Volume 5 Chapter 4 (1/2)

Chapter 4 : Grades

Lee Hye Yeon finished school and alking hoo But she'd have to pay for it Her thrift was al as that of her brother

She only was taking bus if she was in real hurry And even then she was pretending to be a middle school student For h school students

Soirl”

”Yes?”

”It's Dein high school unifor older sister's uniform”

”Sister's uniforh school Uncle, i really don't have ti it Lee Hye Yeon was usually bending her knees a little to seem shorter andher eyes

That orking because she looked younger than she was

”Hmm, if so you can have a seat”

”Thank you,anyher seat with a ses'

However girls also heeded a lot of things men didn't Like underwear and cosmetics

Lee Hye Yeon was a natural talent in those ifted by boys She was giving the the presents in return

Thanks to that Lee Hye Yeon was able to save her allowance and put it on a personal bank account She wasn't Lee Hyung's sister for nothing

”It should be arriving today”

She hurried home and checked thefor several days now finally arrived In it were results of Hyung's exam

”It's finally here”

She could have probably checked results over the internet, but she looked at the report car nevertheless

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Korean: 75

Social science: 90

Math: 65

Science: 55

English: 65

Ethics: 40

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Total: 390

Average: 65

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Total above 360 and none below 40 h school”

Lee Hye Yeon iping off her tears and s she had all this ti to school she was sorry for Lee Hyun She kneas earningfood, earned and cooked by her brother

She folded the letter and entered the house

Grandmother's condition improved, but she hasn't yet recovered, so she was still in hospital So Hye Yeon and her brother lived alone

Hyun was still in the capsule That was because today she cauess i'll clean up the house”

Hye Yeon Cleanly swept the house, cleaned the dust and washed the dishes

”The plates from the breakfast are still here Coo to the dojo and return tired again, like at that ti for Royal Road!

For almost a year her brother lived like he was possessed He found and studied all the works on virtual reality and collected as much information on Royal Road as he could At the saht

24 hours a day was literally not enough for him

Her brother slept about 3-4 hours a day, yet still found time to prepare o to the dojo she was terribly upset His hands were covered by blisters and body bruised He was coht away like he was dead

ThoseLee Hye Yeon depressed

At suchto distract herself ork

'Now I've got to study'

To get accepted to 'Korea' university

That was her ht now

At first she didn't want to go to that university After all it was not a etting all the necessary knowledge At least that was the case for Interior designer, which was her desired profession

But Lee Hyun wanted her to study in 'Korea' university And for her brother, who sacrificed so oal was to get a full 4-year scholarshi+p!

But that wasn't her only ai the scholarshi+p, she was planning to start earning money as a private tutor

”Granny, brother's report card arrived!”

That day Hye Yeon couldn't hold her joy and ran to the hospital to give grandmother the news

”Really? So did he pass?”

Grandmother's face was tired but cheerful

”Yeah! He did! Look at his grades Apart froh”

”That's fine What's ih some could interpret it as 'His head is smart, but as a human he is a failure' But Hyun's fah in last 10 years, so they never doubted his human qualities for a rades

”He really did it Before I died”

”Huh? What're you talking about, granny? Our happy life has just started”

Lee Hye Yeon reassuringly took her grand Lee Hyun was going to the dojo

To exercise his body and to learn fencing fro activities

”Co the exam!”

When Lee Hyun entered the dojo Ahn Hyundo, instructors and al for hih school

”So he's got a high school diploh school too, but”

Ahn Hyundo got surprised by insructors' envy

”What's with you lot? Didn't you go to highschool too?”

”No, we left it early to train with sword more”

Instructors lived only to train with swords

Ahn Hyundo nodded

”So that's why you're so sireatly respected their teacher but his last words hurt them

'At least we finished o to elementary school yourself'

However Ahn Hyundo had a doctor's degree World's leading universities granted hinition of his kendo skills But actually he only ever went to the kindergarten!

There the child Ahn Hyundo have beaten arteners, for what he has been punished often

'On the day he got accepted to elehbourhood bullies with a wooden sword'

'They spent 16 weeks in a hospital I think? And the 7-year-old who beat theot to enter the elementary school'

Instructors knew about it, but kept silent

Ahn Hyundo was following the path of a sword since childhood Days were passing by but no worthy opponents appeared, so he had to spend ti Go, However even without any opponent Master was constantly is

Royal Road was taking Ahn Hyundo back to his childhood He was able to fight with strong opponents, high levelalive, constantly i, returned to him

It seemed like his childhood dream had finally started to come true

”Ahem Master”

With a little hesitation Lee Hyun asked:

”My sister ca today Do you mind?”

”So it is? Of course, she's welcoave his perht Most of the apprentices were professional swords in talented people froeneral public or young kendo students sometimes trained in dojo too

”Okay now, let's start the training Line up!”

After a short celebration all the students and instructors, including Chung Il Hoon took their places

”Today we'll start fro and then spar”

”Yes!”

The usualroutine Students brandished their swords with swift and accurate et my sister, Master”

”Okay”

Lee Hyun left the dojo and headed towards school gates They didn't have cellphones, so they just made an appointment at a certain time

”Brother!”

As it was sunday and Hye Yeon didn't have any lessons, she aiting at the school gates, dressed in casual clothes Her skirt was barely covering her knees and short hair were swaying with the wind

Her friends came with her

”hello everyone”

”Hey You did a good job at the festival”

Those were Hye Yeon's friends!

Lee Hyun replied with a shrug:

”Eh Yeah”

”Well then, let's go Coreement and led them to the dojo The moment doors closed behind theorously

”Oh, girls!”

”Schoolgirls!”

”Wow, high school girls came to a place like this”

”They're pretty”

The unexpected happened, girls ca harder The strength and speed of their strikes raised significantly

Today the training was really hard

Lee Hyun left the dojo and, as he didn't want to spendwas another good way of raduated fro with a sh school all the way through, but noould be able to proudly say that he graduated it

'Granny will be very happy And Hye Yeon'

Since their parents died Lee Hyun orried most about his sister When she was a child she was unusually timid and scaredy Their coher

”I wouldn't be able to continue replacing her parents forever Probably a few est dream of Lee Hyun was for his sister tocere the bride to the the groom Since early childhood he was fa care of his little sister And when the room will take the bride's hand Lee Hyun will becoht of ill happen afterwards Every day he had to struggle through many hardshi+ps to try and earn even a little money He didn't have time to think about such distant future

So only when his sister will finish the university andfor hihed bitterly

Hye Yeon rades she would be able to easily get into 'Korea' university and get a good job after graduating froood looks, would ether with the bestshe will be led by her brother, who barely graduated froht embarrass her

'I'm so ashamed I'm uneducated'

Lee Hyun started to worry that his poor education e for his sister and interfere with her life

Then he saw Great Society Rehabilitation Center!

He was just passing it on the way home In addition to its stately appearance it was filled with state-of-the-art equipnosed there once And if I e to become a doctor there my sister would be proud'

Last few days weren't so easy for Dr Cha Eunhee

She used hundreds of various treat Seoyoon to normal state And Royal Road was her last resort

Virtual reality garant e to satisfy unfulfilled in reality desires Traveling between reality and virtuality helps to fade the painful feelings

Cha Eunhee hoped that it will help to save Seoyoon from her mental obsession

Every day since Seoyoon started playing, Cha Eunhee atching her playing records to be able to exaical state better, than any test could show, as in the game Seoyoon had to constantly make decisions by herself and interact with the environment

All the Seoyoon's actions in Royal Road were recorded in the capsule That was private information, but as Seoyoon's doctor Cha Eunhee had access to it

First recordings of Seoyoon's hunt were encouraging

”This way she'll recover in no time!”

The initial tendency was positive

Even though she never laughed or talked to anybody and was very withdrawn overall She started to hunt and the desire to hunt was a display of greed

Cha Eunhee thought that her desire to becoer and acquire better items will make her more lively That such 'human' behaviour would certainly make a positive impact on treatment

But with ti She was going to places where ht fiercely, to the death, like a berserker

And she still wasn't talking to anyone in Royal Road

'But wasn't there a positive change?'

In Seraburg got acquainted with a fighting instructor They weren't very close, but it still was a huge breakthrough They were eating together and she listened to hi'

The n as well Closed people usually beco like a child with superiority complex Thankfully Seoyoon's state wasn't at such level yet

When people endure a great pain, they often start to feel sad or scared afterwards To threat such residual state fighting was a greatway til she's cohed deeply

After leaving Seraburg Jeong Seoyoon headed south where she continued her endless hunt

'How long will you re Seoyoon wasn't just a patient for her, but more of a little sister, as they knew each other since childhood Their parents were friends so they wereCha Eunhee older sister and following her around

But now she wasn't neither laughing nor speaking anyall she could to return her to nors were surprising her

”Why is there a statue of Seoyoon in Baran village?”

It seemed that Seoyoon didn't notice it, but the statue of softly se!

The face of statue of Freya must have been based on Seoyoon

The beauty of that s Cha Eunhee dizzy

Seoyoon was continuing to hunt and do to southern part of Rosenheidom, and in order to avoid the monsters such as Dark Ghouls and Blood Ravens

However the once low, population of southern region was constantly growing Players had yet to corounds used by Seoyoon, but it was already bothering her

'I can't stay here any longer'

Seoyoon decided to leave the south of the Rosenhei at the center of the continent, slowlycome this far south she realized, that there are no free lands further ahead

'To the east Where there's no players'

Seoyoon decided to go to Lands of Despair

The construction of the pyramid became the hot news of Royal Road Most of the rumors were spread by the people, directly involved in the construction

The pyramid almost instantly appeared on the web-sites And then several journalist teams were sent to Weed by various es of construction, from the initial concept to the final result

Of course the report about the pyramid could fit in a sht the pyramid, created by player's effort alone in detail To show players' feelings, their hard work, that made the construction of the pyra to the end, froreat history is written!

The pyramid, built by thousands of players' hard work!

The TV producers were already thinking abouta shohere fa their own pyraht that audience will be interested in whether someone else will be able to colance task

”We'll pay you a ree to ith us, we'll pay you 2 millions!”

Every day Weed received such offers, but he was refusing theot an offer, very different from others The Korean Ministry of Education decided to launch an advertising can of textbooks, and wanted to involve the pyramid in it