On Chuseok, the number of dormitory students from Class Zero turned from four to three.

With Jo Euishins seat empty, the only ones left were Kwon Lena, Maeng Hyodon, and Mok Wooram.

Their conversation lulled significantly with only the three of them left.

Normally Kwon Lena wouldve tried to lighten up the mood, but her mind and heart are still heavy.

While Maeng Hyodon was suffering from math problems, Mok Wooram would sometimes get in a word.

Ah, why is the answer not matching?

In the third line, you interchanged f and g in the function.

How do you know that? Youre not even taking up math.

Cant you solve the examples just by looking at the explanation in the textbook?

Maeng Hyodon stared at Mok Wooram as if he was looking at an alien before going back to studying.

Kwon Lena watched the two and turned her head to stare at her empty notebook.

I should be studying too

However, Kwon Lena could hardly concentrate.

In the last exams, she studied hard to get an average grade, but it feels like such a distant memory.

Its like shes a completely different person from that.

Dingdong.

And then, a notification sounded from Kwon Lenas device.

It was a message from Lee Yeoreum, her sister who she was supposed to meet today.

[Unnie] Im in front of Eungwang High now. Sorry Im late.

[Unnie] Can you come out now?

She cant concentrate on her studies anyway, so Kwon Lena decided to get up.

Ill be back. I might come back later than dinner time. Eat first and dont wait for me.

Okay

Maeng Hyodon already lost all his energy from all the math problems and so he gave a soulless response to Kwon Lena, while Mok Wooram got up from his seat and asked Kwon Lena.

Lena-nim, where are you headed to?

Being called Lena-nim was still uncomfortable, but she answered softly.

Im going to the schools front gate. I made plans with my family.

Is that so? Have fun with your family, Lena nim.

Yep!

Kwon Lena lightly fixed her hair and her clothes and headed to the front gate.

There, her older sister Lee Yeoreum was waiting for her.

Hi, unnie!

Lee Yeoreum smiled awkwardly and nodded.

She was still her silent yet blunt self, but her expression was soft.

Kwon Lena was excited to see her sisters face for the first time in a while and she talked about several things.

Even after they moved to a nearby caf, Kwon Lena was the only one speaking while Lee Yeoreum only listened.

And then, Lee Yeoreum brought up a new topic.

Is this you?

Lee Yeoreum floated two holograms.

The first one was the video of the performance with Kwon Jein at the youth retreat, and the second was of Dokgo Miros busking performance.

Kwon Lena maintained a poker face, but Lee Yeoreum seemed to recognize it.

When Kwon Lena shyly nodded, Kwon Yeoreum spoke again.

Good for you. You wanted to learn the violin right?

You remember?

Yeah.

Those words somehow made her tearful, and Kwon Lena closed her fist tight below the table.

Whether its a relief or not, the next words from her sister made Kwon Lenas tears go right back.

Are you in contact with those people?

Those people.

Her sister didnt mention any names, but Kwon Lenas parents immediately came to Kwon Lenas mind.

Its been a while since Kwon Lena had contact with her parents.

The last message exchanged was in March, and she hasnt heard from them lately perhaps because theyre both busy.

Kwon Lenas parents warned her not to bother them with unnecessary messages, so she couldnt even greet them on Chuseok.

No, I think theyre busy these days.

I see.

What about you, unnie?

I tried to contact them when I got a job, but they didnt answer. Oh, I got my business card. Here.

Lee Yeoreum handed Kwon Lena several business cards.

The business card showed her name and the title Namgung C&T, Otherworld Industrial Division 1

I heard its difficult for non-players to be employed in departments involved with other worlds Unnie has really worked hard.

Lee Yeoreum has been out of touch with her parents since she went to her college dormitory.

Their parents blamed Kwon Lena for not being able to contact Lee Yeoreum.

However, Lee Yeoreum secretly gave gifts to her sister, avoiding their parents eyes.

Lee Yeoreum was a good sister to Kwon Lena, and she worked part-time jobs to give a gift to her.

I was worried that my sister wouldnt be able to get a job because of me.

Fortunately, Lee Yeoreum successfully passed the recruitment stage of a large company earlier this year.

Lee Yeoreum knew that her sister was anxious, so she made sure to contact her and reassured her when she got the news.

The fact that you are with those people Wont there be a problem?

Kwon Lenas heart sank at the mention of the Hwanmong Auction.

Her heart was especially heavy because she knew that her sister was worried about her and that she was not blaming anything on her.

And Kwon Lena realized that she was living a leisurely life at school without any problems.

No

Lee Yeoreum felt relieved, not knowing what Kwon Lena was going through.

Thats a relief. If anything happens call me right away. If you need to write a guardians name anywhere, write mine instead of those people.

At that moment, a message arrived on Lee Yeoreums device.

She checked the message briefly before getting up and apologizing.

She couldnt afford to see Kwon Lenas darkened expression.

I think I need to go to the company. Sorry we couldnt have dinner together.

Its okay. Thank you for coming even though youre busy.

Make sure to eat dinner.

Lee Yeoreum reminded her, but Kwon Lena had no appetite.

After parting ways with Lee Yeoreum, Kwon Lena walked around campus absentmindedly instead of riding an airboard.

Ill stay just out a little longer.

But the little longer didnt seem to end.

Even after the sunset, Kwon Lena cant seem to find herself going back to the other kids.

Her footsteps and her heart felt heavy as she walked slowly to the dormitory.

* * *

Kwon Jein is the only blood relative that Kwon Lena has, but shes not aware of this.

Did she search for her family register?

At the moment, I could only think about the shameless couple who dropped her from the roof of Hwangmyeong Tower.

That couple is being handled by the Lake of Eternity Team.

Although today is Chuseok, the family that mistreated her before is under special close watch.

Then it must be a different family member.

Kwon Lena has an older sister.

While I sent off White Tiger and Olmu, I realized who Kwon Lena met with.

When the little angel, who looked back at me a couple of times, was completely out of sight, Mok Wooram began to speak.

I thought Lena-nim might come here instead of the study room, but it seems like shes not here either.

Did you try contacting her device?

I havent messaged Lena-nim yet

Mok Wooram spoke shyly.

He doesnt get embarrassed by the title Lena-nim, so I wonder why hes shy about the fact that he has never messaged her before.

Ill try sending her a

Ah! Lena-nim is right there!

Mok Wooram excitedly cut off my words.

Looking in the direction where Mok Wooram was pointing, I saw a silhouette of a person in the dark.

It was a distance that makes it almost impossible for anyone to recognize someone without using any skills, so I wonder how he knew that it was Kwon Lena right away.

When she walked further and her face became illuminated by the moonlight, Lenas face looked pale.

Mok Wooram and I headed in her direction, and she looked surprised when she saw us.

Did you have dinner?

Uhm

Instead of answering my question, Kwon Lena forced an awkward smile.

Even if this isnt the rotten PMH game that I know by heart, I can easily see that Kwon Lena hasnt eaten dinner yet.

I thought her sister was the only one who truly treated her like a family, so I wonder what happened. Maybe they inevitably talked about their parents when they met up but Ill look into it further.

Theres something that I have to do.

But before that, theres something else that I needed to do first.

Lets have dinner outside to refresh ourselves. Its on me.

I couldnt just let Kwon Lena not eat dinner.

However, she showed reluctance at my words.

Oh, uhm, its alright.

The class president of Class Two bought them pizza for the exam period. Ill pay as our class vice president.

Thank you! Honestly, I dont have enough money to eat outside. I thought about what I should do if I missed the dinner served in our dorm.

Ah

Following the mention of Joo Soohyuks touching gesture, Mok Wooram made some remarks that made it difficult for Lena not to go.

Maeng Hyodon is said to have eaten dinner early at the dorm to study, but he accepted the offer to have dinner outside right away.

There werent many places open for business since it was Chuseok, but fortunately, there was a franchise pizza restaurant open.

While Maeng Hyodon and Mok Wooram ate pizza, Kwon Lena only ate one yogurt pudding from the salad bar and one slice of pizza.

Seeing that, I desperately thought I should do something for her.

* * *

Its the day after Chuseok, and the holiday spirit is still felt.

I visited the nurses room in the morning with Kim Shinrok.

He came with Red Tiger, and even after the test results came out, he acted as if Kim Shinrok was a five-year-old kid, not a descendant from a 5000-year-old family.

Everything is normal. Its not the best condition, but any player who gets tired will get these results.

It seems like you need more rest.

I was going to go back to my house to get some things for the faculty members but

Tomorrow is October third. Where are you planning to go?

Kim Shinrok shut his mouth.

The National Foundation Day (Gaecheon Jeol) on October third is an important day for the Tiger Clan.

I wonder why Hwang Jiho wants me at the mansion that day.

Whats going to happen on October third?

Were going to have a small party. Tomorrow is our birthday.

Our?

Its my first time hearing the phrase our birthday.

Red Tiger explained further.

We dont know our exact date of birth. However, the day when I, Yellow Tiger, White Tiger, and Blue Tiger were given life as royal lineage is October third.

If so, tomorrow is my main playable characters birthday.

The information available for his birthday is indicated as ? though!

This crazy failed game didnt put a birthdate on my playable characters information.

Was there no scenario in the game where he was greeted with a happy birthday?

Then I have to greet him tomorrow.

Tomorrows schedule has just been confirmed.

Ill make sure to buy gifts.

Well be happy by your presence alone, Jo Euishin.

No, Ill make sure to bring some.

Red Tiger insisted that theres no need for it, but Ive set my mind on buying gifts.

Thats when Kim Shinrok made a suggestion.

Can I ask you for a cake then?

A cake?

Wouldnt gourmet Hwang Jiho be the one in charge of the food?

I dont know why hes suddenly recommending buying a cake.

Kim Shinrok lowered his voice and gazed toward Red Tiger.

Yellow Tiger-nim has requested moon rabbit rice cakes. However I heard there were a lot of dried persimmons put in at the request of Red Tiger-nim.

It seems like Red Tigers revenge for White Tiger assaulting his son will go on until their birthday.