Hormone Wars: Superpower High School
Season 2 Episode 7
타생지연
2021.09.03Views 30
07. Hidden past.
"But why did you decide to enter Hormone High School?"
Jimin's question made me remember the reason I came to Hormone High School. Oh, right. Now that I think about it, I... definitely came to this school to find traces of my mother... but I got entangled in various things and haven't found out anything yet.
"My mom graduated from Hormone High School. She passed away when I was young. So I thought that if I came here, I might be able to find out a little bit about what kind of person my mom was. And I thought that I might be able to find out what kind of person my mom was, so I came. Time has already flown by so quickly without even finding out anything about my mom."
"Did your mother choose it too?"
Yun-gi, who was listening to what I was saying, asks me in a curious voice.
"No, I don't think it was a choice. My grandmother really hates choices."
"Do you hate choice?"
"Yes... maybe if you knew I was a choice..."
Grandma... might hate me... I don't know exactly why she's afraid of Choice, but I know this much. She hates Choice so much that she hates me.
"If Grandma knew you were a choice, she wouldn't look down on you."
Namjoon, who noticed my darkened expression, said while stroking the back of Ami who was climbing on his legs.
"It might be because Grandma hears a lot about bad choices. But if she knew that even a good kid like you could be a choice, she'd think differently."
Is that really true..? Now that I think about it, my grandmother has talked to me a lot since I was little about the dangers of choices. Maybe my grandmother has the wrong idea that choices are always bad. Maybe if she knew that I was a choice, her thoughts would change a little.
"Well, how about we find out about ㅇㅇ's mother together?"
Taehyung speaks with a smile as if he is excited by Seokjin's words.
"Okay - I'm curious about what kind of person your mother-in-law is!"
"Who is your mother-in-law?"
Jimin confronts Taehyung as if he can't stand the word "mother-in-law" that came out of Taehyung's mouth, but Taehyung doesn't even listen to Jimin and puts his arm around Jungkook's shoulder while he is lost in thought.
"Jungkook- you're going too, right?"
"..where?"
As if he hadn't heard the conversation up until then because he was lost in his own thoughts, Jungkook looked at Taehyung and asked, and Taehyung looked at Jungkook with a look of disappointment on his face and said.
"Jeon Jungkook- Please concentrate- ㅇㅇ's mother, so we decided to find out about the person who will be my mother-in-law together."
"ㅇㅇ's mother?"
"Yeah, I heard you were a student at this school. Unlike ㅇㅇ, you were a non-choice student."
"There are so many non-choices in our school, there's no way I'd find one."
Listening to Jeongguk, that's true too. I don't know if it's Mom's choice, but if it's Non-Choice, it's definitely harder to find. There are currently three thousand Non-Choice students in our school...
“It’s okay. I can find it on my own. I’m sure I can find it just like Jungkook said.. Thank you for your consideration! Then I’ll go out for a bit and come back!”
Somehow I feel like I'm burdening the people in the Choice class. As I was leaving the classroom and thinking about how I could find out about my mom, the first thing that came to mind was Mr. Daehyun's face. Yes, Mr. Daehyun said he was also a graduate of this Hormone High School, so maybe he could get some information about my mom. With a small hope, I headed to the teacher's office to meet Mr. Daehyun.
"Why do you say that if you're going to keep worrying about it?"
After ㅇㅇ left the classroom, Taehyung spoke sarcastically to Jeongguk, who looked uncomfortable at first glance. Jeongguk ruffled his hair as if he couldn't help it at Taehyung's words.
"Yeah... So, is there anything that could be a clue? A name, a picture, or something."
"You kicked him out before I even asked."
Jimin and Taehyung, who had been bickering because they didn't get along, criticize Jungkook as if he was at fault today. Jungkook, who was watching Jimin and Taehyung looking at him with discontent, gets up from his seat.
"Okay. I got it. I can just bring ㅇㅇㅇ."
Taehyung, who is quickly laughing at Jeongguk's words, speaks to Jeongguk.
"Then let's go find it together..."
"Jungkook. Come find me quickly - okay?"
Hoseok covers Taehyung's mouth as he steps out to find ㅇㅇ with Jungkook. Then, he very naturally places Taehyung in his arms and speaks to Jungkook with a natural smile. Jungkook, who had been watching Hoseok's actions with a bewildered expression, nods and leaves the classroom.
"Oh, why! I was going to go look for ㅇㅇ too, but you stopped me!"
After Jungkook leaves the classroom, Taehyung, who was released from Hoseok's seal, yells at Hoseok, and Hoseok smiles apologetically at Taehyung.
"Sorry. I just thought that clueless guy should have a chance at least once~"
"What do you mean? Did you hit your head when you fell this time?"
Taehyung looks at Hoseok strangely as if he doesn't quite understand what he's saying, and Yoongi and Seokjin, who realize what Hoseok means, laugh among themselves as if they find the situation funny.
In the past that I saw through that old book, there was a woman whose face I had never seen before. Well, for a face I was seeing for the first time, it felt quite familiar. Anyway, that woman lived in the place where Daehyun and Taekwoon were now. Judging from that, I could guess to some extent that she was a teacher at this school in the past. Well... if you think about it that way, it was a scene that I could easily overlook... but what kept me from getting over that scene from the past was... that woman's actions. After reading a book called Hormone Potion, the woman created something like a transparent glass bottle with her own power. And soon after, it was filled with a clear liquid. That scene was very familiar to me.
'Why aren't my hormones working on you? I haven't even started getting hormone shots yet.'
The male student makes a bewildered expression at Taehyung's words. And the moment the glass bottle in the male student's hand touches Taehyung's body, light seems to flow out from Taehyung's body and the glass bottle fills with pink liquid.
'Is there one left now?'
Clearly... when Taehyung had his hormones stolen before... the light that went into the vial was contained in the liquid just like that time. That means... that woman had put her own hormones into the vial... My hand naturally took out one of the vial in my pocket. Inside the vial, a transparent liquid, the same color as the hormone potion the woman had made in the past scene, was shining. It was clear that the hormone suppression injections were no longer suppressing my hormones, and Teacher Taekwoon handed me this vial, saying that there was a medicine that was more effective.
'Did you invent this, teacher?'
In response to my question, Teacher Taekwoon looked at me with a completely unimpressed expression and said:
'Let's say that's true.'
If my ominous feeling is correct... this is a vial containing a nullifying hormone. There's a chance that Teacher Taekwoon himself created this potion. If he somehow creates the hormone potion, Choice, who has lost his hormones, will have his life shortened. If that's the case... I'm extending my life with Teacher Taekwoon's life...
“… Even if I live like this any longer… there’s no way I’ll like it.”
It would be nice if Teacher Taekwoon invented the medicine himself, as he said, but if not... My hand gripping the vial tightens. That shouldn't have happened... To put it bluntly, Teacher Taekwoon isn't even the kind of person who would give up his life for the students of the Choice class. While I was trying to console myself and search for ㅇㅇ, I heard ㅇㅇ's voice from the teacher's office. Did he say he was looking for traces of his mother? It would definitely be faster to ask the teachers. As I was about to enter the teacher's office, thinking that this was a guy who could finally use his head, my body froze as I heard ㅇㅇ's voice.
"Son Na-eun. My name is Son Na-eun. That's my mother's name."
When I went into the teachers' office to look for Mr. Daehyun, he was nowhere to be seen. Instead...
"Did someone else have an accident..?"
I could already see Teacher Taekwoon speaking with a worried expression on his face.
"No! That's not it. I have something to ask Mr. Daehyun..."
Teacher Taekwoon, who seemed to be thinking about something for a moment after what I said, stopped what he was doing and looked at me.
"What is that?"
Well... I guess Teacher Taekwoon, like Teacher Daehyun, is a graduate of this school, so he would know something.
"Actually, the reason I came to Hormone High School was to find out about my mother's past. She passed away when I was young. But when I heard that my mother went to this school, I came here hoping to find out something. Now that I know it's a choice, I feel stuck... But since I've come this far, I want to know more about my mother. That's why I came to ask Mr. Daehyun if he knows my mother."
"Mother, do you have a choice too?"
"No. It was non-choice."
"What is your name?"
"Son Na-eun. My name is Son Na-eun. That's my mother's name."
At the sound of the name Son Na-eun coming out of my mouth, the teacup in Taek-woon's hand fell with a 'clank-' sound. The broken glass shards flew everywhere and shone sharply. Even after dropping the teacup, Taek-woon's hands were shaking unsteadily.
Son Na-eun..? Like that..? The three letters of the name Son Na-eun suddenly pop into Jungkook's head and he remembers the name written on the spot where the woman who was making the hormone potion was. Yes, it was definitely Son Na-eun.. Son Na-eun written there. But clearly.. didn't ㅇㅇㅇ's mother say non-choice..?
'Clang-'
It seemed like I wasn't the only one who was surprised by the name Son Na-eun. I quickly opened the door to the teachers' office at the sound of breaking glass and went in, and saw Teacher Taek-woon looking at me with a more anxious face than ever.
"jungkook jeon..?"
"get out."
I instinctively thought that the reason Teacher Taekwoon was agitated was deeply related to ㅇㅇㅇ. And I felt the betrayal and hatred in Teacher Taekwoon's eyes as he looked at ㅇㅇ, and I shouted at ㅇㅇ without hesitation.
"You came in all of a sudden and told me to get out..."
"I told you to get out. I have something important to discuss with Teacher Taekwoon, so go back to the classroom."
"I also have an important conversation with Teacher Taekwoon right now..."
Please listen to me. I grabbed the wrist of ㅇㅇ who was talking back to me and forcefully dragged him out of the office, then closed the door.
"You idiot, you fool! Jeon Jungkook!"
I could hear ㅇㅇㅇ's voice shouting at me from behind the closed door, but I couldn't get upset over something like that in the current situation. When I didn't react, I heard ㅇㅇ's footsteps returning to the classroom and asked Taekwoon, who was still unable to control himself.
"A person named Son Na-eun.. Is she related to Teacher Taek-woon?"
At my words, Taekwoon's sharp eyes turn towards me.
"It's none of your business."
“I... saw it. In the past, there was a scene where that woman named Son Na-eun made a hormone potion herself.”
At my words, Teacher Taekwoon's gaze begins to waver even more.
"What the... are you talking about... why did that person... make a hormone potion...?"
“I don’t know the details either. I only saw one scene from that woman’s past in a book called Hormone Potion.”
"... The past you saw... must have been seen because the hormone that sees the past was triggered... There's no way that could be false..."
Taekwoon plops down on a nearby chair with a confused expression on his face.
"How about we talk about it..? I need to know what the situation is so I can tell you whatever I want."
Taekwoon, who was drooping as if he didn't even have the strength to speak to me, looked at me and spoke.
"Later... Give me a moment... to gather my thoughts. Once I've gathered my thoughts, then... I'll tell you."
Hearing Taekwoon's weak voice, I decided it would be better to take a step back in this situation, so I opened the door to the teachers' office without saying a word and walked out into the hallway.
"... yes..?"
"Jungkook... Jeon Jungkook.... Are you saying that our mom was the choice... just now...?"
I thought ㅇㅇ had gone back to the classroom, but he was looking up at me coming out of the teacher's office with a shocked face. At that moment, I thought to myself, this is going to get really messed up.
"Now, the nullifying hormone potion is starting to run out..."
A man holding a glass bottle containing a clear liquid and shaking it a couple of times. Seongyeol, who was sitting next to him, turns to Myeongsu and speaks.
“Kim Myung-soo, isn’t it time for you to step forward now?”
"I don't want to get involved in something useless."
When Myeongsu responds as if he is not interested in Seongyeol's words, Seongyeol grabs Myeongsu's chin as if he has no choice but to make him face him and continues speaking.
"Without the choice of the nullifying hormone, you can no longer live while suppressing the killing hormone. You know - without the nullifying potion... what will happen to you then..?"
At Seongyeol's words, Myeongsu's eyes lose focus. What fills Myeongsu's eyes are fear, dread, sadness, and pressure.
"Okay... I'll do it... I'll do it..."
A smile appears on Seongyeol's lips at Myeongsu's words.
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