Park Moondae's appearance in was not known until the preview was released. It was because the schedule was rushed for the earliest airing date.

And, although obvious, there was public opinion raging under the waters where they realized it and became concerned.

Among the fans, who paid attention to public opinion, there were many people who had already realized that Golden Age purposely bit and hung on to TeStar.

Considering Park Moondae's past, family history, and the unfortunate story of having to drop out, there was no way they would have liked this situation where he appeared in an 'intellectual liberal arts' show together with a Korea University student.

This was because they felt like they would go crazy from the unfairness if the editing subtly compared and provoked with the academic backgrounds on the day of airing.

However, not everyone thought of it so deeply.

The public opinion from the people, who did not look into the abyss too much and lightly enjoyed the fandom atmosphere on the surface, was as followed.

It was also this side of the comments that the graduate student, who was in the middle of an exhausting master's degree course, was looking at.

'The joy of my life...'

The graduate student grinned with wide eyes.

She was very thankful that it was going to be aired late at night. It was because she was in the lab during the day on weekends...

"I'm also watching the actual show!!"

She was so excited that she just wanted to jump on the sofa, but because she had no energy, she quietly sat down and turned on the TV.

"It's starting now!"

The broadcast began shortly after.

The graduate student excitedly watched the opening, where the blindfolds were removed, and the MC went to sit in the monitoring room.

And she was so excited that she couldn't hide her smile as she followed Park Moondae's every move.

There was nothing as healing as Park Moondae talking and laughing.

'It's a pity that he has black hair during this promotion, but I still want to see him wearing the Confucian school uniform soon!'

However, her composure was shattered in the next scene.

"Oooohh!"

This was because Park Moondae quickly solved the first problem.

"What the? What's going on? What's going on with Park Moondae??"

And the graduate student was not the only one having these thoughts about this development.

It was because the timeline of her social media account, which she sloppily created for fangirling, was filled with similar phrases.

However, they were surprised too soon.

It was because Park Moondae having an active role did not end throughout the broadcast.

"Heol."

The graduate student looked at the screen with her mouth open.

The broadcast did not use any special editing magic. As befits the liberal arts department, the refreshing atmosphere that was refined but not too stimulating continued.

Therefore, because Park Moondae's problem-solving also felt real-time, the taste felt even better.

Even the production team and the MC's candid reactions and sighs set the mood for that unusual level of ability.

"Wow..."

The graduate student looked at the screen speechless, and suddenly her heart was filled with excitement.

'This... it can't be put into plain words such as just being smart!!'

Didn't this make him seem like the ace even if he went to a quiz show that brought together smart celebrities and made them solve problems?

The cast members seemed to have similar feelings as admiration and empty laugher poured out here and there.

'But it could be, though!!'

The graduate student shook her head back and forth, asking why he was giving an answer such as, 'It couldn't be the case' when it completely could be the case.

And just like her excitement, the fans, who were worried about the appearance, were also pouring out comments about Park Moondae's crazy active role that far exceeded expectations.

Moreover, the problem-solving parts were not particularly cut out because Park Moondae progressed so quickly.

On the contrary, they added to it.

Park Moondae explained his solution method in the interview, reinforcing his original explanation of the problem more interestingly.

He was so detailed that the people who wanted to insult him couldn't dare say 'It's so obviously scripted' and 'Didn't he already explain all the answers?'

It was obvious to anyone that Park Moondae solved it himself as he had full comprehension of it.

To top it off, even a background story as to 'why he's so good at it' was prepared.

Park Moondae honestly expressed that he studied hard for this program.

Of course, the truth was that the scope of the Korean history questions in this episode was narrowed down to make it easier to memorize, but it seemed more truthful to mix in some facts.

There was also justification for Korean history knowledge that was overshadowed by the logic quiz added with a mix of some truth.

It was a rather heartbreaking remark for those who knew of Park Moondae's circumstances.

And it was a well-formed statement that would be a bit disparaging in the sense that everyone knew about his circumstances if they had even a little interest in Park Moondae.

Due to this, the viewer's reactions were filled with 'How admirable' and 'What to do' with crying emojis.

It was thanks to the national character burning with educational fervor being poked to the side.

The atmosphere became awkward for the aggro to say anything about manipulation.

Still, they struggled to make an ignition point with vague comments such as, 'It feels fake', 'Umm ㅋㅋ', and 'He aimed for this' from time to time but never even got close to it.

It was because this program had high credibility from the beginning.

In addition, even if they tried to turn the tides by nitpicking that 'He's taking all the screen time to himself', their basis was weak.

It was because Park Moondae didn't step forward except in situations where he solved the problems.

Rather, in situational plays or acts, or in heartwarming scenes, Seon Ahyun was put forward.

For example, watching Seon Ahyun elegantly and agilely carry out a mission of obtaining hints without touching the Korean handmade papers and persimmons hanging from the ceiling was quite a sight.

It suited him better as he had a neat appearance.

'He looks divine.'

The college student was sure that all the slow editing for that scene would be on her timeline within a few days.

In addition, Seon Ahyun made quite good use of the small talk.

//TN: They spoke in modern Korean first and then switched to dated Korean.

There was no picture like Seon Ahyun, who put a piece of rice cake in grain syrup and held it out with his other hand to the court lady who was blankly staring at the rice cake that Park Moondae had baked himself.

Whether it was appropriate to do this during the filming, the expression that revealed the inner conflict made it seem cute.

Even the court ladies, who appeared as NPCs to create the atmosphere, almost forgot their duties and have their real-life characters coming out.

'I can see why his nickname is angel...'

The graduate student promoted Seon Ahyun from her 'Moondae's friends' folder to 'Moondae's cute friends' folder.

In the meantime, the cast members were warmly solving the case on the screen.

Of course, as Park Moondae had prepared, Golden Age's member, who was a Korea University student, also received some footage of the problem-solving and situational plays.

However, it wasn't very entertaining as he was stiff from being unfamiliar with a solo appearance and talking in the show.

He did well in his own way in the problem-solving parts, but of course, it did not make as much impact as Park Moondae who quickly solved it from the beginning in a situation where there were not many expectations.

Because in the first place, the prior information that he was a student at Korea University was emphasized, so it was expected that much of him.

It was just a normal scene without much personality with only the flow of the broadcast continuing.

Therefore, while the viewers did not sort it as 'This is to the point that he'll become a subject of ridicule or a pointless topic of discussion', they summarized it as 'All his spotlight got taken away to the point that it's become bland'.

These were the best results for Park Moondae's fans.

Thanks to that, their private community pages and social media were in a festive mood.

Golden Age's agency, which would have normally subtly incited about 'the tyranny of large corporations', was as quiet as a dead mouse, so this atmosphere was fixed as an established opinion without resistance.

And the peak of the episode broke out at the end of it.

It was the boasting of Park Moondae's knowledge of Korean history and the process of his deduction.

The scene, accompanied by a calm voice and a faint smile, came out well just like a climax scene of a drama or a movie.

Thanks to that, as soon as it was aired, it became a clip and was even posted on various social media and communities.

Usually, these titles would explode due to attracting aggro but the posts quickly became popular as they received sympathy instead of aggro.

Because it was the plain truth.

It was the moment when Park Moondae's 'unfortunate past' image, which was seen as a weak point, sublimated in a more three-dimensional manner when the image of having a 'good head' was added.

This meant that Park Moondae's plan was carried out without any setbacks or variables.

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'It's tidy.'

I put down my smartphone. It has been a long time since I saw refreshing results without any unexpected incidents.

"Hunminjeongeum Haeryebon! Hunminjeongeum Haeryebon!"

In the next room, I could hear Cha Yujin's voice excitedly shouting the words like some kind of cheering phrase. It came from the results of monitoring together as the guys with empty schedules said they were bored.

'Is that an American habit?'

Even his pronunciation was accurate, and it seemed that the scene left a deep impression even on Cha Yujin, who was ignorant of Korean history.

"Uhahaha!"

I could also hear Cha Yujin's roommate, Keun Sejin laughing just then. The roommate reassignment content was right around the corner, and I just prayed that I wouldn't get caught with either of those two.

Still, in any case... this was the first night in a while since I didn't have to calculate anything.

I closed my eyes, sluggishly ignoring the noise in the next room.

The sense of relaxation dominated me, and it didn't even seem like I needed earplugs. I thought about going to bed early today.

It was at that moment.

Riiing- Riiing-

My phone started to ring with constant vibrations.

It was a phone call.

'What?'

There shouldn't be anyone who would call me.

However, I had set the calls that were not registered in the address book to be blocked, so it couldn't be a spam call.

Ah...

Holding my sigh, I picked the phone back up and brought it in front of me.

"...?"

It was Gold 1 calling me in the middle of the night.