Episode 122

Recently, Seol Ga-eun’s daily routine has become very simple. After finishing his work at the academy, he immediately visits the association to heal his father.

“I’m sorry every time.”

“Ugh, I told you not to say that.”

Seol Gyu-jin’s words made her bruise slightly between her brows.

“Time flies while I work.”

With her ability, she was returning Seol Gyu-jin’s body to its previous state. However, since time was bound to flow even while not using the ability, it was like losing a certain amount of time.

“Don’t get hurt just pretending to exercise. If you do, turning it back will have no effect.”

“Heh heh, but you still don’t know how good it is to move your body again.”

Seol Gyu-jin smiled brightly and looked back at her daughter with warm eyes. Soon, his eyes turned to regret.

“Because it seems like my daughter can’t even rest because of her ugly dad… .”

“Oh, okay.”

“How long have you been friends?”

“No, it’s okay.”

“A day or so will be fine. I play sometimes too. It’s because my father hurts more.”

Seol Ga-eun averted her gaze at those words. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to burden my father.

‘… I’m really fine.’

In fact, even before that, she was a homebody. It’s just that the time watching Netflix and Q-Tube turned into nursing time.

If Seol Gyu-jin found out about it, he would be even more disappointed.

‘Ah, but… .’

Eventually, she remembered a person.

‘It seems like it’s been a while since Taemin helped me.’

Even in the first semester, she helped Kang Tae-min and socialized with the special class students. Didn’t you visit often after school?

However, after the vacation, the relationship became estranged.

‘At that time, it was only for a moment.’

It wasn’t long before he went to the Spiral Guild and received training. Of course, the content itself was very useful.

‘The first semester was good… .’

Going to a restaurant specializing in monsters with Kang Tae-min, helping with special training, etc.

Kang Tae-min was always in her time. But not now, and for good reason.

‘Looks like you’re very close with Teacher Lua. Now that you have a burden, I don’t need you.’

Thinking about it gave me a heartache.

Of course, I knew it in my head. Kang Tae-min wasn’t someone who was trying to unnecessarily burden me.

But even so, if he had asked for himself, he had a wish for him to be found.

‘It seems like something happened between the two of them during vacation.’

The fact that Lee Lu-ah’s gaze at Kang Tae-min has changed often stimulated such feelings.

“My daughter, are you tired too?”

“yes? Oh no. I thought about something else for a second.”

Seeing Seol Gyu-jin’s worried expression, she smiled awkwardly and changed the topic.

“Is mom coming? It seems like you went on a business trip as soon as you came back last time.”

“Heh heh, who would have given me everything piled up in the refrigerator over there?”

The refrigerator was stocked with healthy foods that were good for the body. These were the things my wife, Lee Young-mi, bought when she returned from abroad.

“Because even my mother can’t be very honest.”

It was the same story for herself, but she didn’t realize it.

Then a knock caught the attention of the two women.

“Oh, you also have a daughter.”

Bae Seung-joo was the general manager.

When he said hello with a shy face, Seol Ga-eun also greeted him and tried to leave.

“Ah, it’s okay to stay here.”

“What is it?”

“This is a request from the academy and Taemin Kang.”

Seol Ga-eun widened her eyes at Bae Seung-joo’s answer. I was just going to walk away, but I changed my mind.

“I want to visit the underground as a field trip for the special class, but I am requesting permission.”

“… Underground?”

Villain Camp and Underground do not accept outside tours. There was no reason for that, and no one has ever applied.

“Yes, this is unprecedented, so the president of the association made a decision… .”

“No, why are you on a field trip… .”

“I am just about to tell you the reason for my selection. That, to borrow Kang Tae-min’s words as they are.”

Bae Seung-ju cleared his throat with a brief clearing of his throat and continued.

“Kuhm, ‘The special class students have gotten stronger. But I want to show you what the consequences can be if you use that power in the wrong place.’ He said.”

“Well… Are you going to tell us about the treatment in case you get caught as a villain?”

Seol Gyu-jin shook his head.

Certainly, if that was the reason, I could agree. Doesn’t that look like a teacher?

“Certainly not in a bad way. If it is fully open, there may be problems, but isn’t that enough to handle?”

Another reason for not thinking of the underground tour was to block the threat of terrorism.

If there was a problem in the underground, the villains would break out, and it was clear that this would be a big problem.

“Yes, they are definitely students. Besides, I believe there will be no problem if Kang Tae-min accompanies us.”

However, when it comes to Kang Tae-min and the students he taught, the reliability is exceptional.

“Well… Then send me an affirmative answer to this.”

“Ah, I… !”

When Seol Gyu-jin made a decision, Seol Ga-eun interrupted.

Both eyes returned to her.

“… Can’t I go with you too?”

* * *

All the students in the special class were bewildered.

“Underground? What is it?”

“Oh, isn’t that there? There are a lot of blue containers.”

“No, that’s Common Ground.”

It was because the field trip was approved by the association and the field trip was delivered.

However, most of them did not know what the underground was like.

“No, why… .”

“Master must have a will too.”

Song Dae-beom and Joo Da-hyeon, the two of them were very interested in the industry, so they knew each other well.

The students were shocked when they learned what the underground was like from the two.

“Aren’t school trips supposed to be for fun!?”

“You’re going to see criminals?!”

“Ah, I’m getting dizzy… .”

Naturally, most of the responses were negative. But even that was short-lived.

“Are you confident to say that in front of you?”

The students who were about to complain about Ko Min-soo’s words shut up. The image of the etiquette injector clearly came to everyone’s mind.

“Well, it’s not like everyone can go.”

These were the words of Inoa, who delivered the news. He first learned about the school trip from his older sister.

“People who haven’t reached their goal are still training.”

There were also students who had not yet achieved their goal in Golem’s Cradle. They didn’t even have permission to go on a school trip.

Song Dae-beom scratched his chin and said.

“Well, it seems that neither of them are happy… .”

“But there could be something worse.”

“Yeah, that’s it… .”

Song Dae-beom, who answered that, kept his mouth shut. Before I knew it, the other students were correcting their posture.

“Lu, teacher Lua? It’s not… .”

When I came, Irua was there. If not as much as Kang Tae-min, she was well aware that she was also relentless.

But today, Irua’s eyes became sharper.

“If you don’t complete the goal by the day, you will receive a special training organized separately.”

It was the reason she became sharper. It was because if even one person remained, he had to take over as the director.

‘If I’m going to be with my senior, there shouldn’t be a single dropout!’

I want to be with Taemin Kang.

Irua was more motivated than ever.

* * *

The day of the long-awaited school trip.

Thanks to the association’s consideration, the special class arrived at the underground comfortably.

“uh… .”

“Is this underground?”

Yuhwarin and Joo Dahyun, who got off the car first, opened their eyes wide.

From the outside, it looked like a national park. The checkpoint was small and all I could see was mountains and forests. If there were only people in mountaineering clothes and restaurants, I would have thought so.

“This way.”

However, those thoughts quickly dissipated when he saw the inspector coming out of the checkpoint.

The seemingly heavy protective gear, the momentum you can feel, and above all, the full-face visor helmet that doesn’t show a single glance.

The atmosphere was completely different from the police hunters I usually see in the city center.

Soon after, the rest of the students who got out of the car looked at me with a slightly long-winded look.

“Welcome to.”

He briefly greeted and checked the list of visitors.

“Kang Tae-min, Ko Min-soo, Song Dae-beom… .”

Names in alphabetical order.

Unfortunately for Eruah, there were only 6 students who achieved their goal by the end of the day.

“Seol Ga-eun.”

Instead, Seol Ga-eun joined.

It was the name of the association, but it was necessary to accompany a nurse who could be responsible for the recovery of the students.

‘It seems like I benefited from my father for the first time.’

Actually, it was her personal request. Fortunately, Kang Tae-min did not refuse it.

“Lee Noah, Yuhwarin, and Joo Dahyun. Pyo Soo-ho. A total of 8 people, confirmation is complete.”

After identifying the number of people, the supervisor folded the terminal and bowed moderately.

“Welcome to the underground.”

“Please take good care of me.”

Kang Tae-min and Seol Ga-eun also greeted each other as leaders. That’s how the underground tour began.

“The ground is only a checkpoint, so I have nothing else to show you. We’ll go downstairs right away.”

Saying so, the prison guard headed towards the mountain. The students said they were going underground, but I wondered what kind of hiking it was.

“Five… .”

“what?”

With the ridge in front, the prison guard operated the terminal, and part of the mountain blurred and disappeared, revealing a huge freight elevator.

It was big enough for 4 truckloads.

“The entrance to the Underground changes its location periodically and is hidden by illusion magic. All thanks to Maje-nim’s help.”

“It’s because of an unexpected intrusion from the outside.”

“It is as you say.”

At Kang Tae-min’s words, the prison guard nodded and climbed into the elevator to look back at the students.

“There is a reason to prevent attempts to escape imprisoned villains, and to prepare for an unexpected invasion of monsters.”

“monster… ?”

Ko Min-soo muttered, frowning.

“Sometimes monsters come over from the truce line. Most of them are dealt with by the military, but they are very irregular.”

The location of the underground was located near the truce line, and the old DMZ became a den of materialized dungeons and monsters.

Since the collapse of North Korea, most monsters have chosen the vulnerable North, but some have moved south.

Then, with a whooshing sound, the elevator began to descend. Despite its size, it was fast.

Eventually, after passing through the dark passage for some time, the eyes and mouths of the students widened at the scenery they saw.

A huge space prepared underground, and the buildings that fill that space. It was the complete opposite of what it looked like on earth.

But above all, there was something else that was surprising.

“That… ?”

“gate?!”

A gate was formed on the outskirts of the underground. The prison guard immediately opened his mouth as if it was an expected reaction.

“Villains imprisoned in the underground attack from gates secured by the Association during their imprisonment. Without pay, of course.”

Kang Tae-min’s eyes narrowed.

‘This is why I don’t kill villains easily.’

It is not simply to arrest the villain for ethical or humanitarian reasons.

The arrested villain becomes a kind of goose that lays golden eggs. This was because all income from by-products from the gate attack was returned to the national treasury.

‘Of course, Bae Seung-joo would rather keep the principle than that, but… .’

The association did not move alone with Bae Seung-ju. The principles and laws he follows are separate.

And they are implying their intention to capture the villains for practical and economic reasons, not for legal reasons.

‘… Is this really the punishment the victims want?’

Emotionally, I wanted to execute all the villains imprisoned here. However, Kang Tae-min was not a person who was swayed by emotions.

‘However, there will be many people who live on the income generated by them.’

The number of people who benefit from underground revenues will outnumber the victims.

Accordingly, Kang Tae-min did not touch the villains who had already been caught even before and now.

It was because there were still many villains to be dealt with more clearly.

“This way.”

In the meantime, the elevator stopped and the guards started guiding them again. Prison guards dressed in similar outfits were scattered throughout the underground.

His face was covered, so he couldn’t tell where he was looking.

“Men are this way, women are this way.”

Eventually, the guards from the building we entered pointed to both doors and said. The students blinked their eyes.

“Uh, this is… .”

“This is the dressing room.”

The answer came right away, but it was not the answer the students wanted. It was because the uniforms furnished inside the door were, no matter how you look at it, a prisoner’s uniform.

Kang Tae-min said to them who were still bewildered.

“Did you think the purpose of the school trip was just a field trip?”

At those words, the faces of the students stiffened.

‘Perhaps… ?’

‘Couldn’t be… ?’

A bad hunch was seldom wrong. Taemin Kang said calmly.

“Have you already forgotten that special class classes are practical-oriented?”

“That word… .”

The students soon remembered.

The reason why the duration of this school trip is 2 days and 1 night.

“You will be treated as imprisoned villains here. And… .”

Kang Tae-min then looked back at Seol Ga-eun and concluded his words.

“As leaders, we are prison guards.”

The school trip of the special class has begun in earnest.

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