Ima watch you in detail to make the best sculpture.’
Standing next to her, at this distance, he was close enough that it was possible for him to see any facial fuzz.
In the wind, her ebony hair dispersed gently as it passed.
In Baran village, and in the north, every time there was a need, he would sculpt Seoyoon from what he felt.
He wanted to express bits and bits more of her beauty when creating sculptures.
In this moment, he wanted to imprint a picture permanently onto something instead of his mind.
For Lee Hyun, this was the first time he ever felt that.
‘Need to have a picture, there’s no point in having it in my memory and can’t recall it when I need to…’
He felt as if the whole ocean was drowning in her ambiance.
Seoyoon's beauty was to that extent.
Additionally, the corners or her lip slightly elevated!
If he didn’t see it that close then he would have never saw the change in expression.
‘That’s nice to have.’
Lee Hyun had observed Seoyoon's expression very closely, but he did not know what she was feeling.
Seoyoon was happy, though she did not show a wider smile.
With the boat having been at sea for a long time, she was getting comfier with time.
The professors came out onto the deck and took off their coats.
They appeared to be Marine uniforms!
“This is the perfect time to tell you about this MT trip.”
The remark was made by Professor Ju Jonghun.
The students gathered together on the deck and wait for him to talk in silence.
“As you may have known, the original location of this MT was at Seung Bong Do. It is an extremely beautiful island. But it became clear that for this trip, for the purpose of having a wildlife experience, it was not fitting; so we cancelled. It’ll be better for you to visit Seung Bong Do at a later date.”
Ju Jonghun said this while expanding his smile.
“It’d be good to know in advance that it isn’t Seung Bong Do.”
“Then, where are we going for this MT, professor?”
Asked the senior students, be Ju Jonghun did not leak anything.
“You’ll find that out eventually. In the mean tine, you don’t need to worry too much about it. It’s Sil…nah, though this island makes sense for this trip. It’s truly the wilderness and has the spirit of selflessness; it’s the best location to take advantage of the opportunity to nurture the blazing hot camaraderie!”
Due to the professor’s remark, the students were buzzing busily making guesses.
“Hmm where at. Certainly make sense if it’s one of the islands in the Yellow Sea.”
“Nope, not there.”
There are numerous of beautiful islands belonging Republic of Korea in the Yellow Sea.
The fishermen would board their ship and go fishing, while the rest of their families are to remain working on the fields in wait.
The students were still pondering about the island and had no intention of letting up guessing its name.
But many of the senior students had already given into the immense sense of disappointment and began gazing toward the abandoned Incheon ports.
“I should have never come on this MT.”
“With the new and returning students, I figured this is a great opportunity to mingle with girls.”
Lee Hyun too, wanted to clear the many misconceptions the students thought about him being a returnee.
He wanted to get along with the freshmen and reiterate that he was also a freshman.
Or else, all that was left about spending time at school was the depression of singularity.
With this ambition in mind, he was willing to carry this out during this trap of an MT.
“Why’d he say that place.”
“Huwew, please don’t remind me…”
“Give me a life vest so I can swim away from here.”
The returning students have already guessed the location.
The professor’s slip of the tongue of the first syllable pretty much gave them the island.
‘Sil’ was that character.
The island was the tile of a film with a base audience at the box office of a whopping 10 million viewers and made the island famous.
Nowadays, not many people knew of the island itself; in the usually cases, even the returning seniors, most made the connection to the film in its stead.
“Silmido.”
“Keoheuk!”
“Why that place...”
***
For the seniors, it was exactly like they predicted.
Southwest of the Ports of Incheon, the ship arrived at Silmido!
What welcomed them were the sandy beach and the foreshore.
Their hardship was just beginning.
“Here is the MT timetable. Please keep an eye out for this; hopefully we can smoothly match the times set for the MT.”
[Your day by day is tabulated here.]
Day 1 – Arrival at 1100.
-1200 Group meal:
Cannot use matches or lighters.
Live as those in the wilderness, make your own fire.
Once fire’s done, you can start with the meal preparation.
-1400 Training course of hell #1:
Run one lap around the island on the shore; race to be the first 30 people.
Whoever arrives afterward must run another lap.
However, if you can’t do it and give in, one of your members can take on the duty in your stead.
The group will do so until it is dinner hours; if not finished by then, having dinner is prohibited.
-1700 Group dinner and rest.
-2000 Courage test:
Each group will be given a specific target to be reclaimed in the mountain.
The group that obtains many targets will be presented with an exception.
-2300 Bed time.
Day 2 – Wake at 0600, toiletries.
-0700 Group meal.
-0800 Training course of hell #2:
Lunges 300 meters, then get on wooden canoes and row 1 trip around the island.
-1200 Group meal.
-1300 Sport competitions.
Events: Football(soccer), wrestling, log (bridge) boxing, lug of war, no exceptions. Unconditional participation.
Souvenirs to groups according to performance.
-1700 Break.
Sincere information exchanges between the grades as you share drinks. Talent show.
-2200 Free time from here.
If you want, you can sleep as long as possible.
Day 3 – wake at 0800, toiletries.
-0900 Meal:
Each group can make you own food and share with the entire lot.
-1000 Clean up.
-1100 Free to tour Silmido.
-1300 Returning.
[Writing this is an enormous pain…huek…]
The so-called timetable of hell!
If it was the usual MT, they’d be busy playing and eating.
But as the professors who planned this MT, they firmly swore.
“Unconditional wilderness! And hell’s training!”
The groups were made to take care of the preparations themselves, and now the intensity of the training was raising the works to a higher height.
After putting together the timetable, the professors were very pleased.
“We’ve completed this good timetable and are now heading back.”
“It’s necessary to adhere to this guideline.”
“This is a bit generous already so don’t ask for more. We won’t do it.”
“Never!”
The professors recalled last year’s Teacher’s Day.
It was a sad day since they did not receive a single flower or gift from the students!
But this was not done through vengeance due to that.
It most definitely was not.
***
The timetable was accepted with some concerns.
“Do you think they’ll really commit to this ridiculous thing?”
“It has to be a joke.”
The symptoms of escaping reality!
While still dubious, each set their baggage on the open and spacious sand.
“Well then, let’s set up our place.”
They did not care for breakfast and got started working on their settlement.
Each wanted to start early before night falls so they pulled out the equipments to set up the tents.
Most groups had essentially got a tent that could accommodate eight people to sleep in.
The tent, within the given allotted budget, spent most of it.
As for Lee Hyun, it was a different story.
“Our group will also set up an accommodation.”
Yet, the stuffs he removed from the compressed baggage were Styrofoam, aluminum rods, and building insulators that were used on construction sites.
“That’s the tent?”
The group members were dazzled in confusion.
Lee Hyun was carrying most of the stuff so they didn’t know most of the things acquired.
“We’re not going to make a tent. We’re going to create a temporary place to live.”
“……”
Park Sunjo asked cautiously.
“But we’re lacking a lot of materials to build something like that.”
Lee Hyun only removed a total of eight rods.
The insulators and the Styrofoam were barely able to fill one backpack.
“I know. Without the rest of the materials, these wont be enough.”
“Then how…”
“Local sourcing! I’m gonna go get things to make pillars and roof so you guys wait here.”
Lee Hyun pulled a saw from the tool box. Then he went into the woods nearby.
The group members then, were truly speechless.
Although the mountain was not very big and the woods weren’t completely dense or hazardous, his unexpected behavior caused them to be in the state of static panic.
Surprisingly, Lee Hyun returned pretty soon.
Along with the saw he brought, there was an additional tree he cut.
The dead and fallen tree branches were intertwined with other branches and kept close to the trunk.
He returned with the tree on his back, dragging it by the trunk.
Lee Hyun’s shoulders and arm muscles tighten as he kept the tension onto the material.
After his tendons thickened, he was overflowing with physical attractiveness.
It was not an exaggeration to call him a wreck once before, but thanked to the workouts in the Dojang, he built a strong body.