《Accumulate Experience by Reading Books》 Chapter 1 Intro Lee Jong-Suk liked the smell of books. He liked playing internet games and reading books on his computer and phone. He liked books, and despite being able to enjoy books online, he preferred reading the hard copy ones. He liked the way he felt when he opened the first page of a book. He liked the sensation he felt when flipping the pages of a book. And so, once again, he went to the second-hand bookstore that day. .. Chapter 1 The Experience Book High schooler Lee Jong-Suk headed for the second-hand bookstore, Ghosopang and entered. Ding! As soon as the bell rang, the shop owners familiar voice sounded from behind the doors. Jong-Suk , youre here again? Hello. Did any new books come in? Yes, theyre at the usual place. Search carefully Alright, thanks. Jong-Suk immediately headed for the bookshelf. He was quite accustomed to the store as he had been going there since elementary school. Thousands of books were available in the book store. There were reference books, magazines, novels of different genres, medical science journals, and many others arranged neatly in numerous rows. The owner himself wasnt certain about the number of books he had in his store. The store owner had always postponed cataloging his books, for as long as Jong-Suk could remember. At any rate, Jong-Suk knew exactly what he was looking for, so he went in that direction. He saw the bookshelf and looked behind it. Sure enough, the sack of books he was looking for was there. Most of the books that were available in Ghosopang were second-hand books. Many of the books were bought from students; however, it was possible to find a few rare or antique books. The sack contained papers or books left by other people, and the content of the sack was unknown, Lee Jong-Suk liked it. For Lee Jong-Suk, going through the sack was like hunting for treasure. Something great might be hiding among the ordinary-looking books. So, what do you have inside of you? Lee Jong-Sukplayfully asked the sack while untying it. One by one, Lee Jong-Suk started taking the books out of the sack. Jong-Suk, dont forget to organize the books later. Okay! Lee Jong-Suk proceeded with his task of taking out the books from the sack. There were many books in the sack. Some of them were reference books that were looking quite old. Others were novels. Jong-Suk decided to sort them into two piles; reference books on one side, novels on the other side. He immediately set to work, his hands working quickly. As he was sorting out the books, he kept an eye out for any novel that looked potentially interesting. Nothing of interest, so far, he muttered to himself. He continued sorting, looking through some to see if they were worth reading. Jong-Suk stopped sorting as he brought out a book from the sack. It had a thick hardcover. Jong-Suk loved books with hardcovers, and he was curious about what that one would contain. The book had no title. The cover had a plain, gray background with a pattern of gold on it. At first glance, the golden pattern in the book looked like the eye of a human. Jong-Suk opened the book. The color of the pages were an interesting shade of yellow. He gently caressed the pages, and they were warm to the touch. The paper quality seems fine to me, he muttered to himself. He carefully flipped through the pages. The more he flipped, the more confused he became. The pages were blank. Why are the pages blank? he asked no one in particular. He was gradually nearing the end, and there was still nothing in the pages. He finally got to the end, and he couldnt help but feel disappointed. What is this? This isnt a book, it looks more like a note book. he grumbled. The hard covered notebook had an expensive look to it, yet it contained nothing. What a pity. How can such a book be left blank? After looking at the book, Lee Jong-Suk picked up the hard covered books of all kinds from the two piles and started categorizing them. .. After spending some hours at the book store, Lee Jong-Sukwent back home. Im back! he called out, while opening the door. As soon as he opened the door, his nose was filled with a strong, spicy smell. Researching on the sauce again, he said to himself. After Lee Jong-Suks father retired, they moved to a house near an elementary school. At first, it seemed that catching the attention of elementary kids would be easy, but they were soon proved wrong. And so, Lee Jong-Suks parents began researching how to make a very good sauce. Lee Jong-Suk saw his father carrying a bucket filled with red sauce. You visited the second hand book store again?! his father asked. His mother was quick to come to his aid. Why did you raise your voice as if he committed a crime? Didnt he just go to the bookstore? she asked her husband while shooting daggers at him with her eyes. Hes always going to that second hand bookstore, and hes not even going there to study. Just leave him alone and be grateful he isnt causing any trouble. The kid doesnt study because youre always talking like this. Do you want him to be troublesome like all the other kids? Is that what you want? Jong-Suk silently walked to his room, leaving his arguing parents behind. He was used to them arguing all the time. Lee Jong-Sukplaced his bag on his desk and pulled out the hard covered book from inside it. He had purchased it from the store. Nothing was written in it, but he liked the books texture and bought it for a thousand won. Lee Jong-Sukopened the book and studied the texture again. He took out a pencil to write in it. Though it was a little different from the regular notebooks he had, and it was a little bit rough, he wrote his name in it. [Lee Jong-Suk] Writing always feels good. he mumbled to himself. Before he could finish speaking, Lee Jong-Suks eyes went wide. Words were appearing below his name. [Do you want to record your own experience inside the experience book?] He was confused and surprised. What was going on? How did that happen? The letters of the question seemed to be bathed in a golden light. What is this? he asked in an awe-filled voice. The golden light flashed while he was mumbling to himself. It was almost as if the book was asking him to reply quickly. How do I put down my experience? he asked himself. While he was thinking over what to do, new words appeared in the book. [Experience books new writer has been registered.] Lee Jong-Suk became more confused with the new words. Experience book? [Please write down your experience] After the engraved letters appeared, Lee Jong-Suk started to write. [What happens if I dont write down my experience?] [If the writer doesnt write anything, no other writers experience can be used.] [By other writers, do you mean there have been previous writers?] [Yes.] [Experience? About what?] [What do you want to experience?] After thinking about what he wanted to do, Lee Jong-Suk started writing again. [What can I get?] [As long as a writer has recorded it, you can get anything.] [Anything?] [Is there any experience that you need?] He thought that over. A skill that he needed. There were many things on his mind, but he knew the top one on the list. Jong-Suks hands started itching from anticipation. [Like a fantastic rice cake sauce? Is that possible?] He knew about his parents hardships while staying up at night to make a good rice cake sauce. He thought if there was something like that and if the books words held some truth in it, he would be glad to help them out. [Experience regarding food is available.] [Rice cake?] [There is no experience about rice cake.] [The previous writers wrote nothing about rice cakes?] [No.] While Lee Jong-Suk was thinking, new words started to appear in the experience book. [Please write down your experience.] After thinking it over for a moment, Lee Jong-Suk put down what he did that day. [I went to Ghosepang today and picked a hard covered book I came home, and Im here writing down in the book. I havent written much before, so Im going to write today.] [Common experience has been written down. You got 25 experience points.] Lee Jong-Suks face froze after he looked at the words that appeared below his writing. Common experience? How is this a common experience? He wrote down what he did himself in the experience book, and the book called it a common experience. Then suddenly, Lee Jong-Suk understood the meaning. Ah! This experience book records all the experiences that are noted in it. There is nothing to write outside the common. The experience registered in the experience book by the other people were mostly common experiences, and it seemed to be very rare to write something out of the common area. Even though it is a common thing, it still records the experience. Then if I write something that is not common then will I gain more experience? he muttered to himself. After thinking it over for a moment, Lee Jong-Suk wrote again. [Please, show me the existing experience in cooking. How many experience points should I use to change my experience of cooking?] [25.] The notebook automatically turned to the next page. [Basic cooking is available. From salty, sweet, spicy, and sour to bitter C with appropriate harmony in them from the start to the end C are completely available. The use of high-quality ingredients for making the dishes is not needed. If the quality ingredients do not go well with each other, then it is just trash. However, the taste of every person varies. Hence, it is tough to make a perfect dish.] [Received 25 points in exchange for the cooking experience.] Chapter 2 [For gaining more experience the writers experience is needed.] After writing on half of the page, and reviewing on the aspect of getting experience, the pages flipped over and returned to its original page. And for the purpose of gaining more experience the writer needs to put down his own experience. [What am I supposed to do if I want to gain more experience?] [The experience written down by the writer will allow them to get experience.] [I can get experience by writing, correct?] [Yes.] [If the written experience is read then experience can be gained?] [Yes.] [It doesnt matter what kind of experience is written?] [Yes.] Lee Jong-suk was looking into the contents of the books when his dad entered the room. Mom went to take a bath. Listening to the voice of his dad Lee Jong-suk immediately closed the book. Okay!! Dad looked at him and smiled till his eyes fell on the hard covered book. When I was in my adolescent I was also very curious and had many books. Said the dad while stroking the hard covered book. Sometimes even the mathematics reference books were covered like this. Smiling at the old memories that popped into his mind, dad gently flipped over the hard covered book. Ah! I see. Its alright, when I was your age hmm? Lee Jong-suks dad laughed as curiosity and wonder arose in his face about the hard covered book. But unlike his thoughts the book turned out to be blank. Is this a book that one uses to write a diary? Said Lee Jong-suks dad with that thought and closed the book. Diary? Isnt this a book to write your diary? Listening to his fathers words, Lee Jong-suk opened the first page. And astonishment arose in his face. All the notes that he wrote were gone. Huh? Lee Jong-suk looked at the notebook for a second and shook his head hastily. Its nothing like that. And next time you come into my room call out please. As you said dad this is the room of a teenage boy. Ha! Okay. Okay. When I was your age I was like that too. Dad went out of the door and laughed at the words and actions. And be careful around your mother. Dont think too much about the awkwardness, it is bound to disappear in a few days. Yeah! I know. After his dad left Lee Jong-suk rose to look at the hard covered book, no, to look at the experience book. After showering and coming out there were rice cakes and tempura on the table. Couldnt sell the leftovers? Lee Jong-suks parents had a small snack shop. The small shack shop was right below their home. And all the leftover food was usually sold as snacks, but this usually gets tiring for them. After selling the leftover Ill go ahead. Listening to his moms words Lee Jong-suk left a huge sigh and picked up a rice cake with the fork and put it in his mouth. As soon as it entered his mouth, Lee Jong-suks eyes wavered. The flavor isnt that bad. Though the rice cakes were pretty warm, the sauce was a little spicy and messy it was overall a little weird. Yesterday the taste wasnt so bad. Thinking about it Lee Jong-suk put down the fork on one side and looked towards a barrel. The barrel was slightly opened and had been completely filled with a new batch of red sauce. Lee Jong-suk slightly tasted it from his fingers. I dont know how to get more cooking experience. How to get more than 25 experience points? Thinking about it Lee Jong-suk went back into his room. Experience book. Lee Jong-suk went into his room while mumbling to himself as he recollected the words that his father had spoken to him. A diary to write my self experience Will it count as my experience if I write it in the form as a diary? Lee Jong-suk was thinking over that thought for a few moments. Even if the experience is common, experience is given. Then if common experience can be written down how to get more experience? With that thought Lee Jong-suk looked at the experience book for a while and remembered something from a while back. There were still quite a few experiences that he had not experienced for himself. [When I was young I used to hear the voice of a ghost in the countryside home that we used to live in. From the outside I used to hear someone calling Jong-suk ah! Jong-suk ah! I went to see the source of these sounds. Even I dont know! Yes! I was scared of answering anymore so I went back to my room but later I remembered a story in which a lion calls you three times before it takes you away. At that time I only answered two times and came back to the room otherwise I might not have survived?] [Interesting experience has been written. You have received 2500 experience points.] Lee Jong-suk laughed after looking at 2500 experience points. He had got 100 times more than what he had got for the common experience. It looks like I can get experience for things that I didnt actually experience, If I can write down more experiences of this kind. Then perhaps? Lee Jong-suk took a pencil and wrote down another story. [When I was young I was taken to a planet in the south where alien men used to live. At that place I saw elves, dwarfs friends who lived alongside the devil] Lee Jong-suk laughed at the story that he wrote which was a very common plot in the fantasy novels. If this counts as experience then I wont write any more experiences related to this world. Lee Jong-suk was mumbling in the inside when his eyes caught something. [You can only write the details of what you have experienced.] The posts that Lee Jong-suk recently wrote vanished almost immediately. Damn! So only the things I experience will get me experience points huh. Lee Jong-suk turned and at looked at the door while thinking about what the experience book said. If I do business with the sauce, then it would most likely lead my house into ruins, but I still wont mind it Though it might ruin his home, the thought of his parents staying up all night made him feel uncomfortable. Even if I get experience for cooking I dont know what sauce to make to help them. With that thought in his mind Lee Jong-suk wrote the following down in his experience book. [Cooking, 2,000] The 2,000 experience points thats he used, he meant to use it to know more about cooking. And so Slirk! The books page was turned and a new post was started. [I first started to cook when I reached 6 years of age. The first dish that I made was corn soup for my mom and dad. Although it was just corn and water that I boiled in a pot that was the first dish that I ever made and, mom ate it saying that it was very tasty. Now that I think of it that corn soup was actually flavor less. I put corn and water and boiled them together.] . Jong-suk ah! Wake up! The loud voice of his mother made Lee Jong-suk blank eyes open in the morning. Hmm. Groaning for a while Lee Jong-suk opened his eyes and started to get up. Crik! Crik! When getting up his body made the sounds of bones cracking. Euhk Lee Jong-suks body felt like it was stuck and stiff when he came out to answer the voice of his mom who was urging him to do something. Wash yourself quickly and get ready to go for school. Yes. After taking his shower to go to school Lee Jong-suk started packing his school bag with the books on the desk when he saw the experience book. [Received 2,000 cooking experience.] [Cooking experience absolute taste has been received.] [Cooking experience to adapt and set has been received.] [Cooking experience kitchen knife has been received.] He saw what he wrote yesterday and read the texts below his writings which showed that he had received experience and that he also achieved absolute taste and adapt/set. It was nearly dawn when he had completely read a book and he was exceptionally tired so he slept and started to dream. The content of his dream was the story of a chef reading his posts. And of boiling corn soup, and making food. The dream so vivid that it felt like he was actually doing it. After a while Lee Jong-suk heard the voice of his mother. Jong-suk ah! Eat rice and then leave for school. Sure! Answered Lee Jong-suk loudly and left the experience book in the room and came out. He came out of the room and went to eat rice when he saw his dad eating food. You are here. Come and eat rice. After listening to his dads words Lee Jong-suk sat down yawning and started to eat the bean sprout soup. Hmm? After taking a spoonful of the soup a strange expression emerged on Lee Jong-suks face. Taste is The taste was strange. As if the flavor didnt go well with one another Dad, doesnt this taste a little strange? It tastes like the usual. Why? After saying it wasnt strange his father ate another spoon of the soup, looking at this Lee Jong-suk also had another spoon of the soup. Its definitely strange. Listening to Lee Jong-suk words his father looked at his mother in the kitchen and gently said. When your mother gets frustrated she turns scary. So just eat. After hearing his fathers word Lee Jong-suk looked at the soup for a moment and thought about something and immediately added salt to his soup. And started whisking his spoon as something was going on in his mind. Mom do we have olive oil in our home? Olive oil in this house? No, but why? Nothing. Didnt know if it was because the cooking oil was made in the home, but olive oil had nothing to do with it. He took another spoon of the soup and nodded his head. A little better. Lee Jong-suk added a little salt in his fathers soup bowl too. Im fine with it. Oh? Its good! Because of adding a little salt and changing the taste of the dish, Lee Jong-suks father looked at him. Our son has become a chef. All I did was add a little something. While eating his soup Lee Jong-suk looked towards his room Cooking experience. Could it be because of it? And thought that he never knew the flavor of olive oil and also adding it a little into the bean sprout soup was getting more weirder as he kept on thinking. After completing the soup Lee Jong-suk put down his spoon and got up and went over to the sauce that his father made yesterday. Looking at face of Lee Jong-suk who went over to the sauce Lee Jong-suks dad said. That has also failed. Failed? Its too ordinary. Wow! Restaurant like flavor! I wanted to make one sauce like that but. . After hearing these words out of his father, Lee Jong-suk took a little sauce on his finger and tasted it. There is a slight lack of spiciness and a little more lack of sweetness. And also something feels refreshing Uncooked ingredient should be put for sweetness, honey if it is added the sweetness will be way high. Then if we add yeot then the sweetness might be of correct level. And the spicy rice cake color will also be vibrant. Both the father and mother were looking at Lee Jong-suk who was adding the ingredients that were lacking in the sauce. The two people who were previously watching television and eating rice in the hall room were now watching Lee Jong-suk take out red pepper powder and corn syrup and started adding it into the sauce pot. How am I supposed to cook this? Thinking over it for a moment Lee Jong-suk bought the radishes that were lying in veranda next to the kitchen and started to trim them. The peel of radish was being peeled extremely quickly in the hands of Lee Jong-suk. And he started to shred it very quickly too. Jong-suk ah! What are you doing in the kitchen! Hmm, just a minute While quickly chopping the radish slight fascination arose on Lee Jong-suks face. Is it this easy to work on a radish? When Lee Jong-suk was alone, all he did was slice a piece of kimchi. But now the same hands were holding a knife and quickly peeling as well as chopping a radish. Chapter 3 Lee Jong-suk put the finely chopped radish into the pot quickly. What are you doing? Mother came inside the kitchen in a hurry to see what was happening and was surprised. I did a little something. Jong-suk ah! I know you did something to sauce! What did you do? Did you put something in there? Yeah In what kind of spicy rice cakes sauce is radish added!? This boy is going to make me throw the whole sauce out. . Not if it turns out good. At the words of Lee Jong-suk who was stirring the sauce with a spatula, mom let out a deep sigh and suddenly asked. Then did you shred the radish? Yes When? Just a while back With what? With a knife. You shred the whole radish now? Yeah! Lee Jong-suk was constantly stirring the sauce without a break while answering his moms questions. Though the spicy taste is a little strong If we add the rice cakes then it will probably neutralize the taste. This much can be possible. Lee Jong-suks mom was looking at him when he was mumbling something to himself for a while. It is not aging yet. Before adding the rice cakes this needs to be boiled for a while. Listening to these words from Lee Jong-suks mouth his mom went over and slightly took the sauce on her finger and tasted it. And looked at Lee Jong-suk with surprise. Tasty She took the sauce on her finger and tasted it, after tasting it she took a while before saying. It is quite taste but isnt this a little spicy? Also dont you think the flavor is a bit too strong? After tasting the sauce moms voice calmed down a bit. It was definitely much delicious and the taste was also much better than what was made yesterday. Its good for now. As the time passes the spicy taste will go down. Anyhow this needs to be boiled on the fire for a while. But where did you learn this stuff from? Listening to his moms words Lee Jong-suk smiled a little and spoke out. Yesterday at the second hand book store I saw it in a secret book about spicy rice cakes. Really? Then I guess you didnt buy the book. I memorized it completely. Okay then Ill get going to school. Lee Jong-suk rushed into his room and wore his uniform and hurriedly packed his school bag and left his home. *** The business for the high school students begins in the morning. Students start to enter the school from 8 oclock to 9 oclock , this time makes up for almost half the sales of the business. And so the couple who hurriedly sent Lee Jong-suk to school started to get ready for business. Before plating the spicy rice cake mom boiled the sauce on the fire for a while. Should let the sauce boil on fire for a while right? After boiling the sauce on the fire for a while she put some rice cakes in the fish paste too. And when the spicy rice cake was done, one, two, three and so on students started entering the shop from the road. The smell is awesome. Even though the taste isnt that great, the smell is definitely nice. Hearing the words of the students Lee Jong-suks moms face went stiff. Im sorry that it doesnt taste good. Urgh! The kids arent cruel people. All they do is speak without thinking, they just seem to speak what is on their mind. To keep the flavor alive the rice cakes were turned again, just then another kid going on the road came inside after inhaling the flavor. Auntie, please give for 500 Won. Yes, just a moment. After serving the kid in a medium cup for 500 Won, mom looked at the kid as he was going eat. Is it made tasty. The sauce that Lee Jong-suk made got his mom more concerned than what she usually is. Tasty? Yes! It is really delicious. Oh really? At the words of the customer, mom took a toothpick and pricked one and put into her mouth. Oh my! Honey! At the call of mom, dad who was getting ready to make fried foods came. What? Eat this and see. He took a bite of the spicy rice cake after listening to his wife and immediately his eyes grew big. Delicious. Isnt it! Oh my! Why does it taste this good. The child also agreed to the words of the two people and started to eat his spicy rice cake again. Also the kids who were passing by came in one after another and began eating the spicy rice cake. **** After school without going to the second hand bookstore Lee Jong-suk directly went home to see what interesting things were waiting for him. Eungsong Eungsong! Kids completely occupied the dinning floor in the ground floor. Spicy rice cakes for one please. Spicy rice cakes for two please. Kids were eating the spicy rice cakes one by one, and those kids who could not enter into the dinning hall were sitting near a window by the counter and eating spicy rice cakes out of the 500 won cup. Wah! Its really delicious here. Hmm delicious As the kids continued to eat the spicy rice cakes by calling them delicious both of Lee Jong-suks parents hands were full and they were on the move to serve. Besides the delicious spicy rice cakes along with them sundae and fish cakes were also being ordered. It is considered to be delicious to even eat the sundae and fish cakes by dipping them in the spicy rice cake sauce. At that moment Lee Jong-suks eyes met with those of his mom, and she immediately said. You too come inside and work for a while. Me? As the store was busy he was asked to come help and Lee Jong-suk was puzzled at this question from his mother as she usually asks him to not help them. Cant you see that we are very busy? I get it. Ill change my clothes and come down. Okay, come quickly After his moms words he went up and changed his clothes, Lee Jong-suk was taking the used dishes into the kitchen. Aigoo, Im losing my mind. Lee Jong-suk looked at his father who had a huge smile on his face that stretched till his ears and asked. Didnt the business go well? Why were there so many students? That was because of the spicy rice cakes. Spicy rice cakes? They were extremely delicious. See for yourself by eating them in the house. Lee Jong-suk nodded at his fathers words and went towards his mom who was stirring the spicy rice cakes. Aah! Lee Jong-suk opened his mouth to know, looking at this posture of him mom put a piece of it in his mouth. After tasting the spicy rice cake in his mouth, Lee Jong-suk took the dustbin below the sink and spit in it. Why? Not good? There were students sitting in front of him so Lee Jong-suk whispered to his mother who was expectantly waiting for his answer. By any chance did you put fish cake soup in this? The sauce was drying up, why? Dont put it. Why? Isnt it good? Mom took one piece of the rice cake and put it in her mouth and shook her head in Lee Jong-suk direction. The flavor of the sauce turned turbid and oily because of the fish cake soup added in it. Then what are we supposed to do? If I constantly keep it on the flame it will start to dry, if I add more water it looks like it might get too liquidy. Even then do not add the fish cake soup please. Just add a little water in it and stir. Okay I get it. Aigoo! Our son has become a spicy rice cake chef. With a pleasant face expression mom started to hurriedly place the spicy rice cakes in the paper cup. He couldnt sell anything anymore, so Lee Jong-suk closed the shop door and went up to his home. Aigoo it was hard. While he was saying that it was hard, mom and dad with wide smile on their face were counting the money that they spread. 35,750 won! Yes!!! Mom smiled brightly and started clapping her hands at dads words. If there were more ingredients then we could have made around 40 thousand. Smiling brightly dad called Jong-suk over. Jong-suk ah! Lee Jong-suk washed his hands and went over to his dad who just called him. What? Here Father put thousand won in Lee Jong-suks hand. Wow Happy! Smiling as he felt happy after he handed over the money, father asked. Also go and buy that book Book? The book that you said had recipe of spicy rice cake. Ah That book is not for sale. Really? Then how are we going to make the sauce from now on? Ill make it. You? Yes. I can think and make it. Later Lee Jong-suk went into his room and brought out olive oil. On his way home Lee Jong-suk thought about it and bought it. What is that for? If we add it, it might taste good. After speaking Lee Jong-suk took out the red pepper powder in front of his mom and dad, and helped them in taking out the ingredients. And started to mix those ingredients. While mixing in all the ingredients for the sauce, at the last Lee Jong-suk thought over if he should add the olive oil. Though it felt like there was a need for the olive oil to be put in the soup he hesitated over it. Instead. How about rice cakes? He put in the rice cakes in the sauce and felt good about it, after hesitating on it for a moment he brought the olive oil and added small quantity in it. If it sells the price would not be effective For students and customers to get spicy cost 2,000 won for one person. It might not sell well is we use rich ingredients. He was almost done with the rice cakes and looked over at the sauce. Seems to be good Mom look at the spicy rice cake once. Coming Mom came over from the frying pan that was making the sauce and came near Lee Jong-suk. Delicious Really delicious After tasting the spicy rice cakes both the parents showed admiration towards their son but strange expression arose on Lee Jong-suks face. Is it because it hasnt fermented yet? It seems a bit different Slup! Inhaling the flavor heavily Lee Jong-suk nodded his head while enjoying the taste and scent of it. Leave the seasoning for now we will look into again in the morning. Why, isnt it good as it is? The flavor will ferment and the taste might change. And from tomorrow when making the rice cakes add a little olive oil in it and stir for a while later. I got it Saying this to his mom Lee Jong-suk went in for a shower. Chapter 4 Done taking his shower Lee Jong-suk took out the experience book. Seems like Ive certainly gotten the experience. If not so then how could his senses vary so drastically than the day before. Today afternoon he almost felt like vomiting after eating lunch in his school cafeteria as it tasted horrible. Even before today though he wasnt much aware of the taste he thought that it was worth to just eat. And the spicy rice cake business seemed to do well today, this was the first time since the inception of the snack shop. And also the happy faces of his parents. If the business runs perfectly then we might get rich according to moms words. While thinking over it Lee Jong-suk spread the experience book. This makes no sense at all, this is crazy Receiving answers for his posts and being able to gain experience and stuff. This was interesting. Is it possible to make experience? If there is a possibility of receiving experience from the experience book then it could be possible to make experience. Lee Jong-suk thought about this for a moment and turned on the computer for some reason. The old computer screen lit up and vibrated, Lee Jong-suk opened his facebook page. And the notifications started to spread. This is alright. In his facebook page he wrote of the things that he did in the last few days. And he found something in the page that was worth being written the experience book. I guess this can work Mumbling to himself Lee Jong-suk opened the experience book and began writing in there. [When I was studying in second grade of middle school I used to go for errands in a supermarket for dad. In a cold winter day during my pickup I saw a middle aged man who sleeping on the street after drinking alcohol. Though there were many people walking on the street no one tried to wake up the middle aged man. I was very worried. I was freezing in the cold weather, then what about that middle aged man. So I woke up the middle aged man and called his home later saw his son take him back.] [Experience on helping human beings has been written. Experience of 2,500 has been acquired.] Lee Jong-suk looked at the words saying 2,500 and smiled. Received the experience same as that of intriguing experience. After smiling Lee Jong-suk started to write more posts in the experience book. [It was last year. I was walking on the road when suddenly I heard a big bang from behind. So I turned to see..] Lee Jong-suk wrote about three people that he saved after his birth. The first was a drunk person and, the second was he called 119 after witnessing a motor bike accident, and the third was he ran over to an grandfather who was in a traffic accident after crossing the road unauthorized and called to 119 immediately. [Experience on helping human beings has been written. Experience of 1,500 has been acquired.] [Experience on helping human beings has been written. Experience of 500 has been acquired.] After writing another two of his experiences the experience points had he had acquired were a bit decreased. Though they were specific experiences because they were of the same category the experience points decreased. If it was experience of doctors or their staff the experience points might be continuously acquired. For common people to get experience doesnt seem to be that easy. Though three school related experiences were there, Lee Jong-suk saw something specific. Recently 4,500 experience points were acquired, Lee Jong-suk looked at the experience book. For what kind of experience did I get this? At that thought Lee Jong-suk looked at the book and saw that it was written about cooking. Thinking about it he was not only presenting good dishes in the snack shop but with his present cooking skill even the sales were going good. More over, the taste at present isnt like the one before. Truthfully the spicy rice cakes made in the home were good and was helping but The taste that came yesterday was really delicious. After tasting it, no matter what, it doesnt feel good. Though the taste was very gentle Uuh! It was horrible! After that thought Lee Jong-suk started to think about experience. For what I wrote yesterday I got 500. I got around 5,000 points today. The cooking skills I got for 2,000 points are great, but I wonder what king of skill I will get for five thousand points. Also what new kinds of experience would I receive? After thinking over it for a moment Lee Jong-suk put a paper on top of the experience book and started writing down. [Education?] [Love?] [Exercise?] [What kind of thing do I like the most?] Lee Jong-suk who was looking at what he wrote on the paper stood up immediately and went out of his room. Mom! What? To know what work mom had Lee Jong-suk said. What do you wish I do? You? Do you want become someone I hope for? Well if it is possible. Then first do well in college. College? By the way any reasonable grade for college? At these words of his moms Lee Jong-suk thought for a moment and came back into his room. College huh. Havent thought about it yet. If I get into a good college then the parents would love it and even for myself it would be good in the future. Now the only problem was with grades. It wasnt about studying well or not being able to, it was that Lee Jong-suk only got the average grades. Even if I want to go I might not get in as the universities in Seoul are unreasonable. In the province there a not-so-likable place to go for studying. Is studying experience there? With that thought Lee Jong-suk wrote the following in the experience book. [Is there any experience about studying?] [Experience about studying can be achieved?] [Study 2,000] And then on the page Lee Jong-suk began writing. [When I was young , my first teacher was a shaman and he was the head of the institute located in Hubei. In Hubei he was a very famous and respected teacher so from sixth year I went there. And below him] Things about Hubei were written down and those of the shaman were written down, Lee Jong-suk was stunned at what he wrote. Lets see if Chinese person works. But. What if is experience for being a librarian and other things like this are there? Then I just blew 2,000 of my points for nothing. If he does go to college, what are the things that a librarian is supposed to do? This wasnt an experience that Lee Jong-suk needed. However Lee Jong-suk first read down everything that he wrote. The 2,000 experience points were already used, if he doesnt read it now it will go to waste. So Lee Jong-suk first read it down. [My hair never seemed to be good. But the teacher always looked at me favorably. Your head is not of Moon-il-ji, if you learn one thing you should no leave it because you have the heart of Moon-il-ji. Used to compliment me like that] **** Lee Jong-suk was dreaming. Studying experience written by a Chinese bachelor was what he was dreaming about. And also in the dream Lee Jong-suk couldnt find himself in dream but he found himself as the bachelor. The behavior of the bachelor and what he was doing could be felt vividly by Lee Jong-suk. Like as if he itself was the bachelor. However what seemed trouble some was that. The things what the bachelor was learning and experiencing were slightly different things. [Study] In China they pronounce words differently like. Kungfu The bachelor started but was learning on how to organize and stuff. And I. [Study experience of 2,000 has been acquired.] [Study experience of Moon-il-ji-il has been acquired.] [Study experience of Kongun- khuging has been acquired.] Chapter 5 Son! Time to go to school! As usual after hearing his moms loud voice Lee Jong-suks eyes opened. Uhm As usual Lee Jong-suk stood up after groaning and shook his shoulders from on side to another. Oh? Why is it like this? His whole body was as light as a feather and was moving very softly too. He twisted his body back and forth, later Lee Jong-suk touched his leg. Oh! Muscle? Muscle formed on his leg. It was soft but still there was muscle in his leg. They were not huge like the muscles of a person who goes to gym yet he still gained muscles that werent previously there. When Lee Jong-suk was admiring his leg muscles, his mom called him again. Still sleeping?! Wake up already! Okay At his moms shout Lee Jong-suk went out of the room and entered the bathroom. Before going into the shower Lee Jong-suk removed his clothes and looked at his face in the mirror, and got surprised. Prince. When he looked into the mirror in the shower room his abdomen looked like that which a prince was supposed to have. The whole body looked like it was made of muscles. This. is my body? While patting his body by looking at it in the mirror a huge smile arose on the face of Lee Jong-suk. The muscles were not big but they were definitely great muscles. This definitely feels like the dream Yesterday I dreamt of cooking and my whole body ached. However after waking up I was skillful and my taste changed. And today I dreamt of the bachelor and now body has changed like this. In the dream I learned about the skills and got trained by the bachelor. In it some kind of ball was there, it was tossed for training and the ball went along with the flow. And in that process the gentle muscles formed and had its effect. Also the training went with a flow. Maybe. While Im dreaming about experience it looks like my body is adapting to it. Then to get experience Im supposed to sleep? At that thought Lee Jong-suk shook his head. No I dont think so, we can get experience through book. If so. Then if body adaptation experience needs to be gained then Ill get it sleeping? Lee Jong-suk who was deep in those thoughts was brought back to reality by the loud of his mom. Shower quickly and come down. Lee Jong-suk who was grateful to the body immediately turned on the shower, washed himself and came down. Mom looked at Lee Jong-suk from top to the bottom who came out of the bathroom after showering to eat rice and asked. Oh my! My son is exercising? What are you saying? It isnt like that, when did my son start to build muscles? You even have abs. At his moms words Lee Jong-suk looked down at his body and left out a small laugh. It is just a pip. After being done with the talking Lee Jong-suk immediately went into his room and put on school uniform and came out of his room. Come eat rice At his fathers words Lee Jong-suk nodded his head and went over and opened the lid of the sauce barrel. Lee Jong-suk tasted the sauce by using his finger and smiled. The taste is definitely okay and it still needs to age. However there are a lot of things lacking it. After slightly tasting the sauce, a few ingredients came to the mind. Mushrooms and anchovy if whipping cream is mixed into it then a soft texture and taste might come. Thinking it over Lee Jong-suk shook his head. I dont think so. This is a 500 won cup for, it it change to 1000 won then it will be very expensive, it shouldnt be like that. Thinking about all this in his mind Lee Jong-suk added a little red pepper powder, salt and mixed it after adding little water. No matter what after fermenting the taste of the sauce will change, yet there was something lacking in the dish. Is it good son? Yeah. Seems like the fermentation is almost done. There is no need to boil this separately, boil the sauce until they are added. As I said yesterday dont forget to mix the rice cakes in olive oil. Okay. Also go eat your rice. After his moms words Lee Jong-suk nodded his head and went to eat his rice, after being done with eating he sighed a little. Surely my taste has changed and this seems to be the problem. Today morning it was curry. Everyone liked curry because if there was any dish which had nothing lacking in it, it was curry But this was also strange. It was very strong and. Just eat It was not to the degree to bad, but it was a roughly cooked dish. After eating Lee Jong-suk went in and brought out his bag, but thinking something he went in and started to put spices in a plastic bag. What is that for? I need them. Lee Jong-suk packed little quantities of salt, red pepper powder and sugar put them in his bag and hurriedly left home. Lee Jong-suk who came out of his house started to move towards the school. The school that Lee Jong-suk goes to is a co education school and it takes an average of thirty minute walk from his home to the school. At 8 oclock in the morning self study session starts, until 8 oclock students are permitted to enter the school. And thats why I come out of the home by 7:30. While moving on the road Lee Jong-suk started thinking about the experience book. How many writers have written in the experience book so far? There are things that arent known about the experience book. However this experience book only answers those questions that are related to experience, this book doesnt answer anything about the writers. By the way kun-gong. Yesterday in the dream my self was seeing the basis of martial arts. However as the writer wrote he practiced and fought with those who were admitted in there. To say about kun-gong. If I really did receive that experience for myself to be able to fight is something to think over. Then am I as strong as I saw in my dream? While moving forward with those thoughts Lee Jong-suk immediately saw a can lying on the floor and instantly tried to lift it with his foot. The can that touched Lee Jong-suk feet rose. And it was falling back to the ground when it was caught by his foot. Exactly on top of his foot, lined up perfectly even if it was constantly being moved up and down, watching this Lee Jong-suk dropped it! Again tried to lift it and as it was falling down he caught it again. Lee Jong-suk saw himself throwing the can on his foot by his leg exactly into the trash can. Soccer huh? In the dream the writer was practicing with a ball. In the training both hands and legs were being used along with a ball and it looked like the ball was glued to the body by its movements. Now that he thinks about it was similar to that of soccer. Now Lee Jong-suk was overflowing with confidence looking at the things that he was able to do. With these thoughts Lee Jong-suk was moving forward when someone hit him from behind. However the hand gestures the man used in were odd in the end. The hands from the back interlinked, the back slowly moved forward and the hands interlocked hands as if stroking the back was actually stroking the front. Hey! When hands of the person who hit Lee Jong-suk on the back were starting to slip, even though he was trying to hold it without losing, it was going to. At that moment Lee Jong-suk hurried to catch the person. Yah! Be careful! At these words of Lee Jong-suk the person laughed a little and caught him. This body tease feels good. Did you know I was coming? Lee Jong-suk laughed and the person who now stood next to him, both of them go to the same school and his friends name was Kim Yong-Woo. Kim Yong-Woo after taking suddenly looked at Lee Jong-suks body. How did he do that? When Kim Yong-Eus hit him, the body responded automatically without being aware. And the result of that was Kim Yong-Woo started to shed tears. By any chance did I just defend? Chapter 6 At school all the classes were over, and it was time for lunch. Lets go and eat Kim Young-Woo who was asleep till now woke up immediately and rushed out. Hold up Kim Young-Woo looked at the thing that Lee Jong-suk took out from his bag, they were the same things which he packed in the morning. One looks like red pepper powder, what are the other things? Its salt, sugar, and pepper too. Why did you bring those things? Recently the cafeteria food hasnt been tasty So? Im just eating it. Even I could eat it before two days. For the purpose of taste Lee Jong-suk put the cover in his pocket and tapped the shoulders of Kim Young-Woo. Lets go When Lee Jong-suk went into the school cafeteria a long line was already there. Ehh! Its like a market.. we are late because of you At Kim Young-Woos words Lee Jong-suk looked at the long line once again. Itll nearly take twenty minutes I would rather come up here after twenty minutes and line up. For this reason. in lunch I would stand in the line and be done with eating. Lee Jong-suk nodded his head at Kim Young-Woos words and looked the at fitness place beside the school cafeteria. These were the two people who had the same way of thinking and were in the same school, at that moment Lee Jong-suk saw three students playing in the sunlight near the fitness centre. While looking at them Lee Jong-suk eyes caught a baseball on one side of the ground. Its a baseball Kim Young-Woo immediately found the ball and bought the ball back. Lets play for twenty minutes, come on There are no gloves, what ball game are we supposed to play. If we catch it with our bare hands it will definitely hurt. Who will throw it hard? Of course Ill throw it lightly. After saying that Kim Young-Woo threw the ball lightly. Lee Jong-suk caught the ball that came flying towards him and thought that he still had a lot to do and threw the ball lightly. Thuk! Thuk! Kim Young-Woo caught the lightly thrown ball and threw the ball back without any interest. Girls not playing with the ball, isnt fun Lee Jong-suk who caught the ball nodded in agreement. Catching the ball and throwing it back lightly, he thought about what kind of thing he was doing. Lee Jong-suk hands threw the ball up and caught it. Kun-gong huh. Kun-gong is a practice with the ball. And Lee Jong-suk remembered it very clearly and vividly.. but he hasnt done it by himself.. Lee Jong-suk held ball in his hands and looked over at the school cafeteria. And looked like the line will not go down for the time being. Lets see Kun-gong With that thought Lee Jong-suk dusted the ball and threw it high. When the ball he threw was roaring high, Lee Jong-suk slightly spread both his hands and bent his knees a little. Though it was his first time doing it he didnt feel weird. Is this the writers experience? Though he has never experienced it, the experience that he received from the book seemed somewhat familiar. And also. Hhew! Lightly the ball fell down in front of him. Suk! When the ball fell down after rising up till his waist, Lee Jong-suk heard his knee. Slirk! The ball that touched the knee softly went down the leg in a straight pattern and touched the foot. Hvek! Hvek! The ball started to rotate and move from one hand to another on Lee Jong-suk body gently. Body is gentle. As if Im an octopus or squid. The ball that was moving on the body of Lee Jong-suk because of Kun-gong didnt move in straight line. The body received the ball softly and the ball moved gently on the curves of the body. As if there was no bony part in his body, like his body was in the form of a mollusk Lee Jong-suk ball was rotating his body. Slirk! Slirk! When the ball was moving around his whole body a huge smile appeared on the face of Lee Jong-suk. My body is reacting as per the mind. This is awesome. The ball revolving around, Lee Jong-suk liked it. And the thing that his body was able to move according to his mind made Lee Jong-suk feel much better. And to the body that was able to move freely till any extent because of the kun-gong brought a good feeling. The time he was absent mindedly thinking about kun-gong was stopped by Kim Young-Woos shout. Yah! The line is starting to decrease. On the shout of Kim Young-Woo who was going towards the direction of the school cafeteria Lee Jong-suk caught the ball. Chak! Chak! Until he squeezed his hands the ball was rotating quickly on his palm, seeing this Lee Jong-suk immediately caught the ball. Phat! The ball that was rotating fast stopped as it is after he caught it with his fist. Lee Jong-suk looked at the ball in the hand that was previously spinning very quickly in palm. He put the ball back in its original place and then followed Kim Young-Woo. Though kun-gong is very interesting, now I need to eat lunch. Lee Jong-suk who was quickly following Kim Young-Woo from behind, as soon as they went into the school cafeteria Lee Jong-suk appetite rose. There wasnt line till the outside of cafeteria but the line was still there in the cafeteria. The teachers get to eat comfortably in a separate place. Isnt this discrimination towards the students of this school who tend to be important? Behind the school cafeteria is the teaching staffs cafeteria located separately. Hence the teachers dont need to wait in line, they get to eat comfortably. Lee Jong-suk who has lined up after Kim Young-Woo said the following at his grumbling. Then shall I become a teacher? What are you saying? If that does happen then teachers will swear and vomit. This is the era of discrimination. Its noisy go and have lunch. This food stuff Lee Jong-suk showed his student identification card at the counter and served food into his plate. Todays menu is meat rice, seaweed, beverage and kimchi soup. This is the menu that I usually like. Even though the quantity of meat rice is a little less it is still edible. However the taste has absolutely changed This isnt good. To eat this rice I didnt realize there was a need to stay in line. He never thought that to eat this tasteless food he would have to stand in this painful line. Yah there is a seat there. As Kim Young-Woo was walking over Lee Jong-suk also without realizing started following him. This idiot has even picked the seat The seat that Kim Young-Woo picked was completely surrounded with girl sitting on all its side. To Lee Jong-suk who stopped, Kim Young-Woo said this without looking at him. Come here At these words of Kim Young-Woo all the girls who were eating looked at the direction. At this Lee Jong-suk left a small sigh and went over to Kim Young-Woo and placed the plate next to his. This rascal hasnt reached puberty yet? Though this is a co-education boys and girls rarely contact or talk with each other. Because of that for Lee Jong-suk girls are still a fantasy. Like the tough levels to get seven awakening card feel that we get in a game in the mobile phone? The card is there but it is very hard to get that card in the same manner girl friends are also like dragons fantasy, are there creatures like that? Even then this guy Kim Young-Woo had no hesitation. Kim Young-Woo is a guy who might fight with a girl or catch the hair of a girl or might not even know if they were fighting with each other. Though it was a little awkward Lee Jong-suk rolled up his sleeves while only looking at his plate. Lets finish it quickly and leave. Lee Jong-suk took out the packet from his pocket and had a bite of his food. Definitely me In his mouth something didnt feel right so Lee Jong-suk took out the bag and put some salt in his palm rubbed it. Sik! Sik! After feeling that the salt between his palm is ready, Lee Jong-suk added it a little into the kimchi soup. Why are you grinding the salt? If you do that it will melt. If we do it like this then the salt will mix well if not it will stay whever we put it and will taste uneven. And he added some red pepper powder too. It will be fine even if I dont add sugar. He thought that the sweetness in it will be alright and took a bit even then it was edible. Just eat. It is different Kim Young-Woo who was sitting beside saw this and took a small piece of meat with his chopsticks and ate it. Oh! What is this? Why is this so tasty? At these words of Kim Young-Woo Lee Jong-suk left a small sigh. At the fuss that Kim Young-Woo was making the sight of all the girls could be felt on their table. Just eat Yah! Do it for me too. After Kim Young-Woo said it, Lee Jong-suk gave him his plate and took his plate and did the same thing all over again. Oh! By adding this salt the taste can change this much? Red pepper powder was added too. Even though, how is it done? Lee Jong-suk just wanted his to shut up and eat his lunch. However he kept nagging so Lee Jong-suk until he gave an answer, hence Lee Jong-suk responded. If any food doesnt taste good it means that in the five flavours saltiness, sweetness, sourness, bitterness and spiciness balance went wrong. That is why I added salt and red pepper powder because this dish lacked them. By adding those two only the dish became this tasty? Isnt there a difference between the water in your cup that is overflowing and one that isnt? Isnt there a lot of difference between one that is overflowing and the one that isnt? One drop of water One drop? If there isnt one additional drop then the water wont have the possibility to overflow and will have a balance. What I did is same as the one drop. While talking Lee Jong-suk eyes looked at Kim Young-Woo and noticed that he was busy eating his meat. For a long time he hadnt been listening to the words. Dont forget to chew you idiot.. Thought to himself, Lee Jong-suk felt envious at Kim Young-Woo who was eating his food from his plate like a pig and left a huge sigh. Not by eating but only be chewing the taste can be felt. This is tasty? Ha! The dish does seem to speak for itself. He felt joyful after eating it. It does not taste like the one from a famous restaurant but this feeling is going to be hard to adjust to. Lee Jong-suk who was having meat looked at KimYoung-Woo who was half way in his plate eating the side dish and did the same. And the girl student who was sitting in front of them slowly asked them Hey can I take one bite of yours too? At the words of the female student Lee Jong-suk looked at the girl and his hands started to shake. The girl and those around her were looking at Lee Jong-suk and Kim Young-Woo alternatively with a lot of curiosity in their eyes. Kim Young-Woo to satisfy their curiosity slowly said. Ye Lee Jong-suk who always talked to other in a formal way suddenly changed to informal and Ok At these words of Lee Jong-suk the female student used her chopsticks and took one piece of meat and put it in her mouth. Hmmm Delicious Chapter 7 At those words of the female student, all the female students around the table looked at Lee Jong-suks meat with curiosity in their eyes. Even I have to eat my food. In that case Im sorry but can you please look at mine too? Lee Jong-suk who was slurping down his food looked at the female student who was having her side dish, Lee Jong-suk tasted her food with the head of the spoon and took out salt, he added the salt and mixed it with the help of chopsticks. At that moment Lee Jong-suk started to day dream about his upper arm muscles. My muscles are great. The female student looked at Lee Jong-suk who was watching his upper arm muscles and pushed he plate towards him. Thank you The female student smiled and at this sight Lee Jong-suk face turned slight red and bowed while looked at his plate. I need to eat quickly and get out. And Lee Jong-suk started to eat his kimchi soup very quickly after that moment. Tasty What is this This is really delicious The students beside the female student started to eat the meat in her plate and looked with admiration. How is a little salt and a little more red pepper powder only needed for making this taste Oh really How is this done? At the questions the female student was asking Lee Jong-suk didnt even lift his head and continued to eat quickly, and said The flow seems to be good. What was the story about the water cup earlier? After hearing the story about the water cup and water drop the female student asked regarding it. If the balance is maintained will the taste change like this? Lee Jong-suk nodded his head and added rice into his soup and hurriedly ate it. Hurriedly Lee Jong-suk stood up from his spot when Kim Young-Woo held on to his hand. What? If you wont have it can I eat it. Lee Jong-suk sighed at the words of Kim Young-Woo. Dont feel like getting up in front of girls? While eating quickly Lee Jong-suk left out the meat in his plate, and at the words of Kim Young-Woo Lee Jong-suk pushed his meat into Kim Young-Woos plate. Eat quickly we have to go. I get it. Lee Jong-suk took his plate and started walking, Kim Young-Woo quickly finished his meat and followed him. The female students were looking at the appearance of Lee Jong-suk backside. The food was great. Yep. Ah! Earlier did you see the upper arm? Ah! I saw it. The way the muscles were twitching was not a joke. I saw it when he was mixing the salt earlier. The way the upper arm muscles were twitching was ah! It was totally crazy. The female students were talking about Lee Jong-suk when one female student put the salted meat in her mouth. Definitely tasty. Can the taste change like this? Eunji Ah! What are you thinking? Lee Eunji said this to the girl sitting beside her. Do you know those guys? Nope it was written Lee Jong-suk on his name plate. Lee. Jong. Suk. At hearing his name Lee Eunji nodded her head and stayed still. Lets go When Lee Eunji got up the other female students also stood up. *** Lee Jong-suk was pressing his palm with a ball point pen. What are you doing? Since I ate quickly in doesnt feel good in the inside. If you are not feeling well in the inside then take some medicine, why are you doing that? Pressing like this is said to be good for digestion. Euwak! At the loud burp of Lee Jong-suk, Kim Young-Woo hastily turned back. You are dirty you rascal. What you ate earlier was more disgusting. Now it feels a little comfortable. Kim Young-Woo asked this to Lee Jong-suk who was rubbing and stretching his palm. Where did you learn those stuff? Learn? At those words Lee Jong-suk suddenly looked at his palm. His inside didnt feel good and he unconsciously started to stimulate his palm. However, these things were not the once to be learned. Pressing the areas are also not the stuff that one gets to read in an experience book. How did I do this? An experience that is not written in the book? As he was looking at his palm Kim Young-Woo looked around him and saw one, two, three and so students who were going to change their clothes, and immediately said. Yah! We need to go and get dressed quickly. At the words of Kim Young-Woo Lee Jong-suk asked Yah! Is today the day we have judo class? This crazy fool didnt bring the uniform right? I forgot Youre done today In TaeJin high school judo was included in the sports classes and was thought. So a student needs who does not perform well in the sports will not have a chance to graduate, hence the student needs to become skillful for them to graduate from the high school. And those students who fail to wear the uniform to the physical training are disciplined. Wait and see. Third section might have judo class in the morning today. Ill go borrow and come. Fine go and request. Kim Young-Woo quickly went out of the class and came back after a moment. Phew! I borrowed one. Wear it one top the clothes quickly. Okay Lee Jong-suk nodded his head and accepted the uniform and at that moment his eyes frowned. Smell of sweat. After completing the judo class the uniform had sweat smell that was very strong and buried into the uniform. Lee Jong-suk smelled the sweat on the uniform and firstly he put on the clothes. Anyways I didnt bring my uniform so I accepted it, but the uniform was giving out the smell of sweat. Lee Jong-suk changed into the clothes and along with the class they entered the auditorium. One Two In the centre of the auditorium members of the judo team were doing their physical training routine. Wah! Look at them it looks like those people are smoke is coming out of their bodies. Like an active volcano. At these words of Kim Young-Woo, Lee Jong-suk looked at the judo players. Like Kim Young-Woo said it looked like vapors were coming out of the bodies of the judo team players. It looked like they were the potatoes that were steamed. I feel like eating potatoes. At the sudden thought of eating potatoes, Lee Jong-suk suddenly wanted to cook the potatoes. Bacon with toast and potatoes, rosemary added into the potatoes and to make a potato cake, to simply add a little salt and seasoning to the crushed potato. Is there a western chef who is also a writer? Previously the corn soup was not an oriental dish. When he was with that thought a member of the judo team with a sturdy body came close by. Attention. On the shirt of the judo member Cho Hyun was written near his chest. Raise! Today Cho Hyun sunbae-nim will be performing. Usually the judo classes are taken by either the teacher or members of the judo team, and out of them the most scary sunbaei was Cho Hyun. It means that the class will be very tough. Anyhow at the words of Cho Hyun all the students quickly formed into lines. Now! lets do stretching. Start! As Cho Hyun was doing it the students in front of him were following him and doing the stretches. And when the stretching was done Cho Hyun looked at the students who were facing each other and said. Start sparring Ahat! Hyah! Immediately to spar both boy and girl students immediately rushed towards to form partners. Those boys whose hearts are pounding Ill deal with them myself. Do not cheat! Put more efforts! Fighting! Fighting! Fighting! At these words of Cho Hyun the students started to face each other and started sparring with one another. Kim Young-Woo and Lee Jong-suk were facing one another and started going towards the other. Suok! Suk! Slowly Lee Jong-suk was taking steps by staying firm on the ground and held Kim Young-Woo by his shoulder and twisted. Ududok! Ududok! If it hurts just say so. Just come at me Hu! Going! With a shout Kim Young-Woo fell to the ground and immediately tried to reach for Lee Jong-suk clothes with his hand. Hwek! The hand of Kim Young-Woo which was approaching fastly, Lee Jong-suk gently pushed it away with his hands. Yah that precision. What is it? In a moment Kim Young-Woos body got up but he fell down. Phang! As an instinctive act Kim Young-Woo tried to get up and when he couldnt his mind went blank for a second and then he got up. oh! Jong-sukie is doing great. Thinking that he fell by mistake Kim Young-Woo tried to catch Lee Jong-suk again by stretching his hand. Haat! With a little hope Kim Young-Woos hand that tried to hold was moved away by Lee Jong-suks hand. And tried to reach with both the hands. At the hands of Kim Young-Woo, Lee Jong-suks hands slightly backed away. And without any delay Kim Young-Woo tried to move towards Lee Jong-suk with his body, but Lee Jong-suk moved his hand forward. The strength in Kim Young-Woos hands got stronger. Also as the hands tried to hold him again Lee Jong-suk put on foot back and slightly twisted his body. Puing! Kim Young-Woo tried to get back on his feet but fell down again. Kung! Whats this? The explanation was going to be a lengthy one, and Kim Young-Woo will not be able to understand it. This guy is this good? While Kim Young-Woo was surprised Lee Jong-suk was also definitely surprised. I made Young-Woo fall down. Lee Jong-suk never had a nerve to exercise. When Lee Jong-suk was only getting past the judo classes Kim Young-Woo had a lot of strength. This was not something that could be done by one time, and doing this felt very easy. This is Kun-gong huh! The bachelor degree in the dream seems to have come out. Identify the opponents attack and the opponents strength and to use it by breaking down the posture, attitude and knock them down. So kun-gong can be used in judo to asses the opponents strength and to use it by breaking down their attitude and knocking them down and flipping them. This seems fun. With a good feeling a smile crept onto Lee Jong-suks face when he reached down and held Kim Young-Woo. Lets do it! At these words of Lee Jong-suk, Kim Young-Woo felt a little easy and as he went into a posture and rushed to hold him. T.N- Sunabe = Senior Nim = A title of respect. Shi, is used after names, while Nim is used after professions. Both are added to show respect. Chapter 8 Bang! Bang! Bang! From the judo field a loud sound of falling down could be heard. Judo was introduced into the physical curriculum less than two years back into the school, and so the judo players and learners. Though he wasnt good he knew the basics. And so he was good at attacking and making the others members fall. Yes! Yah you!! Without holding the waist continuously it cant be considered as judo! Defend the waist! Though the third grader Cho Hyun is a supervisor in judo classes, he just does not have the will to teach. That is why the students take active part and teach themselves and to others. Thats it! Get strength into the waist! Gather! You s***! Dont do it outside the thing! Come on! Cho Hyun caught a person who was near him and immediately lifted him and plugged him to the ground. All the boys here should be able to do this to me, understand! Answer me! Yes! Yes! Cho Hyun nodded his head at the answer of the students and his eyes fell on two boys who were sparring. Bang! Bang! A guy who was falling down and one who was moving his hands a foot very lightly. Hmmm. Little better. In Cho Hyuns eyes he saw one guy and then the other guy who was breaking the balance of his opponent. Using the opponents balance and then breaking it and to knock them down is not an easy thing to perform. Cho Hyun who saw this approached the guy who kept falling down. Bang! Keuk! Looking at Kim Young-Woo who was groaning and frowning his eyes, Lee Jong-suk felt excited. This is interesting! Though it was exciting to see Kim Young-Woo fall down, feeling his body move according to his mind was more exciting for him. Hewh! Lee Jong-suk left a huge breath and out his hand to grab Kim Young-Woo but Cho Hyun appeared in front oh him. You do it with me. With sunbae-nim? Yep come on. At Cho Hyuns words Lee Jong-suk gulped. Lee Jong-suk knew very well what kind of person Cho Hyun was. He is considered as the ace in the TaeJin High School since the beginning of the first year of judo and has been teaching since then too. Lee Jong-suks body went stiff when he heard the word come on from Cho hyun who is like a tiger. It wasnt some other person too, it was Cho Hyun sunbei who was the scariest and to hold his body was also making scary. Looking at that side of Lee Jong-suk, Cho Hyun frowned his eyes. This kid is scared. Thinking that Cho Hyun stretched out his hand. Phat! At the sign from Cho Hyun, Lee Jong-suk hands instinctively went upwards. Seuk! His reactions are worthy of praise Phat! Lee Jong-suks hand held onto the left hand of Cho Hyun and held onto his very firmly. Also Lee Jong-suks foot came forward, Next came on the arm of Lee Jong-suk. also with his arm Lee Jong-suk naturally moved his body. Cho Hyun twisted his body and put his right hand between Lee Jong-suk armpit and put strength there. Originally by holding the neck in the back and holding the back from the waist up usually throws down the person Puing! Oh? Thinking that he turned over Lee Jong-suk, Cho Hyun looked at ceiling in that moment. Why? When Cho Hyun was thinking like that, in that very moment his waist was twisted. Hait! Cho Hyun who was feeling glad was suddenly twisted and his body fell forward. Kung! This was something that the players do instinctively to block themselves from falling down. This was one thing to do to avoid what falling down like this. Cho Hyun who fell down not accepting his fall instinctively adjusted the collar of his dress. He looked like a turtle. However at that moment Cho Hyun frowned his eyes. Ah! Not comprehending that this was not a match Cho Hyun body rose up immediately. And saw that Lee Jong-suk was looking at him with amazement in his eyes. This kid is looking at me? Also Cho Hyun knew that he was overtaken. Though the technique is huge Im being overtaken? Unless this was a match this was not technique that could be used that easily. Though this technique was huge it had its shares of loopholes in it. Also with the possibility of knowing the loopholes it was easy to get the other person. But this was something that only players knew, this backstroke wasnt something that could be understood by public. But a regular person to know the backstroke is a huge thing. Phew! Out of habit Cho Hyun took a breath and reached out his hand towards Lee Jong-suk. Come here and see Sorry? Come here. At the words of Cho Hyun Lee Jong-suk went over there. When Lee Jong-suk went over Cho Hyun held the uniform of Lee Jong-suk and opened it. Cheak! Ugh!! At the sudden action of Cho Hyun who opened Lee Jong-suks uniform, Lee Jong-suk turned away Cho Hyuns face. But as the hands of Cho Hyun held on to the uniform it was not possible for Lee Jong-suk to turn away. Without saying anything Cho Hyun was looking at the body of Lee Jong-suk from left to right. What What are you doing? As Lee Jong-suk was completely shocked at this, Cho Hyun completely took of the uniform. Ugh! At the sudden action of Cho Hyun of removing the uniform Lee Jong-suks body went stiff. Why are you doing this? At the embarrassment of Lee Jong-suk, Cho Hyun turned him around. And strarted to press his body back and forth. Where do you exercise? What? I asked where do you exercise? At home. Home? Then judo? Only at school Only in school and no other places? Yes, no other places. Really? Yes At the words of Lee Jong-suk Cho Hyun looked at the body again. Muscles are good. Though there is nothing quite exquisite about them they came out well. And the muscles are soft too. According to the sport of the player a specific muscle will start to develop. For baseball players their shoulder muscles start to develop and for soccer players muscles start to develop in their legs and calves. And for those who do judo muscles start to develop a lot on the legs as well as the back. To hold and pull a lot of strength is needed in the upper body and muscles are developed. And this does not mean that the lower body doesnt play any role. Though the muscles on the legs are there, big muscles are needed on the upper body. But the muscles on Lee Jong-suks body had no specificity. Though most of the body developed muscles the upper body muscles were quite large. On top of that the muscles were still soft. That means they are flexible.. and had the optimal muscles for being a judo player. Also even if I the sunbei was careless he managed to overthrow him. And he said that he only did it from learning in the school. No thoughts of doing judo? Judo? Okay Cho Hyun was looking at Lee Jong-suk and at one side of him stood few students who were learning, were watching them. Bead like sweat was falling of their body as if it was raining outside. Seems like he doesnt want to In the school hour of judo practice most boys sweat as if they are training in the fields of army. I wish to study and enter into college. You study well? Just like that. If you do well in judo you can enter college as a special student. Even the. Do you hate judo? With the toughness on the face of Cho Hyun, Lee Jong-suk immediately waved both his hands as a no. It isnt like that, its just that my family doesnt want me to. At these words of Lee Jong-suk, Cho Hyun looked at his face and then nodded his head. Okay. Tell me that story later. Put on your uniform for now. At the words of Cho Hyun, Lee Jong-suk took a breath and put on his uniform. Lee Jong-suk put on his uniform and took one step back from Cho Hyun. Come on Sorry? Come on! At the words of Cho Hyun, Lee Jong-suk got hold of his posture. Yes, a few minutes back I just flipped Cho Hyun sunbei. Though it was scary. I seem to have achieved the bachelors study experience. At the appearance of Lee Jong-suk whose one hand was a little high while the other hand was below, Cho Hyun carefully moved forward. No need to worry Cho Hyun who was approaching very carefully was caught very quickly like a lightning by Lee Jong-suk. Phat! Lee Jong-suks hand blocked the hand of Cho Hyun. Tahat! After that Cho Hyun caught the sleeve of Lee Jong-suks uniform and pushed him down using his strength. Seuk! Lee Jong-suk held tightly on Cho Hyuns arm. Crazy! The strength is great too. At the sight of Lee Jong-suk who caught the hand of Cho Hyun, Cho Hyun nodded his head. And the hand that was reaching above near Cho Hyun was shaking. Keuk! By holding onto his hand Im not able to move. Kun-gong is not a easy thing to do. After looking at the opponents posture one is supposed to attack, but Cho Hyun who caught the sleeve was now stuck and was not able to move. With his strength how hard was it going to be. Crazy! When Lee Jong-suk was groaning he bit his lip. And at that moment Lee Jong-suk was able to move his leg. While he was trying to move and shake, Cho Hyun was aiming at trying to move his lower body. Everything was happening, however this was what Cho Hyun was trying for. Do it once, do it twice too? With these thoughts Lee Jong-suks leg kicked Cho Hyuns leg, and the body was moved forward as he used his hand for rotating the body. Tahat! At the sight of a leg of Lee Jong-suk approaching his, he kicked the leg away. Buong! Lee Jong-suks body twirled at this. Kwang! At this the mat on Lee Jong-suk side tore. However one clean arm was hovering. Ugh! At the cry of Lee Jong-suk he still didnt respond nor did he move only the sound of continuous breathing could be heard. In the experience of the bachelors degree there was no such thing such as a fall out. Bhudul Bhudul! Lee Jong-suk body was shaking when he heard a familiar sound of the bell that rang when the class ends. Tiriri! Tiriri! Chapter 9 After the judo class got finished Lee Jong-suk and Kim Young-Woo gathered their things and went inside the school. Hey from when did you start improving your judo? Lee Jong-suk was stroking his chest and looked at Kim Young-Woo while not concerning himself with those who were quickly entering. My chest still hurts a lot. Earlier we thought that you were going to die. At those sounds I was going sick. Aigoo, I will die. Kim Young-Woo helped others and went into the class and changed his clothes along with Lee Jong-suk. By the way from when did your body get this good? In the judo class when he was busy it looked like this guy saw my body. At these words of Kim Young-Woo the students around them looked at Lee Jong-suk. Oh! It looks like Jung-suk has been working out lately. I didnt know that Lee Jong-suks body was this good. I saw it earlier. Cho Hyun sunbei also was going over towards Lee Jong-suk? That.. Cho Hyun sunbei went over to look at him. A player was watching another player. Is there any person here who overthrew Cho Hyun sunbei? But even then, it seemed like Lee Jong-suk was about to puke out blood in the end. Smile found its way onto Lee Jong-suks face as he was hearing the sounds of his classmates discussing. If asked regarding when I started to exercise, it would be a complicated thing to explain. No, there was no way to explain it. I cant say that I woke up and saw texts on a book and got it. Students changed their clothes and were getting ready for class and he followed them and sat in his seat. *** As the last class of the day was done, Lee Jong-suk arranged his bag and grabbed it when Kim Young-Woo said Lets go home. Kim Young-Woo who already grabbed his bag came in front of Lee Jong-suk, and Lee Jong-suk nodded his head and went behind the school and pulled out the judo uniform from his locker. Youre going to hold it like that? I dont have a shopping bag so I have no choice but to hold it. Why dont you put it into the bag? Dump this into the bag? The judo uniform that was drenching in the sweat smell was pushed into the bag, and the school stationery and supplies have a dangerous chance of getting rotten. Lee Jong-suk folded the uniform into a bundle and went out of the school and was walking behind Kim Young-Woo. What are you doing this weekend? From tomorrow weekend starts. Most kids go to academy to prepare, but Kim Young-Woo and I didnt have any interest in college so they are not going to go there. Originally Lee Jong-suk planned to graduate and go to army, and later he wanted to be a government official. But now he had a new plan after using the experience book. Im going to the bookstore. The second hand bookstore? Why, will you come too? If so then uncle will give rice too. At these words of Lee Jong-suk, Kim Young-Woo burst out laughing. Are you crazy? Im not going to a bookstore! Do what you feel like After laughing and talking with Kim Young-Woo, Lee Jong-suk took of from school with him. After coming out of the school premises Lee Jong-suk went into a park for a moment pulled out the experience book and looked at it. He thought over it for a moment and slowly went into the park. Lee Jong-suk looked at the experience book for a second and stroked his chin. Kun-gong is definitely a helpful thing.. Moonil-ji-il experience effects Im not so sure? While kun-gong experience is related to body, Moonil-ji-il is related to a ball. It is said that when you learn something you also develop the skill and learn to analyze it. However in todays class the complete effects of the skill could not be seen. What was tough could be felt tough and what was easy could be felt easy, and a tough one could not be performed easily. In the study category is there more related to martial arts? With that thought Lee Jong-suk put the experience book into his school bag. Its probably very crowded and busy at home with all the small guests. With the thought to help them out Lee Jong-suk immediately started from there and he sped up his pace. Tat! Tat! Tat! By walking it takes thirty minutes and by running it took only ten minutes and after reaching home Lee Jong-suk looked at the snack shop. Students came like yesterday, nope, more than yesterday and were eating spicy rice cakes, Sundae, and fried foods were being dipped and eaten. Auntie give me more spicy rice cakes please! Me too! With all the noise that the children were making Lee Jong-suk loudly said this to his mom who was busy stirring the spicy rice cakes. Ill change my clothes and come down. Okay! At his mothers loud shout Lee Jong-suk went up into his home, changed his clothes and came down. And he carried the set dishes from the dinning tables and put them in the kitchen. By kids came in very quickly not giving him any rest. The number of kids coming went down as the time reached eight oclock and the door was closed. The prepared rice cakes were all gone, the weird rice cakes need not be sold anymore. Are all the rice cakes over? Yes and sorry, come tomorrow. Then how about you give some of the soup for me to eat? It is told the rice cake soup is totally tasty here. One kid came in asking and his fell with the reply, looking at this mom took out one fish cake and put it into the sauce with her hands. This is a secret to the other kids. Youre giving this to me? Yes, now eat. Thank you. The kid put his head down and ate the fish cake. And his face brightened up. Delicious. Right? To kids the spicy rice cake here is tasty, this a bit better. Yes! The kid finished his fish cakes and went back and mom looked at this and frowned her eyes a little. Went carrying the skewers. However at that thing mom laughed and took the rice cakes plate into the kitchen. With the continuity of yesterday and today all the dishes were done and the business was also doing well so the faces of the two brightened up. At the bright appearances, Lee Jong-suk smiled for doing his filial duty, and suddenly said. But, How did the food get completed quickly today? The kids were asking for packaging. Packing? Since the line was long. So the rice cakes were done. At these words of his mother Lee Jong-suk nodded his head and to help out his parents he started to clear the things. After being finished with cleaning Lee Jong-suk informed his parents something about the sauce. According to the temperature and humidity of that particular day the quantity of the ingredients need to be differentiated. But, son do you have interest in cooking? Hmm? By looking at the way you cut, have you ever done cutting? Ah. I have a little interest. Chefs are making good money these days. That is also a fine thing. Not to do like a chef. However taste this once. At these words of Lee Jong-suk mom looked at it and then nodded her head. Tasty Then try making this once Things that Lee Jong-suk usually make are done within ten minutes and so do the quantities. Its not that they are lazy to make the sauce, but by mom doing it can be seen whether she understood it or not. And mom started to make the sauce in the same way Lee Jong-suk did. Lee Jong-suk looked carefully on how his mom was making the sauce. You put in quite a few seasoned radishes. So? Later when the radish starts to lose its water the sauce will get liquid like. Then what am I supposed to do? Think about it and put in a little more red pepper. And also put in a little more chochung. Lee Jong-suk seriously put in red pepper and chochung. At this sight moms eyes twitched. Son if you put in ingredients to your wish wont there be a difference? At his moms words Lee Jong-suk suddenly looked at the sauce. And took one huge breath and took it for a taste. Seems good Seems good? At his moms question Lee Jong-suk moved his head. By doing it like that it wasnt exactly considered as answering to his moms question. But.. at that moment the sauce was a huge problem. With the Absolute Taste he could understand what was inadequate and could finely clear it. However mom could not understand this. Like what he told to Kin Young-Woo just one drop of water is needed to make all the changes. However mom would find it hard to comprehend the one drop of water theory. I cant help it but show her. Though she knows the recipe too, in the end she doesnt know the one drop of water, and its tough for her to know. I dont know if this is the house that makes rice cakes. In the future he doesnt see himself as the head of the rice cake house and not trying to concern himself with that Lee Jong-suk sighed a little. Chapter 10 Lee Jong-suk was looking at the experience book inside his room. Moon-il-ji-il.. Lee Jong-suk was thinking about the moon-il-ji-il experience. While the kun-gong, absolute taste and knife skill mastery experiences were displayed and understood but, these were similar and could be compared to the passive skills in the games. Also the absolute taste and knife skill mastery definitely had results. If you look at absolute taste, if you were to look into knife skill mastery they both had effects. But in the case of moon-il-ji-il, the effects of it could not be seen at all. What effect does it have.. While thinking about this Lee Jong-suk looked at the experience book for a moment and then took out the mathematics book from his bag. He spread open the mathematics book. Moon-il-ji-il.. when I listen to something I know that thing. Lee Jong-suk opened the part that he had learned in the class today and took out the pencil, looked at the book. Moon-il-ji-il. Lee Jong-suk was once again wondering about it and then he looked over at the problem in the book. And inside the mind of Lee Jong-suk the method to solve the problem was coming. When the process of solving the problem came naturally to Lee Jong-suk he started to move the pencil. Suk! Suk! As he was writing down the solution in the book Lee Jong-suk suddenly looked at the book. Oh? I solved this? By looking it seemed like a complex problem. Rather than numbers, English is much more. But the problem could be handled by me. He looked at the math problem for a moment and Lee Jong-suk found a different problem to solve. He solved that too. Now it looked like Lee Jong-suk understood what moon-il-ji-il meant. Moon-il-ji-il. Doesnt forget the things that are once learned. It is not just simply not being able to forget something. But also about understanding the problem. The complexity in math is the problem. Even though I remember the seminar syllabus taught by my teacher, it is not possible to solve a different problem. So the moon-il-ji-il allows me to understand and remember things, it is such an experience skill. Lee Jong-suk smiled realizing this and flipped over the book and solved math problems. And after solving a couple of problems Lee Jong-suks pencil came to halt. I dont know this. He knew the solutions just a while ago, but now his mind was blocked. For this Lee Jong-suk understood the reason and nodded his head, I didnt learn this The experience of moon-il-ji-il lets one remember and understand the things that they learn and it wont be of use in case the thing is not learned. Lee Jong-suk thought about this for a second and spread the math book in front of him. And he knew that the rate of progress changed. So he thought of learning by reading the math book from the beginning. Anyway he wrote down the process that his teacher said into his book. There would be no reason to learn if the teacher is not sincere enough. Will I get the first rank in the whole school? Lee Jong-suk smiled after imagining his parents reaction once he his declared as a first rank student in the whole school. Smiling Lee Jong-suk was reading the math book when he looked over at the clock and took out the experience book. I should write the diary. Though this may not be a great experience, its at least give a little experience points. So as his father said about the diary, Lee Jong-suk was thinking about using the experience book as a diary. If a little is written down daily the experience will accumulate and this wasnt something that could be ignored. Then today counts as the first day Thinking for a moment Lee Jong-suk took out the pencil and started to write down his posts. First he will write about what happened in the lunch break, and also about the moments in the judo class However it is very vivid to me. After writing down what happened today in the experience book Lee Jong-suk felt like he was going through it all over again. Is this how writing a diary feels? Thinking this Lee Jong-suk put down the pencil Shik! The diary moments disappeared and a new set of post appeared. Huak! [Common love experience has been written. Gained 25 experience points.] [Common judo experience has been written. Gained 25 experience points.] At the post in the experience book Lee Jong-suks face turned slightly red. What love is it saying.. I would probably freak out before holding hands. Mumbling this to himself Lee Jong-suk went onto his bed *** Im going to the bookstore. You said it so late. At the loud voice of his mom, Lee Jong-suk answered her lightly and came out of the house. In the weekends the elementary school has given break so there no need for me to stay back and help. The main customers in the snack house were the elementary students. Lee Jong-suk started to move on the road that lead to the subway so that he could go to the Ghosopang. Tring!! With the thought that the door sound will be accompanied by Lee Jong-suk the store owner looked Came. Any new books? A few are there. Dont forget to line them up. Sure At the words of the shop owner Lee Jong-suk went between the book shelves to look at the books. Usually the books inside the Ghosapang were usually neat because Lee Jong-suk occasionally clean it. I looked like the shop owner hasnt cleaned this section of the books yet, so it was Lee Jong-suk who came to clean it. Lee Jong-suk used to come here exactly in the weekends, and occasionally on the week days. The shop owner used to do the cleaning along with one employee who is regularly paid. However Lee Jong-suk who went near the book shelves and untied the sack and took out the contents of the sack. But between the books he was taking out a few old books were there. But one age old book from the Chosun university made with Hanji. And books that were way old, no one knows how old they were, they were giving out gaudy smell Books like these are coming. The Royal Family, Chinese New Year.. When reading the names written on the books suddenly curiosity arose on the face of Lee Jong-suk. Lee Jong-suk who has never seen a paper like this on anywhere but a TV, was looking at the book back and forth with awe. Since I have a lot of time today. Lets start with cleaning this stuff. With the thought to do it from the beginning, Lee Jong-suk quickly started to arrange the books. Reference books in the reference book shelves, novels in the novels section, by classifying the books Lee Jong-suk was arranging them in their respective sections. And all these books will stay in these places until someone who needs the book will come and pick it up. After being done with the cleaning and arranging Lee Jong-suk went over to the counter where uncle sits. I arranged everything. Any books that could be used? A few reference books were there and few old books were there. Lee Jong-suk brought out a book and placed it in front of the shop owner on the counter, and the owner looked at it and nodded his head. That book will make money. Books like this will make money? In this generation who will want a book like this. Sometimes books like this are usually bought for interior. Interior? In a Chinese medicine house or a tea shop books like this in a volume oe two will bring out the atmosphere. At these words Lee Jong-suk looked at the book and nodded his head. That is what this is. Lets take it apart then. The owner picked up the book and Lee Jong-suk said. Dont look at me like that. Books like these are interesting. First time seeing a book like this? Saw it on TV. The owner gave the permission to Lee Jong-suk, and Lee Jong-suk nodded his head once again. Looking at that thing Lee Jong-suk sat down on the pile of covered books below the counter. [The Royal Family] Lee Jong-suk was slowly reading the content of book The Royal Family that he opened. It looks like a nice house. In the book The Royal Family the home of the king was book marked. [This is the work of a person who is the sub ordinate for a high position. Though a low position I was not given any one to do work below me.] [This is not something that a person has fabricated. This is something that has happened. Any person who changes according to his position is called a child. No matter where it is they say a person doesnt change.] [It is not enough to look at one thing ten times to do one thing.] Lee Jong-suk was nodding his head by reading the contents of the old book, looking at the posture of Lee Jong-suk the owner laughed. Do you know what it contains? What? It could be a black paper or a white paper. Lee Jong-suk nodded at the owners words. That.. While talking Lee Jong-suk suddenly felt eerie and looked at the book. Im able to read the hanja. That too in a fluent manner. With surprised eyes Lee Jong-suk looked at the Hanja. Experience book Experience book? What are you saying? N.. nothing And Lee Jong-suk read The Royal Family very quickly. And read the hanja and the content very fluently. Bachelors experience Different nations bachelor is the writer. And the bachelor seems to know to read hanja but wasnt his job. Because of that skill of the bachelor allows one to read hanja in a natural manner. He looked at the book The Royal Family, no idea what Lee Jong-suk was thinking when he got up and took a paper and pen from the counter. Can I write this down?. Sure. At the words of approval form the owner Lee Jong-suk thought over for a second and placed the paper on top of the book and started writing down. Smile found its way onto Lee Jong-suks face as he was writing down the matter from The Royal Family. He never saw these outside nor did he see these contents before, but they were very clear. Besides.. writing Chinese characters does not seem like an easy thing, but he was really good at it. If someone sees this they might call me as honorable. Haha! Looking at himself writing the Chinese characters he laughed a little. The scores for the Chinese test are here. Chapter 11 Lee Jong-suk was looking for something in the sack between the shelves. French.. French.. French! In one of the sacks Lee Jong-suk eyes found a France book. Found it. On the hard cover French characters could be seen. Could be know obviously. [Hamlet] Smile arose on Lee Jong-suks face after seeing the title. In the way he could previously read and write the Chinese characters, he was able to read the French characters too. Seems like there was a writer from France for the cooking experience. However by being able to read French Lee Jong-suk was able to read Hamlet. By the way by reading and by being able to write will id be possible for me to speak the language too? Lee Jong-suk who wanted to speak foreign language looked at the Chinese and French books. However it doesnt make any sense. Even if I try to speak French or Chinese there is a possibility of Korean coming out. Is there something that needs to be triggered? Before reading Chinese too, he was not sure if he would be able to read and write Chinese. In reality being able to do judo because of Kun-gong But to talk the language Im not sure if I try to talk with myself will I be able to speak or not. Thinking about this Lee Jong-suk went over to the shop owner holding the book. The shop owner laughing while watching the TV. Ill buy this. At these words of Lee Jong-suk the shop owner looked at the book he was holding and said. Jong-suk you can take it at a special price of thousand won. Lee Jong-suk laughed at the words and while taking out thousand won from his wallet he looked at the other book. I want to buy the other book too but I wanted to have that one book as a memorial. However the texture of the book was unusual and was relaxing for some reason. What kind is this? At these words of the shop owner Lee Jong-suk s eyes fell on a page in the book. [The Royal Family] However since Im able to read the Chinese characters I could be able to use it. This one Give me only thousand won. This looks like a book that can make good money. This could get me a few thousand won but since Jung-suk came and did all the cleaning and arranging so I thought it is only a thousand won. Thank you so much. At these words of the shop owner Lee Jong-suk paid a thousand won in the counter and put the Hamlet and The Royal Family book into his bag. Hmm! Im going to eat lunch. You will also have lunch? Even I will. You will? At the question of the shop owner Lee Jong-suk laughed and said. Since you gave me the books at a cheap price, give me tasty lunch too. Even if the rice is delicious, you can eat with the side dishes too. I want to surprised by it. Then you should try it. At these words of the shop owner Lee Jong-suk went into the small door that was behind the counter. Entering the small door, there was a fridge, a small sink and a burner was also there. Lee Jong-suk took out the kimchi from the fridge. Only soup is there. There was only one piece of kimchi in it, Lee Jong-suk shook the container and looked into the fridge and regained his appetite and asked. Can I use the eggs? Making fry? Whatever I can Use Lee Jong-suk took out three eggs and he took a fry pan and put oil in it. Olive oil.! Like a western cook if oil is needed then it has to be olive oil. Mumbling to himself after the fry pan was alittle heated he put in the rice. Shik! Shik! He stirred the rice in the pan to fry and then tossed the rice, later he put in the kinchi soup into the pan. It would have been nice if there were pieces of kimchi but there was nothing else but kimchi liquid in it. Shik! The kimch liquid and rice started to turn red and Lee Jong-suk quickly started to stir the dish. Shik! Shik! After the rice started to cookedljs pushed the rice to one side of the pan. And put a small piece of kimchi on top of it and opened two eggs. Shik! He let the sesame oil burn and added the egg and quickly whisked it and soon added th rice into it. And at last Lee Jong-suk took a small bit of it and tasted. Tasty Lee Jong-suk smiled as the stir fried rice tasted good and grabbed two spoons and went out. Please have the stir fried rice. The smell is awesome The taste is also good. But isnt there more than one kimchi? Where do I start? The appetite of the shop owner rose after he ate the stir fried rice. Nice Nice? Not delicious? Uhm isnt it lacking a little bit? At the words of the shop owner Lee Jong-suk saw the taste once again and shook his head. Is everything in it seem alright? Something is lacking? Lately there has been a lot of change in my taste. At the words of the owner Lee Jong-suk went into the kitchen and made the soy sauce into crystals and came back. Eat this and see. I can mix the soy sauce itself. The owner put it into the stir fried rice and Lee Jong-suk looked at him and shook his head. For starters taste it once. Only the soy sauce. As the words of Lee Jong-suks the shop owner took a little soy sauce and crystal and put it into his mouth. How is it? The soy sauce is good How much should I add? A little? At the words of the owner Lee Jong-suk also put a little of the say sauce in his mouth and his eye brows wrinkled. Only a little? After tasting it Lee Jong-suk opened his mouth. Uncle go visit the hospital please. You think Im sick? If the taste seems to change suddenly then it is an indication of being sick. How do you know these stuff? Read them in books In reality this was because of the chefs experience. So go and visit the hospital once. Ho! You are better than my wife. Thanks At the words he said the shop owner laughed and at one side he mixed the soy sauce. Eat already At the words of the owner Lee Jong-suk started to eat the stir fried rice. *** After having his lunch in Ghosopang, Lee Jong-suk started to go to his home after some time. Mom who was stirring the rice cakes for the spicy rice cakes saw Lee Jong-suk and said. The dinner is ready. Go up and eat. For how long are staying here? Until I make them and sell them. Didnt much customers come? Yep since it is the weekend. Now go up. At the words of his moms Lee Jong-suk nodded his head and went up into his home. In the weekend it isnt even half of the regular days. So considering this the ingredients needed and the dishes are supposed to be prepared. After opening the door of his home Lee Jong-suk thought over a moment and took out The Royal Family and the Hamlet books and put it on top of the desk. The Royal Family. Handwriting is nice After looking at the book The Royal Family Lee Jong-suk took out his hand phone and searched the term The Royal Family in internet. But nothing came out in the search. The content is good and the writing is also good It looked like a famous book but nothing came out in the search results. He looked at the book The Royal Family and the Hamlet and put them in the book shelf and took out the experience book. In the Ghosopang he understood that he got the ability to read the content and write Chinese because of the book The Royal Family. [Common experience has been written down. Received 25 points] [Received experience for finding the prestigious The Royal Family. Received 2500 points.] After looking at the post of the experience points Lee Jong-suks face was blown away. 2500 experience? Lee Jong-suk looked at the post with shocked eyes. If the experience of the ghost sound and saving a person was added it would be 2,500 experience points. But for finding The Royal Family 2,500? While looking at the experience book with shocked eyes Lee Jong-suk took out The Royal Family book and looked at it. Prestigious The Royal Family as I knew it the moment I saw the book has a good writing.Oh? As I knew the moment I saw? How did Lee Jong-suk all by himself know just by looking at the book that it was Chinese when he didnt come across the language? Then. My experience nah because of the bachelors experience I was able to look at the writing and appreciate it. The bachelor that Lee Jong-suk saw in his dream is definitely a great bachelor. A bachelor who was giving out lectures for dozens of bachelors Receiving experience from such a bachelor is really an honor. Is this by any chance going to be costly? Like what we see on TV, the writings from a long time might get a few hundred or a few ten million won. Looks like I found a great deal Chapter 12 Thinking that he had purchased a very expensive book Lee Jong-suk was starting to get worried. The person who had this kind of treasure in front of them couldnt identify it, any way he felt bad for the owner of second hand bookstore. Although I did pay a thousand won and bought if fairly. And it is the same as he giving it to me. Though he was a bit troubled over this, Lee Jong-suk immediately put the book on the table. Ill tell this to uncle the next time I see him. There would be no use if it wouldnt have been sold. A part of me wants to keep this but my heart feels like I should be returning this book immediately. Debating in the inside Lee Jong-suk looked at the experience book. Im getting more curious about the skills and knowledge of the bachelor. The knowledge of the bachelor in the dream was very interesting. He felt like he was watching a martial arts movie. And it was helpful for me too. The moon-il-ji-il study experience also helped him and he was thinking if he will be able to receive any other weird skill like this. He was liking the kun-gong experience too. Ill let my parents know once I study well. He was thinking that his body was turning out to be good because of kun-gong skill, for the sake of my parents health I should get more experience points [Study 1,000] Slirk! As usual after Lee Jong-suk wrote the page turned over and texts started to appear. [Life was nice with the teacher. The masters there were very kind, and the teacher had thousands no a few thousands of volumes which were accumulated. And to me..] For about after two hours of writing bright new texts started to appear and as he read it said. [Study experience of 2,000 points have been received.] [Moon-il-ji-il experience has been familiarized.] [Kun-gong experience has been familiarized.] Lee Jong-suk looked at these posts in the experience book and rubbed his eyes. Right after seeing that he had received the experiences from the experience book, he felt tired oddly. Sleep sleep Rubbing his eyes Lee Jong-suk climbed onto his bed. *** The weekend just got completed. On Sunday I went down for a bit and helped in the shop and after that I came back and studied English and math very focused. I read Korean history and Korean language which I get good grades in, but since I was weak in mathematics and English I was lacking quite a lot in them. But with the help of the moon-il-ji-il experience it wont be like that. As you see it started getting more comprehensible and memorable, so studying was not a little fun. Lee Jong-suk was holding the washed judo uniform neatly in his hands. Hey! Jong-suk ah! Lee Jong-suk turned his head to see who was calling out his name, and it was Kim Young-Woo who waving his hands and coming his way. Was your weekend good? You can say that At the words of Lee Jong-suks Kim Young-Woo nodded his head and suddenly turned his body. The weather is a bit cold. Lee Jong-suk nodded his head at Kim Young-Woos words. If so then the terms . For third graders. Oh! Damn! Suddenly hearing Kim Young-Woo swear Lee Jong-suk looked at him. Why? We only have one year of our youth left in front of us. Twenties is considered as youth too. We can only play this year by being an youth. From next year we will be third year student, then military, and then employment Youll study next year? That is possible. But I want to play and be comfortable but these are two different things. At the words of Kim Young-Woos Lee Jong-suk looked at his face and said. Wont you go to college? You are going? You are going to see? Okay? When you are going for the military wont you immediately start as an officer? Had a change of heart regarding it. Kim Young-Woo laughed at Lee Jong-suks words. Not a change of heart try changing your mind. It is going to be very tough to enter college from now. Lee Jong-suk nodded his head at the words of Kim Young-Woo. I thought about it. And he had the confidence too. After poetry class Lee Jong-suk looked at a book and smiled. Easy Because of the practice yesterday the math class was pretty easy. Even though he wasnt listening to the teacher, he was able to solve the problems written by the teacher. It would be nice if the term comes very quickly. Lee Jong-suk never thought that he would want to write an exam this eagerly, and smiled, Kim Young-Woo took a breath and put out the drawing tools on his desk. Dont things like drawing and stuff usually stop by the end of elementary school? When Im not studying cant I do what I like? It isnt fun to paint using the hands. And we are supposed to wash hands. Dirty man. As these two boys were laughing and getting ready for the class the bell rang and the teacher entered the class. The art teacher was a middle aged man over fifty. So! I guess everyone brought your supplies. Yes! At the answer of the students the teacher spread out all the materials on the table and checked for everything that he needed. After checking was done the teacher said. Draw any plant that you kids feel like drawing. At the words of the teacher the students said nothing more and began to paint a plant of their choice. The teacher sat down after giving them a topic and making the kids draw what they wanted to and opened the news paper, looking at this action of the teacher Kim Young-Woo whispered. If it is going to be like this why is there a need for teacher? There is a need for the guide. Lets draw quickly and go have lunch. The third grade class for arts has been going on for two hours. And usually before ten minutes to the lunch the arts class is completed and the first thing they do is go into the students cafeteria. Lets do that. Lee Jong-suk looked Kim Young-Woo who was holding the brush and painting on the paper. What should I draw? After thinking over for a moment Lee Jong-suk took green color and black color paint. Until the lunch time the teacher didnt move a muscle and later folded the news paper. And he took a note and began walking between the students. Without saying any words the teacher wrote down the students name in the paper note and was evaluating their work. With nothing to do the class would get completed and the evaluation will be made into grades. And the figure of the teacher who was writing down the names and evaluating their work suddenly stopped. The eyes fell on a paper that had a picture of a bamboo tree on it. Nicely drawn. By looking at this painting, the water was added a bit much but the additional strokes of the brush the nodal section of the bamboo tree came out very well. And the writing on the side of the bamboo tree was. [A shrew (XYZ) Of self respect (XYZ)] The bamboo is the bachelor, the node is the mind of the bachelor. Admiration arose on the face of the teacher after seeing the Chinese characters. The drawing of the bamboo tree was nice but. It was nothing when compared to the Chinese characters. Pro. Prominent person The teacher whose mind went blank after seeing the texts looked at the student who was sitting on bench. Lee Jong-suk ? Yes Where. Where did you learn this? Just from the books Books? Looked at the writing with shock in his eyes, the teacher looked at the brush in the students hand. You wrote this? Yes At the reply of Lee Jong-suk the teacher looked at the texts again. Drew the picture but to write like this using the brush using the brush. With admiration in eyes for the writing the teacher was appreciating it, after a moment he held the painting and said. Have your lunch and come to the art room. Art room? Be sure to come. Without saying anymore he started to score and evaluate the other students. After scoring and evaluating the drawings of all the students the teacher left the classroom without saying anything. Seeing this all the students started to organize their art supplies. Yah! Why did the arts ask you to come? At the question that Kim Young-Woo asked while arranging his supplies made Lee Jong-suks bite his tongue. I wont. However let us go have lunch. And arranging? Lets comeback after having lunch and do it. Lee Jong-suk hurriedly put away half the stuff and went out, and Kim Young-Woo arranged all the things on his desk and followed him. Lee Jong-suk was going to enjoy his lunch when Kim Young-Woo came in from the classroom and said In the arts room. I arranged and cleared out your desk. Is that so You. wow! Lee Jong-suk looked at Kim Young-Woo who went silent after those words and took one step back. Please. And after shaking hands Lee Jong-suk walked towards the arts room. Why did he ask me to come? By any chance is this going to be like what happened in Judo? The bamboo tree that he was a well painted one. The bachelors are basically supposed to be poets. Because of the bachelors experience he was able to draw well. But in reality Lee Jong-suk didnt have the slightest idea about art. For Lee Jong-suk this task of doing arts was something that immediately made him hungry. With thoughts of his own Lee Jong-suk arrived in front of the arts class and opened the door after knocking. No one was inside. He told me to come but he did not come Muttering to himself Lee Jong-suk went and sat on a chair inside the arts classroom. [T.N- The both XYZ written are the Chinese text written on the painting. I cant copy and paste it since Munpia doesnt allow copy/paste.] Chapter 13 Lee Jong-Suk started getting worried about owning something that was of great value. He was also feeling bad for the owner of the second-hand bookstore. He had paid a thousand won for it and had bought it fairly, but at that amount, it was just as if the store owner had given him the book for free. Still feeling troubled, Lee Jong-Suk placed the book on the table and decided to tell the store owner about the book the next time he saw him. Part of him wanted to keep the book, and yet the other part wanted to return the book immediately. While debating within himself, Lee Jong-Suk looked at the experience book. While debating with himself, Lee Jong-Suk looked at the experience book. He was getting more curious about the skills and knowledge of the bachelor. The kind of knowledge the bachelor had was very interesting. In the dream, he felt like he was watching a martial arts movie. He found the said skills very helpful. The Moon-Il-Ji experience was also helpful and he was wondering if hed get any more weird skills. He loved the Kun-Gong experience and his body looked awesome because of it. Lee Jong-Suk decided to get more study experience. He would let his parents know when he was able to study well! [Study 1,000] As usual, after Lee Jong-Suk wrote what he wanted, the page turned over and words started to appear. [Life was nice with the teacher. The masters there were very kind, and the teacher had thousands, no a few thousand volumes which were accumulated. And to me] After about two hours of reading, bright, new words appeared : [Study experience of 1,000 points have been received.] [Moon-Il-Ji experience has been familiarized.] [Kun-gong experience has been familiarized.] Lee Jong-Suk looked at the written words in the experience book and rubbed his eyes. Right after seeing that he had received the experiences from the experience book, he felt oddly tired. He needed to sleep. Lee Jong-Suk sleepily got into bed while rubbing his eyes. *** The weekend was almost over. On Sunday, he went down for a while and helped in the shop and after that, came back and studied English and math. He was quite focused and covered a lot of ground. He read Korean history and Korean language, which he usually got good grades in. But since he was weak in mathematics and English, he focused more on them. With the help of the Moon-Il-Ji experience, studying was much easier. It was getting more comprehensible and memorable, studying became fun for him. In school the next day, Lee Jong-Suk was holding the washed judo uniform neatly in his hands. Hey! Jong-Suk ah! Lee Jong-Suk turned to see who was calling out his name, and it was Kim Young-Woo. Kim Young-Woo was waving his hands and walking towards him. How was your weekend? Was it a good one? You can say that. At this, Kim Young-Woo nodded and rubbed his arms. The weather is a bit cold, isnt it? Lee Jong-Suk nodded in reply. Oh, damn! Kim Young-Woo swore. Lee Jong-Suk looked at him, surprised. What is it? We only have one year of our youth left in front of us. Twenties is considered youth too. We only have this year left as youths. Starting from next year, we will be third-year students, then well join the military, and then well be employed. Youll study next year? Thats possible. But I also want to play and be comfortable. Lee Jong-Suk looked at his friends face and asked, Wont you go to college? Are you going? Well see. When you are joining the military, wont you immediately start as an officer? Ive had a change of heart regarding it. Kim Young-Woo laughed at this. A change of heart? You know its going to be very tough to get into college. Lee Jong-Suk nodded, The thought has crossed my mind. He had confidence that he would get in. Because of the practice he did yesterday, the math class was pretty easy. Even though he wasnt listening to the teacher, he was able to solve the problems written for them. It would be nice if the term comes very quickly. Lee Jong-Suk who had never thought that he would want to write an exam this eagerly smiled. Kim Young-Woo took a breath and put out the drawing tools on his desk. Dont things like drawing and stuff usually stop by the end of elementary school? Cant I do what I like when Im not studying? As these two boys were laughing and getting ready for the class, the bell rang and the teacher entered the class. The art teacher was a middle-aged man over fifty. So, I guess everyone brought their supplies. Yes! The teacher spread out all the materials on the table and checked for everything that he needed. After everything was to his satisfaction, he said, Draw any plant that you feel like drawing. The students immediately began to paint different plants of their choice. The teacher sat down and read the newspaper as the kids drew. Kim Young-Woo looked at the teacher for a while and whispered to Lee Jong-Suk, If its going to be like this, why then do we need a teacher? There is a need for a guide. Lets draw quickly and go have lunch. The third-grade art class had been going on for two hours. The class was usually completed around ten minutes before the lunch break and Lee Jong-Suk and Kim Young-Woo would usually rush to the cafeteria immediately the class was over. Lets do that. Lee Jong-Suk looked at Kim Young-Woo who was holding his brush and painting on the paper. What should I draw? he asked himself. After thinking it over for a moment, Lee Jong-Suk took green color and black color paint. The teacher concentrated on his newspaper until the class was over. He took a sheet of paper and walked among the students. Without saying any word, the teacher wrote each students name in the paper and evaluated their work. The students waited for the teacher to be done evaluating all their works so they could go for lunch. The teacher suddenly stopped. His eyes fell on a paper that had a picture of a bamboo tree on it. Nicely drawn, he commented. The water added to the paint was a bit much but the additional strokes of the brush made the nodal section of the bamboo tree come out well. If one were to observe this painting, they would say that the water was added a bit too much, but the additional strokes of the brush the nodal section of the bamboo tree came out very well. And the writing on the side of the bamboo tree was. [A shrew (ʿ) Of self-respect (ʿ)] The bamboo is the bachelor, the node is the mind of the bachelor. The teacher looked admiringly at the Chinese characters. The bamboo tree painting was very nice and the Chinese characters added a magnificent touch to the painting. The teacher looked at the student who was sitting on the bench. Lee Jong-Suk? Yes. Where Where did you learn this? From books. Books? And you wrote this? Yes. The teacher looked at the texts again, gazing admiringly at it. After a few moments of staring, he said, Go eat lunch and then come to the art room. The art room? Yes, make sure you come. Without saying more, he continued scoring and evaluating the other students. After scoring and evaluating the drawings of all the students, he left the classroom without saying anything. As soon as he left, the students started to organize their art supplies. Yah! Why did the art teacher ask you to come? Kim Young-Woo asked. I wont, but lets go have lunch. What about arranging our supplies? Lets do it after lunch. Lee Jong-Suk hurriedly put away half his stuff and left. Kim Young-Woo arranged all the things on his desk and followed him. Lee Jong-Suk was about to enjoy his lunch when Kim Young-Woo came in. Ive arranged and cleared out your desk in the art room. Really? Yes. Lee Jong-Suk looked at Kim Young-Woo who became silent and took a step back. Please. Lee Jong-Suk walked towards the art room wondering why Kim Young-Woo asked him to come. Was it going to be like what happened in judo? The bamboo tree was well painted because of the bachelors experience. Before he got the bachelors experience, Lee Jong-Suk didnt have the slightest idea about art. For Lee Jong-Suk, drawing and painting was a task that made him hungry. this task of doing arts was something that immediately made him feel passionate. Still wrapped in his thoughts, Lee Jong-Suk got to the art room and knocked. When he entered, he found that there was no one there. Muttering to himself, Lee Jong-Suk took a seat in the art classroom. Chapter 14 Lee Jong-Suk waited for the art teacher to come but it seemed like he was taking his time. Hed probably come after taking his lunch in the faculty cafeteria. Lee Jong-Suk waited patiently, but it seemed like the teacher was only going to come after having lunch in the faculty cafeteria. He looked towards the area where the teachers were dining. Some of them were done eating and were going to drink coffee. The art teacher was among the group. He met the principal on his way there. Principal, good afternoon. Oh, teacher. Have a cup of coffee. The art teacher nodded and took the cup of coffee the principal had offered. He then offered the drawing paper that he had in his hand. Look at this. What is it? The principal took the drawing paper and unfolded it. He looked at it and smiled. Its a nice drawing. And Oh, is that? Smiling at the surprised principal, the teacher nodded his head. I knew youd like it. The principal loved art and poetry. Thus, the art teacher knew hed appreciate the drawing. I know that you, Sir, are proficient in calligraphy, but did you see the diagram? I learned a little from my grandfather, so I cant help having an eye for things like these. The principal had a Masters degree in calligraphy. Although he was fond of calling what he knew basic, he won prizes and awards at different gatherings of writers. The principal nodded thoughtfully and noticed that the drawing still had the smell of paint on it. Was this drawn recently? He looked at the teacher. Did you draw this? Not me, a student of mine drew and wrote the words today during art class. A student? That too, with an art brush. The principal looked amazed, Wow. Id love to meet this student. He is waiting for me right now in the art room. How about we go and meet him? At this, the principal nodded and followed the art teacher. A student with this kind of talent is a student in our school. Theres no chance of me not meeting him! *** Lee Jong-Suk was waiting in the art room for the art teacher to come. He didnt know what was taking the teacher so long. The lunch break would soon be over and hed have to leave. The door opened suddenly. Lee Jong-Suk turned to see who entered and was surprised when he saw the principal. Principal, Sir? The vice-principal came along with the principal. The people in the top positions in the school came into the room he was in. Lee Jong-Suk suddenly felt dumbfounded. He found maintaining eye contact difficult. Good afternoon, he hurriedly bowed. The both of them smiled and nodded. You are Lee Jong-suk? Yes, I am. Hmm. And you write well? The art teacher who came in a bit late looked at Lee Jong-suks face which was filled with surprise and said, The principal saw your writing and felt that it was very good and praiseworthy. My writing? As Lee Jong-Suk was wondering what they were talking about, the principal unfolded the drawing paper in his hand. We are talking about this. O-Oh The principal smiled and asked, So, can I watch you write once? Sure. Do you have a paper? The principal asked the art teacher. At the request of the principal, the art teacher brought a drawing paper from somewhere and placed it on the desk. He mixed water with the ink before placing this on the desk as well. He then stepped back and resumed looking at Lee Jong-Suk. Beside him, the principal was also watching Lee Jong-Suk curiously. Lee Jong-Suk stared at the ink and lightly touched it. He loved the way it felt when he touched it. In reality, there was a calligraphy class in the art class too. He knew how to use the ink, but this was the first time he could really feel the ink on his hands. When he was done feeling the ink, he dipped the brush into the ink bottle, and began to write. The ink felt a little rough, but Lee Jong-Suk was comfortable with it. Was using ink supposed to feel this good? Was that also an experience he got from the bachelor? After he was done taking in the feeling, he began to write. The principal watched his posture and the look on his face went from curiosity to admiration. The principal was a man who learned at a young age from his grandfather, who had bought a manor in the Joseon Dynasty. The principal was very proficient in calligraphy, and in the same way an expert recognized another expert, the principal knew Lee Jong-Suk was skilled the moment he began writing. He didnt think Lee Jong-Suk and his grandfather wrote the same way. He remembered the words of his grandfather, By writing calligraphy, my mind feels content. And when I take the ink and the ink touches my mind, I feel complete. It looked like Lee Jong-Suk felt the same way his grandfather did. He had that contented look on his face. He looked focused, too. Lee Jong-Suk continued writing. The sensation he felt in his hand faded as he moved the brush was oddly pleasant. What are you writing? Hmm how about our Lee Jong-Suk here write about his favorite article? Lee Jong-Suk thought about that for a while and nodded. Ill write something I saw from a book I read, titled The Royal Family. The content of the book The Royal Family was already in his head, and it seemed like he was already writing it down. The principal was astonished when he saw the words Lee Jong-Suk wrote. It means to know a persons heart by listening. The principal took a close look at what Lee Jong-Suk wrote down and said, The handwriting is simple yet striking at the same time. When viewed closely, it is clean and exudes a wonderful feeling. I feel like Im looking at the handwriting of King Mungyeong. King Mungyeong? The principal looked at Lee Jong-Suk who was busy thinking about who King Mungyeong was. From whom did you learn to write like this? Just by looking at books. From books? So you didnt learn this from a different school or from an aged person? No. Wow! To learn this kind of handwriting and style by oneself is not an easy thing to do, this is extraordinary. The principal nodded again and carefully lifted the writing from the table and took out his wallet. This writing has great value. Lee Jong-Suk watched as the principal took out five thousand won from his wallet and tried to give it to him. He hastily shook his head and politely rejected it. No, its alright, Sir. This is not something that your teacher is giving you, this is something that a person who admires calligraphy and has found a calligraphy style that he likes is giving, so just accept it. At this, Lee Jong-Suk hesitantly accepted the money and offered his thanks. Thank you very much. It would be nice if I see more of your calligraphy from now on. Triiiing! While the principal was admiring the writing, the school bell suddenly rang, signaling the commencement of classes. Lee Jong-Suk was surprised time had gone so fast. Oh, shit. He cursed internally. He didnt want to appear annoyed while in front of his principal. Go and join your class, the principal said. Yes, Sir. The principal looked at the writing again and smiled. Lee Jong-Suk bowed and left them in the art room. ???? is a good thing to write What does it mean? the vice principal who had been silent the whole while, asked. The principal smiled and replied, Listen to what others have to say to receive a heart. It means since one cant impose themselves on others, one needs to listen well to others and think about what they have to say and do things for them in return. Thats interesting. The principal who was in a good mood took out his phone from his pocket and extended it to the art teacher. Would you mind taking a photo? After taking the photo, the principal asked to see it if the picture was clear. Not me. Dont take a picture of me. Just take a picture of the writing. Ah! Yes, Sir. The art teacher took the phone again and snapped another picture. The principal assessed the picture and sent it to his friends with the caption, Saw good writing and wanted you to see it too. After sending the message, the principal looked at the writing once again when his phone suddenly beeped. Ting! Ting! Ting! The principal looked at his phone to see the messages that were entering. [The handwriting is nice.] [???? Great handwriting and a great meaning too.] [Where did you get it? Why is there no optimism? The writing style is nice, was it written by some famous calligrapher?] [I want to see it one on one and touch it.] Seeing the messages from his friends who were all jealous made the principal laugh. Chapter 15 Lee Jong-Suk was reading when the teacher who would be supervising them entered the class. He put down the book and looked up. Today, I will be in charge of supervising you, their homeroom teacher, Choi Hyun-Soo said to the class. You know the rules. Do not cheat. If you are caught cheating, I will tear your answer booklet and you would not be allowed to finish the exam. He was watching Lee Jong-Suk the entire time he was speaking. Lee Jong-Suk was confused. Was the teacher suspecting him? Why was he looking at him? He shrugged and decided to stop worrying about it when the teacher started handing out the question papers. The exam they had that day was English. He wasnt that good in English before, but now, he was confident hed ace the exam. Lee Jong-Suk opened his question paper and read the questions. He smiled and immediately began to answer them. Choi Hyun-Soo glanced at Lee Jong-Suk from time to time while supervising the exam. He saw him write something down while looking at the question paper and quickly moved towards him. He stopped at some students desks first before he got to Lee Jong-Suk. He didnt want it to seem like he was singling Lee Jong-Suk out of the whole class and paying special attention to him. Erase what you wrote here, he told one student that had an English word written on his desk. The student pulled out an eraser and started erasing. Choi Hyun-Soo slowly approached Lee Jong-Suk and glanced at his answer booklet. He looked at the answers he had filled in and was surprised he got them all right. Before he entered their class, Choi Hyun-Soo had gone to meet the English teacher and asked for the answers to the questions. He had read the questions and memorized the answers. All fifteen questions Lee Jong-Suk had answered so far were correct. Was he really cheating? Choi Hyun-Soo lifted his answer booklet and looked at his desk. It was clean, nothing was written on it. Open your hands. Lee Jong-Suk opened his hands and showed the teacher his palm. Turn them over. Lee Jong-Suk turned his palm over. Choi Hyun-Soo studied Lee Jong-Suks face. He didnt look like he had something to hide. He looked at his shirt. The sleeves were rolled up, so he wasnt hiding a cheat sheet in his sleeves. How then did he get all the questions right? Lee Jong-Suk continued answering the questions in front of him while Choi Hyun-Soo watched. After watching Lee Jong-Suk for a while, he moved on and walked around. If he stayed glued to Lee Jong-Suks side, people would wonder. But while moving, he still kept a close eye on Lee Jong-Suk. When the exam was over, the students submitted their answer booklets and left the classroom. Choi Hyun-Soo immediately looked for Lee Jong-Suks booklet and checked his answers. How was this possible? How could he have a perfect score in yet another subject? He thoroughly monitored him and was sure he didnt cheat. He didnt understand what was going on. From the pagan poetry examination to the social poetry examination, Choi Hyun-soo thoroughly monitored Lee Jong-Suk. However, his desk was always clean and there was no sign of foul play anywhere. Lee Jong-Suk answered most of his questions while Choi Hyun-Soo was standing in front of him. To see if there was something he missed, he changed their seating pattern and moved those who sat in front to the back and those at the back to the front. But Lee Jong-Suk didnt appear to care. He answered the questions the way he normally did. Choi Hyun-Soo was worried. He suspected Lee Jong-Suk of cheating, but it was also possible that he wasnt cheating and was answering the questions on his own. When the exam was over and the results were out, some people would suspect Lee Jong-Suk of cheating, that he was sure of. He really hoped he wasnt cheating. That way hed be able to defend his results. The next day, Lee Jong-Suk dutifully revised what he had previously read. He was worried and he was trying not to be too confident. Lets have a perfect score again today, he whispered to himself. Choi Hyun-Soo entered and the students immediately closed their books and put them away. He looked at the students with a tired face and began handing out the question papers. He looked over to where Lee Jong-Suk sat and saw him answering his questions without breaking a sweat. Choi Hyun-Soo smiled and nodded. The exam they were taking was science, which was Chois subject. In case the questions he set had leaked, Choi Hyun-Soo had set new questions and that was what the students were answering. He walked over to Lee Jong-Suks desk and nodded when he saw that all his answers were correct. He was relieved that Lee Jong-Suk wasnt cheating. He patted his shoulder and moved away from his desk. *** After the final exam was over, the temporary report card Lee Jong-Suk was looking forward to, was pasted at the back of the classroom. What is this? OMG! Lee Jong-Suk ranked first in the whole school? He had a perfect score? Wow! This isnt making any sense. His classmates were surprised at the interesting turn of events. Lee Jong-Suk, who was anticipating when the results would be released, smiled when he saw the report card. Oh, yeah! Everybody turned towards him and stared at him when he shouted. Hey, Jong-Suk Lee, Kim So-Woo who was a big boy in their class called him. Huh? Lee Jong-Suk looked at Kim So-Woo. Did you cheat? Cheat? What are you talking about? What do you mean, look at the report card here. How are you the best in the whole school? Lee Jong-Suk shrugged, I studied hard and I got a perfect score. Oh, really? So-woo Kim approached Lee Jong-Suk. Im sure you cheated. Kim So-Woo pushed the kids back with his big body. Although, not every kid their age could fight, there were still one or two in their class who could. Kim So-Woo himself was a good fighter. I didnt, Lee Jong-Suk replied calmly. And you want me to believe that? Im sure you wouldnt get a perfect score when youre asked to defend this result and you take the book defendant exam, Kim So-Woo had almost reached him by then. Lee Jong-Suk took this exam and got a perfect score by studying hard. Does that make sense? Kim Young-woo flinched at Kim So-woos words and said hurriedly, It makes sense to me. Confess, you cheating bastard! Kim So-Woo shouted. I told you, I didnt cheat! Lee Jong-Suk shouted back at him. Horseshit. Kim So-Woo spat out as he raised his fist and tried to connect with Lee Jong-Suks chin. Lee Jong-Suk blocked the incoming fist and forcefully pushed his attacker back. Kim. So-Woos back hit the wall and he looked livid. I did not cheat, Lee Jong-Suk said again. Motherfucker! Kim So-Woo cursed as he rushed towards Lee Jong-Suk. Lee Jong-Suk defended himself and pushed him back, this time with so much force that Kim So-Woo fell and grabbed his head while shouting in pain. I didnt cheat, Lee Jong-Suk said again while looking down at him.