?

That original clan is the self-proclaimed wit, the head of the Mouse clan.

So Jae-in and Gyubin had a huge Original being on their side.

Both going through a lot of trouble, I suppose.

Not that I should say anything, with Jiho Hwang by my side.

* * *

Lunchtime.

For lunch, I chose the menu that I thought would be the fastest.

Stewed chicken legs with ginger and onions.

Eggs cooked in a sauce called Kooksujang-gook.

And a chicken rice bowl with slightly cooked Enoki mushroom.

I wanted to eat the seafood steam with snow crab, mussels, octopus, and shrimp

If gourmet Hyo-don Meang knows about this, hell say I made a dumb decision.

But I couldnt choose the seafood steam because it took long to serve and eat.

I needed to check something during lunchtime.

There are a lot of messages cheering me on today.

After lunch, I went to a walkway with little people.

As I sat on the bench and started the device, I saw a pile of messages that I hadnt checked since the morning supporting me for the chess tournament.

I gave a brief thank you, scrolled down the chat rooms, and found the name I was looking for.

[Me] Hello, Mr. Gyubin Hong.

[Me] I want to ask you a question, are you busy now?

Gyubin Hong replied faster than I thought.

[Gyubin Hong] Hey, Ui-shin. Its lunchtime now so its ok!:)

[Gyubin Hong] Whats the matter?

He has often checked up on me, but recently he asked even more about how I was doing.

Somehow, Gyubins recent behavior seemed to have something to do with the question I was trying to ask.

[Me] Do you know about the self-proclaimed wit of the Mouse clan?

Immediately after the end of my question, Gyubin sent a ton of messages.

[Gyubin Hong] He finally reached you too? ^^

[Gyubin Hong] Ignore it. Once you get to know him, itll be so troublesome!

[Gyubin Hong] it was annoying when he whined for me to take his blessing, and became more annoying after receiving the blessing. He pops in suddenly, nagging about what he likes, what he doesnt like. Always asking me to investigate this! Take a look into that!

[Gyubin Hong] Never get involved with him! He is the most clingy, needy, obnoxious, and obsessed Original Ive ever met!

Obnoxious and obsessed was used by Geumchan-Wangchan to describe Gyubin Hong once.

The Original and player connected by blessing must take after one another.

[Gyubin Hong] Especially when he smiles and says, I like this very much in that polite speech he rarely uses!

[Gyubin Hong] If that happens, run away and dont look back. Run inside the barrier of Eun-kwang High! Got it?

Because of Gyubins skills of predicting the future, the head of the Mouse clan, the Wit always bothered him.

I dont exactly know what hes like yet, but if Gyubin, who was practically the pronoun of obsessed and clingy, reacted to the guy this seriously, Id better steer clear of him.

[Me] Okay, thank you.

[Gyubin Hong] Wait, Ui-shin. Where did you hear the nickname Wit? Youre not already involved, are you? T.T?

I wouldnt say involved.

But I couldnt tell him where I heard that Wit nickname from.

How should I get through this?

Hell be busy working anyway, so maybe Ill just ignore it.

I was wondering what to do when,

Ui-shin Cho.

Someone who approached me without a sound spoke.

It was a clear, mild voice, but it was so sudden I couldnt help but be surprised.

Mr. Cheong-Hwon Kong.

The person who spoke to me was Cheong-Hwon Kong, who taught Introduction to Enemy Studies and was Han-yis mentor.

He is a scary person whose trace cannot be sensed while he took his eyes off the blackboard and read the textbook in class.

He silences his traces at all times out of habit.

I was worried that you didnt come to class again last time.

On Teachers Day, I skipped his class to go to Hyo-dons middle school.

That must be why hes here.

Although I had no clue how he found me on this huge campus.

Ui-shin, if you have any suggestions, Ill listen.

Cheong-Hwon Kong smiled, looking very generous.

All the classes Ive skipped were Cheong-Hwon Kongs classes, I think

It was reasonable that he thought I skipped his classes because I didnt like him or something.

Besides, the last time I skipped class was on Teachers Day.

Sorry.

Please contact me before you fail to come next time.

Cheong-Hwon Kongs face seemed a little bitter.

Youre competing in the Chess tournament. I heard that today is the last day Are you going to prepare for the tournament?

Hes indirectly asking me if Im going to skip class today again.

I wasnt planning to from the beginning this time.

No, I want to listen to your class.

Cheong-Hwon Kong was pleased with my answer.

Youre coming to class today?

Yes.

Like last time, he came to get me to prevent me from skipping class.

Strange, I cant think of any excuses to say.

His words, expressions, all of it were gentle, but somehow he is intimidating.

Oh, the school bell is ringing. We can go to class together.

The class bell that indicated lunch break is over was Beethovens Symphony No. 6, Pastorale, set in the forest of Heiligenstadt, a place on the outskirts of Vienna.

Among them, the 4th movement titled Thunder, Storm.

It was a symphony depicting rainstorms, lightning, and the fleeing animals in the forest.

I think the broadcast crew made this song the bell with the intention of relieving food coma.

Last time, it was Edvard Griegs In the Hall of the Mountain King.

Every time I get caught by Cheong-Hwon Kong, an intense music was the class bell.

Although I became a slacker to this teacher, Cheong-Hwon Kongs Introduction to Enemy Studies was a rewarding and excellent lesson.

* * *

After school, newspaper club room.

3rd-grade class 0 made a floating garden!

How in the hell did they get that up there?

Rumors began to spread that the third-grade class 0 had moved to avenge against the energy of the universe.

The reason they didnt start right away and waited until school was over was probably because they lost the bet and had promised their homeroom teacher to listen to every single class.

I need to catch their trails this time! Ill dig into the heads of those crazy peoples!

Saeron Moon, who failed several times to cover their story, burned with a new passion.

The newspaper club members planned on how to cover them.

Then, Saeron and the rest suddenly looked at me.

We cant go and cheer for you today, suspicious vice prez of class 0, but we do root for you!

Yeah, its okay to be suspicious, so good luck.

And the newspaper club said that Im suspicious, too.

The cheer slogan and my portrait painted by Green Min were hot on the general bulletin board.

The newspaper club mustve seen that, too.

Thanks to the fame of Greens painting, this had spread far too much.

Hahahaha! This finally caught on to the newspaper club!

Jiho laughed out loud with glee.

Anyways, I headed to the Chess tournament stadium with the newspaper clubs support on my back.

* * *

The 3rd gym of the General Club Hall grounds.

Four games were played in the two-day tournament.

60 or so players, including seeded players who were picked randomly, were now reduced to 4.

The survivals are all my playable characters! Lets DO this.

Block A was Jun-yeoul Yeom and Seung-hyun Park.

Block B was Kyung-gu Kwak and me.

Its surprising that no third years made it here.

In the semifinals, my opponent is Kyung-gu Kwak, who belongs to the second-year student Council.

He was a friend of Jun-yeoul Yeom and was taught by the same mentor as Suhyuk Joo.Like Suhyuk, the palm of his hand was as hard as metal as a player using a pair of swords.

As the #2 double-sword master of Eun-kwang High should, his hand is rough.

The coin throwing results were:Kyung-gu was white, and I was black.

Begin.

Je-gun Yongs voice rang through the stadium.