Chapter 54

Chapter 053

The car quickly drove along the Ullungdo coastal road, a four-lane highway, and soon arrived at the destination.

"Here we are."

"...Impressive."

The cottage built on Ullungdo was designed to satisfy the eyes of wealthy foreigners, using top-tier materials and the best designers.

Most of them were like this, and I heard that this particular cottage, which I had direct contact with through the organization, had a significant amount of resources invested in it.

Originally, it had no connection to the organization.

However, I searched online for cottages in Ullungdo that had hot springs, and after the CEO personally came to inspect this place, it was immediately turned into an organization property.

"The staff and the inside people don't know who you are. From now on, you will be treated as a guest."

"Is that okay?"

"Yes. Not to brag, but all the people who make reservations at our cottage are wealthy. You don't need to worry."

The only person who knows I'm from the organization is the cottage manager, Mr. Jang.

"If you feel uncomfortable, I can introduce you to the inside people as a representative of a major investor in the cottage. You can say you're a company manager who came here for a field inspection and a break."

He successfully remodeled the well-operated cottage with the help of the organization's experts and has been running it as a super-premium cottage quite successfully.

"That's not wrong. I found this place online, and the organization decided to invest in it."

I never imagined that the cottage I saw in pictures would turn into such a luxurious mansion.

This is the first time I've seen it in person, and I only saw its appearance before it became an organization property, so I'm now facing a super-luxury mansion under the name of a cottage.

"Is this really a cottage?"

"Of course, sir."

No matter how I look at it, it seems like a garden built by a wealthy person on a hill in California, but since the manager says it's a cottage, I have to believe it.

"To call the manager, you can use the phone or the in-room intercom. This is Sylvia. She will take care of any inconvenience you have."

"Hello, sir. My name is Sylvia."

"Wow."

A tall blonde woman with blue eyes, who looked like she came from Northern Europe, greeted me in a maid's outfit, as if she belonged in a palace.

"Where are you from?"

"I am from Norway."

"Sylvia, you don't have to do that."

"Is that so? I am from Norway. Nice to meet you, sir."

Her slightly awkward Korean quickly turned into fluent Korean.

Sylvia shrugged as if it was natural, and I thought she might be a Korean mixed-race person.

"Many Korean guests like it when a white woman speaks Korean a bit awkwardly. Please understand, sir."

"Ah, yes...."

"In Ullungdo, this is a daily occurrence. Elite men and women from abroad work here. Sylvia, where did you work before...?"

"I worked as a hotelier at the K Hotel in London. It was a five-star hotel."

"Wow."

I felt a wave of national pride, making my head spin.

"Is that the hotel where foreign leaders often stay?"

"Do you know? Yes, that's the place. I worked there as a hotelier for 10 years before coming to Korea and becoming a hotelier in Ullung Island."

"Wow...."

As Korea became a great nation, the situation of foreign workers naturally began to change.

The so-called third world?

They all disappeared.

- Jamar, you work well! You can work harder and better than Peter.

- Ah, I know Jamar works well! But Peter speaks English well!

- I speak English well too! We are from an English-speaking country! You're discriminating based on skin color! Mr. President is bad!

- Oh.... I'm sorry, Mr. Han.

- No! Peter doesn't need to apologize! Cough. Jamar, I'm sorry, but you're fired.

- Mr. President! Peter is trying to return to America with mana in his body! Don't be fooled!

- Oh, no.... I'm going to marry a Korean woman and live here. I love bulgogi.

- I eat doenjang too! Jamar, you ate the meat Mr. President gave you well! Mr. President, I have a long relationship with Jamar!

- Cough.... I'm sorry, Peter. Koreans have a sense of 'jeong'....

- My grandfather fought in the Korean War.

- Then it's definitely Peter! Sorry, Jamar. I'm trying to repay the ancestors. It's not because Peter has white skin!

On the farm, Bob, who picked apples, Sadam, who fed mackerels to tuna on a ship, and Hassan, who moved cargo in a factory, all became James, Adam, Michael, and Samuel.

- Marry a German woman? No, a Swedish woman is coming to marry a Korean man? That's crazy.

- Surprisingly, hundreds of inquiries about marriage immigration pour in every day. Many blonde beauties come to Korea to study and marry Korean college students.

- No, seriously, is this even possible? Why are they doing international marriages with European women?

- You know, why are you asking?

It's the same for women.

- Hello, I'm Christine. I passed the Korean language proficiency test at level 1 and have a 100-point qualification in Korean history.

- Taejeongtaese?

- These days, they verify it this way. Muo Gapji Gimyeosa....

- Baekgyul teacher's rice cake mill.

- Samcheon gungnyeo Euijawang.

- I believe you. You are a well-prepared student. What is your purpose in coming to Korea?

- To be a daughter-in-law.

- Welcome to Joseon, foreigner.

Gradually, European Caucasians began to take their places in places where there were many non-Koreans, and they began to gradually turn the ratio of foreigners in this land white.

- Get out, white people! All those who came to suck the honey from this blessed land, go home!

- Do you know the saying 'If it's red, it's better'? Now it's the era of 'If it's Anglo-Saxon, it's better'.

To gain the blessing of abilities in the land of the Republic of Korea.

Sylvia is no different.

"Ms. Sylvia, are you an ability user?"

"Unfortunately, I am not an ability user. But I hope to have an ability user someday. Since the manager said to speak freely, I'll speak a bit more casually."

Sylvia looked tiredly towards the west.

"My dream is to save a lot of money here, return to my home country, marry my childhood friend, and have a pumpkin baby at this cottage."

"......Why specifically a pumpkin?"

"Because Ullungdo is known for pumpkin candy. Anyway, I hope to conceive and give birth here. The best thing would be to fulfill my tenure and go to Sejong Island, but it's not easy for foreigners like me to enter Sejong Island."

"......."

Was I too isolated?

Was it because I was always locked up at home, watching movies and anime from this world, or because I was in Seoul, known as the slums of Korea?

"Only ability users or their related people can enter Sejong Island. For ordinary people like me, Ullungdo is the limit."

"Ms. Sylvia, aren't you quite an elite?"

"Thank you, but there are still many restrictions for foreign women who are not 'daughters-in-law'."

Seeing the appearance of Neo-Busan and Neo-Ullung, which can be called the epitome of the national pride light novel world, makes my limbs twist and my heart shrink.

"...I understand. I'll let you know if I need anything. I want to go to my room and rest now. Is that okay?"

"Of course. I'll show you the way."

Following Sylvia's guidance, I entered the cottage.

The cottage, filled with a modern Hellenistic design that blends exotic and Eastern elements, was a place where about six people could comfortably stay together.

Honestly, it was spacious enough for ten, or even twenty people if I exaggerate a bit.

There were several rooms, and even a private pool villa in one of the guest rooms.

In the reality of the Earth I lived in, renting such a pool villa would cost at least 1 million won for a group reservation, if not more.

I am now using such a place for 'free'.

It's not exactly free, as the company will reimburse the amount I pay with my card, but the result is the same—I can freely use this spacious place.

"My head hurts."

I came to Ullungdo to rest, but my head is now even more complicated due to the national pride.

I knew about it.

But knowing it and actually experiencing it are completely different stories.

"...Sigh."

It's dizzying.

All I want is to go into the hot spring and rest.

Fortunately, there was a hot spring with steam rising, visible from one side of the cottage, like an outdoor bath.

"Wow...."

This is the magical spring that the protagonist discovered with the heroines during their Ullungdo exploration.

As soon as I took off my clothes and entered, I could feel mana filling my body.

Personally, I would want to live here forever.

I was about to immerse myself in the hot spring water....

"Hmm?"

My phone rang.

It was someone I knew.

"Hello?"

"Ah, Ji-hwan. Can you talk?"

It was Snow White.