“Uh huh? Ugh!”

The middle-aged man who met Kang Tae-han’s eyes reacted three times. I was surprised to see Kang Tae-han, I was surprised to see my friend lying below, and I was surprised once more because Kang Tae-han looked so fine.

“what! When did you come up?!”

“You said you came up there alone? Carrying a grown man?”

“No, hey… Makes sense, does that?”

The reactions of others were not very different. Everyone exclaimed in admiration as they alternately looked at Kang Tae-han and the victim lying below with surprised eyes.

“… student. Do you have any special forces or something?”

“Hey, no matter how special forces you are, does this make sense?”

“Then what is it? Rhythmic gymnastics?”

“no… magician?”

“Ah, these people are real. Is that important now?”

As they shared their scathing speculations, a man from the party stopped them and stepped forward. He seemed the most polite, and he seemed to be the center of the group.

“Student, thank you very, very much for your help.”

He took off his hiking hat and bowed his head to say thanks. It was a sincere appreciation in both voice and action.

* * *

After being rescued, the man was transported with the help of a belated mountain rescue team. From what I’ve heard, he seems to have lost consciousness due to the symptoms of a concussion, but it seemed that he didn’t have to worry too much because the rescue was quick.

Thanks to Kang Tae-han’s performance, the rescue process was skipped and the patient was immediately transported. Of course, there was a reprimand from the rescuers saying, ‘You shouldn’t do this next time’.

“Student, thank you again.”

“I don’t know how to repay you for this.”

Four of the party followed the wounded down, but the other two remained with Kang Tae-han. It was a decent man who thanked me first, and a rather light-hearted man who asked if I was a special forces soldier. Kang Tae-han shook his hands with a slight smile in gratitude.

“It was nothing. It’s really fine. Rather, how did your friend fall down the hill?”

“That friend is a friend who likes photography… It must have fallen while taking a picture. I haven’t seen it myself, though.”

“It’s true that I fell while taking a picture. I saw him slip while holding the camera. Tsk. In a place like that, of course.”

He kicked his tongue, scolding his absent friend. It was so careless that if he hadn’t been hurt, he wouldn’t have had anything to say if he had been hit in the head.

“By the way, you weren’t even making a statement.”

“Uh, I also have a business card… Oh, here you are.”

As if belatedly thinking about it, the two men each handed Kang Tae-han a business card.

[Park Ho-yeon, director of Paik Hospital]

[Gongju Country Golf Club Owner Cho Won-ho]

Kang Tae-han, who checked the business card, felt strange. To be honest, it’s because they were pretty flashy titles to say that we met while hiking.

Especially since I don’t know about the former, but the latter fits perfectly with the impression of being called a neighborhood man.

“If there is anything I can help with, feel free to contact me. Because anything is fine.”

“This bastard hospital is a pretty good place to be. and i… Well, I can lend you money if the student needs it.”

“… Are you even joking around like this?”

“I’m serious?”

Responding to the criticism between close friends is familiar and natural. It looks like we’ve been together for quite some time. Then, at that moment, Jo Won-ho clapped his hands as if he had suddenly remembered it.

“right. Student, do you like to drink?”

“You mean alcohol? I don’t hate it… … .”

“Good luck! wait a bit.”

Before Kang Tae-han could refuse, Jo Won-ho put down his backpack and started rummaging inside. Soon after, a bucket of brown liquid came out.

“This is bellflower wine, but it is also very good for the body.”

“… Where did you get that from?”

Just a moment ago, Kang Tae-han waved his hand and tried to refuse.

But the moment he saw the bottle from his backpack, his eyes subtly changed. More precisely, it was from the moment I sensed the energy leaking out of it.

“this? You can’t get this even with money. Because it’s a drink that I distilled and brewed myself. There are only a handful of bottles in the world, this is it.”

Jo Won-ho said while tapping his chest. Kang Tae-han’s reaction seemed to make him feel better.

“Can I have a taste of it?”

“uh? No, I took it out for students, so there’s no problem… Do you like drinking more than you look?”

Jo Won-ho said as if he was surprised by Kang Tae-han’s aggressive appearance. It is because the impression was heavy and heavy because it was not gentle until then.

Meanwhile, Kang Tae-han received the bottle and immediately opened the lid and poured some alcohol into it. The quality of the drink itself was not very high. As is the case with home-made soaked liquor, it is just about that level.

But that didn’t matter anyway. The reason Kang Tae-han was surprised earlier wasn’t because of the perfection of the drink.

‘More than I thought.’

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Liquor dripping from the bottom after a little bit.

However, the energy leaked out from there filled the glass and showed off its presence. It was the clearest spirituality I had ever felt after returning to modern times.

‘If I add a bit of exaggeration, I can even call the elixir.’

elixir. Literally translated, it is a divine medicine.

It is a medicine that has magical energy in itself, and can gain years or decades of internal energy just by taking it and accepting it into the body.

Most of them are low-quality items that have a good name and have no special effect, but elixirs made of rare materials, such as thousand-year-old hemp or the inner hem of spiritual objects, have such powerful effects that the whole Murim is excited.

Of course, this bellflower drink is not enough to be called a miracle drug. It obviously contained spirits, but that’s all. If you sell this as an elixir in the middle court, you might be kicked out while hearing the sound of a cheater.

However, that is Moorim’s standard.

Considering that this is a modern age where the concept of ki itself has become blurred, even this level was enough to be called an elixir.

‘Sometime.’

Kang Tae-han raised his glass and carefully took a sip.

When I tasted it myself, I could feel the presence of Reiki more clearly. A pure spirit that reminds me of the clear energy of the morning mountain. It is a unique feeling that can be felt from medicinal herbs grown with spirit.

‘… Nice.’

A clear aura that circulates through the body and is naturally absorbed.

The amount of aura itself was not so large that it could be naturally absorbed without having to eat a fortune-telling meal, but the feeling of aura that I hadn’t felt in a long time was special. Even the taste of ordinary damgeumju is fragrant.

“How are you, are you okay?”

Jo Won-ho, who was watching Kang Tae-han, asked. Kang Tae-han smiled and nodded slowly.

“Good. You deserve to be proud.”

“Ha ha ha. Everyone thinks it’s nothing special, but when you take a bite, your expression changes? This is really not something I give to just anyone.”

Jo Won-ho burst into laughter as if he was feeling better at the honest praise.

“Didn’t you say you dug up and soaked it yourself?”

“Well? Oh, it was.”

“Where did you get it from?”

You can accidentally hang a canned bellflower with exceptional energy. If so, this bellflower drink with spirit is just a product of coincidence. This may not be all of the sake made with bellflower seeds, but it is only a limited item anyway.

But I knew it when I tasted it myself.

This means that the land where these bellflowers were harvested, and the mountain itself, has a strong aura. If so, the possibilities are much more open.

In the first place, this is just bellflower.

To put it bluntly, it is a common medicine that is very far from an elixir.

What if this bellflower was picked up by other herbs grown in the canned mountain? What if you find even wild ginseng? It was an imagination that inevitably sparked interest in Kang Tae-han.

“… Why, why? Do you think I got it from somewhere difficult? It’s not like that.”

On the other hand, at Kang Tae-han’s inquisitive question, Jo Won-ho shook his hand with a puzzled expression. I wondered if there was some kind of misunderstanding because someone who had no interest in saving people came out so aggressively.

‘It is illegal to gather herbs or herbs in the mountains!’ In an instant, the warning signs hanging all over the hiking trail passed through his mind.

Did you guess what he was thinking?

Kang Tae-han smiled lightly and shook his head.

“No, it’s not like that, it’s just that I’m interested in it. My father also likes to brew.”

“Oh yeah? Then tell me right away!”

Soaked liquor. When his interest came up as a topic, Jo Won-ho’s expression quickly changed back to a bright color.

“I want you to like it if I dig a little bit.”

“That’s right. As I said before, I didn’t get it from a place like this, I got permission from a private property and got it.”

“Private?”

“Because one of our friends has a lot of land. It’s the mountain that friend has.”

This time, Park Ho-yeon, who was next to him, answered instead. He had been listening to the story from the side, but it seemed that he was too bored to stand still.

“To the princess… Where were you? I don’t remember the exact address, but it was a little far from here, but it was a place worth driving to.”

“The name of the neighborhood is Ogok? Oh dragon? Anyway, there are hardly any people around, so the mountain roads are a bit rough, but I really like digging things like this.”

“It would be nice to visit later. Could you introduce me to him?”

At Kang Tae-han’s words, Jo Won-ho smiled.

“Sure. Maybe he will like it too.”

“The person you saved is that friend.”

“… Aha, that’s right.”

Kang Tae-han nodded with a small exclamation.

It would be better to ask the person who helped you than to ask someone else. It was a coincidence, but if it’s a coincidence like this, it’s just nice to see it again and again.

* * *

“Then be sure to contact me next time!”

“Call me if you ever need to play golf!”

“Yes, go down carefully.”

Kang Tae-han still had to climb the mountain, and Park Ho-yeon and his party were originally on their way down the mountain. Kang Tae-han left a greeting with a light silence and then moved on again.

‘I’m glad I didn’t pass by.’

At first, I wondered if I wouldn’t have to step out, or if I was just messing around, but in the end, it turned out to be a good choice.

Kang Tae-han remembered the business card he had just received.

Paik Hospital is a fairly large and famous hospital that is close enough to walk from home.

I had no particular intention of making a campaign with my personal connections, but it didn’t hurt to know that my father might be hospitalized.

On top of that, he also got a bottle of bellflower wine that could be called an elixir, and looked for a possibility that he might be able to secure an elixir in the future. It’s a truly unexpected achievement.

… but aside from that.

“Hmm.”

Kang Tae-han looked down at his hands and wiggled a couple of times. It is the hand that once buried the blood of others in order to survive and created the Sea of Sisan for revenge.

It would be hypocritical to say that you do good deeds with these hands. However.

“However… It doesn’t feel too bad.”

To help someone and be appreciated, apart from unexpected achievements. It was a lot more rewarding than I thought.