Chapter 78 – Lee Junseo (Son) – A Kind Hell
* Lee Junseo (Son) – A Kind Hell (1)
The village was located in the deepest part of the mountain’s heart.
Even within this mountainous country, it was a particularly deep place.
After passing through a road where ordinary people couldn’t even enter, they were first greeted by iron bars and a guard post.
“Halt! Halt! Halt!”
A woman in military uniform emerged from the guard post, blocking the line of vehicles. Despite the fact that they were in black, tinted luxury cars, they didn’t bat an eye, knocking on the windows and ordering them to open up. The large man driving the vehicle slowly stepped out and faced them, but no one flinched. Even with a gun pointed at him, the man calmly took out something like an employee ID from his pocket and showed it to the female soldiers.
“Good work.”
“Bokryong Alliance vehicle…”
“Huh? Bokryong?”
“Isn’t that where you were dispatched for the young master’s matter?”
“Yes. Today, I’m here with the guys to report to the Madam and the eldest brother about that matter.”
“Is the young master doing well?”
“He’s healthy. I’ve brought good news, so I’d like to go in quickly.”
“We can’t help it, it’s our job. How many people are there?”
“Thirty, including our young lady. She’s not in a good mood today because it’s that time of the month, so could we just pass through?”
“No can do.”
“We got an earful last time when a kid snuck in over the fence.”
“Then I guess we have no choice.”
After the man driving the vehicle spoke with the female soldiers, he tapped on the car, and slowly the men and Munyoung got out. As mentioned, Munyoung had an unpleasant expression, but she didn’t cause any trouble and stood in a line with everyone in front of the vehicle. It seemed like they did this every time they came in, as most of the members looked annoyed, but the female soldiers were serious.
“ID cards.”
“Here you go.”
The men handed their ID cards hanging around their necks to the female soldier one by one, and she checked them. Age, date of birth, name, affiliation, and a photo. She especially looked back and forth between the photo and their faces several times, checking carefully, which took quite a while, but there were no major issues, and the checks were coming to an end without any problems.
Those who had been checked went back into the vehicle. One or two people disappeared at a time, and the last ones left were Munyoung in a suit and a man who seemed to be her subordinate. Usually, Munyoung would be checked first or last, but today she was in the awkward second-to-last position, which drew strange looks.
“Looks like your period is heavy? It’s admirable that you’re still working as the young master’s bodyguard in this condition.”
“If you think so, I’d appreciate it if you could finish quickly. I want to go home and relax.”
“Hehe, but, who’s the man next to you?”
“He’s a newbie who recently joined. It’s his first time getting his ID checked, so I put him next to me.”
“Oh.”
The female soldier who was checking the ID cards returned Munyoung’s and then glared at the man. She ordered him to take off his sunglasses and slowly stared at the man’s face and ID card. The issue date was recent, and the photo looked like it was recently taken, completely resembling him.
“I feel like I’ve seen him somewhere.”
“That’s impossible. He only recently learned about the village.”
“His voice is young. Is he a reliable subordinate? Or a lover? Given his age.”
“A lover? That’s a terrible joke. Even though he looks like this, he has a track record, so I brought him here. He succeeded in getting permission from my father to come here, so please trust him.”
“If you got permission from that person, there’s nothing I can say.”
The female soldier patted the young man’s shoulder twice and smiled faintly, saying, “Have a good encounter here.” However, despite her smile, she was not in a good mood. She felt like she had seen him somewhere, so she wanted to grill him about it, but she didn’t have a good enough reason, so she decided to let it go.
“Check complete! Open the gate!”
The female soldiers immediately returned the ID cards and went back to their original positions. In the departing vehicle, someone muttered, “He’s definitely not a proper soldier,” and then another mountain road appeared. It seemed like it had taken a considerable amount of time to get here, as the men’s exhausted groans erupted again in the vehicle.
“Haa~!”
“I’m alive~!”
Amidst the commotion, the people in the last vehicle let out a sigh of relief. The large man driving the car also relaxed his shoulders, which didn’t suit his size, fully expressing that his heart was pounding.
“Did they notice just now?”
“No, it seems they didn’t.”
“They had a hunch, but it was hard to find fault.”
“I was a bit nervous at the end.”
“Since they’re from the village, they probably had a feeling it was related to the young master, but physically, the faces are different. No matter what, they wouldn’t be able to notice at first glance. The ID card isn’t forged either, we brought the one our newbie uses, so there are no loopholes.”
“We’ve already been checked three times on the way up here.”
“The full ID check was the first one, but if we weren’t caught there, the rest will be fine. After parking the vehicles, we’ll all scatter, so take that opportunity to look around the village.”
“Then I’ll take this off?”
“Yes.”
“Thank you for your hard work.”
“Hoo-ha~!”
Inside the vehicle full of Munyoung and the men, the newbie gangster from earlier grabbed his face while still wearing a suit. It looked like he was tearing off his own skin, but no one was surprised, and they just stared blankly at the scene. The thing that was falling off in pieces was the face he had been wearing until just now, and Munyoung, who was watching it from the seat next to him, had a strangely satisfied expression.
“What? What are you looking at?”
After the fake face and wig fell off, Junseo’s face naturally popped out. After tearing off the gum-like residue that remained on his original face with an unpleasant expression, he glared at the gazes focused on him.
“You really have good hand skills.”
“Should I say it’s unexpected…”
“It’s like a movie infiltration.”
“I was wondering how to get the young master into the village, but I didn’t expect it to be this easy…”
“I told you I was an art major. If you know how to make plaster casts, you can do this much. I heard that you can’t make a living with just sculpting, so if you’re not going to make figures in the future, learning special makeup isn’t a bad idea.”
“Did you want to get a job with that in the future?”
“That too, but it’s also good as a hobby. In the first place, there aren’t many places that teach this kind of thing at university, and it was mostly self-taught. These days, there are many channels on You○ube and other weird places that teach you things. When I was in high school, I thought about going to a specialized academy after getting into university, but when I looked it up, they were all concentrated in Seoul… and the art departments were even merged… Thanks to that, I almost gave up… Oh, was it that unexpected?”
“Can I be honest?”
“Go ahead.”
“I thought the young master’s brain was attached to his dick.”
“Hahahaha, this guy’s really asking for it.”
However, Junseo couldn’t deny those words. After discovering his father’s USB, he hadn’t had a chance to show off his skills, and his days had been filled with nothing but sex. Moreover, he wasn’t even going to university properly, and he had entered a demonic route to indulge in his desires, so even he thought he was pathetic.
“It’s a shame to throw it away after using it once.”
“If I had learned it seriously, I could have made something better, but let’s say this is good enough for today. Thanks to this, we were able to enter the village without causing any other trouble.”
Junseo lowered the window and looked outside. Now that they were inside, lowering the window wasn’t a problem, and no one stopped him. The cool, clean mountain air entered through his lungs, and his stuffy mood was somewhat relieved.
“Is this the village grounds… It’s a really strange place…”
Inside the iron bars, there were barracks and container buildings lined up as if the military was stationed there, and there was even a parade ground. Munyoung had said, “They’re not the kind of decent people the young master is thinking of,” so he didn’t delve into it deeply. It was clear that they existed to protect this mountain where the village was located, and after passing through such a brutal place and going deeper into the mountain, a tunnel appeared.
After passing through it and coming out again, a large building came into Junseo’s view. It was like an advertisement saying, “This is the end of the road,” a real castle that looked like it came from a traditional Korean village or a historical drama. It was so well-maintained, even from a distance, that he naturally gasped, wondering if the monarchy still existed in this country.
“Is this it?”
“Yes, this is the final destination.”
“What the hell? Is the historical revision genre still popular these days? What is this? It’s like I entered the wrong era after passing through the tunnel, let alone the road.”
“I thought so too at first.”
The village stretched out around the huge building.
The magnificent traditional Korean house where Junseo’s grandmother and the villagers had gathered last time was located on the outskirts.
It was truly a completely different world.
