37 – EP.3 Sophomore, Kang In-ho-1

***

The loud sound of musical instruments hit my ears.

I hurriedly followed the Heavenly Horse, who was ahead of me, and I was a bit scared to see people standing on both sides of the road and cheering.

Think about it, the sight of people I don’t know, smiling brightly and welcoming me.

The uncomfortable kindness makes me feel uncomfortable.

The Heavenly Demon, whether aware of my feelings or not, strode forward, sat down on the seat of honor in the banquet hall, and patted the seat next to her with her hand.

“What are you procrastinating about? Come on, sit down.”

“…yes.”

I tried to ignore the pouring stares and sat down next to her, and she laughed heartily.

“Okay, everyone, take your seats.”

As soon as she stopped talking, the members of Heukcheongyo moved in perfect order and sat down.

The shape of finding a seat was fixed, but I wanted to have a place.

After the fuss in the banquet hall subsided, the attendants came to our place and poured us a drink.

The clear liquor filled my glass with a gurgling sound from a bottle that looked like a goblet. Suddenly, I watched the drink fill up in my glass.

After pouring the wine into the cup, the attendant nodded at me and left.

– Cook

Feeling my elbow touching my side, I turned around.

“Come on, make a toast.”

Before I knew it, the Heavenly Demon with a glass of wine urged me to say a toast.

“Are you toasting?”

no what

“Yes, toast. Today’s banquet is for you. Shouldn’t you, the main character, give a toast?”

“No, even if you suddenly say that…”

I was embarrassed and looked around, but everyone was focusing their eyes on me without moving.

“Ha… ha… Mr.”

It was too much attention to take away. I had no choice but to get up from my seat and muttered something like a mosquito as I raised my glass.

“I, get wet…”

“Wet it!”

A booming voice following my dock.

At the same time, laughter erupted here and there and the loud sound of wind instruments.

Several sounds mingled together to resonate through the mountains and sweep through the banquet hall.

“Where does that bizarre word come from? hahahahaha.”

“Joe, be quiet!”

I sat down, feeling my earlobes burning red, and the Heavenly Demon giggled and said to me,

So the banquet began.

***

As if my embarrassment was not important, the atmosphere at the banquet was free and cheerful.

In the place where the important figures of the church gathered, individual tables were placed, and food was filled by type, and as soon as the plate was empty, it was filled up.

“……”

At first, the Heavenly Demon was watching my actions, but after a little alcohol, she started chatting with those who seemed to be her henchmen, and it seemed that she didn’t care about me.

I sipped my drink like a borrowed barley sack, and I picked up the freshly prepared meat dish with my chopsticks and put it into my mouth.

“It’s spicy.”

A savory taste spread throughout my mouth, and I just muttered that.

“The food is… spicy?”

But why is the atmosphere so heavy?

I was immediately pulled out of the swamp of drunkenness by the heavenly demon’s dreary voice coming from the seat next to me.

I hurriedly looked around, and the Heavenly Demon was grinding its teeth.

His clenched fists trembled, as if he had been greatly insulted.

Her anger was clear, and no one missed the banquet hall.

There was the same silence as before my toast.

“Yeongma, I must have told you to deliver it, right?”

The inquiry that began like that.

“I’m sorry. I’m sure the young master told me that he can’t eat spicy food, but…”

The spirit horse, who had been drinking until just now, was on his knees and bowed his head to the floor as he answered her.

“Really? Commander. Did you listen to the young horse?”

“I heard. It was my fault that I relayed it to the master, but did not check it properly.

“I see. Then it must be Suk-soo’s fault for not doing the right thing even after hearing everything. Bring him back.”

It must have been a banquet, but why did it become an execution ceremony?

Suk-su, who was in the kitchen, was soon caught by the church members.

The church members’ eyes flashed viciously, and they felt, ‘How dare you serve spicy food to the Sogyo Master?’

Ten steps from the seat of the Heavenly Demon.

The dragged sook-soo fell to the ground and begged for mercy, blaming himself for his ignorance.

However, the Heavenly Demon made no concessions.

“How funny you must have been to me, you would have made me this crap food.”

“No, sir. I forgot to stop.”

“Forgot?

Eyes wide open, she slammed the table to pieces as it split and the food flew into the sky.

“Then can I forget and pluck out your eyes and arms?”

“Now, have mercy…”

Seeing Sook-soo trembling and crying made my heart choke.

what am i Do people’s lives have to go back and forth just because of what I said?

What is that spicy food?

I lifted my chopsticks and shoved the meat dish on my plate into my mouth.

The loud rattling sound caught the Heavenly Demon’s gaze on me.

“What are you doing?”

I didn’t respond, I dumped all the food into my mouth and chewed it.

With a few chewing movements, I gulp the piece of meat down my throat, and the spicy energy rang in my nose.

Holding back my tears, I spoke brightly to the Heavenly Demon.

“At first I thought it was spicy, but I was wrong.”

I handed the empty bowl to the lying master and said.

“It was really good. Sooksu. Can I have another bowl?”

The number of gambles played in front of the Heavenly Demon.

There was a calculation that the Heavenly Demon would turn a blind eye to my foolish behavior.

Putting it into practice was another matter.

I kept my smile on my face, praying inwardly that my thumping heart wouldn’t leak out.

“Haa… You’re getting weak. Sook-soo.”

“Yes! Teacher!”

“Bring more of that dish to the young master. Make it a little less spicy.”

“Ah, I see.”

“Yes, be careful next time. There is no second time.”

“Thank you! Thank you.”

I let out a sigh of relief as I watched Suk-soo leave in a hurry.

“Now, let’s start the banquet again. Raise a glass.”

It was a banquet hall that returned to its original form with a toast that continued.

***

Murim Alliance.

Namgung So-yeon, who was crushed by the kick of the Heavenly Demon, arrived at the Moorim League with the help of her colleagues.

Her ever-bright face was covered with a gloomy rainy season, but it was because she was pushed back by the Heavenly Demon, who was confident that she would fight evenly.

“I’m sure… I’m sure… Last time we fought with a whistle.”

When we faced each other one day, it was a whistle. No, even for a moment, there was a time when he overpowered the Heavenly Demon.

But why did this happen? she was confused

Even when pulling out the arm of a colleague and cutting the neck, the reaction was delayed.

Even though he tried to fly away holding In-ho, he was counterattacked.

The Heavenly Demon’s martial arts rose in a short time? It was an absurd hypothesis.

from scratch.

“From the beginning… you were looking after me? Didn’t I feel strong?”

The higher the achievement of martial arts, the more difficult it is to hide its strength.

The smaller the difference, the easier it is to notice.

However, the Heavenly Demon hid his martial arts to the extent that Namgung So-yeon, who reached the peak, was mistaken.

The difference between her and the Heavenly Demon in that she didn’t notice meant the difference between heaven and earth.

“Nonsense…!”

Memories of not many defeats began to eat away at her mind.

Although there may have been defeats in map matches, this was the first time they had lost in real battle.

She was praised as a martial artist who appeared only once in hundreds of years. This kind of humiliation is unacceptable.

“Come on! Get the elixir!”

“Blood sword, calm down. It’s unfortunate that Geumgwon died, but it’s not okay to be so emotional!”

The words of her colleague who stopped her did not reach Namgung So-yeon’s heart.

Grinding her teeth, she burned her revenge against the Heavenly Demon.

“You mock me! You kill the money! I will absolutely cut down the abominable Heavenly Demon that took away Prince Kang! I will cut you down!”

Even if you use any forbidden technique, by all means!

she cried like that.