**[Aether World Online]**

**[Login:          ]**

**[Password:          ]**

A familiar login screen flickered to life on the monitor. Reflexively, Baek Yuseol typed in his old ID and password—then paused. Realizing too late that he had never played this game in PC rooms and, therefore, didn’t actually have an account.

**[Login Successful]**

**[Loading…]**

Yet, somehow, he succeeded in logging in, and the screen smoothly transitioned. Heart pounding, he awaited the next screen.

The game’s starting point always began in the “Stellar Academy Dormitory,” with the player’s character resting on the dorm bed.

For over …