Ex Rank Supporting Role’s Replay in a Prestigious School

‘Amazing.’

I came here for the purpose of meeting Lu Boyuan rather than watching it itself.
No matter how talented the Chinese national team players were, I didn’t have high expectations for a sudden performance in an unfamiliar land.
However, the performance exceeded my expectations.

‘It’s on a different level from what I saw at the after-party. It’s more energetic than before, and it makes good use of the facilities at Hoyeon Hall.’
Hoyeon Hall is smaller than Sangin Hall, but it is famous for its aesthetic interior decoration, lighting, and seating arrangements, so much so that Kwon Je-in has been using this stage since his school days.
Lu Boyuan knew how to utilize and make the most of Hoyeon Hall’s charm.

I was amazed every time the shadows created by the elaborate puppets made of colored leather and paper moved on stage.
Lu Boyuan was especially able to freely manipulate shadows, so he not only moved the puppets, but also created new shadows on the spot, making the stage even more splendid.
Adding to that was the performance of Yao Lechi that Kwon Je-in had been waiting for, and it was a feast for both the eyes and ears.

‘In addition, it deals with a topic that is appropriate and interesting. It was a good choice of topic, sending out the official sponsor of the Chinese national team, the Zhu Qu, and the noble tribe that has the Silver Guang Gu as their gods.’
The shadow play being performed this time deals with one of the anecdotes of Zhu Qu.
The content is about the four beasts, the white tiger, the blue dragon, the red bird, and the black tortoise, who are revered as the four guardian animals, forming a friendship and going on adventures together, and together destroying the source of a disaster that befell a certain region. While the play is centered around Zhu Qu, the other guardians’ activities are also well depicted.

“Didn’t the white tiger change the shape of the mountain range and the direction of the water stream back then?”
“I remember. The local Jin tribe protested to me, saying that the map should be redrawn.”
Whenever Baekho, who was even more ignorant than he is now, appeared in the play, Hwang Jiho and Cheongho would snicker.

In the shadow play, Baekho was presented as the best martial artist in the Ho clan, showing off his power, but from the perspective of someone who knows the white tiger, I could feel his arrogance and impulsive ignorance.
Watching the shadow play, it seemed like the distant past of the archers was unfolding before my eyes.
‘When Baekho went wild, Cheongryong got involved, and Jujak and Hyunmu took care of the situation. Judging from Hwang Jiho and Cheongho’s reactions, I think the research was done well.’

Hyeonmu probably helped with the research of this play.
Not only Li Wei, but Lu Boyuan and Yao Leqi also seemed to like him, so maybe they helped?
In addition, Hyunmu liked all the archers, including the Baekho Army, so he must have been happy that this kind of performance was held.
Suddenly, I remembered the conversation Hyunmu had with Hwang Jiho about the archers.

―I haven’t seen Jujak since we fought over my ascending. Jujak is very affectionate.
―He seems to be very affectionate. Jujak even asked if there was anything he could do to help Baekho.
Jujak cared for them enough to fight with Black Tortoise, who was trying to ascend, and to try to save Baekho-gun, who had become a beast.

Jujak also said that he was very affectionate to the point that he was upset that Baekho-gun and Cheongryong were staying on the Korean Peninsula.
Finally, the four guardians in the shadow play were scattered in all directions and simultaneously eliminated the source of the disaster that had spread to the east, west, south, and north, saving the land, and they met again.
Seeing Jujak’s shadow, which was waving in joy at their reunion, many thoughts came to mind.

‘Since the Jujak Concern that Jujak established after the conflict between the two worlds has stabilized, it would be nice to come see him once.’
Three of the Sasoo happened to be in the Korean peninsula, but I couldn’t figure out why they didn’t come to see me.
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The performance ended with enthusiastic applause, and Lu Bo-won came up on stage to greet Jujak with his supernatural power.
The greeting made the afterglow of the play disappear.
“Thank you! Thanks to those who came to see the performance, the play was truly complete! I would like to express my gratitude to Jujak, the main character of this play, and the nameless supernova who braved the storm to come and light the place!”

Even if you mention Jujak, you’re calling me next?
Wouldn’t it be better to mention the Hyeonmu or Hwangmyeong Foundation clans that helped negotiate the lease of Hoyeon Hall?
I ended up receiving applause and cheers from the audience.

Even after that, Lubowon greeted the staff one by one by name, but because my name came out early, there were a lot of people around me even after the performance ended.
“Vice-captain, thanks to you, I had a great performance. I should have called that bastard Bang Yoonseop to come with his girlfriend.”
“Didn’t those two fight again? Oh, I wish they had called him to make up.”

“They must have made up! There was a post on the bulletin board that Yoonseop was looking for a make-up gift in the typhoon yesterday, and Younghee contacted him after seeing that.”
Thanks to Maeng Hyo-don, Mok Woo-ram, and Kwon Rena, I learned about Bang Yoonseop’s recent situation.
While the couple I was with and the main characters of Plumago were suffering from an unwanted controversy, Bang Yoonseop seemed to be enjoying his youth.

I vowed to crack down on cigarettes more thoroughly in order to wish Bang Yoonseop a long and happy life.
“Unknown supernova! You were here!”
“Hello. I enjoyed the performance.”

Starting with Lu Boyuan, the Chinese national team players held me for a long time and thanked me excitedly.
They expressed their joy with exaggerated expressions like, “If I hadn’t come, there wouldn’t have been a single audience,” and “I was a benefactor,” so it was hard to say anything back.
I wanted the kids in my class to help me out when I was having a hard time, but they were all watching with big smiles or chatting with Chinese players.

Meng Xiaodon talked to players from the Chinese national team who had fought directly or had similar fighting styles, while Mok Woo-ram, Kwon Rena, and Qing Hu talked to Yao Leqi and the music staff.
“I was impressed when you changed the strings on the erhu in the middle. You quickly changed them to new strings and then finished tuning them before playing again.”
“How did you know? I thought no one noticed.”

“There was a slight sound before the string change. The tone after the change was subtly different, so I realized that you had changed it then.”
“Really? I thought he just changed the technique, I didn’t even notice that he changed the strings.”
Cheongho felt that the sound had changed, but he didn’t seem to notice the details because he wasn’t as well-versed in instruments and music as Mok Wooram.

Mok Wooram still looked sloppy and absent-minded, but he also had the appearance of a musical instrument craftsman.
“Sister Ruchi, Wooram makes musical instruments with supernatural powers!”
“Really? Oh, by the way, I heard that the disciple of the one and only supernatural violin craftsman is Korean, and he’s in his teens at that…….”

It was painful to be treated as a benefactor just because I took a few pictures, but if my case would broaden the world of the kids in our class, I could bear it.
I waited until the noise around me died down a little and then took the opportunity to speak to Lubowon.
“I prepared a gift.”

“Really? A benefactor doesn’t need to do that!”
“You gave us a great performance and I received so much gratitude. It’s heavy, so I’ll carry it to the waiting room myself.”
“It’s okay! I’m moving the heavier stage equipment by myself…….”

Lu Boyuan stopped talking midway.
He must have realized that I had another purpose, not that he was oblivious.
Lu Boyuan pretended not to know anything.

“Then I’ll show you around the waiting room and show you around. There are also shadow puppets that didn’t go on stage today, so there’s a lot to see.”
Lu Boyuan told the other team members to greet each other outside because the waiting room was too small, so he guided them.
Hwang Jiho and I followed him, carrying shopping bags in both hands.

The contents were, after all, real gifts.
Since the weather was like this and there were almost no stores open, the Huangming Foundation prepared gifts that they usually keep as gifts for the number of Chinese team members.
“We won’t neglect the benefactor who saved our performance. Tell me!”

Lubowon closed the door to the waiting room and spoke.
Lubowon seemed to have realized that I had a favor to ask.
I put down the gift I had prepared and got straight to the point.

“I’m looking for a very old shadow. I’d like some advice.”
“An old shadow?”
“Yes, it could possibly be the oldest shadow on the Korean Peninsula.”

Lubowon asked several questions.
Does the shadow move? Is it some kind of supernatural ability? Is it related to a higher being? Is it a real shadow?
Since I had little information about spirits, I had no choice but to rely on Hwang Jiho’s memories for most of the answers.

Occasionally, Hwang Jiho would interject and say, “I don’t know,” or “It could be.”
Lubowon carefully collected his thoughts and then spoke.
“To find that shadow, we’ll have to search the ground.”

“The ground?”
“The Korean Peninsula is a land where the grace of the gods dwells. Since the brightest light comes down from the sky, shadows cannot help but gather on the ground. Wherever the shadows linger for a long time, there must have been great changes on the ground.”
Lu Boyuan answered seriously, unlike his usual playful demeanor.

He then explained in detail the effects shadows would have on the ground, and Hwang Jiho and I took note of every single word.
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Perhaps Lu Boyuan was able to perform so wonderfully on stage because he knew shadows so well.

Finally, Lu Boyuan concluded the conversation and said,
“There is someone better than me who can find something. I will give you the device code, so contact me. I will tell you.”
“Who is he?”

“You all know him, right? He is the most famous player in Chengdu. He received heavy light from a higher being, but he perfectly mastered the light control method while running wild.”
Is he the player I tried to meet when I went on a reporting trip to [N O V E L I G H T] Chengdu but couldn’t?
The relationship continued in an unexpected place.

Now that Kim Yuri’s Gwangrim has stabilized quite a bit, I didn’t feel like taking the risk of going overseas to contact her, but if there was a chance to talk, I couldn’t miss it.
“It was quite fruitful. The performance was great, and the conversation was informative.”
Hwang Ji-ho’s expression brightened as he seemed to like the performance quite a bit.

After talking to Lu Bo-won, it was still raining, so we decided to go back early.
We decided to say hello to our juniors before heading to the Tiger Mansion.
“Senior Jo Ui-shin, when are you coming back to the dorm?”

“You’ll be back before the vacation ends, right?”
There’s a lot to do during the vacation, so when will we go back?
It was hard to give a definite answer.

I felt sorry for making my good juniors who followed me so well upset.
Hwang Ji-ho, who seemed happy the whole time, interrupted with a loud voice.
“Okay, let’s go to Jo Ui-shin’s house!”

“Huh? Are you going back to Ui-shin’s house?”
It was supposed to be about going to Hwang Ji-ho’s house, but it sounded like he was saying that the Tiger Mansion was his house, so some juniors misunderstood.
I was afraid that if I mumbled here, the misunderstanding would spread, so I tried to be honest.

“I don’t have a house…….”
“Similar. I’m going home with Ui-shin too.”
First, Cheong-ho, who was in the dormitory, said something that could be misunderstood.

Meanwhile, one of the juniors slapped the back of the kid who asked the question and whispered something in his ear, and his face turned pale.
As expected, there seemed to be quite a few kids who didn’t know about my family situation.
I comforted my junior who kept saying, “I’m sorry!” in surprise and headed to the mansion.

I thought to myself as I made a list of snacks and gifts to buy for my juniors when I returned to the dormitory.
“They seem really surprised, so I should buy them something delicious next time I see them.”
On the way to the Tiger Mansion.

Since the weather was not good for the air limousine, we each set up a barrier and ran.
As we approached the Tiger Mansion through the wind and rain, Hwang Ji-ho’s face, which had seemed very comfortable, suddenly hardened.
“……I repeatedly emphasized that you don’t have to come quickly.”

“What’s wrong?”
“……A guest has come.”
A guest is coming on a day like this?

As I thought about the list of guests who might come to the Tiger Mansion, I quickly narrowed down the candidates.
Hwang Ji-ho’s steps suddenly slowed down, but I had no intention of making the guest wait, so I hurried even harder.
“I’ve been waiting!”

A small hanok-style annex greeted us.
As expected, the guest that Hwang Ji-ho had mentioned was Hyang-rok.