Episode 37 Performance evaluation (1)
One.
“Are you Lee Si-woo?”
A man wearing sunglasses who seemed to be the leader of the group glared at me and said.
I felt like I knew roughly what was going on.
I have seen these men in previous episodes.
The man wearing sunglasses this night is from Dabin Hwang’s family.
“Yes, that’s right. Who are you?”
Of course, since this was my first time seeing it in this episode, I pretended not to notice.
The man frowned at my words and crumpled.
“You’re brave enough to lure an innocent girl out and bring her out.”
At those words, I looked at the status window of the man wearing sunglasses.
[Hwang In-ho]
-Title: Chief of the Imperial Palace
-Talent: See through
-Grade: Class A
-Trait: Perfectionism
Chief Hwang.
He was Hwang Da-bin’s uncle who took charge of all the dark aspects of the Hwang family.
The fact that such a person was here meant that Hwang Da-bin had been caught staying out all night.
In previous episodes, Hwang Da-bin had never stayed out alone at this point.
But this time, he stayed out overnight with me, and it seemed like this story was passed down to the Hwang family.
I glanced back at Dabin Hwang and Selina.
Hwang Da-bin looked very angry, and Selina also seemed to be planning to take action if things went wrong as the atmosphere became hostile.
There was an option to just mess around with them and go back to school, but that wasn’t the right solution.
Now that things have come to this, I thought I should take care of the things I had planned to do with my friends one by one.
“I never tempted you, but it’s true that I asked you to come out with me.”
“Lee Si-woo!”
When I spoke confidently, Hwang Da-bin called me.
At my words, Hwang In-ho’s eyes turned to me.
It was as if he didn’t know he would admit it so easily.
“Where have you been all this time?”
To that question, I answered honestly.
Anyway, lying doesn’t work in front of this person.
“I trained.”
“training? where?”
“I can’t tell you the details?”
As I remained quiet, the other men tried to move.
Hwang Da-bin, who saw that, stopped him.
“Please stop it.”
“Miss, please stay still.”
“uncle!”
“uncle?”
Selina looked at the sunglasses man at Dabin Hwang’s shout.
It was as if he had no idea it was my uncle.
“Shall we subdue it?”
Hwang Da-bin’s eyes narrowed at the question asked by the tailors standing next to Hwang In-ho.
His fists were clenched, indicating he was ready to fight.
I gently placed my hand on Dabin Hwang’s shoulder and said,
“I should have told you sooner. That’s good. “I don’t have a place to sleep, so let’s go to your house.”
“Yes?”
Hwang Da-bin looked embarrassed at my words.
“I didn’t know Dabin was your uncle. “I’m sorry, but can I take care of you today?”
Hwang In-ho smiled as if it was fun to hear those words.
“Are you going to be okay?”
Those words contained a lot of meaning.
I also asked Dabin Hwang and Selina’s opinions.
“Are you fine?”
Dabin Hwang looked at me and Inho Hwang alternately for a moment, then nodded as if he had no choice, and Selina said it didn’t matter.
“Then it is decided. “Where should I go?”
The men in black suits looked at me as if they were wondering why I was so shameless.
2.
“So, our Dabin and I are friends?”
Guided by Hwang In-ho, we arrived at Hwang Da-bin’s house and met Hwang Da-bin’s father in a place called the ‘reception room.’
There was a lot of delicious-looking food laid out on a long table.
The chicken we brought with us looked ugly.
I got to see Hwang Da-bin again.
Deputy Speaker, Dabin Hwang.
Although he was often pushed out by Yoon Mir during his time at Awakening High School, Hwang Da-bin was still a talent that many guilds were looking at due to his buff talent.
However, they could not easily approach Hwang Da-bin.
Because, it was because of her family.
The Hwang family was a conglomerate that moved faster than anyone else to cope with the changing world as the world turned into an apocalypse.
In addition, the father of Hwang Da-bin, the current owner of the Hwang family, was also an outstanding awakener.
‘He was an officer of the Sword God Guild now, I guess?’
The high-ranking official of the Seven Heroes, Sword God Ban Isu’s Guild, and Sword God Guild was Hwang Da-bin’s father.
If Yoo Da-hee had not taken Hwang Da-bin as her disciple, it was clear that Hwang Da-bin would have entered the swordsman guild where her father was.
“Yes, my name is Lee Si-woo.”
“It’s Selina.”
“Okay, I guess I’m hungry, so I’ll give it a try.”
Even with those words, we couldn’t lift our spoons.
This is because an enormous energy wave emanated from Hwang Dong-hyeon.
Hwang Dong-hyeon spoke to Hwang Da-bin, leaving us suffocated by his own energy.
“So, you stayed out without permission?”
“It was not an unauthorized stay-out, but a legitimate stay-out using a stay-out ticket.”
“That’s staying out without permission. “Because you didn’t tell me you were staying out.”
Dabin Hwang said while looking straight at his father, who was shooting at him without paying any attention to us.
“… “How long do you have to watch my every move?”
“You are still a student. “This is the age when you need your parents’ help.”
Hwang Da-bin bit his lip at those words.
“How can I get my father’s approval?”
“Since I’m a student, I have to show my achievements through grades, right?”
Hwang Dong-hyeon said that and looked at us.
“And by the way, make sure you make some decent friends too. The adult says, but you can’t even hold a spoon properly. “I heard that guy was the reason you stayed out today again, right?”
At those words, I withstood Hwang In-ho’s pressure and forced my mouth to open.
“… we … “How can you be sure they aren’t real friends?”
Hwang Dong-hyeon’s eyebrows twitched at my words.
He must have been surprised that he was able to withstand the energy wave he sent out and open his mouth.
As if telling us to say it one more time, the energy wave that had been pressuring us disappeared in an instant.
“Wow, that’s fun. “Can you prove to me that you are a suitable person to be Dabin’s friend?”
It was absurd to have to prove that we were friends, but I knew that Hwang Dong-hyun was that kind of person, so I hardened my expression and said,
“There is a performance evaluation next week.”
“so?”
“Since I am a student, I will prove it with my grades. If we get first place in the performance evaluation, please recognize me and Selina as Dabin’s friends. And Dabin, too, I wish she would just be left alone until she graduates from school.”
Hwang Dong-Hyeon took notice of my bold request.
“Hmm, you’re saying let’s make a bet. Okay, but if you don’t get first place, you’ll have to go out on all fours at Awakening High School. Are you still going to do it?”
Hwang Da-bin turned to me after hearing Hwang Dong-hyun’s words.
“Yes, I will.”
“Oh, a man wouldn’t say two things with one mouth, right?”
“I’ll give it back to you exactly what you said.”
“ha ha ha! Boy, you have spirit. good night. 1st place in performance evaluation. If you keep your word, I will acknowledge you. “I won’t worry about my daughter until she goes to awakening high school.”
“thank you.”
“Okay, then, are we really going to go out now?”
Hwang Dong-hyeon started eating first, and only then were we able to have a late dinner.
3.
The next morning, thanks to Hwang In-ho’s consideration, we were able to return to Gakseong High School in a luxury sedan.
As soon as I got out of the car, Dabin Hwang shouted at me.
“What were you thinking when you said that?!”
“why?”
“My dad, he’s the type of person who does it if he does it! “If you don’t get first place in the performance evaluation, you may really have to leave awakening high school!”
I said that as if it was no big deal.
“All you have to do is get first place in the performance evaluation.”
“… Where on earth does that sense of pride come from? Yoon Mir must be gritting his teeth after losing first place in the whole school… … .”
I called Hwang Da-bin, who was anxious.
“Hwang Da-bin.”
“huh?”
“don’t worry. “Because we all have plans.”
“What plan?”
This time Selina intervened.
When I looked back at Selina, I saw that Selina was also looking worried.
I said to the two of them, thinking that Selina’s expressions had changed these days.
I knew someone who was amazingly good at performance evaluations.
“You can ask that person for help.”
“that person?”
“If you follow me, you’ll find out.”
I took Dabin Hwang and Selina and headed somewhere.
***
“Yes, Chief Hwang. What do you think?”
Hwang In-ho answered Hwang Dong-hyeon’s question.
“I did some research, and they say that kid is an F-class awakened person.”
Hwang Dong-hyeon was impressed by those words.
It was because his grade was too low for a guy who was bold.
“what? Grade F?”
“yes.”
“So was that a bluff? “You made a bet with a guy who wasn’t worth dealing with.”
“that is… And it may not seem like that.”
Hwang Dong-hyun asked, sensing something strange in Hwang In-ho’s tone.
“why? “Is there some secret to my birth?”
“It’s not like that, but I ranked first in the entire school in the midterm exam.”
“what? First place? “You beat Yoon Mir?”
“yes.”
Hwang Dong-hyeon looked amused at Hwang In-ho’s words.
Because he was among those he knew.
A person with a lower level but stronger than a higher level person.
“He’s similar to the person he used to be.”
Hwang In-ho, who knew who Hwang Dong-hyeon was talking about, answered.
“I don’t think it’s comparable to him, but we’ll keep watching.”
“Okay, if anything happens, please report it.”
4.
The place I brought Dabin Hwang and Selina to was the training room of a second-year senior.
“This place… … .”
“It’s the seniors’ training room, right?”
“Yes, the person we are going to find is a senior.”
Hwang Da-bin looked surprised at my words.
“Is it still in the morning?”
“There will be.”
Leaving aside Hwang Da-bin’s worries, I knocked on the door of the training room.
Knock knock.
“wait a minute.”
A clear voice came from inside, and soon the door to the training room opened.
The person who came out from inside was Choi Min-ji, a senior with light purple hair.
Seeing that he was holding a true sword in his hand, it seemed like he had been training a while ago.
“Lee Si-woo?”
I smiled and said to senior Minji Choi’s reaction, who had an expression like, ‘Why are you out there?’
“Hello, senior.”
“uh? uh.”
Soon senior Choi Min-ji, who also spotted Hwang Da-bin and Selina, tilted her head.
“What are you doing this morning?” … .”
“Can I come in for a moment?”
Since the story seemed like it would be long, I asked to go into the training room.
Choi Min-ji obediently accepted my request.
That’s how we were able to enter Senior Minji Choi’s training room.
“Isn’t it a little messy?”
We were amazed when we saw the huge marks carved on the walls of the training room.
“That’s amazing.”
They said he had a talent for swordsmanship, and it seemed like he was amazing.
“So really, what brought you here?”
Soon, the three of us took our seats and bowed our heads to Senior Minji Choi and spoke at the same time.
“Senior, performance evaluation preparation class. Please include us too!”
Minji Choi. She was the goddess of performance evaluation, recording the legend of all-white performance evaluations to this day.
