“Seonghyun-ah, take this.”

“What is this?”

Seonghyeon Choi accepted the box-shaped package that Taehan Kang had given him. Judging from the softness of the fabric surrounding the outside and the occasional embroidery, it seemed like a fairly valuable item.

“The one you said you needed last time.”

“So what?”

child. What else?

Seonghyeon Choi unpacked the bundle with a slightly anticipatory expression. It looks complicated at first glance, but if you pull the tail, the knot will come loose. What came out of it… It was a red ginseng extract gift set.

“… Why the hell all of a sudden?”

Seonghyun Choi’s expression was subtly wrinkled as if he had already eaten a spoonful of red ginseng extract.

There is something called a category of expectations for people, but this gift was easily out of that range. At least, isn’t it a gift that friends in their twenties can give and receive?

“You said last time you were out of energy.”

“So, what are your real intentions?”

“I got a lot of presents this time. I don’t think I can eat it all by myself.”

Gifts from Hanha players.

Players who received massage from him and saw the effect, as well as players who had not yet received a massage, sent gifts saying, ‘Can you do it a little earlier?’

In addition, the club sent only Korean beef or red ginseng, as if there were guidelines.

That’s how Korean beef and red ginseng piled up in the Kakao Talk gift box.

There is a storage problem with beef, so it’s a bit difficult to bring it, and red ginseng has a separate elixir anyway, so I decided to share it with the people around me.

“no wonder.”

At Kang Tae-han’s words, Seong-hyeon Choi burst out laughing as if he knew that. Even though this guy doesn’t have this kind of sense, he suddenly gave me red ginseng as a gift. Isn’t that strange?

“But can I just eat this? I think they said not to eat red ginseng if it doesn’t suit your constitution.”

“It’s okay because you fit in well.”

“… okay?”

It wasn’t like this in the past, but for some reason these days, whenever Kang Tae-han’s words are spoken, I feel like I’m being trusted. Especially when it comes to health related topics. Seonghyun Choi shrugged lightly.

“If you get it, you should eat well. Thank you.”

Seonghyeon Choi opened the cabinet where the clothes were stored and put in the gift set.

“And this too is a gift.”

“In addition? After red ginseng, even fresh ginseng… uh?”

Choi Seong-hyun looked back with a laugh. However, his expression brightened in an instant. It was because of the baseball in Kang Tae-han’s hand and the signature written on it.

“I hope this… Is it Choi Tae-joon’s signed ball?”

“Five… Can you find out at once?”

“Hey! Thank you!”

A completely different reaction from when I received red ginseng!

The other day, when Choi Tae-joon went to the shop, Choi Seong-hyun said, ‘I should have asked for an autograph at that time’, and I remembered that I got it separately.

I guess I did well.

Seeing Choi Seong-hyun spinning the signed ball around and smiling, Kang Tae-han also burst out laughing, feeling his own sense of worth.

“Is Taehan with you?”

In the meantime, the locker room door opened and Chief Hwang entered. As he had to hand over a present to Chief Hwang, Kang Tae-han created a color scheme.

“It’s fine, chief. I had something to give you.”

“Uh, yes? What?”

Kang Tae-han took another bundle of boxes from the cabinet. Let’s get that bundle… A slightly complicated look appeared on Chief Hwang’s face.

“ah… Have you made up your mind?”

When it comes to red ginseng, along with Korean beef, it can be said to be the representative of high-priced gifts filled with sincerity. Giving such a gift suddenly… that something is going on.

For example, ‘thank you so far’, isn’t it a gift handed over when saying sorry like that.

“If you’re Taehan, I think you’ll do well wherever you go. However, please let me know where you are going. Make a reservation for me too.”

Chief Hwang patted Kang Tae-han on the shoulder and said. Although he had a warm smile, he had sad looking eyes somewhere.

“… Yes? What are you talking about?”

Kang Tae-han, who couldn’t even guess his thoughts, just asked with an absurd expression.

“What… Aren’t you going to another shop?”

“No, it’s just a red ginseng gift.”

A moment of silence passed. Director Hwang stood blankly, staring at Kang Tae-han and the bundle in turn, then coughed a couple of times with an embarrassed expression.

“Hmmmm. I’ll eat well, Taehan. But since it’s time for guests to arrive soon, should we go out to the counter?”

It’s not a bad way to avoid the situation when you’re embarrassed. Director Hwang took the red ginseng extract set and quickly walked out of the changing room.

* * *

‘ah… Something is lacking.’

Webtoon writer Lee Byeong-ho was lying on his bed and thinking. The place where he is now is the room of the massage shop he had reserved.

However, all he had in his mind was the plot of the episode and the new character he had just been thinking about in the bathroom. I just remembered something and it’s about to be finished, but the feeling of lacking something remains.

‘I just had the right feeling about him.’

The person I met in the bathroom.

The moment I saw him, I immediately thought that a young man who went through a half-romantic experience would feel exactly like that.

It’s just that staring at people there is something very manly, so I avoided looking at them halfway through… Perhaps because of that, the inspiration was cut off.

“Is it when I’m making new characters?”

The storyboard of the main story hasn’t been completed yet.

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Lee Byung-ho let out a sigh with a bitter expression.

smart.

Then someone knocked on the door.

When Lee Byung-ho answered the knock, he opened the door and a masseuse entered the room.

“… Hut.”

Seeing the masseuse’s face, Lee Byung-ho gasped. The person who entered was none other than Kang Tae-han, the same person he had seen in the bathroom.

“Are there any problems?”

“Yes? ah… no.”

Even while shaking his head, Lee Byung-ho continued to look at Kang Tae-han. It’s strange to say this, but… For some reason, I could feel the feeling of a Moorim person.

“Hmm… Overall, the energy of the body is weakened.”

Meanwhile, Kang Tae-han, who was also looking at him, said while lightly touching his upper jaw.

“I sit in a chair for a long time and work… It seems that for the past few months, I have been living a life of sleeping in the morning and waking up during the day. Isn’t it?”

“… No, that’s right.”

Something that fits like a lie.

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Lee Byung-ho thought about whether he had done a survey beforehand, but he had no memory of doing so.

“Lie down for a moment.”

“All right.”

At first, there was only a little mysterious feeling, but maybe because of the question and answer a while ago, trust was added to it. Lee Byeong-ho quietly followed his words and lay down on the bed.

“Huh… … .”

And the moment Kang Tae-han puts his hand on his back.

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Lee Byung-ho involuntarily took a short breath.

Warm warmth that spreads with a heavy feeling.

It felt as if the whole body was subdued with just one hand, but at the same time, as if it warmed up and relieved tension in every corner of the body, two opposite feelings coexisted together.

‘I wonder if this is how the main character felt when he received the secret grade from his teacher… … .’

With that subtle sense, Lee Byeong-ho naturally recalled a scene in the work.

The genre of his serial works is fusion martial arts. It was just that a hand was raised on his back, and it felt like a burst of inspiration from that alone.

‘Well… I’m sure my strength has declined a lot.’

Meanwhile, Kang Tae-han, who was checking his body condition, made an ambiguous expression. Both mental strength and energy are almost at the bottom. In addition, the muscles had almost lost their strength and were drooping, as if they hadn’t exercised much.

I don’t know what kind of work I do, but I think living day and night for a long time has had a big impact.

“Your wrist is in particularly bad condition.”

“Yes? ah… Yes. A bit for work.”

As Lee Byung-ho answered, he remembered a question.

Did this person check my wrist? No, I just put a hand on my back. It really can’t be anything strange.

‘It’s like a Moorim master… … ?’

However, Lee Byung-ho’s thoughts were interrupted in the middle.

“Haaagh!”

The moment Kang Tae-han completed the diagnosis and his hands touched the wing bones behind both shoulders, a scream like a third-rate henchman’s death burst from Lee Byung-ho’s mouth.

“Are you sick?”

“Yes, yes!”

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Lee Byung-ho said in an urgent voice. Originally, I was planning to move my arms a bit, but maybe because of the acupressure a moment ago, my arms hardly moved.

“It’s fortunate. If it’s really serious, you don’t even feel the pain.”

“Then when it’s more serious… Whoops!”

Wouldn’t it be better to receive it when it’s serious?

He tried to say that, but this time he was cut off halfway through. The feeling of tearing away all the tight muscles at once was enough sensation to paint my head in pure white.

“Huh, huh… … .”

At first, he continued to wriggle his body whenever the acupressure was applied, but after some time, he just sagged and breathed heavily.

After releasing the shoulders like that, through the spine, to the waist, to the calves… As the knotted muscles were released, Lee Byung-ho’s complexion gradually began to brighten.

‘What, what… … ?’

The entire body of the massager’s hands once passed through. My whole body throbbed and ached as if all my muscles had been torn. I’m sick… … .

A cool sensation began to well up in every part of the body, and it slowly began to spread throughout the body, like water seeping into a cultivated field.

I feel like my whole body is gradually being purified.

At first, he was breathing only in pain, but from a certain moment, his breathing was accompanied by a faint pleasure.

‘Like… It feels like all the blood vessels in my body are open.’

When he came back to his senses, it was Lee Byeong-ho who made a connection with what could happen in martial arts. However, there was one part he was decisively mistaken for.

‘Since the body is almost finished… Should I try to fix the blood flow soon?’

The point was that Kang Tae-han had only loosened the muscles, but hadn’t touched the acupoints properly.

Starting from the spine, the blood vessels are pierced to open a hole through which the takgi can escape, and the energy stored in the danjeon is released to awaken and activate the blood vessels.

The whole process takes place in Lee Byung-ho’s body. The level of releasing the muscles was just a prelude to this series of processes.

In the end, the next thing Lee Byeong-ho was able to come up with was when Kang Tae-han’s massage was over.

* * *

Time for the afternoon to begin.

“Ah, Mr. Taehan! I ate red ginseng well.”

“thank you. Thanks to you, I feel like I took care of myself.”

When Kang Tae-han entered the waiting room, other masseuses around him thanked him.

Seonghyeon Choi and Chief Hwang were the only two he delivered the gift set, but wouldn’t it be a pity to give only two when there are others?

There was no use for him anyway, so he brought some other sets that could be divided individually and left them open in the waiting room so that other masseuses could take them as they pleased.

“You’re welcome.”

At their greeting, Kang Tae-han replied with a light smile. It wasn’t that I was specifically asking for thanks, but it didn’t feel too bad.

‘… Oh.’

Then I suddenly remembered that Chief Hwang had something to do, so I came out of the waiting room… … .

“Teacher!”

Someone waiting in the lobby came with quick steps as if they were waiting for Kang Tae-han.

‘It’s the guest I received three times ago.’

Webcomic writer Lee Byeong-ho. It wasn’t someone Kang Tae-han knew, but it wasn’t a face he didn’t know. Kang Tae-han asked implicitly.

“Is anything going on?”

“Sir, may I ask you a favor?”

The man said so with a desperate look in his eyes. I simply want to get more massages, can’t I make a reservation sooner… … . It didn’t seem like that kind of request.

“Listen first.”

Kang Tae-han nodded, and Lee Byung-ho immediately bowed at 90 degrees and said,

“Please teach me the Tao!”

“… Yes?”

For a moment, Kang Tae-han checked the surroundings without realizing it. Sure enough, some of the guests’ eyes were directed this way. ‘What the hell is this’ look.

“… I am not that kind of person.”

Of course, in Murim, he once became the head of the Demonic Cult, but… At least in modern times, I had never been involved with any suspicious religion, and I had no intention of becoming involved.

At first glance, he seemed calm, but Kang Tae-han shook his hand with the most embarrassed expression since returning to modern times.