Under the moonlight stood the head of the Tiger clan, dressed in a school uniform.
The color of his hair and eyes was dark brown.
'He didn't even unleash his powers!'
The SSR class stealth armor and the plans for breaking in he had prepared all night didn't fool Golden Tiger, much less make him unleash his powers.
Shin-lok Kim was frustrated but also impressed by the overwhelming difference in power.
"White Tiger couldn't have told you...... It must be Ui-shin Cho."
Golden Tiger seemed to know all about how and why Shin-lok came here.
Still, Shin-lok pretended not to notice that and faked composure.
"Golden Tiger, your skills of playing 'it' have increased."
"I just let you go in the old days. When you scribbled on the wall of Blue Tiger's training room, when you sneaked in the holy being's treasure room and looked at the treasures by yourself, and when you did White Tiger's...... hm, since White Tiger might be listening to us now, I won't say any further. Anyway, I knew everything."
Golden Tiger laughed as he mentioned things from thousands of years ago.
Thinking that Golden Tiger might have been watching all the pranks that had considered successful so far, Shin-lok felt his head spinning.
Shin-lok tried to hide his face flushed with shame.
"I'll be going, since hide and seek is over."
"Why?"
His feelings intensified as Golden Tiger smiled, pretending not to know.
It was the first time since Shin-lok Kim became a teacher that he wanted to punch someone wearing a school uniform.
"You came to see Red Tiger, right?"
"No."
"What do you mean, 'no?' Then why did you break into my mansion?"
"Just out of competition."
"Hahaha! Competition! That's an immature excuse. That's why even if you're over 5,000 years old, you're treated as a child by White Tiger."
Shim-lok felt a lot worse than he already was when he saw Golden Tiger laugh out loud.
"From the moment this mansion was built, I gave you permission to come and go here freely. Why did you do such a dangerous thing?"
Shin-lok kept his mouth shut without making any brazen excuses.
"Don't do this next time. Come through the front door. Luck will fall out if you don't."
"...... Are you not going to punish me?"
Shin-lok Kim expected to be punished, big or small, like the disciples of Blue Tiger, who were sometimes punished for crossing the line.
But Golden Tiger only laughed and seemed unwilling to punish Shin-lok.
"Come along."
Shin-lok Kim was not going to follow him, but the magic shackles on his ankles began to move.
Shin-lok, who was initially forced and dragged along, soon gave up and walked on his own to follow Golden Tiger.
"······."
Rooftop of Myung-ho Hwang's Mansion.
White Tiger, with shinsu in his arms, was looking down at Golden Tiger and Shin-lok.
* * *
The dorm area of Eun-kwang High.
The walking path between the first year's and second year's building.
The path leading to Cheonik mountain in between.
Under artificial light, Chan-sol Geum and Chan-sol Wang were waiting for me.
"Hello! Ui-shin junior, sir!"
The Geumchan-Wangchan combo bowed to me politely with a 90-degree angle(The most formal angle of bowing in Korean culture).
"First of all, have a seat, junior Cho. The day is still cold, so I placed a blanket on the bench for you!"
"Thank you for coming all this way. We prepared snacks in case you were hungry, junior Cho!"
"We didn't know what you'll like, so we prepared coffee, green tea, black tea, and juice. These four beverages!"
"Junior Cho, do you want anything more? I'll order it right away!"
"If you need anything, tell us, junior Cho!"
The duo escorted me to the bench like proper gentlemen.
There was a table set up next to the bench.
'When did they prepare all this?'
The table was completely made, with tablecloth and napkins, and on it were refreshments.
Roll cake and dacquoise gift set with the air hotel, Icarus' logo stamped on it.
Three thermoses and a juice bottle.
I felt their desperation.
"Thank you. Sit with me, seniors."
"You care for your humble seniors, too! Junior Ui-shin Cho is so considerate!"
"I am so happy to have class 0 junior with such manners!"
Chan-sol Geum and Wang consistently buttered me up.
They did more than simply change attitudes, they became complete suck-ups.
As soon as I sat down, the two suck-ups poured tea and tried to feed me.
Refusing their overly active hospitality, I clutched the bottle of juice.
"I want to hear about the domination of the Other-world. And about your psychic wave links."
At the sound of that, the suck-ups snapped out of it a little.
"How did you know that, junior?"
