Chapter 11 (1/2)

Legend of Legend – Chapter 11

Posted on June 23, 2016

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Lee-joonhyuk was eating another two dishes of food. Jun-somin lightly smiled at his figure. Then she spoke as she ate the soba noodle she brought.

“Director Kim-oonsuh spoke directly to you. Did she ask you to join the Strategic Planning department at the headquarters?”

Lee-joonhyuk shook his head from side to side.

“No. I was picked as an employee model.”

Jun-somin could only stare at Lee-joonhyuk, who had given a truthful answer. He didn’t even give her the chance to talk to him on the bus, and now he was answering her question way too honestly. She had no idea which was his true self.

At that moment, Lee-joonhyuk raised his head, and he smiled.

“This is unexpected.”

“What?”

Lee-joonhyuk pointed towards her back with his chin. Jun-somin turned her head to look at the people, who climbed the stairs. The piano started to play, and a female started to sing a jazz song as held on to the mic stand.

The voice was sweet and sticky.

Jun-somin watched the singer with the s.e.xy voice, then she turned head back. However, Lee-joonhyuk was already gone from his seat.

She was taken aback, so she started looking around. Lee-joonhyuk was already at the buffet table with his dishes.

“He’s acting like someone, who is at his first buffet.”

Maybe it was because she had a favorable impression of him, but his actions were cute to her. Jun-somin moved her seat. She moved to the seat next to Lee-joonhyuk, then she started eating as she appreciated the jazz music.

Soon, Lee-joonhyuk had brought his food back, and he tried to sit in the opposite seat of Jun-somin.  Jun-somin patted the seat next to her as she spoke.

“We sat next to each other on the bus, so why are you trying to sit by yourself?”

“This is different from the bus.”

Lee-joonhyuk spoke as he bit into the ribs he brought.

“We don’t know each other well enough to sit next to each other.”

“You are a a hard man to please.”

“I’m not an easy man.”

Lee-joonhyuk showed her his smile, then he started inhaling the food on the dishes. Jun-somin let out a laugh when she saw him, then she started to focus on her dinner as she listened carefully to the jazz songs.

Kim-jangho grinded his teeth, while he watched the two of them.

Lee-joonhyuk was inferior to him in every facet. He had coincidentally gotten involved in an accident. He did what anyone would do in that situation, and as a result, he became a star overnight. He used that incident as a pretext for joining the same company as him. Moreover, he had gotten close to director Kim-oonsuh, and of course, Jun-somin was trying to get closer to him. His stomach twisted by itself.

“Hoong.”

Kim-jangho got up from his seat, then he headed towards his lodging. It was a get-together, but director Kim-oonsuh had already left. So he didn’t need to stay there.

On Thursday, they directly experimented on the Capsule’s performance. The Capsule could be handled easily even by a civilian, but they had to learn about all the individual components.

To borrow a phrase from deputy head Jang’s words, they had to be familiar with each components, and they had to understand its function. If not for the new employee’s orientation, they won’t have another chance to do so. Once they were a.s.signed to different departments, they wouldn’t need to understand the details of each parts unless they were a researcher, salesman or a service engineer.

This was why everyone was learning it half-heartedly, but it was different for Lee-joonhyuk. He was interested in the subject, because he might need to use the knowledge in the future. Lee-joonhyuk carefully paid attention to how it performed, and he tried to understand it.

When Kim-jangho saw this, he mocked him.

“Since you won’t become a researcher, are you trying to become a salesman or a service engineer?”

Lee-joonhyuk didn’t pay attention to Kim-jangho’s words. Instead, he even asked questions to the researcher, who was giving an explanation. When the others saw this, the other new employees started whispering about Kim-jangho.

The event turned out in such a way that he somehow felt like a delinquent who bullied the honor student. Also, this made Kim-jangho more ill-humored.

After the lecture on Capsule finished, they ate lunch.

After lunch, they were told to gather at the exercise yard. Everyone gathered in groups to chat, but Jun-somin stood next to Lee-joonhyuk.

Lee-joonhyuk didn’t normally talk a lot, but she didn’t talk either. She just stood there keeping a fixed distance between them.

He stood there with his arms crossed, and he focused on controlling his interior muscles. His life depended on this training. He didn’t have the luxury to pay attention to something else.

This was how he waited until Kim-oonsuh, who wore climbing clothes, approached them with the event personnel. When the group turned to look at Kim-oonsuh, she smiled.

“Let’s go on a light hike.”

Kim-oonsuh was the person in charge of training the new employees. She said it so casually that no one could refuse it.

All the event personnel except deputy head Jang wore backpacks. It should only take 1 hour and 30 minute to climb to the top of the Chunma mountain. If they returned right after arriving at the top of the mountain, three hours should be enough to make the round trip.

“Let us go.”

Kim-oonsuh and deputy head Jang headed out first then the 1st group followed. The 2nd group followed in the rear with 2 employees in the front and back.

As the group leader, Lee-joonhyuk walked in the back of the group with the event personnel. When he saw an event personnel struggling with his pack, Lee-joonhyuk stepped forward.

“Give it to me.”

“It’s fine.”

“It’ll be good for me as an exercise. Give it to me.”

The event personnel tried to refuse couple of times, but he saw the party moving farther away from them. He eventually relented, and he gave Lee-joonhyuk his pack. After putting on the backpack, he asked with a slight frown.

“The weight is quite considerable?”

“Just give it back to me.”

“No.”

Lee-joonhyuk shook his head then he started to walk. The weight was quite considerable, but it wasn’t too hard for him. If one looked at his outer appearance, one would think he would be weak, but he possessed a considerable amount of physical strength.

He carried the backpack as it was nothing. The event personnel admired Lee-joonhyuk. Lee-joonhyuk climbed the mountain without breaking a single sweat.

They were told it was a light hike, which would only take 1 hour and 30 minutes, but Kim-oohsuh and deputy head Jang kept a pretty fast pace. They were experienced hikers, so they outpaced the others. Several people started to lag behind as the group tried to follow them. This was more apparent in the second group.