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chapter 24.

xxiv.

Day one, Tumuli Park.

Students of Daehwi High School were brought to visit a tomb in Gyeongju, South Korea right after they finished their lunch. As per the itinerary, their first destination on their first day was the park.

Tumuli Park had many small hills scattered around the area and it was very vast, not many trees were present yet everything was colored green. Located inside one of the hills was an underground chamber consisting of a wooden coffin and articles regarding the Ancient Silla History, something students needed to jot down to answer the booklet given by the teachers.

The booklet had questions on every page about the school trip that students were required to answer and submit by the end of the week. There were five sections representing five days. Since it was day one, they only had to do section one for now.

Jeon Mira couldn't help but take pictures of the breathtaking view demonstrated by the park, particularly the wide pond situated in the center with lilypads floating on it, gently swaying with the wind. She had never seen a unique park before.

The second destination was a National Museum. Of course, no museum does not have a story behind each artifact so Mira noted down everything the exhibition guide explained. He was speaking too fast for her to keep up though.

She can see some of her schoolmates struggling to keep their legs straight from the amount of walking they did, not resting their limbs for hours. Strangely enough, Mira didn't see Jungwon or Sunoo anywhere. Her classmates were gone too.

"I'm gonna faint," Mira heard someone complaining behind her and there stood Choi Yunseo slouching against the wall of the gallery.

Remembering the words Cheram told her, the girl was about to leave but she couldn't help but worry about her fellow schoolmate's wellbeing. It was just in her nature to make sure everyone was alright. "Are you okay?"

Yunseo replied with a nod before initiating eye contact with Mira, giving the latter a lazy smirk as she looked around the large museum. The girl must have seen something in the distance that made her scurry behind Mira's figure and acted as if she was interested in the ancient gadgets.

At the same time, the blonde-haired girl passed by, conversing loudly with her friends that it didn't go unnoticed by the students. When they were distant enough, Yunseo heaved a sigh of relief.

"By the way, how many questions of day one have you done?" She queried, looking back at Mira.

"Around seven?"

"Seven already?! I barely even did two," Yunseo huffed, opening her booklet as she skimmed through the questions of the first day. "I'll just search them on google," She shrugged and was about to leave but abruptly turned around and looked back at Mira.

The latter watched the girl in confusion as she furrowed her eyebrows and tilted her head to the side. To her surprise, Choi Yunseo gave her a simple wave and smile before jogging off to the opposite direction.

Mira blinked a couple of times, perplexed. She was sure Yunseo would be trouble assuming the warning Cheram gave, but maybe she (Yunseo) wasn't as bad as she thought.

The girl brushed the thought off and gave her attention to the ancient items displayed behind the glass, not forgetting to take pictures to print and paste them into the booklet. If Mira was being honest, she wasn't that invested in ancient history but forced herself to so she could get a good grade on her report.

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It was currently five-thirty in the evening and the activities for today finally came to an end. Mira was glad they were finished because she was craving to be in one place with the air conditioner, on the bus.

Throughout the entire tour at the museum and not to mention, one more venue she visited for their last destination, the girl was already beginning to feel sweaty and tired. She felt icky and couldn't wait to go home to get her much-needed refreshments.

On the way to the bus, Mira heard the calling of her name coming from behind so she looked over her shoulder only to be met with Yang Jungwon swiftly making his way towards her. "There you are!" He exclaimed.

Behind him, she found the rest of classes one and two along with Mr. Hong and Ms. Jeon walking the same path. It made her wonder why she hadn't seen them for the whole day. "I've been- I mean we've been searching for you! Your aunt even called Mr. Lee only for him to inform her you've been with them all along," He continued.

"I was touring—"

"I know, but you were with the wrong group. Our class was supposed to go together but you went in with three and four," Jungwon clarified and it made sense as to why Mira hadn't seen any of her friends. She opened her mouth to speak only to be interrupted the next second, "And look. You were about to get on the wrong bus too."

The girl could only stand dumbfounded at her carelessness as she stared at the bus. The writing 'CLASS 3 & 4' written in big letters were stuck on the front windshield of the bus. She laughed awkwardly and rubbed her nape.

"Come on, we're going to the right bus this time," Jungwon lead her to the second bus parked behind the first one, holding her hand.

a/n; my knowledge for this chapter is from google, so please don't mind the mistakes and errors if my research is wrong sjzksj.