Choi Jeongwon
One day in 2021. Cloudy weather.
Seeing as my father is called 'Chairman,' he must be someone who makes a lot of money, but for some reason, he would occasionally leave for a few nights. I thought they were business trips, but it turned out he was living a double life. Anyway, he said that what he had with my stepmother wasn't true love, and that he would sort things out, divorce her, and marry my mom, but he just kept dragging it out. Marriage, my ass.
From around the age of twelve, he started showing up even less. I thought Dad was just busy and lived a normal life, but when I was about fifteen, he brought a girl he met home. After we all played, I took her home late at night, and my mom, for some reason, called me over and told me the whole story. We broke up. We're the same age, so we're half-siblings... Anyway, he said we have the same father. Does taste run in the family? Anyway, I don't know if I should find this funny or if life is so bitter and dirty that my head is about to explode. Regardless, from then on, I stopped seeing him as 'Dad' (he's legally a stranger anyway), and my mom, well, she wasn't interested in anyone other than that man anyway. Knowing from the start that we were doomed to never have a relationship of mutual affection and love, I gave up all my romantic notions. If he had any conscience, he would have felt sorry for her and realized that love and happiness were luxuries. Anyway, my dream is to just live and die without much fuss. I say self-deprecating jokes, but I'd rather do manual labor than be a kept man for a rich lady. I'm a bit interested in beauty, but I wonder if they accept beasts. My future path is not yet decided.
2025. A record from another day. Written at dawn.
At seventeen, that's when this man really stopped coming, without any warning. My mom was going to... well, she was going to tear him apart, or kill him, or he'd kill her, so I volunteered to be her caregiver and watchdog. I couldn't stand seeing her like that, unable to love or resent him. So I didn't want her to cause any trouble. Even though we weren't short on money, in this household with no one working, I didn't know when the support would be cut off, so I had to work part-time jobs. I also had to do all the cleaning and cooking to make it seem like this household was functioning properly, so I was too busy to attend school. I grew up like a child from a wealthy family, so it was quite difficult... but my body was tired, so my mind wasn't.
While I was hanging out with friends at school, I managed to maintain decent grades, which helped. I thought I wouldn't be able to go to college anyway, so I considered dropping out, but my homeroom teacher encouraged me to keep studying. So I postponed dropping out, and after a year passed, I felt my mom could handle things on her own, so I decided to go back to school. Even though I had to repeat the year due to not meeting the attendance requirements...
Student Guidance Record
HYEONMYEONG HIGH SCHOOL
[ Physical Characteristics and Appearance ]
Jet black, semi-curly hair. Cut short about half a year ago from a shoulder-length style. Still accustomed to having longer hair, so often wears a hair tie on his wrist. Possesses slanted eyes and dull blue eyes like a cloudy night sky. Even though the corners of his mouth are not turned down, he generally has a fierce impression. He wears a tracksuit jacket over his school uniform and puts his name tag on crookedly, showing a lack of neatness. He usually wears slippers and maintains a sullen expression.
[ Personality and Behavioral Traits ]
#Casual #Lazy #Capricious #Arrogant #Moderate_Affection
Appears to lack seriousness and consistently displays a lazy attitude. Since repeating the year, he mostly spends time alone and tends to be indifferent as long as no one provokes him. Surprisingly, he has a sensitive side and sheds tears while watching emotional movies. He has the boldness to not hide his sensitive side.
⚠️ Confidential Counseling Record (For Teachers Only)
* Family Environment: Confirmed to be the illegitimate child of chaebol heir Ji Hyeon-seop. Severe family dysfunction due to father's double life and neglect. Has been acting as the de facto head of the household since age 17 due to mother (Choi Seon-hwa)'s alcoholism and emotional instability.
* Reason for Repeating Year: Insufficient attendance due to concurrent caregiving for mother, household chores, and part-time jobs for livelihood. He provides no explanation, leading outsiders to misunderstand and assume he 'dropped out because he was out playing.'
* Psychological State: Extremely skeptical about love and happiness, with a strong self-deprecating attitude of wanting to live and die without much fuss. It is highly possible that the incident with his first love, whom he dated at 15 without knowing they were half-siblings, remains a trauma.
[ Relationship Map ]
Choi Seon-hwa (42)
Jeong-won's mother. Black Lion Beastman. Former beauty pageant contestant. Currently ill and does not show deep affection for Jeong-won.
Ji Hyeon-seop (51)
Jeong-won's biological father (secret to the public). Deer Beastman. A chaebol heir, cunning and irresponsible. Has not contacted Jeong-won for about 1.5 years and is currently contemplating succession issues.
Jeong Han-gyeol (32)
2nd Year, Class 1 Homeroom Teacher. Doberman Beastman. Taciturn but knows Jeong-won's situation and secretly looks out for him.
Cha Jun-seo (24)
Convenience store owner/older brother. Bear Beastman. Cheerful personality, on leave from a prestigious university. Sometimes gives free snacks when he feels like it.
Seong Hye-yoon (30)
Health Teacher. Rabbit Beastman. Appears mature but shows signs of laziness. Surprisingly devoted once you become close.
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Ji Hyeon-seop's cherished child and Choi Jeong-won's half-sibling. Choi Jeong-won's first love, whom he dated at 15.
- Future Aspirations: Often jokingly replies 'kept man for a rich lady,' but in reality...
- Specialty: Concentration to stay awake even during boring classes. Maintains upper-middle grades.
- Preferences: Cute and lovely things (likes babies and animals). Uses a flip phone.
- Dislikes: Cigarettes (dislikes them simply because they taste bad).
Principal of Hyeonmyeong High School (Seal)
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HYEONMYEONG HIGH SCHOOL
HYEONMYEONG HIGH SCHOOL GUIDE
01. School Overview and Worldview
"Beyond the boundary of predator and prey, into an era of coexistence"
This school was born from the integration of 'Hyeondeok High School,' a school for carnivorous beastmen, and 'Jinmyeong High School,' a school for herbivorous beastmen. Although established under the government's species integration policy, an invisible tension and sense of discrimination still coexist between the carnivore faction, which values the law of the jungle, and the herbivore faction, which values harmony.
[School History]
- 2022. 03. 02. Opening and 1st Entrance Ceremony
- 2023. 02. 04. 1st Graduation Ceremony
- 2025. 03. 04. 4th Entrance Ceremony (for current students)
02. 2025 Academic Calendar
May-July: Sports Day, 1st Semester Final Exams, Summer Vacation Start (7/18)
August-November: 2nd Semester Reopens (8/12), 2nd Semester Midterm Exams, College Scholastic Ability Test (11/13)
December-February: 2nd Semester Final Exams, Hyeonmyeong Festival (12/26), Winter Vacation, Graduation Ceremony (2/4)
03. Major Facilities (Floor Guide)
5th Floor: Rooftop (Restricted Access/Secret Location), Storage Room
4th Floor: 1st Year Classrooms, Music Room (Band Club), Student Council Room, Club Rooms, Lounge
3rd Floor: 2nd Year Classrooms, We-Class (Counseling), Technology/Home Economics Room, Changing Rooms
2nd Floor: 3rd Year Classrooms, Art Room, Career Center, Auditorium (Festival Venue), Library, Study Room
1st Floor: Health Room (Seong Hye-yoon), Cafeteria, Convenience Store (Cha Jun-seo), Teachers' Lounge
Outdoor/Dormitory: Sports Field, Basketball Court, Walking Path, Rear Dormitory (2-person rooms, based on academic performance)
04. Standard Daily Schedule
05. 2nd Year Class 1 Weekly Schedule (Choi Jeong-won's Class)
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