Chapter 51 – Surviving on a Deserted Island (12)
Cracks ran through the sandy beach. Cheon Ha-yeon’s fist grazed my cheek and stuck right next to me.
As he took the right to go out, Cheon Ha-yeon naturally arose. I turned my eyes to the side and saw a pitch-black hole with no end in sight.
It was the trace of Cheon Ha-yeon’s punch, spinning like a warrior’s mirror, digging into the ground.
“Isn’t training too intense? Kim Mu-gong, are you alive?”
Midsummer looked around her head through the rising dust. Thanks to Cheon Ha-yeon’s last attack, it seemed that they recognized that they were just training hard.
…No, intense training is right, right?
To be honest, it was a bit strange because of Cheon Ha-yeon’s flushed face that I saw when she was on top of me.
Looking back, it was close to just lifting the limit and practicing.
“OK. Alive well.”
I woke up shaking my body. A lot of coarse sand got into the body, and it stuck to the corners of the mouth.
“Sorry, I got a little excited.”
Chun Ha-yeon lowered her eyes and apologized while averting her gaze.
“No, it’s quite fresh. My body is definitely relaxed.”
She showed off her strength by turning her shoulders around.
Even though he devastated the surroundings while fighting, there were no shocks to his body except for his wrists.
Even that is slowly recovering.
“I have to do it tomorrow too.”
Midsummer stared at the devastation spread on the beach and opened her mouth.
“Are you fine?”
Looking at her kite, she nodded her head.
Maybe it was because of the combination of the two, but Cheon Ha-yeon’s reaction, which had been strange until now, has improved a little.
By the way, no matter how much you train, only a few people can reach Cheon Ha-yeon. For Cheon Ha-yeon, neither the new unicorn skill nor the hyeopji had any effect.
I let out a small breath inwardly.
‘I wonder if it’s worth trying a bit more if I make Cheon Ha-yeon her non-virgin.’
The crazy idea that came to her instantly was erased from her mind.
It seemed that the Out of Conscience trait worked.
You’re thinking such crazy things.
Also, being careless is dangerous.
Normally, I would never think of such thoughts.
It’s a good trait, but it was dangerous to trust it.
She immediately had her brainwashed and returned to a clear mind.
***
Uninhabited Island Assessment Control Center.
Compared to the busy movement in the beginning, the current control center has a quiet atmosphere. There were no cadets who were eliminated until now, although there were only differences in degree between suffering and suffering less. In the past, at this point, a few people would drop out.
Thanks to the cadets holding up well, the professors also had time to take turns taking a break.
The professors who were on duty now were Professors Jihae Fung and Professors Chungha.
“You have joined at all.”
Professor Cheong-ha said while watching the movements of Kim Moo-gong and Chun Ha-yeon as they leisurely walked through the jungle. It’s already been several days since I figured out that the two joined. Thanks to the path laid out in advance, the two walked without hindrance.
“It looks like you came for a vacation rather than an evaluation.”
Due to Cheon Ha-yeon’s interference with Kim Mu-gong and Midsummer’s Refuge, it was impossible to approach at all. However, the state of the cadets was obvious just by looking at their appearance.
Even though I am busy living right now, there was no one who could afford to take care of herself.
Even when Hwangbo looked at her twin brothers, they ate everything in sight, whether it be snakes, fish, or shells, rather than a planned hunt.
Shelter, too, was not an elaborately designed place, but a cobbled-together wooden tent under a rock.
Naturally, his appearance has changed to that of a savage warrior with only important parts covered.
On the other hand, Kim Moo-gong and Cheon Ha-yeon were not much different from when they were in the academy. From what I’ve seen over the past few days, he’s been showing off his clean appearance.
“Hmm…”
Professor Chung-ha took her eyes off the two and let out a drool.
“Is something wrong?”
“It is strange. Can you see this?”
Professor Chung-ha manipulated the display to enlarge one screen.
“…Carnivore?”
“Yes. The behavior of Tamatomas, which should be herbivorous, is strange. This could put the cadets in danger…”
“Hmm, I’ll go try it.”
Professor Poong Ji-hae, who was lost in thought for a moment, opened his mouth.
“Shall I go too?”
“I’m just investigating Tamatoma, so there’s no need to do that. Alone is enough. If there are any changes, just contact me quickly.”
“All right. Then please.”
“It won’t be much.”
“I wish that was the case.”
Professor Chungha stared at the screen with sunken eyes. After the vampire incident, Professor Chung-ha knew that even a minor problem could not be ignored.
Since Professor Poong Ji-hae is directly involved, I don’t know if it’s a problem.
Professor Chung-ha made an effort to dispel the sudden anxiety.
***
It has been quite some time since he joined Cheon Ha-yeon.
The day to leave this disgusting uninhabited island was not far away.
I want to eat delicious meat.
As soon as I return, I will eat meat first.
Pigs, cows, chickens, anything as long as it’s not wild.
Tired of eating only fish, I tried to catch and eat the birds on the island one by one, but it didn’t taste good.
As a result of diligent grooming, thinking how much difference there would be in the same fish, the conclusion was that it was better to just eat fish. Compared to the labor of grooming, the result was very poor.
Chickens are not popular all over the world for nothing.
Because it is overwhelmingly delicious. Shouldn’t the chicken be called the king of birds?
While thinking nonsense, I poured out all the Tamatoma Magic Stones in my backpack, and then split them into 30 pieces.
“30 each. Are you fine?”
“Ugh. I’m okay.”
“You can take less.”
“Isn’t it neat to share equally?”
In the end, Cheon Ha-yeon silently nodded.
The time has come to finish the Tamatoma hunt.
It would be possible to dry the seeds of Tamatomas on the island with Cheon Ha-yeon, but the frequency of encounters with other cadets increased.
It would be polite to fold it in moderation.
In fact, before manners, I strongly felt that it was just a waste of time.
Tamatoma has become an easy opponent to the point where he can’t even practice anymore.
Rather than wandering around the jungle, it’s better to practice together as a group of three.
“But is it really okay if I don’t eat anything? Today is quite a special meal.”
We asked Cheon Ha-yeon, who was staring at us while preparing the meal.
Considering the amount of activity, it is clear that you are quite hungry.
“…I get it.”
“I don’t eat… Huh? Are you going to eat?”
“If you give it to me, I’ll eat it as a thank you.”
“Oh, look forward to it.”
He sat Cheon Ha-yeon down and the two of them busily started cooking.
“This.”
Midsummer handed me the oil he had stored.
Wild fowl meat tasted terribly bad, but the hard work was not useless.
The meat itself was not very good, but there was a lot of oil, so I collected it separately like this.
I also packed some eggs near where I caught wild birds.
I placed the pre-boiled breadfruit on a clean stone used as a cutting board and crushed it.
“It’s like breaking a potato.”
She said midsummer, who was watching from the side, spread the grilled fish and handed it to me.
“The taste is similar, too.”
“Right. It tastes like a little bit of sweet potato and roasted chestnuts. I want to take some of this.”
I agreed. Because there was no meat, fish and breadfruit itself were pretty good ingredients.
I wonder if it would have been quite expensive to buy and eat fish.
“Good. Is there any way to get the breadfruit? It’s perfect to eat as a delicacy sometimes.”
In a bamboo bowl, crushed breadfruit and fish flesh were placed, and wild bird eggs were also cracked on top. Season with salt, mix well, and roll into a ball.
“Ruler.”
When I handed over the ball, she threw her fish ball at Midsummer, who had previously lined her oil on a stone slab that had been used as a frying pan.
Next to the midsummer frying fish balls, grill the fish and leftover breadfruit as before.
On top of the toasted breadfruit, she poured a syrup made by diligently boiling down the sap from the trunk of the coconut tree.
The sweet aroma and the rich smell of the fish balls being fried in oil spread all over the place.
Even the world’s Cheon Ha-yeon couldn’t take his eyes off the breadfruit that was sprinkled with syrup.
When you eat it, it is so sweet that it melts on your tongue.
“Eat one.”
She handed Cheon Ha-yeon a piece of breadfruit sprinkled with syrup.
Cheon Ha-yeon’s eyes widened as she took a small bite.
Seeing that expression, it was worth the hard work.
Of course, the preparation of materials was done in midsummer.
“I am ready.”
Midsummer brought well-fried fish balls to this place in a bowl.
The moment we were about to start eating with bamboo chopsticks, sitting around a huge stone plate that serves as a table.
“Someone is coming.”
Cheon Ha-yeon pointed at the bush with chopsticks.
Soon after, with a rustling sound, a woman in silver hair jumped out.
“…Yerin?”
Midsummer woke up and approached.
Her hair was frizzy and her face looked tired. She hadn’t even washed her clothes properly, so all the grass from the jungle was clinging to her clothes.
Even Yerin Seomun, who was aloof, seemed unable to overcome the harsh environment of the uninhabited island.
Foreword Yerin took one look at the table with us, and she put on an expression of disbelief.
“It’s okay? Are you not hurt?”
Midsummer asked in a worried tone.
Preface Yerin pressed her lips together and bobbed her head.
Even so, his gaze kept glancing at the food, and the reason for not looking was obvious.
I took one of her spare wooden chopsticks and waved them at Yerin.
“We are going to eat now, would you like to eat together?”
Seomun Yerin’s eyes shook violently.
[Hey, just bring it. Just looking at it, it looks like I’m starving.]
[Yass. I just heard a growl from the boat.]
In the end, while she was held in Midsummer’s hand, Yerin from the preface was also present.
…Anyway, it seemed that the military family had increased by one more member.
Although she was going to leave the uninhabited island soon anyway.
***
The amount was generously prepared, so it was enough for the four of us to eat. It was definitely worth the preparation.
Eating dessert-like desserts and oil-fried dishes after a long time made my mind and body feel at ease.
After all, people live to eat.
“…Thank you.”
After finishing the meal, she went to the stream and washed her body thoroughly, said Yerin, the preface.
She was only slovenly, and she was a beautiful girl, as if he had been painted in a true picture.
“Is there any shelter?”
“…There was.”
“Yes?”
“I came after hunting tamatomas, so they were all swept away by the shower and disappeared.”
So she ended up being like that.
“Anyway, the evaluation is over soon, so stay here. I have room.”
She said, pointing to a house large enough for the four of them to enter.
Due to the steady expansion work, my ‘house’ looked so plausible from the outside that it was a waste to leave it there.
“I have nothing to give you… Do you want a magic stone?”
Foreword Yerin was trying to get something out of her backpack.
“Done. I have a lot of magic stones. What are you arguing about among your friends? If summer is a friend, then it is a friend to me too.”
“…Friend.”
Preface Yerin, who had been looking at me and midsummer, stopped her movements and licked her lips.
“Then don’t go anywhere and stay here. There is also summer, right?”
She hesitated for a moment before Yerin nodded her head slightly.
“…Thank you.”
“I’m not even the owner. We made it all together.”
“I see.”
“OK. Do not burden yourself.”
Nod
Somehow the persuasion was successful.
I don’t know why there are so many unique girls around me.
After such an eventful day, the four of us fall asleep together.
I woke up in the morning alone and went outside.
This uninhabited island was not so cool even at dawn.
Still, the morning air was air anyway, so it wasn’t just a bad feeling when I calmly breathed it in.
That was until I opened the ‘file’ that just popped up.
No way, I didn’t expect ‘file’ to come out now.
Two in the yard nearing the end of the evaluation.
“The first variable.
I didn’t realize it at the time, but the snowball of the vampire incident I blocked grew out of control.
When Protestantism began to actively check, and the political faction also began to come up with all sorts of countermeasures in preparation for Blood Religion, they became impatient.
…(Syncopation)…
The Blood Bridge needed results.
So, instead of choosing the ‘present’, they turned to castrating the possibility of the ‘future’.
The first variable occurred in the evaluation of uninhabited islands.
Originally, he should have finished the evaluation and returned, but at the last moment, the Blood Bridge intervened.
It is not known exactly when they prepared it.
But one thing is certain, if the cadets hadn’t died there.
It is true that it would have been a great help even in the disaster that started much faster than expected.
Instead of just protecting each other, we should have looked at the bigger picture.
The area of Nanga is abundant.
If he, who was the main leader of the Blood Bridge, had stopped what he did in the center of the island in time, if we had scattered and protected the cadets instead of sticking together, we could have saved enough without losing a single one. (Omitted below)
Author: Gwangma Kim Moo-gong.』
I closed the file with trembling hands and opened the next one.
The next file contained ‘one coordinate’.
I took a map and compared it, and it was clear that the center of the island was there.
