episode_0018

When it was time for morning assembly, the teacher came in.

“Hello kids, can you say hello to the temporary class president?”

“Attention, salute the teacher.”

“”Hello.””

“Since we have class starting today, please take out your books according to the schedule and greet people properly like you did just now, okay?”

“”Yes.””

“Then, do well in class and I’ll see you later during lunch”

“”Yes.“”

After a very brief morning assembly, the first day of classes, which quickly passed by until the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th periods, were more like time for teachers to introduce themselves and explain what they would learn next than classes.

Lunch time came after the 4th period ended.

“You come out in order of your attendance number, grab a spoon, and put rice, soup, and side dishes on your plate. Don’t be greedy and take only as much as you’ll eat, right?”

“”Yes.””

When it was my turn, they brought me rice, soup, and side dishes on a plate.

The kindergarten food was delicious, but when I looked into the elementary school food, it was not much different from the kindergarten food and was just average.

After tasting them one by one, it was as if the kindergarten food was really delicious. It was an ambiguous taste that was neither bad nor tasty.

Kindergarten was at least fun to go to for lunch, but I don’t think elementary school will be as fun to go to for lunch.

Anyway, since you’re growing up, you have to eat well.

As I was eating the rice and side dishes I had brought, I looked next to Shin Yuri, who was in the early stages of princess disease, and she was eating deliciously as if she hadn’t been affected by princess disease.

“Is it delicious?”

“Yeah, is it delicious?”

“Better than home cooking?”

“Similar?”

It seems like the queen can’t cook.

“Okay, eat a lot.”

“Yeah, you too!”

After eating, I laid down on my bed and took a nap. 5th period passed and it was time to go home.

“Attention, salute the teacher.”

“”Goodbye.””

Children rushing out as if they had been waiting.

I came to school and learned nothing, and my only achievement was becoming friends with the girl sitting behind me named Hwang Min-ha.

Still, if my mom asks, I should tell her at least this.

I returned home sighing at the thought that I would have to do this for six whole years.

“It came out.”

“Did you make a friend?”

“Yeah, I bought one.”

“Male or female?”

“She’s a girl, but she doesn’t have princess complex, so I think she’s okay.”

“Really? That’s good?”

I passed my mom and went into my room, and checked the stocks like I did today.

KOSPI rose slightly from 841 to 836, while KOSDAQ rose slightly from 836 to 841, and the overall yield also rose slightly.

It looks like there isn’t much difference from yesterday, so I guess I still have to wait a long time.

I slowly changed my clothes and left the room to go exercise.

“Mom. I’m going to go exercise.”

“Be careful not to get hurt, okay?”

“Okay, I’ll be back.”

I went to work out, but walking leisurely didn’t fit my Confucian ideology, so I ran slowly.

I arrived at the gym in 10 minutes after a 20-minute drive and opened the door and went in.

“Hello.”

“Oh, hello? You’re here?”

“Yes. You said you were coming today.”

“Haha. He might come, but he might not.”

A woman in her early 20s whom I saw yesterday greeted me.

“Okay. Put your shoes here because you might slip. It’s better to take off your socks.”

“Yes.”

“Your name was Jaehoon, right?”

“Yes. It’s Seo Jae-hoon.”

“Okay. Jaehoon. I’m Lee Geungjeong, so when you call me, just call me Noona or Geungjeong Noona. Got it?”

“Huh? Yes, sister.”

I was about to ask if she was an aunt rather than an older sister if the age difference was at least 12 years, but I quickly agreed because I felt a strange sense of pride.

“Have you tried exercising?”

“No.”

“Then, do you want to do some light rope jumping first?”

“Yes.”

“Okay. Let’s just do 100 easy jumps.”

“Yes.”

I started jumping rope with confidence, as I had been jumping rope every night since last year to grow taller.

“Huh? Are you good?”

“Yes. I jumped rope often every night.”

“Why? Key Clago?”

“Yes.”

“Why did you start exercising? Who are you trying to hit?”

“…..”

“It’s okay. Be honest.”

“Do you know that a gentleman’s treasure is a ten-year dissatisfaction?”

“That gentleman’s revenge is not too late even if it takes ten years. That?“

“Yes. I got hit in the back of the head for standing still in kindergarten three years ago?”

“Wait a minute. If it was three years ago, you were five, right? Do you remember that?”

“Yes.”

“Then you didn’t tell your parents then? And your teachers?”

“If you apologize for this, is that really an apology? There is no need for a forced apology.”

My positive older sister sometimes looked at me with the same eyes as my mother looked at Minjun.

“Yeah, yeah. Anyway, so what?”

“I got hit in the back of the head and kicked in the stomach, but he didn’t even flinch. He was two years older than me, so he was much bigger.”

“If you’re full, isn’t it over?”

“I got hit again.”

“Heh heh. So you want to learn kickboxing and go find it?”

“First of all, there’s a two-year age difference. The weight difference is big, right? Since I’m sure I’d lose in a dogfight, I need to study professional techniques for two more years and find one.”

“What are you going to say when you go there? If you were five, the dog would be seven. Even if it happened two years later, it would be five years ago, so would you remember it?”

“No, no, that’s not the point.”

“Then?”

“If you block the road and pretend not to see people because they don’t change easily, they’ll hit you first.”

“Then are you going to fight and win then? What are you going to do if you lose?”

“So I originally planned to do judo, so I registered here yesterday and went to the judo gym next door, right? But I heard that my growth plate could get hurt. Of course, since the growth plate is more important than revenge, I should give up judo and work hard at kickboxing, right?”

“Kekekeke. I’m going crazy. Kkekeke. I never knew there were kids like you. Kkekeke. Okay, I’ll take responsibility for you and teach you! But you shouldn’t give up, right? ”

“Yes. I waited for 3 years, so of course I won’t give up.”

“First of all, rather than just skills, you need to build up your body so that skills are meaningful, right? Do I have to do what I tell you every day from now on? If you do well for a week, I’ll teach you kickboxing skills.”

“Yes”

So I did 3 sets of 30 push-ups, 30 sit-ups, 30 bodyweight squats, and 5 laps around the gym.

“Keep going. Still, you’re working hard. When you wake up tomorrow, your whole body will be sore, right? You have to hold on tight and come tomorrow, right?”

“Okay, then I’ll see you tomorrow”

“Okay, go carefully!”

Walking home after working out was not something that fit my Confucian mindset, but it was harder than I thought, so I gave up on being Confucian for a while and just walked slowly.

***

“It came out.”

“Is exercise fun? Do you teach it well?”

“Yeah, I got 1-on-1 coaching”

“Oh, fist, thud, did you learn this?”

Mom comes out without fail. She even looks excited today, as if she’s in a boxing stance.

“First, build the body and they’ll let you know starting next week.”

“Hehe. It looks like it’s hard to see the lack of a sword? Hehe.”

“I said I wouldn’t do it, so it’s hard.”

“What are you going to do when you join the military later? Hehe.”

“Why am I going to the military? Am I going to the military?”

“Huh? Going to the military? Didn’t you know?”

“I see? You didn’t know? What is it?”

Even as I walked past my mom into the bathroom to take a shower, my thoughts didn’t end there.

Military. There are various reasons for official military exemption in Korea. Among them, there is a straightforward reason called orphanhood. Simply put, if you live in a child care facility for more than 5 years, you are exempt from military service.

In my previous life, I spent 19 years in an orphanage, so I was exempted from military service and never worried about it.

When applying for a job, a man’s military history was practically mandatory information to submit, so he had no choice but to disclose it in order to get a job. Of course, he may have passed because of an unwanted vote of sympathy.

Or maybe he was born as an orphan and saw more of the specs he had accumulated in his previous life.

But, after being born a conglomerate, the military? The military? The future is bleak.

In order to enjoy the life of a chaebol, you have to endure 6 years of elementary school, 3 years of middle school, 3 years of high school, 4 years of college, and 2 years of military service when I grow up, so a total of 18 years.

Eighteen… Eighteen years…

Did the bastard go?

Since you’re obese, you must have been excluded from public service because of your weight, right?

If he was a loser, wouldn’t he have gained weight to avoid military service and then gained more weight or failed to lose it? I think that’s what a loser would do.

At first, I envy the loser, but I don’t want to live with a heavy body. If that’s the case, I’ll just go and come back.

I don’t think I’m even feeling any muscle pain because of the military service worries. If I ask my mom to leave me in an orphanage for 5 years, I’ll get what I want this time.

I am a Confucian boy who knows that I have things to say and things I shouldn’t say, so I thought about it for a moment and quickly deleted it.

You might wonder what’s so great about other people doing this, but this is a great thing. It was depressing.

I think we need to find out what it is like for athletes to win medals and avoid military service.

After finishing my thoughts, I quickly finished washing up and headed to the computer.

After searching, I excluded physical disabilities, severe disabilities, defectors, criminals, people from the DMZ, people with national merit, weight, and eyesight. The only two things left were athletes and people with PhDs in science and engineering.

This is obviously absurd, since if you have a PhD in science or engineering, you have to go to graduate school after graduating from college and study for a few more years to get your thesis verified.

If you place 3rd or higher in both the Olympics and the Asian Games, you are exempted. Wouldn’t it be possible to do this as a team event if you were to make it?

The important thing is that there are many people who are involved in sports such as soccer and baseball, and they work hard as if they are risking their lives for it, and they know that they have to have talent to be able to compete.

I can’t sacrifice my life for two years in the military.

Actually, I know that the easiest way is to hire a broker to falsify medical records. I was in trouble in the media in my past life, but I don’t want to commit a crime like that.

What should I do if I have to go to the military…

In the end, I had to go to the military…