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"Have you gone mad?" Yoo Sanghoon tried to say seriously before he burst into laughter at the sight of the milk carton. He shouldn't be laughing. It was a horrible situation. Jo Euishin had been kidnapped. They only had so much time to find him before this milk carton advertisement might be permanently displayed for all milk carton time.

But at the same time, why a milk carton?

Truly, Hwang Jiho was 2nd year class 0's lunatic.

Meanwhile, Jang Namwook looked at the milk carton advertisement in concern.

"Jiho-ah, Euishin-yi's height is 176 cm now. And his weight dropped. I've noticed that he's gotten skinnier despite growing taller. Is he not eating well in Eungwang High School? But I heard that the food in Eungwang High School's dorm cafeteria is good... Then is it because he had been stressed and worried about the Demon Realmization of Hongcheon? I wish he could have said something to me earlier. I might not be able to help him plan, but I could have bought him a drink like this milk carton. Milk is very good for growing taller... Ah, but I want him to gain weight too. Jiho-ah, how about adding more seasonal vegetables and Korean BBQ to the menu? I've noticed that Euishin-yi pays a lot of attention to season. Maybe he will eat more if he knows that you care and are tailoring the dorm food in the cafeteria to him. Wait, no, maybe he will get suspicious of you and eat less, thinking more about what prank you are trying to pull instead of eating the food. Then, how do we feed Euishin-yi if he hasn't been eating much and he might not eat food chosen by Jiho-yi even if he will eat Jiho-yi's direct cooking because it's good..."

While Do Sihoo laughed incredulously at how Jang Namwook was taking a problem with that instead of the whole advertisement and being a nagging mother hen at this time, In Seonoh said seriously as she held her own milk carton.

"If we go with this idea, then we need to find the milk carton brand that Demons and the Dark Mastermind like and distribute them to both Korea and the Demon Realm. Because Euishin is also missing in the Demon Realm."

"Do Demons and the Dark Mastermind drink milk?" Do Sihoo asked before bursting into genuine laughter this time. "Hahaha, I just realized something! The Dark Mastermind probably does drink milk. How do I know? He had the Cow tribe working for him!"

Yoo Sanghoon and Jang Namwook groaned at Do Sihoo's horrible jokes appearing again.

Meanwhile, In Seonoh looked serious, but her eyes shined a little in amusement as she added solemnly. "Perhaps, the Dark Mastermind even drank all the milk. The twins with him never grew taller and remained children all these years."

Hwang Jiho finally calmed down from making and ordering people to set up Missing Jo Euishin posters everywhere and having the Missing Jo Euishin signs printed on every possible item, including on milk cartons.

Hwang Jiho rubbed his temples in fatigue. "I repent. I don't want to think about the Dark Mastermind drinking anyone's milk. And the Cow tribe's head at the time was a bull."

"Well, there is a way for a person to drink milk from a bull-"

"Stop right there! This fic is Rated T!"

Extra:

"By the way, why is Teacher Kim Shinrok-nim on the milk carton as well?" Yoo Sanghoon asked, looking at the other picture with mixed feelings.

While Hwang Jiho thought that even if Kim Shinrok was over 5,000 years old, he would always be a child to him, Hwang Jiho laughed. "I just thought it would be a fun idea. After all, he's the only teacher that we haven't had a report about from Hongcheon!"

Yoo Sanghoon gave him a complicated look. "If An Dain thought last year that you also liked to tease Teacher Kim Shinrok-nim, we might have gotten dragon slayers and tiger slayers." He mumbled.

"Wait," Jang Namwook, who didn't know much about this teacher, spoke up, "You thought it was weird that I know Euishin-yi's exact weight, but why is no one questioning why Jiho-yi knows this teacher-nim's exact weight?"

"No, I question all of you." Do Sihoo cut in. "Maybe guessing to the kg is okay, but down to two decimal points? Are you all serious? Are you all pranking me?"

Hwang Jiho laughed. "Actually, it's not me who keeps track. But I know his parents and they love him very much!"

Yoo Sanghoon scrunched his brows. "Is it normal for parents to do that even if they love their children?" He asked utterly disbelievingly.

In Seonoh looked like she might be able to buy it, but if only because of personal experience of how parents can be crazy. At least this teacher's parents seemed crazy in a good way if Hwang Jiho was like that.