# 379
The Legend of Return,
Chapter 379. At the athletes’ village (1)
“What is that child?”
“I’ve been unlucky since yesterday…”
“Isn’t it swollen sore?”
“Fuck you!”
Even within the athletes’ village, factions existed.
Somehow, it was human nature to eat mostly with people you know and know.
People doing the same sports gathered in groups of threes and threes and ate in various places.
A hard day with a lot of training required a lot of calories.
I ate breakfast like dinner.
Among them, the ice hockey representatives, who belong to intense exercise, differed from what they ate.
They were all men, and the amount of food was no joke.
Unlike other sports, there were many players, so the discipline between seniors and juniors was strict.
Some of the hockey players with an unusual sense of belonging openly frowned.
At the athletes’ village, she, like an absolutely inviolable sanctuary, sat down in front of an unappetizing man.
Everyone stopped moving their spoons frantically.
It was Yuna Kim, who had never eaten with her coaches or other junior figure skaters who were in the same part.
Then she took the seat in front of him.
“what? Were you acquainted?”
“Oh my… what is it?”
The athletes’ village was smaller than expected.
Gossips also began among female national players from all over the country.
Even for those of the same sex, Yuna Kim was difficult to deal with.
Everyone was busy making fun of Yuna Kim’s unconventional behavior.
“Senior Minjae, shall we take a look at that bastard’s hand?”
“cadet! A baby like a swallow!”
The hockey players noticed Cheon Min-jae sitting in the middle of the group.
He was an indispensable and absolute figure on the hockey team.
Cheon Min-jae was the eldest son of Cheonil Group, who was not in the top 10 groups, but was quite solid.
While growing up, he grew up doing what he wanted to do.
He studied well and liked physical education.
I learned to play hockey while studying abroad in high school.
He continued to play hockey even after returning to his home country, and after graduating from university, he enlisted in the National Defense Sports Unit.
His status was a soldier, but everything was autonomous.
As a member of the national team, he lived in the athlete’s village, not in the base.
There was no change in the rhythm of life to the extent that there was little difference from the general public because of the many vacations.
In other words, only the pattern was a soldier.
Despite his young age, Cheon Min-jae reigned as the captain of the hockey team.
With the overwhelming support of Cheonil Group, the hockey team’s finances have always been full.
He went on overseas expeditions from time to time, and the Cheonil Group sponsored a considerable amount each time.
As a result, the players noticed.
If he looked good to Cheon Min-jae, he could become a hockey player belonging to the Cheonil Group.
It was a hockey team that only a few of the Korean businesses existed.
“That bastard… turned around.”
Madness shone in Cheon Min-jae’s eyes.
As a child of a wealthy family, once greedy, he had to get his hands on it.
Yuna Kim was one of them.
I was putting a lot of effort into it.
Not too long ago, I became the only non-figure skater among the men in the athletes’ village to talk to Kim Yuna.
In addition to presents, Yuna Kim frequently handed over her favorite snacks such as chocolate.
Even in the athletes’ village, rumors spread in secret.
Anyone who knew that Cheon Min-jae was working hard on Kim Yuna knew.
But today, something unexpected happened.
Yuna Kim, who usually ate alone, sat in front of him.
That moment when everyone’s eyes were focused on it as if it had been promised.
“Brother…”
Yuna Kim called him oppa.
“!!!”
Surprised by this, Cheon Min-jae grabbed the spoon he was holding.
The spoon bent at the tips of his fingers in unbearable anger.
Cheon Min-jae’s face was distorted like a demon.
***
Brother?
Yuna, you then…
– Acquisition of dark karma points.
– Dark karma points are continuously paid.
– The aura of resentment and jealousy of you has become stronger. Dark karma points are awarded as Haste.
I knew it would be like this.
While eating, lasers flew from all sides.
Unlike the female national team players, it seemed that most of the male national team players would soon eat me up.
Yuna Kim was one of the top performers here as well.
Among the muscular female athletes, she definitely shone.
When Yuna Kim naturally sat down in front of me and called me oppa, there was an uproar.
An inaudible but terrifying soundless clamor.
Dark karma points were steadily accumulated without doing anything wrong.
“Can I sit down?”
You should have asked before sitting down. You are already seated.
Yuna Kim was still young.
Yuna Kim, who appeared with her hair tied back, looked much younger than she did last night.
He was careful in dealing with her as a legal minor.
The queen of the ice, who has no idea what’s going on in the world.
“Of course not.”
I’m not a fool who can’t go my own way because I’m afraid of stares and jealousy.
I smiled broadly and sat Yuna Kim in front of me.
“Thank you~. Hehe.”
Yuna Kim laughed.
She was a girl who really suited the expression bright.
It was like seeing a twin sister.
“Have you been training this morning?”
“yes! Thanks to you, my body is so light!”
Come to think of it, Yuna Kim’s face brightened a lot overnight.
Thanks to the special treatment, I woke up early this morning and felt like I was flying on the ice.
The expression on her face told her current condition.
“Don’t push yourself too hard.”
“yes~.”
There were many friendly conversations between her and me.
– The dark karma points…
a beep that keeps popping.
No, you didn’t have this kind of hostility just because you and Yuna Kim had breakfast together, right?
I’m not interested in minors either!
“But will that work?”
Yuna Kim’s breakfast looked poor.
I saw nothing but fruit and grass.
“I supplement it with a separate protein shake.”
The Queen also ate differently.
All kinds of meat were piled up on the plates of the other same-sex national representatives.
“let’s eat.”
“….brother. Thank you very much.”
Kim Yuna once again spoke with sincerity.
“Don’t take any pressure and do what you can. You are… already the best.”
Yuna Kim staring at me encouraging me.
“He’s like a real brother.”
“I think of you as my older brother. When will I introduce you to my twin sisters?”
“really?”
“Then, isn’t once an oppa always an oppa?”
“wow! promise!”
Suddenly, Yuna Kim stretched out her hand and held out her finger.
Bababababat.
At that moment, I felt like a hedgehog being attacked by arrows of jealousy that flew like needles from all directions.
“That’s right.”
But I also crossed my fingers.
– The daily acquisition record of Dark Karma Points has been updated. A special bonus has been paid.
***
“Nice to meet you. This is Heo Joon-won, who is in charge of cross-country skiing coaching.”
A full-fledged morning training started after breakfast.
Me, my roommate Jo Young-joon, and Kwon Ye-rim, the women’s representative, gathered together.
At best, cross-country skiing was all about three athletes.
Coach Heo Joon-won, who says hello, is in his early 40s.
He wore colored sports sunglasses and showed off his bluff with his shoulders raised.
At first glance, he was not interested in the national team.
Although he was a leader who received a fixed income of 4.5 million won a month and an allowance, he did not feel the weight.
Cho Young-jun and Kwon Ye-rim also seemed to not trust the bluffing coach.
Perspective was also poor.
It was a prize for trusting the people in power.
As a coach, he didn’t have many muscles built through exercise.
“Nice to meet you.”
Still, as much as I stood in front of me as a leader, I was polite and bowed my head in greeting.
“Are you Jang Tae-san?”
“yes.”
“…the little ones are missing.”
what? Are you sick as soon as you see it?
Heo Joon-won, who has received a lot of dark karma points from the morning, but does not know the atmosphere and is quarreling.
Didn’t know me, a hot potato.
“Please say it again. missing? What?”
I don’t want to live the hukou life in this life, and I can’t accept it.
Education about ignorant people who do not respect people like coaches had to be preceded.
“what? are you pissing me off now? Don’t you know who I am?”
“Then you know me well?”
“What what? This bastard!”
Heo Joon-won approaches with one-on-one momentum.
It was absurd.
At what time in the world would you use your authority as a coach to squeak and argue with a player you’ve never met?
The era of getting fit and exercising was passing, but 2009 was still a transitional period.
It was a spectacle to watch in all directions from the corner of the spacious indoor gym.
Profanity erupted everywhere.
“hey! You bastard! Aren’t you eating? I mean use your strength! strength!”
“Oh my gosh… Duya. Is your head an ornament?”
It was no joke when the coaches said that they were leaders for the players.
The national team players all bowed their heads like guilty people and listened to the sound.
Well, I was used to this kind of culture in the past.
It was similar to the one that was often harassed in the army.
“Get these bastards out! Three more sets of you guys!”
“If you get hit by one, you’ll come back to your senses, right?”
In particular, the short track team next to me was so cold that I couldn’t see them.
The players who looked like seniors played the juniors well.
Come to think of it, it was a face that became famous for assaulting juniors in the past.
The guy whose father said he was involved in the sports club was frowning.
Underneath, the players were all in a state of tension.
Trying to find out about his future made me even more disgusted.
One of them was particularly vicious.
That child later appeared on TV and ate well and lived well.
He had a career as a gold medalist, and even though he had a family, he had an affair from time to time and was divorced.
He also had a dog-like personality, and was involved in the so-called Joo Soon-ja case and sold the dog.
Well, once you turn into a rag, you can never become a towel again.
The problems of elite sports were clearly revealed.
“You say it again. do you know me? What are you! What if you are a Korean university student? Is this nasty bastard fighting the coach? Are you receiving preferential treatment? Where is the cheeky bastard talking loudly!”
Heo Jun-won flipped over at my words and shuddered.
It seemed that he had always been here with this kind of attitude and temperament.
Other players and coaches in training looked at us with interest.
Even when other players were cursed and assaulted, they showed no sincere interest.
I wanted to live quietly in the athletes’ village, but the world did not leave me alone.
It seemed that all the extracts of the kkondae culture were gathered here.
“Why are Korean University students here? Preferential? Then, shall we properly show the tyranny of those who are favored?”
There was no reason to be patient.
I shouted more as my mouth exploded.
“Shall I make a phone call to a representative of a law firm I know? No, a senior reporter would be nice too. Is this the athlete’s village? We are the national team representing Korea! Isn’t it right to be treated personally?”
It sounded like a sleeping lion bursting into a roar.
But so far, I haven’t lost my sanity.
The word “we” drew the players’ sympathy.
“…..”
Heo Joon-won, embarrassed at the first time he was in this situation, shut his mouth.
But that’s for a while.
Belatedly, coach Heo Joon-won, conscious of the surroundings, turned a blind eye.
“This bastard!”
Wow!
The hot touch that you feel on your cheeks.
It was cheap.
I was able to catch Heo Jun-won’s wrist that was flying enough, but it just hit me.
Originally, mats should be laid properly for their taste.
Now, the first requirement for self-defense has been established.
“Coach Ko!”
My roommate, Jo Young-joon, stood in front of me, surprised by the situation unfolding in front of me.
“What are you!”
“It’s the first day, so you won’t know. So the coach understands …. ”
“ This baby! Are you one of them too? Don’t go away!”
Enemies and comrades are clearly distinguished at this time.
Heo Jun-won used violence.
A madman with blindfolded eyes.
All that remains is to show what true power is.
“Huh-huh…”
A fishy laugh escaped from his lips.