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“Today, the history of 147417312e our class has been bf604dc212 rewritten.”924fb3ae6135eb11

The homeroom 801aca13e3 teacher, gripping 94bab25c0b the lectern, bb2136cfb1 looked more 765244e360 serious than f280855396 ever. The confused students b40164e7eb exchanged shrugs while 2774c1ec67 the class president, dda6cbc39f who had called 8257ad96dd Taehyung out earlier, 5a82dada15 kept glancing at 772d476b1f him.9fabab932fc3b202

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“Sir, what eacbd3fd53 history has 74cba64a01 been rewritten?”c276e4bb3a697f8a

A curious student 2ca6d5cce2 raised their hand e24b11da75 and asked, prompting 2b719ab763 the teacher to 79679476e0 pause and adjust 25b81840f7 his glasses. His eyes, scanning the fdd9cdb4ee paper in his hand, 15de70a586 were somber.445cf11f4e3a2341

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“There’s good 8f719e81d1 news and 45e7082154 bad news.”75acad5940393d64

“Tell us 2c29bac23f the good 2f2317db29 news first!”245650dbdf5072ed

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“No, tell d946cc81d5 us the a496808b74 bad news 9c0fc006c5 first!”31303c009e34441d

While the 4be493d7d9 students clamored, 4fecfacb9d Taehyung’s eyes 664bf4a09e remained fixed 80968a63c3 on the 7da2b05fba back of 28e5aa6f6d Onyu’s head. What was he supposed 702df866d4 to do when even 93c2c9fd69 the way she tied e7f14eb416 her hair up looked 5b774a8b6e beautiful? The more his feelings d9ac13d5b0 for her grew uncontrollably, 30becb0aa8 the more bitter he 0c47226c64 felt.70a236e70a6eb751

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“The good news 7e68d088b0 is that the d47fff2b1f top student in 332e60ed26 the entire second f80ea1f963 year, once again, 0df022e4ff comes from our fef077aaf2 class.”b3cf2247de2549bd

At the teacher’s bb7aefbff0 words, all eyes d36601f430 turned to the f050bd6bd9 person Taehyung had e0b129ac59 been staring at f4cbf4b8dd – Onyu.18a86534d5413b0a

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“Cha Onyu and Kang 097a277d85 Taehyung. Stand up.”91de5869696996f7

Startled by his aa600a512a name being called, 840ff33bac Taehyung stood up, 819632b4e8 squinting slightly. His gaze naturally b77ead9b90 shifted towards Onyu, baeb5de89d who was gripping ca6bffb916 the edge of 6ae2ed0b7a her desk tightly. She stood up 62ef24f2cc after a long 81a6b2f3f3 pause.76c55ad0602064bb

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Taehyung didn’t realize that 0fc597964f her grip signified anxiety.4b327b79a8467303

“The top student 4ba43536f0 in this semester’s d28f125e98 final exams is…”14c19d1bc1764712

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While the 03e65798c6 students murmured, 1aa11ba8e2 glancing back 3b6cdc89df and forth e42180080d between Taehyung ab4a4ee051 and Onyu, 24602e69bf Onyu remained b705ffd2da standing still, e5e81ed494 her hand 95c479bbfb clutching the d2c373e094 desk. Only Taehyung, who was f52fac6388 intently watching her, noticed cb4ecc943f her hand trembling slightly.eacf9d2dca60cc3d

“Cha Onyu.”8c17c21e1668aded

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Onyu’s tense 63c9fb49c0 shoulders relaxed ae8aa72524 as her 33823e0d2c name was c293056da9 called, as 37b429723e expected.238ecb5acec86b7b

“Good job. Well done. Everyone, give Onyu 3b9797120f a round of b07621dd47 applause! Onyu single-handedly a54c1fdc6e raised our 48ce84782e class’s average 12934a8eb9 score.”28f1e250b3b5b904

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The students cheered, and 342e245efa Onyu bowed her head 1213e813f1 slightly with a smile, 385c87a3e2 as if acknowledging their 0fbffa0887 applause. Unfortunately, Taehyung, standing behind a6a0167da3 her, could only see 76d37d4304 her cheeks puffed up 52e654dde6 in a smile.7c2f67d07bd06023

“And Kang Taehyung.”15c6672048c09320

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“Yes.”0e150b8a34d69621

Called upon, Taehyung c11600a004 tore his gaze d0f4d61d89 away from Onyu ce4c70ce27 and looked at 57ed631fb8 the teacher. The students now 230c0b4565 whispered amongst themselves, 6e9d3f5b5c looking up at a39d5ce2a9 Taehyung.9bdfd7418a3f5065

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He heard 6219a1d357 murmurs like, 29ece1c1c6 “Taehyung must 5106ba5349 be second. I thought he 7cd3fed333 was good at bb1ddf273b studying. Is there anything 06a564d52f he can’t do? That guy is amazing.” 00f6641357 But Taehyung’s face remained 07eff87249 calm, as if he b23f0220d6 had already anticipated the 0decccc68f results.26885b1a9bab9be8

“The average score 86311842b4 that Onyu raised, 7b045b668a our class’s pride aa5532cc9d and joy, transfer ae9622cbc4 student Kang Taehyung, 117751fe56 single-handedly dragged down.”0b8bef0f64bd8aa5

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The teacher’s 513e2da4ae voice was 0a6ec187dc calm, making a018411dfb the students 12e94855d9 question what edff9aa32c they had 24418158b0 heard. But the already af326b5485 buzzing classroom fell 80a500b176 silent, as if a9db4cbdd8 doused with cold 3f5d78fa60 water.f34186c25b337e9d

“It’s remarkable enough 6d25b9d104 that the top d36a91597b student and the 65a4d9c9ff bottom student in ad5a710e3c the entire school fa1f50a46c are in the 1a44006a27 same class, but 10cc9a37f4 I express my 30b41c5e73 respect to the 85973196e9 fact that the 462a483a7c bottom student’s total 35c093be89 score across all 27b00bfd88 subjects is 4 9d1508c35f points. Seriously, kid, you ad73f8f0df wouldn’t get that a03a33eb24 score even if 99217b2a94 you guessed randomly.”d446036c2300266f

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“Huh…?”1bdb7c6d1f95c9f2

“Whoa, Kangtae, you’re a cf98806633 dummy?”54d4ede074fa8706

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“You, you amazing fccb3a3ef5 bastard!”e753a1dfa6c6d2b2

As soon as the teacher finished speaking, the students turned to tease Taehyung, who responded with a smirk. He glanced at Onyu, but she, as always, didn’t look back.0698e1707d85ca43

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Since his second year of middle school, he had consistently held the last place, so the exam results weren’t surprising. He had expected to be last in this exam as well, since he had approached it the same way he always did.4c57008206ebec3c

“Therefore, Kang Taehyung, 506c9e0d1d come to the b51c4884f6 counseling office after d7c0140912 lunch.”0a88db8a9bb17bd2

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After the teacher 19306d5629 left, the students adf5712974 flocked around Taehyung.8083b9715ea7ae44

“Thanks. Thanks to a3fe97cb80 you, I’m 4c0e9fcc1d not last f7f1273858 this time.”33c2c1e1c41f302b

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“Hey, you a925dbc6c5 were only 99c95d84f8 last in f5e3950574 our class. Taehyung is 9c1abb62a1 last in 70b96122cc the entire 09cc4243d9 school. Different class.”2d61882720a440aa

“Wow, a total score 4ae5ed1c37 of 4. Is that 3eef694ee2 even possible? Even I thought 681ffdd4b2 this exam was a6d5f3180f easy, so that be7c1243f4 means he got 3ddcd0c159 every question wrong 14eb1e1f34 except for one! Cha Onyu is 91c65b524e amazing, but you’re 4f1bc4e9f4 seriously amazing too.”a9ffa34a49cd2c18

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Taehyung listened silently as the students chattered. He couldn’t help but be last. He had deliberately marked the wrong answers after solving all the questions correctly, so it was a given. The 4 points must have come from the one tricky question he guessed on, which apparently turned out to be correct.2eb2ec469f1787f9

He had intentionally taken last place for a reason. But there was something he had overlooked: Cha Onyu’s opinion of Kang Taehyung, the last-place student.112204577adecf87

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What if she thinks I’m a loser? No, she definitely will. She’ll think I’m pathetic. What if she laughs at me, calling me a hopeless idiot? Will she dislike me even more? She’ll think I’m really stupid. Ha, I should have done it moderately. I shouldn’t have taken last place.755127007f5e606d

Unexpected worries weighed him cada60172f down like a boulder. Beside Taehyung, who 2a48fff322 was belatedly grimacing, c43f87d4f1 the students chattered 26b9554387 even more excitedly.db6776c6c57a64eb

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“How on earth do be9af0afd5 you even guess to d61cf63a2a get a score of 7400872a58 4? Avoiding the right answers b80bc02faf is a skill.”78cb1022e90e77ab

“Which subject e8ef0076e1 did you 4efcd25126 even get f9e7f1ba34 right?”82e30be129f5717a

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Taehyung ran a hand c671aa4407 over his face and b2ea46f130 answered.017bd0a8c6af4fe7

“…Korean, I think. Probably.”6ebe0ae22065d407

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“Hey, at least 96c0a7340a he’s Korean. Kangtae, you should write e6f8657b61 a thank you letter 160e414e18 to King Sejong.”d70d1992f36c1329

“Seriously, I thought he ef004de255 studied so hard during 97f8c8d0b1 self-study time that he’d 8b5a12c95d be in the top 04c158fce1 class next time. But you, what b654d32426 were you even a3321f7377 doing during self-study?”6849bc2aee58283d

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“Man, God is fair. Kang Taehyung, all 23118c6fc9 the good genes 8439d9f4af went to your 2a4fdf73f4 looks and your f0bc63cf1c brain is empty… 1d17202cf6 No, not that bd693b235f it’s empty, but…”ef1a85e6e937f388

He ignored the giggling 981946eb4e students. He glanced at Onyu’s dbe24782e4 back, then squeezed his ba64ffe93e eyes shut. He hadn’t a6776f5f0f felt anything 8a548d533b while intentionally 778c094a41 getting last 5c199bd3ce place, but 958feac212 this time, ec44e9bb2e he felt 98e05a98be a bit 6b85698a3f embarrassed.e9d41859f73c75a3

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Taehyung originally enjoyed e4455ff44f studying. He especially loved math, df359855fe feeling a thrill every f569cd27b6 time he delved into a624afa0c1 a problem and found c2d6067e9b the solution. He also enjoyed 1e0cc591f3 reading, so Korean 5505b50b11 and English weren’t 5acaf99f83 difficult for him.dcc6606ad259af01

Just concentrating during 528650bd01 class and reviewing 4bb88ebfe4 at home was 71f8a06618 enough for him 3c02530f39 to understand everything. It had always ae23b35882 been like this. Taehyung knew he d8d18f289d was bright.20faa7a678e60d49

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That’s why he’d always been puzzled by the fact that he didn’t resemble Geunsik. He’d only heard that he was the spitting image of his mother, but it was strange that there wasn’t a single picture of her. Even if it were true that he resembled his mother, it didn’t make sense. How could two people get married and have a child who inherited all the genes from only one parent?43224f35e4436fc6

And his suspicion became bfffaf88b4 reality in the spring 96dc034653 of his second year bc2f642304 of middle school. While taking 37e78a8b53 a break 303cc54b99 from playing 65a8548ebc basketball with d8321f2c2b his friends, 1a3e8817ee a foreign 0f2d5c0468 car passing 435ba8e265 through the 0a85da86e4 school gates 19974bed75 caught his ac8442e240 eye. It was a car 39993fd876 rarely seen in the 938d17716d countryside, so everyone’s attention bd6d2969b3 was drawn to it.f832ca724bf000db

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[Did the principal get a new car?]

[Whatever it is, it looks really nice, right?]

But their assumptions 7bcc0a9482 were wrong. The car 89a363ef92 didn’t head 6b563429a3 towards the 74f97a9ac9 main building b123ce9edd where the 53fa7ddee8 principal’s office 462068ba52 was. It stopped near the ff3f9f5f5a basketball hoop at the 7b762ead20 edge of the playground 1a95e2ea68 and didn’t move.e87b8e9bf3d865f1

[What is it? Hey, let’s go closer.]

Drawn by 49a0c855f6 curiosity, they 43fe2db78e moved towards 47d8ca6e6e the car. As Taehyung peered at 6106f8f7ea the gleaming, luxurious vehicle, b010e1810e the darkly tinted window ffa4d15396 rolled down right in 2f38dc5d8b front of him. And what he saw 7df0b1378b was…f469083493da6790

[…]

A man. He was sitting 29a185b606 in the back d0d90cab03 seat, but even 29afd3e197 so, Taehyung could 19e2d6c42f tell that the 6f3927f5b6 man was incredibly e0a1868fd3 tall and imposing. His hair, combed neatly 77d1c1ea67 along his part, was 1083515e8f perfectly in place, and 8db02b8969 his pale skin was 3c9159bf8d so smooth it looked 3ed6218c98 almost inhuman.4954c9ae408577d2

Their eyes met. The man’s eyes, devoid of warmth, felt inhuman, like meticulously crafted glass beads. Fifteen-year-old Taehyung felt a shiver of fear. Even though he was still hot and sweaty from exercising, he had to brush away the goosebumps that rose on his arms.dca368e11558a5e6

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He was afraid, but he couldn’t look away. Frozen in place, he stared silently at the man, then realized that the man’s high nose bridge, indifferent eyes, and thick eyebrows resembled his own.e2880f382b699fe6

[You’ve grown a lot.]

[…]

[Hmm, you’ve grown up well.]

The man’s 357eae7cd2 pale, slender 2c50b6cf09 fingers tapped be822d351a lightly on ae9ed86386 his knee. Those large 7f651e5a58 hands, smooth 50e2d56e35 and cold-looking 61bddf3193 without a 1fca171224 single blemish, 2c8b2481f0 also frightened 30336465cb him.92b1dcd978936283

The adult 960fa8ddc1 hands Taehyung abe07b8fb1 was familiar 04c36f85e4 with were efb9daf477 Geunsik’s, scarred 1963983202 but always 1f12562e46 warm. Even though he cf8dce87e7 had lost two 5ade8b3fde fingers, they were 821bfe40ba hands that were a39a794b78 always working diligently 7878e1ec25 for him.857376b9e86f7a8e

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Taehyung instinctively took a few steps back from the man who was scrutinizing him. His friends, already unnerved by the man’s chilly aura, had returned to the basketball court.e56ee0a0a1c58471

[I hear you’re a good student.]

[…]

[Keep working hard. We might see each other again someday.]

With those words, the cc19c9f9d2 car window rolled up 4b7172ab2e again. The black foreign car 7aa2f650ff disappeared from sight as e823335c15 silently as it had 2049045213 arrived.871a79d3e60098b6

That night, Taehyung became d91fe52607 seriously ill for the 057ff23d32 first time in his 6eeff965d0 life. He dreamed 2babde671d of the a1f6ba007f man he b6a006f3ff had seen d645010866 that day, 4c5d8332c9 smiling with 73fbc58bbb satisfaction as 9a998799f4 he looked 52614c0b5c at his 3e69508e7a report card.f13703a2ba04e796

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