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After visiting the aquarium, another week began.

Still, I guess it’s fortunate that my body, which had been sore since I skipped exercising yesterday, has loosened up.

I remembered that I had to pay Kyungmin back, so I packed the money and put some emergency money in my bag in case I needed money in the future.

So today, as usual, I said goodbye to my mom and left the house.

It is true that I was an orphan in my past life, so I was lacking in interpersonal relationships, especially in friends. My older sister, who is much younger than me in my past life, showed me how wise she was in interpersonal relationships.

As a result of greeting children with the advice of my positive older sister, I realized that I can greet children and become friends with them even if we are not on the same level.

Thanks to that, I went to the arcade with Kyungmin and got a headache.

I think it’s right to leave this thought out, but seeing the fever rising at the memory that suddenly came to the back of my head makes me wonder if I should definitely wait two years.

Where would the two of you meet in secret and not get hit in the back of the head first?

Since I already told my mom, it’s hard to strike first. I have to hit the back of the head again to make things clearer.

That would mean getting hit in the back of the head three times by just one person, but it doesn’t matter because I’ll win in the end.

He gives up the back of the head and takes the front head to snatch victory. Wow, how impressive these words are.

As I was walking alone, lost in my own thoughts, I arrived at school before I knew it.

I opened the half door and went in and started greeting the children I was meeting today as well.

“Hello guys”

“Hello. Jaehoon.”

“Hello.”

“Did you take your medicine?”

“Jaehoon. Hello.”

It must be an illusion that I still heard strange words in the middle.

As I was walking to my seat and greeting the kids, Shin Yuri, who had a cheeky expression on her face, greeted me from the side.

“Hello?”

“Yeah.”

“Why are you doing this to me?”

“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?”

He clenched his fist and held it in front of Shin Yuri like a microphone, and Shin Yuri continued speaking.

“Me?”

“That’s why I’m doing this to you.”

“What does it matter if I’m pretty!”

“Oh please.”

I suddenly got scared. This definitely won’t go into the second half.

“See you.”

“Yuri.”

“Why?”

“My mom and sister are a million times prettier than you.”

“Really? That’s right, your mother was really pretty in the teachers’ office.”

“That’s right, if you stand next to me, you could turn into a squid”

“Why squid?”

“The more you are with your mom and younger sibling, the more ugly you look.”

“See you.”

Ignoring Shin Yuri’s glare, hoping that the princess syndrome that was about to pass into the mid-term would return to the early stage, I began today’s morning ceremony.

“Attention, salute the teacher.”

“”Hello.””

“Hey guys, I know you’re tired because it’s Monday, but let’s work hard for another week?”

“”Yes.””

Did you drink last night? I feel like I’m talking to myself. I guess it’s an illusion that the teacher looks the most tired than the kids.

After the first period, I went to Kyungmin with the money I had prepared during break time.

“Kyungmin-ah.”

“Yeah, Jaehoon.”

“Here’s the thousand won I borrowed.”

“Oh, thank you. I forgot.”

“The person who borrowed it must remember to give it back.”

As the children started to ask Kyungmin questions out of curiosity after paying back the money they had warmly borrowed, I quickly returned to my seat.

Kyungmin will take care of the explanation. I was still burdened by the kids rushing at me all at once.

After returning to my seat, the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th periods passed and it was lunch time.

If it were a normal day, I would have eaten and gone straight to sleep, but my efforts to make friends were not over.

Today, on one side, a princess gathering was in full swing, so I decided to avoid that place as much as possible and headed towards the place where the boys were gathered.

When I got closer, I saw a group of children gathered together, and one of them was kicking the buttocks of another person with his foot.

I thought it was the famous school violence, but when I got closer, it was different from what I thought.

The person who loses rock-paper-scissors gets spanked.

It’s childish and silly, but why does it look fun?

Am I weird for thinking that I’d like to try tea at least once?

I never thought I’d want to play with the kids first.

Could it be that the wise teacher Lee Geung-jeong predicted this?

I watched the kids play spanking for a while and then spoke to them.

“Hey guys, can I join you too?”

“”…..””

I thought my efforts had paid off, but it seems not.

A few kids started muttering and then suddenly the spanking game ended.

As I sat down to calm my wounded heart, my partner Shin Yuri sat down next to me.

“Who told you to tear ass?”

“…..”

“The boys said you were going to tear your butt.”

I’m afraid that it might be a big deal if an adult passing by hears it. I’m afraid that someone might hear it.

It was fortunate that the children were still young that it was a case of misunderstanding, as it was said that the buttocks were torn.

This is all the fault of Shin Yuri, who made me the vice-president, and Shin Yuri, who introduced me as the vice-president to the head of Class 3.

“It’s all your fault.”

“What?”

“Oh, that’s it.”

I was still the top student in class 2, grade 1.

***

As school was coming to a close, I met Minjun on my way home carrying my bag.

For some reason, it’s unusual for me to walk home from school with Minjun.

“Why are you going straight home?”

“My mom tells me to come home and study because I play all day.”

“What are you studying?”

“Studying the multiplication table and Korean.”

“Oh, so you can do addition and subtraction all in one?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

As I headed home, Minjun’s mom was waiting in front of the house.

“Hello.”

“Oh Jaehoon. We live next door. Long time no see?”

“Haha, yeah it’s not going well.”

“Would Jaehoon please teach Minjun some math?”

“If you keep reading the multiplication tables while looking at the table, won’t you memorize them?”

“Oh my, what’s with the multiplication tables? He can’t even add or subtract.”

I looked at Minjun who was standing next to me.

He looked embarrassed, as if he hadn’t expected his lie to be exposed.

Still, I have to protect my pride since he’s my neighbor. I pretended not to know and continued talking.

“I have to go home now, change my clothes, and go exercise.”

“Does Jaehoon exercise?”

“Yes, I go to kickboxing.”

“Minjun should have done at least half as much as Jaehoon. Ugh.”

Today, Minjun came home after a friendly conversation with his mother.

“It’s out~”

“Son, did you meet Minjun’s mom in front?”

“Yeah. Why?”

“No, I asked my mom how Jaehoon studies math and Korean.”

“So?”

“You said your son can do everything on his own, right? When Jaehoon asked if Minjun could help him study, I told him to ask Jaehoon.”

Minjun’s mother seems to have come out after being bragged about her son at our house. Today, too, she is a mother who worked hard to achieve her goal of not selling anything.

“Minjun asked me to help him study, so I said I had to exercise.”

“That’s right. You have to study on your own like Jaehoon. Hehe.”

I left my mom in a good mood because her son was better than the kid next door, went into my room, changed my clothes, and headed to the gym.

Today, I arrived at the gym after running hard while maintaining the Confucian Boy ideology.

When I opened the door, I heard a knocking sound and looked at the ring to see that it seemed like Aram had come to visit.

Since ancient times, the national rule has been to watch without making any noise during sparring.

I’m just quietly watching without making a fuss, so today’s sparring is a bit intense.

Fortunately, it looks like there wasn’t much damage done to either side since they didn’t use their feet due to boxing rules, but while they were thinking about whether to stop them, Aram got punched by Eunhyeok and fell backwards.

“I’m here.”

“Hey, kid, are you here?”

Aram Noona is lying down looking at the ceiling without saying anything, and only Positive Noona is taking off her headgear and answering, so it seems like something is wrong with Aram Noona.

“What’s wrong, Aram?”

“I’m wondering if I should continue kickboxing.”

“Really?”

“What do you think, kid? You’re a genius.”

At the age of nineteen, it’s natural to worry about your future, but since it’s someone else’s life, it’s hard to bring it up carelessly.

“What does Sister Aram want to do?”

Only then did Sister Aram, who had been lying down, get up, take off her headgear, and speak.

“Jaehoon, listen, there aren’t many professional kickboxing competitions. Even if there are, the prize money is small, and it’s especially bad for women.”

“But?”

“But I’m losing to positive people too. If I keep doing this, will I have a future?”

“It’s difficult.”

“That’s right. I’m not ignoring the positive aspect, but if my skills aren’t that great and are just average, wouldn’t it be better to start studying early?

“Do you want to continue kickboxing, sister? Or do you feel bad about what you’ve done so far and can’t quit?”

“…..”

“I think you should decide that first and then decide. I think you should decide this yourself, without being swayed by others and listening to what others say. If you make a wrong decision, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life.”

“…..”

Sister Aram is lost in thought with a worried expression.

“Hey, kid~ Geniuses are different.”

“Huh, right?”

“There is depth, there is depth.”

“Of course. It’s a thousand.”

“So you ran away that deeply?”

“…..”

Aram, who was lost in thought, asked curiously.

“What does that mean?”

“The kid got hit in the back of the head again at the arcade the day before yesterday by that kid who said he’d only been a 10-year-old.”

“But you ran away from it? Are you a real person?”

“The little guy was scared next to him and there were two of his friends so the little guy avoided them because he was afraid they would get hurt. Is that a fart?”

“I need to teach Jaehoon properly. He’s been learning for over a month and he’s about to run away.”

“I’ve been doing it right since Saturday.”

“Jaehoon gave me advice on my sister’s worries, so I should help her too.”

So today’s training became several times harder than usual due to the advice of the two people, and on the way home after training, I had no choice but to give up my Confucian boy ideology and walk.

It was such a fleeting day.