hotmtlnovel Chapter 458: Another candidate (10)
Chapter 458: Another candidate (10)
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Can I really accept two presents?
I hesitated, but unable to reject the good sunbae and kind student that Yeom Junyeol was, I accepted them in the end.
“Thanks.”
“I’m the one who’s always thankful, teacher!”
Yeom Junyeol replied with a big smile.
If anyone had seen the expression on his face, they would think that it was Yeom Junyeol who received a present instead.
‘I wonder what gift my student prepared.’
Could there be anything better than a Hongryong light stick from the Dragon Clan?
I checked the item card with a nervous heart.
That feeling of nervousness and excitement soon turned into embarrassment.
‘...It’s a crow mask!’
What was drawn on the card was clearly a crow mask.
Inside the crow mask was a Hongryong-shaped flame mark, making it obvious that the mask was made by Yeom Junyeol himself.
To think that Yeom Junyeol used his precious talents to make this kind of thing!
Adding to the list where Jang Namwook is number one, it seems that the number of teenagers who wasted their time and talent in making useless things has increased.
“It reminds me of when you called me last time, teacher. I had a lot of crow masks, but I didn’t even think of making one for my teacher.”
...I couldn’t say anything because he spoke in such a guilty voice.
No, there’s no way I can say anything in refutation of my playable character and one and only student.
When I shook the card in my hand, Yeom Junyeol said something again.
“The mask has a special function. If you flow energy waves into it, the surface becomes covered in flames.”
So the Hongryong special edition mask has a special function.
To be honest, I didn’t really need another crow mask, but thinking that it was the only one made by Red Dragon Yeom Junyeol, it’s extremely valuable.
Activating the function that Yeom Junyeol said I think would make it some sort of a firebird mask, but since my student said that it’s a crow mask, then a crow mask it is.
I was extremely touched by my student’s gift as I listened to his explanation.
In the end, I praised the completeness and design of the mask that he made.
Yeom Junyeol seemed shy.
“Honestly, it took me a lot of trial and error to make a mask good enough to give to you, teacher. Thanks to you, the number of my spare masks increased.”
...The number of crow masks he had back at the TC Research Institute was already plenty, but to think that the number increased again!
The sudden flux of crow masks made me dizzy.
I have no problem with the crow masks themselves, but the problem is its connection to ‘That Word’.
‘...That Word isn’t widely known for wearing crow masks anyway. It’s gonna be alright.’
It was only after telling myself that I would be fine did I regain my composure.
Since I was silent for a while, I saw Yeom Junyeol carefully looking my way.
“...Teacher, did you hear the news from Saeron?”
Is he talking about Moon Saeron?
I don’t know what news he’s referring to, but I decided to answer as his hoobae Jo Euishin since I belong to the newspaper department as a freshman student.
“I haven’t heard much from her except that she’s covering some news abroad.”
Moon Saeron has been absent from school since the weekend.
There were many members that worried that she might’ve been caught in an accident abroad, but we were quickly assured that she was fine from the messages that she sent. Junyeol replied in his sunbae tone as well.
“Saeron happened to meet a teacher of mine abroad. He’s been away for a long time, but I heard he’s coming back soon.”
So this is where Yeom Junyeol met Ungnyeo (Sad Bear Goddess)?
The day before the Kimopolea incident, wasn’t that the day that the chess competition ended?
On that day, Yeom Junyeol was with members of the Red Lion Team and the Dragon Clan who dealt with the Jamsil Baseball Stadium incident.
In other words, either Cheongryong or Yeom Bangyeol would’ve been with him that day.
I don’t know how Ungyeo managed to come into contact with Yeom Junyeol.
“And the other one I met was the Snake Clan’s head.”
What? Who?
It was already strange that he met Ungnyeo, but he mentioned an even odder name.
Especially since the Snake Clan is one of the suspects of being the Long Tail, the traitor to the 12-point alliance.
‘This restaurant’s structure makes it hard to run into other people though. Unless that person approached Yeom Junyeol intentionally like Ungnyeo...’
Yeom Junyeol began to talk about the head of the Snake Clan.
He said that the clan head was on their way back from meeting someone from the TC group at the time.
Based on Hwang Jiho’s investigation, the Snake Clan was trying to get in contact with the TC and Namgung Groups.
It seems like after their appointment with the TC Group, the head of the Snake Clan decided to approach Yeom Junyeol.
“They knew that I was in the restaurant and asked my family if he could attend. The Dragon Clan and the Snake Clan are in the same 12-point alliance, that’s why.”
“...What kind of conversation did you have?”
Yeom Junyeol replied in a bright voice.
“We talked about my school life. The head of the Snake Clan seemed very interested in Eungwang High.”
***
The priest of Demon God Invidius has been surveilling Eungwang District every day lately.
The priest disregarded his need for food and water as he was absorbed in observing Eungwang District.
The other demons thought that Invidius’ priest was searching for Avaritia’s priest since the two were quite close, but the reality was different.
Invidius’ priest had no intention of finding or rescuing Avaritia’s priest.
Everything that Avaritia’s priest sees was already in his hands, so he had no reason to go through such trouble of finding him.
Invidius’ priest took care of the purple eyeball left by Avaritia’s priest, activating his Eye to examine all of Eungwang District.
‘I need to find a way to dig.’
Invidius’ priest had one target.
Eungwang District’s Tiger Clan, and the crow-masked Spritual Word skill user.
‘It will be hard to move as long as that skill user is there. There are already two teachers in Eungwang High who use the same skill, and now I have to catch this crow-masked man!’
It’s not just that the man uses the skill that the Demon Race is weak against, but that man has clearly joined hands with the Tiger Clan.
It wouldn’t be easy hunting him.
But he wants to catch him with his own hands.
‘I need to find a medium that can imbibe his authority. That person from Eungwang High has bad mentality and no strong background, and it would be perfect if I met with him. If our connection collapses, it would be more difficult.
Invidius, the symbol of jealousy.
A man of low mental strength, intense jealousy, and a sense of inferiority was the prey of the Demon God Invidius.
‘There are many students who are jealous, but only a few of them have weak minds...’
Invidius’ priest has observed a handful of candidates but repeatedly gave up on them.
And now, Invidius’ priest has finally managed to find prey.
‘...This one would do.’
At the end of the demon’s gaze was a male student holding an unlighted cigarette in his mouth.
The nametag of the dark-faced student read ‘Bang Yoonseob’
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