I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 294



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (294)

“Yeonsu, have you decided on your career path?”

“No. I think I need to think about it some more.”

“Yeah, there’s still time.”

This is a youth protection facility in Gyeongseong.

Lee Yeon-su discussed her career path with her counselor.

Now that I’ve rejected the path of becoming the adopted daughter of the head of state, I have to find a way to live on my own. I’m only 16, but I have to leave this place and become independent in two years.

The counselor gave me good advice, but I didn’t have much time, so I looked through the career information catalog and organized my thoughts.

‘Executioner?’

The hand turning the pages of the book stopped for a moment.

Korea is a country where the death penalty is carried out, so of course there will be someone who carries it out. But even if the person committed a terrible crime, would anyone volunteer to kill a person?

The career information catalog stated:

[You can make a lot of money running a butcher shop, but in Korea, there is still a perception that this profession is looked down on and called a butcher. However, this is something that someone has to do, and the same goes for executioners. For the sake of the citizens and social order, executioners clean up the dirt in society.]

The profession of executioner has quite a long history.

Its origins date back to medieval Europe, where executioners did not simply cut off the criminal’s head with an axe.

He took care of all sorts of social dirty things with his own hands, such as burying child murderers alive, cleaning up excrement strewn across the streets, digging graves to bury corpses, and catching and disposing of stray dogs.

A profession that purifies things that others consider dirty and impure.

Shouldn’t they be treated like today’s sanitation workers? But reality was different. But reality was cruel.

They were not even allowed to enter stores because they were considered unclean, and their children were even teased by their peers because their father was an executioner.

Discrimination was also common in churches; executioners were not allowed to sit with church members and were not allowed to leave their assigned seats.

Isn’t it funny that this job, which was clearly created out of social necessity, is being discriminated against?

In that respect, the executioner is being treated unfairly.

There are so many human wastes in society, what will happen to society if we don’t deal with them?

No matter how bad a criminal he is, killing him is a separate matter. Can you end a serial killer’s life with your own hands?

If there is someone who does the work for you that you cannot do, how can you consider that unclean? You should treat them well.

That’s why Korea gives the best treatment to executioners.

[When you become an executioner, this is roughly what you do. Once the criminal is on the gallows, you cover his face with a cloth and press the execution button.

Korea uses the long drop method, so when the button is pressed, the criminal’s neck is broken and he dies immediately. The verification process takes about 3 to 5 minutes.

If it is confirmed that the criminal is dead, the body is handed over to the bereaved family, and if the deceased is unclaimed, it is disposed of in the crematorium within the prison. The executioner is responsible for the subsequent disposal.

An executioner carries out an average of 5 executions a month, and earns 2.8 million won a month.

Lee Yeon-su was surprised.

2.8 million won per month? A teacher’s salary is a little over 1 million won. Is it okay to give this much money to an executioner?

In addition, executions are only carried out five times a month per party, so the workload is not that high compared to teachers who are tied up at school all day wrestling with children.

Of course, this is assuming that you don’t mind touching and handling a corpse, but it was a terrible thing for a 16-year-old girl, after all.

‘I can never do this.’

Lee Yeon-su shook her head.

I would like to make a lot of money if I become independent, but I don’t think I would be an executioner. But that doesn’t mean I am biased.

Getting paid a lot for doing something I can’t do, child murderers deserve to die, but dealing with it with my own hands is a separate issue.

I think I should live with a grateful heart towards those who do such things for me.

I turned my gaze to another page.

***

“Prisoner number 1456, do you have any last words?”

“That… that…”

This is a prison in Gyeongseong,

The criminal was unable to control his trembling heart before his execution.

Is this really the end of my life? I wanted to run away, but I couldn’t shake off the executioners who were holding my arms on both sides.

You never know when or how a criminal facing execution might cause trouble, so would you use a weakling as your executioner?

They were all men of the same size, and running away was absolutely impossible.

First of all, the executioner’s crime is child murder. If such a heinous criminal is sentenced to death, the principle is to execute him within one year of sentencing.

Now all that was left was the express train to hell, and the executioners placed the criminal on the gallows.

Now, execution is complete with the push of a button. When the guard gave the signal, the executioners simultaneously pressed the button from their respective seats.

The procedure to relieve my guilt of killing a person, which of the three buttons was the button to board the train to hell?

Nobody knows that.

A random system that changes every time an execution is carried out. Once the executioners confirm that the criminal is dead, they move the body to the morgue.

There were six executions today, a bit more work than usual, but nothing major.

“Okay, let’s all go home now.”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

“Whew~ It’s over.”

Employees who finished their day’s work started heading home.

It’s only 3pm, but I don’t have to work overtime like other jobs, so what am I going to do sitting here like that?

If you have free time, you can work two jobs. One man changed his clothes to work as a cleaner.

Thanks to having two jobs, I earn a decent monthly income of 4 million won, and I have saved over 200 million won in just 7 years since I got married.

If you’ve earned this much, you can stop doing that kind of work. The family doesn’t like it to be known to the outside world that their eldest son is doing that kind of work.

So, I have a second job as a cleaner, but it’s for my family, not because I’m ashamed of my job as an executioner.

‘Someone has to do it.’

Men tend to have a very high sense of chivalry.

What kind of guy murdered a baby and you’re just going to let that go? Seeing the attitude of those guys shamelessly reenacting the crime at the scene of the crime made my blood boil.

I wanted to kill with my own hands and realize justice, and this job gave me that satisfaction.

‘The enemy is too cruel? I don’t agree with that. It is thanks to him that society has become so purified.’

The man is an ardent supporter of the head of state,

If the head of state hesitates to execute someone because he doesn’t want to get blood on his hands, how can the citizens live in peace?

He is respected because he does what others cannot do. Who would dare to criticize him?

I listened to what people around me were saying even though no one asked me to.

“Did you see the news? They said that child murderer was executed?”

“He deserves to die. How could he kill a child?”

“It didn’t even take a month to execute? As expected, the Marshal is hot-tempered.”

“You should kill them quickly. What’s the point of keeping them alive for so long? It’s a waste of tax money.”

The executioner disguised as a janitor nodded.

As expected, public opinion supports the enemy, and he himself had the same convictions and sent sinners to hell.

***

[The number of applicants for the death penalty has exceeded 5,000.]

[Students from prestigious universities also apply, so competition is expected to be fierce]

This is Geumneung,

I looked into domestic public opinion in my office.

Executioners were once a profession looked down on by society.

However, Korea has been carrying out executions consistently for the past 30 years, and in the process, the treatment of executioners has also improved.

More than anything, its popularity is skyrocketing as rumors spread that you can make a lot of money by just pressing a button, but I don’t like this phenomenon.

A person with a sense of mission to purify society should do this job. Would a scholar who graduated from a prestigious university become an executioner just to make some money?

What kind of big role can a guy with such a cheap mind play in society?

As money became entangled, I gave instructions to support these kinds of things and cut them out.

‘It is not necessary to carry out the death penalty on the gallows.’

This time, I plan to give the police the power to make summary judgments.

The right to summary execution is usually permitted in urgent situations such as war, and such things are only permitted in countries where public security is at a standstill.

But what about this case?

This is an incident that happened in Korea not long ago. A man who threw his child from a rooftop and assaulted the father came out onto the street and brandished a knife at citizens.

Should I just leave this alone?

The police, unable to stand watching, tried to subdue him by shooting his leg, but the bullet missed.

“Why can’t I shoot the leg?!!”

“If you’re a police officer, you should do that much!! Did you just sit and sleep?!!”

This is the public criticism that poured on the police at the time, but that is nonsense. Do you think you can shoot a crazed criminal in the leg with a pistol?

It is difficult to hit a still target with a pistol.

Then should the police have also been holding batons and beating the criminal? Then the police themselves could have died or been seriously injured.

There’s a reason why American police officers shoot violent criminals in the chest on the spot.

If you really have to shoot, the right thing to do is to shoot the criminal in the chest.

The law was revised to require police officers to refrain from using firearms, but if they must shoot, they must shoot someone in the chest.

In a society where summary execution is possible, would there be anyone who would take up a knife and threaten to kill everyone?

Boarding the train to hell without going through any legal procedures, the effects were immediate.

“Put the knife down!! Put it down!! Move one more step and I’ll shoot!!”

“Ah… Okay, don’t shoot.”

Korean society has become much quieter,

Am I doing this because I’m bloodthirsty now?

Some may call me a murderer, but I can say this with my hand on my heart.

This is something that someone had to do, why were executioners in medieval Europe cleaning up shit and catching stray dogs from the streets?

Someone has to do it, but it’s such a dirty job that those with blood on their hands end up taking on the job.

Medieval executioners may have been forced to do such things, but I beg to differ.

‘I can clean up shit with my own hands. No, I have cleaned up a lot of shit so far and will continue to do so. This is not something that just anyone can do.’

The United States is a mess that was turned into a mess because people didn’t want to clean up after themselves. As a large number of Indian immigrants and Muslims flow into the society, social unrest is getting worse.

Then we have to get rid of them, but who can do that?

The streets of America have become a shit field because no one can do it.

If I were the President of the United States, I would have already taken action.

Of course, since America is a democratic society, you have to be prepared to be criticized, so what’s the big deal? The role of an executioner is to quietly do your job even if others point fingers at you. I’m very proud of this job.

All the visible feces and dogs are disposed of.

Newly hired police officers, prison guards, and executioners also helped out.