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[Athletic events (3)].

The year before, Sena had seen everything she believed in come crashing down.

Her father, who had taught her to be noble, had bowed to the head of Sirius Devices as if nobility were something to be tossed in the trash.

No Eunha.

The child she wanted to have was a child who lived in a sky higher than her own.

She had to swallow all her pride and look at the back of her father’s bowed head to realize that there was another sky above the sky.

It was humiliating.

More so than when the heirs of the KK Group looked down on her as if she were something less.

So, she used her father’s influence. She manipulated people.

She tried to buy off Yu Jina, so he wouldn’t end up in the same class as the friends he had gotten close to in 2nd grade.

I would send him to a different class, alone.

I was confident that my backstabbing was enough.

It was a big mistake.

She hadn’t realized that Eunha was under the protection of the Alice Group, which finances Doan Elementary School.

That’s when the backlash began. The people she had bought off were kicked out of the school, and KK Pharma’s sales suffered from the new potion released by Alice Pharma.

As KK Pharmaceutical’s position dwindled, the clique she had built splintered.

The children who followed her didn’t lend a hand when she needed it.

She was the one who treated them as inferiors, not equals.

By the time she reached second grade, she was separated from the rest of her clique and placed in a new class by herself.

It was all because of him!

In second grade, the kids secretly bullied her.

Her new clique didn’t treat her with the same gentleness as before, and sometimes they would openly demand favors with an arrogant attitude.

It was a hellish year.

I never thought being at school would be so painful.

Because of you, because of you, because of you, everything is so messed up!

If he weren’t here, this wouldn’t have happened.

Every time I saw him hanging out with the kids on the street, I would get angry.

Still, I couldn’t bring myself to touch him.

Not because his father holds a high position at Sirius Devices.

It wasn’t because of the Alice Group protecting him.

It was simply because he was scary.

The accessory called No Eunha, which she had wanted as an accessory to keep KK Group’s successors in check, was nothing more than a sharp thorn that wouldn’t come into her possession.

She knew how terrifying he was.

She’d gotten a glimpse of his power during the Bukhansan incident.

As much as it hurt her pride, she’d spent the entire year avoiding No Eunha, even seona, who she hated so much.

Her pride was bruised, and her self-esteem had long since plummeted.

Now all she had left was evil.

«You’ve made it big. Jung Hayang.»

Then, Jung Hayang caught her eye.

Of all the girls who hung out with Eunha, she was the second quietest after Jin-seona.

Sena hadn’t felt anything for her at first.

Until this summer.

When she heard that Hayang had become a member of the Alice Group this summer, she felt uncomfortable.

Now she realized that the reason why No Eunha was protected by the Alice Group was because of Jung Hayang, who was reading in the corner of the classroom.

She thought to herself.

She felt foolish that she hadn’t gotten to know her opponent properly, and humiliated that she might have been played by Hayang.

Moreover, she was the one who had insisted that she was so lowly.

Just the thought of such a child becoming a member of the Alice Group and being elevated above her made her feel resentful.

There must be a faction.

She had planned to subdue Hayang’s spirit before encountering her at the party where the chaebol kids gathered.

In a sense, it would be cathartic.

«Don’t you think so too?»

With arms folded, Sena asked the kids who stood with her.

There was hesitation on their faces; they, too, had heard that Jung Hayang had become a member of the Alice Group.

The children in the faction were asking with their eyes.

Should they really attack?

«Why don’t you guys talk, are you mute?»

Sena frowned at their hesitation.

Oh well, whatever!

One of the kids clenched their fist and took the lead.

«What good would that do us?»

Then the others chimed in.

«What about Alice’s group? I can’t believe they’re bringing in a girl who hasn’t learned her manners.»

«Maybe she’ll embarrass herself at a party or something.»

«Come on, there’s no way she’ll be invited to a party.»

«Yeah, she’ll never be invited to a party.»

Sena shrugged.

She hadn’t felt this good in a long time.

This was it. This was pleasure.

She was swept up in the pleasure of trampling others. She reveled in it.

That was why she was slow to notice Jung Hayang’s state.

«─Are you done?»

By the time she realized, it was too late.

It wasn’t until the snickering children all fell silent that Sena realized something unexpected had happened.

«Why aren’t you answering my question? I asked you if it was over.»

Sena wasn’t afraid of her. She couldn’t be scared of someone smaller than her.

She shouldn’t have been scared, but her body didn’t move.

As if something was holding her down.

A chill ran down her spine.

«Are you mute? Why can’t you speak?»

Mana swirled around Jung Hayang.

A tangible bluish aura rose up like a mist.

«And.»

She took a step forward.

The mana that had been swirling around froze like a cat raising its tail in alertness.

The kids instinctively raised their arms to shield themselves from the wind that rushed toward them.

The heavy wind ruffled their hair.

«Ah!»

A girl let out a startled scream.

The mirror cracked a few streaks.

«Don’t you know any manners?»

Hayang looked at Sena, who was frozen in place, and opened her mouth.

«…Well, go.»

Sena managed to open her mouth with effort. It was the first time she had been exposed to such hostile mana so directly.

She recognized the image of Eunha from when she’d slain the monster in the Bukhansan.Mountain.

«Sena, do you even know who I am?»

«You are… Jung Hayang.»

«And?»

«Alice…gr-…. group.»

«You know that?»

Jung Hayang.

Even if she wasn’t a blood relative of Alice Group, she was definitely in the direct line of Alice Group.

But a pharmaceutical company that wasn’t even a successor to the KK Group, but merely an affiliate, would belittle and sneer at the Alice Group’s direct line?

It was ridiculous.

Sena had planned to crush Hayang’s confidence before she realized her position.

That was a big mistake.

She already fully understood her position.

«Should I tell KK Group?»

«…Sorry.»

«Sorry?»

«…I’m sorry.»

Sena gritted her teeth.

Although she was upset, Jung Hayang was part of the Alice Group’s direct circles.

As someone from KK Group’s subsidiary, she knew she was untouchable.

She bowed her head, just like her father had done the year before.

«I…did…wrong.»

«…And you?»

«»»We were wrong!!!!»»

Sena bowed.

The children who followed her bowed their heads, their faces white as death.

If Sena was the KK Group’s spokesperson, then the children who followed her were, at best, those whose parents worked for KK Pharmaceuticals, or were labeled as subcontractors.

If Alice Group drew their swords, they were powerless to stop it.

«That’s it, go away.»

She blurted out.

Sena bowed once more, then left the restroom with her clique.

Sena bit her nails and walked down the corridor with the sound of her steps echoing, accompanied by contemplative kids.

☆

«Phew….»

She had given herself a fright.

Hayang swept her hand across her chest.

I don’t know if it was a good thing.

When Sena was upset, she only remembered what her grandfather had said to her not long ago.

«‘Hayang, you’re now a child of the Alice Group, and Min Joon-sik’s granddaughter. I hope you’ll think about what that means.»

I want you to think about what that means.

She didn’t realize how great Alice Group’s status was.

But she knew she wouldn’t give in to KK Pharmaceuticals.

Her father was making potions.

It was an unfounded belief and a conviction that needed no proof.

That thought made her realize that she shouldn’t be intimidated and back down.

Fortunately, she knew how heroines in similar situations dealt with villains.

Thanks to her recent romance fantasy reading.

«…Huh? Did the bell ring already? Oh, but what about this….»

It was time for the afternoon sports festival to begin.

As she left the bathroom, she caught sight of the cracked mirror and panicked.

Leaning over the sink, she placed her hands on the mirror.

When she saw her face in the cracked mirror, she pursed her lips.

«…As for using Bond, it probably won’t work, right?»

She touched the crack with her fingers.

It seemed difficult to fake it.

I had to tell the teacher.

«Haa, the teacher will scold me….»

She mumbled in frustration.

☆

Jung Hayang why doesn’t she come over here?

Eunha searched for Hayang, who didn’t show up when the afternoon part of the sports meet started.

As a result, the rope jumping final took place without her.

The victory went to Team Blue. After missing the tug-of-war all morning, Eunha worked hard.

Eunha also achieved high scores in the bean bag toss event that followed.

He didn’t even have to use any mana; every beanbag he threw went into the basket.

«What’s wrong with you? Why are you acting like this?»

«Why, what’s the matter?»

«Why are you working so hard in a way that’s not like you?»

«What are you talking about? This is who I am.»

Eunha said bluntly to Minji, whose eyes were puffy.

Minji didn’t show that she was crying.

Eunha purposely pretended not to notice.

«Gyus, I’m sorry I’m late!»

Meanwhile, Hayang came running up, gasping for breath.

Fixing her blue hat, she anxiously checked the score of the blue team.

When she saw the score, her face lit up.

«Wow, the gap is even wider, what’s going on?»

«Hey Hayang, where were you wandering? Because of you, we almost lost the rope pulling game.»

«Mm…mhh..ahm…»

Minji tugged on Haoyang’s cheeks with both hands. Her cheeks stretched like glutinous rice cakes.

«Huh? But Min-ji, your face looks like….»

«Ah! Seona’s turn!»

Eunha quickly changed the subject.

Just then, the finals of the inter-grade tug-of-war began.

Triangular ears poked through the holes in her hat. Seona took the lead, her yellow hair flying.

None of the kids could keep up with her.

«Eunhyuk!»

Seona passed the barrel she was carrying to the next runner, Eunhyeok.

«Leave it to me!»

Eunhyuk was the last runner, and as soon as he took over the baton, he sprinted full speed toward the finish line.

The other kids were doing their best just to close the gap that Seona had opened up.

Eunhyuk further increased the gap.

There was no change.

Eunhyuk had created an overwhelming gap between himself and the rest of the kids and came into the goal. The next game, and the next, and the next.

The blue team swept to victory.

The blue team won, and the third grade class had the best score of all the grades.

«See, they’re good at it, huh? Hey, hey, what do you think you’re doing?!!»

«Guys! One, two, three!»

«»»One, two, three!!!!»»

Minji, who represented us on the podium and received the award, exclaimed happily.

Eunhyuk, who had gathered the boys in advance, took the lead.

The boys rushed after her, grabbing her limbs and lifting her into the air.

«Aaahhhhhh-!!! Hey, don’t!»

Even as she screamed, Minji let out a hearty laugh.

Seona watched in amusement.

So did Eunha, who watched her from afar, not joining the rinsing children.

«Studying should be done the same way as today.»

Im Do-hon, who had come up beside him, blurted out.

Eunha looked up at him.

He smiled.

He had an idea.

«Guys, the teacher said he’s treating us to hamburgers!»

«What! A hamburger!?»

«Hamburgers, you say!?»

The third grade class had the best performance.

They couldn’t just walk away with the prize.

Eunha shouted at the kids and created an atmosphere that made it impossible for Im Do-hon to back down.

As soon as he did, he ran away.

Im Do-hon glared at him with a calm gaze.

«…I can’t help it. One Big Mac for each of you.»

Do hon sighed.

The kids had worked hard today, so they deserved it.

Just like that, the Athletic events day came to an end.