The Power of Taekwondo
It was necessary to learn martial arts for self-defense.
Since my appearance was S+, I didn't know what kind of crazy guys might approach me.
'I think Taekwondo would be appropriate.'
There were several reasons I chose Taekwondo.
First, it was less affected by body weight compared to other sports.
In boxing or wrestling, if the opponent was stronger or had a higher weight class, I would be helpless, but Taekwondo was different.
Of course, Taekwondo was also difficult if there was a weight difference.
But Taekwondo had ultimate techniques.
Roundhouse kick.
Even if I faced someone stronger than me, I could use the roundhouse kick effectively.
The roundhouse kick uses full body rotation to maximize kinetic energy,
and it's a technique that strikes with body weight from an unseen direction to a solid part.
Therefore, it's the strongest among standard kicks.
If I could land it properly, no matter who the opponent was, I could take them out with one hit.
Even if I got hit by a roundhouse kick and didn't fall, I would stagger for a moment. Then I could escape.
'I should hire bodyguards for safety.'
I requested protection from a private security company, and before long, a very imposing owner came to protect me.
"Hello."
"Hello...?"
He looked about 2m tall with a thick neck and body.
I was confident that very few people in this world could defeat this person.
'It's uncomfortable that someone older than me uses honorifics...'
"You seem older than me, so you can drop the honorifics!"
"I always use honorifics with people who pay me. That's my principle."
"Ah."
"Of course, I don't handle security alone. Since I can't handle all situations alone, I brought mercenaries who fought wars with me in Iraq."
Hearing that, I looked around and saw several rough-looking uncles following me with disguises.
'Oh...'
It was worth spending the money.
As long as guns didn't appear, I wouldn't be in danger.
'There won't be guns in Korea.'
I decided to stop worrying about safety.
These uncles would protect me.
The principal of the Taekwondo academy where Lee Yena attended, Park Jong-seok, was shining with eyes as he watched Lee Yena doing a roundhouse kick.
'Genius...!'
It wasn't even genius. In this world, if you have even a little talent, you get the label of genius.
She was a monster.
'She seems like a human born with the Heavenly Body of Cheonmu from the martial arts world...!'
Even though she had only been training in Taekwondo for a week, watching her roundhouse kick that had reached a quality comparable to himself who had trained in Taekwondo for 40 years, Park Jong-seok was convinced.
Lee Yena was a possessor of talent bestowed by the heavens!
"Yena...! Let's go to the Olympics together!"
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"You can do it...! Of course, you're too young now, so when you're a high school student, it would be fine...!"
'Why bother?'
"It's for self-defense."
'To go to the Olympics, I have to train a lot.'
"I have to practice piano too, and I have to upload review videos one a week. I couldn't accept it."
"I don't think I'll have time to train because I have to play the piano too."
"It's okay...! Training is something that people without talent do! If you have talent bestowed by the heavens like you, you don't need training at all! Just come to the Taekwondo hall 5 days a week for an hour!"
"Well, that's fine..."
"Great! Then I'll submit the application...!"
"Eh? Where do I submit the application?"
"To the National Children's Taekwondo King Competition!"
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October 3rd came.
'Chuseok is so sweet...'
October 3rd was Chuseok, a public holiday, so I didn't go to school today and was resting at home. The academy wasn't operating today either.
"Here. Let's eat breakfast! Yena!"
My mom's belly, which had become fully pregnant, appeared.
"Ah. Mom, I said I would cook, right?"
"It's okay. This much is... ugh...!"
"Mom...!"
"Honey...!"
"It hurts too much...!"
I immediately called 119, and after a while, 119 came, picked up mom, and took her to the hospital.
I took my dad's car to the hospital.
When I arrived at the hospital, I saw mom entering the operating room complaining of pain.
"Mom...!"
"It's okay, Yena. Mom is strong."
At dad's words, I slowly took a deep breath and regained my composure after a while.
'Yeah, it'll be okay.'
Probably because it was the first time in such a situation, I couldn't maintain composure for a moment.
'How much has modern medicine developed? What could go wrong?'
I continued rational thinking and listed reasons why mom would be okay one by one, and after a few hours.
A nurse came out from the operating room and said.
"Both the baby and the mother are healthy!"
"Ah... Thank you."
Looking at dad kneeling and sighing in relief, he didn't show it on his face. He was definitely worried a lot inside.
"Mom...!"
I entered the operating room to see mom, and in the operating room I entered, I could see mom.
"Yena came?"
"Yeah. Mom is okay, right?"
"Yeah. Mom is fine."
After confirming that mom was fine, I felt relieved. Only then could I look at the baby who had just been born.
'It's a boy.'
The baby was a boy.
After the baby was born, my daily routine didn't change much.
As usual, I woke up in the morning, ate breakfast, went to school, and after school, I went to piano academy and Taekwondo academy, then came home, edited, and talked with family. The routine remained the same.
The only slight change was that there was almost no time when the house was quiet because the baby kept crying.
"Uuu... Ueeeng!"
"Junseo! Why are you crying....!"
My brother's name was decided as Lee Jun-seo.
'Whew~ It's hard.'
I started figuring out why my brother was crying.
First, it wasn't because he was hungry. He hadn't eaten even though I gave him formula.
'Did he poop?'
In an instant, I took off the diaper and saw the urine on the diaper.
As soon as I saw the urine, I changed the diaper, and the moment I changed the diaper, the ghost-like crying stopped.
"Go to sleep~ Our Junseo."
I sang a lullaby to put my brother to sleep, and after a while, Junseo fell asleep.
After Junseo fell asleep, a while later, mom came out from the bathroom.
"Sorry, Yena...!"
"It's okay. Mom has to shower too."
It was really okay. I realized that taking care of a baby wasn't easy.
'It's really hard.'
Canceling the promise to take care of Lee Jun's brother too. One is hard enough, two? I would definitely collapse.
'Wow... In the old days, they used to give birth to 5 as a basic, how did they do that?'
I was amazed at how great the old people were. How could they think of repeating such a difficult task more than 5 times?
I couldn't figure it out even if I thought about it.
What kind of mindset the old people had.
One week after my brother was born, Lee Jun's brother was born.
Lee Jun's brother was a girl.
"Huhu. A little sister!"
"Are you that happy?"
"Yeah. Of course, taking care of her is hard, but... If I think that when I was little, mom and dad raised me like this, it would be bearable."
At Lee Jun's words, mom smiled.
"Junha is really thoughtful."
"Yena is the same too, right."
Seeing my mom's mom and Lee's mom's mom exchanging child praise, I thought that.
This life, I'm doing well.
'If I keep going like this.'
When I was 10 in the previous life, it was a time when everything was dark, and I worried my mom and dad a lot.
'After becoming aware of my appearance, it was always dark.'
When I was little, I resented my mom and dad a lot.
It was mom and dad who gave me the miserable appearance.
But after dad died when I was a high school student, I realized that the two of them loved me sincerely.
So after that, I lived with my mind clear, but eventually, not long after, mom collapsed too.
'This time, different.'
This time, I'll protect everyone.
Ding!
"Do you know who I am?"
"Who are you?"
"I'm Seo Ji-yul who reached the quarterfinals in the competition last year...."
Boom.
"Yena wins!"
'Why is she talking so much.'
I was currently participating in the National Children's Taekwondo King Competition.
I started from the 64th round, and just now I defeated my first opponent.
'Now it's the 32nd round.'
"Yena! Yena! Yena!"
"Master, it's embarrassing, so please stop."
"Ah.. Yena thinks I'm embarrassing... Sorry. I won't do such actions from now on."
"No.... Ha. Just do it."
"Really...?"
"Yes!"
"Yena! Yena! Yena!"
My mind was dizzy.
Even in a dizzy state, I defeated the opponents.
"I'm Ha-yoon from Dodong Elementary School who reached the quarterfinals in the last competition... Kuek!"
Boom.
"Yena wins!"
"Please take care...!"
"Yeah."
Boom.
"Yena wins!"
"Are you a dark horse in this competition? Sorry, but you'll kneel here...!"
Boom.
"Yena wins...!"
"I won't be careless."
Boom.
"Yena wins!"
"......"
Boom.
"Yena wins!"
After defeating many, I reached the finals.
"Introduce! Lee Yena from Hwaryeong Elementary!"
A small cheer erupted.
"Introduce! The defending champion, Gang Ji-yu from Geojucho!"
A big cheer erupted.
"Wow..."
"...."
I tried a roundhouse kick.
The opponent tried to dodge the roundhouse kick by twisting his head, but my foot was a lure.
The foot that moved following the opponent's movement hit the opponent's head accurately.
"Yena wins....!"
In this way, I won the Taekwondo competition I first participated in.
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