"Bye mama!" "Bye, daddy!"
After stepping out of our car, Jung and I starting running towards our respective buildings. Both the preschool and kindergarten are in the same complex and are owned by the same company.
RF Education, or RFEd for short.
RF is known for producing talents such as Kim "Sniper" Hwa-young, the previous silver medalist for the SEA women's archery games, Gong "Brick Wall" Mun-hee, the 2-time gold medalist for SEA men's wrestling games and the biggest star, Park "Dolphin" Won-shik, 3-time gold medalist for the Olympic men's swimming games back in the 1970's.
(A.N) All these people are fiction so don't waste your time searching them up lol. RF is also a random sequence of words I came up with. The point is, IT'S ALL FICTION! Except for Michael; Michael is good
These are just the well known athletes that are sponsored by the biggest brands such as Adidas,Hyundai and Under Armor. There are plenty other national athletes from RF that aren't as well known.
Due to the RF requiring all athletic graduates to pay 2% of their earnings to RF, they funded and built a prekindergarten-grade 6. Only costing people about 1 million won a year for attending.
"Good morning, class!"
""Morning, Ms. B!!!""
After she settles us down, she starts teaching basic stuff like drawing within the lines, writing our names and adding 1+1. It's very simple, very needed and very boring. For me at least.
To make sure we participate as much as possible, she added a rule that when you get a question correct, write your name legibly or properly add numbers together, you get extra sleeping time. Of course, our active minds thought that was a bad thing until she persuaded us with why we should like sleeping more.
.....it worked. Wonderfully. Almost every question she asked, students who knew the answer would raise their hands to the sky and even those who didn't would take a guess for a chance at extra sleep time.
And of course, I, being the best and smartest person ever, monopolized the sleep system! The regular sleeping time was around 15 minutes and every question you got correct, you added 0.5 minutes or 30 seconds to your nap time.
...every damn day, without fail, I slept for 20-23 minutes. I'm sleeping while they were listening to the teacher! Suck it!!! I've even had some kids who offered to buy my sleeping time. Obviously, I didn't accept since if Ms. B found out, this system would be over.
And after some time, the people who sleep longer are more popular. That combined with my insane speed, my great intellect. It was the perfect recipe for...
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Become the most popular in class (Complete)┃ Hard ┃
Reward: ₲400 ┃ Charm x10% (T)┃ Social Skills x15%
₲400 has been deposited into your shop account! Enjoy the ₲400, you mistake!
'Status'
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Name: Kim Min-chul
Age: 3
Titles: None! Wow! You suck!
HP: 10/10
STR: 5 RES: 4
SPD: 11 STAMI: 6
INT: 18
₲Coins: 30
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After allocating earned money, I got up from my nap and joined the class. Over the class, we started learning more advanced stuff like counting to 50, subtracting, addition and very simple multiplication.
And for me, I was already comprehending (remembering) algebra while studying chemistry; my previous profession. This is just in case swimming really isn't for me. I mean, with there being a higher plane of existence like a system, there must be someone even higher up than Feelie.
And with higher planes of existence, it isn't a stretch to say that fate might intervene, stopping me from swimming at all costs. Maybe I'll get my legs crushed by a truck or have some sort of chronic illness that makes my lungs incredibly weak. Who knows?
This is just preparation for the future. And plus, I remember some discoveries from my old world that some famous scientists published about new found reactions and ways to dissolve plastic with a cheap, recyclable acid.
Obviously, this is the back-up plan and if I am able to swim, I thought that I should let the original creator or discoverer reap the profits. I mean, money is nice but I didn't work for it. That's something I learned from my dad.
Thanks for the values, dad.
"Alright class! Time for playtime!"
During playtime, we head to a playground that has various toys and sports equipment like soccer balls, basketballs and there is even a mini track and field. Going up to my usual group of friends, we play our favorite game; virus.
We all decide on an 'infected' and that infected's job is to touch another player to turn him or her into an infected. After that, the newly touched player has to continue infecting other players until either there are no players left or playtime ends; which would take 20 minutes.
After making Ms. B draw a stick, we decided that the infected will be Song Mi-cha. A very delicate girl at first but when told to run, can run. Seriously, she can run like some sort of like goblin.
However, me, training my butt off every single chance I get is obviously going to beat her. Talent isn't anything without work. A little bit of advice I learnt the hard way.
After closing her eyes and starting the countdown from 10, I immediately hide in the top tower of the jungle-set. Finishing her count, she immediately dashes forwards and tags a player. It wasn't that the kid wasn't fast; it's that she's faster.
Eventually after a few more minutes, she starts chasing down these 2 kids who hid together behind some pole. One of them is pretty quick on his feet and the other...not so much. The nimble kid was able to juke out the girl by stepping left then going right.
Actually, in the future, that quick boy, Sang Young-jae, would transfer to America to play football, eventually landing a seat in an NFL team. He wasn't too famous but he still got the work done and by the time I fell off the bridge, I believe he was worth nearly $30 million just from the contract; not including sponsors.
After getting the slower kid, she changes her trajectory and chases down Young-jae, constantly missing until Young-jae accidentally stutter steps when he should have just continued going forward. That's Young-jae down.
With out playground being so large, there are plenty of places to hide from the infected and my place is my favorite. Even if they find me, which they have never, I can easily jump off and run like hell, putting my 11 speed to use. Usually, at this age, we have 3 speed, Young-jae has 6 and Mi-cha has 5.
The system is really beastly.
Just as there are 5 minutes left on clock, I see Mi-cha use her tiny finger and point at me. At this point, there is only one runner left; me. This is usually the case but looks like Mi-cha looked at the right place at the right time.
The reason the play area is so big is because we share it with the K-6 kids and right now, there are coaches scouting for talents to attend RF middle school. Hmmm...
*ringgggggg* *rinnnnngggg*
Hearing the bell, the K-6 students start making their way into the play area to start their play time. Meanwhile, Mi-cha and the other 8 infected are closing the gap, quickly.
Jumping off my vantage point, I roll and...just run. Not they can catch me. Ducking, weaving and diving to avoid any collisions with people, I notice that the coaches are watching the basketball fields and the soccer fields for kids playing.
'Shoot...seems like Mi-cha is nearby...'
After turning my head, I notice that Mi-cha running in a straight line is too terrifying so I decide to run through the empty basketball courts. Looking confused, the coaches see a 3 year old kid panting and just staring down 9 other 3 year olds.
"Yaaa!!! Min-chul! It's over! Give up!"
"Tsk. You must be underestimating my powers"
"You are surrounded! Don't waste your breath!"
Calming myself down with heavy breaths, I start running over to the left side where Mi-cha and gang aren't. Chasing me, they start running diagonally; towards me and to the left side.
Just as Mi-cha reaches out to grab my shirt, I step back and duck my little head, dodging the 2nd and 3rd infected trying to reach me. After slipping past them, I run with my head down to the right.
While running from Young-jae, I use my speed to outrun him with my intense speed and stamina. After running for about 1 minutes, Young-jae is tired and stops the chase. All the infected are tired, all of them are discouraged. And time is running out...
*rrrinnnnggggggg*
Hearing the bell, I celebrate and run back to the class with sweat all over my body. These little babies think they can outrun me? The bestest runner and swimmer ever? Haah! I've never heard a funnier joke.
'Hmmmm...quest?'
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Beat the Kiddies at 'Virus'┃ Normal ┃
Reward: ₲150 ┃ SPD +1 ┃
₲150 has been deposited into your shop account! Enjoy your ₲150, you roadrunner!
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Heading back home, Min-chul does the usual. Dinner, talking, TV, yadda yadda. And yes, I, the author, will continue adding lyrics from "Hush, Little Baby" since I grew up on that song.
"And if that horse and cart fall down~
You'll still be the sweetest little baby in town~
Sleep child, and when you do~~
Dream a dream to drift you through~"
'Ahhhh, I wanna grow up quickly'
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(A.N) aaahahhh~~ what a good day for a chapter, no? Hope you enjoyed! Peace ✌️!