52 – Chapter 3. Island of Miracles and Patriotism, Ulleung (1)

To get rid of the ox horns as well, I ate soup (…) for dinner prepared by my mother-in-law and immediately boarded a regular ship heading to Ulleungdo.

– What is the purpose of visiting Ulleungdo at this time?

– It’s our annual vacation tomorrow! I’m going to eat squid sashimi.

-admit. when will you be back? What are your travel plans?

-When the clouds are bright in the morning, I’m going to take a look at Dokdo Island, buy pumpkin taffy, and come back in the afternoon or evening.

– Well, the perfect tourist. Pass!

-Yeah? Senior, isn’t that a bit like that? I’m trying to enter Ulleungdo.

-Are you a Sejong Island faculty member? Since the verification has already been completed at the academy level, it is a ‘domestic’, so there is no need to rigorously verify. I’m going to Ulleungdo from Sejong Island.

– Well, that’s it too.

If my starting point was not Sejong Island, it would not be easy to get in and out of Ulleungdo.

Even though it has been inhabited since a long time ago, as it is close to Sejong Island, Ulleungdo is a place where entry and exit is strictly controlled to the extent that it is comparable to Sejong Island.

Especially between Sejong Island and Ulleungdo.

As there are people who stow away to Sejong Island via Ulleungdo, the ships that travel between Ulleungdo and Sejong Island are not simple passenger ships, but have an appearance reminiscent of military vessels.

What’s more, the entrance examination is reminiscent of the immigration examination, just like Sejong Island.

-Still, shouldn’t it be handled according to the manual?

– Sejong Island faculty members are going to Ulleungdo, so it’s okay. I’m not going to go with a foreigner. no. If you are taking a foreign daughter-in-law with you, is it a free pass? hehehehe.

It was Sunday evening, so I was able to get on the last boat and cross over to Ulleungdo, which is a shame.

profit.

The ship arrived at Ulleung Port.

“Stop. Please get in line one by one. Until we can verify your identity, you must follow the agent’s control.”

After getting off the ship docked at Ulleunghang Port, which was built on a scale reminiscent of Busan International Port, they exited Ulleung Port after going through the entrance examination, just like when leaving Sejong Island.

‘This is Ulleungdo in this world.’

It is a place that reminds me of the memories of coming with friends to see Dokdo in the past.

If there’s one thing I’m a little disappointed about.

‘Is this Ulleungdo or Guam?’

That Ulleungdo I knew did not exist in this world.

It goes without saying that there are all kinds of sunshade franchises, and there are even foreign franchises.

Although the building ate the sea breeze, it is managed with a much more sophisticated design than the buildings in Seoul, and neon signs are shining like the night streets of Gangnam.

[Welcome to the island of miracles, Ulleungdo!]

All sorts of foreign languages are written under the phrase, and women in uniforms resembling marine look are arranged like tour guides everywhere, soliciting customers from foreigners.

To sum up Ulleungdo in this world in one line, it can be said to be a resort run by the state.

It is no exaggeration to say that Ulleungdo is not Ulleungdo, but UlleungGuam and Ulleungsaipan. Ulleungdo has become a tourist attraction that goes beyond Jeju Island.

because of mana.

In order to absorb even a little more mana in the area called the East Sea, starting with Sejong Island, people are looking for the East Sea, and among them, everyone wants to come to Ulleungdo, which is the closest to Sejong Island.

The people who came to the island were, to a certain extent, people with special abilities.

After entering the island and finding a place to stay, build up mana through your own mana meditation.

Ulleung has more mana than Uljin and Gangneung.

However, many people who do not have special abilities visit Ulleungdo.

Who are you?

Residents of Ulleungdo?

no.

“Baby, can we really make it?”

“I have to. You came to Ulleungdo for 2 days and 1 night with the money to go to Hawaii for 5 days and 3 nights. I will make sure you succeed.”

“Darling, if we really have ‘that child’ later, are we going to raise it happily?”

“Yes. Raising them as patriots without making them villains.”

Mostly ‘newlyweds’ in their 20s or 30s visit.

Little children are rarely seen.

‘People with special abilities under the age of 15’ are not allowed to enter this island.

There is no reason for children to come to Ulleungdo, this ‘dream island for adults’.

Because this is an island that makes children.

“Hey there, bachelor. Did you come alone?”

An old man in a gray suit who looked to be about 60 years old now approached me.

In the past, when I came to Ulleungdo to play with friends, the old man who came to pick me up was wearing a fishing vest sold at the market over there, but the old man here is different from the clothes he is wearing.

Right now, Nolex worn on top of the Taegeuk Watch proves the flex of the elderly.

This old man is old and old, but incredibly rich.

And this old man is not alone.

“What about the young lady?”

“I came alone. I am a faculty member of Sejong Academy.”

“Ah, draw? That’s really unfortunate. I thought I was a newlywed couple who came to the ‘Conceived Course of a Person with Extraordinary Powers’ again.”

“ha ha ha….”

That’s what parents are really like.

I want my children to be better than others, and this world is now a world in which even if you are ignorant or have no talent, you can live by chewing on anything as long as you have ‘this ability’.

“As you know, even someone like me born before the cataclysm has a way to contribute to the country in this age of superpowers. That is to give birth to a child with this ability.”

“Do any of your grandchildren have special abilities?”

“Tell me, this person. My son is now a B-class talent. Even if giving birth to a child at the age of 40 is old childbirth, childbirth is childbirth.”

“Five….”

A child born with a golden spoon?

So, can the child bend the spoon?

Even a golden spoon had to bow its head in front of a spoon with supernatural powers, and parents tried to help their children awaken their supernatural powers even if they couldn’t pass on a huge amount of money.

“If you look at the indigenous people of Ulleungdo, at least one family member or relative has or had a family member with special abilities. The same goes for the young virgins who come to Ulleungdo. Even if we receive 5 million won per night, what is the reason so many people come? I’m coming here because I want to turn them into supernatural powers.”

“‘Pumpkin Honeymoon’.”

“Don’t use curvy language. No, that’s why we’re making a living now, but use our words.”

“What is it?”

“Patriotic Tour.”

“…….”

My son is someone with special abilities.

What was created in such a climate was the Ulleungdo honeymoon for the conception of a person with special abilities.

In fact, meaningful statistical data came out, and in fact, the probability that children born after honeymooning on Ulleungdo were born with special abilities was quite high.

Even if it is difficult to live on Ulleungdo for a year because hundreds of millions of units of money are broken, you can come to receive the energy of Ulleungdo for one night when fertilization takes place.

Now that it is early in 2025, most of the couples visiting Ulleungdo are couples who have chosen ‘gilil’.

Not only Korean couples, but also foreign couples all have the same purpose.

This is a pregnancy spot.

It is a place where you come not for tourism, but for pregnancy.

“There is no reason for a man to come here alone… Are you trying to seduce a woman from Ulleungdo?

“……hahahaha.”

“Something, that reaction? Are you a person with special abilities?”

“I’m not a person with special abilities. It’s just that I think it’s a bit different from what Ulleungdo looked like when I was young.”

A twinkle appeared in the old man’s eyes.

“When you were young? Heh heh, this friend. When you were young, it must have been when Ulleungdo overtook Jeju Island, right?”

“When my parents were young, they dated in Ulleungdo. I heard a lot about it at that time.”

“Heh heh, this friend. You’re talking about Ulleungdo before the cataclysm.”

The old man looked at the distant sea and was soaked in emotion.

It doesn’t match the numerous neon signs that twinkle behind him.

“In the past, everyone used to spend money here and board boats. But there are no fishermen here anymore. The country forced all pensions and hotels to change everything.”

“Was there no backlash?”

“Resentment? If I had kicked them out, they would have caused an uproar right away. But fortunately, that didn’t happen. Selling to tourists can earn a hundred times a thousand times more than material goods while basking in the sunlight on a fictitious day, but who would refuse that?”

It was too much revenue to turn down.

“Ulleungdo, which contains the memories of your parents, no longer exists. This is a place with only one purpose.”

purpose of patriotism.

Giving birth is patriotism.

“So that’s why the real man came alone? Even if he’s a Sejong Island faculty member, it’s a bit suspicious, right?”

“hahahaha. It’s true that I came alone. Actually, I’m… this kind of person.”

I pulled out my business card.

“What kind of business card does Sejong Island’s faculty member… suck…?!”

“Old man.”

I winked at the old man, and the old man immediately handed me his business card again and stuck out his tongue.

“He’s a noble man… heh heh. Joo’s wife contacted me and I was looking for someone, but I ended up having a really big guest.”

“i look forward to.”

this old man.

He is a local in Ulleungdo, and at the same time, he is also the manager of a pension directly operated by the association.

“Welcome to Ulleungdo, the island of miracles and patriotism.”

The old man pressed the car key toward the parking lot, and the lights of a medium-large black sedan flashed as if it had called him.

Wei Ying.

The car sprang forward on its own, and the old man opened the back door.

“Until this.”

“Even if you go to a 5-star hotel in Seoul, they do valet parking, but shouldn’t you do this at a pension that costs 5 million won per night?”

“That’s it again.”

I lay down on the back of a chair.

“Then…I’ll take you to your destination comfortably, Chief Do.”

“Thank you very much. Senior.”

“Yes.”

Does this old man know?

That the hot springs that sprang up from your land and the pensions built around them are the most valuable places on earth.

You won’t know.

It’s just that I’m an ordinary pension manager on the outside, and I only know that as a collaborator of the association.

In the first place, no one knows that the hot springs managed by this old man have such an effect.

“That, Chief Do. I’m asking because I’m really curious about the old man.”

“What is it?”

“…Which of the directors will you bring with you next? By any chance, Chairman?”

No matter how much Ulleungdo has changed.

“Are all five of them…?”

“…….”

“Ah. It’s okay if it’s not. If you bring another woman, I’ll keep my mouth shut. Cheolkeol.”

Adults in this country were still the same.

Ulleungdo.

Overseas, this place was called the island of miracles and pregnancy.