I Want to See the Sea
Because of the fool
이찬
"Brother, are you awake now?"
이석민
"Am I really alive...? My body isn't moving."
김민규
"Ha... Who hit you to be like this?"
Chan asks Seokmin how he is doing, and when Min-gyu asks about the perpetrator, Seokmin speaks cautiously, perhaps remembering the situation from earlier.
이석민
"The name is Bae..."
배여주
"what."
Aaaah! Seokmin was startled when he saw Yeoju sneak into the infirmary without anyone noticing. He trembled as he pointed at Yeoju and muttered, "Octopus..." Yeoju's brow furrowed.
배여주
"The gym teacher was gone for a long time, so I finally came back... Chan-ah, please lower the curtains."
이찬
"Yes, sis."
As Seokmin ran around the infirmary, shaking with excitement, Yeoju stopped dead in her tracks. Seokmin, still running, bumped into Mingyu and ended up in his arms.
배여주
"Fortunately, my leg is fine. I'm going."
이찬
"Goodbye, sister."
The female protagonist leaves after a few chic words. Seokmin, greatly relieved that she hadn't touched him, jumps onto the bed. Mingyu asks Chan what's going on.
김민규
"You really think that operation was done on him?"
When Chan nodded silently, Mingyu scolded Seokmin. "I don't know what you did, but if it was you, it's understandable."
Min-gyu, like Chan, felt a little sorry for Yeo-ju, who was being pranked by Seok-min every day. It would cost a lot just to clean up after him.
김민규
"Today is the day for group work, so don't miss it."
"No!" Seokmin screamed, pounding the bed. Min-gyu emerged from the infirmary and headed for the classroom without looking back, leaving Seokmin to laugh in relief.
[History Class]
이석민
"No, it's not the mermaid princess who gives birth, it's the witch from the Little Mermaid?"
배주현
"That's why you get scolded by the female protagonist. Aren't you tired of it every day?"
Seok-min, returning from the infirmary, raises the "Little Mermaid Witch Theory" among the children in his class. Ju-hyeon, who was watching, chides him, and Min-gyu agrees.
10:54 AM
역사쌤
"Now, discuss the 'Eulmi Incident' with your assigned group members."
Seokmin, Mingyu, Joohyun, and Yeoju were in this group. As Yeoju put the desks together to form a group, Seokmin whispered to Mingyu.
이석민
"Hey, what is the 'Eulmi Incident'?"
Min-gyu, who had partially ignored Seok-min's response, took out a writing utensil to record the discussion. Seok-min looked around in confusion, then met Yeo-ju's eyes. Then, as if in awe, Yeo-ju asked Seok-min a question.
배여주
"Lee Seok-min. You tell me. Then I'll forgive you for what happened this morning."
Everyone's eyes turned to Seokmin. For some reason, a cold sweat broke out. Swallowing didn't make a difference, so Seokmin tried to explain the situation, but eventually gave up. Then Joohyun spoke.
배주현
"Hey, our group is completely ignorant. In fact, neither Bae Yeo-ju nor I know."
김민규
"......really?"
Everyone was comparing their history scores. The three fools, who knew nothing about history, looked at each other and then announced their scores one by one.
배주현
"Eight points of shovel heart."
이석민
"Twenty-six points."
배여주
"Ten, seventeen points..."
김민규
"Okay, then I'll explain, so listen carefully."
These kids are obsessed with Min-gyu's historical narrative. They've spent an hour trying to understand history, oblivious to the fact that this wasn't the time they were originally given.
배여주
"Oh, so a Japanese assassin brutally assassinated the queen? That's easy."
김민규
"And yet, I got a terrible score."
Well, the heroine had turned her gaze elsewhere. Min-gyu looked at his watch, feeling a pang of regret. It was already presentation time. They were even in Group 1 of the lineup.
역사쌤
"Time's up. Now, let's announce the first group."
As soon as the history teacher finished speaking, the classroom fell silent. The four students, frozen in place, looked at each other. Yeoju trembled as she answered.
배여주
"Um, we still..."
역사쌤
"Well, you guys go clean up and go. That's the end of class for today."
As the bell rang for recess, the children excitedly ran outside. The four remaining students stared blankly at each other before resigning themselves and leaving the classroom.
이석민
"Ignorance is also a sin?"
김민규
"That's what happened earlier. It's noisy, so clean up a lot."
배여주
"If I had studied more, I wouldn't have had to clean."
Everyone grumbled and cleaned the classroom and hallways in their own way. Seokmin, perhaps aware of his mistake, took his cleaning job quite seriously, and fortunately, we finished before dark.
배주현
"Phew, it's all over, can I go?"
역사쌤
"Okay. Work out hard."
06:37 PM
As I closed the classroom door and left, the clock was already well past 6 o'clock.
The four of them walked side by side down the hallway in harmony.
배주현
"Ugh... This is so scary."
이석민
"What are you worried about? There's a person standing right next to you who can even defeat ghosts."
What? As the heroine chases after him, Seok-min, who is a track and field athlete, quickly runs away and disappears from sight.
As Joo-hyun and Min-gyu looked on in surprise, Yeo-ju waved her hand and turned back. Min-gyu grumbled, saying she was just trying to hurry up and leave. What am I supposed to do if you leave me behind?
김민규
"I'll go first too."
배주현
"bye."
Even Min-gyu had disappeared, leaving only the sound of their footsteps echoing quietly on the stairs. The two, clinging tightly to each other, barely managed to escape the school, heading for the main gate. Then, as if they'd forgotten, Yeo-ju squirmed.
배여주
"Oh my, what should I do... I left my babies behind."
배주현
"Oh, good work. I'll go first."
When even Joo-Hyeon, whom she trusted, left, Yeo-Ju, who was left alone in the playground, turned around, at a loss for her memory.
Now, I realize that the sound of footsteps echoing alone is more realistically terrifying than any horror movie. Even though I'm telling myself to hurry, the footsteps that don't stop are just annoying.
배여주
"This damn memory..."
He grumbled and muttered loudly to himself to calm his fear, then opened the door as soon as he arrived at the classroom. Startled even by the sound of the door opening, Yeoju quickly grabbed her bag from the desk, her legs trembling.
07:22 PM
I put my bag on and walked slowly down the hallway again. The ticking of the clock was annoying, so I glanced at it. It was already past seven o'clock.
No matter how scary and frustrating it was, the female protagonist blamed herself for being a coward, saying, "How could it take an hour to go back and forth between the three floors of the school?"
Still, he praised himself for doing it and jumped down relatively quickly this time.
07:40 AM
I closed my eyes and jumped down, and before I knew it, the front door was locked and the clock on the wall was almost at 8 o'clock.
The heroine, who had given up on going any further, slowly walked towards the end of the hallway where the lights were on.
Fortunately, the back door leading to the pool was open, so Yeoju was able to escape the school building.
06:57 AM
As soon as Min-gyu parted ways with the two on the stairs, he headed to the pool. He usually competed in track and field, so he missed the pool even more because he had absolutely nothing else to do.
김민규
"...How long has it been?"
Min-gyu jumped into the pool like a mermaid. The water surged up, but it didn't overflow.
Becoming a mermaid—or rather, becoming human—was more fitting for Min-gyu. But as if to prove his existence, he had to wet his fins once a week.
So I came here with that intention, but thanks to those three idiots, I ended up doing some cleaning. Still, I had to do it today to survive. Otherwise, I would've slowly dried up from thirst.
The moral teacher once said that being born is like a miracle given to everyone, but Min-gyu is certain that this does not apply to him.
Min-gyu leans his body a little more against the water.
배여주
"Oh, I can't see anything..."
The school was now deserted. It was literally pitch black. I felt my way around the walls and headed toward the pool. Then I spotted someone in the pool.
배여주
"Oh, I think someone's here..."
I peeked my head out and saw someone fin swimming in a pool. For some reason, the heroine was so happy that she tried to run towards them, but ended up dropping the fins she was holding.
Startled by the sound, Min-gyu quickly emerged from the water and ran toward the edge of the wall. Yeo-ju cautiously followed the person running without even removing her fins. Min-gyu ended up in a place where there was nowhere to run.
Min-gyu, who felt a sense of crisis that he would be caught, shouted at Yeo-ju in a hurry.
김민규
"Oh, don't come."
The female protagonist is flustered by the unexpected voice.