95 – Ready. (4)

ready (4)

“I lost… .”

Youngpoong, who had been out of breath for a long time, finally spoke.

The ground around Yeongpung was all dug up and a mess, and there were piles of broken wooden swords on one side.

My energy had already run out and I didn’t even have the strength to lift a sword.

It was only natural that the dance that started during the day was repeated until the sun went down.

“You worked hard.”

Youngpoong looked at the owner of the voice.

‘… strong.’

Feelings are just that.

The young man’s inaction, which was said to be unrelenting or acting as an escort for Guyangcheon, was surprising.

Since the shoemaking exhibition was just around the corner, it was nice to see the strong swordsman who approached Youngpoong first, who was eager to dance.

I didn’t know it would be on this level… .

Youngpoong immediately thought of Namgoongbia.

I can feel my cheeks turning red right away.

It was because shameful memories came to mind.

It was the cause of the dance with Yangcheon Gu, and in a way, it was a memory of enlightenment that helped him settle his mind.

I couldn’t help but think of myself as immature.

‘I think it’s similar… . It’s a completely different feeling.’

I knew that Namgungbia was a direct descendant of Namgung, the main axis of the four generations, but whether it was her personality or family history, Namgungbia had no hesitation in practicing her family’s martial arts even if there were spectators.

As if you are going to see it, you should see it, and it unfolds a beautiful sword dance.

What is contained in the restrained geomro is the path of various lines.

To put it badly, Namgungbia had a promiscuous swordsmanship, which is said to be possessed by those who polish themselves without being biased in swordsmanship.

Nevertheless, since he has a flexible body and talent, he thought that it was an advantage to be able to perform various promiscuous movements.

At least in Youngpoong’s eyes, it seemed that way.

If you still fight, you will lose.

‘this person is… .’

In the case of unleaded, the opposite is true.

Neat and skilled, in a way, the basics themselves are solid.

It was literally a sample of a typical swordsman.

Young Poong quickly analyzed the cause of his defeat.

The unleaded sword was focused only on basic skills, not relying on a special change to a sword or excellent senses.

The cause of Yeongpung’s defeat was the simple reason that the leadless sword was faster and heavier.

Youngpoong sighed at the exact reason he had no excuse for.

‘There is no end outside the well.’

Looking at Gu Yangchun, the arrogance of my talent was shattered, and when I saw Namgoongbia, I felt shame once more and felt my own shortcomings.

And looking at the smokeless, I felt the futility.

‘There’s no room for confidence.’

Youngpoong felt that the name Geomryong had already been attached to him.

Muyeon calmly held out her hand to Youngpoong.

“thank you. I learned a lot thanks to you.”

“… no. You hung out all day, so I am more grateful.”

Holding Muyeon’s hand, Yeongpoong stood up.

The whole body was full of dirt, but it was enough to roughly shake it off.

Muyeon looked at Youngpoong and said.

“You have been out for too long. Looks like I’ll just have to go. Do you plan to go to the dojang more?”

“Yeah, I guess I’ll have to do some more.”

The only way to calm his troubled mind was training.

At least that was the only way Young Poong knew.

Muyeon nodded at Yeongpoong’s words.

After cleaning up, I went down the mountain road to go back to the lodging soon after.

Even while walking, feeling the cool breeze, Muyeon’s expression was still hardened.

I think it’s the first time I’ve been dancing all day without focusing on escorting.

‘What did this really mean?’

Similar to Yeongpung, Muyeon also hid a tight heart.

It was a deviation to find something, but all Muyeon felt was a terrible guilt for neglecting what he had seen.

“Since the escort doesn’t do anything right…”

There was self-reproach in Muyeon’s words that he spat out in the wind.

How many times has Guyangcheon been in crisis?

Perhaps it was because he was relieved after joining the prestigious group called the Volcano Squad, but Guyangcheon was in danger of fighting the peak unmanned.

What were you doing at that time?

I dare to think of any excuses, but there are no words that come to mind.

I was careless.

An escort, no one else.

‘Incompetent bastard.’

Of course, he knew that Gu Yang-chun was good at avoiding his eyes, and that his talent gradually rose to a level where he did not need an escort.

But that was pointless talk.

He is both a sword and a shield.

Gu Yangchun shouldn’t have been hurt, except when he died. It was not passion for the Gu family or loyalty to Gu Yangchun.

This was a matter of responsibility and a matter of the essence of forming one’s own character.

The moment you lose yourself, unmannedness ends.

It was a quote left by Geomson, one of the three respects Muyeon once respected.

Guyangcheon was getting stronger day by day.

When I first saw him, he was obviously a boy who couldn’t even be second-rate.

Now Guyangcheon is first-class, and it will reach the peak wall in a little while.

Such growth has been achieved in less than a year.

Conversely, what about you?

How many years have you been here because you couldn’t reach the peak? Muyeon had never thought that he was in a position to be impatient.

Time is still on his side, and he thought that if he worked hard, he would be able to climb someday.

‘… So, when the hell?’

incompetent

Aren’t you terribly incompetent?

What is the meaning of a person who trains a sword to protect it, if he can’t protect it?

Where is his sword headed?

Muyeon did not know. I felt like I had lost my way again.

What did you learn from your recent dance moves?

‘I realized what a possibility is.’

Unlike myself, I was able to get a glimpse of what the endlessly shining people were embracing.

Even if you think of Yeongpoong right now, that is the case.

I could see it growing in just one day of rain.

Yeongpung began to catch all the unleaded swords that he missed five times ten times at the end of the sword.

The gaps in Yeongpoong that were visible to Muyeon’s eyes were reduced one by one and became almost invisible.

Youngpoong was full of regret for himself, but on the contrary, Muyeon had to hide his surprise when he saw Youngpoong.

One day, Young Poong will rise to his level, and he never knows if he will overtake him soon.

I was certain that there was no lead until then.

‘And even then, am I still in place?’

A sense of self-worth.

I can feel how thick the wall in front of me is.

“Shimma… . Should I call this Shimma?”

Suddenly I stopped walking.

The wind that blows pushes my back, telling me to hurry back to the dorm.

Muyeon’s feet were firmly attached to the ground, so he didn’t think about falling.

‘like this… .’

Wait a minute, let’s take a break for a very short time.

It felt like something was twisted from the inside out.

Let’s take a break for a while and then go back to the dorm, and then we’ll be able to work again as normal.

Muyeon promised.

Something sounded in Muyeon’s ears as she stood still.

– Poof!

-Wheeik!

“Well?”

It was definitely not the sound of the wind.

It was a very familiar sound from Muyeon’s point of view.

The feet that were stuck together naturally come off.

Unknowingly, he was moving towards the sound.

-Wheeik! Poof!

After digging through the bushes and moving a little, someone was brandishing a sword on a flat area of moderate width.

‘… why?’

Since the practitioner was someone Muyeon knew, he was taken aback.

“Upper attendant… ?”

It was a hypocrisy.

A girl who is the exclusive attendant of Guyangchun and is receiving the beauty of the employees belonging to Guyangchun with her pretty face.

To think that such a fool was swinging his sword late at night in the mountains where no one seemed to be around.

‘Why are you doing that?’

swish swish swish!

Because he hadn’t learned the sword professionally, it was full of unnecessary movements that seemed crude and clumsy.

It was strangely powerful.

‘Maybe I’m going to exercise.’

I couldn’t think of anything other than that when I remembered what Wiseol-ah, the attendant, was doing.

swish…

Eventually, Wiseolah stopped swinging her sword and tilted her head.

“Isn’t this?”

“Well… ?”

Are you talking to yourself? I have often seen Wi Seol-ah’s innocent and unique personality, so I wondered if it was like that this time too.

“It’s hard… . I guess this is right.”

Moo-yeon swallowed a breath at the moment Wi Seol-ah performed while complaining.

from top to bottom.

The sword was clean, and it was an accurate movement even in his own eyes.

It was different from the crude movements he had just shown.

‘what… ?’

Did you see it wrong? Even though I saw it clearly, it was to the extent that I doubted it.

“It’s prettier and more comfortable this way, so why should I do it differently?”

Mu-yeon tried to check if there was anyone around at the words that he spat out alone, but there was no sign of him.

“… After all, I’m going to my grandfather… No, I won’t go to Grandpa, Grandpa was bad.”

He frowns slightly as if he is sulking.

Then, Mu-yeon had to be further shocked by Wi Seol-ah’s slow movement.

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Can it be that clean? It was clearly a no-brainer.

I just swayed and swung lightly.

Something was different.

How can that be? Contrary to Muyeon’s shock, Wi Seol-ah immediately stopped the tip of her sword.

“I know… I won’t.”

As if it had been spirited away, Wiseol-ah was changing back to the crude movements that Mu-yeon had first discovered.

In the situation that was unfolding, Muyeon eventually stepped forward.

Because I couldn’t just watch it.

“Upper attendant… ?”

“uh! Unreasonable brother!”

The sight of him waving his hand happily matched Wi Seol-ah, whom Moo-yeon knew.

“What are you doing here… ?”

At Moo-yeon’s question, Wi Seol-ah smiles and speaks confidently.

“I am learning the sword!”

“who… To the rescue?”

“Yeah… frozen… .”

Wi Seol-ah, who was about to answer casually, paused for a moment. He rolled his eyes here and there as if in surprise.

“… I was doing it alone.”

“alone… ?”

Words quickly changed.

No matter how much I checked, Wi Seol-ah was alone. I don’t think I could have lied. Wi Seol-ah looks at Mu-yeon and asks.

“Is Muyeon oppa on his way in now? The Bocchan found it earlier.”

“ah… !”

this… .

The stupid mistake was already coming.

Mu-yeon tries to hide her true feelings and tells Wi Seol-ah with a smile.

“I couldn’t concentrate because I was practicing a little today, I apologize to the young master.”

“Yes? It’s not, but since the young master is unleaded, he must be doing well on his own, so he didn’t say anything!”

It was cute to see her pouting the corners of her eyes as if she were following Gu Yangchun.

Mu-yeon tried to stroke her hair without realizing it, as if she were looking at her younger sister, but she quickly stopped.

Wi Seol-ah is kind to everyone, but there was a line that no one knew about.

He especially hated the act of being stroked by someone.

Only Wei Noya and Gu Yangchen allowed it, so Muyeon knew this and lowered his hand.

At the moment when the atmosphere is about to become somewhat embarrassing, Wi Seol-ah asks again.

“Then, brother, are you going home now?”

Muyeon nodded.

“Yes, I have taken a break from work now, and I have to go back.”

Mu-yeon carefully takes out the small wooden sword Wi Seol-ah is holding.

“That, top attendant.”

“Yeah?”

“Why are you training your sword all of a sudden?”

Wiseol-ah blinks at the question without question. Is it because she is thinking about the answer?

The wait wasn’t very long. It was because Wi Seol-ah immediately said it as if it was nothing.

“Bocchan comes injured every day. I guess someone keeps harassing me.”

From a small scratch to the big one this time. When Gu Yang-chun was injured, Wi Seol-ah felt pain as if her whole chest was being dug out.

It wasn’t even really painful.

Wisul-ah hated that feeling so much.

He hates Gu Yang-chun being sick even more than he hates being sick himself.

“So I will protect you.”

Moo-yeon was at a loss for words at the smile on her face as if it was nothing special.

It was a fact known to all the servants that Wi Seol-ah only followed and liked Gu Yang-cheon.

It looks like that, but there’s no way you wouldn’t know.

Muyeon thought it was just a matter of what could be done and what could not be done.

Of course, Wi Seol-ah’s moves I saw just before were surprisingly good.

‘Yes, it’s an attendant.’

Moo-yeon bit her teeth at the thought that ran through her mind inadvertently.

He realized that he had looked down on Wi Seol-ah and put him down without even realizing it.

Unaware of Moo-yeon’s feelings, Wi Seol-ah just laughs.

Then he cried brightly.

“I want to go down too! The Bocchan will be waiting for you.”

Joo-seom-ju-seom, carrying a wooden sword, moved lightly.

Mu-yeon was looking at Wi Seol-ah’s back.

‘It’s ugly, Muyeon-ah, to think that others can’t do what I can’t do.’

Even though I knew that Wi Seol-ah’s heart was sincere, I had a bad heart without knowing it.

‘Wake. There’s still a long way to go.’

It shouldn’t have collapsed in a place like this. Come to your senses.

Whoa… .

With a sigh, he let go of his deep narrowed heart.

Suddenly, Wi Seol-ah, who was running with a gun, stopped and came toward Mu-yeon again.

“… Upper attendant?”

Muyeon took a step backwards without realizing it.

It was because Wi Seol-ah, who had been smiling brightly, suddenly had a serious face.

“That’s enough.”

“Yes?”

It was a flowing voice, something much lower than usual. What’s going on?

As if he didn’t care about Moo-yeon’s reaction, Wi Seol-ah just said something.

“At least you seem to know what to do yourself, so I don’t think I have anything more to say.”

Wi Seol-ah’s white and small hand touches Mu-yeon’s chest.

Mu-yeon tries to move, but her body stiffens for a moment, perhaps because of the unknown atmosphere.

Wi Seol-ah didn’t look at that Muyeon and continued talking while looking at her chest.

“Don’t get too caught up in the mold, because sometimes you have to break it.”

Took-

In Wi Seol-ah’s pushing hand, Mu-yeon takes a step back.

In an instant, a recoil that started in the chest swept through the entire body and echoed.

“Huh… !”

Is it a surprise…? Ooh, that’s what I thought.

Why is the attendant above? In an embarrassing situation, Mu-yeon tries to raise the bet, but the feeling of vibration he felt was only momentary.

Moo-yeon hurriedly brushed her chest at the void that had just returned.

“Suddenly what… !”

I tried to ask what he was trying to do, but Wi Seol-ah returned to his original expression.

With a bashful smile, Wi Seol-ah tells Mu-yeon.

“Please tell me!”

“… Who are you talking about?”

Wi Seol-ah does not answer Mu-yeon’s question and runs away in the direction of the dorm.

“… ?”

Muyeon’s face, who was watching this, was slightly distorted.

Was it a joke? It was the first time I knew that Wi Seol-ah could act like that.

Even as I let out a sigh of relief, the last words Wi Seol-ah uttered strangely float in my head.

‘Breaking the frame.’

It may have been a rough word as a joke, but it felt like something touched Muyeon.

I wondered if I had come to enlightenment, so I stopped for a moment and thought about it, but I couldn’t believe it.

“If it was something like this that would come so easily… I wouldn’t have to worry about it.”

Even so, Wi Seol-ah’s little prank seemed to clear her complicated mind a little.

Satisfied with that, Mu-yeon followed Wi Seol-ah toward the inn.

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

“… What?”

Sitting still on the floor, Wi Seol-ah comes into the dorm, followed by Mu-yeon.

When I asked Hongwa, he said he went out for a walk, so he was wondering why he sent the child alone at night.

I wanted to go find it soon, but… Just then, Wiseol-ah appeared.

however.

“Has anything happened?”

The state of Muyeon that followed was a bit strange.

Putting aside the fact that the face looks troubled… .

‘Is it an illusion?’

It just feels weird… Am I feeling that way because I’m tired too?

Moo-yeon must have noticed my gaze and came this way.

“… sorry.”

“yes? what?”

“I took a break from the escort without talking. We will prevent this from happening in the future.”

Oh, is it because I took a day off today?

“There should be days off, wouldn’t you have practiced after saying you were taking a break anyway?”

“…”

“It’s true that there is no answer.”

I know what Moo-yeon’s feelings are, but there was no way for me to resolve them.

‘It’s a different part from Yeongpoong.’

If the wall that was blocked by arrogance was the wall of Youngpoong, it would have been enough to crush it and destroy it.

It was something that I had to pass on myself.

“If there’s something complicated, take a break.”

“… no.”

“yes.”

Mu-yeon, who expressed her intention to do it properly starting tomorrow, hurries back after saying hello.

It must be because I have to stand separately for night shifts.

I was a little concerned about Muyeon’s tired expression. Are you a little bit risky?

‘I’ll have to find some time later and try it.’

Although it may not be able to break through the blocked wall, it may be of some help.

Originally, I wouldn’t have bothered about it, but I thought it would be okay to put a little effort into the lead-free.

‘It’s a bit embarrassing to die without a talent like that blooming.’

Might be a good thing for the future. While I was roughly organizing my thoughts, Wi Seol-ah, who had washed up, walked this way.

“young master!”

“… you.”

I was about to say why I was dangerously wandering around the mountain this evening, but I just swallowed it in my mouth.

“I worked hard today too!”

“… Yeah, good job.”

I gave a rough answer and took something out of my pocket and handed it to Wi Seol-ah.

“… uh?”

Seeing the object in my hand, Wiseol-ah’s eyes widen.

Feeling embarrassed about something, he averted his gaze and added a word.

“It’s nothing special, it’s just because you work hard.”

It was a white hair ornament.

I bought it the other day when I went out to the prefecture with Namgoongbia and Wiseolah.

For reference, I also bought Namgoongbia, but I haven’t given it yet.

“me… Are you giving it to me?”

“no? Then give it to someone else… .”

“No!”

Suddenly, he jumps in with his hand and snatches the decoration.

Wi Seol-ah held the ornament tightly in her arms and started to laugh.

The response was much better than expected, which was embarrassing. Is this such a good thing?

It was just a cheap ornament, but at this point, I wanted to ask Shin Noya.

‘… If it’s Noya, would you like to curse?’

I’m pretty sure that’s probably the case.

Wi Seol-ah looked around to see what to do with the decorations, and started staring at me to see if something came to mind.

I slightly avoided that burdensome gaze and asked.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“young master.”

“yes… ?”

“Can I kiss you on the cheek?”

“What, what?”

“thank you!”

“sleep… ! Haven’t said anything yet… !”

Come and think about it now.

Wiseol-ah probably didn’t intend to listen to my answer in the first place.

so the next day.

Finally, it was the day when the festival of the volcano group, the shoe exhibition, began.