Thirty minutes before the Summoner’s Great War began.

Ji-Hoon, with his head down, sat in a corner of the players’ waiting room sipping his water and peeking from one side to the other.

“Hyung, look at this! Euryaaaaaaaaa! Frieeeeeeeeeend!”

Black Mage Ali, or Yoon Ji-Hoo, was showing Yoon Ji-Seok a video of One Diss on his phone. And his hyung was smiling widely as if to tell him that he was very happy.

On the other side, Locke, or Jisoo, “No. Mom, Dad!!! Don’t come to the players’ waiting room. Ah~ wait! What in the world is that shirt you’re wearing?!”

Jisoo was very shocked. His parents and sister, who looked just like him, were all wearing a shirt that said: ‘Locke Love!’

“Jisoo! Fighting!”

“Our son is the most handsome man in the entire stadium!”

A moment of silence passed in the players’ waiting room after hearing Jisoo’s mother’s words. However, it immediately became lively once again. Everyone was free to come and go in the Athenae’s waiting room. It would only be strictly guarded and controlled before the start of each game.

Ji-Hoon sat alone in this lively waiting room. He had always been a loner. He thought, ‘I feel jealous.’

Ji-Hoon was jealous of the red-faced Locke who was looking at the shirt that his family was wearing. He also felt the same thing when he looked at Yoon Ji-Hoo and Yoon Ji-Seok. The same was true when he saw one of the players crying over the phone while talking with their family. Envy brewed in his heart but he kept his head down and only peeked at them. Then, someone approached...