96 – Jehwajeon. (One)

Jehwajeon (1)

I woke up earlier than usual and finished my morning training.

Lately, I have been waking up every morning to practice.

Duduk-! Bone sounds are heard whenever a joint is moved.

My body seemed to have loosened up to some extent.

As soon as the training was over, I checked my physical condition.

All of the internal injuries sustained in the battle had healed, and only the demon coiled in the danteon remained as a problem.

‘At this rate… . It will be over tomorrow.’

Fortunately, purification was steadily progressing in the body.

Because of that, it is much less now.

The amount of magic that Swordsman possessed was too much.

The remaining energy after purifying demonic energy is being absorbed into the danteon, so I could feel that the amount of bets was increasing more than before.

‘In a way, this should be considered a chance.’

At this point, it seemed that the point of struggling with poor bets had passed.

It won’t be completely absorbed, but most of it will be stored as power.

So it was even more questionable.

‘Where the hell did Swordsman get this level of demonic energy?’

I heard from Sinui that he couldn’t speak because he was under a ban.

Hearing that made it even creepier.

“… It’s forbidden for Magi.”

This is almost the same story as the traces that the Heavenly Demon did to create demons.

To find the difference, it is that Magi is at the level of ‘endurance’.

Because of this, I wasn’t sure if the Swordsman had met the Heavenly Demon.

If the Heavenly Demon truly gave the swordsman his magic, it wouldn’t have stopped at this point.

At least that’s how I know it.

‘I’ll have to find out the magic that the Dark Night Palace possessed.’

The volcanic faction might also be moving, but I wanted to find out a little about how they caught the plum swordsmen and drew their blood.

The feeling of something uneasy is the feeling that something is tightly entangled.

“Should we go to their lair that the literati of the volcano discovered?”

Finding the location may be a problem, but it should not be difficult as it has already been found and is being maintained by the Volcano Sect.

‘I’ll have to look around before I go back to Sega.’

There was a high probability that the volcanic faction had already checked and taken their traces.

Even so, trying to go was a justification to reduce hesitation even a little.

‘If the Black Night Palace is really related to the Demonic Cult.’

A bunch of Sapa people collapsed by the Murimmaeng after just a few years.

I thought only that much. If there was a fact that was so tangled up.

‘I’ll have to do something.’

I didn’t have enough power to erase the Dark Night Palace with my own hands.

It wouldn’t be a place where you could push it so recklessly.

‘I’ll be able to pull it off for a few years though.’

I’ll have to think about whether that’s really necessary.

I didn’t have enough time to think about it.

“Actually, I’ve already finished my worries.”

As much as I was determined to do something, I couldn’t just think about it forever.

When I dragged myself into the dorm, Wi Seol-ah approached me with a pleasant smile and a towel.

It was probably brought beforehand to use when washing.

I looked at it and asked.

“Did you wake up early in the morning?”

As I said that, my eyes unknowingly turned to Wi Seol-ah’s hair.

Wi Seol-ah was fixing her hair with the ornament she gave her yesterday.

At the same time, I remembered the touch of my cheek yesterday, and I stroked my cheek with my hand for no reason.

Wi Seol-ah, who has been watching me quietly, asks.

“Bocchan, where are you sick?”

“No, I’m fine.”

“But why is my face red… ?”

“… It is an illusion.”

I quickly passed Wi Seol-ah and washed and changed clothes. I washed my face with cold water, but the strange heat remained.

‘Does it make sense that I’m still doing this because of just that?’

Even thinking about it was ridiculous.

If it’s hard to reduce the heat on the face, I even thought of the foolish idea of using a bet to wrap the heat around the body so that it doesn’t show.

However, I just gave up because I felt like I would feel really embarrassed if I did that.

After trimming the clothes and opening the door, Namgoongbia was sitting on the floor, not knowing when she woke up.

To be exact, I was sitting and dozing.

I was thinking of just leaving it if I wanted to sleep in moderation, but it must have happened somehow.

After watching it quietly, she coughed lightly and slipped the ornament into her hair to secure it.

The problem was that he had never focused on touching a woman’s hair, so it seemed to be more messy because his hands were rough.

“…is this ruined?”

I was just going to give it secretly, but how do I fix this?

She tried to do something, but perhaps because the crowd was too great, Bia Namgung rubbed her sleepy eyes and moved her head.

“Mmm…”

“…”

Half-closed eyes meet mine.

Soon after, Namgoongbia raised her thin, white hand and gently shook it.

This was her typical morning greeting.

In the meantime, you can clearly see the decorations in her hair swaying with Bia Namgoong’s movements.

‘…Should I tell you?’

how should i say

I did it because I didn’t want to show off, but I can’t just let it go.

Namgoongbia looks at him with a worried face as he is in a hurry not knowing what to do.

“That… .”

“yes?”

I’d rather try to pull it out with my hands, but Wiseol-ah came over and talked to me as if he had found it.

“uh? Is your sister doing the same thing as me?”

“Is it the same?”

It was only then that Namgoongbia must have noticed the strange thing that had happened to her.

“uh?”

He sees it and immediately looks in my direction.

It looked like what this was.

I looked at Namgoongbia’s fierce expression and answered in a low voice.

“… I just bought one.”

I was going to give it to you yesterday, but I just gave it to you, and I couldn’t bear to give it to you.

As he spoke, he looked away.

Why is this so hard to make eye contact with?

For reference, it wasn’t exactly the same as the one I gave to Wiseol-ah.

It’s a little bit, but it looks different.

At first, I wanted to buy a decoration for a different purpose, but I didn’t know what to buy, so I picked it roughly.

‘Why would you buy something like this?’

If I just stayed still, I would have gone halfway.

No matter how much I think about it, I don’t think it was useless.

Namgungbia looked at the ornaments quietly, then brushed her hair up, shaped it, and fixed it with the ornaments.

The pure white nape of the neck is naturally exposed and the fine lines stand out.

It was amazing how the atmosphere changed like this just by putting my hair up.

Namgoongbia looks up at me and asks.

“… How are you?” “Okay… It’s okay.”

There were words that were about to come out of my throat, but I barely held it in.

It was difficult to say ‘pretty’.

Fortunately, Namgoongbia raises the corner of her mouth and smiles slightly, as if this answer was enough.

He seemed to be smiling a lot these days.

Just looking at this, I felt that my life was very different from my previous life.

If it was the life I wanted, the direction was a little different, but if it wasn’t a comfortable life, that wasn’t it either.

It was a comfortable life that I would like to keep as it is if possible.

‘So more… .’

I should do something.

Even so, it will make a difference.

The guide who leads me to the fork in the road where I hesitated for a long time… Ironically, it was just amazing that it was such a trivial thing.

I tried to hide my embarrassment and pretended it was nothing.

“I’m going to see the shoe show being held. Do you want to come with me?”

At my question, Namgoongbia and Wiseolah both nodded at the same time.

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The original plan was to leave before the shoe show opened and return to Sega as soon as possible.

Gu Ryeong-hwa said she would return to Sega, so I decided to wait.

After that, I had something to do in Shaanxi, so I had to delay the plan anyway, so should I say this is fortunate.

‘Though swordsmanship and trust are a problem.’

Two people who want to go to Sega together.

I don’t know why I suddenly made that choice.

It was a good thing from Sega’s point of view.

Of course, I don’t know if the swordsman can be a bit uncomfortable.

If it’s trustworthy, he’s probably a person that not only the Kuga family, but the Onsega family will welcome.

‘My father… .’

I don’t know about my father.

I was planning to send related matters to Segae, such as changes in the number of people returning and suspicions that the Dark Night Palace was aiming for faithfulness.

Since it is not known how much the swordsman’s body has recovered, there is a story written asking him to replenish his strength in preparation for an unexpected attack.

In fact, it’s only half of the writing for show.

In any case, there was a position, so I had to send it.

then around noon.

Until the shoe exhibition started, there were no Korean food courts left.

‘Didn’t they say that the shoe show took about two days?’

If we recall the difference from the Guryonghoe held by the Gu Family, outsiders are not allowed to participate.

It would be convenient to think of it as a small dance competition in which literary men compete in the munpa itself.

At least it was a festival of pure munpa, without collaboration with the upper ranks or anything like that.

During the shoe festival period, outsiders are relatively free to enter and exit. This means that you are welcome to come and take a look.

The problem is that the volcanic wave is on top of a crazy high mountain.

I wondered if anyone would come up to this high place to see this…

Since ancient times, human passion is a great thing.

“It’s buzzing… ?”

Even if it’s not a place with a door that’s so wide compared to the reputation or position that the volcano faction has.

It’s so full of people in the middle… .

Considering that the majority of people are ordinary people without a bet, climbing itself would have been work.

Even more so, I would have had to climb the mountain early in the morning to arrive at this time.

Seeing this again, I felt like I knew a little bit about the status and affection that Hwaeum-hyeon has for the symbol of the Volcanic Wave.

It seems that the volcanic wave also prepared a place for this or that, as if it had expected foreigners to come from the beginning.

Although the level may be lower than the Guryonghoe, which was prepared by collaborating with the upper ranks, the atmosphere seemed better this way.

In the gap, I could faintly hear the chatter of the people gathered there.

“Should the sword dragon also participate this time?”

Is it the story of Youngpoong?

“I don’t think I saw it last year… but it will come out this year.”

“In the first place, it wasn’t even Geomryong back then, who won last year? zero… what was it?”

“Of course it must be a spirit, you human, all three great disciples must have turned into spirit sons.”

“It must have been the Doho called spirituality.”

“Five! That’s right, spirituality! It felt like that… . Who are you?”

The person who intervened in the conversation was wearing a volcanic uniform with a plum blossom pattern on it.

Seeing that, the man who had been making a lot of noise shrank slightly as if he was slightly intimidated.

the man asked cautiously.

“Are you… a volcanic person?”

“Ah, yes, my name is Youngpoong.”

‘…What is he doing over there?’

Surprisingly, it was Youngpoong who sneaked into the conversation.

Why don’t you prepare for the shoe show?

“Youngpoong… zero… ! Ho, maybe the sword dragon… ?”

Youngpoong shyly scratches the back of his head at the man’s question.

It meant half-admitting it.

By the time the man was startled and informed the person next to him, Yeongpoong and I met eyes.

“oh! Old small cooperative!”

When he saw me, he immediately got up and came towards me. As Yeongpung moves, people’s eyes also move.

The sound of the conversation just now was a bit loud, so it seemed that the people around me noticed it.

I can see the light shining from the eyes of those who are looking at Yeongpoong.

Hey, it’s not easy to see the representative late index, which is said to be the midfielder.

Speaking of Oryongsambong, it was the same name as the protagonist who will lead the new generation.

‘… Youngpoong has been treated harshly these days.’

Youngpoong’s personality, which seems to be somewhat fun to tease, may have played a part, but he treated it a bit excessively.

Seeing this, I realized once again that Young Poong is in a great position.

As Youngpung approaches, he greets Bia Namgoong and Seolah Wi.

I asked while looking at Youngpoong.

“Isn’t the stampmaster going to participate in the shoemaking contest?”

“Oh, no. Today is the day that only the three great disciples compete.”

“But why… . ah.”

I remembered what I had heard the other day that Yeongpoong decided to compete among the disciples of Lee Dae.

“Gu Xiaohyeop, are you on your way to see the old accident?”

I hesitated to answer Yeongpoong’s words.

It was true that I came to see how Gu Ryeong-hwa was doing, but I don’t want to say that I came to see my younger sister.

“No what… That’s true, but if the three great disciples were doing it anyway, I don’t think there was any need to come.”

I don’t know about Namgoongbia and Wiseolah, but I was just going to see what I was going to see, so if this happens… .

“Ah, if that’s the case, you can wait.”

“Yes?”

“Gusago said he was holding a shoe show today.”

I didn’t quite understand what Youngpoong was saying.

“Dojang, I’m sure the three great disciples are doing it today… ?”

“… It is, but…”

He muttered as if he had something embarrassing to say.

“ah.”

Youngpoong clapped his hands as if he had found a way.

“Since there is still time left… . Would you like to follow me for a moment?”

Having said that, Youngpoong moved from his seat and followed without saying anything.

The one that followed Youngpoong was behind the building.

Seeing that most of the people gathered were wearing uniforms, it seemed to be a place for writers to wait.

‘Is this the place where only the three great disciples gathered?’

Even at a glance, it was made up of a little more or less age than Youngpoong.

The peers who have exceeded the terms or have not yet passed them.

Anyway, that’s it… .

“Yeongpoong Dojo… .”

“Yes, please.”

“Why are they doing that over there?”

On the side my fingertips were pointing to, there were masses of unknown muscles, and there were also familiar faces mixed in.

These were the disciples of Lee Dae-jung who accompanied him on the way to Seom-seo.

I see something hiding behind a pillar and staring at it.

Could it be that those big guys hid it because they were hiding it?

Guryunghwa also seems to have all the ways to hide, but it’s no wonder that the Volcano faction doesn’t teach them how to hide… ?

Youngpoong looks at my reaction and says a little puzzled.

“Well, you’re probably doing that because of the old accident.”

“… what?”

Why is the old man suddenly popping up here?

Suddenly, I remembered how surprised I was when I heard that I was a blood relative of Gu Ryeong-hwa on the way to Hwasan.

‘Am I being hated?’

If that’s the case, I’d be a bit annoyed.

It’s because I wasn’t sent out to be hated somewhere.

I turned and walked towards the muscle mass.

“uh? uh? small agreement… ! Wait a minute… !”

Youngpoong tried to stop him, but he didn’t listen.

It’s not like I’m pretending to be a proper bloodline now, but seeing this with my own two eyes made me feel a little feverish.

The closer I got, the more I heard the disciples talking.

Where did he focus so much on that he didn’t notice me approaching?

“… No, why are you trying to do it among the three great disciples?”

“So, shouldn’t we do something on our side?”

Are those words all about salvation?

“Everybody stay quiet, wasn’t it the sister-in-law’s choice? Then you should respect… !”

“No, are you saying this to the ambassador type? How can I believe in those idiot-like things… .”

“In my eyes, you are the most stupid person, so please keep your mouth shut.”

“no… .”

What did they not believe in among the three great disciples, and what did they try to do among themselves?

I haven’t heard anything from Gu Ryeong-hwa that she’s going through this kind of situation.

‘It must mean that the distance from me is that far.’

It was all on my own, so there was nothing I could say to Gu Ryeong-hwa.

In case it shows more emotions than necessary, I refined it first.

While repeating the thought that this place is not the same enough to overturn everything.

After getting closer to a certain extent, I immediately started talking to the students of this university.

“What the hell is this… .”

“And what if Sister Gu gets hurt…!”

“… is doing… ?”

I was speechless and stopped moving.

The eyes of the disciples of this university turned to me, as if they had heard my words.

“yes?”

“uh? Old small cooperative?”

A cold sweat broke out on my back.

… what did you just hear?