Ch 214
Became a swordsmanship instructor at the academy
Chapter 214
"Wow, this is my first time riding a bus like this."
"Me too."
"Wow, the seat monitor can even connect to your phone."
"As expected of Hwasin Group class."
"Lee Ji-sung! Lee Ji-sung!"
"Everyone stop chattering and sit down and put on your seatbelts."
From the outside, it just looked like an ordinary bus, but once inside, the interior was completely different.
Until now, when going on training camps or school trips, we always rented regular 45-passenger buses and had two classes ride together in one bus.
But this bus has seats arranged 3 across in 7 rows, so 21 people.
With 20 students per class plus the teacher, it's exactly one class per bus.
The seats can recline almost to a lying position, though not quite 180 degrees, and each seat has a monitor installed in front.
There are even wireless charging pads and USB ports.
It looks much better than a deluxe bus... Lee Ji-sung, this guy spent some money.
"Chan-seong, sit with me."
"Ah, I'm more comfortable sitting alone."
Once we arrive at the training center, we'll immediately start with PT exercises and then the hellish training will begin, so I should at least be comfortable on the way there.
I thought the very back seats might not recline as much, so I took the seat right in front, sitting alone.
The other kids also seemed to think the back seats looked uncomfortable, so they all sat in the middle or front.
Oh, there are even curtains on the seats.
I can close this and take a good nap.
I was about to close the curtain when... huh? I see a very welcome face.
"Ji-hyeon, good morning?"
It's Nam Ji-hyeon, who lost to me in the sparring match last Friday.
I've been trying to receive her greeting since that day, but she said she'd start tomorrow and kept postponing it. I couldn't see her over the weekend and yesterday was a substitute holiday.
Well, I was also busy having to visit my master over the weekend.
Anyway, the condition is for a month, so 3 days is nothing.
But I thought I'd finally receive my first greeting today, but even when we gathered this morning, she was hiding somewhere and I couldn't meet her at all.
But still, we're in the same class.
Unless she's skipping the training camp, she can't avoid taking the bus.
She held out and held out, but now we've met face to face like this.
"Ji-hyeon, what are you doing? The teacher said to sit down quickly."
"Right, you should do what you need to do quickly and sit down."
When I speak with a smile, she frowns deeply.
"G... good morning."
I thought she might insist she couldn't do it, but she still bows her head.
But the angle of her greeting is completely wrong.
"Isn't 'good morning' casual speech?"
Even if I let the greeting angle being less than 90 degrees slide with my ocean-like generous heart, this won't do.
"G... good morning."
"The object is missing? Who are you greeting?"
"G... good morning. O... O... ppa."
Her voice was so small it was barely audible and the last word was almost mumbled, but I think making her do it again would be too cruel.
"You in the back there, sit down quickly."
"Yes."
She also quickly goes to the back, probably afraid I might make her do it again.
Of course, she didn't forget to glare at me like she wanted to kill me.
I thought about saying something but just closed the curtain.
When I reclined the seat to the maximum and lay down, it was quite cozy.
"Ji-hyeon, what did you just do?"
"You didn't even acknowledge Min Chan-seong before. Why are you like this?"
"What did you say at the end? O?"
"It's nothing. I just have some circumstances...."
Nam Ji-hyeon mumbles to the kids with a resentful voice, but that's what you get for making such conditions.
If you hadn't suggested it in the first place, this wouldn't have happened. Tsk tsk.
Thinking it was self-inflicted, I put in my earphones and closed my eyes.
I don't think I slept for long, but when the surroundings became noisy, I thought we'd arrived at a rest stop, but the curtain was pulled back.
"Chan-seong, we've arrived. They're telling us to get off."
Looking out the window, I can see a large building built magnificently in harmony with the surrounding natural environment.
It seems we've arrived, but what's this?
The usual routine when arriving at training centers was that instructors would come in immediately and pressure the kids by saying 'Quickly, quickly, get off. I'm giving you 3 seconds.' and then conduct an entrance ceremony.
I'm a bit disappointed.
It's definitely not because I miss PT exercises or instructors, but I wanted to see the kids' expectations turn into disappointment.
Maybe because this year's training center changed, the program changed too?
That makes sense since the training center Lee Ji-sung provided was originally built for company employee training.
Wait, then there definitely won't be boring obstacle courses and no PT either?
Then it would be completely like a school trip.
For teachers who just play and eat during training camp periods as long as they don't take on instructor roles, it would be quite bothersome, but for students, it would be completely awesome.
Come to think of it, the first day's schedule was empty on the training camp notice.
Of course, even when I went before, the first day's schedule was left empty, so I thought it was the same this time.
There is Mount Seorak hiking on the second day's schedule, but that's essential for telling the Internal Energy manual to Lee Ji-sung and Kim Do-hyun.
It would actually be a problem if it wasn't there.
But then... what are we going to do today?
I can see something like fields outside the training center, are we going there to harvest crops or something?
I packed my luggage and got off.
I thought instructors might be hiding somewhere, but there really aren't any.
"Do you see that big building over there? Boys from our class go to the 5th floor, girls go to the 2nd floor. There will be names on the rooms, so check and go in. Don't change them arbitrarily."
"Yes."
They did this before too, only assigning girls to comfortable lower floors, it's really unfair.
...I thought, but my goodness. There are 6 elevators on each side.
As expected of Hwasin Group, I thought as I took the elevator with the kids to the 5th floor.
"Chan-seong, we're here."
Following the kids to look at the room, I couldn't help but be impressed once again.
It wasn't quite hotel level, but the room was quite neat and clean with 2 bunk beds and 1 single bed like a dormitory.
5 people per room.
When I went to training centers before, student rooms had 20 people per room, but actually 3 rooms were all connected so 60 people used one room.
It was the barrack-style living quarters structure I often saw when going to reserve forces mobilization training in my previous life, but here it's almost similar to school dormitories.
There's a refrigerator, wall-mounted TV, phone chargers, microwave, and water purifier all provided.
"The bed cushion is really good."
"Hey, we haven't decided on spots yet, why are you lying down already?"
"Let's decide who uses the bottom bunk."
Already competing for spots?
Actually, bunk beds may look like the top bunk is better, but it's quite bothersome when you actually use it.
Everyone had used bunk beds in dormitories, so the competition for bottom bunks was fierce, but I said I'd use a top bunk.
A top bunk would be better if I need to visit my master at night and move around.
I just need to put the kid sharing the top bunk to sleep.
I organized my luggage bag in the corner and checked the time - 11 o'clock.
It's still a bit early for lunch... what are we going to do?
"Attention, all students on the 5th floor, come out the door right now in 5 seconds!"
Hearing the voice from the hallway, I went out to see two men and women wearing sunglasses and military uniforms standing there.
Very familiar attire.
The female instructor seems to be Choi Seo-ra and next to her is Teacher Baek from the swordsmanship class?
Seeing the all-too-familiar burlap sack next to them, I immediately understood the situation.
Inside there must be the training uniforms we'll change into.
I thought they weren't doing it, but I spoke too soon.
"Isn't that our class teacher over there?"
"Teacher, what are you doing?"
"From now on, from this moment, you are trainees receiving education, and your teacher is not your teacher but an instructor for this training camp. Here are the uniforms you'll wear during training, so take them, change, and come out in 3 minutes. How many minutes?"
"Teacher, why are you doing this?"
"Right. How can we change clothes in 3 minutes...."
"It seems you haven't grasped the atmosphere yet, but this instructor clearly said that from this time there are no teachers, only instructors."
"Huh? Isn't that Teacher Baek?"
"Teacher, you should at least give us some explanation of what this is suddenly...."
"Explanation? Everyone, drop and give me push-ups!"
When Seo-ra shouted sharply, most students including me immediately dropped down, but a few kids stood there dumbfounded.
Lee Ji-sung is among them.
Was this guy exempt from military service?
Even if he was exempt, he's not really a third-generation chaebol and he was a high school student, so he should roughly know what situation this is.
"Hey, Lee Ji-sung! What are you doing? Drop down quickly."
***
"Number 137 over there, why are you just opening and closing your mouth? Drop out."
"No. I just came back from dropping out."
"Then you should work harder, what are you doing? Is it only hard for the trainee?"
"No, that's...."
"Didn't you hear the instructor tell you to drop out? Drop out."
"Drop out...."
This is really fucking terrible.
No, actually I knew through the original work that the training camp would be this fucking terrible.
Although I moved up this training camp to quickly obtain opportunities, I thought we definitely wouldn't do this kind of shitty program as a side benefit.
The training center I provided isn't a place for students to go, but a place for company employee training.
But I really never imagined that teachers would take on instructor roles and conduct it.
"Number 137 trainee came again? This instructor said if we meet again, I'd give you special education."
Did I drop out because I wanted to?
What am I supposed to do about lacking stamina since I'm in the magic class?
Even though it's not my money, since we came to this training camp with my father's money anyway, you should cut me some slack.
Spending money and what kind of thing is this?
"Trainee, are you thinking of other things right now?"
"No sir."
"What do you mean no! Go to that corner and do PT exercise 8, 20 repetitions. Add commands and if your voice is quiet, I'll add 10 more each time."
I feel like cursing will come out automatically.
Who knew that asking them to do the program the same as every year because I was worried the Mount Seorak hiking schedule might be canceled would bring about such a shitty result.
"Trainee, why aren't you moving quickly? Are you rebelling now?"
"N... no sir."
I immediately went to the corner and started PT exercise 8.
"Make your voice loud, loud."
The instructor must have targeted me because he doesn't look at other kids and just stands in front of me staring only at me.
The kids said he's a spear arts teacher. Once I get the Internal Energy manual, you really....
Damn. Tomorrow I'm definitely going to have muscle pain.
Haah.... I'm so worried about how to climb Mount Seorak and how Kim Do-hyun will follow.
"Trainee, aren't you giving commands? 10 more added."
What kind of training camp is this!
***
"Everyone worked hard receiving education today. I heard the training center has outdoor hot spring facilities, so go there and wash away today's fatigue completely."
When evening came, the instructors who were like tigers returned to the teacher mode we saw at school.
Well, actually it wasn't that hard.
Once you become a peak expert, no, even a first-class master, PT exercises would be laughable, and at my level it's no different from eating cold porridge.
Rather, pretending to find it difficult was more difficult.
Well, it might be different for other students.
Everyone looks half-dead, especially Lee Ji-sung - that guy's expression is quite a sight to behold.
I saw him dropping out tremendously earlier, tsk tsk. Actually, today wasn't that much compared to training camps I went to before.
These guys who are supposed to be prospective Hunters are so weak.
"I don't think I can go hiking tomorrow."
"Students who can't go hiking will stay and do the PT exercises we did today?"
"I'll definitely go."
"I like hiking."
"Hiking is the flower of training camps."
Whew, the attitude change is 5G speed.
"Tomorrow after breakfast we'll start Mount Seorak hiking right away, so wash up and sleep early."
"Yes."
After roll call, I came into the room and tsk tsk, everyone was tired so they went straight to bed.
"Not going to the hot spring?"
"I'll just sleep."
"Me too. I can wash tomorrow morning."
"Me too."
In the end, I came out alone with my toiletries... what's this?
Kim Do-hyun and Lee Ji-sung are standing outside the door.
"Why are you coming out alone?"
"The kids said they're tired and will wash tomorrow morning."
"Right, 2 people in my room also collapsed immediately."
"Do-hyun, you were on the 5th floor too?"
"I'm on the 6th floor, but I came to go with you guys."
As expected, our Do-hyun has loyalty.
But Lee Ji-sung, this guy is unexpected.
I thought he'd collapse immediately since he was at drop-out master level.
Well, if he wants to follow Do-hyun tomorrow to get opportunities, it would be advantageous to relieve fatigue by going to the hot spring.
As I was going down to the annex where the hot spring facilities are with the kids, Lee Ji-sung looked around and then poked my side.
"What?"
"You know the hot spring facilities have outdoor baths, and right next to the men's bath is the women's bath?"
"Isn't that usually how it is? So?"
"I heard there's a stone wall built really high, but that's all there is?"
"Just get to the point. What do you want to say?"
"Do you know magic that can see through walls? You're the ace of our magic class."