158 – What I wanted to show you. (2)

what I wanted to show you (2)

The bracket for the quarterfinals came up, and I didn’t show any reaction.

Because it wasn’t much different from what I expected.

In the first place, if you look at the bracket, the thunder dragon should have been here.

If it was their calculations, it must have been.

I probably didn’t have any calculations that I would come this far.

‘… Namgoongbia is unexpected.’

It was surprising even to me that Jang Seon-yeon and Namgung-bia were teamed up.

Of course, I thought that Bia Namgung would fight with me, and Seonyeon Jang would fight with Mo Yonghee.

‘That would be a better story for him.’

Isn’t this the part where Maeng played tricks?

Or do you have an idea?

There was no more faith in Meng than in Claws, so it was only gloomy to think about it more deeply.

“How are you watching?”

Dang So-yeol asks me

how are you looking

“I’m just watching.”

“… .”

Dang So-yeol looked at me as if he didn’t like my answer.

It seems like he was hoping for something different, but unfortunately he didn’t have anything to say.

It wasn’t even a matter of going all out and asking why the bracket was like this.

Because I didn’t have the guts to take issue with it.

I moved my gaze to the back.

The direction where Namgoongbia is located.

Namgoongbia, who was in the same room, was also looking at the table.

‘He doesn’t seem to have any thoughts.’

It seemed like I was just watching.

Seeing that he had a fierce expression as usual, he seemed to think so.

‘If it were different, it would have been even more strange.’

How could Bia Namgung think differently knowing what she knew about Seonyeon Jang?

Maybe it’s because I’ve been staring at it, but Namgoongbia’s gaze turns this way.

Our eyes met, and Bia Namgoong tilted her head.

It’s a look that doesn’t understand something.

He then approaches me with his characteristic light gait.

As I approached the distance that I could reach with just an outstretched hand, Bia Namgoong asked me.

“why… yes?”

A sudden word.

Why?

“what?”

“expression… .”

expression?

At Namgoongbia’s words, I touched my face with my hands.

Were you making any weird faces?

It didn’t seem like he was making any weird faces.

Rather, I think it was closer to expressionless.

It didn’t seem so to Namgoongbia.

“Why are you worried about me?”

I was momentarily taken aback by her words.

What does this mean?

“When did I say I was worried?”

“now… you’re doing… .”

Namgoongbia’s beautiful hand brushes my eyes.

“I… Are you worried?”

I didn’t respond to what he said while looking me in the eye.

Unfortunately, the answer is not forthcoming.

He didn’t even think to move his hardened tongue and tightly closed mouth that he could just say no.

‘Maybe I was worried.’

That’s something I didn’t even know about myself.

If so, what part did Bia Namgoong notice?

In the silence between the two of them, Namgoongbia added a word.

“I think I will lose… ?”

It’s a cool question.

He forced his tightly closed lips to move.

“… no.”

Because of that, the answer was delayed.

Perhaps because of this, it seemed that Namgoongbia had already heard a different answer.

To be honest, I don’t think Namgoongbia will lose.

He should be right, and Gu Hee-bi is the latter who can beat Namgoong-Bia right away. Because there was none other than that crazy sister.

Even though I knew that, the delay in replying was because I felt uncomfortable for some reason.

It’s a shame for no reason.

It makes you feel stuffy and makes you feel down all the time.

Namgoongbia suddenly said, perhaps realizing my feelings.

“… it’s okay.”

It was a quiet voice.

It’s so small that only I can hear it.

‘What’s okay?’

I swallowed these words in my heart.

Because it seemed like something I shouldn’t have said now.

“I’m fine.”

strange

A feeling as if they were not talking to me.

I just quietly looked into Namgoongbia’s eyes.

After looking into it for a while, I found out a little bit.

‘Am I nervous?’

Namgoongbia was nervous.

It was hard to notice because he was so far away from that kind of thing.

I asked looking at her.

“it’s okay?”

No answer came.

I didn’t know what the tension was for.

No matter how you look at it, it didn’t seem like he was nervous because of the dance with Jang Seon-yeon.

“hand.”

At Namgoongbia’s short words, I carefully held her hand.

It was like asking to hold on to it.

Perhaps this was the correct answer, Namgoongbia quietly closed her eyes as I held her hand.

“Are you nervous?”

I ask a sneaky question, but Namgoongbia just shakes her head slightly.

Namgoongbia, who was still as if she was concentrating, immediately let go of her hand and took a step back.

“it’s okay.”

That was already the third time.

At this point, I’m starting to worry.

what keeps you okay

No matter how you look at it, I asked with a slight smile at the strange behavior.

“If you’re not feeling well, would you like to give up?”

Namgoongbia shook her head resolutely at the question.

“no.”

He was so resolute that his characteristic way of speaking, which obscured his backbiting, had disappeared.

Could it be that you can actually control that?

While I’m thinking about it alone, with trivial thoughts, Bia Namgung keeps talking behind her back.

“I don’t give up… .”

“It seemed so. I just did it.”

Abstaining from the non-duty system itself is something that late exponents of this age do not want to do even if they die.

If you go and lose, you must not give up.

Pride at this age was originally like that.

‘I don’t think Namgoongbia’s going to argue about that.’

Sometimes, I wanted to see what she was thinking and living.

Right now.

What are you thinking?

What are you thinking, why are you making such a face?

‘It looks like it’s going to a battlefield… .’

It was a bit of an exaggeration, but it seemed that way to my eyes.

Namgoongbia’s lips lingered as she let go of her hand and looked at me.

Looks like he has something more to say.

It was frustrating to keep doing that, but I didn’t rush.

“… I’m fine.”

Same word as before.

And then it was a little different.

It’s probably because of the words left behind.

“So trust me and watch over me… .”

Words spouted out of nowhere without anything back and forth.

It’s a word that doesn’t even explain what it means or what it means.

In any case, there was no rattle around the horse. Do I have to figure it out again?

“You say I never trusted you.”

I didn’t seem to believe it, but I didn’t disbelieve it either.

I don’t know what kind of mindset Namgoongbia had.

I had no idea that this dance would have any meaning to her.

Isn’t it?

If you only think of Namgoongbia now. Because he wasn’t a person who acted or lived his life with great significance.

“… to believe… .”

so even more.

“I’ll show.”

I didn’t know how Namgoongbia felt when she said that to me.

******************

Right before the quarterfinals started, the empty stage where the quarterfinals were held was filled with more people than that day.

It was because there were more people who came to see Sagang.

Maybe when the final day comes, there will be a lot more spectators than now.

“Who do you think will win?”

Before starting the dance, the audience’s conversation is usually like this.

“Hmm… . That is a very difficult question.”

This is the point at which the thunder dragon and poison stick were eliminated.

It was difficult to predict easily as the two who were mentioned as candidates for the championship were eliminated.

“Still, won’t Seolbong win?”

“Well… .”

It’s an undesirable response.

It was at this point that Moyong’s Seolbong had not yet been eliminated, but for some reason, there were rather few people who thought she would win.

“Are the remaining ones the Moyong family, the Gu family, the Namgung family, and the Jang family?”

“This time, only the blood relatives of the High Family remain. It was expected, but I can’t help but feel bitter.”

“Oh, yes, Sangju Cheon. Didn’t you say your son also participated this time?”

In response to the man’s question, the person named Cheon Sang-ju coughed repeatedly.

The answer came elsewhere.

“Uh-huh, a ignorant nobleman! Didn’t you get eliminated in the first round! Don’t bring that up, Cheon Sangju shame on you… .”

“It was so loud… . You are the worse one.”

“It wasn’t going to last long anyway, so the Meng poured so much support into it that they allowed me to participate.”

“Are you going to keep poking where it hurts? I’m confident I’ll actually stab you.”

“You guys, stop fighting and talk about who you think will win.”

“Why do you ask such a question, the son of Nakgeom will win anyway.”

“Yes? Isn’t it Seolbong?”

“Anyway, this person is slow to hear rumors, a merchant called him. Rumors have already spread around the opening of the house about the son of Zhangjia.”

“rumor?”

“Yes, I’d say that an unbelievable divinity has appeared.”

Rumors tend to start in unknown places.

It was the merchants who spread it.

Merchant’s ears are always open.

It is natural to know the flow of the world.

It will be necessary to make money.

That’s why they donate a lot of money not only for the alliance but also for the opening.

A sign of sincerity to bring good news faster than others.

Even now, other people are listening to the story with interest in the words of the man who talks excitedly, as if he got information from the open.

Chun Moon-bi runs the Cheoneul Arcade, a medium-sized shopping mall in Hanam.

Hearing those words, Cheon Sang-joo couldn’t help but put on a puzzled expression.

Cheon Sang-ju, unlike the merchants he was talking to now, had been watching the dance since daytime yesterday.

Unlike him, the people of today must have come to see the Four Seasons.

‘So they don’t know.’

Sangju Cheon did not listen to the man very much.

As they said, the son of Nak-gum was an excellent person.

Mi-gongjae with a bright appearance resembling a leader.

He is also very talented.

In the eight-legged match yesterday, the boy of Jangga overwhelms the opponent and pulls out a victory.

You are truly the son of a lord! The level I wanted was right.

For some reason, Cheon Sang-ju was thinking of a different person than him.

‘Did they say they were blood relatives of the Gu family?’

A soldier with reddish black hair and a fierce impression.

I mean the boy who won the victory by defeating the Thunder Dragon.

The memories were too strong to forget.

The heat of the chemical industry that heated up not only the non-stage but also the audience.

The scene where the thunder dragon couldn’t even use its strength and vomited blood.

The fact that Namgung’s Noi-ryong, who was no one else, was defeated after being beaten to death.

Even after seeing that, how can you think that the child of the fallen sword will win?

‘How did it not spread widely about that part? That’s a little questionable.’

Cheon Sang-ju knew that it was spreading little by little only after a day had passed.

Normally, as soon as it was over, I would have informed the opening quickly.

Opening is nothing else, and there is no way the information will be late.

This could not be a subtle thing in the eyes of Sangju Cheon.

“Then do you think that Jangga’s bloodline will win this match?”

Others also nodded at the words of the man who had been holding the flow of the story to the fullest.

“I said that the opponent of this dance was Namgungga.”

“Well? If it was Namgung, didn’t they say they were eliminated yesterday?”

“They say there is one more, the sister of the Thunder Dragon.”

“There was a daughter of the Namgung family? It’s the first time I’ve heard that word… . How could I not know?”

“They say he’s even strong, and they say he won the eight-fight with a single blow.”

It was also a dance that Sangju Cheon had seen.

There were no lies. Because it was actually won in one blow.

‘… It seems that the other person was a bit strange.’

Even to those who do not know much about martial arts, the martial arts at that time were somewhat futile.

Because I stepped on my steps strangely and was defeated as it was.

‘I hope I didn’t miss it.’

Anyway, a person called Muin wouldn’t have done it while stepping on foot.

It must have been just a bit of an odd method.

‘Well… ? Now that I think about it, I think that friend was also Mr. Goo.’

I must have heard it wrong, it must have been the same surname as the boy who defeated the thunder dragon.

“Anyway, no matter how much you go to male goong, the victory in this match is… .”

The man who had been passionately arguing about the son of the mother-in-law from earlier suddenly stopped talking.

Cheon Sang-ju, who was lost in thought, had to feel strange.

If it was only the man, he wouldn’t have bothered much, but it was because everything around him had become quiet.

“what… .”

Cheon Sang-ju, who was about to ask if something had happened, looked over the empty stage and had to stop talking just like the people around him.

Someone was going up on the wide empty stage.

Her hair fluttering in the shallow wind is as beautiful as expensive silk.

Not only her hair, but her fair skin that seemed to contain pure white snow and her eyes that looked like they were made of jewels.

“ha… .”

“… like… .”

It is an appearance that leaves only admiration to those who watch it.

“You are crazy. Crazy… .”

How can a person be so beautiful

The woman’s face was at a level that made the viewer even have a desire that they didn’t have.

‘… Why?’

At the time when everyone was ecstatic just by looking at the woman, Sangju Cheon had to feel something strange.

‘Why is it different from yesterday?’

Obviously, when I watched the dance yesterday, I didn’t feel that way.

Of course, I thought it was beautiful, but it wasn’t a memorable feeling.

If so, who is that woman now?

They look the same, but the presence they exude is different.

The strong mental strength that he had endured while living as a merchant facing countless people was about to shake.

“… So beautiful.”

“There was a treasure living in Namgung… . If my daughter had looked like that, she would have been hiding it even if she was like me.”

Squeak.

Namgoongbia, a woman on the stage, tidied her long hair behind her neck, feeling all kinds of stares.

As her hair lifted and her neckline was revealed, moaning around her grew louder, but Namgoongbia didn’t care.

I just calmly took out the ornament from my bosom and fixed my hair.

A crescent moon-shaped headdress, a gift he gave himself.

Even though there were so many people, I didn’t feel the stench stinging my nose.

It meant that he was watching from somewhere.

With that alone, Namgoongbia was able to find enough peace.

As I was about to finish clearing things up, an opponent stood up on the other side.

‘…’

Seonyeon Jang… . did you say

I don’t know why, but he was the boy that Gu Yangchun was interested in.

Gu Yangchun seemed to be unwilling to show that, but Namgoongbia knew.

Jang Seon-yeon climbs onto the stage with neat steps and approaches Namgungbi.

Namgoongbia did not avoid it.

“Nice to meet you. My name is Jang Seon-yeon from Taeryeong Jangga.”

A polite greeting. Namgoongbia pondered for a moment before saying hello herself.

“… Namgoongbia.”

Surprisingly, Jang Seon-yeon was a person who did not have a strong odor.

It’s ambiguous to say that it doesn’t happen at all.

A feeling that is not annoying.

Surprisingly, it was the most comfortable level that Namgungbia had ever felt, except for Guyangcheon, which had no smell.

but.

‘… I don’t want to get close.’

Even if you don’t feel the stench, an unknown bloating rises up.

I don’t know why, but Namgoongbia felt uncomfortable with Jang Seon-yeon.

“i look forward to. I didn’t know that the Lei Dragon Confucius would have such a beautiful sister.”

The kind smile made me feel that Namgoongbia was also good-looking.

Now that he’s back, I like his rugged eyes better than that smile.

I didn’t like it too much at first, though.

Jang Seon-yeon also had many thoughts while looking at Namgung-bia.

‘Namgoong Sera.’

Seeing Bia Namgoong, Seonyeon Jang had one impression.

‘It’s beautiful, seriously.’

It was a beauty that is difficult to describe.

In order not to be tempted by this, it is a level where you have to spend a little to bet.

Aside from that, I don’t know my skills.

‘To what extent.’

Dokbong and Noi-ryong, who thought they would be opponents, were defeated, so there would be no such person as a threat.

Except for one person.

‘Nine Yangcheon.’

Jang Seon-yeon had to work hard not to wrinkle her expression at the name that came to her mind.

He’s a guy who keeps bothering me from where he came from.

And that gloomy atmosphere.

A subtle sense of hostility.

Even the way he looked at himself was annoying.

-Do you think you’ll win? that monster?

The words Paeng Woo-jin said bothered his ears from that day on.

Do you think you’ll win? It was funny.

Of course you have to win.

Because you and him are completely different.

Losing to someone who couldn’t have anything was a story that couldn’t exist.

Even if you cross the wall and reach the climax. It was meaningless if he didn’t have ‘energy’.

The Thunder Dragon couldn’t use it properly, and it didn’t permeate into the body, so it was defeated incompetently.

‘I am different.’

The arrogance of the guy who must have heated up.

You will meet yourself and sit down.

I was thinking of making it that way.

And in the end, it will be you who gets the seat.

‘Even if I can’t become a divine dragon.’

Since I’m talking with Shaolin, I won’t be able to get the position of Shinryong.

Everything else was enough for now.

I will rise to the top of everyone who starts and ends with this.

He was a man worth it.

Jang Seon-yeon looked at the woman in front of her.

She is one of the most beautiful women he has ever encountered.

As far as I know, there was a story that he was the fiancé of Yangcheon Gu.

At those words, Jang Seon-yeon laughed inwardly.

‘It doesn’t fit the subject.’

It seems that there are women’s clothes that don’t fit my subject.

It was to the point where I was coveted just by looking at it.

However, compared to his sharp eyes, his expression was something of a fierce person.

I feel like I want to be the person of the Namgung surname.

The atmosphere is endlessly noble, but should I say that something is missing somewhere?

“The Battle of the Four Rivers.”

At the referee’s words, Jang Seon-yeon calmly raised her sword.

I had to get out of my mind and focus.

‘I don’t want to use much force, so I’d better finish it quickly.’

From Jang Seon-yeon’s point of view, Namgoongbia was full of gaps.

Not even aiming at the tip of the sword, in a way, seemed like giving up.

‘What am I trying to do?’

If it’s trying to urge vigilance by showing a gap, it’s a failed operation a long time ago.

he is not careless

Jang Seon-yeon immediately raised her five senses and focused on Namgoongbia.

“The Namgung Family’s Namgung Bidae. Jang Seon-yeon from Taeryeong Jangga.”

The beginning is near, but Namgoongbia is still the same.

He lowered his sword and just watched Jang Seon-yeon with a fierce expression.

‘Obviously, did he really give up?’

By the time you start thinking like that.

“start!”

I wanted to finish quickly, so there was no time to hesitate.

Along with the referee’s cry, Jang Seon-yeon raised the bet and moved.

“… !”

No, I was trying to move.

“… What.”

Contrary to her heart, Jang Seon-yeon could not move.

Jang Seon-yeon’s sword, full of bets, was trembling.

The quiet breathing was disturbed at once.

The legs, which were full of strength, remained in place as if nothing had happened.

“Whoa… Whoa.”

He controls his fluctuating bets and evens out his breath, but the trembling tip of his sword does not calm down.

Jang Seon-yeon looked at Namgung-bia with amazement.

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Nodded

It makes a rough sound with its teeth in its tightly closed mouth.

It has to be.

Because I couldn’t help but endure the rushing energy.

Cold sweat flows naturally, and the goose bumps on my back are so creepy.

Terrible pressure, unable to move even one step.

‘There it is… .’

Where Jang Seon-yeon is looking.

Namgoongbia was standing in the same posture as before with her sword down.

The absurd pressure she felt made Jang Seon-yeon’s body stiff.

How the hell is this English?

“… not.”

Startle.

Jang Seon-yeon’s eyes widen at the voice that sounds like a whisper.

The body is very tense in unexpected situations.

What are you trying to say?

Seeing Jang Seon-yeon like that, Namgoongbia continued talking.

“not… I will come… ?”

These were the words Gu Yangchun spat out to his opponent during the dance.

And, it was something that Namgoongbia wanted to imitate someday.