Chapter 56 – Surviving on a Deserted Island – Interlude
Professor Chungha looked at me gently and nodded calmly.
“Hmmmm. I’m glad. You look a lot better than you thought?”
I tried to force my upper body to rise by turning my inner energy, but I gave up. I didn’t want to get out of my comfort zone.
“Thank god….”
I could hear the heavy breathing of midsummer.
It’s really confusing when you look at it with a blurred vision.
Why are you so similar
Did you secretly come here as a Moorim Electric game model?
I don’t think the sisters are as much alike as that.
So, it’s not my fault that I made a mistake.
[Rabbit eyes.]
I was going to send it by transmission, but even that was running out of power, so I just threw a chat. Also, being comfortable is best. Midsummer’s eyes turned round. The swollen area around the red, bloodshot eyes is unsatisfying to look at.
[You really….]
[What.]
[…Thank god.]
Also, the eyes are moist. I sighed inwardly. I wish he had so many tears.
[You look ugly because you cry. Don’t cry.]
[…Bad guy.]
Midsummer, who had been blinking her eyes, pouted her lips. Fortunately, the thought of crying seemed to have gone a little.
[Ah, I will die.]
[What would you do if you really died?]
[You’re not dead. That’s it.]
Bang. Midsummer lightly hit the hospital bed.
“A Midsummer Cadet…?”
Embarrassed by the sudden action in midsummer, Professor Chungha glanced around.
“I’m sorry. Cadet Kim Mu-gong over there is provoking him with his eyes.”
“If you’re close, you can tell that with just a glance.”
“…Maybe.”
“Anyway, as long as they provoke you, you don’t have to worry about cadet Kim Mu-gong. Same with pinching my cheeks. I don’t know what the hell he was thinking.”
Professor Chung-ha shook me off guard once.
[Could you have mistaken me?]
It was only then that Midsummer realized something about her and sent a chat.
[It’s because my eyes are blurry. You died once and come back to life. It looks good.]
[Sorry.]
[No, I’m sorry. Lift me up it’s tough.]
[For awhile.]
When I let out a eugh sound, midsummer raised my upper body.
“…Well.”
She checked her vocal cords and she was back to the point of speaking.
“Can you tell me?”
Professor Chungha gave a worried look. Anyway, Professor Lee should know one thing. He swallowed and opened her mouth.
“Ah. That’s fine. How long has it been?”
Looking around again, it was a pretty high-tech hospital room. Is it Okinawa? I think I saw the eagle logo hanging on the wall somewhere, but I can’t remember.
“It’s only been one day. This is a Mercy-class hospital ship belonging to the US Navy. Fortunately, I was sailing nearby, so I was evacuated here. I was lucky. Cadet Kim Mu-gong was half-corpse at the time of discovery. I also shed too much blood.”
It’s half a corpse. Other than that, my condition wasn’t too bad right now. And when I said it was oddly familiar, that was an eagle symbolizing the United States. Somehow, I felt a slight shaking, but it must have been on the sea.
“Okay.”
“Yes, but what a monstrous resilience. No matter how close there was a Mercy-class hospital ship, and he took the elixir. It was never an injury that would happen in one day.”
Certainly, my body was quite resilient because of the sun retardation. Of course, there is a side effect that it is so good that it explodes as soon as the threshold is exceeded.
“I still need some more recovery.”
As the sensation returned, so did the pain. It feels like your lungs are screaming with every breath. If it wasn’t for the trait of conscience, I wouldn’t have rolled around asking for narcotic painkillers.
“I guess so. Thanks to the consideration of the US Navy, we decided to move the cadets to Okinawa by this ship. After all, the cadets’ bodies need to be thoroughly examined. Cadet Kim Mu-gong can rest in peace.”
After all, the United States is Korea’s best ally. Rather, in this world, they seem to cooperate more closely. Thank you Cheonjoguk for providing a comfortable hospital bed. He sent a glance of gratitude to the eagle logo and met his gaze with Professor Chungha.
“Are all the cadets all right?”
“Yes. Everything is fine. According to cadets Cheon Ha-yeon, Han Ye-reum, and Seomun Ye-rin, it was thanks to cadet Kim Mu-gong’s ingenuity. Is that right?”
First, I let out a long sigh of relief. There was no point in wandering around. With this, history that was about to be twisted has found its place again.
“There’s nothing called a plan, I just prepared in advance.”
“Is that so. Excess is said to be proportional. Cadet Kim Mu-gong should be able to show himself a little more.”
Professor Chungha licked her lips. Don’t you like my words?
“What was there?”
“The remains of a god, according to the natives of the nearby islands. He said. I don’t know the truth. That’s why the island became uninhabited. Everyone was afraid of it. The academy sealed it with the true method, but the professor can of course enter and exit…”
Certainly, Professor Poong Ji-hae wasn’t talking nonsense. First of all, the academy didn’t seem to be able to figure out the exact identity.
“More than that. I have a question for you, Cadet Kim Mu-gong.”
“Yes.”
“Is it true that Cadet Kim Moo-gong was the one who had a life-or-death affair with Professor Poong Ji-hae?”
It’s life and death. He said it back, but it was obvious what he wanted to ask.
“You’re right. I killed him Also, I destroyed the marbles.”
Professor Chungha, who was staring at me, drooled.
“Hmm… Is that so too?”
“Professor Jihae Pung was the main advocate of blood ties. I couldn’t help it.”
“I am not blaming you. More details will come out if you investigate. However, the hardest part for me to believe is that Cadet Kim Mu-gong beat him.”
“I was lucky.”
“…Is that so. Okay. Now that I’ve checked the condition of Cadet Kim Mu-gong, I’m going to step back. See you later You worked hard.”
Professor Chung-ha picked up the file folder next to her and exchanged glances with Han Yeo-reum. Then he turned around and walked out of the room.
“But if this is the case, how will the evaluation be?”
I asked myself a question that came to me out of nowhere.
“Do you think about the evaluation even in this situation?”
Midsummer shook her head.
“Still, the hard work should be worth it.”
“Please don’t overdo it. If you die, I will die too.”
Pouting her lips, Midsummer fell. From her voice, it seemed that she was full of exhaustion.
“That’s not okay. You too should live.”
“No. What are you doing living alone?”
“I’ll be careful next time, so don’t be too mean.”
He gently stroked her midsummer hair.
Haha… Ok.”
“Didn’t you sleep?”
“Would you be able to sleep?”
Well, it seemed like I would have stayed up all night with my eyes open even if I was in the same situation.
“Do you want to come in here?”
He lifted the blanket lightly and said.
“There is CCTV here.”
“How are you? I just want to sleep soundly. The bed is wide.”
“…”
After thinking about it for a while, Midsummer finally lay down next to me. Maybe because they were conscious of surveillance, the distance was widened to some extent. I reached out to her and put my hand on Midsummer’s head.
“Sorry.”
“…Nope. If you’re overdoing it, it must have been necessary.”
Was it really necessary to fight Feng Jihae at the risk of his life?
I’m not sure about that.
Perhaps, if she had only taken the time by running away, Cheon Ha-yeon could have solved everything. I thought it might have been a better result than now without me getting hurt.
However, I didn’t want to deny Midsummer’s faith. So, this job must have been necessary. I decided to think so. After all, everything will only come true later.
I silently brushed only the midsummer hair gently. I believe that one day I will be able to give you a confident answer.
***
Pear glass. The three great disciples of the fortune teller group.
1st year academy.
Specialty. The four-day sword method.
Like the name of four days, shooting the sun, the four days sword method pursued extreme quick swordsmanship. Most of the martial arts of the jeomchangpa were based on speed, and the four-day sword method could be seen as the pinnacle of them.
Of course, the four-day sword method was not taught to just anyone. A record that appears only once in several decades in the history of the fortune teller school. That was Bae Yu-ri.
‘Then what should I do?’
Bae Yuri, who was once full of confidence, was stunned the moment she entered her academy.
Does it come out once every few decades?
Jeomchang Jeilgijae?
It meant nothing. Next to him were numerous geniuses to be found every 100 years or 1000 years.
In particular, when I first saw Cheon Ha-yeon, it felt like I was facing the elders.
An elder of a prestigious school of the same age as himself.
I want that to make sense. A handsome face unlike a human, excellent martial arts, and a calm personality.
Being attracted to Cheon Ha-yeon was only natural.
Problem. Although that color has almost faded now, the original provincial fortune teller practiced a thorough separation of men and women. Of course, for Bae Yu-ri, who had never had a proper conversation with men her age, Cheon Ha-yeon, a ‘man’, was a very difficult existence.
When an abnormality occurred in the evaluation of the uninhabited island, Bae Yu-ri fought desperately with Tamatoma.
Due to the nature of the four-day sword method, one-point-oriented attacks aiming for blood are its strength, but it was too difficult to destroy the fast-moving Tamatoma magic stone at once.
Even so, it was not easy for her to break the nerve node. As she slowly lost her strength and was about to collapse, a kite descended from the sky with a faintly shining black halo.
That’s how Bae Yu-ri fell in love.
After she boarded the hospital ship, the ship Yuri followed Cheon Ha-yeon from a distance.
From the point of view of Cheon Ha-yeon, who had a developed sense of humor, she had no choice but to be very concerned. Above all, she herself was the small Heavenly Demon of Protestantism. The interest of an obvious political faction figure called a fortune teller was somewhat burdensome.
Eventually, before entering Kim Mu-gong’s hospital room.
He approached Yu-ri Bae, who followed him, and spoke to him in an instant.
“…Why are you following me?”
“Mi, I’m not tailing you.”
Bae Yu-ri was startled as she saw the world kite approaching right in front of her without realizing it.
“Should I tell you all about your actions so far?”
“It’s not like that…”
“If not, what is it? I can only see that you approached with impure intentions.”
Yu-ri Bae burst into tears at Chun Ha-yeon’s cold tone.
“…I like.”
“What?”
“I adore Cheon Ha-yeon.”
“…”
This time, Cheon Ha-yeon opened her mouth blankly.
She was speechless as she was suddenly confronted with a possibility she had never thought of.
“Yes? What are you doing here?”
Sensing the commotion, Kim Moo-gong came out and looked at them alternately, then tilted his head.
