Chapter 14
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 14
Chapter Title: Screw You
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Right after breakfast, I staked out a spot and crashed.
I needed to recover some fatigue.
I'd meant to take it easy with Park Jimin, but I got too worked up and went overboard.
Honestly, the first two rounds were fine.
But when Park Jimin shoved her tongue in my ass and started licking, there was no stopping there.
I went straight in with a full hard-on, pounding her pussy mercilessly.
Thrusting deep enough to bury myself to the hilt.
"Haa... haa... Won't you pierce right through to my womb if you go all in?"
Not quite to the root yet, even so.
I'd just been knocking at her cervix door.
"Looking forward to next time♥"
'Damn... my dick's getting hard again.'
Worried someone might see, I rolled onto my side from my straight supine position.
I calmed my stiff cock down.
In the middle of sleeping like that, a chill suddenly hit me.
I heard footsteps, so I opened my eyes—and whoosh, something flew into my view.
I threw up my guard quick and blocked the incoming kick.
Thud.
"Kgh."
"You think you can sleep now, you lazy fuck?!"
Groaning, I sat up to see Kim Taehun, with the teachers and flight attendants laughing behind him.
And the sack of clams they'd dragged in too.
'Ha.'
I got the picture right away. They'd paid me back for yesterday in the same coin. Telling me to screw off.
"Hey, fuck, while everyone's out gathering clams, what the hell—you're snoozing alone? You lost your mind?!"
Looking around, Kim Yeonju wasn't there.
I put on a scared act and shot back.
"Was I really the only one slacking...?"
"This prick still hasn't gotten his head straight?"
Kim Taehun grabbed my collar and hoisted me up.
I dangled weakly from his wrist and asked again.
"B-but there was one other person slacking too?"
"That lady flight attendant's been busy fixing the radio all morning. Not you."
Got it. No betrayal then. Good enough.
I wheezed out, struggling.
"I only slept in 'cause there was a reason."
"What? Let's hear this bullshit excuse."
Kim Taehun deliberately flung me down near the classmates to draw eyes, raising his voice loud.
All their gazes locked onto me.
'Feels like I'm on trial for witchcraft.'
If my response here sucked even a little, I'd get beat to death. Like that male flight attendant yesterday. With Kim Taehun grinding his teeth at me, he might even try to kill me.
But this was still within my expectations.
Staggering to my feet, I met everyone's stares and spoke.
"You know those snakes? The ones that killed the PE teacher."
"What about 'em?"
"I've been on night watch these past few days, and they don't show up at night. But this morning on my way over, I saw 'em crawling out of the sea and slithering into the brush."
"What the fuck! Why are you yapping about snakes all of a sudden?!"
Kim Taehun stomped toward me, raising his foot to shove me back with a kick to the chest.
"Hold up."
But someone intervened right then.
It was Oh Sejun.
Descendant of a famous scientist and heir to a global pharma giant.
Always nose-deep in science mags—looks like my hook had piqued his curiosity, luckily.
In other words, I'd aimed my words at Oh Sejun from the start, not Kim Taehun.
And he'd bitten without realizing it was bait.
"Keep going."
"Oh Sejun!"
"Calm down, Kim Taehun. You're not the only one here."
"......"
He spat on the ground under the kids' stares and backed off.
I turned from Kim Taehun toward the classmates and continued.
"My take is those snakes hole up in the sea at night and come ashore to the island during the day. So I wanna scout the island at night when they're gone."
"At night?"
"Yeah. We've only explored during the day so far—no one's checked it out at night. That's why I caught some sleep early, to head out tonight."
"Makes sense."
A few kids nodded, seeing the logic.
"Hey, this fucker's just talking out his ass now. No way you're buying this shit?"
Kim Taehun snapped, but the kids just gave a 'maybe?' look.
Unlike his rage, it wasn't a big deal to them.
'Someone's gotta do it anyway. And I volunteered. Whether I'm bullshitting or not doesn't matter.'
Sure enough, the kids started shifting to positive reactions one by one.
"Then let him do it."
"Yeah, what's the problem?"
Kim Taehun looked flustered, caught off guard.
'Think three years of getting kicked around under these kids wiped out all my skills? Nah.'
Reading kids' minds and buttering them up was easy as pie for me.
'Didn't expect the teachers and attendants teaming up to screw me, though.'
I hadn't seen that coming.
But otherwise, everything was going to plan.
I'd figured sleeping in broad daylight would draw heat once.
Hell, truth be told, I'd slept out in the open on purpose to bait the tackle.
If I'd gone to the kids first with,
'Hey, I'm heading out to scout tonight—mind helping?'
I'd get side-eye and suspicion.
But with pissed-off Kim Taehun dragging me out in front of everyone like a witch hunt?
That changed the story. This wasn't me volunteering—it was me being hauled out against my will.
And as expected, no one doubted me heading into the woods now.
Not even Kim Taehun who'd dragged me.
I told the classmates what I wanted.
"Anyway, so—could I borrow a self-powered lantern for tonight? Planning to head into those woods."
"Fuck. Who said you could?"
Kim Taehun objected, but the kids all nodded.
And finally, the one with final say stepped up.
"Kim Taehun."
"Jaejun hyung."
"He's right. Even if it's a fresh excuse, someone's scouting the island—can't hurt us."
"No, but still—!"
"Or you wanna go into those woods yourself, Taehun?"
"......"
PE teacher snake-bitten to death. They hadn't seen it, but the classmates knew damn well snakes lurked in the brush.
That's why the tents were pitched way back from it.
Kim Taehun chewed his lip, then sighed heavily.
"...Fine."
"Thanks for understanding. And cool your head— you're way too fixated on this one thing, Kim Taehun."
"Sigh. Yeah, even I see that."
I silently watched Kim Taehun storm off.
'One of the most dangerous guys just got mega-stressed.'
That was risky. Looked like we needed to bail from here soon.
'Tonight or tomorrow, scout the woods for a safe spot.'
If no dice, hug the coast all day. Get as far as possible.
"Um..."
I turned at the voice calling me.
The teachers and flight attendants stared awkwardly, forcing smiles.
"Could you make us a fire, Woojin?"
"Please?"
"......"
The ones who'd just watched yesterday.
Thanks to them, I'd dug the fire pit solo eight times straight and become an expert.
But they couldn't do jack.
And now shit hit the fan.
They thought they'd just boss me around again today. Nope—I was out.
They'd tried fumbling around on their own after, but from the sidelines, it was a mess.
Weak flames that kept dying out.
Too much smoke too—Yoon Jihoo had stormed over mid-attempt, chewed them out, and now their faces were pale as ghosts.
Only now they came begging.
"Woojin, that thing this morning—we didn't mean any harm. You just looked beat, so we let you rest."
"Y-yeah. We saw a student looking tired and figured we'd leave him be. Didn't think it'd be an issue..."
I shrugged.
"Gotta head out scouting now. Leaving early to beat sunrise back. You'll have to figure it out without me this time."
"B-but..."
"Good luck then."
The science teacher dashed over, pointing at the homeroom teacher.
"Then take me instead? Lee Sujung stays, I go in her place. Sound good, Sujung teacher?"
"Eh? I, uh... well..."
I grabbed the lantern from the classmates, saying I'd take one person along.
Obviously to bring Kim Yeonju noona.
For company all night, some healing time.
And mostly, no telling what trouble she'd get into left here.
But noona had to man the radio in the cockpit all day, so no go.
'Wish I could just solo it.'
Too late for that.
Said I needed manpower and would bring one—backing out now looked bad.
No choice, I picked the homeroom teacher from the teachers and attendants. Easiest to handle.
She at least wouldn't bitch or whine about being tired.
"Let's head out."
Homeroom nodded and fell in behind me.
"Ah..."
The science teacher eyed her jealously.
Not just him—everyone.
In 30 minutes, if they couldn't get a proper fire going, Yoon Jihoo was set to blow up again.
'Might regret stirring shit this morning by then. Should've stayed out of it instead of holding a grudge to screw me.'
Self-inflicted.
I snorted and brushed past them.
"Where the hell's Lee Jaehun at a time like this?!"
With my help off the table, they scrambled back to fire-making.
But they didn't know. The fire wasn't the real problem.
I'd peeked at the clams in the saltwater soak earlier—looked like they'd grabbed any old crap, total mess.
All mixed up; no way it'd taste like the queen clam lily variety.
'Nah, taste isn't the issue right now. If something's poisonous and someone gets sick—or worse—the fallout...'
Eh, they'd clean up their own mess.
Adults, right? Own their actions.
For a split second, worried about Park Jimin getting hurt, but nah.
On second thought, food poisoning level wasn't a worry.
Michelin-star chef's son Yoon Jihoo, prodigy chef Oh Seyoung, science nut Oh Sejun—they had it covered.
Yeah, no problem.
"Heading in then."
"Okay."
Homeroom and I each grabbed a lantern and cranked the handles.
Whoosh—
The self-powered lanterns lit up.
Light spilled out, piercing the dark woods.
The shadow-cloaked forest rustled now and then in the night breeze off the sea.
Danger Detection
Scanning surroundings...
I activated Danger Detection and peered quietly into the woods beyond.
'As expected this hour—no dangers. Not a hint of red aura.'
Doesn't mean I could slack off, though.
I kept Danger Detection active as I stepped into the woods.
Danger Detection
Vigilance maintained. No threats detected.
We crept carefully between the trees, eyes glued to the ground for any hazards.
Homeroom stuck close behind, stretching our light and shadows long.
We slipped into the forest.
And bit by bit, the wave sounds faded ever so slightly.