Apocalypse Shelter Administrator - Chapter 391



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EP.391 Where the First Butterfly Landed

Winter is over and spring has returned.

It may vary depending on the calculation criteria, but it can be seen as roughly 6 years after the Infection War.

People have become accustomed to living with death and danger on their pillows.

To gain access to more farmland and less competition, pioneers moved into areas that were once too dangerous to approach.

Abandoned schools, universities, government offices, supermarkets, and other places that were once just objects of plunder have been transformed into new camps.

There was nothing to steal, but a quick-witted family went into a temple-like place with a water source and good for farming and built a fence.

It feels like a return to the agricultural society of hundreds of years ago, with children helping their parents with chores as soon as they turn 10.

The only difference is that the farmers who plant potatoes, the foragers who dig up mushrooms and wild greens, and the livestock farmers who raise chickens and rats are all armed.

Even the children who followed their parents had at least one window nearby.

In this situation, if trouble arose between people, a lot of blood would be shed, but fortunately, such incidents were rare.

In this era where the majority of the people have become producers and the population has decreased rapidly compared to the Joseon Dynasty, there is too much empty land.

Even North Korea is our land, and we can easily advance beyond it.

However, the threat of infected organisms, monsters derived from them, and wild beasts that proliferated rapidly always followed us like dark clouds, causing anxiety.

Faith has almost disappeared.

The existence of the infectious agent destroyed trust in religion, and people began to rely on something more realistic and closer.

Everyone looks up to the sky more often than during the times when religion was at its strongest.

Instead of saying a prayer of thanks before a meal, they look at the floating machines that spray the vaccine and feel reassured that they will not turn into monsters.

When I saw a drone carrier passing by during my outdoor activities, I felt relieved that I was protected.

In the world before the war, every building and every piece of land was owned by an owner, but that is no longer the case.

Whoever settles down there and lives there becomes the owner of that place.

Koreans took that belief and spread it beyond South and North Korea.

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As spring arrived, I held Artemis’ hand and went up to the shelter rooftop garden.

The underground garden, which remains beautiful 365 days a year, is nice, but the wild chaos and raw freshness have a different flavor.

The weather has cleared up and the rooftop garden is close to the air platform, so it’s always warm.

Thanks to this, green shoots sprout faster than anywhere else on the Korean Peninsula.

“I’ll take it, give it to me.”

“thank you.”

Artemis took off her shoes and walked barefoot on the ground.

White feet cautiously touch the grass covered with cold dew.

She enjoyed the various sensations from the body and loved feeling the touch of nature barefoot.

“It’s still a little cold.”

“You say winter just ended? It’s unusually warm here.”

I bent down and touched the ground, but it felt cool to me.

“Is this cool enough? Anyway, I’m unusually sensitive to the cold.”

“Would you say you have sensitive senses? You wear combat boots so much that your feet are as numb as iron.”

“You’re so delicate that you even ran barefoot through the snow in the winter. Even I, with my iron feet, wouldn’t do that.”

“I wish you would just forget about that.”

When I lightly touched on her dark history, her narrowed gaze returned.

This happened a while ago when it was snowing heavily.

Artemis once walked barefoot on a rooftop covered in snow, saying, “I want to feel the texture of snow!”

The grass, sand, and mud paths have already been cleared, so next is the snow field, which is only possible in winter.

Animal documentaries and drone footage have also shown great interest in animals running through snowy fields.

“Ugh! It’s cold! But not so cold that I can’t walk.”

Thus the first great footprints were carved into the snow.

“Does this crunchy feeling feel good?”

“Yeah! I like it.”

She responded to me with a bright smile as I escorted her from the side.

“It’s similar to a sandy beach, but different. Above all, it’s not dirty and it’s even white. I like snow better than sand.”

As her beautiful legs stretched out forward, snowflakes scattered.

“Ahahahaha!”

Artemis laughed happily.

There are white flakes of snow between the thin, long toes.

“It’s similar in stickiness, but snow melts anyway. It’s not rough either.”

Artemis wiggled her outstretched toes cutely here and there.

Then the eyes started to fall off little by little, but many of them were still attached.

“I want to walk more! Let’s go!”

She excitedly took my hand and led me along.

“I can’t stand leaving footprints in the snow.”

“Isn’t that a childish way of talking to you?”

The face looking back from the front was filled with joy and embarrassment.

“No. I understand that feeling because I’ve enjoyed stomping on snow countless times.”

I’m serious.

If you put an old man who has never set foot on snow in a snowy field, he will react like Artemis does now.

Because they had no physical body, they were also missing the experiences they should have had as children.

So it’s natural for her to act like a child when they first meet. She looks embarrassed, though.

Lightly, lightly.

Crisp, crunchy.

We walk side by side, holding hands.

Behind me, there were shoe prints, and behind Artemis, there were cute barefoot prints.

“…?”

As she walks, she frowns slightly.

Perhaps it is because the sensation coming up from the soles of my feet has changed.

“It’s about time I started feeling a little antsy.”

When I saw the smiling me and realized something was wrong, it was already too late.

“Whoa!”

She, who had been walking gracefully, suddenly jumped.

He starts jumping in place as if he’s walking on a floor covered in Legos.

“ruler!”

When I bend my knees and accept her, she jumps up and hugs me like a princess.

“Hotness comes instantly, but coldness comes a few beats later. Once it sticks to the skin, it’s not easy to shake off.”

“You waited on purpose, didn’t you?”

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“ha ha ha!”

The sight of my wife crying, rubbing her red, flushed soles against each other while holding me in her arms like a princess.

It’s so cute and lovely that I can’t forget it.

As we reminisce about the past, we head towards a fence to prevent falls.

From here, the polis and the vast plains outside it are visible at a glance.

“There are more people going than I thought.”

There is a constant stream of people leaving for the North.

Of course, some people went as individuals, while others went in groups of three or five, or even in groups of several dozen.

All of them are pioneers.

People who go to the empty lands of North Korea and Manchuria to sow seeds, raise livestock, and catch fish.

“It’ll be hard to get into the police force. Rather than going back to the South where there’s a lot of competition and territoriality, it’s a good choice to aim for the top. We’ll support you, right?”

As Artemis said, I don’t push it away with my bare body.

Those leaving were provided with some medicine, food, the latest GMO seeds, and GMO rats and chickens.

Some were given Shelter Mountain horses, and were well-armed explorers.

Like a sheriff in the Wild West, he received a trained horse in return for his role in maintaining public order.

Maps detailing settlements and transit points where people could take refuge or trade in times of emergency were also distributed.

Anyone with a cell phone or walkie-talkie can receive unmanned service when the shelter drone is within radio range.

This includes providing route guidance, weather forecasts, warnings of nearby dangers, and even providing supporting fire in some cases.

“Still, I didn’t expect there to be this many participants.”

From my perspective, it seemed like an incredible opportunity to lead my family to an unknown land where I didn’t know what would await them.

“A vague expectation of a better life. It’s surprisingly common to be led by it and impulsively go towards it. Jinsoo, as you said, the trend of living only for today has become common.”

“Well, if there is no place in the south anyway, wouldn’t it be better to leave as soon as possible and secure a good piece of land?”

“It is said that a base for farming has already been established in Baekdu Mountain. The competition has already begun.”

Artemis stepped away from the fence and sat down on a nearby wooden bench.

And then he taps the seat next to him.

As I sat down, she rested her head on my shoulder.

A spring breeze passes by and embraces us. The sunlight is warm and the air is clear.

This may be the best time of my life.

Before the war on infection, I was always a middle manager.

A position where you are already oppressed by the masters who rule the world, whether on the battlefield or in the shelter.

After the Infection War, I traveled through dangerous places with my only friend and companion, and as soon as one problem was solved, another worry came to find me.

But now all that has come to an end.

Boohoo!

After completing their reconnaissance, the changing drones are seen entering and leaving the shelter hangar.

Far out in the sea, the unmanned patrol ship we had launched powerfully cut through the waves of the West Sea.

You can look down on everything from the highest point and make decisions, and the world is being rebuilt.

My journey is over.

Hug.

I reach out and hug Artemis’s shoulders, and she nuzzles her head against my neck.

From now on, all you have to do is rest and enjoy this softness, warmth, and fragrance.

“huh?”

My eyes, which were about to close due to drowsiness that was slowly creeping in, opened.

A yellow butterfly is fluttering and flying in front of us.

“Is it because it’s warm here? He wakes up early.”

“It’s clearly too early for butterflies to be fluttering around. It’s our fault.”

As Artemis said, if you look around, there isn’t a single flower in bloom. It’s probably the same wherever you go.

“You must be hungry. Poor thing.”

The butterfly’s flight looked listless.

“There’s no way. It hatched too quickly and there are no flowers.”

“That’s not true.”

Artemis leaned against me and whispered, crossing her legs.

“Flowers can bloom here.”

The long white legs stretch out above the knees.

A butterfly that had been flying around came to us after a while as if drawn by something.

“oh!?”

And surprisingly, it landed on Artemis’s instep.

From that state, he slowly took a few steps down and stopped at his big toe. He didn’t move at all after that.

“Did you die from foot odor?”

“no!”

bean!

Her forehead, which had been leaning against me romantically, came crashing down on my chin.

“No, I’m joking.”

When I looked closely with my enhanced eyesight, I could see the butterfly’s thin proboscis extending outwards.

The butterfly’s beak delicately caresses the white toes like a bee rolling around in a flower.

“No way, honey?”

“Haha.”

Artemis’ body can contain everything and create everything.

It’s like a living factory of life.

Because when she kisses me after eating the grain, the sweet scent of alcohol makes me drunk.

It would be nothing to give daily bread to a butterfly that has mistaken its time to wake up.

Knock knock knock.

The butterfly was so hungry that it wouldn’t fly away even when Artemis wiggled her big toe.

The colorful wings flutter as the toes move.

It was a strange feeling, yet truly beautiful sight.

“Is my husband hungry too?”

Artemis looks at him with a seductive smile.

I was torn between a dirty answer and a playful one, so I picked up my PDA and turned on camera mode.

A garden that is turning green as spring arrives.

The first life is resting at the feet of a beautiful woman with a kind smile. It is a sight I am embarrassed to interfere with and ruin.

“What is it all of a sudden?”

“Let’s keep adding photos like this. Enough to fill up an album.”

“…huh.”

Click!

I pressed the shutter and recorded this moment forever.

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