The Sacred Tigers of the Gaecheon Myth (1)

Question 17.

Choose the correct answer based on the below text (A) and historical records (B).

Text (A)

After the heavens opened and Heavenly God descended, he asked about the wishes, so the sacred tigers answered.

Baek-ho(White tiger) wished to go anywhere.

Hwang-ho(Yellow tiger) wished to exist everywhere.

Cheong-ho(Blue tiger) wished to always serve Sinin (god's son).

(omitted)

Heavenly God gladly granted their wishes and disappeared in the opened heavens.

Remaining Sinin and the Sacred Tigers were greatly overjoyed.

The festival would be held then every year without expectation on the ground managed by Sinin where the heavens opened, and the feast would be held on the mountain to express their thanks.

— Gaecheon Myth —

1. Totemism was prevalent at that time.

2. It can be inferred that more than the 4 Ho tribe members existed.

3. The Ho tribe and Sinin had an equal relationship.

4. It can be inferred that it was a theocratic society.

5. Conflict between the Ho tribe and the Ung tribe can be confirmed.

The text (A) was an extract from a Chinese translation of the Gaecheon Myth, recorded in the mainstream Memoriala of Three Kingdoms. The historical record (B) was a photo of the monument on the Heavenly Wings Mountain White Cloud Peak total protection[1] and the original the Gaecheon Myth.

'The answer is no. 4. It's a theocracy because Sinin, who managed the land, held the ancestry rites.'

The no. 2 and no. 5 were true, but they were traps.

Because the Gaecheon myth recorded only three Ho tribe members and the Ung tribe didn't appear.

It was a problem asking about understanding of the myth and legend category and possibility of making this categorization.

'Correct.'

When I checked the answers for the previous exam papers for the elective lecture 'Understanding of Jin people 1', the 'correct' notice came up straight away.

After thinking about Gaecheon's question, it wasn't difficult, and I could answer immediately.

I finished checking the correct answer while moving on to the next question.

Question 18.

Choose which statement about descendants of Jin people is wrong.

'It's a question about the difference between the Jin people and their descendants.'

There was an extremely small chance of the child between two Jin people or between a Jin and a human being born.

Even so, there were beings who kept trying to frequently overcome this challenge.

However, even if the child with Jin's blood was born, that child cannot be considered a Jin.

They weren't called Jin people, but 'Jin's descendants'.

[Questions about Jin people aren't hard. It's simple if you think about our school's Yeom Junyeol-gun. Yeom Junyeol-gun's mother was born in the Jin people's Yong tribe. However neither she nor Yeom Junyeol-gun are Jin people, but they're descendants.]

I recalled the words of 'Im Yeonhwa', the teacher in charge of Understanding of Jin people 1 lecture, spoken during the lesson while I checked the answer.

'Yeom Junyeol's blood is a bit thin, however he is the Yong tribe's descendant.

Because Yeom Junyeol's mother was Jin's descendant, his birth itself was treated as a miracle.

So Yeom Bangyeol and Yong tribe extremely cherished Yeom Junyeol.

'Because the Yong tribe's descendants don't exceed ten.'

The number of descendants was much smaller than the number of Jin people.

I had no idea why such a minor question came up on the exam.

Was it because Yeom Junyeol's popularity blew up so much that he even influenced workbooks?

'The descendants are said to exist as a medium between humans and Jin people…. They are stronger than humans, but weaker than Jin people. They cannot resist the influence of the Jin people they are connected to by blood. They are an existence with many various penalties.'

I solved all 50 questions and closed the past exam papers.

Because I came to the school early, I was the only one in the classroom.

'But one week from the start of school has passed, and I'm already worn out by exams.'

One week has passed since the Eungwang School started its semester.

The main event during that time was that Seoul's Education Office held a national academic evaluation.

Because the academic evaluation took place across all highschools in the country, in addition to the Player special highschools, all subjects were only SAT related.

Ju Su-hyeok and An Dain, who received perfect scores among 1st years, became a hot topic for a while.

'I barely appeared in the middle ranks, but…'

It might be a shameful result for a 4 year University graduate even if the Eungwang School is one of the most prestigious highschools in Korea.

As an excuse, almost 10 years have passed since I took the SAT, and after coming to this world I only studied Player related subjects.

I was personally satisfied.

'In the future, only people who selected the SAT related subjects would take the mock exam, so it doesn't concern me.'

I didn't choose even one subject I was learning in high school before.

Jang Namuk who saw my chosen subjects said: 'Are you gonna give up on SAT?' and started to nag like usual.

Because even Player students had to satisfy the lowest grade SAT to enter the university, so the students choose all SAT related subjects if they plan to go to the university.

'University…'

I already experienced university life.

I had no fantasies or regrets about it.

If I had regrets, it was about this world ending.

'Let's study.'

It's better to quit trivial melancholy thoughts.

Like expected from the prestigious highschool, every day was flooded with exams so I couldn't become careless.

Currently, I had one of the highest ranking grades in the tests according to the subjects.

'But my school records don't reflect that, so it's meaningless.'

Thanks to studying the Exclusive menu's setting book in advance, I didn't feel much pressure on the exams.

Rather, I enjoyed learning details which didn't appear even in the setting book.

'In this world, the next Ho mentioned after Baek-ho and Hwang-ho is Cheong-ho…'

I read Gaecheon Myth's complete translation again while thinking about it.

The Ho tribe members appearing in the game were Baek-ho, Hwang-ho and Jeok-ho.

Apart from them, other tigers had been mentioned to exist, but they didn't have even small personal appearances.

They only showed up a little as silhouettes in characters' retrospections.

'If Cheong-ho's wish was to serve Sinin, then there is a big chance that she is by Sinin's side even now.'

I also wanted to figure out the existence of Cheong-ho and Sinin.

If you examine the game's whole scenario, there will be a few contradictions and plot holes.

I could vaguely imagine the current situation of Cheong-ho and Sinin if I put my mind to it.

However…

'There is no clear evidence or way to confirm it.'

As the story progresses, there will be numerous means to confirm it.

For now, I had to wait.

Swishh—

I heard the automatic door to the 1st year class 0's classroom open.

'Did Kim Yuri come?'

With this thought, I raised my head, but saw an unexpected person.

It was the game's non-playable character, NPC Han Yi.

"Hello."

After my greeting, Han Yi also replied with an expressionless face.

"Hello, Jo Uisin."

Han Yi had excellent grades and never had an incident.

She was withdrawn, but maintained good relationships with teachers.

Even so, the reason she was placed in the class 0 was because she had a grade 2 disability of complete hearing loss.

⟨Reading 'Han Yi''s character data.⟩

[Name] Han Yi

[Titles] Eungwang School 1st year class 0 (Some loading failed.)

[Blessing] (Some loading failed.)

[Gwangrim] (inactive)

[Status] (Some loading failed.)

[Overall statistics] Lv. 17

[Skills]

Leap Lv.3

Detection Lv. 4

Taehokwon (Great Tiger Style[2]) Lv.4

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[Description]

Grew up in an orphanage since she was 5 years old.

2nd grade disabled with complete hearing loss.

Even after cochlea transplant operation or using a Player's recovery skill, it was impossible to recover her hearing. It was assumed that she received a powerful curse before she was 5 years old.

She perfected the technique of lip reading. There are no troubles with communication.

(Some loading failed.)

'She has some of the top specs among students. But maybe because she is an NPC with little importance, many parts are invisible.'

Special screening for disabled didn't exist at the Eungwang School.

The Eungwang School's students start to subjugate the otherworlds and fight Enemies from their second half of 1st year.

It was a matter of life and death.

There could not be discussion about consideration or discrimination against the disabled.

'Han Yi was a strong person who passed Eungwang School's entrance exam with high grades under the same conditions as students without disabilities.'

Because a severely disabled person was never admitted to school before, teachers decided to send her to class 0 after the discussion.

They judged that Han Yi could receive better support in the class with 20 people than if she was put in the class with 50 people.

'But Han Yi rarely needed teachers' help…'

Han Yi had a high level detection skill and was a competent lip reader.

If Han Yi saw lips, she could perfectly understand the conversation and reply with even pronunciation.

Even in the game, there was a scene a few times where people were surprised to learn that Han Yi was deaf.

"You came early today."

"Because from today, the club selection starts."

That club would be the biggest reason why Han Yi was determined to enter the Eungwang School.

I guess she wanted to fill out the application early in the morning, so she came to school early.

'It's because of Gong Cheonghwon, right?'

The so-called 'Gong Cheonghwon' was a long-term volunteer at the children's home Han Yi was living in.

He was the first to realize that Han Yi was a Player.

Gong Cheonghwon taught Han Yi lip-reading and one of this world's traditional Korean martial arts, Taehokwon.

'He taught Han Yi so perfectly that she passed Eungwang School's test. He is a great person.'

And now.

Gong Cheonghwon works as a part-time teacher at Eungwang School and serves as an advisor to the small Taehokwon's group.

"You're going to join Taehokwon's small group?"

"Yeah."

Han Yi's expressionless face crumbled and she smiled faintly.

'…It's the first time I'm seeing this expression in this world.'

After Gong Cheonghwon died protecting the students…

Han Yi, who found him after arriving too late, made this expression.

Even when Enemies kept approaching, she didn't react.

The close-up at her sitting beside Gong Cheonghwon and quietly closing her eyes was her last appearance.

'Let's quit thinking.'

Is it because I studied too much?

My thoughts keep flowing in a depressing direction.

To change the troublesome direction, I started a new topic.

"I enjoyed your Taehokwon spar during last week's lesson. I'm going to visit if I have time."

During last week's first lesson of the Player combat practice 1, Han Yi faced Hwang Jiho.

Seeing Han Yi materializing protectors used in Taehokwon from the item card, Hwang Jiho's eyes suddenly lit up.

'There is a rumor that the founder of Taehokwon is a Ho tribe member. Seeing Hwang Jiho's reaction, it should be right.'

When Hwang Jiho saw Han Yi take Taehokwon preparation stance, he threw away his item card.

The teachers and other students were dumbfounded, but Hwang Jiho didn't bother.

Hwang Jiho ignored the battle skill he registered before and fought back using Taehokwon with his bare hands.

He seemed to be happy to meet a talented Taehokwon successor as he showed off his Taehokwon with a very delighted expression.

He looked like a complete lunatic.

'Taehokwon was a traditional martial art which was completely pushed out by Taekwondo and only remains in records, so it would be a long time since he saw a successor.'

The spar ended with Hwang Jiho's victory.

Hwang Jiho's strange behavior also increased the evaluation that there are many lunatics in class 0.

"Will Hwang Jiho also join the Taehokwon small group?"

Han Yi's expression cracked as she said:

"I don't know. I guess he is going to invade and ask for a spar when he is bored."

Hwang Jiho, who was indifferent to the school management, wouldn't even know about the existence of the small Taehokwon group.

If Han Yi signs up to Taehokwon group, then he would naturally learn about it.

Considering his appearance on the first lesson, it seemed Hwang Jiho will come to ask for a sparring session whenever he is free.

"Next time I'll win."

Han Yi's eyes were shining brightly.

However, the opponent is Hwang-ho of the Ho tribe.

Unlike Baek-ho who had Wrath of Heavenly God on him or Jeok-ho who had his category downgraded, he was a mythical category Ho tribe member in perfect condition.

The opponent was terrible.

Even so, I decided to support her.

"Okay, I'll root for you."

The moment when Han Yi opened her mouth to thank me.

Knock. Knock—

I heard the sound of knocking at the front and back classroom doors at the same time.

Sensing a presence, Han Yi glanced at the doors.

I couldn't open both doors at the same time, so I decided to invite them first.

"Come in."

Swish—

"Uisin, can I talk to you for a moment?"

"Jo Uisin, it's me."

In the front door stood Yu Sang-hui. In the back door stood Yu Sang-hun.

'…Did you come separately?'

The 1st year class 0 classroom is in the far corner of the building, so the front door was closely connected with the building entrance.

And the back door is in the corridor which connects with the 1st year class 1 classroom which Yu Sang-hun belonged to.

I guess for that reason Yu Sang-hun and Yu Sang-hui didn't run into each other before they arrived at the 1st year class 0.

Now the two noticed each other's existence.

"Why are you here?"

"Is that something you should say to your older sister?"

"Why did the 3rd year come to the 1st year classroom?"

"I came to talk to Uisin."

I didn't know why those two came here.

However, the 3rd year here will attract attention.

In addition to being in the top 10 ranking of the overall grades among the 3rd years, Yu Sang-hui was a secretary of the Student Council.

'Yu Sang-hui is a Player possessing a valuable healing skill. She is naturally famous.'

The students who discovered her were starting to flock here.

It will soon become chaotic.

"Senior Yu Sanghui-nim, hello. Yu Sang-hun, hello. But what is it about…"

I had to quickly hear their business and send them off.

At my question, the two perfectly overlapped and said at the same time, like brother and sister.

"Uisin, did you think about joining the Student Council?"

"Jo Uisin, how about the basketball club?"

I was at a loss for words at the unexpected offer.

*~*~* [1] Heavenly Wings Mountain White Cloud Peak total protection — White Cloud Peak is Baegunbong, which is a real mountain peak… but it's not in Seoul… It's not that far…. How it's in Heavenly Wings I don't know. Also please don't ask about total protection. This translator has no idea what this entire sentence was supposed to mean. Unless there really are some self-protection guns there and the mountains can teleport. I think I lost my brain cells somewhere midst reading it.

[2] Great Tiger Style – it could also be a great tiger fist or martial art or… some other murim name. The Great could also be replaced with strong or big…

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