144 – EP.7 Dance Competition-5

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“Avoid.”

These were the words I heard as soon as I was called to the room where the ambassador and master were on the night the final match was announced.

“Does the ambassador feel the same way?”

Strangely, I asked the ambassador who was watching as if he were talking to others, and he covered his mouth while spreading his fan.

“Well, I don’t mind… Possession is extreme.”

I’m sure you’re giggling behind that debt.

I pouted and sat down.

“Cheongyeon Sojeo…”

“Write!”

I’m about to say something, but Master warns me.

After thinking about what I did wrong for a while, I choose my words and speak again.

“I know that ice skating is strong. But I have to try.”

“To rock with an egg.”

“I’ll have to throw the egg though.”

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Different arguments ran along parallel lines, and there was no section where they met.

When they were arguing and only voicing their voices, the ambassador, who had become annoyed to watch, stepped out.

“Owned. This time you yield.”

“But, Master.”

“I don’t know what’s on your mind. Is it because you’re afraid In-ho will lose to Cheong-yeon?

I nodded vigorously at the ambassador’s support.

“But if I lose to Ice Wheel…”

Master swallowed back his words. Maybe it’s a matter of pride.

“What if I lose to Ice Wheel?”

The ambassador receives the word.

“Isn’t a flame wheel worse than an ice ring ball?”

As if she didn’t even want to think about it, Master closed her eyes tightly and said.

“I don’t know how you think that. And officially, In-ho doesn’t even belong to Yeomryun Gong.”

right. Belongs to the Nobel Dojo.

“…but.”

Master swallowed his words as he had no reason to stand up for himself.

The ambassador folded his fan and rose from his seat.

“Let’s not comment on this matter any more. In-ho, prepare well for the finals tomorrow. Even if you don’t win, I hope you give me at least one shot.”

“I’ll try. Ambassador.”

“Okay, then I’ll go for a short walk.”

The ambassador left, and an awkward silence remained in the room.

I was rationally convinced, but emotionally it was still too much for Master to sit still with his back turned away from me.

“Master.”

As I called after her, my shoulders trembled slightly.

“Master, are you afraid that I will end up being ugly… are you worried about that?”

“……”

“Don’t worry. Even earthworms wriggle if you step on them. Even if I lose when I lose, I’ll definitely eat one shot and lose, just like the ambassador said.”

“That’s not it.”

Master spoke with difficulty.

“Isn’t that what it is?”

“…That doesn’t mean it’s blocking them.”

“Then why?”

“I hate to talk.”

I had already turned my body, but this time I turned my head.

“Okay… Then I’ll wash my body and go to sleep right away. What about Master?”

“……”

I really don’t know what a woman’s heart is like at that age.

***

The first match in which Master participated was too easily ruled out.

If you have read martial arts, you will know the Sicheondangmun.

As soon as the match started, Master punched the opponent in the stomach with Jeongjeong, then lifted his chin and knocked him out.

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During that series of events, Master did not spark a single spark.

Officially a squire, I couldn’t sit in the VIP seat with the ambassador.

I watched Master’s game from the general seats, and I met eyes with Master as he came down after winning the game.

I didn’t say I was in economy class, but it was a bit strange how we could make eye contact.

Anyway, the tournament went on like that, and by the time the 3rd game was over, the organizers called my name to prepare for the 5th game.

I closed my eyes and meditated in the small prepared waiting room.

I told the ambassador and my master that it was a ‘match you can’t win’, but I didn’t intend to have that mindset when I was in the game.

“I win unconditionally.”

As long as you set your goals high, you can achieve anything.

Game 3 ends, game 4 begins.

Eliminate the noise of the noisy crowd outside and concentrate your mind.

Cheongyeon and Bingryun Gong.

It is difficult to set up a strategy because there is only fragmentary knowledge about fighting with cold energy in weapons.

However, I am going back and forth with the martial arts I have read so far and putting together the fragmentary information that Master has given me.

Skipping the trivial parts, the most important thing to watch out for when dealing with ice cubes is the ‘chill’ created by ice cubes.

Just as Yeomrun Gong creates sparks, Ice Rin Gong seems to be a martial art that affects opponents by causing chills.

Like an aura that could come out of a fantasy, a martial art that debuffs you even if you stay still.

Or, the chill itself could be shaped and fired. But let’s rule this out first.

If you think about the number of all cases, you can’t make a plan.

If Ice Lun Gong was a debuff-type aura, the range would have been set.

When the game starts, the first thing to do is to figure out the range.

If the range is narrow, look for gaps in a way to keep in check from as far away as possible. if there is a gap.

On the other hand, if the range is wide, it clings to Cheongyeon before the cold builds up and launches a high kick. It’s good if you get it right, or you lose.

Another shout is heard.

It looks like 4 games are over.

“Next participant. Get ready.”

A man with a goatee comes and announces that it is my turn.

I open my eyes and get up.

I was less nervous than during the preliminaries.

– Hueup.

Take a deep breath.

Raise the energy in the danjeon and rotate it around the body.

I felt my body warming up a little with the power of betting.

“Participant against this! Kang In-ho of the Nobel Dojo!”

After Cheongyeon’s introduction, my name is called.

match! match!

To come to my senses, I slap my cheek a couple of times with the palm of my hand.

Heat rises from the tingling cheeks.

finally it’s my turn

***

Climb the stairs and stand in the arena.

Her blue hair swayed in the wind.

She looks at me with blank eyes.

“Inho. Hello.”

“Nice to meet you. Cheongyeon Sojeo.”

“Yesterday, I saw it. You did well.”

I smiled at Cheongyeon’s compliment.

“Thank you. It feels like I’m being praised for the first time here.”

“Really? Soyou doesn’t praise me?”

“It’s not like he won’t do it at all, but Master…”

While talking, cover your mouth with your hand.

“Soyou is the teacher. I know.”

Seeing my surprise, Cheongyeon shook her head and said,

“How did you know?”

I looked at Cheongyeon with my eyes wide open.

“Soyou doesn’t afford to care about anyone.”

“I thought that if someone who cared about such possession appeared… maybe it would be a disciple?”

“For that reason only?”

“For that reason only.”

The flag of the referee comes out and splits the blue yeon.

Now the time to fight has come.

I took a step back with my right foot and raised the blade of my hand.

It is not the modern martial arts that was shown yesterday, but the battle preparation posture of the Flame Ring Gong.

“I don’t want to hurt Inho.”

Cheongyeon’s voice was heard from beyond the flag.

“I don’t want to hurt Sojeo Cheongyeon either.”

Receive Cheongyeon’s provocation with a basis.

“Come on! Get ready!”

The referee’s voice rang out.

It raises the very small inner energy accumulated in the Danjeon.

“start!”

With the referee’s cry, they immediately widen the distance.

No, I wanted to widen it.

“No, what is this?”

As if stepping on the sticky tape, my left foot did not come off.

My feet are stuck to the arena floor and I can’t budge.

“It’s frozen.”

Cheongyeon said calmly.

“Wow, it’s an ice wheel scam.”

Courtesy or something, praise comes out.