13 – Blackjack (1)

Black Plaque (1)

“I had an accident… .”

These are the thoughts I had after returning to my residence after the Kowloon Battle.

F*cked. It seems very f*cked up.

“You bastard, why did you do that?”

I remembered Gu Yeon-seo, who was slapped on the cheek and collapsed at the end. Even the nosebleeds flowed… .

Since it was a weak body, the strength was not properly applied and the inner strength was not applied, so there would not have been much damage.

“Anyway, it was too much.”

It doesn’t mean that the hands were overworked. It was right if it was more right by my standards, but it was not something I could easily pass over.

He simply forgot the identity of Gu Yeon-seo.

At a festival hosted by the Gu family, should they have let their blood relatives fall so ugly surrounded by hundreds of onlookers?

Gu Yeon-seo, who sincerely tried to kill me, is young, so even so.

I was so swayed by my emotions that I would have eaten twice as much as Gu Yeon-seo’s age, including my previous life.

“After going through that far, I still haven’t grown up.”

Isn’t it because of the elder Lee who put me there in the first place when I was old?

…What do you question? It’s the old man’s fault.

-Shoot it

The wind whizzed by with a tickling sound.

Although winter has passed, the nights of spring are still cold.

Even though he was wearing a shallow uniform, it was thanks to Guyeomhwaryungong that he did not feel the cold very well.

“Etch!”

I turned around at the sound of a short sneeze, and there was Muyeon and Weiss.

While Mu-yeon greets me, Wi Seol-ah approaches. He was holding a lot of cloth in his hand.

“What are you holding?”

“young master… . hand… .”

Only then did I check my hand.

The skin was all cracked and blood was dripping little by little.

Gu Yeon-seo was wearing a bet all over her body, so it must have been the effect of being beaten without anything on.

Humans who already have internal energy in Danjeon regenerate faster than ordinary people, and if left alone, these wounds will disappear quickly.

“What is this… . this is fine… .”

Without a moment to speak, Wiseol-ah wraps my hand in a cloth. I didn’t know what to do, so it was still a clumsy skill to just turn around.

If I had to do it, I wanted to wear it myself, but I couldn’t bear to touch it when I saw the tears dripping from Wi Seol-ah’s eyes.

Elder Lee looked excited when he hit Pengwoojin, but it was a little embarrassing to see it come out like this on a wound like this.

‘Wearing a bandage on Wi Seol-ah, it’s amazing.’

This is what the first person in the world will do in the future. Maybe it’s an honorable thing?

The cloth I was wrapping around stopped only when it became as thick as two batches of my hand.

While stroking something unknown whether it was a hand or a piece of cloth, Wiseol-ah cries.

“Bocchan, it hurts a lot… ?”

“I didn’t feel sick at first, but I think it hurts because of this.”

“Are you not sick? thank god… … .”

“…Uh, that’s right.”

Are you only hearing what you want to hear?

After taking a little unexpected walk and walking along the night road for a while, I returned to my quarters.

Is the oral history book okay?

‘I don’t know.’

I decided not to bother.

There’s no way there’s going to be something like family love that barely exists now.

Aside from oral history. I also.

When I returned to my residence, the light in my room was on. When I asked the workers around me what was going on, they were surprised.

‘uh… ? You said it was talked about beforehand… .’

In an instant, his complexion turned blue.

I opened the door to see if there was anyone in the room, so I opened the door and there it was.

“Five! Gu Gongja!”

madman… . No, Paeng Woo-jin was sitting.

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“Nice to meet you, my name is Paeng Woo-jin.”

“I know. Pang Sohyup.”

“You can call me Peng-hyung or Woo-hyung as a friend.”

“No, we’re not close… .”

Why is this madman here?

And why is Paeng Ah-hee covering her face next to Paeng Woo-jin?

Seeing his ears reddened, he seemed rather embarrassed.

Paeng Ah-hee said, roughly pulling on the collar of Paeng Woo-jin, who was pretending to be friendly for some reason.

“Brother… . Since we had an accident, wouldn’t it be better to apologize first?”

I can feel my voice tremble with embarrassment.

At Paeng Ah-hee’s words, Paeng Woo-jin puts on a sorry expression.

“Right… . Since the marriage was broken off, it was right to leave Ah-hee behind. I was too ignorant.”

“oh my god… . You must be a real madman.”

I agree with Paeng Ah-hee’s words.

Paeng Ah-hee starts talking as if she can’t help it because she keeps talking nonsense.

“I’m sorry, I came to you so rudely and without a word late at night, you crazy man… . My older brother said he would go see it somehow, but I couldn’t stop him.”

“Pang Xiaohyup me?”

“You can call me Woo hyung.”

“No, thanks.”

I don’t want to get involved, you bastard.

Paeng Woo-jin smiled kindly and did not say much until the tea, which had been hurriedly ordered by an attendant, cooled down.

“So why did you come here… ?”

Could it be that Elder Lee is trying to accuse me of an accident? It seemed to have healed a little, but Paeng Woo-jin’s one cheek was still swollen.

It was a place where I was hit directly by Elder Lee.

‘He said he controlled his strength… .’

Where did you see that, you adjusted the power? If I give you even a little more power, will my head explode?

“…”

…I was a little scared because I thought it was really like that.

“I have nothing to do with what Elder Lee has done. I must have dried that man.”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

Uh, isn’t it because of that?

I was puzzled, so Paeng Woojin continued.

“It’s not a big deal, he’s said to be Geombong’s younger brother, and I wanted to see his face one more time, so I came to see him.”

“Are you close with our first sister?”

I hadn’t heard that Paeng Woo-jin was close with Goo Hee-bi, but of course I wasn’t particularly close with Goo Hee-bi either.

It’s a little better relationship than the guyeonseo, right?

“I think we’re close, but I don’t know about the sword stick.”

‘Then it won’t be friendly.’

It was even more so when I thought of Goo Hee-bi’s personality. When he fought with Paeng Woo-jin, he fought, but he wasn’t the type to be friendly.

“So I came here to take a picture of my face.”

“You put your stamp on me, where are you going to use it? I don’t even have any skills.”

What are you trying to get from a guy who pays half for Sega?

Even with Paengga, he broke off his engagement once, so it couldn’t be said to be a good relationship.

Peng Woojin said.

“I thought the only funny person in the Gu family was the sword stick, but there was one more.”

are you referring to me

fun? What kind of fun is this out of the blue. It’s like the first time I saw it, and I keep looking for fun, but I don’t know what it means.

‘I think the odd one is right for now.’

Considering that all of the future super-professionals were not sane, the cotyledons were not surprising.

Of course, I still didn’t want to get involved.

Thinking of the future in which Paeng Woo-jin will be called an apprentice, it would be better to build up personal connections.

‘Somehow he’s a difficult person.’

I don’t know if it’s because of his unknown personality, but he was a very difficult person.

“If you are going to get a stamp, it would be better to go to your sister who will be in another residence and get it stamped. Because I’m not particularly useful.”

“I guess I won’t be able to see it if I go now… ?”

“…wouldn’t it be okay if we go tomorrow instead of now?”

Um, are you still passing out?

“I came to see Confucius Gu, in fact, Sozi Gu wasn’t particularly interested.”

“Brother, can you please step back from the words?”

“Um, sorry. I’m not good at that.”

What in the world should I do with this human?

The headache, which had calmed down a little lately, seemed to come back.

Paeng Woo-jin took out a black tile from his chest, whether he knew what I was thinking or not.

“This is the seal I give to Confucius Gu.”

“You mean the seal?”

The black plaque had the word Peng (彭) written in yellow letters at the end. It didn’t look particularly great from the outside, but Paeng Ah-hee was startled as if she had given him something important.

“Brother, does it make sense to hand over this carelessly?”

“What do you think, it was given to me to write. Whoever you give it to, it will be my heart.”

“No, but… .”

“What is this?”

“Paeo, who proves that you are a guest of Paengga. If you take this and find our family, you will be treated like a blood relative.”

“Take it back… .”

What’s the point of overcoming such a burden?

If I received this, I felt like I would get involved with Paeng Woo-jin without any real excuses.

“Since I have a history of breaking up marriage with that family… .”

“I don’t care about that.”

“Brother, do I care?”

“I hope you will accept it, Gongja Gu.”

When Paeng Ah-hee interrupted, the words were chewed and swallowed like medicine. There was no way it wouldn’t be bad to build a good relationship with the four generations.

It’s a situation where I don’t understand why Paeng Woo-jin is doing this to me.

“How about giving it to our first sister? You two are friends… .”

“I already tried to give it to you, but they didn’t even listen to the sword stick, even I think this is a great item… . Why don’t you want to take it?”

It’s already black! Shit.

“Then what about the second sister?”

“I am giving it because I am interested in Confucius.”

“…I like that woman. Pang Sohyup.”

“Oh, of course I like women too, don’t I? That would be right.”

Why do you wonder, you bastard? It’s creepy to say that.

As I continued to express my stubborn refusal, Paeng Woo-jin took the card back to his chest as if regretting it.

Paeng Ah-hee couldn’t bear to hold her face up at her crazy brother’s behavior.

Thankfully, he seems normal.

As time passed, I just wanted to lie down.

I was tired because I moved my body too much due to the sudden sparring.

Paeng Woo-jin, perhaps noticing my physical condition, gets up saying that he feels he has to go soon, even though he feels sorry for him.

I guess that’s really all there was to it.

Paeng Woo-jin, who was about to leave, asked me.

“Will the former Confucius enter the Shenlong Hall?”

“Um, I guess so.”

Born as a member of the Sega family, in order to live as a Murim man, he had to go through the Shinryonggwan made by the Murim League at least once.

It’s a class like martial arts, but it’s irrelevant because it’s taught well in Sega or Munpa.

In order to act as a swordsman who closes the gates of the demonic world, a swordsman’s certificate is issued only after graduating from the swordsman for knowledge and coping with monsters.

In fact, there is not only Shinryonggwan as a swordsman, but it may be in every region.

It was an atmosphere where it was taken for granted that the Munpa or Sega, who became the main side of the political faction, went to the Sinryonggwan supervised by the Murim League.

‘I’ve been devising a way to escape from the beginning.’

The training period after admission is one year.

I wasn’t comfortable enough to throw away a year of my time.

“Then, you’ll soon become my junior.”

Paeng Woo-jin smiles and pats me on the shoulder. Blood ties are unreasonable and gifts are not allowed, so are they aiming for school ties?

‘It wasn’t enough that I didn’t lose to Gu Yeon-seo, so the problem was that I hit her too much. Why are you so obsessed with me?’

Even if a woman did it, it wouldn’t have been very good.

Paeng Woo-jin leaves the house and Paeng Ah-hee follows, then stops and looks at me.

“Why are you again?”

“I said I was older than you.”

“It’s disgusting to be called, what are you supposed to do?”

Paeng Ah-hee hesitates for a while before speaking.

“I’m sorry.”

“Suddenly, out of the blue, what kind of apology?”

“…to knock you over and break your arm on the day we broke up.”

“…was it?”

Have you ever been through such an awful thing?

“What did I do that made me do such a terrible thing… .”

“You saw me and said that I was the son of a concubine and so on.”

“It deserved it.”

Even if both were broken, there was nothing to say. Rather, the apologetic Paeng Ah-hee seemed puzzled to me.

“It’s okay if you don’t apologize. Rather, I should have done it, I was sorry at that time.”

They were from the same bastard, but who said what to whom?

It must have been just pure entitlement.

It’s up to Paeng Ah-hee whether she accepts my apology or not, but her expression seems to have cleared up a bit.

“How are you?”

“You’re doing well too, and even if you’re upset about what my older brother gave you, I’ll give it to you with a good heart, so I’ll put it to good use later.”

“What did you give me? I gave it back to you earlier… … .”

It’s cold. A dagger flew in and stuck.

When he hurriedly searched for his pocket, he found the black plaque that Peng Wujin had taken to his chest earlier.

‘When the hell… !?’

When Paeng Woo-jin tapped my shoulder.

Did you put it in then?

I laughed out loud when I remembered that.

“He’s really crazy.”

Finally, he sighed and put the tile back into his arms.

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On the third day of the Guryonghoe.

It was the day when a festival was to be held on the street as an after party, but I lay down in the carriage to return to Sega.

Gu Yeon-seo said that he had already departed at dawn.

‘Fortunately, I woke up.’

It’s fortunate that he came to his senses, but it seemed like it would be harder to see his face now.

As soon as the preparations were finished, the wagon departed.

I’m going to take a break, but Wi Seol-ah can’t overcome her drowsiness and leans on my shoulder.

I quickly tossed Weiseolah to the other servants, and I also entrusted myself to the water horse.