The Constellations Are My Disciples - Chapter 38

◈ Episode 38 First, let’s participate (3)

Basically, the human body has limitations.

Just as a well-trained body becomes exhausted after fighting for three days and nights, no matter how talented a body is, if it continues to be overused, it cannot withstand and breaks down.

That is a very natural and truth.

Of course, among the academy’s instructors, there are some idiots who dismiss the body’s inability to hold up and collapse as mere weakness, but Lee Sang-cheol is not one of those types.

He was one of those people who strictly valued efficiency over tenacity and therefore thought it was foolish to subject one’s body to harsh conditions.

No, more precisely, Lee Sang-cheol’s idea was that even rigorous physical exertion could be used effectively only if one had his own plan.

No matter how hard you train your body to grow, there is nothing more absurd than if your body breaks down at some point and you are unable to train or if you suffer a permanent injury.

So honestly, Lee Sang-cheol thought that Kim Joo-hyuk was training with too much over-face.

Certainly, it is commendable that he trains for up to 14 hours.

In the first place, training was not only not that fun, but it was also like a kind of test that constantly pushed oneself to the limit.

However, it was too much.

‘Yes, I thought it was too much.’

Until just four days ago, Lee Sang-cheol thought so.

“Stop now.”

“Heo-eok- heo-eok-”

As Lee Sang-cheol opens his mouth, Oh Se-hyuk, Yoo So-yeon, and Do Jeong-jin, who were panting like crazy just a moment ago, collapse in place as if they are about to die.

“It’s lunch time, so everyone should eat lunch and return by 1 o’clock.”

“Huh… yes.”

Led by Oh Se-hyuk, who answered while breathing heavily as if he was running out of oxygen, Yoo So-yeon and Do Jeong-jin staggered out of the training center as if they were about to die at any moment, but Lee Sang-cheol did not leave the training center.

The reason is because of Kim Joo-hyuk, who is still training.

“Huh! “Inhale!”

6 hours after 6 am.

Kim Joo-hyuk has never taken a break until now.

And Lee Sang-cheol knew that he would continue training without a single break until 9 p.m.

That’s because over the past four days, Kim Joo-hyuk has not once broken the schedule he showed on the first day.

Therefore, Lee Sang-cheol came to one conclusion while looking at Kim Joo-hyuk.

‘It’s a monster.’

monster.

That was the evaluation Lee Sang-cheol gave to Kim Joo-hyuk.

Lee Sang-cheol was impressed by Kim Joo-hyuk’s ridiculous amount of training on the first day and felt it was great, but he clearly felt that his training was over-the-top.

That’s because Kim Joo-hyuk’s body was definitely getting stronger, but it was still not enough to handle that ridiculous amount of exercise.

However, Lee Sang-cheol was surprised when he saw Kim Joo-hyuk the next day, breaking his expectations.

‘…Your body adapted in just one day?’

Just as muscles become stronger when they are repeatedly torn and reattached, the body also has its own characteristics.

However, from Lee Sang-cheol’s perspective, Kim Joo-hyuk’s body showed that the 14 hours of training he thought was over-the-top the previous day had melted away very quickly.

As evidence, Kim Joo-hyuk clearly increased the intensity of his training compared to the previous day, albeit little by little, and his body was following his training excellently.

It was the same the next day.

Kim Joo-hyuk, who showed up on the third day after finishing an incredible training session that could only be called overtraining until 9 PM, started training again with increased intensity.

“Huh…! Whoosh…!”

And it’s still the same now.

‘Kim Joo-hyuk’s mental strength to withstand overtraining for 14 hours for 4 days in a row, or his body to keep up… is ridiculous.’

Therefore, at the same time as Lee Sang-cheol answered his curiosity about Kim Joo-hyuk becoming stronger day by day, he also genuinely admired him.

Lee Sang-cheol no longer thought that his ridiculous amount of training was excessive.

His body showed that it was fully absorbing the training.

Because his mental strength showed that he could consistently withstand the amount of training.

When Lee Sang-cheol was looking at Kim Joo-hyuk with admiration.

“Huh!”

Kim Joo-hyuk was feeling great satisfaction about the increased training time, whether Lee Sang-cheol saw it or not.

Or, to be more precise, Kim Joo-hyuk was feeling satisfied with the new skill he had recently acquired.

Or, to be more precise, he was feeling satisfied with his body.

‘I didn’t expect this body to be this talented.’

I knew he had some talent.

I thought that even if he had physical talent, it was only to a certain extent and that he did not have a huge talent like Oh Se-hyuk.

however.

‘You’re following me to this extent?’

Kim Joo-hyuk’s body was following his training surprisingly well.

Very well too.

Thanks to that, Kim Joo-hyuk was very satisfied with himself as he was growing more and more clearly with each passing day.

‘I’m going to eat lunch soon.’

It wasn’t until 12:50, when lunch time ended, that Kim Joo-hyuk stopped training and moved to go to lunch, trying to call Choi A-rin, who was always next to him.

‘Oh, where did you say you were going today?’

Kim Joo-hyuk soon remembered that Choi Ah-rin had said that she was going out on a special day for family matters, and soon walked away alone.

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The original home of the Choi Jin family.

“I heard that you are going to participate in a school competition.”

Inside the inner room, Jonseok Choi looked at Arin Choi sitting in front of him and opened his mouth.

“yes.”

Choi A-rin answers that question.

“….”

“….”

After that, there is silence.

However, that phenomenon was completely natural.

That’s because Choi Jon-seok and Choi A-rin didn’t have a very close relationship.

Or, to be precise, until Choi Jin-geon was alive, Choi Jon-seok had never had a proper conversation with Choi A-rin.

Just formal conversation and formal greetings.

Something externally visible was the only tie that tied Choi A-rin and Choi Jon-seok together.

Therefore, it was natural that the relationship between the two was awkward, and Choi Jon-seok knew it.

However, the reason why Choi Jon-seok bothered to call Choi A-rin was because she was now socially the clear successor to the Choi Jin family.

And since Choi A-rin became the official successor to the Choi Jin family, Choi Jon-seok had to build a certain level of relationship with her.

It was something he had to do as the head of the family, and he thought it was absolutely necessary.

And above all, Choi Jon-seok is at this moment when Choi Jin-geon dies. Choi Arin was needed.

No matter what anyone says, the successor to the Choi Jin family had to be his own child.

Of course, someone could swear at Choi Jon-seok, but he was able to ignore such swearing without any hesitation.

In the end, what mattered was family.

Because the power came from that family.

“As you know, now that your brother, who turned into a villain, is dead, you have become the rightful successor to the Choi Jin family.”

“yes.”

“If you get good results in the competition, it will be of great help to the Choi Jin family.”

“yes.”

“So I hope you work hard.”

“yes.”

Choi A-rin simply nods her head to Choi Jon-seok’s words without any rejection or sarcasm.

Choi Jon-seok, who was looking at Choi A-rin for a moment, nodded in his own way and asked.

“Is there anything you need?”

“What do you need…?”

“Yes, now that you are the official successor, I will treat you as the successor to the Choi Jin family. So if you need anything, let me know.”

Choi A-rin seemed to think deeply about Choi Jon-seok’s words for a moment, then shook her head and spoke.

“no.”

“Is that so?”

“Anyway, even without that, I’m the one who will inherit the Choi Jin family, right?”

Jonseok Choi paused for a moment in response to the following question.

‘…eyes?’

It was clear that Choi Arin’s eyes had the same dull look as usual until a little while ago, but when she was talking about the matriarch a little while ago, Choi Arin’s eyes seemed to come alive.

“Yes, you are the heir of the Choi Jin family and will become the head of the family after me.”

At his words, Choi A-rin nodded and opened her mouth.

“That’s enough for me.”

“Is that so?”

“yes.”

In response to Choi A-rin’s answer, Choi Jon-seok looked at her quietly.

Choi A-rin is looking at herself with eyes that make it impossible to tell what she is thinking, which is different from Choi Jin-geon, who clearly showed ambition in her eyes.

Looking at her like that, Choi Jon-seok seemed to think about it for a moment and made a short sound, then opened his mouth.

“Is there anything you want to do after becoming the head of the family?”

“What do you want to do?”

“okay.”

Choi A-rin fell silent for a moment at Choi Jon-seok’s words.

‘What I want to do.’

Her goal was to become the head of the family according to her mother’s will.

However, after becoming the head of the family, there was nothing I wanted to do.

She just wanted to keep her mother’s will to the extent possible and had no particular thoughts about what she wanted to do after becoming the head of the family.

Yes, until recently.

“yes.”

But not now.

She, who clearly had no purpose other than ‘becoming the head of the family’ and had implicitly thought that she would never have any other purpose, now has a purpose.

A man who always gives himself advice to think more independently.

“there is.”

Thanks to that, Choi Arin has a new goal.

A goal she thought of herself.

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The Ventrick family’s office.

“Are your preparations going well?”

In response to Adelia Bentrick’s question, the man in front lowered his head and spoke.

“yes. First of all, the preparation of the space is going well.”

“What about the people who will be ‘processed’?”

“We are preparing everything in the same way.”

“How long do you think it will take?”

The man who was answering those words without hesitation paused for a moment, but after some time had passed, he spoke.

“I think it will take about three months since this is something that requires more and more confidence.”

“…three months.”

Adelia Bentrick frowned as she muttered that, but then opened her mouth as if she had no choice.

“all right. Just make sure you are prepared.”

“All right.”

“What is that idiot doing?”

Adelia Bentrick’s question.

The man knew full well that the bastard meant Rockdil Ventrick, so he lowered his head and spoke.

“First of all, based on immediate surveillance, it appears that they are silent.”

At the man’s words, Adelia frowned and sighed.

In fact, I wanted to excommunicate Rockdil Bentrick even now, but it was too late now.

‘If we excommunicate Rockdil Bentrick now, the media that has barely calmed down may go wild.’

Therefore, Adelia postponed the excommunication of Rockdil Bentrick and sent him back to Valhalla.

Excommunicating him right away would only be confirming what the Bentrick family had been denying to the media until now.

“Tell that idiot. “If you do something this time, I will cut your head off instead of excommunicating you.”

“Yes, I understand.”

The man who answered while bowing quickly continued with the rest of his report.

“What I have to report is strange. and… “This is not something worth reporting, it’s a separate matter.”

“What is it?”

“It seems like something unusual is happening in the market.”

“The market?”

“yes. From what I heard, they are building a building in the market.”

“…Well, I’ve never seen a building being built in a market, but is it unusual to build one?”

“It’s not unusual to build a building, but I heard they are building it with paper money.”

“…are you raising a building with paper money?”

When Adelia frowned and asked as if she didn’t understand, the man nodded.

That moment.

[Beak Mask tells you to tell the story in detail.]

“…!!”

Five years after taking office as head of the family, Adelia Bentrick opened her eyes wide as she saw a notification window pop up in front of her.