The sun was dipping below the horizon, its crimson-amber glow setting the world alight.

Kang Jin-Ho and Park Yu-Min were the only students left in the classroom. Others were either in cram schools or the library to get the last bit of study done before the D-Day.

Kang Jin-Ho was almost done packing up, so Park Yu-Min decided to hang around in the classroom to wait. While waiting, he muttered, "I guess you'll be attending a university, then."

Kang Jin-Ho shrugged his shoulders. "I wouldn't have bothered with studying if that wasn't my plan."

"I guess..." Park Yu-Min nodded.

"What about you? You don't want to attend?"

Park Yu-Min ruefully grinned. "Rather than I don't want, it's more like not really possible for me."

Kang Jin-Ho cocked an eyebrow. "Mm? How come?"

"There's the issue with the tuition fee, you see."

"Even though you must've gotten financial support for your studies?"

"If I'm being honest, hoping to get accepted by any of the good universities with my current grades is just too unrealistic. I might as well give up on those located near Seoul. But I can't go to a university that's too far from here, either. I mean... what about my career? And who'll take care of the orphanage?"

Kang Jin-Ho asked in a slightly confused voice, "Don't you have nursery teachers working in the orphanage?"

"That's true, but... I think I need to be there."

"Mm... Right. I guess your current priority isn't with tertiary education but winning tournaments." Kang Jin-Ho sighed and nodded.

"Mmhm."

"You reached the semi-final, so that's not too bad."

Park...