59 – EP.3 Road to Anhui-5

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the beating sun. Even with the sunlight stinging his skin, Inho continued to walk.

Where are you going, how much is left, how much more do you have to walk today…

He had no idea.

No, I couldn’t think.

“……”

That night. Seeing the mountains of burning corpses, he wept endlessly.

How sad is the death of those who exchanged emotions.

For him, who has lived a little over thirty, loss was still an unfamiliar experience.

When I close my eyes, they come to mind.

Yeon-hwa, whose throat was cut off, Mae-hwa, whose face was half melted, and the general officer, whose chest was pierced and his eyes wide open.

The more I tried to remember, the more I felt nauseated, and the more I cursed.

But he couldn’t erase them from his thoughts or bury them.

Burned in flames and reduced to ashes, they left black marks on his chest, not on his head.

Feeling empty inside, feeling lost.

Would the commander with a pierced heart feel like this? he inquired. But no answer came back.

Along the untidy dirt road, he staggered along.

He almost tripped on a rock in the middle and fell, but Namgung So-yeon, who was sticking close to him, prevented it.

“Wow! Be careful! If you keep getting dazed…”

Namgung So-yeon said, pulling the arm he was holding tightly.

She subtly placed her arms close to her chest, and looked closely at him to see if that was her intention.

But he, like a wooden man, just went forward.

It was always like this.

He walked in the designated direction, and he stopped only when told to rest.

No matter what I say, there is no mechanical response, even if I try to seduce you gently.

For what?

Has my love for you cooled down?

Soyeon Namgung shook her head.

not.

It must have been because I hadn’t come to my senses yet.

The venom of the Dokma Jegalhwi is said to be very powerful.

Not only is it life-threatening, but it is also said to control the mind of the addicted.

“The poison… you’re still poisoned.”

Alas… Poor man. How did this happen to you?

Thinking of In-ho, who must have gone through all sorts of hardships, Namgung So-yeon’s tears welled up.

“Gongja-nim~”

She smiled and called out to him.

“yes.”

Inho replied. Until the day before yesterday, I spoke in honorific language so that I could feel the wall, but after paying attention and ‘educating’, I returned to my original way of speaking.

Her ‘education’ is having a lot of effect in helping In-ho return to ‘normal’.

However, it is not enough.

The ‘original’ Kang In-ho was not like this.

Soyeon Namgung thought so.

“Gongja-nim. I love you.”

“…me too.”

Coded answer.

Soyeon inflated her cheeks.

“Tell me in detail~”

“I am of the same mind as you.”

“Gongja-nim…”

“……”

She muttered coldly, but Inho resisted to the limit.

“I need to get some training today.”

“…I love you.”

In-ho immediately responds to the word education.

So-yeon loved that reaction so much that she licked his throat with her tongue.

little bit

‘Ah… how good would it be if I put my teeth in this neck and drink the blood?’

Soon she shook her head.

Has the urge to inhale already come?

Being next to Inho seems to shorten the cycle of impulses.

“Confucius, the sun is burning today, so let’s prepare for camping over there in the forest.”

Although the sun was still low, she declared the end of today’s march.

Arriving in the forest, So-yeon briefly prepared for camping and spent time talking while the sun was setting.

Speaking of stories, So-yeon spoke and In-ho gave insincere replies.

The night that came like that.

Namgung So-yeon said that In-ho seemed weak after a long journey, and that he would prepare a nutritious meal to regain his strength.

Then they went somewhere, but In-ho desperately hoped that wild animals would attack him while she was gone.

However, his wish was put to shame, he was fine and Namgung So-yeon returned earlier than expected.

“Kind Soyeon prepared dinner~”

She was carrying something on her shoulder.

From a distance, it looks like a bunting.

“There is nothing more delicious than the blood of a young woman. Today, I prepared something special for Confucius Kang~”

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