## Chapter 34 – Reinforcement
Alright, shall we start the accounting?
“Wow. Amazing. That’s a lot.”
Kim Yeon-ju’s eyes widened as she looked at the items I had taken from Science, spread out before us.
“Where did you get all this?”
“From Science. The guys tried to… you know, do stuff to them. They asked for help, so I set them up with a place near the waterfall on the other side. This is the gift I got in return.”
“Ah. You did a good deed.”
I surveyed the items I had brought.
*Soap, burner, bug spray, leather gloves, disposable toothbrushes and toothpaste, skin lotion, body lotion, backpack, entrenching tool.*
Quite useful items.
Things I couldn’t buy from the store window right now.
“I noticed yesterday you had a nice kitchen knife. I guess they didn’t give that up, huh?”
Science had a kitchen knife among their belongings.
Not only that, but they had more soap, bug spray, gloves, backpacks, toothpaste, and toothbrushes than what I brought.
But there was a simple reason why I didn’t take everything.
‘They need to stay healthy and live long, so they can earn me lots of cash.’
I’m not such a ruthless business owner.
I was planning to create an environment where they could work hard and feed them well.
Kim Yeon-ju, unaware of my inner thoughts, gave me a strange look.
“Master, you’re too soft sometimes. If it were me, I would have taken everything by force. You just quietly accept what they give you. Sometimes you’re like a dummy. Live a little selfishly.”
“Yeah, I’ll try.”
Anyway, once I took out the medical kit from my inventory, I felt like I had a decent amount of survival supplies.
‘So, now the only thing left is to reinforce the settlement?’
Reinforcing the settlement doesn’t mean doing anything grand right away.
I focused on the homeroom teacher, who was finishing her laundry and walking this way. She was tapping her lower back with her hand as she walked.
“Teacher, the stone floor must be stiffening you up, right?”
“Huh? Ah, haha. It is a bit.”
The homeroom teacher laughed awkwardly.
After sleeping on the bare ground for two days, sleeping on rocks wasn’t easy.
It was hard and hurt her back, and the wind blew from above, making her feel chilly around dawn.
“B-but it’s not all bad. The floor gets heated by the sun during the day, so it stays warm until dawn.”
The homeroom teacher was flustered, trying to emphasize the good points, probably worried that I might feel uncomfortable.
But the good points are good points, and the bad points need to be improved.
Making a place to sleep was essential.
I opened the store window.
‘Hmm. Still nothing.’
I looked to see if there was anything like a mattress, but I couldn’t find anything. The same went for searching.
[No search results found.]
[There are locked products. To purchase these products, you need to go to settings and further enhance the features.]
Currently, I could only buy food ingredients.
To buy something like a mattress, I had to unlock it using points.
‘Well, if you don’t have gums, you have to make do with your body. What else can I do?’
I got up from my seat.
“Master, where are you going?”
“To make a place to sleep.”
“Huh? W-Woojin, you don’t have to do that because of me.”
It’s not like I was making a place to sleep just for the homeroom teacher.
Comfortable sleep restores the fatigue accumulated during the day and gives you the strength to be active the next day.
This was actually more necessary for me.
‘If we can live coolly during the day and sleep warmly and comfortably at night, the difference between our group and other groups will become clear.’
Even a UFC champion, if he’s rolling around in this heat without eating properly, even a child could knock him down.
In other words, this was a necessary task for a long-term plan.
“But Master, how are you going to make a place to sleep? Even if you pick up palm leaves and lay them down, it’ll still be uncomfortable. It’s impossible to make a fluffy place to sleep on this rocky island.”
Kim Yeon-ju was right.
Making a fluffy place to sleep on a high rocky mountain on a remote island with no infrastructure is practically impossible.
‘When I think about it, Kim Yeon-ju always tells me the reality.’
In some ways, she’s quite a good advisor.
Well, Science and Park So-young are also realistic, but there was a fundamental difference between them and her.
Once I decide to do something, they completely trust and follow me.
“Then what can we do? We’ll help too!”
“Stay here. I’ll bring you work soon.”
With that, I picked up the entrenching tool. Kim Yeon-ju’s eyes lit up as she raised her hand.
“Ah! You’re going to bring sand!”
“Correct.”
Sand gives a soft and comfortable feeling.
Of course, it’s a bit uncomfortable compared to a bed, but we’ve been sleeping on the beach for the past few days, and whether we wanted to or not, our bodies have adapted to it.
In other words, if we bring sand to the top of the rocky mountain and spread it out, a comfortable place to sleep will be completed.
“But how are you going to carry it all alone? Even if you get it from right under the rocky mountain, it’ll take at least 30 minutes just to go back and forth once. It’s not something that’ll be done in a day or two. Let’s just all go together.”
“There’s no need for that.”
I stopped the two of them and went straight down the mountain.
Instead of the narrow passage that goes up and down, I jumped off the cliff and splashed into the puddle.
Science and Park So-young, who were eating, were startled by my appearance and turned to look at me.
“I’m sorry. Please continue your meal.”
I went out to the coast along the waterway.
‘It’s only 200 meters away, so I’ll be there in a moment. Very convenient.’
This is why infrastructure is important.
Who would have known that just paving one road would be so convenient?
If I had to come here through the forest full of snakes past the entrance of the rocky mountain, it would have taken at least an hour.
‘You have to use your head.’
The same goes for the work I’m about to do.
Carrying sand to the rocky mountain. There’s nothing more crazy than that in this heat.
But I had a pretty useful method.
‘Inventory window open!’
The inventory subspace I received as a perk.
Although it’s only one slot, I can push a considerable amount of the same kind of item into it.
Of course, that doesn’t mean I can push in as much as a house.
Next to the inventory slot, there was a very small restriction written.
[Maximum Volume: 2.5m x 2.5m x 2.5m]
[Maximum Weight: 100kg]
In terms of volume, it’s about the size of a studio apartment, and in terms of weight, it’s about half the weight of a regular household bathtub.
‘Let’s see if it works.’
I tried digging sand with a shovel and putting it in.
One shovel, two shovels, three shovels.
Sand piled up in the inventory.
‘Good. It’s going as planned. But the inventory window is too high, so it takes more effort than I thought.’
Is there any way to do it? I grabbed the inventory window and pulled it down.
Then the window slid down.
‘Oh?’
I pulled it down to just above the sand. Then the work became so easy.
It’s like fixing the shovel in the ground and kicking it with your foot, and the sand on the shovel goes straight into the inventory.
‘I’ll fill 100kg in no time?’
Thud. Thud. Thud.
Swish. Swish. Swish.
The work becomes enjoyable when it becomes easier.
That’s why filling the inventory was over in an instant.
‘Then shall we move?’
I immediately climbed the rocky mountain and poured the sand into the sleeping area.
“Huh?”
The women looked at the sand piled on the floor with wide eyes.
They looked very surprised.
I would be too. If 100kg of sand suddenly poured out of thin air.
This time, even the twins seemed surprised, clinging to the homeroom teacher and hiccuping.
“Master, are you really human? Are you an alien wearing a human mask and pretending to be human? Or did you become a wizard by keeping your virginity for a long time? But that’s supposed to be at 30 years old.”
“Don’t talk nonsense and pile up the sand I brought. Like a mattress.”
“Yes.”
“Spray bug spray in between.”
Still, it’s supposed to be a place to sleep, so we need to thoroughly disinfect it in case there are any parasites.
“Then I’ll go again.”
I headed back to the sea to get sand.
And repeated.
Packing sand in the inventory, returning to the settlement, and taking it out.
“I think this is enough.”
“Woojin. I think you can stop bringing it now.”
Even though the two of them stopped me, I kept going.
The sand layer was still thin, and I had to move a lot more to complete the daily quest anyway.
I jump off the cliff again.
Splash!
“Huh? You two? Are you catching fish now?”
“Yes. We have to catch a lot to eat something delicious again. Right, Unni?”
Science nodded at Park So-young’s question.
A very good attitude. They didn’t rest on their first day of moving in and immediately participated in the cash grind.
If I were the boss, I would have given them a bonus.
“So, how was the orange?”
Science glared sharply at me.
Wow. She has a really good mentality. Other people would still be blank or unable to make eye contact with me.
“Don’t glare like that. Your dick might get hard again.”
Science was startled and immediately released the tension in her eyes.
So cute, so cute.
“Oh, right, Jungmin-ah.”
“Why…?”
Science answered with a slightly frightened face.
“Could you prepare smoked fish with this fish?”
“Smoked? To eat?”
“It would be more accurate to say that I’m trying to learn rather than trying to eat.”
If that’s the case, Science nodded as if it wasn’t difficult.
“Then call me right before you smoke the fish after you’re done preparing it.”
“Right away today? Or rather, how do you know where we are? We don’t know where you live.”
“Don’t worry about that. I’ll be passing by here a few more times in the future. Oh, and of course, I’ll pay properly.”
Then I went back to the coast and packed sand.
I’ll have Science prepare everything, and I’ll just put my hand on it at the end. That was my plan.
‘It’s easy. It feels like things are going smoothly because there are more people to use?’
It would be nice if earning points was like this too. Too bad, too bad.
And when I returned to the rocky mountain again and jumped down the waterfall, Science called me.
I just had to stick the fish that Science had prepared, the fish with the branches in its mouth, next to the fire.
“What’s next?”
“That’s it. Just keep the fire alive and kill time.”
I see. That’s simple.
So, every time I went to the sea to get sand, I would touch the fire once.
I wasn’t expecting high-end smoked fish anyway, and if I just had the shape, I would probably pass the E grade without any problems.
And sure enough, around evening, an alarm popped up in front of me.
[Successfully smoked striped jack. Completion level: E]
[Completed ‘Surviving on a Desert Island 6’.]
[6 points have been awarded.]
[First quest completion among participants! An additional 1 point has been awarded!]
***
“Hmph. Cocky bastard. How dare he… how dare he make me lick that dirty hole not just once, but twice?”
Teacher Science Jungmin-ah grinned, revealing her teeth. Park So-young, who was next to her, said anxiously.
“U-Unni. Don’t do that and just stay still…”
“Be quiet. To be honest, I feel like I’m going to explode if I just get taken advantage of without even resisting once.”
Jungmin-ah was too angry that she was being swayed around by a young man.
To be honest, she didn’t know why she had to go through this.
She knew that she had been harassing him and relieving stress for three years, but she didn’t think that was enough to be retaliated against like this.
“So-young-ah. Just once. Please just turn a blind eye just once. Huh? I’m begging you like this.”
“……”
“I feel like I’m going to die of anger if I stay like this.”
Park So-young hesitated at Jungmin-ah’s tearful and pleading behavior, and then answered with difficulty.
“Hoo. Okay. Just this once, really.”
“Yeah, thank you, So-young-ah!”
“But you absolutely can’t do anything that harms Woojin. You know what I mean, right?”
“Of course I know! He’s our lifeline, isn’t he? I’ll never do anything like that.”
She was just thinking of playing a very small prank.
‘Hehe. Cocky bastard. Have a taste of my water.’
With permission granted, Jungmin-ah quickly pulled down her panties.
“Uh, uh? What are you trying to do now, Unni?”
Then, with her legs wide open, she grabbed her pussy with her fingers and lifted it up, putting strength in her lower abdomen. At that moment, a stream of water flew in an arc.
“Huh? Is that pee…”
Yes, Jungmin-ah was peeing on the smoked fish that Woojin had made.
“Uh, Unni. That’s too much…”
“Shut up. Be quiet. And you know you agreed to this, right?”
“Yeah?”
“If this gets caught, you and I are both screwed. Do you understand?”
“Ugh…”
Jungmin-ah relieved herself and thoroughly coated the smoked fish with her pee.
And then, as if nothing had happened, she put the fish back in the fire.
And 30 minutes later, Woojin appeared, falling from above the waterfall.
“Is it done?”
“Yeah, it’s done. Here.”
“I see. Thank you for your hard work.”
“Come on, try it. You have to see what your own food tastes like.”
With that, Jungmin-ah gave a thick smile.
But Woojin didn’t accept the smoked fish she was handing over.
“No. As I said before, I just wanted to know how to smoke it.”
“Hey, how can you do that? If you cooked it, you should definitely see what it tastes like!”
“I won’t know even if I try it anyway. I’ve never eaten smoked fish before. I’m allergic to it. So please, Jungmin-ah, you eat it.”
“Yeah?”
Woojin said calmly.
“Well, you’ve smoked it a few times, so you know what it tastes like, right? Please taste it and tell me if I cooked it well.”
“No, that’s…”
“Come on.”
Jungmin-ah’s mind was in chaos.
She had nothing to say.
If it was a ridiculous reason, she could have just pushed it through. But an allergy?
In this kind of backcountry, telling someone with an allergy to eat something is the same as telling them to die.
It was a situation where she couldn’t force him to eat it.
‘…Then who’s going to eat this?’
“Jungmin-ah? What are you doing if you’re not eating? Don’t tell me… you didn’t play any tricks on it while I was gone, did you?”
“N-No, no, no way!”
Woojin looked at her with suspicious eyes, and then looked at Park So-young behind her.
‘Park So-young, she’s a terrible actor. I might get caught if this goes on.’
She couldn’t even imagine what would happen if she got caught playing a prank.
She wondered if there could be anything worse than what had happened so far, but it could actually happen.
So Jungmin-ah quickly covered Park So-young’s appearance and said.
“I-I’ll eat it.”
“Really? Then please eat it quickly.”
“Ugh.”
Jungmin-ah reluctantly put the fish in her mouth, and Park So-young covered her face with both hands and turned her head to the side.
And Woojin smiled inwardly as he watched them.
‘You have no idea that there are four eyes watching over you. You reap what you sow. You dug your own grave, so clean it up yourself, Jungmin-ah.’
Woojin kept watching Jungmin-ah eat the smoked fish without taking his eyes off her for a moment. And after she finished eating, he asked.
“How does it taste?”
“Ugh. It’s a bit salty. I guess I smoked it for too long.”
“I see. I’m sorry for taking up your time to teach me.”
“I-It’s okay.”
“Here’s the promised reward. Use this to cleanse your palate.”
“……”
Woojin handed an orange to Science and came out to the beach.
There were some minor incidents, but the work was coming to an end.
‘Okay, so is this the last shovel?’
I scoop up the last sand and look at the sunset over the sea.
Hoo. Somehow, the place to sleep is now complete.
