We’ve been known.

“Who is he?” Wooseok asked again.

She needs to answer this correctly. One wrong move and her parents will know.

“It’s none of your business.”

“You do know that commoners are not allowed here right?”

He’s actually elite, but he didn’t live here. Oh wait, he does, just in secrecy.

“Yeah, do you think I’m a person who follows rules?”

“You know the consequences right?”

“Yeri is also a commoner and she’s living here.”

Why are you using me as an excuse?

“This one is approved by the elders, yours isn’t. Plus, she is officially adopted and is part of the family. The one you were with is only your fling.”

So he really does consider me as his real cousin. I wonder what would happen if Saeron would show up and immediately claim that he’s part of this family.

“That doesn’t make her elite. She’s still a commoner. He’s also the same.”

I hope someone will rescue us here. The argument is getting intense. Hayi unnie where are you? Junmyeon oppa can’t you speak up about something. 

Junmyeon didn’t seem to listen on what’s happening. Instead, he is using his phone.

Is he tired of listening to the arguments?

“Like I said, he went here with an illegal entry, while Yeri entered here legally.”

“Yet it doesn’t destroy the fact that she’s a commoner. The fact that she grew up there.”

Can you please stop using me as a counter-argument?

“We’re not going anywhere since our argument is repeating. If you won’t answer, then I’ll ask him directly.”

“Wait.”

“Are you going to stop me? You know that I am able to take you down easily right?”

“As if I care.”

“What’s with him anyway? Why are you refusing to let him speak? Just choose who between the two of you will speak.”

I’ve never seen him argue like this. I guess he was just tired from his brother yesterday.

“Fine. I’ll speak. He’s also an elite.”

“I thought you could lie better than this?”

“He’s Kang Hyunggu. Also part of the Kang family, the family who broke apart. You can say that he’s a former elite.”

“How am I supposed to believe you? Plus, if the family is already out of the Isles, this means that he’s not an elite anymore.”

“It doesn’t change the fact that he was elie when he was born.”

“Where’s your proof that he’s an elite? How did he even arrive here in the first place when he’s not an elite anymore?”

I hope she can handle this question well.

“Just believe her.” Junmyeon finally spoke up.

“Oh hyung, you’re here? Yeri you’re here too?”

We are literally standing here from the start of your argument.

“Yes we’re here. We also heard everything. Anyway, take a look at this.” He said as he showed a photo from his phone.

It was a photo of four teens. Two teens were standing together while the other two teens seemed to be running, so their shot was blurred. Their faces can’t be seen. The two teens that were standing together resembled Hyunggu and Yeeun’s faces. 

So that’s what he’s been up to earlier. Where did he find this? I assume that the two others were Jaehyun and Yeoreum. This might have been taken on the day of the accident. Wait, that reminds me, I haven’t asked him about the childhood photo of Yeoreum which resembles my face which he showed to Joohyun unnie and the rest during the sports fest night. It might be edited, but I still need to confirm it.

“Looks similar right?”

“Wait, they already met before? Yeeun, how long have you been hiding him here?”

“Does that picture satisfy your question?”

“It might be edited.”

“I got it from Yeeun’s old Facebook-k post.” Junmyeon said

“It might not be her.”

“I can literally post something right now, just to prove that it is mine.” Yeeun remarked.

“It might be shot in the mainland.”

“Can’t you see our old house at the back? At this point you are denying everything.”

“We still need to talk.”

“About what?”

“Why did you hide him here? And out of all places, why did you hide him in your precious room, that even your mother cannot enter.”

“He’s my boyfriend. Please respect my privacy.” She said as she blushed.

Wait what? That seems real. I doubt that she’s faking it just to get away with Wooseok.

“I’ll be back after I found Ilhoon hyung. Remember that this conversation is still not over.”

“It is.”

After he left, Hayi entered the room.

“Yeah I heard almost everything, even the part where you confirmed your relationship with him.” She said.

“I was lying during that time.”

“Your face tells otherwise. Anyways, yes Junmyeon oppa knew about it. “

“What happened yesterday?”

“Too chaotic to summarize.” Junmyeon commented.

“Yeri can summarize.” Hayi said.

Why me?

“Fine.”

She then started to tell the whole story, not the summary of it. It took over an hour to tell it all. It would be bothersome to tell Aeri about her findings again, so she recorded it and planned to send it to her later.

“That’s wild.”

“It certainly is. Anyway, we here’s the badge that we found on Jonghuyn oppa.” Hayi said as she gave the badge to Yeeun.

“It’s the badge, but thicker. What we must have been finding for the previous months was a part of this. I think the first part works like a button. It looks like an electronic device or something.”

“We suspected it to be an invisibility device. He must have been lurking on this isles for years without us knowing since this helped him avoid the camera.”

“How did you know that this is an invisibility device?”

“I tested it yesterday. And it worked.”

“So you know how it works.”

“Not yet. I have a theory on how it works. Will just send this to Japan later for confirmation.”

“Okay then.”

While waiting for Aeri to come and pick it up, Yeri asked Junmyeon about the thing which puzzles her earlier.

“Remember that childhood picture of your sister you showed to your friends during the sports fest?”

“Yeah, why?”

“It resembles my face, did you edit it to make my acting convincing?”

“Yeah I did. I asked someone to edit it.”

Aeri arrived minutes later. Of course she is really delighted to see the badge.

“Father will be excited to investigate this.”

“Of course he will.”

“How did you retrieve this by the way?”

Luckily, I recorded our conversation earlier. That saved me from repeating a story for an hour.

“I’ll just send you the full recording earlier.”

“So that was a really eventful day.”

“Yeah, and it is also a very confusing day.”

Later that day, Wooseok arrived with Ilhoon. He seems to be drunk. I wonder what happened to him.

“What happened?” Yeeun asked.

“He was really enraged yesterday. I don’t know what happened, but Sungjae hyung found him.”

Sungjae? His family is also part of that organization. Wait. Wait. Something’s not right. How did he end up with Sungjae in the first place? Or Sungjae must’ve been monitoring him. Wait, I think Ilhoon oppa is enraged at the organization. They’re behind what happened years ago. How is he friends with Sungjae?

“Why is he drunk?”

“He invited his friend to a drink.”

“For two days?”

“Yep. They stayed there for two days drinking. Luckily, the cousin of his friend, Minho sunbaenim was overseeing them.”

Oh .

“That’s what happened?”

“Yes. By the way, we still need to talk.”

“What for?”

“About your boyfriend.”

“Please be respectful of my privacy.”

“This is for your own safety.”

“This is my choice. I know what the possible consequences are.”

“You liked him that much to hide him in your own room?”

“Yes I do.” She blushed.

There she goes again.

“I see. I’m still suspicious though.”

“About what?”

“About the real reason he’s here. I doubt that you are bringing him here for fun times during the night.”

What?

“I do. Should we do it in front of your eyes?”

What the ? How bold of a statement.

“Disgusting. Filthy.”

“Yeah I know.”

“Fine. I won’t bother you anymore.”

I guess the bravest one wins the battle.

He then left, dragging Ilhoon, after he said it.

 “We’re doomed.” Yeri said.

“I know. They are probably aware of Jonghyun’s presence already.”

“So what are we going to do?”

“Nothing I guess. That Baekhyun guy is there, I’m sure he’ll protect him.”

“He’s a receptionist, not a fighter.”

“Let’s just pray.”

“You’re praying.”

“Why do you sound surprised?”

“You don’t seem to be the person who’s interested in praying.”

“Let’s not talk about myself. Let’s tell Hayi unnie about this.”

They did, but they decided not to do anything about it.

“We can't, it's out of our reach.” Hayi said.

“How about we’ll get bodyguards from Aeri’s.” Yeri suggested.

“You just requested them just yesterday.”

“Right, the doubles just got home a while ago, Seulgi unnie said.”

“How about BI?” yeeun suggested.

“Don’t you dare.”

“I think he will be okay with this, since it’s his brother right?”

“And we’re going to risk him?”

“If you want you can help him guard, but I doubt that you have self-defence skills.”

“Fine. He’s the only option we have as of now. I’m sure he’s quite skilled at martial arts since he and his brother did Taekwondo as a kid.”

Does he know Taekwondo?

“Of course we’re Asians. We have at least one skill to learn during summertime as a kid.”

“Yeri are you okay with this?”

“Yeah, I can handle living without him. I can just hitch a ride with one of you.”

“Okay then any questions?”

“Kinda unrelated, but I forgot to ask this earlier.” Yeri said.

“Okay go on.”

“How did Jonghyun travel throughout the isles without being seen? I mean other than the cameras. I doubt the device can be invisible to human eyes. And also you said that he was last seen in the mainland, how did he go here without being seen or stopped by the security?”

“Wow that’s quite a lot. Honestly I don’t know. Unless, there is someone who helped him enter through all points here.”

“Baekhyun?”

“I doubt so. He’s only a commoner who works here. I doubt that he has access to all around the isles.”

“Then it must be an elite.”

“Or a commoner pretending to be an elite.”

Monday came and Mark had something to announce to all of them. 

“There will be an International Festival which will be attended by elites from the countries of East Asia. This will be attended by the royal families from Japan, China, Taiwan, and Thailand. Of course we all need to prepare for it.”

“Aside from that, the next heir of Korea will be chosen.” Chaeyoung added.

“Oh really? Who are the candidates?”

“There are three eligible candidates. My sister is the closest