Chapter 795

17th Floor of the 1st Year Building in Eungwang High Dormitory Area

Eunho skipped the dormitory orientation and immediately headed to his assigned room.

Until a few days ago, this had been Jo Uishin’s dorm room.

‘This is the room Uishin hyung used.’

The dorm room was pristine, almost as if it were brand new.

After a student vacates a room, renovations like wallpaper or floorboard changes are done if needed, so all rooms remain spotless. But Jo Uishin’s room didn’t need any maintenance.

When I heard from Hwang Ho that Jo Uishin didn’t have many belongings, it left a bad taste in my mouth.

I thought back to Jo Uishin’s tidy gosiwon room, which was free of anything but the Plmago setting book.

‘It must have been easy for him to move into the mansion when his things were so light.’

I decided to think positively.

After unpacking, I responded to a message from Cheon Dongha.

I had planned to organize a timeline from the old era, but other thoughts started to fill my mind.

It was about Eun Seo-ho and Eun Yi-ho, whose eyes had met mine when I descended from the podium after the freshman oath.

I didn’t even ask for it, but Jeokho had shown me their pictures and videos frequently, so I already knew what they looked like.

While I was mentally prepared to face them, I felt a sense of calm when we actually crossed paths in the classroom.

‘I wonder if it’s because I don’t have the right to be their grandfather.’

Naturally, neither Eun Seo-ho nor Eun Yi-ho recognized me.

Even Yong Jegun, who had seen me, didn’t recognize me as a Jin tribe member. It made sense that the two unpolished descendants wouldn’t recognize me.

Of course, they did recognize something.

After seeing my face, which resembled that of Cheon Eunha, the descendants ran up and said:

“We will not lose!”

“Let’s compete!”

‘Shouldn’t they first beat the second-place student before challenging me?’

Did they not consider second-place students as rivals?

I thought this but smiled gently and replied, “Sure, okay.”

Their expressions of frustration and burning fighting spirit only intensified when they saw my composure.

Somehow, even though I handled the situation with ease, I couldn’t stop thinking about their faces.

I also thought about the child whose name I hadn’t even given.

The face of the child I had memorized had faded over time.

However, I remembered what Okto-yeon had said: that their appearance resembled their mother’s. I unconsciously formed their faces in my mind.

To clear my thoughts, I got up and headed to the balcony.

The cold air from the window helped calm my mind.

‘Uishin hyung said he saved a student on the first day of school last year.’

One year ago today, right here, Jo Uishin had stepped forward without hesitation, prepared to reveal his strength, and saved Kwon Lena.

At the time, Jo Uishin’s strength had not grown much compared to now, and he had few people to collaborate with, yet he had acted decisively. Thinking about it made me smile wryly.

“Hello?”

It seemed there was another student out in the night air besides me.

When I turned around, I saw a figure I recognized—one of the Plmago playable characters.

That student’s name was Cha Seokwon.

He had the second-best entrance exam score, right after Eunho.

“You’re the one who made the pledge at the entrance ceremony, right? I just found out that you're in the room next door. I’m Cha Seokwon from Class 1.”

It wasn’t a coincidence that Cha Seokwon was assigned to the room next to mine.

It was the result of Hwang Ho and Kim Shinrok’s influence.

Since he was a playable character, unless Jo Uishin had intervened, he would likely be involved in important storylines.

But since our classes were separated, I decided to keep an eye on him and observe, keeping him in the dorm next door.

‘Cha Seokwon got a perfect score in practicals. His written exam scores were also quite good. His communication skills seem solid as well.’

He had a good physique but a gentle demeanor, making him approachable and easy to talk to.

I had heard that he was originally supposed to be placed in Class 0, but based on his results, it wasn’t a bad idea to place him in a regular class.

Eunho responded just as sociably as Cha Seokwon.

“Next door, huh? Let’s get along. I can sense your Inyeongpa energy. What are you up to?”

“Oh, I’ve set up a small experimental lab in my room.”

‘Setting up a lab on the first day of school? Interesting.’

I thought it was unusual but figured it made sense for a student who almost ended up in Class 0.

Eunho casually shared some information he knew.

“If you submit the paperwork, you can use the research building’s lab. It’s not as well-equipped as the lab in the research area, but I’ve heard there’s one in Jiik-hwe as well.”

“Oh, really? I’ll have to rent that too. Eungwang High has great facilities.”

Even after renting the lab, Cha Seokwon seemed intent on continuing his research in his dorm room.

As I conversed with him with a smile, I sharpened my senses and observed the atmosphere in the next room.

The dormitory building had measures in place to handle Inyeongpa emission issues while students slept, so the walls blocked the flow. But since the balcony window was open, I could observe the inside.

While I couldn’t discern exactly what kind of experiment was being done, I sensed an unsettling energy.

It felt like a flask containing flammable substances was placed near an alcohol lamp.

‘I heard the 1st-year Class 0 students are planning something in the dorm today. But if there’s a lab next door, won’t it be dangerous?’

I could feel a strange heat emanating from the 1st-year Class 0 students.

They were all carrying some books and data chips, sharing the information contained within them.

The contents seemed like a crazy collection of texts filled with the cosmic energy that Wookihwan and his group had spread and the bizarre activities from their Class 0 days.

The kids here seemed influenced by those texts and past actions.

When they were gathered together, the situation started to spiral into something strange.

“The 2nd-year Class 0 seniors caused trouble on the first day last year.”

“Shouldn’t we do something too?”

“It was hard to get into Class 0 this time. Among all the Class 0 students, the current 3rd-years are considered the strongest and worst, but we should take that title.”

“To surpass the top 3rd-years, we have to show something even more extreme than the 2nd-years or graduates.”

The faces of the students had no trace of malice.

They were simply filled with excited anticipation.

For some reason, they seemed to want to become troublemakers.

The 1st-year Class 0 students were planning something with the dorm students.

Before getting involved, Eunho found an excuse to escape.

Luckily, he had one ready.

“One of our classmates still hasn’t arrived. They must’ve gotten lost. I’ll go look for them.”

Eunjaeho had gotten lost while heading from the entrance ceremony to the 1st-year Class 0 classroom.

Eunho, who knew the exact number of students in Class 0, immediately realized this and left to avoid getting caught up in the commotion.

The 1st-year Class 0 students hadn’t shown any resistance to their homeroom teacher, Gong Cheonghwon, but this situation was bound to cause trouble for him.

‘At this stage, preventing an incident isn’t hard. But it would be foolish to alienate the students on the first day.’

Even if it were a one-against-many situation, they were still young high school students.

Though Eunho would never lose, there was no point in creating enemies when he would be spending three more years at the school.

Eunho decided to just observe the situation for now.

He also had the thought that, no matter what happened, the newcomer Gong Cheonghwon would never be hurt by their mischief.

‘The current Jiik-hwe president is Gye Idam, right?’

Eunho knew that the person who used to go by the name Gye Sangjoong had now become Gye Idam.

Eunho recalled meeting Gye Sangjoong in the past.

While Eunho wished for Gye Sangjoong to live in the limbo of lukewarm luck, he had caught extraordinary luck and ended up here.

Starting a new life in a world where someone supported and guided him was not something he welcomed, but now that he had become Gye Idam, Eunho had no plans to intervene.

Since he was now tied to the supernatural universe, maybe Jo Uishin could find a useful way to employ him.

‘Let’s see how fast Gye Idam can arrive compared to Seong Siwan.’

Eunho thought back to Seong Siwan, who had flown over on an airboard on the first day.

Gye Idam might not show up at all.

But if Gye Idam failed to handle things properly, it would become a valid reason for impeachment—and that would be good in itself.

Perhaps Jo Uishin would want his impeachment too?

After organizing his thoughts, Eunho turned to Cha Seokwon.

“Your room lacks safety equipment. Do you have any defensive consumables?”

“I’m just doing a simple experiment today, so I didn’t prepare anything special.”

“Then I’ll give you something I made.”

“Oh, really? I’ll get you something later.”

Eunho, who was good at crafting items, had stocked up on several consumables for just such occasions.

By giving them to Seokwon, he ensured that Jo Uishin’s playable character would be safe no matter what.

After receiving the items, Eunho closed the window.

Then, after a few minutes, an explosion occurred in the room next door.

Tigers' Mansion, Dining Room

After dealing with the explosion incident, Kim Shinrok arrived and was briefed on the situation.

Eun Seo-ho and Eun Yi-ho had been asking about the explosion the entire time.

“Those dorm kids were up to something, huh!”

“Then why did the Class 1 second-year end up involved?”

“The explosion happened in that student’s room.”

“Oh, so it was them who threw the ghostly mannequin thingy.”

Coincidentally, the explosion took place in the dorm room of my playable character, Cha Seokwon.

And it also happened to be Eunho’s neighboring room.

Thanks to the dormitory’s good facilities, Eunho wasn’t affected, and Cha Seokwon, who had the defensive items, wasn’t injured either.

As a result, the entire dinner conversation revolved around the explosion incident.

Eun Seo-ho and Eun Yi-ho were all caught up in talking about the students involved in the explosion.

After they were done talking, Eun Jae-ho began his story.

“As soon as we got there, snacks were served, and they were really delicious. The kid who called Young Hwang Ho ‘the Tiger’ was trying some new flavors, so I swapped a few for different ones.”

Eun Jae-ho couldn’t interrupt the conversation but, after holding back what he wanted to say, he started recounting the things that had happened on his first day at school.

Eun Jae-ho seemed to have gotten closer to my playable character, frequently mentioning them.

Even after finishing all his tea, the conversation still didn’t change.

‘At this rate, it will be hard to hear about Eunho... or rather, Cheon Eunha’s thoughts on meeting them today.’

Was it because they were a Class 0 student and the top scorer that Eunho’s story seemed like it would be awkward to talk about?

Not wanting to force it, I decided not to ask about Eunho.

Starting with Eun Jae-ho, the descendants seemed to want to continue talking despite being sleepy.

“We have to go to school again tomorrow. I hope you’re not planning to skip on the second day.”

Upon hearing Hwang Ho’s words, the kids quietly headed back to their rooms.

Once they left, only the older tigers remained in the living room.

Hwang Ji-ho suddenly asked me.

“You’re not leaving because you’re going to bed late, right? If you have something to say, go ahead. You should sleep soon too.”

I had been thinking about it all day but had yet to bring it up. Now, I spoke.

“I want to suggest writing a replay for Senior Seong Guk-eon and Senior Jeon Mu-young.”

With spring nearing, the beginning of the Seong Guk-eon assassination scenario was fast approaching.