## Chapter 31 – Stronghold
Whether man or woman, when lust takes hold, they rush in without looking back.
Until now, various constraints had prevented it, but this was a remote island.
A space where law, morality, and human relationships that could become shackles were all severed.
They retreated obediently for now, but it was clear that trouble would erupt someday.
‘Hmm. What should I do?’
Should I just get rid of them?
While pondering, I emerged from the forest, and the women spotted me and ran towards me.
“Master, you’re here!”
“Yeah. But where are the twins?”
I hadn’t seen the twins since earlier.
If they were here, those women wouldn’t even dare approach, they’d be busy packing their bags and running away.
“They’re behind you, Master.”
“Behind me?”
I heard footsteps, and then suddenly! I felt them hugging me from behind. The twins were climbing all over me, competing with each other.
‘They’re practically cats now.’
The twins rubbed their cheeks against my face while clinging to me.
There’s an old saying that animals are tamed with food.
Humans aren’t much different.
Starve them for a few days, and they’ll become ravenous ghouls, even devouring their own kind.
Appetite is one of the highest desires for living beings.
Even higher than the lust I mentioned earlier.
‘They don’t seem to mind being around me anymore. Are they almost tamed?’
I could feel with my whole body that they were close enough, though not as much as the nanny who raised them.
‘But I should wait a little longer.’
They’re clinging to me enough now, but I need to make it so they can’t live without me.
I need to make them completely trust me.
Make them rely solely on me….
So that they not only spread their legs for me but also become loyal pets who do whatever I tell them.
‘Just as you toyed with me with your looks, I’ll toy with you with strawberries and make you bear my children.’
That was my goal.
Not that it was revenge.
I wasn’t really interested in revenge, I just wanted to try it out.
Just as they didn’t treat me like a person, I just wanted to do the same to them.
‘Of course, I’m still powerless, so I have no choice but to compromise with reality and move accordingly.’
Someday that moment will come.
I smacked the twins’ butts.
“Hey, you two. Can you get down now? You’re heavy.”
Then the twins jumped down, pinched my nipples, smacked my butt, and ran away.
Giggling!
They sure learn things like that quickly. If they lick my nipples later, will they lick mine in return?
“Master. So, did you look around the island?”
“Yeah. It’s bigger than I thought. So I didn’t look around the whole thing. And there’s no real need to see more.”
“Then where’s our next destination? You’ve seen what’s on the island, so we should start looking for a place to settle down.”
Kim Yeon-ju pointed with her chin at the math teacher and the male flight attendant.
“I hope it’s better than over there, at least.”
“As it happens, there’s one place that’s better than there.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. You’ll probably be surprised when you see it.”
I waited for the sun to set and the snakes to go out to sea, then led the group into the forest.
Following the markers I had left on the coconut trees, we quickly moved and entered the narrow door in the rock.
And then we climbed up the rocky mountain.
“Wow.”
My group, seeing the entire island at a glance, exclaimed in admiration.
The unobstructed view alone was enough to elicit admiration, but just then, the sun was setting below the horizon, and the entire island was bathed in the red light of the sunset.
“…Beautiful.”
“Do you like it, Teacher?”
“Yeah. I like it a lot.”
The homeroom teacher hugged me tightly, and in the meantime, Kim Yeon-ju shouted from behind.
“Master, this place is amazing! Unlike the beach where there’s no breeze, the wind is so cool! And there’s even water!”
Kim Yeon-ju led the twins and jumped into the water.
The stream flowed down from the top of the mountain to this place and fell down the rocky mountain.
In other words, this was a prime location where we could escape the heat and wash ourselves at any time.
And that’s not all.
The place where the teachers and flight attendants settled was just one of the many waterfalls.
The source of all those streams was flowing right in front of us. As a result, the amount of flowing water was overwhelmingly large.
‘At this rate, we can consider the water problem virtually solved.’
However, there were a few drawbacks: the floor was rocky, which could be uncomfortable to sleep on, and it could be a bit cold in the early morning due to the strong winds.
“Hey. That’s not a problem!”
Kim Yeon-ju laughed as she played in the water with the kids.
It was only about 2 meters wide and knee-deep, but it didn’t seem to be inconvenient for washing at all.
The twins and Kim Yeon-ju lay down in the water, washing the stickiness of the seawater off their bodies and grinning from ear to ear.
“So, we’re making this our stronghold? Everyone agrees?”
“Yes!”
Everyone answered in unison, saying yes.
I felt good because everyone liked it.
‘Actually, there are better places than this, if you look for them.’
Even though this place seems to have everything, there was a fatal flaw.
It was difficult to farm.
The sea was far away, and even the forest right in front of us was a 15-minute walk down.
Moreover, no one but me could enter and leave freely. Because it was swarming with snakes.
However, even with those inconveniences, I chose this place.
‘If I’m here, I can keep an eye on both the teachers and the kids in my class.’
The high terrain allowed me to monitor the movement of the targets in real time.
It was also possible to protect my women from outside forces.
During the day, the snakes, and at night, the maze-like forest and narrow door would protect my women from strange men.
‘It’s literally a natural fortress.’
I no longer had to worry about other men hitting on my women.
So, from now on, what I had to do was decided.
Grow quickly and take all the students from my senior class and bring them in here one by one.
This place would be the stronghold for all of that, a treasure trove of spoils, and my harem.
‘But before that, I have to get the price for hitting on my women.’
***
Two men had hit on my women, and I intended to get the price for it.
So, at first, I was wondering how to deal with them, but then I suddenly realized one thing.
‘Come to think of it, I’ve never fought with anyone in my life.’
I had never even had a fistfight with friends.
I was born normally in an ordinary family and went to elementary and middle school.
I dozed off during class, went to PC cafes with friends after school.
In the evening, I went to tutoring and then lazed around at home until bedtime, looking at my smartphone….
Until I entered Daehan International High School, my life was that of a student that could be commonly seen in any household.
Well, something in the middle of my heart was broken now, and I could never go back to being the me of that time.
Anyway, the conclusion was that I had no fighting experience.
‘That’s good, actually. Let’s exclude the option of fighting directly for now.’
It would be dangerous to get hurt fighting in this remote place. Even small wounds could get infected.
In nature, even minor infections could be fatal.
‘But I can’t just lightly get the price.’
The next morning, I sat on the rocky mountain and watched the movements of the teachers and flight attendants.
Perhaps regretting how he had sent the homeroom teacher away yesterday, the math teacher and male flight attendant were searching the place where they had met the homeroom teacher yesterday.
‘He’s so greedy. How can he be like that when he has two women around him? Well, now that he’s seen the homeroom teacher’s face, the two women inside the fence probably don’t look like women to him anymore?’
They seemed to have a lot of lingering feelings, and they weren’t satisfied with just searching that place, they moved along the coastline.
They went out to search far away.
Seeing that, I immediately went down to the bottom of the rocky mountain.
‘First of all, I can’t openly commit murder. The same goes for inciting murder.’
Everything was visible from our stronghold.
I had confined my women to that rocky mountain, but on the other hand, I was also being watched.
My women could sit up there and observe my every move.
So, it was best to avoid actions that would create a sense of crisis and undermine trust, such as murder or rape.
‘But if I handle them moderately, they might recover later and aim for my prey.’
So, if I’m going to handle them, I have to do it properly.
Ruin them completely so they can’t even get back on their feet.
Depending on the situation, so they can’t even open their eyes again.
I bought items from the store window and approached the waterfall.
Park So-young from the science department was in front of the waterfall. The two were eating breakfast and sitting on the floor, resting.
‘Then, should I start by taking everything they have?’
They had been walking around the coast and doing some farming, so that group had a lot of useful things.
A kitchen knife, soap, a burner, things like that.
I approached the two women.
“Oh? Woo-jin?”
Park So-young, who found me, smiled brightly and ran towards me.
The science teacher didn’t come closer, just slightly turned her eyes and glanced at me.
“What brings you here? Oh, did you finally decide to join our side?”
She looked inwardly expectant. I shook my head, saying no.
“Oh… really? Then what’s the matter?”
“I was just passing by and thought of you two. I was worried about whether you were eating well and whether you were purifying and boiling your water, so I came to check on you.”
With that, I handed Park So-young what I was holding.
A 2L bottle of water and two bananas.
“Oh? Are, are you giving this to us?”
“Yes. Have one each.”
Park So-young held the banana and smelled it.
“No, no way. It’s a real banana. Where did you get this?”
Instead of answering, I smiled.
Park So-young didn’t seem to think I would answer either, as she was busy examining the banana.
As if captivated by the yellow appearance and scent, Park So-young was completely absorbed in the banana.
The science teacher, who had been glancing at me, was now looking at us and couldn’t take her eyes off us.
Gulp. Her Adam’s apple moved.
“Oh, what should we do? We don’t really have anything to give you.”
“It’s okay. I didn’t bring it expecting anything in return.”
“Still….”
“Then, now that I’ve seen you’re doing well, I’ll be on my way.”
I turned my body away as if I really didn’t intend to receive anything. Then Park So-young immediately grabbed me.
“Wait a minute!”
“?”
“Um, is it possible for me to follow you now, Woo-jin?”
Park So-young asked with pleading eyes. Over her shoulder, the science teacher was looking at us with wide eyes.
Seeing the burning desire in the science teacher’s eyes, I smiled and shook my head.
“I’m sorry.”
“Ah….”
I refused firmly.
Someone who has betrayed once is likely to betray again if that situation arises again.
If you bring such a person into the group, it will muddy the waters.
Maybe later, after my women have increased, but these women were just right for meeting and taking occasionally.
“But I’ll come by often. So, don’t be stingy with the water and bananas. Oh, not that, can you see over there?”
I pointed to one side of the forest. The point where it turned sharply and curved towards the wide beach.
“I often pass by that path. If you ever run out of food or need drinking water, wait there. Then you’ll be able to meet me.”
“Th-thank you. Woo-jin.”
Park So-young’s eyes welled up with tears, as if she was really grateful.
I smiled and waved at her, then moved my feet.
Then, as if I had suddenly remembered something, I started talking.
“Oh, right. Do you happen to know what the two men went to do?”
“Oh, the two of them? They said they were going to look around for a while and went out.”
“Hmm. Is that so?”
I narrowed my brows and trailed off. Park So-young asked why, as my expression was quite serious.
“Why? What’s wrong?”
“Did anything happen at night?”
“At night? Ah, not yet.”
“That’s good. But still, be careful. Right now, those two are going to bring our homeroom teacher… I mean, Lee Soo-jung, here and take her, so they went to look for her.”
“Yes?”
Park So-young’s eyes widened.
The science teacher frowned. As if saying, “That’s what I thought.”
“Didn’t you know? Yesterday, they struggled there for as long as two hours trying to drag her away, but they failed and returned.”
“…….”
“Anyway, you two be careful too. You might get caught in the crossfire.”
After saying that, I returned to the top of the rocky mountain.
As if waiting for me to arrive, Kim Yeon-ju dragged the homeroom teacher and interrogated me.
“Master! Why did you take care of those people? They’re the bad people who have been ostracizing us and bullying Master!”
As expected, she had been watching everything from up here? But it seemed she hadn’t been able to eavesdrop on the conversation because of the sound of the water.
I lowered my gaze and looked down the cliff.
The science teacher was eating the banana I had given her with relish.
On the other hand, Park So-young was eating sparingly, probably because she was feeling a bit uneasy.
“Master, are you listening to me?”
“But they’re still people.”
“Yes?”
“If they don’t eat properly, there will be problems… What if they die of malnutrition? That can never happen. That’s why I took care of them.”
“!!”
The homeroom teacher covered her mouth with both hands and looked touched.
“Oh my. That’s our Woo-jin.”
Kim Yeon-ju blinked her eyes. Soon, she also twisted her body with a subdued face.
“I think it was a very good choice to become Master’s. At first, I thought he was just a big pervert, but now I see he’s a gentleman.”
Respect filled my women’s eyes.
Haha, I smiled foolishly and looked down at the science teacher again.
‘Yes, you can’t die. Especially you, Science. You have to live a long and healthy life.’
As I said before, I’m not really interested in revenge.
But I wanted to torment the science teacher for a long time.
That was my pure heart.
For that, I was willing to deliver food every day.
‘Of course, that’s my long-term hope, and the immediate issue is whether they will move according to my wishes.’
I wonder what will happen.
I followed Kim Yeon-ju and the homeroom teacher, who were pulling my arm, saying let’s play.
And the next day, a loud voice was heard from below the cliff. When I glanced over, two men were desperately looking for someone.
“Jeong-min, you bitch! Where the hell did you go?!”
“Park So-young! Park So-young! Come out right now!”
They were even spewing out curses.
I smiled faintly as I looked at their empty settlement.
Park So-young and the science teacher had taken all the items from that group and disappeared.
And I knew where they had gone.
Even the words they would say to me when they met me.
“Woo-jin, can’t you take us with you too? We have nowhere to go.”
I chuckled as I looked at Park So-young, who was sobbing at the meeting place, and the science teacher, who was hesitating.
As expected, there were piles of things they had brought at their feet.
